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   La Rochefoucauld
         n 1: French writer of moralistic maxims (1613-1680) [syn: {La
               Rochefoucauld}, {Francois de La Rochefoucauld}]

English Dictionary: large(p) by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
large periwinkle
n
  1. plant having variegated foliage and used for window boxes
    Synonym(s): large periwinkle, Vinca major
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
large person
n
  1. a person of greater than average size
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
large poodle
n
  1. the largest breed of poodle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
large-flowered calamint
n
  1. aromatic herb with large pink flowers; southern and southeastern Europe; Anatolia; northern Iran
    Synonym(s): large- flowered calamint, Calamintha grandiflora, Clinopodium grandiflorum, Satureja grandiflora
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
large-flowered fiddleneck
n
  1. annual of the western United States having large coiled flower spikes; a threatened species
    Synonym(s): large-flowered fiddleneck, Amsinckia grandiflora
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
large-flowering magnolia
n
  1. evergreen tree of southern United States having large stiff glossy leaves and huge white sweet-smelling flowers
    Synonym(s): southern magnolia, evergreen magnolia, large-flowering magnolia, bull bay, Magnolia grandiflora
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Larix siberica
n
  1. medium-sized larch of northeastern Russia and Siberia having narrowly conic crown and soft narrow bright-green leaves; used in cultivation
    Synonym(s): Siberian larch, Larix siberica, Larix russica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lark about
v
  1. play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"
    Synonym(s): frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
larkspur
n
  1. any of numerous cultivated plants of the genus Delphinium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lorazepam
n
  1. tranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety and tension and insomnia
    Synonym(s): lorazepam, Ativan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Low Archipelago
n
  1. a group of about 80 coral islands in French Polynesia [syn: Tuamotu Archipelago, Paumotu Archipelago, Low Archipelago]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lower Egypt
n
  1. one of the two main administrative districts of Egypt; consists of the Nile delta
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lower jawbone
n
  1. the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
    Synonym(s): lower jaw, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla, lower jawbone, jawbone, jowl
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lower respiratory infection
n
  1. infection of the lower respiratory tract
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lower respiratory tract
n
  1. the bronchi and lungs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lower respiratory tract smear
n
  1. any of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the lower respiratory tract; used for cytologic study of cancer and other diseases of the lungs
    Synonym(s): lower respiratory tract smear, bronchoscopic smear, sputum smear
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lyre-shaped
adj
  1. shaped like a lyre
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lyric poem
n
  1. a short poem of songlike quality [syn: lyric, {lyric poem}]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Largifical \Lar*gif"i*cal\, a. [L. largificus; largus large +
      facere.]
      Generous; ample; liberal. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Largifluous \Lar*gif"lu*ous\, a. [L. largifiuus; large
      abundantly + fluere to flow.]
      Flowing copiously. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lark \Lark\, n. [OE. larke, laverock, AS. l[be]werce; akin to D.
      leeuwerik, LG. lewerke, OHG. l[?]rahha, G. lerche, Sw.
      l[84]rka, Dan. lerke, Icel. l[91]virki.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus
      {Alauda} and allied genera (family {Alaudid[91]}). They
      mostly belong to Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. In
      America they are represented by the shore larks, or horned by
      the shore larks, or horned larks, of the genus {Otocoris}.
      The true larks have holaspidean tarsi, very long hind claws,
      and usually, dull, sandy brown colors.
  
      Note: The European skylark, or lark of the poets ({Alauda
               arvensis}), is of a brown mottled color, and is noted
               for its clear and sweet song, uttered as it rises and
               descends almost perpendicularly in the air. It is
               considered a table delicacy, and immense numbers are
               killed for the markets. Other well-known European
               species are the crested, or tufted, lark ({Alauda
               cristata}), and the wood lark ({A. arborea}). The
               pipits, or titlarks, of the genus {Anthus} (family
               {Motacillid[91]}) are often called larks. See {Pipit}.
               The American meadow larks, of the genus {Sturnella},
               are allied to the starlings. See {Meadow Lark}. The
               Australian bush lark is {Mirafra Horsfieldii}. See
               {Shore lark}.
  
      {Lark bunting} (Zo[94]l.), a fringilline bird ({Calamospiza
            melanocorys}) found on the plains of the Western United
            States.
  
      {Lark sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a sparrow ({Chondestes
            grammacus}), found in the Mississippi Valley and the
            Western United States.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lark \Lark\, n. [OE. larke, laverock, AS. l[be]werce; akin to D.
      leeuwerik, LG. lewerke, OHG. l[?]rahha, G. lerche, Sw.
      l[84]rka, Dan. lerke, Icel. l[91]virki.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus
      {Alauda} and allied genera (family {Alaudid[91]}). They
      mostly belong to Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. In
      America they are represented by the shore larks, or horned by
      the shore larks, or horned larks, of the genus {Otocoris}.
      The true larks have holaspidean tarsi, very long hind claws,
      and usually, dull, sandy brown colors.
  
      Note: The European skylark, or lark of the poets ({Alauda
               arvensis}), is of a brown mottled color, and is noted
               for its clear and sweet song, uttered as it rises and
               descends almost perpendicularly in the air. It is
               considered a table delicacy, and immense numbers are
               killed for the markets. Other well-known European
               species are the crested, or tufted, lark ({Alauda
               cristata}), and the wood lark ({A. arborea}). The
               pipits, or titlarks, of the genus {Anthus} (family
               {Motacillid[91]}) are often called larks. See {Pipit}.
               The American meadow larks, of the genus {Sturnella},
               are allied to the starlings. See {Meadow Lark}. The
               Australian bush lark is {Mirafra Horsfieldii}. See
               {Shore lark}.
  
      {Lark bunting} (Zo[94]l.), a fringilline bird ({Calamospiza
            melanocorys}) found on the plains of the Western United
            States.
  
      {Lark sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a sparrow ({Chondestes
            grammacus}), found in the Mississippi Valley and the
            Western United States.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Larkspur \Lark"spur\, n. (Bot.)
      A genus of ranunculaceous plants ({Delphinium}), having showy
      flowers, and a spurred calyx. They are natives of the North
      Temperate zone. The commonest larkspur of the gardens is {D.
      Consolida}. The flower of the bee larkspur ({D. elatum}) has
      two petals bearded with yellow hairs, and looks not unlike a
      bee.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
      1. The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance
            constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of
            dentine, characterized by the minuteness and close
            arrangement of the tubes, as also by their double flexure.
            It is used in manufacturing articles of ornament or
            utility.
  
      Note: Ivory is the name commercially given not only to the
               substance constituting the tusks of the elephant, but
               also to that of the tusks of the hippopotamus and
               walrus, the hornlike tusk of the narwhal, etc.
  
      2. The tusks themselves of the elephant, etc.
  
      3. Any carving executed in ivory. --Mollett.
  
      4. pl. Teeth; as, to show one's ivories. [Slang]
  
      {Ivory black}. See under {Black}, n.
  
      {Ivory gull} (Zo[94]l.), a white Arctic gull ({Larus
            eburneus}).
  
      {Ivory nut} (Bot.), the nut of a species of palm, the
            {Phytephas macroarpa}, often as large as a hen's egg. When
            young the seed contains a fluid, which gradually hardness
            into a whitish, close-grained, albuminous substance,
            resembling the finest ivory in texture and color, whence
            it is called {vegetable ivory}. It is wrought into various
            articles, as buttons, chessmen, etc. The palm is found in
            New Grenada. A smaller kind is the fruit of the {Phytephas
            microarpa}. The nuts are known in commerce as Corosso
            nuts.
  
      {Ivory palm} (Bot.), the palm tree which produces ivory nuts.
           
  
      {Ivory shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Eburna}, a genus of
            marine gastropod shells, having a smooth surface, usually
            white with red or brown spots.
  
      {Vegetable ivory}, the meat of the ivory nut. See {Ivory nut}
            (above).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Serrator \Ser*ra"tor\, n. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The ivory gull ({Larus eburneus}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus
            Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of
            wheels, and for other purposes.
  
      {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}.
           
  
      {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show
            the white feather}, under {Feather}, n.
  
      {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees
            of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A.
            concolor}.
  
      {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under
            {Ruffed}. [Canada]
  
      {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}.
  
      {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.
  
      {White garnet} (Min.), leucite.
  
      {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica})
            with greenish-white pale[91].
  
      {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The white ptarmigan.
            (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]
  
      {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other
            allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and
            other plants, and often do much damage.
  
      {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under
            {Squirrel}.
  
      {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier.
  
      {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become
            incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which
            they emit.
  
      {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum}
            ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2.
  
      {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as
            distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.
  
      {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.
  
      {The White House}. See under {House}.
  
      {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba})
            having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the
            wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and
            the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}.
           
  
      {White iron}.
            (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.
            (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large
                  proportion of combined carbon.
  
      {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite.
  
      {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,
            but blackish after rain. [Eng.]
  
      {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting.
  
      {White lead}.
            (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for
                  other purposes; ceruse.
            (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.
  
      {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and
            salt.
  
      {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}.
  
      {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under
            {Rattlesnake}.
  
      {White lie}. See under {Lie}.
  
      {White light}.
            (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the
                  same proportion as in the light coming directly from
                  the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing
                  through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1.
            (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white
                  illumination for signals, etc.
  
      {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for
            whitewashing; whitewash.
  
      {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,
            on a printed page; a blank line.
  
      {White meat}.
            (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.
            (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.
  
                           Driving their cattle continually with them, and
                           feeding only upon their milk and white meats.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.
  
      {White metal}.
            (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,
                  etc.
            (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a
                  certain stage in copper smelting.
  
      {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common clothes moth.
            (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma
                  Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black
                  spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin
                  moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.
  
      {White money}, silver money.
  
      {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common
            mouse.
  
      {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema})
            ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --
            called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}.
  
      {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white
            crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its
            head, which give the appearance of a hood.
  
      {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}.
  
      {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The snowy owl.
            (b) The barn owl.
  
      {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.
  
      {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana})
                  valued as a food fish.
            (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.
            (c) Any California surf fish.
  
      {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}.
  
      {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often
            cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.
  
      {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}.
           
  
      {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to
            exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.
            [Obs.]
  
                     A pistol charged with white powder.   --Beau. & Fl.
  
      {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}.
  
      {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.
            (b) An albino rabbit.
  
      {White rent},
            (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --
                  opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.
            (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by
                  every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of
                  Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros
                  Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}.
            (b) The umhofo.
  
      {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain
            organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral
            purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.
  
      {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.
  
      {White rot}. (Bot.)
            (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and
                  butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease
                  called rot in sheep.
            (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}.
  
      {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia
            lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter
            fat}.
  
      {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon.
  
      {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.
  
      {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii})
            injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under
            {Orange}.
  
      {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See
            under {Shark}.
  
      {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under
            {Softening}.
  
      {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1.
  
      {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious
            blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach
            otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on
            the surface of the sea.
  
      {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of
            England. --Macaulay.
  
      {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork.
  
      {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose}
            (d) .
  
      {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common sucker.
            (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}).
  
      {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,
            produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial
            membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of
            the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also
            to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.
  
      {White tombac}. See {Tombac}.
  
      {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver
            squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United
            States.
  
      {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White
            vitriol}, under {Vitriol}.
  
      {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail.
  
      {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.
  
      {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga.
  
      {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.
  
      {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color,
            bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --
            distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and
            Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers
            are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent
            purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.
  
      {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of
                  Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and
                  {Thibetan wolf}.
            (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.
  
      {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called
            from the color of the under parts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rudder \Rud"der\, n. [OE. rother, AS. r[omac][edh]er a paddle;
      akin to D. roer rudder, oar, G. ruder, OHG. roadar, Sw.
      roder, ror, Dan. roer, ror. [root] 8. See {Row} to propel
      with an oar, and cf. {Rother}. ]
      1. (Naut.) The mechanical appliance by means of which a
            vessel is guided or steered when in motion. It is a broad
            and flat blade made of wood or iron, with a long shank,
            and is fastened in an upright position, usually by one
            edge, to the sternpost of the vessel in such a way that it
            can be turned from side to side in the water by means of a
            tiller, wheel, or other attachment.
  
      2. Fig.: That which resembles a rudder as a guide or
            governor; that which guides or governs the course.
  
                     For rhyme the rudder is of verses.      --Hudibras.
  
      {Balance rudder} (Naut.), a rudder pivoted near the middle
            instead of at the edge, -- common on sharpies.
  
      {Drop rudder} (Naut.), a rudder extending below the keel so
            as to be more effective in steering.
  
      {Rudder chain} (Naut.), one of the loose chains or ropes
            which fasten the rudder to the quarters to prevent its
            loss in case it gets unshipped, and for operating it in
            case the tiller or the wheel is broken.
  
      {Rudder coat} (Naut.), a covering of tarred canvas used to
            prevent water from entering the rudderhole.
  
      {Rudder fish}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The pilot fish.
            (b) The amber fish ({Seriola zonata}), which is bluish
                  having six broad black bands.
            (c) A plain greenish black American fish ({Leirus
                  perciformis}); -- called also {black rudder fish},
                  {logfish}, and {barrel fish}. The name is also applied
                  to other fishes which follow vessels.
  
      {Rudder pendants} (Naut.), ropes connected with the rudder
            chains.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Larkfield-Wikiup, CA (CDP, FIPS 40426)
      Location: 38.51339 N, 122.75248 W
      Population (1990): 6779 (2680 housing units)
      Area: 11.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Larkspur, CA (city, FIPS 40438)
      Location: 37.94115 N, 122.52915 W
      Population (1990): 11070 (5966 housing units)
      Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 94939
   Larkspur, CO (town, FIPS 43550)
      Location: 39.18162 N, 104.89599 W
      Population (1990): 232 (96 housing units)
      Area: 11.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 80118

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Larksville, PA (borough, FIPS 41608)
      Location: 41.25937 N, 75.93232 W
      Population (1990): 4700 (1808 housing units)
      Area: 12.3 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lawyersville, NY
      Zip code(s): 12113

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Le Raysville, PA (borough, FIPS 42824)
      Location: 41.83762 N, 76.18074 W
      Population (1990): 336 (124 housing units)
      Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 18829
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