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   Lao People's Democratic Republic
         n 1: a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern
               Asia; achieved independence from France in 1949 [syn:
               {Laos}, {Lao People's Democratic Republic}]

English Dictionary: life belt by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lap of luxury
n
  1. in conditions of wealth and comfort; "he was raised in the lap of luxury"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
life belt
n
  1. belt attaching you to some object as a restraint in order to prevent you from getting hurt
    Synonym(s): safety belt, life belt, safety harness
  2. a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material
    Synonym(s): life buoy, lifesaver, life belt, life ring
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lifeblood
n
  1. the blood considered as the seat of vitality
  2. an essential or life-giving force; "water is the lifeblood of India"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lipophilic
adj
  1. having an affinity for lipids [syn: lipophilic, lipotropic]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
livable
adj
  1. fit or suitable to live in or with; "livable conditions"
    Synonym(s): livable, liveable
    Antonym(s): unlivable, unliveable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
liveable
adj
  1. fit or suitable to live in or with; "livable conditions"
    Synonym(s): livable, liveable
    Antonym(s): unlivable, unliveable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lope Felix de Vega Carpio
n
  1. prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635) [syn: Vega, {Lope de Vega}, Lope Felix de Vega Carpio]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lovable
adj
  1. having characteristics that attract love or affection; "a mischievous but lovable child"
    Synonym(s): lovable, loveable
    Antonym(s): hateful
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
love apple
n
  1. native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties
    Synonym(s): tomato, love apple, tomato plant, Lycopersicon esculentum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
love-philter
n
  1. a drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it
    Synonym(s): philter, philtre, love-potion, love-philter, love-philtre
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
love-philtre
n
  1. a drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it
    Synonym(s): philter, philtre, love-potion, love-philter, love-philtre
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
loveable
adj
  1. having characteristics that attract love or affection; "a mischievous but lovable child"
    Synonym(s): lovable, loveable
    Antonym(s): hateful
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Labioplasty \La"bi*o*plas`ty\, n. [Labium + -plasty.] (Surgh.)
      A plastic operation for making a new lip, or for replacing a
      lost tissue of a lip.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Labipalp \La"bi*palp\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A labial palp.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Labipalpus \[d8]La`bi*pal"pus\, n.; pl. {Labipalpi}. [NL. See
      {Labium}, and {Palpus}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the labial palpi of an insect. See Illust. under
      {Labium}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Leveful \Leve"ful\ (l[emac]v"f[usd]l), a. [Leve, n. + -ful.]
      Allowable; permissible; lawful. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Leviable \Lev"i*a*ble\ (l[ecr]v"[icr]*[adot]*b'l), a. [From
      {Levy} to assess.]
      Fit to be levied; capable of being assessed and collected;
      as, sums leviable by course of law. --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lifeblood \Life"blood`\ (l[imac]f"bl[ucr]d`), n.
      1. The blood necessary to life; vital blood. --Dryden.
  
      2. Fig.: That which gives strength and energy.
  
                     Money [is] the lifeblood of the nation. --Swift.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lifeful \Life"ful\ (-f[usd]l), a.
      Full of vitality. --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Livable \Liv"a*ble\, a.
      1. Such as can be lived.
  
      2. Such as in pleasant to live in; fit or suitable to live
            in. [Colloq.]
  
                     A more delightful or livable region is not easily to
                     be found.                                          --T. Arnold.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lovable \Lov"a*ble\, a.
      Having qualities that excite, or are fitted to excite, love;
      worthy of love.
  
               Elaine the fair, Elaine the lovable, Elaine, the lily
               maid of Astolat.                                    --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Love \Love\, n. [OE. love, luve, AS. lufe, lufu; akin to E.
      lief, believe, L. lubet, libet,it pleases, Skr. lubh to be
      lustful. See {Lief}.]
      1. A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which
            delights or commands admiration; pre[89]minent kindness or
            devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love
            of brothers and sisters.
  
                     Of all the dearest bonds we prove Thou countest
                     sons' and mothers' love Most sacred, most Thine own.
                                                                              --Keble.
  
      2. Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate
            affection for, one of the opposite sex.
  
                     He on his side Leaning half-raised, with looks of
                     cordial love Hung over her enamored.   --Milton.
  
      3. Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e.,
            to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.
  
                     Demetrius . . . Made love to Nedar's daughter,
                     Helena, And won her soul.                  --Shak.
  
      4. Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or
            desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to {hate}; often
            with of and an object.
  
                     Love, and health to all.                     --Shak.
  
                     Smit with the love of sacred song.      --Milton.
  
                     The love of science faintly warmed his breast.
                                                                              --Fenton.
  
      5. Due gratitude and reverence to God.
  
                     Keep yourselves in the love of God.   --Jude 21.
  
      6. The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing
            address. [bd]Trust me, love.[b8] --Dryden.
  
                     Open the temple gates unto my love.   --Spenser.
  
      7. Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus.
  
                     Such was his form as painters, when they show Their
                     utmost art, on naked Lores bestow.      --Dryden.
  
                     Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      8. A thin silk stuff. [Obs.] --Boyle.
  
      9. (Bot.) A climbing species of Clematis ({C. Vitalba}).
  
      10. Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in
            counting score at tennis, etc.
  
                     He won the match by three sets to love. --The
                                                                              Field.
  
      Note: Love is often used in the formation of compounds, in
               most of which the meaning is very obvious; as,
               love-cracked, love-darting, love-killing, love-linked,
               love-taught, etc.
  
      {A labor of love}, a labor undertaken on account of regard
            for some person, or through pleasure in the work itself,
            without expectation of reward.
  
      {Free love}, the doctrine or practice of consorting with one
            of the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. See
            {Free love}.
  
      {Free lover}, one who avows or practices free love.
  
      {In love}, in the act of loving; -- said esp. of the love of
            the sexes; as, to be in love; to fall in love.
  
      {Love apple} (Bot.), the tomato.
  
      {Love bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small,
            short-tailed parrots, or parrakeets, of the genus
            {Agapornis}, and allied genera. They are mostly from
            Africa. Some species are often kept as cage birds, and are
            celebrated for the affection which they show for their
            mates.
  
      {Love broker}, a person who for pay acts as agent between
            lovers, or as a go-between in a sexual intrigue. --Shak.
  
      {Love charm}, a charm for exciting love. --Ld. Lytton.
  
      {Love child}. an illegitimate child. --Jane Austen.
  
      {Love day}, a day formerly appointed for an amicable
            adjustment of differences. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
            --Chaucer.
  
      {Love drink}, a love potion; a philter. --Chaucer.
  
      {Love favor}, something given to be worn in token of love.
  
      {Love feast}, a religious festival, held quarterly by some
            religious denominations, as the Moravians and Methodists,
            in imitation of the agap[91] of the early Christians.
  
      {Love feat}, the gallant act of a lover. --Shak.
  
      {Love game}, a game, as in tennis, in which the vanquished
            person or party does not score a point.
  
      {Love grass}. [G. liebesgras.] (Bot.) Any grass of the genus
            {Eragrostis}.
  
      {Love-in-a-mist}. (Bot.)
            (a) An herb of the Buttercup family ({Nigella Damascena})
                  having the flowers hidden in a maze of finely cut
                  bracts.
            (b) The West Indian {Passiflora f[d2]tida}, which has
                  similar bracts.
  
      {Love-in-idleness} (Bot.), a kind of violet; the small pansy.
  
                     A little western flower, Before milk-white, now
                     purple with love's wound; And maidens call it
                     love-in-idleness.                              --Shak.
  
      {Love juice}, juice of a plant supposed to produce love.
            --Shak.
  
      {Love knot}, a knot or bow, as of ribbon; -- so called from
            being used as a token of love, or as a pledge of mutual
            affection. --Milman.
  
      {Love lass}, a sweetheart.
  
      {Love letter}, a letter of courtship. --Shak.
  
      {Love-lies-bleeding} (Bot.), a species of amaranth
            ({Amarantus melancholicus}).
  
      {Love match}, a marriage brought about by love alone.
  
      {Love potion}, a compounded draught intended to excite love,
            or venereal desire.
  
      {Love rites}, sexual intercourse. --Pope
  
      {Love scene}, an exhibition of love, as between lovers on the
            stage.
  
      {Love suit}, courtship. --Shak.
  
      {Of all loves}, for the sake of all love; by all means.
            [Obs.] [bd]Mrs. Arden desired him of all loves to come
            back again.[b8] --Holinshed.
  
      {The god of love}, [or] {Love god}, Cupid.
  
      {To make love to}, to express affection for; to woo. [bd]If
            you will marry, make your loves to me.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {To play for love}, to play a game, as at cards, without
            stakes. [bd]A game at piquet for love.[b8] --Lamb.
  
      Syn: Affection; friendship; kindness; tenderness; fondness;
               delight.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tomato \To*ma"to\, n.; pl. {Tomatoes}. [Sp. or Pg. tomate, of
      American Indian origin; cf. Mexican tomail.] (Bot.)
      The fruit of a plant of the Nightshade family ({Lycopersicum
      esculentun}); also, the plant itself. The fruit, which is
      called also {love apple}, is usually of a rounded, flattened
      form, but often irregular in shape. It is of a bright red or
      yellow color, and is eaten either cooked or uncooked.
  
      {Tomato gall} (Zo[94]l.), a large gall consisting of a mass
            of irregular swellings on the stems and leaves of
            grapevines. They are yellowish green, somewhat tinged with
            red, and produced by the larva of a small two-winged fly
            ({Lasioptera vitis}).
  
      {Tomato sphinx} (Zo[94]l.), the adult or imago of the tomato
            worm. It closely resembles the tobacco hawk moth. Called
            also {tomato hawk moth}. See Illust. of {Hawk moth}.
  
      {Tomato worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a large hawk moth
            ({Sphinx, [or] Macrosila, quinquemaculata}) which feeds
            upon the leaves of the tomato and potato plants, often
            doing considerable damage. Called also {potato worm}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Apple \Ap"ple\ ([acr]p"p'l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [91]ppel,
      [91]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G.
      apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [84]ple, Dan. [91]ble, Gael. ubhall,
      W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[uring]lys, Russ. iabloko; of
      unknown origin.]
      1. The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree ({Pyrus
            malus}) cultivated in numberless varieties in the
            temperate zones.
  
      Note: The European crab apple is supposed to be the original
               kind, from which all others have sprung.
  
      2. (bot.) Any tree genus {Pyrus} which has the stalk sunken
            into the base of the fruit; an apple tree.
  
      3. Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or
            supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or
            love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple.
  
      4. Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold.
  
      Note: Apple is used either adjectively or in combination; as,
               apple paper or apple-paper, apple-shaped, apple
               blossom, apple dumpling, apple pudding.
  
      {Apple blight}, an aphid which injures apple trees. See
            {Blight}, n.
  
      {Apple borer} (Zo[94]l.), a coleopterous insect ({Saperda
            candida [or] bivittata}), the larva of which bores into
            the trunk of the apple tree and pear tree.
  
      {Apple brandy}, brandy made from apples.
  
      {Apple butter}, a sauce made of apples stewed down in cider.
            --Bartlett.
  
      {Apple corer}, an instrument for removing the cores from
            apples.
  
      {Apple fly} (Zo[94]l.), any dipterous insect, the larva of
            which burrows in apples. Apple flies belong to the genera
            {Drosophila} and {Trypeta}.
  
      {Apple midge} (Zo[94]l.) a small dipterous insect ({Sciara
            mali}), the larva of which bores in apples.
  
      {Apple of the eye}, the pupil.
  
      {Apple of discord}, a subject of contention and envy, so
            called from the mythological golden apple, inscribed
            [bd]For the fairest,[b8] which was thrown into an assembly
            of the gods by Eris, the goddess of discord. It was
            contended for by Juno, Minerva, and Venus, and was
            adjudged to the latter.
  
      {Apple of love}, or {Love apple}, the tomato ({Lycopersicum
            esculentum}).
  
      {Apple of Peru}, a large coarse herb ({Nicandra physaloides})
            bearing pale blue flowers, and a bladderlike fruit
            inclosing a dry berry.
  
      {Apples of Sodom}, a fruit described by ancient writers as
            externally of fair appearance but dissolving into smoke
            and ashes when plucked; Dead Sea apples. The name is often
            given to the fruit of {Solanum Sodom[91]um}, a prickly
            shrub with fruit not unlike a small yellow tomato.
  
      {Apple sauce}, stewed apples. [U. S.]
  
      {Apple snail} or {Apple shell} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water,
            operculated, spiral shell of the genus {Ampullaria}.
  
      {Apple tart}, a tart containing apples.
  
      {Apple tree}, a tree which naturally bears apples. See
            {Apple, 2.}
  
      {Apple wine}, cider.
  
      {Apple worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a small moth
            ({Carpocapsa pomonella}) which burrows in the interior of
            apples. See {Codling moth}.
  
      {Dead Sea Apple}.
            (a) pl. Apples of Sodom. Also Fig. [bd]To seek the Dead
                  Sea apples of politics.[b8] --S. B. Griffin.
            (b) A kind of gallnut coming from Arabia. See {Gallnut}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Love \Love\, n. [OE. love, luve, AS. lufe, lufu; akin to E.
      lief, believe, L. lubet, libet,it pleases, Skr. lubh to be
      lustful. See {Lief}.]
      1. A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which
            delights or commands admiration; pre[89]minent kindness or
            devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love
            of brothers and sisters.
  
                     Of all the dearest bonds we prove Thou countest
                     sons' and mothers' love Most sacred, most Thine own.
                                                                              --Keble.
  
      2. Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate
            affection for, one of the opposite sex.
  
                     He on his side Leaning half-raised, with looks of
                     cordial love Hung over her enamored.   --Milton.
  
      3. Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e.,
            to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.
  
                     Demetrius . . . Made love to Nedar's daughter,
                     Helena, And won her soul.                  --Shak.
  
      4. Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or
            desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to {hate}; often
            with of and an object.
  
                     Love, and health to all.                     --Shak.
  
                     Smit with the love of sacred song.      --Milton.
  
                     The love of science faintly warmed his breast.
                                                                              --Fenton.
  
      5. Due gratitude and reverence to God.
  
                     Keep yourselves in the love of God.   --Jude 21.
  
      6. The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing
            address. [bd]Trust me, love.[b8] --Dryden.
  
                     Open the temple gates unto my love.   --Spenser.
  
      7. Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus.
  
                     Such was his form as painters, when they show Their
                     utmost art, on naked Lores bestow.      --Dryden.
  
                     Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      8. A thin silk stuff. [Obs.] --Boyle.
  
      9. (Bot.) A climbing species of Clematis ({C. Vitalba}).
  
      10. Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in
            counting score at tennis, etc.
  
                     He won the match by three sets to love. --The
                                                                              Field.
  
      Note: Love is often used in the formation of compounds, in
               most of which the meaning is very obvious; as,
               love-cracked, love-darting, love-killing, love-linked,
               love-taught, etc.
  
      {A labor of love}, a labor undertaken on account of regard
            for some person, or through pleasure in the work itself,
            without expectation of reward.
  
      {Free love}, the doctrine or practice of consorting with one
            of the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. See
            {Free love}.
  
      {Free lover}, one who avows or practices free love.
  
      {In love}, in the act of loving; -- said esp. of the love of
            the sexes; as, to be in love; to fall in love.
  
      {Love apple} (Bot.), the tomato.
  
      {Love bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small,
            short-tailed parrots, or parrakeets, of the genus
            {Agapornis}, and allied genera. They are mostly from
            Africa. Some species are often kept as cage birds, and are
            celebrated for the affection which they show for their
            mates.
  
      {Love broker}, a person who for pay acts as agent between
            lovers, or as a go-between in a sexual intrigue. --Shak.
  
      {Love charm}, a charm for exciting love. --Ld. Lytton.
  
      {Love child}. an illegitimate child. --Jane Austen.
  
      {Love day}, a day formerly appointed for an amicable
            adjustment of differences. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
            --Chaucer.
  
      {Love drink}, a love potion; a philter. --Chaucer.
  
      {Love favor}, something given to be worn in token of love.
  
      {Love feast}, a religious festival, held quarterly by some
            religious denominations, as the Moravians and Methodists,
            in imitation of the agap[91] of the early Christians.
  
      {Love feat}, the gallant act of a lover. --Shak.
  
      {Love game}, a game, as in tennis, in which the vanquished
            person or party does not score a point.
  
      {Love grass}. [G. liebesgras.] (Bot.) Any grass of the genus
            {Eragrostis}.
  
      {Love-in-a-mist}. (Bot.)
            (a) An herb of the Buttercup family ({Nigella Damascena})
                  having the flowers hidden in a maze of finely cut
                  bracts.
            (b) The West Indian {Passiflora f[d2]tida}, which has
                  similar bracts.
  
      {Love-in-idleness} (Bot.), a kind of violet; the small pansy.
  
                     A little western flower, Before milk-white, now
                     purple with love's wound; And maidens call it
                     love-in-idleness.                              --Shak.
  
      {Love juice}, juice of a plant supposed to produce love.
            --Shak.
  
      {Love knot}, a knot or bow, as of ribbon; -- so called from
            being used as a token of love, or as a pledge of mutual
            affection. --Milman.
  
      {Love lass}, a sweetheart.
  
      {Love letter}, a letter of courtship. --Shak.
  
      {Love-lies-bleeding} (Bot.), a species of amaranth
            ({Amarantus melancholicus}).
  
      {Love match}, a marriage brought about by love alone.
  
      {Love potion}, a compounded draught intended to excite love,
            or venereal desire.
  
      {Love rites}, sexual intercourse. --Pope
  
      {Love scene}, an exhibition of love, as between lovers on the
            stage.
  
      {Love suit}, courtship. --Shak.
  
      {Of all loves}, for the sake of all love; by all means.
            [Obs.] [bd]Mrs. Arden desired him of all loves to come
            back again.[b8] --Holinshed.
  
      {The god of love}, [or] {Love god}, Cupid.
  
      {To make love to}, to express affection for; to woo. [bd]If
            you will marry, make your loves to me.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {To play for love}, to play a game, as at cards, without
            stakes. [bd]A game at piquet for love.[b8] --Lamb.
  
      Syn: Affection; friendship; kindness; tenderness; fondness;
               delight.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tomato \To*ma"to\, n.; pl. {Tomatoes}. [Sp. or Pg. tomate, of
      American Indian origin; cf. Mexican tomail.] (Bot.)
      The fruit of a plant of the Nightshade family ({Lycopersicum
      esculentun}); also, the plant itself. The fruit, which is
      called also {love apple}, is usually of a rounded, flattened
      form, but often irregular in shape. It is of a bright red or
      yellow color, and is eaten either cooked or uncooked.
  
      {Tomato gall} (Zo[94]l.), a large gall consisting of a mass
            of irregular swellings on the stems and leaves of
            grapevines. They are yellowish green, somewhat tinged with
            red, and produced by the larva of a small two-winged fly
            ({Lasioptera vitis}).
  
      {Tomato sphinx} (Zo[94]l.), the adult or imago of the tomato
            worm. It closely resembles the tobacco hawk moth. Called
            also {tomato hawk moth}. See Illust. of {Hawk moth}.
  
      {Tomato worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a large hawk moth
            ({Sphinx, [or] Macrosila, quinquemaculata}) which feeds
            upon the leaves of the tomato and potato plants, often
            doing considerable damage. Called also {potato worm}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Apple \Ap"ple\ ([acr]p"p'l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [91]ppel,
      [91]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G.
      apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [84]ple, Dan. [91]ble, Gael. ubhall,
      W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[uring]lys, Russ. iabloko; of
      unknown origin.]
      1. The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree ({Pyrus
            malus}) cultivated in numberless varieties in the
            temperate zones.
  
      Note: The European crab apple is supposed to be the original
               kind, from which all others have sprung.
  
      2. (bot.) Any tree genus {Pyrus} which has the stalk sunken
            into the base of the fruit; an apple tree.
  
      3. Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or
            supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or
            love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple.
  
      4. Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold.
  
      Note: Apple is used either adjectively or in combination; as,
               apple paper or apple-paper, apple-shaped, apple
               blossom, apple dumpling, apple pudding.
  
      {Apple blight}, an aphid which injures apple trees. See
            {Blight}, n.
  
      {Apple borer} (Zo[94]l.), a coleopterous insect ({Saperda
            candida [or] bivittata}), the larva of which bores into
            the trunk of the apple tree and pear tree.
  
      {Apple brandy}, brandy made from apples.
  
      {Apple butter}, a sauce made of apples stewed down in cider.
            --Bartlett.
  
      {Apple corer}, an instrument for removing the cores from
            apples.
  
      {Apple fly} (Zo[94]l.), any dipterous insect, the larva of
            which burrows in apples. Apple flies belong to the genera
            {Drosophila} and {Trypeta}.
  
      {Apple midge} (Zo[94]l.) a small dipterous insect ({Sciara
            mali}), the larva of which bores in apples.
  
      {Apple of the eye}, the pupil.
  
      {Apple of discord}, a subject of contention and envy, so
            called from the mythological golden apple, inscribed
            [bd]For the fairest,[b8] which was thrown into an assembly
            of the gods by Eris, the goddess of discord. It was
            contended for by Juno, Minerva, and Venus, and was
            adjudged to the latter.
  
      {Apple of love}, or {Love apple}, the tomato ({Lycopersicum
            esculentum}).
  
      {Apple of Peru}, a large coarse herb ({Nicandra physaloides})
            bearing pale blue flowers, and a bladderlike fruit
            inclosing a dry berry.
  
      {Apples of Sodom}, a fruit described by ancient writers as
            externally of fair appearance but dissolving into smoke
            and ashes when plucked; Dead Sea apples. The name is often
            given to the fruit of {Solanum Sodom[91]um}, a prickly
            shrub with fruit not unlike a small yellow tomato.
  
      {Apple sauce}, stewed apples. [U. S.]
  
      {Apple snail} or {Apple shell} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water,
            operculated, spiral shell of the genus {Ampullaria}.
  
      {Apple tart}, a tart containing apples.
  
      {Apple tree}, a tree which naturally bears apples. See
            {Apple, 2.}
  
      {Apple wine}, cider.
  
      {Apple worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a small moth
            ({Carpocapsa pomonella}) which burrows in the interior of
            apples. See {Codling moth}.
  
      {Dead Sea Apple}.
            (a) pl. Apples of Sodom. Also Fig. [bd]To seek the Dead
                  Sea apples of politics.[b8] --S. B. Griffin.
            (b) A kind of gallnut coming from Arabia. See {Gallnut}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Love \Love\, n. [OE. love, luve, AS. lufe, lufu; akin to E.
      lief, believe, L. lubet, libet,it pleases, Skr. lubh to be
      lustful. See {Lief}.]
      1. A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which
            delights or commands admiration; pre[89]minent kindness or
            devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love
            of brothers and sisters.
  
                     Of all the dearest bonds we prove Thou countest
                     sons' and mothers' love Most sacred, most Thine own.
                                                                              --Keble.
  
      2. Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate
            affection for, one of the opposite sex.
  
                     He on his side Leaning half-raised, with looks of
                     cordial love Hung over her enamored.   --Milton.
  
      3. Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e.,
            to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.
  
                     Demetrius . . . Made love to Nedar's daughter,
                     Helena, And won her soul.                  --Shak.
  
      4. Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or
            desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to {hate}; often
            with of and an object.
  
                     Love, and health to all.                     --Shak.
  
                     Smit with the love of sacred song.      --Milton.
  
                     The love of science faintly warmed his breast.
                                                                              --Fenton.
  
      5. Due gratitude and reverence to God.
  
                     Keep yourselves in the love of God.   --Jude 21.
  
      6. The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing
            address. [bd]Trust me, love.[b8] --Dryden.
  
                     Open the temple gates unto my love.   --Spenser.
  
      7. Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus.
  
                     Such was his form as painters, when they show Their
                     utmost art, on naked Lores bestow.      --Dryden.
  
                     Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      8. A thin silk stuff. [Obs.] --Boyle.
  
      9. (Bot.) A climbing species of Clematis ({C. Vitalba}).
  
      10. Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in
            counting score at tennis, etc.
  
                     He won the match by three sets to love. --The
                                                                              Field.
  
      Note: Love is often used in the formation of compounds, in
               most of which the meaning is very obvious; as,
               love-cracked, love-darting, love-killing, love-linked,
               love-taught, etc.
  
      {A labor of love}, a labor undertaken on account of regard
            for some person, or through pleasure in the work itself,
            without expectation of reward.
  
      {Free love}, the doctrine or practice of consorting with one
            of the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. See
            {Free love}.
  
      {Free lover}, one who avows or practices free love.
  
      {In love}, in the act of loving; -- said esp. of the love of
            the sexes; as, to be in love; to fall in love.
  
      {Love apple} (Bot.), the tomato.
  
      {Love bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small,
            short-tailed parrots, or parrakeets, of the genus
            {Agapornis}, and allied genera. They are mostly from
            Africa. Some species are often kept as cage birds, and are
            celebrated for the affection which they show for their
            mates.
  
      {Love broker}, a person who for pay acts as agent between
            lovers, or as a go-between in a sexual intrigue. --Shak.
  
      {Love charm}, a charm for exciting love. --Ld. Lytton.
  
      {Love child}. an illegitimate child. --Jane Austen.
  
      {Love day}, a day formerly appointed for an amicable
            adjustment of differences. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
            --Chaucer.
  
      {Love drink}, a love potion; a philter. --Chaucer.
  
      {Love favor}, something given to be worn in token of love.
  
      {Love feast}, a religious festival, held quarterly by some
            religious denominations, as the Moravians and Methodists,
            in imitation of the agap[91] of the early Christians.
  
      {Love feat}, the gallant act of a lover. --Shak.
  
      {Love game}, a game, as in tennis, in which the vanquished
            person or party does not score a point.
  
      {Love grass}. [G. liebesgras.] (Bot.) Any grass of the genus
            {Eragrostis}.
  
      {Love-in-a-mist}. (Bot.)
            (a) An herb of the Buttercup family ({Nigella Damascena})
                  having the flowers hidden in a maze of finely cut
                  bracts.
            (b) The West Indian {Passiflora f[d2]tida}, which has
                  similar bracts.
  
      {Love-in-idleness} (Bot.), a kind of violet; the small pansy.
  
                     A little western flower, Before milk-white, now
                     purple with love's wound; And maidens call it
                     love-in-idleness.                              --Shak.
  
      {Love juice}, juice of a plant supposed to produce love.
            --Shak.
  
      {Love knot}, a knot or bow, as of ribbon; -- so called from
            being used as a token of love, or as a pledge of mutual
            affection. --Milman.
  
      {Love lass}, a sweetheart.
  
      {Love letter}, a letter of courtship. --Shak.
  
      {Love-lies-bleeding} (Bot.), a species of amaranth
            ({Amarantus melancholicus}).
  
      {Love match}, a marriage brought about by love alone.
  
      {Love potion}, a compounded draught intended to excite love,
            or venereal desire.
  
      {Love rites}, sexual intercourse. --Pope
  
      {Love scene}, an exhibition of love, as between lovers on the
            stage.
  
      {Love suit}, courtship. --Shak.
  
      {Of all loves}, for the sake of all love; by all means.
            [Obs.] [bd]Mrs. Arden desired him of all loves to come
            back again.[b8] --Holinshed.
  
      {The god of love}, [or] {Love god}, Cupid.
  
      {To make love to}, to express affection for; to woo. [bd]If
            you will marry, make your loves to me.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {To play for love}, to play a game, as at cards, without
            stakes. [bd]A game at piquet for love.[b8] --Lamb.
  
      Syn: Affection; friendship; kindness; tenderness; fondness;
               delight.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tomato \To*ma"to\, n.; pl. {Tomatoes}. [Sp. or Pg. tomate, of
      American Indian origin; cf. Mexican tomail.] (Bot.)
      The fruit of a plant of the Nightshade family ({Lycopersicum
      esculentun}); also, the plant itself. The fruit, which is
      called also {love apple}, is usually of a rounded, flattened
      form, but often irregular in shape. It is of a bright red or
      yellow color, and is eaten either cooked or uncooked.
  
      {Tomato gall} (Zo[94]l.), a large gall consisting of a mass
            of irregular swellings on the stems and leaves of
            grapevines. They are yellowish green, somewhat tinged with
            red, and produced by the larva of a small two-winged fly
            ({Lasioptera vitis}).
  
      {Tomato sphinx} (Zo[94]l.), the adult or imago of the tomato
            worm. It closely resembles the tobacco hawk moth. Called
            also {tomato hawk moth}. See Illust. of {Hawk moth}.
  
      {Tomato worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a large hawk moth
            ({Sphinx, [or] Macrosila, quinquemaculata}) which feeds
            upon the leaves of the tomato and potato plants, often
            doing considerable damage. Called also {potato worm}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Apple \Ap"ple\ ([acr]p"p'l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [91]ppel,
      [91]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G.
      apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [84]ple, Dan. [91]ble, Gael. ubhall,
      W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[uring]lys, Russ. iabloko; of
      unknown origin.]
      1. The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree ({Pyrus
            malus}) cultivated in numberless varieties in the
            temperate zones.
  
      Note: The European crab apple is supposed to be the original
               kind, from which all others have sprung.
  
      2. (bot.) Any tree genus {Pyrus} which has the stalk sunken
            into the base of the fruit; an apple tree.
  
      3. Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or
            supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or
            love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple.
  
      4. Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold.
  
      Note: Apple is used either adjectively or in combination; as,
               apple paper or apple-paper, apple-shaped, apple
               blossom, apple dumpling, apple pudding.
  
      {Apple blight}, an aphid which injures apple trees. See
            {Blight}, n.
  
      {Apple borer} (Zo[94]l.), a coleopterous insect ({Saperda
            candida [or] bivittata}), the larva of which bores into
            the trunk of the apple tree and pear tree.
  
      {Apple brandy}, brandy made from apples.
  
      {Apple butter}, a sauce made of apples stewed down in cider.
            --Bartlett.
  
      {Apple corer}, an instrument for removing the cores from
            apples.
  
      {Apple fly} (Zo[94]l.), any dipterous insect, the larva of
            which burrows in apples. Apple flies belong to the genera
            {Drosophila} and {Trypeta}.
  
      {Apple midge} (Zo[94]l.) a small dipterous insect ({Sciara
            mali}), the larva of which bores in apples.
  
      {Apple of the eye}, the pupil.
  
      {Apple of discord}, a subject of contention and envy, so
            called from the mythological golden apple, inscribed
            [bd]For the fairest,[b8] which was thrown into an assembly
            of the gods by Eris, the goddess of discord. It was
            contended for by Juno, Minerva, and Venus, and was
            adjudged to the latter.
  
      {Apple of love}, or {Love apple}, the tomato ({Lycopersicum
            esculentum}).
  
      {Apple of Peru}, a large coarse herb ({Nicandra physaloides})
            bearing pale blue flowers, and a bladderlike fruit
            inclosing a dry berry.
  
      {Apples of Sodom}, a fruit described by ancient writers as
            externally of fair appearance but dissolving into smoke
            and ashes when plucked; Dead Sea apples. The name is often
            given to the fruit of {Solanum Sodom[91]um}, a prickly
            shrub with fruit not unlike a small yellow tomato.
  
      {Apple sauce}, stewed apples. [U. S.]
  
      {Apple snail} or {Apple shell} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water,
            operculated, spiral shell of the genus {Ampullaria}.
  
      {Apple tart}, a tart containing apples.
  
      {Apple tree}, a tree which naturally bears apples. See
            {Apple, 2.}
  
      {Apple wine}, cider.
  
      {Apple worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a small moth
            ({Carpocapsa pomonella}) which burrows in the interior of
            apples. See {Codling moth}.
  
      {Dead Sea Apple}.
            (a) pl. Apples of Sodom. Also Fig. [bd]To seek the Dead
                  Sea apples of politics.[b8] --S. B. Griffin.
            (b) A kind of gallnut coming from Arabia. See {Gallnut}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Loveable \Love"a*ble\, a.
      See {Lovable}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Loveful \Love"ful\, a.
      Full of love. [Obs.] --Sylvester.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Love Valley, NC (town, FIPS 39420)
      Location: 35.99016 N, 80.98516 W
      Population (1990): 67 (74 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Loveville, MD
      Zip code(s): 20656
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