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   La Paz
         n 1: capital city in western Bolivia and the administrative seat
               of Bolivia's government; largest city in Bolivia [syn: {La
               Paz}, {capital of Bolivia}]

English Dictionary: lapse	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lappic n any of the languages spoken by the Lapps and generally assumed to be Uralic languages Synonym(s): Lappic, Lappish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lappish n any of the languages spoken by the Lapps and generally assumed to be Uralic languages Synonym(s): Lappic, Lappish
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lapse n a mistake resulting from inattention [syn: oversight, lapse] a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; "a lapse of three weeks between letters" a failure to maintain a higher state Synonym(s): backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting v pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into nirvana" Synonym(s): sink, pass, lapse end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed" drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards Synonym(s): lapse, backslide go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals" Synonym(s): relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back let slip; "He lapsed his membership" pass by; "three years elapsed" Synonym(s): elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along
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lavage n washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water
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lavish adj very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain" Synonym(s): lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast" Synonym(s): lavish, lucullan, lush, plush, plushy v expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise" Synonym(s): lavish, shower
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LBJ n 36th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Kennedy when Kennedy was assassinated (1908-1973) Synonym(s): Johnson, Lyndon Johnson, Lyndon Baines Johnson, LBJ, President Johnson, President Lyndon Johnson
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leaf bug n small bright-colored insect that feeds on plant juices Synonym(s): leaf bug, plant bug
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leaf-book n an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll) Synonym(s): codex, leaf-book
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leafage n the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants Synonym(s): leaf, leafage, foliage
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Lepas n type genus of the family Lepadidae [syn: Lepas, {genus Lepas}]
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Lepus n a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Orion and Columba type genus of the Leporidae: hares Synonym(s): Lepus, genus Lepus
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Levi's n a popular brand of jeans Synonym(s): Levi's, levis
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levis n a popular brand of jeans Synonym(s): Levi's, levis
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Liepaja n a city of southwestern Latvia on the Baltic Sea
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lifehack v make one's day-to-day activities more efficient
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lipase n an enzyme secreted in the digestive tract that catalyzes the breakdown of fats into individual fatty acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream
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live oak n any of several American evergreen oaks
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Lophius n type genus of family Lophiidae [syn: Lophius, {genus Lophius}]
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lovage n herb native to southern Europe; cultivated for its edible stalks and foliage and seeds Synonym(s): lovage, Levisticum officinale stalks eaten like celery or candied like angelica; seeds used for flavoring or pickled like capers
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Lubbock n a city in northwest Texas to the south of Amarillo
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Lubeck n a city in northwestern Germany and an important Baltic port; a leading member of the Hanseatic League
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lupus n any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Centaurus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Labiose \La"bi*ose`\, a. [From {Labium}.] (Bot.) Having the appearance of being labiate; -- said of certain polypetalous corollas.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lappic \Lap"pic\, a. Of or pertaining to Lapland, or the Lapps. -- n. The language of the Lapps. See {Lappish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lappish \Lap"pish\, a. Of or pertaining to the Lapps; Laplandish. -- n. The language spoken by the Lapps in Lapland. It is related to the Finnish and Hungarian, and is not an Aryan language.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lapps \Lapps\, n. pl.; sing. {Lapp}. (Ethnol.) A branch of the Mongolian race, now living in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and the adjacent parts of Russia.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lapse \Lapse\, v. t. 1. To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass. An appeal may be deserted by the appellant's lapsing the term of law. --Ayliffe. 2. To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender. [Obs.] For which, if be lapsed in this place, I shall pay dear. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lapse \Lapse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lapsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lapsing}.] 1. To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses. A tendency to lapse into the barbarity of those northern nations from whom we are descended. --Swift. Homer, in his characters of Vulcan and Thersites, has lapsed into the burlesque character. --Addison. 2. To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake. To lapse in fullness Is sorer than to lie for need. --Shak. 3. (Law) (a) To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc. (b) To become ineffectual or void; to fall. If the archbishop shall not fill it up within six months ensuing, it lapses to the king. --Ayliffe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lapse \Lapse\, n. [L. lapsus, fr. labi, p. p. lapsus, to slide, to fall: cf. F. laps. See {Sleep}.] 1. A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses. The lapse to indolence is soft and imperceptible. --Rambler. Bacon was content to wait the lapse of long centuries for his expected revenue of fame. --I. Taylor. 2. A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude. To guard against those lapses and failings to which our infirmities daily expose us. --Rogers. 3. (Law) The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege. 4. (Theol.) A fall or apostasy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lavic \La"vic\ (l[aum]"v[icr]k), a. See {Lavatic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lavish \Lav"ish\ (l[acr]v"[icr]sh), a. [Akin to E. lave to lade out; cf. AS. gelafian to refresh, G. laben.] 1. Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise. 2. Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits. Let her have needful, but not lavish, means. --Shak. Syn: Profuse; prodigal; wasteful; extravagant; exuberant; immoderate. See {Profuse}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lavish \Lav"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lavished} (-[icr]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lavishing}.] To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Law \Law\ (l[add]), n. [OE. lawe, laghe, AS. lagu, from the root of E. lie: akin to OS. lag, Icel. l[94]g, Sw. lag, Dan. lov; cf. L. lex, E. legal. A law is that which is laid, set, or fixed; like statute, fr. L. statuere to make to stand. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts. Note: A law may be universal or particular, written or unwritten, published or secret. From the nature of the highest laws a degree of permanency or stability is always implied; but the power which makes a law, or a superior power, may annul or change it. These are the statutes and judgments and law, which the Lord made. --Lev. xxvi. 46. The law of thy God, and the law of the King. --Ezra vii. 26. As if they would confine the Interminable . . . Who made our laws to bind us, not himself. --Milton. His mind his kingdom, and his will his law. --Cowper. 2. In morals: The will of God as the rule for the disposition and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to righteousness; the rule of action as obligatory on the conscience or moral nature. 3. The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture where it is written, in distinction from the gospel; hence, also, the Old Testament. What things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law . . . But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets. --Rom. iii. 19, 21. 4. In human government: (a) An organic rule, as a constitution or charter, establishing and defining the conditions of the existence of a state or other organized community. (b) Any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute, resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or recognized, and enforced, by the controlling authority. 5. In philosophy and physics: A rule of being, operation, or change, so certain and constant that it is conceived of as imposed by the will of God or by some controlling authority; as, the law of gravitation; the laws of motion; the law heredity; the laws of thought; the laws of cause and effect; law of self-preservation. 6. In matematics: The rule according to which anything, as the change of value of a variable, or the value of the terms of a series, proceeds; mode or order of sequence. 7. In arts, works, games, etc.: The rules of construction, or of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry, of architecture, of courtesy, or of whist. 8. Collectively, the whole body of rules relating to one subject, or emanating from one source; -- including usually the writings pertaining to them, and judicial proceedings under them; as, divine law; English law; Roman law; the law of real property; insurance law. 9. Legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity; applied justice. Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason. --Coke. Law is beneficence acting by rule. --Burke. And sovereign Law, that state's collected will O'er thrones and globes elate, Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill. --Sir W. Jones. 10. Trial by the laws of the land; judicial remedy; litigation; as, to go law. When every case in law is right. --Shak. He found law dear and left it cheap. --Brougham. 11. An oath, as in the presence of a court. [Obs.] See {Wager of law}, under {Wager}. {Avogadro's law} (Chem.), a fundamental conception, according to which, under similar conditions of temperature and pressure, all gases and vapors contain in the same volume the same number of ultimate molecules; -- so named after Avogadro, an Italian scientist. Sometimes called {Amp[8a]re's law}. {Bode's law} (Astron.), an approximative empirical expression of the distances of the planets from the sun, as follows: -- Mer. Ven. Earth. Mars. Aste. Jup. Sat. Uran. Nep. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 3 6 12 24 48 96 192 384 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --- 4 7 10 16 28 52 100 196 388 5.9 7.3 10 15.2 27.4 52 95.4 192 300 where each distance (line third) is the sum of 4 and a multiple of 3 by the series 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, etc., the true distances being given in the lower line. {Boyle's law} (Physics), an expression of the fact, that when an elastic fluid is subjected to compression, and kept at a constant temperature, the product of the pressure and volume is a constant quantity, i. e., the volume is inversely proportioned to the pressure; -- known also as {Mariotte's law}, and the {law of Boyle and Mariotte}. {Brehon laws}. See under {Brehon}. {Canon law}, the body of ecclesiastical law adopted in the Christian Church, certain portions of which (for example, the law of marriage as existing before the Council of Tent) were brought to America by the English colonists as part of the common law of the land. --Wharton. {Civil law}, a term used by writers to designate Roman law, with modifications thereof which have been made in the different countries into which that law has been introduced. The civil law, instead of the common law, prevails in the State of Louisiana. --Wharton. {Commercial law}. See {Law merchant} (below). {Common law}. See under {Common}. {Criminal law}, that branch of jurisprudence which relates to crimes. {Ecclesiastical law}. See under {Ecclesiastical}. {Grimm's law} (Philol.), a statement (propounded by the German philologist Jacob Grimm) of certain regular changes which the primitive Indo-European mute consonants, so-called (most plainly seen in Sanskrit and, with some changes, in Greek and Latin), have undergone in the Teutonic languages. Examples: Skr. bh[be]tr, L. frater, E. brother, G. bruder; L. tres, E. three, G. drei, Skr. go, E. cow, G. kuh; Skr. dh[be] to put, Gr. ti-qe`-nai, E. do, OHG, tuon, G. thun. {Kepler's laws} (Astron.), three important laws or expressions of the order of the planetary motions, discovered by John Kepler. They are these: (1) The orbit of a planet with respect to the sun is an ellipse, the sun being in one of the foci. (2) The areas swept over by a vector drawn from the sun to a planet are proportioned to the times of describing them. (3) The squares of the times of revolution of two planets are in the ratio of the cubes of their mean distances. {Law binding}, a plain style of leather binding, used for law books; -- called also {law calf}. {Law book}, a book containing, or treating of, laws. {Law calf}. See {Law binding} (above). {Law day}. (a) Formerly, a day of holding court, esp. a court-leet. (b) The day named in a mortgage for the payment of the money to secure which it was given. [U. S.] {Law French}, the dialect of Norman, which was used in judicial proceedings and law books in England from the days of William the Conqueror to the thirty-sixth year of Edward III. {Law language}, the language used in legal writings and forms. {Law Latin}. See under {Latin}. {Law lords}, peers in the British Parliament who have held high judicial office, or have been noted in the legal profession. {Law merchant}, or {Commercial law}, a system of rules by which trade and commerce are regulated; -- deduced from the custom of merchants, and regulated by judicial decisions, as also by enactments of legislatures.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leafage \Leaf"age\, n. Leaves, collectively; foliage.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leaf \Leaf\, n.; pl. {Leaves}. [OE. leef, lef, leaf, AS. le[a0]f; akin to S. l[?]f, OFries. laf, D. loof foliage, G. laub,OHG. loub leaf, foliage, Icel. lauf, Sw. l[94]f, Dan. l[94]v, Goth. laufs; cf. Lith. lapas. Cf. {Lodge}.] 1. (Bot.) A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively constitute its foliage. Note: Such leaves usually consist of a blade, or lamina, supported upon a leafstalk or petiole, which, continued through the blade as the midrib, gives off woody ribs and veins that support the cellular texture. The petiole has usually some sort of an appendage on each side of its base, which is called the stipule. The green parenchyma of the leaf is covered with a thin epiderm pierced with closable microscopic openings, known as stomata. 2. (Bot.) A special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril. Note: In this view every part of a plant, except the root and the stem, is either a leaf, or is composed of leaves more or less modified and transformed. 3. Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc. (c) The movable side of a table. (d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf. (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small. {Leaf beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle which feeds upon leaves; esp., any species of the family {Chrysomelid[91]}, as the potato beetle and helmet beetle. {Leaf bridge}, a draw-bridge having a platform or leaf which swings vertically on hinges. {Leaf bud} (Bot.), a bud which develops into leaves or a leafy branch. {Leaf butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), any butterfly which, in the form and colors of its wings, resembles the leaves of plants upon which it rests; esp., butterflies of the genus {Kallima}, found in Southern Asia and the East Indies. {Leaf crumpler} (Zo[94]l.), a small moth ({Phycis indigenella}), the larva of which feeds upon leaves of the apple tree, and forms its nest by crumpling and fastening leaves together in clusters. {Leaf cutter} (Zo[94]l.), any one of various species of wild bees of the genus {Megachile}, which cut rounded pieces from the edges of leaves, or the petals of flowers, to be used in the construction of their nests, which are made in holes and crevices, or in a leaf rolled up for the purpose. Among the common American species are {M. brevis} and {M. centuncularis}. Called also {rose-cutting bee}. {Leaf fat}, the fat which lies in leaves or layers within the body of an animal. {Leaf flea} (Zo[94]l.), a jumping plant louse of the family {Psyllid[91]}. {Leaf frog} (Zo[94]l.), any tree frog of the genus {Phyllomedusa}. {Leaf green}.(Bot.) See {Chlorophyll}. {Leaf hopper} (Zo[94]l.), any small jumping hemipterous insect of the genus {Tettigonia}, and allied genera. They live upon the leaves and twigs of plants. See {Live hopper}. {Leaf insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several genera and species of orthopterous insects, esp. of the genus {Phyllium}, in which the wings, and sometimes the legs, resemble leaves in color and form. They are common in Southern Asia and the East Indies. {Leaf lard}, lard from leaf fat. See under {Lard}. {Leaf louse} (Zo[94]l.), an aphid. {Leaf metal}, metal in thin leaves, as gold, silver, or tin. {Leaf miner} (Zo[94]l.), any one of various small lepidopterous and dipterous insects, which, in the larval stages, burrow in and eat the parenchyma of leaves; as, the pear-tree leaf miner ({Lithocolletis geminatella}). {Leaf notcher} (Zo[94]l.), a pale bluish green beetle ({Artipus Floridanus}), which, in Florida, eats the edges of the leaves of orange trees. {Leaf roller} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of any tortricid moth which makes a nest by rolling up the leaves of plants. See {Tortrix}. {Leaf scar} (Bot.), the cicatrix on a stem whence a leaf has fallen. {Leaf sewer} (Zo[94]l.), a tortricid moth, whose caterpillar makes a nest by rolling up a leaf and fastening the edges together with silk, as if sewn; esp., {Phoxopteris nubeculana}, which feeds upon the apple tree. {Leaf sight}, a hinges sight on a firearm, which can be raised or folded down. {Leaf trace} (Bot.), one or more fibrovascular bundles, which may be traced down an endogenous stem from the base of a leaf. {Leaf tier} (Zo[94]l.), a tortricid moth whose larva makes a nest by fastening the edges of a leaf together with silk; esp., {Teras cinderella}, found on the apple tree. {Leaf valve}, a valve which moves on a hinge. {Leaf wasp} (Zo[94]l.), a sawfiy. {To turn over a new leaf}, to make a radical change for the better in one's way of living or doing. [Colloq.] They were both determined to turn over a new leaf. --Richardson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leaves \Leaves\, n., pl. of {Leaf}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Premorse \Pre*morse"\, a. [L. praemorsus, p. p. of praemordere to bite off; prae before + mordere to bite.] Terminated abruptly, or as it bitten off. {Premorse root} [or] {leaves} (Bot.), such as have an abrupt, ragged, and irregular termination, as if bitten off short.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leaf \Leaf\, n.; pl. {Leaves}. [OE. leef, lef, leaf, AS. le[a0]f; akin to S. l[?]f, OFries. laf, D. loof foliage, G. laub,OHG. loub leaf, foliage, Icel. lauf, Sw. l[94]f, Dan. l[94]v, Goth. laufs; cf. Lith. lapas. Cf. {Lodge}.] 1. (Bot.) A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively constitute its foliage. Note: Such leaves usually consist of a blade, or lamina, supported upon a leafstalk or petiole, which, continued through the blade as the midrib, gives off woody ribs and veins that support the cellular texture. The petiole has usually some sort of an appendage on each side of its base, which is called the stipule. The green parenchyma of the leaf is covered with a thin epiderm pierced with closable microscopic openings, known as stomata. 2. (Bot.) A special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril. Note: In this view every part of a plant, except the root and the stem, is either a leaf, or is composed of leaves more or less modified and transformed. 3. Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc. (c) The movable side of a table. (d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf. (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small. {Leaf beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle which feeds upon leaves; esp., any species of the family {Chrysomelid[91]}, as the potato beetle and helmet beetle. {Leaf bridge}, a draw-bridge having a platform or leaf which swings vertically on hinges. {Leaf bud} (Bot.), a bud which develops into leaves or a leafy branch. {Leaf butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), any butterfly which, in the form and colors of its wings, resembles the leaves of plants upon which it rests; esp., butterflies of the genus {Kallima}, found in Southern Asia and the East Indies. {Leaf crumpler} (Zo[94]l.), a small moth ({Phycis indigenella}), the larva of which feeds upon leaves of the apple tree, and forms its nest by crumpling and fastening leaves together in clusters. {Leaf cutter} (Zo[94]l.), any one of various species of wild bees of the genus {Megachile}, which cut rounded pieces from the edges of leaves, or the petals of flowers, to be used in the construction of their nests, which are made in holes and crevices, or in a leaf rolled up for the purpose. Among the common American species are {M. brevis} and {M. centuncularis}. Called also {rose-cutting bee}. {Leaf fat}, the fat which lies in leaves or layers within the body of an animal. {Leaf flea} (Zo[94]l.), a jumping plant louse of the family {Psyllid[91]}. {Leaf frog} (Zo[94]l.), any tree frog of the genus {Phyllomedusa}. {Leaf green}.(Bot.) See {Chlorophyll}. {Leaf hopper} (Zo[94]l.), any small jumping hemipterous insect of the genus {Tettigonia}, and allied genera. They live upon the leaves and twigs of plants. See {Live hopper}. {Leaf insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several genera and species of orthopterous insects, esp. of the genus {Phyllium}, in which the wings, and sometimes the legs, resemble leaves in color and form. They are common in Southern Asia and the East Indies. {Leaf lard}, lard from leaf fat. See under {Lard}. {Leaf louse} (Zo[94]l.), an aphid. {Leaf metal}, metal in thin leaves, as gold, silver, or tin. {Leaf miner} (Zo[94]l.), any one of various small lepidopterous and dipterous insects, which, in the larval stages, burrow in and eat the parenchyma of leaves; as, the pear-tree leaf miner ({Lithocolletis geminatella}). {Leaf notcher} (Zo[94]l.), a pale bluish green beetle ({Artipus Floridanus}), which, in Florida, eats the edges of the leaves of orange trees. {Leaf roller} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of any tortricid moth which makes a nest by rolling up the leaves of plants. See {Tortrix}. {Leaf scar} (Bot.), the cicatrix on a stem whence a leaf has fallen. {Leaf sewer} (Zo[94]l.), a tortricid moth, whose caterpillar makes a nest by rolling up a leaf and fastening the edges together with silk, as if sewn; esp., {Phoxopteris nubeculana}, which feeds upon the apple tree. {Leaf sight}, a hinges sight on a firearm, which can be raised or folded down. {Leaf trace} (Bot.), one or more fibrovascular bundles, which may be traced down an endogenous stem from the base of a leaf. {Leaf tier} (Zo[94]l.), a tortricid moth whose larva makes a nest by fastening the edges of a leaf together with silk; esp., {Teras cinderella}, found on the apple tree. {Leaf valve}, a valve which moves on a hinge. {Leaf wasp} (Zo[94]l.), a sawfiy. {To turn over a new leaf}, to make a radical change for the better in one's way of living or doing. [Colloq.] They were both determined to turn over a new leaf. --Richardson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leaves \Leaves\, n., pl. of {Leaf}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Premorse \Pre*morse"\, a. [L. praemorsus, p. p. of praemordere to bite off; prae before + mordere to bite.] Terminated abruptly, or as it bitten off. {Premorse root} [or] {leaves} (Bot.), such as have an abrupt, ragged, and irregular termination, as if bitten off short.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bernicle \Ber"ni*cle\, n. [OE. bernak, bernacle; cf. OF. bernac; prob. fr. LL. bernacula for hibernicula, bernicula, fr. Hibernia; the birds coming from Hibernia or Ireland. Cf. 1st {Barnacle}.] A bernicle goose. [Written also {barnacle}.] {Bernicle goose} (Zo[94]l.), a goose ({Branta leucopsis}), of Arctic Europe and America. It was formerly believed that it hatched from the cirripeds of the sea ({Lepas}), which were, therefore, called barnacles, goose barnacles, or Anatifers. The name is also applied to other related species. See {Anatifa} and {Cirripedia}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Levy \Lev"y\ (-[ycr]), n.; pl. {Levies} (-[icr]z). [A contr. of elevenpence or elevenpenny bit.] A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12[frac12] cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lipic \Lip"ic\ (l[icr]p"[icr]k), a. [Gr. li`pos fat.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fat. The word was formerly used specifically to designate a supposed acid obtained by the oxidation of oleic acid, tallow, wax, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lipse \Lipse\ (l[icr]ps), v. i. To lisp. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Live birth}, the condition of being born in such a state that acts of life are manifested after the extrusion of the whole body. --Dunglison. {Live box}, a cell for holding living objects under microscopical examination. --P. H. Gosse. {Live feathers}, feathers which have been plucked from the living bird, and are therefore stronger and more elastic. {Live gang}. (Sawing) See under {Gang}. {Live grass} (Bot.), a grass of the genus {Eragrostis}. {Live load} (Engin.), a suddenly applied load; a varying load; a moving load; as a moving train of cars on a bridge, or wind pressure on a roof. {Live oak} (Bot.), a species of oak ({Quercus virens}), growing in the Southern States, of great durability, and highly esteemed for ship timber. In California the {Q. chrysolepis} and some other species are also called live oaks. {Live ring} (Engin.), a circular train of rollers upon which a swing bridge, or turntable, rests, and which travels around a circular track when the bridge or table turns. {Live steam}, steam direct from the boiler, used for any purpose, in distinction from {exhaust steam}. {Live stock}, horses, cattle, and other domestic animals kept on a farm. whole body.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oak \Oak\ ([omac]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [be]c; akin to D. eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain. 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. Note: Among the true oaks in America are: {Barren oak}, or {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}. {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}. {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or {quercitron oak}. {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}. {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}. {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}. {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also called {enceno}. {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California. {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}. {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}. {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}. {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}. {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc. {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}. {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}. {Swamp Spanish oak}, or {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}. {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}. {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}. {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}. {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe are: {Bitter oak}, [or] {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}). {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}. {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}. {Evergreen oak}, {Holly oak}, [or] {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}. {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}. {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}. Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus {Quercus}, are: {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia Africana}). {Australian, [or] She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}). {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}). {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}. {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon excelsum}). {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Life \Life\ (l[imac]f), n.; pl. {Lives} (l[imac]vz). [AS. l[imac]f; akin to D. lijf body, G. leib body, MHG. l[imac]p life, body, OHG. l[imac]b life, Icel. l[imac]f, life, body, Sw. lif, Dan. liv, and E. live, v. [root]119. See {Live}, and cf. {Alive}.] 1. The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that state of an animal or plant in which all or any of its organs are capable of performing all or any of their functions; -- used of all animal and vegetable organisms. 2. Of human beings: The union of the soul and body; also, the duration of their union; sometimes, the deathless quality or existence of the soul; as, man is a creature having an immortal life. She shows a body rather than a life. --Shak. 3. (Philos) The potential principle, or force, by which the organs of animals and plants are started and continued in the performance of their several and co[94]perative functions; the vital force, whether regarded as physical or spiritual. 4. Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions; as, the life of a state, a machine, or a book; authority is the life of government. 5. A certain way or manner of living with respect to conditions, circumstances, character, conduct, occupation, etc.; hence, human affairs; also, lives, considered collectively, as a distinct class or type; as, low life; a good or evil life; the life of Indians, or of miners. That which before us lies in daily life. --Milton. By experience of life abroad in the world. --Ascham. Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime. --Longfellow. 'T is from high life high characters are drawn. --Pope 6. Animation; spirit; vivacity; vigor; energy. No notion of life and fire in fancy and in words. --Felton. That gives thy gestures grace and life. --Wordsworth. 7. That which imparts or excites spirit or vigor; that upon which enjoyment or success depends; as, he was the life of the company, or of the enterprise. 8. The living or actual form, person, thing, or state; as, a picture or a description from the life. 9. A person; a living being, usually a human being; as, many lives were sacrificed. 10. The system of animal nature; animals in general, or considered collectively. Full nature swarms with life. --Thomson. 11. An essential constituent of life, esp. the blood. The words that I speak unto you . . . they are life. --John vi. 63. The warm life came issuing through the wound. --Pope 12. A history of the acts and events of a life; a biography; as, Johnson wrote the life of Milton. 13. Enjoyment in the right use of the powers; especially, a spiritual existence; happiness in the favor of God; heavenly felicity. 14. Something dear to one as one's existence; a darling; -- used as a term of endearment. Note: Life forms the first part of many compounds, for the most part of obvious meaning; as, life-giving, life-sustaining, etc. {Life annuity}, an annuity payable during one's life. {Life arrow}, {Life rocket}, {Life shot}, an arrow, rocket, or shot, for carrying an attached line to a vessel in distress in order to save life. {Life assurance}. See {Life insurance}, below.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lives \Lives\, n.; pl. of {Life}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lives \Lives\, a. & adv. [Orig. a genitive sing. of life.] Alive; living; with life. [Obs.] [bd] Any lives creature.[b8] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loaf \Loaf\, n.; pl. {Loaves}. [OE. lof, laf, AS. hl[be]f; akin to G. laib, OHG. hleip, Icel. hleifr, Goth. hlaifs, Russ. khlieb', Lith. kl[89]pas. Cf. {Lady}, {Lammas}, {Lord}.] Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake. --Bacon. {Loaf sugar}, refined sugar that has been formed into a conical loaf in a mold.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loaves \Loaves\, n.; pl. of {Loaf}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lobby \Lob"by\, n.; pl. {Lobbies}. [LL. lobium, lobia, laubia, a covered portico fit for walking, fr. OHG. louba, G. laube, arbor. See {Lodge}.] 1. (Arch.) A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby communicates between several rooms, an antechamber to one only; but this distinction is not carefully preserved. 2. That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly; hence, the persons, collectively, who frequent such a place to transact business with the legislators; any persons, not members of a legislative body, who strive to influence its proceedings by personal agency
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lobbish \Lob"bish\, a. Like a lob; consisting of lobs. --Sir. P. Sidney.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Looby \Loo"by\, n.; pl. {Loobies}. [Cf. {Lob}.] An awkward, clumsy fellow; a lubber. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loups \Loups\, n. pl.; sing. {Loup}. [F., prop., a wolf.] (Ethnol.) The Pawnees, a tribe of North American Indians whose principal totem was the wolf.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pawnees \Paw`nees"\, n. pl.; sing. {Pawnee}. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians (called also {Loups}) who formerly occupied the region of the Platte river, but now live mostly in the Indian Territory. The term is often used in a wider sense to include also the related tribes of Rickarees and Wichitas. Called also {Pani}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lovage \Lov"age\, n. [F. liv[8a]che, fr. L. levisticum, ligusticum, a plant indigenous to Liguria, lovage, from Ligusticus Ligustine, Ligurian, Liguria a country of Cisalpine Gaul.] (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant ({Levisticum officinale}), sometimes used in medicine as an aromatic stimulant.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
La Paz, IN (town, FIPS 42192) Location: 41.45939 N, 86.30999 W Population (1990): 562 (226 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Lavaca, AR (city, FIPS 38890) Location: 35.33498 N, 94.18157 W Population (1990): 1253 (514 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Leivasy, WV Zip code(s): 26676
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Levasy, MO (city, FIPS 41762) Location: 39.13310 N, 94.13227 W Population (1990): 279 (94 housing units) Area: 18.5 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
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Lew Beach, NY Zip code(s): 12753
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Live Oak, CA (CDP, FIPS 41922) Location: 36.98370 N, 121.97954 W Population (1990): 15212 (5997 housing units) Area: 8.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Live Oak, CA (city, FIPS 41936) Location: 39.27360 N, 121.66129 W Population (1990): 4320 (1428 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95953 Live Oak, FL (city, FIPS 40875) Location: 30.29435 N, 82.98608 W Population (1990): 6332 (2639 housing units) Area: 18.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Live Oak, TX (city, FIPS 43096) Location: 29.55415 N, 98.33983 W Population (1990): 10023 (3671 housing units) Area: 12.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78233
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Lopez, PA Zip code(s): 18628 Lopez, WA Zip code(s): 98261
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Lovejoy, GA (city, FIPS 47616) Location: 33.43955 N, 84.31621 W Population (1990): 754 (87 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Lubbock, TX (city, FIPS 45000) Location: 33.57585 N, 101.87537 W Population (1990): 186206 (77852 housing units) Area: 269.7 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79401, 79403, 79404, 79405, 79406, 79407, 79410, 79411, 79412, 79413, 79414, 79415, 79416, 79423, 79424
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lubec, ME Zip code(s): 04652
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Lubeck, WV (CDP, FIPS 49156) Location: 39.23636 N, 81.62949 W Population (1990): 1579 (582 housing units) Area: 9.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LAPSE A {single assignment} language for the {Manchester dataflow machine}. ["A Single Assignment Language for Data Flow Computing", J.R.W. Glauert, M.Sc Diss, Victoria U Manchester, 1978]. (1994-12-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LBX {Low Bandwidth X}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
leaves {leaf}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
libg++ The {run-time library} for the {GNU} {C++} compiler, {g++}. Version: 2.5.1 is a superset of {ANSI} and {POSIX.1}. libg++ is no longer maintained, use libstd++ instead if possible. Available by {FTP} from a {GNU archive site}. Bug reports: . (2000-04-24)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LOOPS {Lisp Object-oriented Programming System}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LPAC 1. {Lossless Predictive Audio Compression}. 2. {London Parallel Applications Centre}. (2001-12-17)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LPC A variant of {C} designed ca 1988 to program {LP MUD}s. (1995-04-18)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LPG 1. Linguaggio Procedure Grafiche (Italian for "Graphical Procedures Language"). dott. Gabriele Selmi. Roughly a cross between Fortran and APL, with graphical-oriented extensions and several peculiarities. Underlies the products of CAD.LAB Spa. "Graphical Procedure Language User's Guide and Reference Manual", CAD.LAB, Bologna, Italy, 1989, order code GO89/9. 2. Langage de Programmation Generique. An applicative language, both specification and functional. Special emphasis on parametrised declarations. "Design and Implementation of a Generic, Logic and Functional Programming Language", D. Bert et al, ESOP 86, LNCS 213, Springer 1986.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LPS Sets with restricted {universal quantifier}s. ["Logic Programming with Sets", G. Kuper, J Computer Sys Sci 41:44-64 (1990)].
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LYaPAS (Russian acronym for "Logical Language for the Representation of Synthesis Algorithms") A language for the {URAL-1} computer. It was coded in {octal}! ["LYaPAS: A Programming Language for Logic and Coding Algorithms", M.A. Gavrilov et al eds, Academic Press 1969]. (1995-02-16)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Lebbaeus courageous, a surname of Judas (Jude), one of the twelve (Matt. 10:3), called also Thaddaeus, not to be confounded with the Judas who was the brother of our Lord.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Lebbeus, a man of heart; praising; confessing