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   laminal
         adj 1: arranged in or consisting of laminae [syn: {laminar},
                  {laminal}]

English Dictionary: lemonlike by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lamium album
n
  1. European dead nettle with white flowers [syn: {white dead nettle}, Lamium album]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lemon lily
n
  1. a day lily with yellow flowers [syn: lemon lily, Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus, Hemerocallis flava]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lemon oil
n
  1. fragrant yellow oil obtained from the lemon peel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lemon yellow
n
  1. a strong yellow color [syn: gamboge, lemon, {lemon yellow}, maize]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lemonlike
adj
  1. tasting sour like a lemon [syn: lemony, lemonlike, sourish, tangy, tart]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Luminal
n
  1. a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative [syn: {sodium thiopental}, phenobarbital, phenobarbitone, Luminal, purple heart]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Laminar \Lam"i*nar\, Laminal \Lam"i*nal\, a. [Cf. F. laminaire.
      See {Lamina}]
      In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers; having the form
      of a thin plate or lamina.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Dead letter}.
            (a) A letter which, after lying for a certain fixed time
                  uncalled for at the post office to which it was
                  directed, is then sent to the general post office to
                  be opened.
            (b) That which has lost its force or authority; as, the
                  law has become a dead letter.
  
      {Dead-letter office}, a department of the general post office
            where dead letters are examined and disposed of.
  
      {Dead level}, a term applied to a flat country.
  
      {Dead lift}, a direct lift, without assistance from
            mechanical advantage, as from levers, pulleys, etc.;
            hence, an extreme emergency. [bd](As we say) at a dead
            lift.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia).
  
      {Dead line} (Mil.), a line drawn within or around a military
            prison, to cross which involves for a prisoner the penalty
            of being instantly shot.
  
      {Dead load} (Civil Engin.), a constant, motionless load, as
            the weight of a structure, in distinction from a moving
            load, as a train of cars, or a variable pressure, as of
            wind.
  
      {Dead march} (Mus.), a piece of solemn music intended to be
            played as an accompaniment to a funeral procession.
  
      {Dead nettle} (Bot.), a harmless plant with leaves like a
            nettle ({Lamium album}).
  
      {Dead oil} (Chem.), the heavy oil obtained in the
            distillation of coal tar, and containing phenol,
            naphthalus, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Archangel \Arch`an"gel\, n. [L. archangelus, Gr. 'archa`ggelos:
      cf. OF. archangel, F. archange. See {Arch-}, pref., and
      {Angel}.]
      1. A chief angel; one high in the celestial hierarchy.
            --Milton.
  
      2. (Bot.) A term applied to several different species of
            plants ({Angelica archangelica}, {Lamium album}, etc.).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      5. (Mus.) Necessary; indispensable; -- said of those tones
            which constitute a chord, in distinction from ornamental
            or passing tones.
  
      6. (Med.) Idiopathic; independent of other diseases.
  
      {Essential character} (Biol.), the prominent characteristics
            which serve to distinguish one genus, species, etc., from
            another.
  
      {Essential disease}, {Essential fever} (Med.), one that is
            not dependent on another.
  
      {Essential oils} (Chem.), a class of volatile oils, extracted
            from plants, fruits, or flowers, having each its
            characteristic odor, and hot burning taste. They are used
            in essences, perfumery, etc., and include many varieties
            of compounds; as {lemon oil} is a terpene, {oil of bitter
            almonds} an aldehyde, {oil of wintergreen} an ethereal
            salt, etc.; -- called also {volatile oils} in distinction
            from the fixed or nonvolatile.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Leonine \Le"o*nine\ (l[emac]"[osl]*n[imac]n), a. [L. leoninus,
      fr. leo, leonis, lion: cf. F. l[82]onin. See {Lion}.]
      Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the lion; as, a leonine
      look; leonine rapacity. -- {Le"o*nine*ly}, adv.
  
      {Leonine verse}, a kind of verse, in which the end of the
            line rhymes with the middle; -- so named from Leo, or
            Leoninus, a Benedictine and canon of Paris in the twelfth
            century, who wrote largely in this measure, though he was
            not the inventor. The following line is an example:
  
                     Gloria factorum temere conceditur horum.
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