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   Lake Aral
         n 1: a lake to the east of the Caspian Sea lying between
               Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan [syn: {Lake Aral}, {Aral Sea}]

English Dictionary: lesser yellowlegs by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leg curl
n
  1. an exercise designed to strengthen the flexor muscles of the leg
    Synonym(s): leg curl, leg curling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leg curling
n
  1. an exercise designed to strengthen the flexor muscles of the leg
    Synonym(s): leg curl, leg curling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leger line
n
  1. a short line; a notation for extending the range above or below the staff
    Synonym(s): ledger line, leger line
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leisureliness
n
  1. slowness by virtue of being leisurely
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leisurely
adv
  1. in an unhurried way or at one's convenience; "read the manual at your leisure"; "he traveled leisurely"
    Synonym(s): at leisure, leisurely
adj
  1. not hurried or forced; "an easy walk around the block"; "at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace"
    Synonym(s): easy, easygoing, leisurely
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lesquerella
n
  1. genus of low-growing hairy herbs: bladderpods [syn: Lesquerella, genus Lesquerella]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lesser yellow trefoil
n
  1. clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock
    Synonym(s): hop clover, shamrock, lesser yellow trefoil, Trifolium dubium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lesser yellowlegs
n
  1. a variety of yellowlegs [syn: lesser yellowlegs, {Tringa flavipes}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lewis Carroll
n
  1. English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
    Synonym(s): Carroll, Lewis Carroll, Dodgson, Reverend Dodgson, Charles Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
like royalty
adv
  1. in a royal manner; "they were royally treated" [syn: royally, like kings, like royalty]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
liquor licence
n
  1. a license authorizing the holder to sell alcoholic beverages
    Synonym(s): liquor license, liquor licence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
liquor license
n
  1. a license authorizing the holder to sell alcoholic beverages
    Synonym(s): liquor license, liquor licence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
logroll
v
  1. work toward the passage of some legislation by exchanging political favors such as trading votes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
logrolling
n
  1. act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects
  2. rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport)
    Synonym(s): birling, logrolling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Louis Charles Alfred de Musset
n
  1. French poet and writer (1810-1857) [syn: Musset, {Alfred de Musset}, Louis Charles Alfred de Musset]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Louis Harold Gray
n
  1. English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965)
    Synonym(s): Gray, Louis Harold Gray
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
luxury liner
n
  1. a liner equipped for sumptuous living [syn: luxury liner, express luxury liner]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lazarlike \La"zar*like`\, Lazarly \La"zar*ly\, a.
      Full of sores; leprous. --Shak. Bp. Hall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lazarlike \La"zar*like`\, Lazarly \La"zar*ly\, a.
      Full of sores; leprous. --Shak. Bp. Hall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Leger \Leg"er\, a. [F. l[82]ger, fr. LL. (assumed) leviarius,
      fr. L. levis light in weight. See {Levity}.]
      Light; slender; slim; trivial. [Obs. except in special
      phrases.] --Bacon.
  
      {Leger line} (Mus.), a line added above or below the staff to
            extend its compass; -- called also {added line}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Leisurely \Lei"sure*ly\, adv.
      In a leisurely manner. --Addison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Leisurely \Lei"sure*ly\ (l[emac]"zh[usl]r*l[ycr]), a.
      Characterized by leisure; taking abundant time; not hurried;
      as, a leisurely manner; a leisurely walk.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lock \Lock\, n. [AS. loc inclosure, an inclosed place, the
      fastening of a door, fr. l[umac]can to lock, fasten; akin to
      OS. l[umac]kan (in comp.), D. luiken, OHG. l[umac]hhan, Icel.
      l[?]ka, Goth. l[umac]kan (in comp.); cf. Skr. ruj to break.
      Cf. {Locket}.]
      1. Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a
            door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a
            bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the
            thing fastened.
  
      2. A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one
            thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
  
                     Albemarle Street closed by a lock of carriages. --De
                                                                              Quincey.
  
      3. A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock.
            --Dryden.
  
      4. The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream
            or canal.
  
      5. An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in
            raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to
            another; -- called also {lift lock}.
  
      6. That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is
            exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock,
            etc.
  
      7. A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
  
      8. A grapple in wrestling. --Milton.
  
      {Detector lock}, a lock containing a contrivance for showing
            whether it as has been tampered with.
  
      {Lock bay} (Canals), the body of water in a lock chamber.
  
      {Lock chamber}, the inclosed space between the gates of a
            canal lock.
  
      {Lock nut}. See {Check nut}, under {Check}.
  
      {Lock plate}, a plate to which the mechanism of a gunlock is
            attached.
  
      {Lock rail} (Arch.), in ordinary paneled doors, the rail
            nearest the lock.
  
      {Lock rand} (Masonry), a range of bond stone. --Knight.
  
      {Mortise lock}, a door lock inserted in a mortise.
  
      {Rim lock}, a lock fastened to the face of a door, thus
            differing from a {mortise lock}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Log glass} (Naut.), a small sandglass used to time the
            running out of the log line.
  
      {Log line} (Naut.), a line or cord about a hundred and fifty
            fathoms long, fastened to the log-chip. See Note under 2d
            {Log}, n., 2.
  
      {Log perch} (Zo[94]l.), an ethiostomoid fish, or darter
            ({Percina caprodes}); -- called also {hogfish} and
            {rockfish}.
  
      {Log reel} (Naut.), the reel on which the log line is wound.
           
  
      {Log slate}. (Naut.) See {Log board} (above).
  
      {Rough log} (Naut.), a first draught of a record of the
            cruise or voyage.
  
      {Smooth log} (Naut.), a clean copy of the rough log. In the
            case of naval vessels this copy is forwarded to the proper
            officer of the government.
  
      {To heave the log} (Naut.), to cast the log-chip into the
            water; also, the whole process of ascertaining a vessel's
            speed by the log.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Logroll \Log"roll`\, v. i. & t.
      To engage in logrolling; to accomplish by logrolling.
      [Political cant, U. S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Logroller \Log"roll`er\, n.
      One who engages in logrolling. [Political cant, U. S.]
  
               The jobbers and logrollers will all be against it.
                                                                              --The. Nation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Logrolling \Log"roll`ing\, n.
      1. (Logging) The act or process of rolling logs from the
            place where they were felled to the stream which floats
            them to the sawmill or to market. In this labor
            neighboring camps of loggers combine to assist each other
            in turn. --Longfellow. [U.S.]
  
      2. Hence: A combining to assist another in consideration of
            receiving assistance in return; -- sometimes used of a
            disreputable mode of accomplishing political schemes or
            ends. [Cant, U.S.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   La Grulla, TX (city, FIPS 40288)
      Location: 26.26893 N, 98.64677 W
      Population (1990): 1335 (422 housing units)
      Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lake Ariel, PA
      Zip code(s): 18436
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