La Tour
         n 1: French painter of religious works (1593-1652) [syn: {La
               Tour}, {Georges de La Tour}]

English Dictionary: lead tree	by the DICT Development Group
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ladder n steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress; "he climbed the career ladder" a row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking" Synonym(s): run, ladder, ravel v come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons were running" Synonym(s): ladder, run
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later adv happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here later"; "it didn't happen until afterward"; "two hours after that" Synonym(s): subsequently, later, afterwards, afterward, after, later on at some eventual time in the future; "By and by he'll understand"; "I'll see you later" Synonym(s): by and by, later comparative of the adverb `late'; "he stayed later than you did" adj coming at a subsequent time or stage; "without ulterior argument"; "the mood posterior to" Synonym(s): later(a), ulterior, posterior at or toward an end or late period or stage of development; "the late phase of feudalism"; "a later symptom of the disease"; "later medical science could have saved the child" Synonym(s): late, later(a) Antonym(s): early
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lather n the froth produced by soaps or detergents [syn: soapsuds, suds, lather] agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams" Synonym(s): fret, stew, sweat, lather, swither a workman who puts up laths the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse) v beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" Synonym(s): flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce form a lather; "The shaving cream lathered" exude sweat or lather; "this unfit horse lathers easily" rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning Synonym(s): soap, lather
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lathery adj resembling lather or covered with lather [syn: lathery, sudsy]
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latria n the worship given to God alone Synonym(s): adoration, latria
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latter adj referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several); "in the latter case" Antonym(s): former(a) n the second of two or the second mentioned of two; "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the latter is remembered today" Antonym(s): former
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Lauder n Scottish ballad singer and music hall comedian (1870-1950) Synonym(s): Lauder, Harry Lauder, Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder someone who communicates high praise Synonym(s): laudator, lauder, extoller
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lead ore n ore containing lead
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lead tree n low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods Synonym(s): lead tree, white popinac, Leucaena glauca, Leucaena leucocephala
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leader n a person who rules or guides or inspires others [ant: follower] a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers Synonym(s): drawing card, loss leader, leader
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leather n an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning v whip with a leather strap
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leathery adj resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable Synonym(s): coriaceous, leathered, leatherlike, leathery
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letter n a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor" Synonym(s): letter, missive the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters" Synonym(s): letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention); "he followed instructions to the letter"; "he obeyed the letter of the law" an award earned by participation in a school sport; "he won letters in three sports" Synonym(s): letter, varsity letter v win an athletic letter set down or print with letters mark letters on or mark with letters
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lidar n a measuring system that detects and locates objects on the same principle as radar but uses light from a laser; a potential technology for detecting air turbulence that can affect aircraft
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liter n a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints) Synonym(s): liter, litre, l, cubic decimeter, cubic decimetre
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litre n a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints) Synonym(s): liter, litre, l, cubic decimeter, cubic decimetre
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litter n the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places) conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers material used to provide a bed for animals Synonym(s): bedding material, bedding, litter v strew; "Cigar butts littered the ground" make a place messy by strewing garbage around give birth to a litter of animals
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Littre n French lexicographer (1801-1881) [syn: Littre, Maximilien Paul Emile Littre]
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loader n a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port [syn: stevedore, loader, longshoreman, docker, dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper, lumper] an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game
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loather n one who hates or loathes Synonym(s): abominator, loather
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loiter v be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" Synonym(s): loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
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looter n someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) [syn: plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter]
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Lothario n a successful womanizer; a man who behaves selfishly in his sexual relationships with women
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lottery n something that is regarded as a chance event; "the election was just a lottery to them" players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots Synonym(s): lottery, drawing
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low water n the lowest (farthest) ebb of the tide [syn: low tide, low water] Antonym(s): high tide, high water, highwater
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Luther n German theologian who led the Reformation; believed that salvation is granted on the basis of faith rather than deeds (1483-1546) Synonym(s): Luther, Martin Luther
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luthier n a craftsman who makes stringed instruments (as lutes or guitars or violins)
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Lutra n in some classifications considered a genus of the subfamily Lutrinae Synonym(s): Lutra, genus Lutra
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ladder \Lad"der\, n. [OE. laddre, AS. hl[?]der, hl[?]dder; akin       to OFries. hladder, OHG. leitara, G. leiter, and from the       root of E. lean, v. ([?]). See {Lean}, v. i., and cf.       {Climax}.]       1. A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for             ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which             are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps.                         Some the engines play, And some, more bold, mount                      ladders to the fire.                           --Dryden.          2. That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that             by means of which one attains to eminence.                         Lowliness is young ambition's ladder. --Shak.          {Fish ladder}. See under {Fish}.          {Ladder beetle} (Zo[94]l.), an American leaf beetle             ({Chrysomela scalaris}). The elytra are silvery white,             striped and spotted with green; the under wings are             rose-colored. It feeds upon the linden tree.          {Ladder handle}, an iron rail at the side of a vertical fixed             ladder, to grasp with the hand in climbing.          {Ladder shell} (Zo[94]l.), a spiral marine shell of the genus             Scalaria. See {Scalaria}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Late \Late\, a. [Compar. {Later}, or {latter}; superl.       {Latest}.] [OE. lat slow, slack, AS. l[91]t; akin to OS. lat,       D. laat late, G. lass weary, lazy, slack, Icel. latr, Sw.       lat, Dan. lad, Goth. lats, and to E. let, v. See {Let} to       permit, and cf. {Alas}, {Lassitude}.]       1. Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or             proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a             late spring.          2. Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of             the day; a late period of life.          3. Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not             now; lately deceased, departed, or gone out of office; as,             the late bishop of London; the late administration.          4. Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the             late rains; we have received late intelligence.          5. Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night;             as, late revels; a late watcher.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Later \Lat"er\, a.       Compar. of {Late}, a. & adv.
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Lather \Lath"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lathered}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Lathering}.] [AS. l[emac][edh]rian to lather, anoint. See       {Lather}, n. ]       To spread over with lather; as, to lather the face.
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Lather \Lath"er\, v. i.       To form lather, or a froth like lather; to accumulate foam       from profuse sweating, as a horse.
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Lather \Lath"er\, v. t. [Cf. {Leather}.]       To beat severely with a thong, strap, or the like; to flog.       [Low]
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Lather \Lath"er\, n. [AS. le[a0][edh]or niter, in       le[a0][edh]orwyrt soapwort; cf. Icel. lau[?]r; perh. akin to       E. lye.]       1. Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.          2. Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Late \Late\, a. [Compar. {Later}, or {latter}; superl.       {Latest}.] [OE. lat slow, slack, AS. l[91]t; akin to OS. lat,       D. laat late, G. lass weary, lazy, slack, Icel. latr, Sw.       lat, Dan. lad, Goth. lats, and to E. let, v. See {Let} to       permit, and cf. {Alas}, {Lassitude}.]       1. Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or             proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a             late spring.          2. Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of             the day; a late period of life.          3. Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not             now; lately deceased, departed, or gone out of office; as,             the late bishop of London; the late administration.          4. Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the             late rains; we have received late intelligence.          5. Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night;             as, late revels; a late watcher.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Latter \Lat"ter\, a. [OE. later, l[91]tter, compar. of lat late.       See {Late}, and cf. {Later}.]       1. Later; more recent; coming or happening after something             else; -- opposed to {former}; as, the former and latter             rain.          2. Of two things, the one mentioned second.                         The difference between reason and revelation, and in                      what sense the latter is superior.      --I. Watts.          3. Recent; modern.                         Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages,                      whole nations at the bay of Soldania? --Locke.          4. Last; latest; final. [R.] [bd]My latter gasp.[b8] --Shak.          {Latter harvest}, the last part of the harvest.          {Latter spring}, the last part of the spring of the year.             --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Late \Late\, a. [Compar. {Later}, or {latter}; superl.       {Latest}.] [OE. lat slow, slack, AS. l[91]t; akin to OS. lat,       D. laat late, G. lass weary, lazy, slack, Icel. latr, Sw.       lat, Dan. lad, Goth. lats, and to E. let, v. See {Let} to       permit, and cf. {Alas}, {Lassitude}.]       1. Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or             proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a             late spring.          2. Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of             the day; a late period of life.          3. Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not             now; lately deceased, departed, or gone out of office; as,             the late bishop of London; the late administration.          4. Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the             late rains; we have received late intelligence.          5. Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night;             as, late revels; a late watcher.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Latter \Lat"ter\, a. [OE. later, l[91]tter, compar. of lat late.       See {Late}, and cf. {Later}.]       1. Later; more recent; coming or happening after something             else; -- opposed to {former}; as, the former and latter             rain.          2. Of two things, the one mentioned second.                         The difference between reason and revelation, and in                      what sense the latter is superior.      --I. Watts.          3. Recent; modern.                         Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages,                      whole nations at the bay of Soldania? --Locke.          4. Last; latest; final. [R.] [bd]My latter gasp.[b8] --Shak.          {Latter harvest}, the last part of the harvest.          {Latter spring}, the last part of the spring of the year.             --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lauder \Laud"er\, n.       One who lauds.
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Lead \Lead\ (l[ecr]d), n. [OE. led, leed, lead, AS. le[a0]d;       akin to D. lood, MHG. l[omac]t, G. loth plummet, sounding       lead, small weight, Sw. & Dan. lod. [root]123]       1. (Chem.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic             metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily             tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with             little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets,             etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible,             forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of             solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L.             Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena,             lead sulphide.          2. An article made of lead or an alloy of lead; as:             (a) A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.             (b) (Print.) A thin strip of type metal, used to separate                   lines of type in printing.             (c) Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs;                   hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne                   plates.                               I would have the tower two stories, and goodly                            leads upon the top.                     --Bacon          3. A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in             pencils.          {Black lead}, graphite or plumbago; -- so called from its             leadlike appearance and streak. [Colloq.]          {Coasting lead}, a sounding lead intermediate in weight             between a hand lead and deep-sea lead.          {Deep-sea lead}, the heaviest of sounding leads, used in             water exceeding a hundred fathoms in depth. --Ham. Nav.             Encyc.          {Hand lead}, a small lead use for sounding in shallow water.                      {Krems lead}, {Kremnitz lead} [so called from Krems or             Kremnitz, in Austria], a pure variety of white lead,             formed into tablets, and called also {Krems, [or]             Kremnitz, white}, and {Vienna white}.          {Lead arming}, tallow put in the hollow of a sounding lead.             See {To arm the lead} (below).          {Lead colic}. See under {Colic}.          {Lead color}, a deep bluish gray color, like tarnished lead.                      {Lead glance}. (Min.) Same as {Galena}.          {Lead line}             (a) (Med.) A dark line along the gums produced by a                   deposit of metallic lead, due to lead poisoning.             (b) (Naut.) A sounding line.          {Lead mill}, a leaden polishing wheel, used by lapidaries.          {Lead ocher} (Min.), a massive sulphur-yellow oxide of lead.             Same as {Massicot}.          {Lead pencil}, a pencil of which the marking material is             graphite (black lead).          {Lead plant} (Bot.), a low leguminous plant, genus {Amorpha}             ({A. canescens}), found in the Northwestern United States,             where its presence is supposed to indicate lead ore.             --Gray.          {Lead tree}.             (a) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the tropical, leguminous                   tree, {Leuc[91]na glauca}; -- probably so called from                   the glaucous color of the foliage.             (b) (Chem.) Lead crystallized in arborescent forms from a                   solution of some lead salt, as by suspending a strip                   of zinc in lead acetate.          {Mock lead}, a miner's term for blende.          {Red lead}, a scarlet, crystalline, granular powder,             consisting of minium when pure, but commonly containing             several of the oxides of lead. It is used as a paint or             cement and also as an ingredient of flint glass.          {Red lead ore} (Min.), crocoite.          {Sugar of lead}, acetate of lead.          {To arm the lead}, to fill the hollow in the bottom of a             sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature             of the bottom by the substances adhering. --Ham. Nav.             Encyc.          {To} {cast, [or] heave}, {the lead}, to cast the sounding             lead for ascertaining the depth of water.          {White lead}, hydrated carbonate of lead, obtained as a             white, amorphous powder, and much used as an ingredient of             white paint.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leader \Lead"er\, n.       1. One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a             conductor. Especially:             (a) One who goes first.             (b) One having authority to direct; a chief; a commander.             (c) (Mus.) A performer who leads a band or choir in music;                   also, in an orchestra, the principal violinist; the                   one who plays at the head of the first violins.             (d) (Naut.) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable                   holes for leading ropes in their proper places.             (e) (Mach.) The principal wheel in any kind of machinery.                   [Obs. or R.] --G. Francis.             (f) A horse placed in advance of others; one of the                   forward pair of horses.                               He forgot to pull in his leaders, and they                            gallop away with him at times.      --Hare.             (g) A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a                   cistern or to the ground; a conductor.             (h) (Fishing) A net for leading fish into a pound, weir,                   etc.; also, a line of gut, to which the snell of a fly                   hook is attached.             (i) (Mining) A branch or small vein, not important in                   itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.          2. The first, or the principal, editorial article in a             newspaper; a leading or main editorial article.          3. (Print.)             (a) A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its                   face.             (b) pl. a row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables                   of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to                   the right word or number.          Syn: chief; chieftain; commander. See {Chief}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leather \Leath"er\, n. [OE. lether, AS. le[?]er; akin to D.       leder, le[88]r, G. leder, OHG. ledar, Icel. le[?]r, Sw.       l[84]der, Dan. l[91]der.]       1. The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned,             tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides,             collectively.          2. The skin. [Ironical or Sportive]          Note: Leather is much used adjectively in the sense of made                of, relating to, or like, leather.          {Leather board}, an imitation of sole leather, made of             leather scraps, rags, paper, etc.          {Leather carp} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of carp in which the             scales are all, or nearly all, absent. See Illust. under             {Carp}.          {Leather jacket}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A California carangoid fish ({Oligoplites saurus}).             (b) A trigger fish ({Balistes Carolinensis}).          {Leather flower} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Clematis Viorna})             of the Middle and Southern States having thick, leathery             sepals of a purplish color.          {Leather leaf} (Bot.), a low shrub ({Cassandra calyculata}),             growing in Northern swamps, and having evergreen,             coriaceous, scurfy leaves.          {Leather plant} (Bot.), one or more New Zealand plants of the             composite genus {Celmisia}, which have white or buff             tomentose leaves.          {Leather turtle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Leatherback}.          {Vegetable leather}.             (a) An imitation of leather made of cotton waste.             (b) Linen cloth coated with India rubber. --Ure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leather \Leath"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leathered}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Leathering}.]       To beat, as with a thong of leather. [Obs. or Colloq.] --G.       Eliot.
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Leathery \Leath"er*y\, a.       Resembling leather in appearance or consistence; tough. [bd]A       leathery skin.[b8] --Grew.
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Letter \Let"ter\ (l[ecr]t"t[etil]r), n. [From {Let} to permit.]       One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire.
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Letter \Let"ter\, n. [From {Let} to hinder.]       One who retards or hinders. [Archaic.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Letter \Let"ter\, n. [OE. lettre, F. lettre, OF. letre, fr. L.       littera, litera, a letter; pl., an epistle, a writing,       literature, fr. linere, litum, to besmear, to spread or rub       over; because one of the earliest modes of writing was by       graving the characters upon tablets smeared over or covered       with wax. --Pliny, xiii. 11. See {Liniment}, and cf.       {Literal}.]       1. A mark or character used as the representative of a sound,             or of an articulation of the human organs of speech; a             first element of written language.                         And a superscription also was written over him in                      letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew. --Luke                                                                               xxiii. 38.          2. A written or printed communication; a message expressed in             intelligible characters on something adapted to             conveyance, as paper, parchment, etc.; an epistle.                         The style of letters ought to be free, easy, and                      natural.                                             --Walsh.          3. A writing; an inscription. [Obs.]                         None could expound what this letter meant.                                                                               --Chaucer.          4. Verbal expression; literal statement or meaning; exact             signification or requirement.                         We must observe the letter of the law, without doing                      violence to the reason of the law and the intention                      of the lawgiver.                                 --Jer. Taylor.                         I broke the letter of it to keep the sense.                                                                               --Tennyson.          5. (Print.) A single type; type, collectively; a style of             type.                         Under these buildings . . . was the king's printing                      house, and that famous letter so much esteemed.                                                                               --Evelyn.          6. pl. Learning; erudition; as, a man of letters.          7. pl. A letter; an epistle. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {Dead letter}, {Drop letter}, etc. See under {Dead}, {Drop},             etc.          {Letter book}, a book in which copies of letters are kept.          {Letter box}, a box for the reception of letters to be mailed             or delivered.          {Letter carrier}, a person who carries letters; a postman;             specif., an officer of the post office who carries letters             to the persons to whom they are addressed, and collects             letters to be mailed.          {Letter cutter}, one who engraves letters or letter punches.                      {Letter lock}, a lock that can not be opened when fastened,             unless certain movable lettered rings or disks forming a             part of it are in such a position (indicated by a             particular combination of the letters) as to permit the             bolt to be withdrawn.                         A strange lock that opens with AMEN.   --Beau. & Fl.          {Letter paper}, paper for writing letters on; especially, a             size of paper intermediate between note paper and             foolscap. See {Paper}.          {Letter punch}, a steel punch with a letter engraved on the             end, used in making the matrices for type.          {Letters of administration} (Law), the instrument by which an             administrator or administratrix is authorized to             administer the goods and estate of a deceased person.          {Letter of attorney}, {Letter of credit}, etc. See under             {Attorney}, {Credit}, etc.          {Letter of license}, a paper by which creditors extend a             debtor's time for paying his debts.          {Letters close [or] clause} (Eng. Law.), letters or writs             directed to particular persons for particular purposes,             and hence closed or sealed on the outside; --             distinguished from letters patent. --Burrill.          {Letters of orders} (Eccl.), a document duly signed and             sealed, by which a bishop makes it known that he has             regularly ordained a certain person as priest, deacon,             etc.          {Letters patent}, {overt}, [or] {open} (Eng. Law), a writing             executed and sealed, by which power and authority are             granted to a person to do some act, or enjoy some right;             as, letters patent under the seal of England.          {Letter-sheet envelope}, a stamped sheet of letter paper             issued by the government, prepared to be folded and sealed             for transmission by mail without an envelope.          {Letters testamentary} (Law), an instrument granted by the             proper officer to an executor after probate of a will,             authorizing him to act as executor.          {Letter writer}.             (a) One who writes letters.             (b) A machine for copying letters.             (c) A book giving directions and forms for the writing of                   letters.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Letter \Let"ter\ (l[ecr]t"t[etil]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Lettered} (-t[etil]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lettering}.]       To impress with letters; to mark with letters or words; as, a       book gilt and lettered.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Letter \Let"ter\, n. (Teleg.)       A telegram longer than an ordinary message sent at rates       lower than the standard message rate in consideration of its       being sent and delivered subject to priority in service of       regular messages. Such telegrams are called by the Western       Union Company {day, [or] night, letters} according to the       time of sending, and by The Postal Telegraph Company {day,       [or] night, lettergrams}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Attorney \At*tor"ney\, n.; pl. {Attorneys}. [OE. aturneye, OF.       atorn[82], p. p. of atorner: cf. LL. atturnatus, attornatus,       fr. attornare. See {Attorn}.]       1. A substitute; a proxy; an agent. [Obs.]                         And will have no attorney but myself. --Shak.          2. (Law)             (a) One who is legally appointed by another to transact                   any business for him; an attorney in fact.             (b) A legal agent qualified to act for suitors and                   defendants in legal proceedings; an attorney at law.          Note: An attorney is either public or private. A private                attorney, or an attorney in fact, is a person appointed                by another, by a letter or power of attorney, to                transact any business for him out of court; but in a                more extended sense, this class includes any agent                employed in any business, or to do any act in pais, for                another. A public attorney, or attorney at law, is a                practitioner in a court of law, legally qualified to                prosecute and defend actions in such court, on the                retainer of clients. --Bouvier. -- The attorney at law                answers to the procurator of the civilians, to the                solicitor in chancery, and to the proctor in the                ecclesiastical and admiralty courts, and all of these                are comprehended under the more general term lawyer. In                Great Britain and in some states of the United States,                attorneys are distinguished from counselors in that the                business of the former is to carry on the practical and                formal parts of the suit. In many states of the United                States however, no such distinction exists. In England,                since 1873, attorneys at law are by statute called                solicitors.          {A power}, {letter}, or {warrant}, {of attorney}, a written             authority from one person empowering another to transact             business for him.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Letter \Let"ter\ (l[ecr]t"t[etil]r), n. [From {Let} to permit.]       One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Letter \Let"ter\, n. [From {Let} to hinder.]       One who retards or hinders. [Archaic.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Letter \Let"ter\, n. [OE. lettre, F. lettre, OF. letre, fr. L.       littera, litera, a letter; pl., an epistle, a writing,       literature, fr. linere, litum, to besmear, to spread or rub       over; because one of the earliest modes of writing was by       graving the characters upon tablets smeared over or covered       with wax. --Pliny, xiii. 11. See {Liniment}, and cf.       {Literal}.]       1. A mark or character used as the representative of a sound,             or of an articulation of the human organs of speech; a             first element of written language.                         And a superscription also was written over him in                      letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew. --Luke                                                                               xxiii. 38.          2. A written or printed communication; a message expressed in             intelligible characters on something adapted to             conveyance, as paper, parchment, etc.; an epistle.                         The style of letters ought to be free, easy, and                      natural.                                             --Walsh.          3. A writing; an inscription. [Obs.]                         None could expound what this letter meant.                                                                               --Chaucer.          4. Verbal expression; literal statement or meaning; exact             signification or requirement.                         We must observe the letter of the law, without doing                      violence to the reason of the law and the intention                      of the lawgiver.                                 --Jer. Taylor.                         I broke the letter of it to keep the sense.                                                                               --Tennyson.          5. (Print.) A single type; type, collectively; a style of             type.                         Under these buildings . . . was the king's printing                      house, and that famous letter so much esteemed.                                                                               --Evelyn.          6. pl. Learning; erudition; as, a man of letters.          7. pl. A letter; an epistle. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {Dead letter}, {Drop letter}, etc. See under {Dead}, {Drop},             etc.          {Letter book}, a book in which copies of letters are kept.          {Letter box}, a box for the reception of letters to be mailed             or delivered.          {Letter carrier}, a person who carries letters; a postman;             specif., an officer of the post office who carries letters             to the persons to whom they are addressed, and collects             letters to be mailed.          {Letter cutter}, one who engraves letters or letter punches.                      {Letter lock}, a lock that can not be opened when fastened,             unless certain movable lettered rings or disks forming a             part of it are in such a position (indicated by a             particular combination of the letters) as to permit the             bolt to be withdrawn.                         A strange lock that opens with AMEN.   --Beau. & Fl.          {Letter paper}, paper for writing letters on; especially, a             size of paper intermediate between note paper and             foolscap. See {Paper}.          {Letter punch}, a steel punch with a letter engraved on the             end, used in making the matrices for type.          {Letters of administration} (Law), the instrument by which an             administrator or administratrix is authorized to             administer the goods and estate of a deceased person.          {Letter of attorney}, {Letter of credit}, etc. See under             {Attorney}, {Credit}, etc.          {Letter of license}, a paper by which creditors extend a             debtor's time for paying his debts.          {Letters close [or] clause} (Eng. Law.), letters or writs             directed to particular persons for particular purposes,             and hence closed or sealed on the outside; --             distinguished from letters patent. --Burrill.          {Letters of orders} (Eccl.), a document duly signed and             sealed, by which a bishop makes it known that he has             regularly ordained a certain person as priest, deacon,             etc.          {Letters patent}, {overt}, [or] {open} (Eng. Law), a writing             executed and sealed, by which power and authority are             granted to a person to do some act, or enjoy some right;             as, letters patent under the seal of England.          {Letter-sheet envelope}, a stamped sheet of letter paper             issued by the government, prepared to be folded and sealed             for transmission by mail without an envelope.          {Letters testamentary} (Law), an instrument granted by the             proper officer to an executor after probate of a will,             authorizing him to act as executor.          {Letter writer}.             (a) One who writes letters.             (b) A machine for copying letters.             (c) A book giving directions and forms for the writing of                   letters.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Letter \Let"ter\ (l[ecr]t"t[etil]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Lettered} (-t[etil]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lettering}.]       To impress with letters; to mark with letters or words; as, a       book gilt and lettered.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Letter \Let"ter\, n. (Teleg.)       A telegram longer than an ordinary message sent at rates       lower than the standard message rate in consideration of its       being sent and delivered subject to priority in service of       regular messages. Such telegrams are called by the Western       Union Company {day, [or] night, letters} according to the       time of sending, and by The Postal Telegraph Company {day,       [or] night, lettergrams}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Attorney \At*tor"ney\, n.; pl. {Attorneys}. [OE. aturneye, OF.       atorn[82], p. p. of atorner: cf. LL. atturnatus, attornatus,       fr. attornare. See {Attorn}.]       1. A substitute; a proxy; an agent. [Obs.]                         And will have no attorney but myself. --Shak.          2. (Law)             (a) One who is legally appointed by another to transact                   any business for him; an attorney in fact.             (b) A legal agent qualified to act for suitors and                   defendants in legal proceedings; an attorney at law.          Note: An attorney is either public or private. A private                attorney, or an attorney in fact, is a person appointed                by another, by a letter or power of attorney, to                transact any business for him out of court; but in a                more extended sense, this class includes any agent                employed in any business, or to do any act in pais, for                another. A public attorney, or attorney at law, is a                practitioner in a court of law, legally qualified to                prosecute and defend actions in such court, on the                retainer of clients. --Bouvier. -- The attorney at law                answers to the procurator of the civilians, to the                solicitor in chancery, and to the proctor in the                ecclesiastical and admiralty courts, and all of these                are comprehended under the more general term lawyer. In                Great Britain and in some states of the United States,                attorneys are distinguished from counselors in that the                business of the former is to carry on the practical and                formal parts of the suit. In many states of the United                States however, no such distinction exists. In England,                since 1873, attorneys at law are by statute called                solicitors.          {A power}, {letter}, or {warrant}, {of attorney}, a written             authority from one person empowering another to transact             business for him.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Letuary \Let"u*a*ry\ (l[ecr]t"[usl]*[asl]*r[ycr]), n.       Electuary. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lewd \Lewd\ (l[umac]d), a. [Compar. {Lewder} (-[etil]r); superl.       {Lewdest}.] [{OE}. lewed, lewd, lay, ignorant, vile, AS.       l[aemac]wed laical, belonging to the laity.]       1. Not clerical; laic; laical; hence, unlearned; simple.             [Obs.]                         For if a priest be foul, on whom we trust, No wonder                      is a lewed man to rust.                     --Chaucer.                         So these great clerks their little wisdom show To                      mock the lewd, as learn'd in this as they. --Sir. J.                                                                               Davies.          2. Belonging to the lower classes, or the rabble; idle and             lawless; bad; vicious. [Archaic] --Chaucer.                         But the Jews, which believed not, . . . took unto                      them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, . . .                      and assaulted the house of Jason.      --Acts xvii.                                                                               5.                         Too lewd to work, and ready for any kind of                      mischief.                                          --Southey.          3. Given to the promiscuous indulgence of lust; dissolute;             lustful; libidinous. --Dryden.          4. Suiting, or proceeding from, lustfulness; involving             unlawful sexual desire; as, lewd thoughts, conduct, or             language.          Syn: Lustful; libidinous; licentious; profligate; dissolute;                sensual; unchaste; impure; lascivious; lecherous;                rakish; debauched. -- {Lewd"ly}, adv. -- {Lewd"ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Lied \[d8]Lied\ (l[emac]t), n.; pl. {Lieder}       (l[emac]"d[etil]r). [G.] (Mus.)       A lay; a German song. It differs from the French chanson, and       the Italian canzone, all three being national.                   The German Lied is perhaps the most faithful reflection                of the national sentiment.                     --Grove.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Liter \Li"ter\, Litre \Li"tre\, n. [F. litre, Gr. [?] a silver       coin.]       A measure of capacity in the metric system, being a cubic       decimeter, equal to 61.022 cubic inches, or 2.113 American       pints, or 1.76 English pints.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lither \Li"ther\, a. [AS. [?] bad, wicked.]       Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful. [Obs.] --Chaucer.                   Not lither in business, fervent in spirit. --Bp.                                                                               Woolton.          Note: Professor Skeat thinks [bd] the lither sky[b8] as found                in Shakespeare's Henry VI. ((Part I. IY. YII., 21)                means the stagnant or pestilential sky. --                {Li"ther*ly}, adv. [Obs.]. -- {Li"ther*ness}, n. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Liter \Li"ter\, Litre \Li"tre\, n. [F. litre, Gr. [?] a silver       coin.]       A measure of capacity in the metric system, being a cubic       decimeter, equal to 61.022 cubic inches, or 2.113 American       pints, or 1.76 English pints.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Litre \Li"tre\, n. [F.]       Same as {Liter}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Litter \Lit"ter\, n. [F. liti[8a]re, LL. lectaria, fr. L. lectus       couch, bed. See {Lie} to be prostrated, and cf. {Coverlet}.]       1. A bed or stretcher so arranged that a person, esp. a sick             or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it.                         There is a litter ready; lay him in 't. --Shak.          2. Straw, hay, etc., scattered on a floor, as bedding for             animals to rest on; also, a covering of straw for plants.                         To crouch in litter of your stable planks. --Shak.                         Take off the litter from your kernel beds. --Evelyn.          3. Things lying scattered about in a manner indicating             slovenliness; scattered rubbish.                         Strephon, who found the room was void. Stole in, and                      took a strict survey Of all the litter as it lay.                                                                               --Swift.          4. Disorder or untidiness resulting from scattered rubbish,             or from thongs lying about uncared for; as, a room in a             state of litter.          5. The young brought forth at one time, by a sow or other             multiparous animal, taken collectively. Also Fig.                         A wolf came to a sow, and very kindly offered to                      take care of her litter.                     --D. Estrange.                         Reflect upon numerous litter of strange, senseless                      opinions that crawl about the world.   --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Litter \Lit"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Littered}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Littering}.]       1. To supply with litter, as cattle; to cover with litter, as             the floor of a stall.                         Tell them how they litter their jades. --Bp.                                                                               Hacke[?].                         For his ease, well littered was the floor. --Dryden.          2. To put into a confused or disordered condition; to strew             with scattered articles; as, to litter a room.                         The room with volumes littered round. --Swift.          3. To give birth to; to bear; -- said of brutes, esp. those             which produce more than one at a birth, and also of human             beings, in abhorrence or contempt.                         We might conceive that dogs were created blind,                      because we observe they were littered so with us.                                                                               --Sir T.                                                                               Browne.                         The son that she did litter here, A freckled whelp                      hagborn.                                             --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Litter \Lit"ter\, v. i.       1. To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make             one's bed in litter. [R.]                         The inn Where he and his horse littered.                                                                               --Habington.          2. To produce a litter.                         A desert . . . where the she-wolf still littered.                                                                               --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Littery \Lit"ter*y\, a.       Covered or encumbered with litter; consisting of or       constituting litter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loader \Load"er\, n.       One who, or that which, loads; a mechanical contrivance for       loading, as a gun.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loather \Loath"er\, n.       One who loathes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loiter \Loi"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Loitered}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Loitering}.] [D. leuteren to delay, loiter; cf; Prov. G.       lottern to be louse, lotter louse, slack, unsettled, vagrant,       OHG. lotar.]       1. To be slow in moving; to delay; to linger; to be dilatory;             to spend time idly; to saunter; to lag behind.                         Sir John, you loiter here too long.   --Shak.                         If we have loitered, let us quicken our pace.                                                                               --Rogers.          2. To wander as an idle vagrant. [Obs.] --Spenser.          Syn: To linger; delay; lag; saunter; tarry.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Looter \Loot"er\, n.       A plunderer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lothario \Lo*tha"ri*o\, n. [Name of a character in Rowe's drama,       [bd]The Fair Penitent.[b8]]       A gay seducer of women; a libertine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lottery \Lot"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Lotteries}. [Lot + -ery, as in       brewery, bindery.]       1. A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance;             esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing             particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of tickets             are blanks. Fig. : An affair of chance.          Note: The laws of the United States and of most of the States                make lotteries illegal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loture \Lo"ture\, n. [L. lotura. See {Lotion}.]       See {Lotion}. [Obs.] --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loud \Loud\, a. [Compar. {Louder}; superl. {Loudest}.] [OE.       loud, lud, AS. hl[?]d; akin to OS. hl[?]d, D. luid, OHG.       l[?]t, G. laut, L. -clutus, in inclutus, inclitus,       celebrated, renowned, cluere to be called, Gr. [?] heard,       loud, famous, [?] to hear, Skr. [?]ru. [?]. Cf. {Client},       {Listen}, {Slave} a serf.]       1. Having, making, or being a strong or great sound; noisy;             striking the ear with great force; as, a loud cry; loud             thunder.                         They were instant with loud voices, requiring that                      he might be crucified.                        --Luke xxiii.                                                                               23.          2. Clamorous; boisterous.                         She is loud and stubborn.                  --Prov. vii.                                                                               11.          3. Emphatic; impressive; urgent; as, a loud call for united             effort. [Colloq.]          4. Ostentatious; likely to attract attention; gaudy; as, a             loud style of dress; loud colors. [Slang]          Syn: Noisy; boisterous; vociferous; clamorous; obstreperous;                turbulent; blustering; vehement.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Low \Low\, a. [Compar. {Lower}; superl. {Lowest}.] [OE. low,       louh, lah, Icel. l[be]gr; akin to Sw. l[86]g, Dan. lav, D.       laag, and E. lie. See {Lie} to be prostrate.]       1. Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or             elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; as,             low ground; a low flight.          2. Not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature;             a low fence.          3. Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in             winter, and six in summer.          4. Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide.          5. Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the             ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low price of             corn; low wages.          6. Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound.          7. (Mus.) Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low             pitch; a low note.          8. (Phon.) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of             the tongue in relation to the palate; as, [?] ([?]m), [?]             (all). See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 5, 10, 11.          9. Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the             low northern latitudes.          10. Numerically small; as, a low number.          11. Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as,             low spirits; low in spirits.          12. Depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low             condition; the lower classes.                         Why but to keep ye low and ignorant ? --Milton.          13. Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low             mind; a low trick or stratagem.          14. Not elevated or sublime; not exalted or diction; as, a             low comparison.                         In comparison of these divine writers, the noblest                      wits of the heathen world are low and dull.                                                                               --Felton.          15. Submissive; humble. [bd]Low reverence.[b8] --Milton.          16. Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse;             made low by sickness.          17. Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a             low temperature; a low fever.          18. Smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low             estimate.          19. Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple;             as, a low diet.          Note: Low is often used in the formation of compounds which                require no special explanation; as, low-arched, low-                browed, low-crowned, low-heeled, low-lying, low-priced,                low-roofed, low-toned, low-voiced, and the like.          {Low Church}. See {High Church}, under {High}.          {Low Countries}, the Netherlands.          {Low German}, {Low Latin}, etc. See under {German}, {Latin},             etc.          {Low life}, humble life.          {Low milling}, a process of making flour from grain by a             single grinding and by siftings.          {Low relief}. See {Bas-relief}.          {Low side window} (Arch.), a peculiar form of window common             in medi[91]val churches, and of uncertain use. Windows of             this sort are narrow, near the ground, and out of the line             of the windows, and in many different situations in the             building.          {Low spirits}, despondency.          {Low steam}, steam having a low pressure.          {Low steel}, steel which contains only a small proportion of             carbon, and can not be hardened greatly by sudden cooling.                      {Low Sunday}, the Sunday next after Easter; -- popularly so             called.          {Low tide}, the farthest ebb of the tide; the tide at its             lowest point; low water.          {Low water}.             (a) The lowest point of the ebb tide; a low stage of the                   in a river, lake, etc.             (b) (Steam Boiler) The condition of an insufficient                   quantity of water in the boiler.          {Low water} {alarm [or] indicator} (Steam Boiler), a             contrivance of various forms attached to a boiler for             giving warning when the water is low.          {Low water mark}, that part of the shore to which the waters             recede when the tide is the lowest. --Bouvier.          {Low wine}, a liquor containing about 20 percent of alcohol,             produced by the first distillation of wash; the first run             of the still; -- often in the plural.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Luter \Lut"er\, n. [From 3d {Lute}.]       One who plays on a lute.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Luter \Lut"er\, n. [From Ist {Lute}.]       One who applies lute.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
La Tour, MO (town, FIPS 40862)       Location: 38.63397 N, 94.10241 W       Population (1990): 87 (33 housing units)       Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ladera, CA       Zip code(s): 94028
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ladora, IA (city, FIPS 42330)       Location: 41.75581 N, 92.18540 W       Population (1990): 308 (135 housing units)       Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 52251
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Latour, MO       Zip code(s): 64760
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Leader, MN       Zip code(s): 56466
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Leadore, ID (city, FIPS 45910)       Location: 44.67975 N, 113.35665 W       Population (1990): 74 (46 housing units)       Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 83464
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Luther, IA (city, FIPS 47280)       Location: 41.96714 N, 93.81970 W       Population (1990): 154 (62 housing units)       Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 50152    Luther, IL       Zip code(s): 62664    Luther, MI (village, FIPS 49740)       Location: 44.03867 N, 85.68292 W       Population (1990): 343 (189 housing units)       Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 49656    Luther, MT       Zip code(s): 59051    Luther, OK (town, FIPS 44500)       Location: 35.66426 N, 97.18041 W       Population (1990): 1560 (598 housing units)       Area: 86.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 73054
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LTR          Langage Temps-Réel.          (French for "real-time language") A French predecessor to       {Ada}, LTR is {Modula}-like with a set of special-purpose       {real-time} constructs based on an event model.   It was       mentioned in the reference below.          ["An Overview of Ada", J.G.P. Barnes, Soft Prac & Exp       10:851-887 (1980)].          (1995-01-31)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LTR3          Version three of {LTR}, by A. Parayre of Delegation Generale       pour l'Armement, France.   LTR3 was widely used by the French       military and avionics companies.          ["The LTR3 Reference Manual", A. Parayre, Delegation Generale       pour l'Armement, France].          (1995-01-31)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Ladder       occurs only once, in the account of Jacob's vision (Gen. 28:12).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Leather       a girdle of, worn by Elijah (2 Kings 1:8) and John the Baptist       (Matt. 3:4). Leather was employed both for clothing (Num. 31:20;       Heb. 11:37) and for writing upon. The trade of a tanner is       mentioned (Acts 9:43; 10:6, 32). It was probably learned in       Egypt.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Letter       in Rom. 2:27, 29 means the outward form. The "oldness of the       letter" (7:6) is a phrase which denotes the old way of literal       outward obedience to the law as a system of mere external rules       of conduct. In 2 Cor. 3:6, "the letter" means the Mosaic law as       a written law. (See {WRITING}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Litter       (Heb. tsab, as being lightly and gently borne), a sedan or       palanquin for the conveyance of persons of rank (Isa. 66:20). In       Num. 7:3, the words "covered wagons" are more literally "carts       of the litter kind." There they denote large and commodious       vehicles drawn by oxen, and fitted for transporting the       furniture of the temple.