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   lapidify
         v 1: change into stone; "the wood petrified with time" [syn:
               {lapidify}, {petrify}]

English Dictionary: left over(p) by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Laptev Sea
n
  1. part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Siberia (between the Taimyr Peninsula and the New Siberian Islands) that is icebound most of the year
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
laptop
n
  1. a portable computer small enough to use in your lap [syn: laptop, laptop computer]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
laptop computer
n
  1. a portable computer small enough to use in your lap [syn: laptop, laptop computer]
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law of definite proportions
n
  1. (chemistry) law stating that every pure substance always contains the same elements combined in the same proportions by weight
    Synonym(s): law of constant proportion, law of definite proportions
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leaf-foot bug
n
  1. large sap-sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs
    Synonym(s): leaf-footed bug, leaf-foot bug
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Left Bank
n
  1. the region of Paris on the southern bank of the Seine; a center of artistic and student life
    Synonym(s): Left Bank, Latin Quarter
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left brain
n
  1. the cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the body
    Synonym(s): left hemisphere, left brain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
left field
n
  1. the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left; "the batter flied out to left"
    Synonym(s): left field, leftfield, left
  2. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the left third of the outfield (looking from home plate)
    Synonym(s): left field, leftfield
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
left fielder
n
  1. the person who plays left field
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left over
adj
  1. not used up; "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions"
    Synonym(s): leftover, left over(p), left(p), odd, remaining, unexpended
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
left ventricle
n
  1. the chamber on the left side of the heart that receives arterial blood from the left atrium and pumps it into the aorta
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left-of-center
adj
  1. believing in or supporting tenets of the political left
    Synonym(s): leftist, left-of-center, left-wing
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lefteye flounder
n
  1. flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head
    Synonym(s): lefteye flounder, lefteyed flounder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leftfield
n
  1. the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left; "the batter flied out to left"
    Synonym(s): left field, leftfield, left
  2. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the left third of the outfield (looking from home plate)
    Synonym(s): left field, leftfield
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leftover
adj
  1. not used up; "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions"
    Synonym(s): leftover, left over(p), left(p), odd, remaining, unexpended
n
  1. a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
    Synonym(s): leftover, remnant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leftovers
n
  1. food remaining from a previous meal; "he had leftovers for dinner last night"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lepidobotryaceae
n
  1. family created in 1950 solely for the classification of a distinctive African tree repeatedly classified in other families; trees long believed to exist only in Africa
    Synonym(s): Lepidobotryaceae, family Lepidobotryaceae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lepidobotrys
n
  1. African tree often classified in other families; similar to the Costa Rican caracolito in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lepidophobia
n
  1. a morbid fear of snakes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lepidoptera
n
  1. moths and butterflies [syn: Lepidoptera, {order Lepidoptera}]
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lepidopteran
n
  1. insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales
    Synonym(s): lepidopterous insect, lepidopteron, lepidopteran
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lepidopterist
n
  1. an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths
    Synonym(s): lepidopterist, lepidopterologist, butterfly collector
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lepidopterologist
n
  1. an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths
    Synonym(s): lepidopterist, lepidopterologist, butterfly collector
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lepidopterology
n
  1. the branch of entomology dealing with Lepidoptera [syn: lepidopterology, lepidoptery]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lepidopteron
n
  1. insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales
    Synonym(s): lepidopterous insect, lepidopteron, lepidopteran
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lepidopterous insect
n
  1. insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales
    Synonym(s): lepidopterous insect, lepidopteron, lepidopteran
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lepidoptery
n
  1. the branch of entomology dealing with Lepidoptera [syn: lepidopterology, lepidoptery]
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Lepiota procera
n
  1. edible long-stalked mushroom with white flesh and gills and spores; found in open woodlands in autumn
    Synonym(s): parasol mushroom, Lepiota procera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Leptopteris
n
  1. including some ferns sometimes placed in genus Todea [syn: Leptopteris, genus Leptopteris]
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Leptopteris superba
n
  1. New Zealand with pinnate fronds and a densely woolly stalks; sometimes included in genus Todea
    Synonym(s): crape fern, Prince-of-Wales fern, Prince-of-Wales feather, Prince-of-Wales plume, Leptopteris superba, Todea superba
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Leptoptilus
n
  1. adjutant birds and marabous [syn: Leptoptilus, {genus Leptoptilus}]
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Leptoptilus crumeniferus
n
  1. large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments
    Synonym(s): marabou, marabout, marabou stork, Leptoptilus crumeniferus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Leptoptilus dubius
n
  1. large Indian stork with a military gait [syn: {adjutant bird}, adjutant, adjutant stork, Leptoptilus dubius]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lev Davidovich Bronstein
n
  1. Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the Communist Party by Stalin and eventually assassinated in Mexico (1879-1940)
    Synonym(s): Trotsky, Leon Trotsky, Lev Davidovich Bronstein
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lev Davidovich Landau
n
  1. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968)
    Synonym(s): Landau, Lev Davidovich Landau
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
levodopa
n
  1. the levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa); as a drug it is used to treat Parkinson's disease
    Synonym(s): L-dopa, levodopa, Bendopa, Brocadopa, Larodopa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lift bridge
n
  1. a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it
    Synonym(s): drawbridge, lift bridge
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lift off
v
  1. depart from the ground; "The plane took off two hours late"
    Synonym(s): take off, lift off
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lift pump
n
  1. pump used to lift rather than force a liquid up
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lift up
v
  1. take and lift upward [syn: pick up, lift up, {gather up}]
  2. fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"
    Synonym(s): elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate
    Antonym(s): cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
liftoff
n
  1. the initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lipotyphla
n
  1. moles; hedgehogs; true shrews [syn: Lipotyphla, {suborder Lipotyphla}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
live it up
v
  1. enjoy oneself; "it's your birthday, so let's live it up!"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lobate foot
n
  1. a bird's foot having separate toes each with membranous flaps along the sides
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
loft bombing
n
  1. a bombing run in which the bomber approaches the target at a low altitude and pulls up just before releasing the bomb
    Synonym(s): loft bombing, toss bombing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
loop topology
n
  1. the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component
    Synonym(s): loop topology, loop
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lope de Vega
n
  1. prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635) [syn: Vega, {Lope de Vega}, Lope Felix de Vega Carpio]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Luftwaffe
n
  1. the German airforce
    Synonym(s): Luftwaffe, German Luftwaffe
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Labiatifloral \La`bi*a`ti*flo"ral\, Labiatifloral
   \La`bi*a`ti*flo"ral\, a. [Labiate + L. flos, floris, flower.]
      (Bot.)
      Having labiate flowers, as the snapdragon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lapidific \Lap`i*dif"ic\, Lapidifical \Lap`i*dif"ic*al\, a. [L.
      lapis, -idis, stone + facere to make: cf. F. lapidifique.]
      Forming or converting into stone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lapidific \Lap`i*dif"ic\, Lapidifical \Lap`i*dif"ic*al\, a. [L.
      lapis, -idis, stone + facere to make: cf. F. lapidifique.]
      Forming or converting into stone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lapidification \La*pid`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
      lapidification.]
      The act or process of lapidifying; fossilization;
      petrifaction.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lapidify \La*pid"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lapidified}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Lapidifying}.] [Cf. f. lapidifier. See {Lapidific},
      and {-fy}.]
      To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lapidify \La*pid"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lapidified}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Lapidifying}.] [Cf. f. lapidifier. See {Lapidific},
      and {-fy}.]
      To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lapidify \La*pid"i*fy\, v. i.
      To become stone or stony.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lapidify \La*pid"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lapidified}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Lapidifying}.] [Cf. f. lapidifier. See {Lapidific},
      and {-fy}.]
      To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Definite \Def"i*nite\, a. [L. definitis, p. p. of definire: cf.
      F. d[82]fini. See {Define}.]
      1. Having certain or distinct; determinate in extent or
            greatness; limited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a
            definite measure; a definite period or interval.
  
                     Elements combine in definite proportions. --Whewell.
  
      2. Having certain limits in signification; determinate;
            certain; precise; fixed; exact; clear; as, a definite
            word, term, or expression.
  
      3. Determined; resolved. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      4. Serving to define or restrict; limiting; determining; as,
            the definite article.
  
      {Definite article} (Gram.), the article the, which is used to
            designate a particular person or thing, or a particular
            class of persons or things; -- also called a definitive.
            See {Definitive}, n. -
  
      {Definite inflorescence}. (Bot.) See {Determinate
            inflorescence}, under {Determinate}.
  
      {Law of definite proportions} (Chem.), the essential law of
            chemical combination that every definite compound always
            contains the same elements in the same proportions by
            weight; and, if two or more elements form more than one
            compound with each other, the relative proportions of each
            are fixed. Compare Law of multiple proportions, under
            {Multiple}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Left \Left\, a. [OE. left, lift, luft; akin to Fries. leeft, OD.
      lucht, luft; cf. AS. left (equiv. to L. inanis), lyft[be]dl
      palsy; or cf. AS. l[emac]f weak.]
      Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the
      muscular action of the limbs is usually weaker than on the
      other side; -- opposed to {right}, when used in reference to
      a part of the body; as, the left hand, or arm; the left ear.
      Also said of the corresponding side of the lower animals.
  
      {Left bank of a river}, that which is on the left hand of a
            person whose face is turned downstream.
  
      {Left bower}. See under 2d {Bower}.
  
      {Left center}, the members whose sympathies are, in the main,
            with the members of the Left, but who do not favor extreme
            courses, and on occasions vote with the government. They
            sit between the Center and the extreme Left.
  
      {Over the left shoulder}, or {Over the left}, an old but
            still current colloquialism, or slang expression, used as
            an aside to indicate insincerity, negation, or disbelief;
            as, he said it, and it is true, -- over the left.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Left \Left\, a. [OE. left, lift, luft; akin to Fries. leeft, OD.
      lucht, luft; cf. AS. left (equiv. to L. inanis), lyft[be]dl
      palsy; or cf. AS. l[emac]f weak.]
      Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the
      muscular action of the limbs is usually weaker than on the
      other side; -- opposed to {right}, when used in reference to
      a part of the body; as, the left hand, or arm; the left ear.
      Also said of the corresponding side of the lower animals.
  
      {Left bank of a river}, that which is on the left hand of a
            person whose face is turned downstream.
  
      {Left bower}. See under 2d {Bower}.
  
      {Left center}, the members whose sympathies are, in the main,
            with the members of the Left, but who do not favor extreme
            courses, and on occasions vote with the government. They
            sit between the Center and the extreme Left.
  
      {Over the left shoulder}, or {Over the left}, an old but
            still current colloquialism, or slang expression, used as
            an aside to indicate insincerity, negation, or disbelief;
            as, he said it, and it is true, -- over the left.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bower \Bow"er\ (bou"[etil]r), n. [G. bauer a peasant. So called
      from the figure sometimes used for the knave in cards. See
      {Boor}.]
      One of the two highest cards in the pack commonly used in the
      game of euchre.
  
      {Right bower}, the knave of the trump suit, the highest card
            (except the [bd]Joker[b8]) in the game.
  
      {Left bower}, the knave of the other suit of the same color
            as the trump, being the next to the right bower in value.
           
  
      {Best bower} or {Joker}, in some forms of euchre and some
            other games, an extra card sometimes added to the pack,
            which takes precedence of all others as the highest card.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Left-off \Left"-off`\ (-[ocr]f`; 115), a.
      Laid aside; cast-off.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sole \Sole\, n. [F. sole, L. solea; -- so named from its flat
      shape. See {Sole} of the foot.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus
            {Solea} and allied genera of the family {Soleid[91]},
            especially the common European species ({Solea
            vulgaris}), which is a valuable food fish.
      (b) Any one of several American flounders somewhat resembling
            the true sole in form or quality, as the California sole
            ({Lepidopsetta bilineata}), the long-finned sole
            ({Glyptocephalus zachirus}), and other species.
  
      {Lemon}, [or] {French}, {sole} (Zo[94]l.), a European species
            of sole ({Solea pegusa}).
  
      {Smooth sole} (Zo[94]l.), the megrim.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lepidopter \Lep`i*dop"ter\ (l[ecr]p`[icr]*d[ocr]p"t[etil]r), n.
      [Cf. F. l[82]pidopt[8a]re.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the Lepidoptera.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Insecta \[d8]In*sec"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See {Insect}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) One of the classes of Arthropoda, including
            those that have one pair of antenn[91], three pairs of
            mouth organs, and breathe air by means of trache[91],
            opening by spiracles along the sides of the body. In this
            sense it includes the Hexapoda, or six-legged insects and
            the Myriapoda, with numerous legs. See {Insect}, n.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) In a more restricted sense, the Hexapoda alone.
            See {Hexapoda}.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) In the most general sense, the Hexapoda,
            Myriapoda, and Arachnoidea, combined.
  
      Note: The typical Insecta, or hexapod insects, are divided
               into several orders, viz.: {Hymenoptera}, as the bees
               and ants; {Diptera}, as the common flies and gnats;
               {Aphaniptera}, or fleas; {Lepidoptera}, or moths and
               butterflies; {Neuroptera}, as the ant-lions and
               hellgamite; {Coleoptera}, or beetles; {Hemiptera}, as
               bugs, lice, aphids; {Orthoptera}, as grasshoppers and
               cockroaches; {Pseudoneuroptera}, as the dragon flies
               and termites; {Euplexoptera}, or earwings; {Thysanura},
               as the springtails, podura, and lepisma. See these
               words in the Vocabulary.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lepidopteral \Lep`i*dop"ter*al\ (-t[etil]r*[ait]l),
   Lepidopterous \Lep`i*dop"ter*ous\ (-[ucr]s), a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Of or pertaining to the Lepidoptera.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lepidopterist \Lep`i*dop"ter*ist\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      One who studies the Lepidoptera.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lepidopteral \Lep`i*dop"ter*al\ (-t[etil]r*[ait]l),
   Lepidopterous \Lep`i*dop"ter*ous\ (-[ucr]s), a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Of or pertaining to the Lepidoptera.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scabbard \Scab"bard\, n. [OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers,
      escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan.
      origin; cf. Icel. sk[be]lpr scabbard, and G. bergen to
      conceal. Cf. {Hauberk}.]
      The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is
      kept; a sheath.
  
               Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade.
                                                                              --Fairfax.
  
      {Scabbard fish} (Zo[94]l.), a long, compressed,
            silver-colored t[91]nioid fish ({Lepidopus caudatus, [or]
            argyreus}), found on the European coasts, and more
            abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called
            {frostfish} and considered an excellent food fish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Leptiform \Lep"ti*form\ (-t[icr]*f[ocir]rm), a. [Leptus +
      -form.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Having a form somewhat like leptus; -- said of active insect
      larv[91] having three pairs of legs. See {Larva}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bashaw \Ba*shaw"\, n. [See {Pasha}.]
      1. A Turkish title of honor, now written {pasha}. See
            {Pasha}.
  
      2. Fig.: A magnate or grandee.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) A very large siluroid fish ({Leptops olivaris})
            of the Mississippi valley; -- also called {goujon}, {mud
            cat}, and {yellow cat}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stork \Stork\, n. [AS. storc; akin to G. storch, OHG. storah,
      Icel. storkr, Dan. & Sw. stork, and perhaps to Gr. [?] a
      vulture.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several species of large wading birds of the
      family {Ciconid[91]}, having long legs and a long, pointed
      bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America,
      and belong to {Ciconia} and several allied genera. The
      European white stork ({Ciconia alba}) is the best known. It
      commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney,
      a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork ({C. nigra}) is
      native of Asia, Africa, and Europe.
  
      {Black-necked stork}, the East Indian jabiru.
  
      {Hair-crested stork}, the smaller adjutant of India
            ({Leptoptilos Javanica}).
  
      {Giant stork}, the adjutant.
  
      {Marabou stork}. See {Marabou}. -- Saddle-billed stork, the
            African jabiru. See {Jabiru}.
  
      {Stork's bill} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Pelargonium};
            -- so called in allusion to the beaklike prolongation of
            the axis of the receptacle of its flower. See
            {Pelargonium}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Life buoy}. See {Buoy}.
  
      {Life car}, a water-tight boat or box, traveling on a line
            from a wrecked vessel to the shore. In it persons are
            hauled through the waves and surf.
  
      {Life drop}, a drop of vital blood. --Byron.
  
      {Life estate} (Law), an estate which is held during the term
            of some certain person's life, but does not pass by
            inheritance.
  
      {Life everlasting} (Bot.), a plant with white or yellow
            persistent scales about the heads of the flowers, as
            {Antennaria}, and {Gnaphalium}; cudweed.
  
      {Life of an execution} (Law), the period when an execution is
            in force, or before it expires.
  
      {Life guard}. (Mil.) See under {Guard}.
  
      {Life insurance}, the act or system of insuring against
            death; a contract by which the insurer undertakes, in
            consideration of the payment of a premium (usually at
            stated periods), to pay a stipulated sum in the event of
            the death of the insured or of a third person in whose
            life the insured has an interest.
  
      {Life interest}, an estate or interest which lasts during
            one's life, or the life of another person, but does not
            pass by inheritance.
  
      {Life land} (Law), land held by lease for the term of a life
            or lives.
  
      {Life line}.
            (a) (Naut.) A line along any part of a vessel for the
                  security of sailors.
            (b) A line attached to a life boat, or to any life saving
                  apparatus, to be grasped by a person in the water.
  
      {Life rate}, the rate of premium for insuring a life.
  
      {Life rent}, the rent of a life estate; rent or property to
            which one is entitled during one's life.
  
      {Life school}, a school for artists in which they model,
            paint, or draw from living models.
  
      {Life table}, a table showing the probability of life at
            different ages.
  
      {To lose one's life}, to die.
  
      {To seek the life of}, to seek to kill.
  
      {To the life}, so as closely to resemble the living person or
            the subject; as, the portrait was drawn to the life.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      4. That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is
            lifted; as:
            (a) A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.
            (b) A handle.
            (c) An exercising machine.
  
      5. A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in
            canals.
  
      6. A lift gate. See {Lift gate}, below. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      7. (Naut.) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity
            of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end
            of the yard.
  
      8. (Mach.) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
  
      9. (Shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel.
  
      10. (Horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance
            during which the impulse is given. --Saunier.
  
      {Dead lift}. See under {Dead}. --Swift.
  
      {Lift bridge}, a kind of drawbridge, the movable part of
            which is lifted, instead of being drawn aside.
  
      {Lift gate}, a gate that is opened by lifting.
  
      {Lift hammer}. See {Tilt hammer}.
  
      {Lift lock}, a canal lock.
  
      {Lift pump}, a lifting pump.
  
      {Lift tenter} (Windmills), a governor for regulating the
            speed by adjusting the sails, or for adjusting the action
            of grinding machinery according to the speed.
  
      {Lift wall} (Canal Lock), the cross wall at the head of the
            lock.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      4. That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is
            lifted; as:
            (a) A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.
            (b) A handle.
            (c) An exercising machine.
  
      5. A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in
            canals.
  
      6. A lift gate. See {Lift gate}, below. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      7. (Naut.) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity
            of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end
            of the yard.
  
      8. (Mach.) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
  
      9. (Shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel.
  
      10. (Horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance
            during which the impulse is given. --Saunier.
  
      {Dead lift}. See under {Dead}. --Swift.
  
      {Lift bridge}, a kind of drawbridge, the movable part of
            which is lifted, instead of being drawn aside.
  
      {Lift gate}, a gate that is opened by lifting.
  
      {Lift hammer}. See {Tilt hammer}.
  
      {Lift lock}, a canal lock.
  
      {Lift pump}, a lifting pump.
  
      {Lift tenter} (Windmills), a governor for regulating the
            speed by adjusting the sails, or for adjusting the action
            of grinding machinery according to the speed.
  
      {Lift wall} (Canal Lock), the cross wall at the head of the
            lock.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Liftable \Lift"a*ble\ (-[adot]*b'l), a.
      Such as can be lifted.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Labadieville, LA (CDP, FIPS 40420)
      Location: 29.82363 N, 90.95642 W
      Population (1990): 1821 (675 housing units)
      Area: 10.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 70372

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lafayette Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 55)
      Location: 30.20620 N, 92.06391 W
      Population (1990): 164762 (67431 housing units)
      Area: 699.0 sq km (land), 1.2 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   laptop computer
  
      (Commonly just "laptop") A portable {personal
      computer} of a size suitable to rest comfortably on one's
      legs.   A laptop is smaller than a "{luggable}" (portable, but
      not comfortably) but bigger than a "{palmtop}" (easily carried
      in one hand or a shirt pocket).
  
      {Toshiba} were one of the first companies to produce laptops,
      in about 1989.
  
      [First example?   Date?   Difference from "notebook"?]
  
      (1994-12-21)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   left brace
  
      "{".   {ASCII} character 123.
  
      Common names: open brace; left brace; left squiggly; left
      squiggly bracket/brace; left curly bracket/brace; {ITU-T}:
      opening brace.   Rare: brace ("}" = unbrace); curly ("}" =
      uncurly); leftit ("}" = rytit); left squirrelly; {INTERCAL}:
      embrace ("}" = bracelet).
  
      Paired with {right brace} ("}").
  
      (1995-03-16)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   left bracket
  
      "[".   {ASCII} character 91.
  
      Common: left square bracket; {ITU-T}: opening bracket;
      bracket.   Rare: square; {INTERCAL}: U turn.
  
      Paired with {right bracket} ("]").
  
      (1995-03-16)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   left parenthesis
  
      "(".   {ASCII} character 40.
  
      Common names: left paren; left parenthesis; left; {open};
      paren (")" = thesis); open paren; open parenthesis; left
      parenthesis; left banana.   Rare: so (")" = already); lparen;
      {ITU-T}: opening parenthesis; open round bracket, left round
      bracket, {INTERCAL}: wax (")" = wane); parenthisey (")" =
      unparenthisey); left ear.
  
      Paired with {right parenthesis} (")").
  
      (1995-03-06)
  
  
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