lifespan : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   lap covering
         n 1: the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs;
               "his lap was covered with food stains" [syn: {lap}, {lap
               covering}]

English Dictionary: lifespan	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
law of equivalent proportions n (chemistry) law stating that the proportions in which two elements separately combine with a third element are also the proportions in which they combine together Synonym(s): law of equivalent proportions, law of reciprocal proportions
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leaf shape n any of the various shape that leaves of plants can assume Synonym(s): leaf shape, leaf form
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leaf spring n long narrow spring consisting of several layers of metal springs bracketed together
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leafy spurge n tall European perennial naturalized and troublesome as a weed in eastern North America Synonym(s): leafy spurge, wolf's milk, Euphorbia esula
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Lepas fascicularis n stalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating timbers Synonym(s): goose barnacle, gooseneck barnacle, Lepas fascicularis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
life expectancy n an expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Life Saver n a candy shaped like a small lifesaver
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
life support n equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions; "the astronauts relied on their life-support systems" Synonym(s): life-support system, life support medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive; "the patient is on life support" Synonym(s): life-support system, life support
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
life-giving adj giving or having the power to give life and spirit; "returning the life-giving humus to the land"- Louis Bromfield; "life-giving love and praise"; "the vitalizing rays of the warming sun" Synonym(s): life-giving, vitalizing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
life-support adj of or pertaining to equipment or methods used to sustain life
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
life-support system n equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions; "the astronauts relied on their life-support systems" Synonym(s): life-support system, life support medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive; "the patient is on life support" Synonym(s): life-support system, life support
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lifesaver n an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents Synonym(s): lifeguard, lifesaver 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]:
lifesaving n saving the lives of drowning persons; "he took a course in lifesaving"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lifespan n the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death); "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life" Synonym(s): life, lifetime, life- time, lifespan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lip-shaped adj shaped in the form of a lip
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lobachevsky n Russian mathematician who independently discovered non- Euclidean geometry (1792-1856) Synonym(s): Lobachevsky, Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
loufah sponge n the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer Synonym(s): loofa, loofah, luffa, loufah sponge
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
low-bush blueberry n low-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark blue berries Synonym(s): low-bush blueberry, low blueberry, Vaccinium angustifolium, Vaccinium pennsylvanicum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
low-pass filter n a filter that passes frequencies below a certain value and attenuates frequencies above that value
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lowbush penstemon n low bushy plant with large showy pale lavender or blue- violet flowers in narrow clusters at ends of stems Synonym(s): shrubby penstemon, lowbush penstemon, Penstemon fruticosus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lupus vulgaris n tuberculosis of the skin; appears first on the face and heals slowly leaving deep scars
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lapsable \Laps"a*ble\, a. Lapsible. --Cudworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lapsible \Laps"i*ble\, a. Liable to lapse.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leaf \Leaf\, n.; pl. {Leaves}. [OE. leef, lef, leaf, AS. le[a0]f; akin to S. l[?]f, OFries. laf, D. loof foliage, G. laub,OHG. loub leaf, foliage, Icel. lauf, Sw. l[94]f, Dan. l[94]v, Goth. laufs; cf. Lith. lapas. Cf. {Lodge}.] 1. (Bot.) A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively constitute its foliage. Note: Such leaves usually consist of a blade, or lamina, supported upon a leafstalk or petiole, which, continued through the blade as the midrib, gives off woody ribs and veins that support the cellular texture. The petiole has usually some sort of an appendage on each side of its base, which is called the stipule. The green parenchyma of the leaf is covered with a thin epiderm pierced with closable microscopic openings, known as stomata. 2. (Bot.) A special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril. Note: In this view every part of a plant, except the root and the stem, is either a leaf, or is composed of leaves more or less modified and transformed. 3. Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc. (c) The movable side of a table. (d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf. (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small. {Leaf beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle which feeds upon leaves; esp., any species of the family {Chrysomelid[91]}, as the potato beetle and helmet beetle. {Leaf bridge}, a draw-bridge having a platform or leaf which swings vertically on hinges. {Leaf bud} (Bot.), a bud which develops into leaves or a leafy branch. {Leaf butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), any butterfly which, in the form and colors of its wings, resembles the leaves of plants upon which it rests; esp., butterflies of the genus {Kallima}, found in Southern Asia and the East Indies. {Leaf crumpler} (Zo[94]l.), a small moth ({Phycis indigenella}), the larva of which feeds upon leaves of the apple tree, and forms its nest by crumpling and fastening leaves together in clusters. {Leaf cutter} (Zo[94]l.), any one of various species of wild bees of the genus {Megachile}, which cut rounded pieces from the edges of leaves, or the petals of flowers, to be used in the construction of their nests, which are made in holes and crevices, or in a leaf rolled up for the purpose. Among the common American species are {M. brevis} and {M. centuncularis}. Called also {rose-cutting bee}. {Leaf fat}, the fat which lies in leaves or layers within the body of an animal. {Leaf flea} (Zo[94]l.), a jumping plant louse of the family {Psyllid[91]}. {Leaf frog} (Zo[94]l.), any tree frog of the genus {Phyllomedusa}. {Leaf green}.(Bot.) See {Chlorophyll}. {Leaf hopper} (Zo[94]l.), any small jumping hemipterous insect of the genus {Tettigonia}, and allied genera. They live upon the leaves and twigs of plants. See {Live hopper}. {Leaf insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several genera and species of orthopterous insects, esp. of the genus {Phyllium}, in which the wings, and sometimes the legs, resemble leaves in color and form. They are common in Southern Asia and the East Indies. {Leaf lard}, lard from leaf fat. See under {Lard}. {Leaf louse} (Zo[94]l.), an aphid. {Leaf metal}, metal in thin leaves, as gold, silver, or tin. {Leaf miner} (Zo[94]l.), any one of various small lepidopterous and dipterous insects, which, in the larval stages, burrow in and eat the parenchyma of leaves; as, the pear-tree leaf miner ({Lithocolletis geminatella}). {Leaf notcher} (Zo[94]l.), a pale bluish green beetle ({Artipus Floridanus}), which, in Florida, eats the edges of the leaves of orange trees. {Leaf roller} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of any tortricid moth which makes a nest by rolling up the leaves of plants. See {Tortrix}. {Leaf scar} (Bot.), the cicatrix on a stem whence a leaf has fallen. {Leaf sewer} (Zo[94]l.), a tortricid moth, whose caterpillar makes a nest by rolling up a leaf and fastening the edges together with silk, as if sewn; esp., {Phoxopteris nubeculana}, which feeds upon the apple tree. {Leaf sight}, a hinges sight on a firearm, which can be raised or folded down. {Leaf trace} (Bot.), one or more fibrovascular bundles, which may be traced down an endogenous stem from the base of a leaf. {Leaf tier} (Zo[94]l.), a tortricid moth whose larva makes a nest by fastening the edges of a leaf together with silk; esp., {Teras cinderella}, found on the apple tree. {Leaf valve}, a valve which moves on a hinge. {Leaf wasp} (Zo[94]l.), a sawfiy. {To turn over a new leaf}, to make a radical change for the better in one's way of living or doing. [Colloq.] They were both determined to turn over a new leaf. --Richardson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leafcup \Leaf"cup`\, n. (Bot.) A coarse American composite weed ({Polymnia Uvedalia}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Proposition \Prop`o*si"tion\, n. [L. propositio: cf. F. proposition. See {Propound}.] 1. The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering. [bd]Oblations for the altar of proposition.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. 2. That which is proposed; that which is offered, as for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; a proposal; as, the enemy made propositions of peace; his proposition was not accepted. 3. A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed; as, the propositions of Wyclif and Huss. Some persons . . . change their propositions according as their temporal necessities or advantages do turn. --Jer. Taylor. 4. (Gram. & Logic) A complete sentence, or part of a sentence consisting of a subject and predicate united by a copula; a thought expressed or propounded in language; a from of speech in which a predicate is affirmed or denied of a subject; as, snow is white. 5. (Math.) A statement in terms of a truth to be demonstrated, or of an operation to be performed. Note: It is called a theorem when it is something to be proved, and a problem when it is something to be done. 6. (Rhet.) That which is offered or affirmed as the subject of the discourse; anything stated or affirmed for discussion or illustration. 7. (Poetry) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it. {Leaves of proposition} (Jewish Antiq.), the showbread. --Wyclif (Luke vi. 4). Syn: Proposal; offer; statement; declaration. Usage: {Proposition}, {Proposal}. These words are both from the Latin verb proponere, to set forth, and as here compared they mark different forms or stages of a negotiation. A proposition is something presented for discussion or consideration; as, propositions of peace. A proposal is some definite thing offered by one party to be accepted or rejected by the other. If the proposition is favorably received, it is usually followed by proposals which complete the arrangement.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tapeti \Tap"e*ti\, n.; pl. {Tapetis}. [Braz.] (Zo[94]l.) A small South American hare ({Lepus Braziliensis}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Levigable \Lev"igable\ (l[ecr]v"[icr]g[adot]b'l), a. [See {Levigate}, v. t.] Capable of being levigated.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Life-giving \Life"-giv`ing\ (-g[icr]v`[icr]ng), a. Giving life or spirit; having power to give life; inspiriting; invigorating.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Life-saving \Life"-sav`ing\ (-s[amac]v`[icr]ng), a. That saves life, or is suited to save life, esp. from drowning; as, the life-saving service; a life-saving station.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lifespring \Life"spring`\ (-spr[icr]ng`), n. Spring or source of life.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spindle \Spin"dle\, n. [AS. spinal, fr. spinnan to spin; akin to D. spil, G. spille, spindel, OHG. spinnala. [root]170. See {Spin}.] 1. The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom. 2. A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane. Specifically: (a) (Mach.) The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc. (b) (Mach.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns. (c) (Founding) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed. 3. The fusee of a watch. 4. A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle. 5. A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards. 6. (Geom.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord. 7. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any marine univalve shell of the genus {Rostellaria}; -- called also {spindle stromb}. (b) Any marine gastropod of the genus {Fusus}. {Dead spindle} (Mach.), a spindle in a machine tool that does not revolve; the spindle of the tailstock of a lathe. {Live spindle} (Mach.), the revolving spindle of a machine tool; the spindle of the headstock of a turning lathe. {Spindle shell}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Spindle}, 7. above. {Spindle side}, the female side in descent; in the female line; opposed to {spear side}. --Ld. Lytton. [R.] [bd]King Lycaon, grandson, by the spindle side, of Oceanus.[b8] --Lowell. {Spindle tree} (Bot.), any shrub or tree of the genus {Eunymus}. The wood of {E. Europ[91]us} was used for spindles and skewers. See {Prickwood}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lobspound \Lobs"pound`\, n. [Lob + pound a prison.] A prison. [Obs.] --Hudibras.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Angler \An"gler\, n. 1. One who angles. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A fish ({Lophius piscatorius}), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also {fishing frog}, {frogfish}, {toadfish}, {goosefish}, {allmouth}, {monkfish}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loof \Loof\, n. (Bot.) The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant ({Luffa [92]gyptiaca}); called also {vegetable sponge}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Towel \Tow"el\, n. [OE. towaille, towail, F. touaille, LL. toacula, of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. dwahila, swahilla, G. zwehle, fr. OHG. dwahan to wash; akin to D. dwaal a towel, AS. [thorn]we[a0]n to wash, OS. thwahan, Icel. [thorn]v[amac], Sw. tv[86], Dan. toe, Goth. [thorn]wahan. Cf. {Doily}.] A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as the person after a bath. {Towel gourd} (Bot.), the fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant {Luffa [92]gyptiaca}; also, the plant itself. The fruit is very fibrous, and, when separated from its rind and seeds, is used as a sponge or towel. Called also {Egyptian bath sponge}, and {dishcloth}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lopezville, TX (CDP, FIPS 43972) Location: 26.24754 N, 98.15888 W Population (1990): 2827 (740 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Loves Park, IL (city, FIPS 45031) Location: 42.33585 N, 89.00997 W Population (1990): 15462 (6430 housing units) Area: 30.6 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61111
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
low pass filter A filter that attenuates high frequency components of a signal. In {image processing}, a low pass filter might be used to remove {noise} from an {image}. (2000-04-19)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
lp spooler A {line printer} {spooler}. (2000-04-03)