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   landed
         adj 1: owning or consisting of land or real estate; "the landed
                  gentry"; "landed property" [ant: {landless}]

English Dictionary: limitation by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
landed estate
n
  1. extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"
    Synonym(s): estate, land, landed estate, acres, demesne
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
landed gentry
n
  1. the gentry who own land (considered as a class) [syn: landed gentry, squirearchy]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lean-to tent
n
  1. tent that is attached to the side of a building
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Leontodon
n
  1. hawkbit
    Synonym(s): Leontodon, genus Leontodon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Leontodon autumnalis
n
  1. fall-blooming European herb with a yellow flower; naturalized in the United States
    Synonym(s): fall dandelion, arnica bud, Leontodon autumnalis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
limitation
n
  1. a principle that limits the extent of something; "I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements"
    Synonym(s): restriction, limitation
  2. the quality of being limited or restricted; "it is a good plan but it has serious limitations"
  3. the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed; "there are limits on the amount you can bet"; "it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight"
    Synonym(s): limit, limitation
  4. (law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought; "statute of limitations"
  5. an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)
    Synonym(s): limitation, restriction
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
limited
adj
  1. small in range or scope; "limited war"; "a limited success"; "a limited circle of friends"
    Antonym(s): limitless, unlimited
  2. subject to limits or subjected to limits
    Synonym(s): circumscribed, limited
  3. including only a part
  4. mediocre
    Synonym(s): limited, modified
  5. not excessive
  6. having a specific function or scope; "a special (or specific) role in the mission"
    Synonym(s): limited, special
  7. not unlimited; "a limited list of choices"
n
  1. public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops; "he caught the express to New York"
    Synonym(s): express, limited
    Antonym(s): local
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
limited audit
n
  1. an audit of limited scope (limited in time span or confined to particular accounts etc.)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
limited company
n
  1. a company that is organized to give its owners limited liability
    Synonym(s): limited company, Ltd., Ld.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
limited edition
n
  1. an edition that is restricted to a specific number of copies
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
limited liability
n
  1. the liability of a firm's owners for no more than the capital they have invested in the firm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
limited review
n
  1. (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data
    Synonym(s): review, limited review
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
limited war
n
  1. a war whose objective is less than the unconditional defeat of the enemy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
limitedly
adv
  1. in a limited manner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
line-at-a-time printer
n
  1. printer that serves as an output device on a computer; prints a whole line of characters at a time
    Synonym(s): line printer, line-at-a-time printer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lintwhite
n
  1. small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead
    Synonym(s): linnet, lintwhite, Carduelis cannabina
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lunitidal interval
n
  1. interval between the moon's transit of a particular meridian and the next high tide at that meridian
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lamdoidal \Lam*doid"al\, a.
      Lambdoid. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lanate \La"nate\, Lanated \La"na*ted\, [L. lanatus, fr. lana
      wool, down.]
      Wooly; covered with fine long hair, or hairlike filaments.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Landed \Land"ed\, a.
      1. Having an estate in land.
  
                     The House of Commons must consist, for the most
                     part, of landed men.                           --Addison.
  
      2. Consisting in real estate or land; as, landed property;
            landed security.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Land \Land\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Landed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Landing}.]
      1. To set or put on shore from a ship or other water craft;
            to disembark; to debark.
  
                     I 'll undertake top land them on our coast. --Shak.
  
      2. To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a
            fish.
  
      3. To set down after conveying; to cause to fall, alight, or
            reach; to bring to the end of a course; as, he landed the
            quoit near the stake; to be thrown from a horse and landed
            in the mud; to land one in difficulties or mistakes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Landwaiter \Land"wait`er\, n.
      See {Landing waiter}, under {Landing}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lean-witted \Lean"-wit`ted\, a.
      Having but little sense or shrewdness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lenitude \Len"i*tude\ (-t[umac]d), n. [L. lenitudo.]
      The quality or habit of being lenient; lenity. [Obs.]
      --Blount.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lentitude \Len"ti*tude\ (l[ecr]n"t[icr]*t[umac]d), n. [L.
      lentitudo, fr. lentus slow: cf. OF. lentitude. See {Lent},
      a.]
      Slowness; sluggishness. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lentoid \Len"toid\ (l[ecr]n"toid), a. [Lens + -oid.]
      Having the form of a lens; lens-shaped.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Leontodon \Le*on"to*don\ (l[esl]*[ocr]n"t[osl]*d[ocr]n), n. [Gr.
      le`wn, le`ontos, lion + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth. Cf.
      {Lion's-tooth}, {Dandelion}.] (Bot.)
      A genus of liguliflorous composite plants, including the fall
      dandelion ({L. autumnale}), and formerly the true dandelion;
      -- called also {lion's tooth}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hawkbit \Hawk"bit`\, n. (Bot.)
      The fall dandelion ({Leontodon autumnale}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dandelion \Dan"de*li`on\, n. [F. dent de lion lion's tooth, fr.
      L. dens tooth + leo lion. See {Tooth}, n., and {Lion}.]
      (Bot.)
      A well-known plant of the genus {Taraxacum} ({T. officinale},
      formerly called {T. Dens-leonis} and {Leontodos Taraxacum})
      bearing large, yellow, compound flowers, and deeply notched
      leaves.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Limitate \Lim"i*tate\ (-[icr]*t[asl]t), a. [L. limitatus, p. p.
      of limitare to limit. See {Limit}, v. t. ]
      Bounded by a distinct line.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Limitation \Lim`i*ta"tion\ (-t[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [L.
      limitatio: cf. F. limitation. See {Limit}, v. t.]
      1. The act of limiting; the state or condition of being
            limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved
            by the council.
  
                     They had no right to mistake the limitation . . . of
                     their own faculties, for an inherent limitation of
                     the possible modes of existence in the universe.
                                                                              --J. S. Mill.
  
      2. That which limits; a restriction; a qualification; a
            restraining condition, defining circumstance, or
            qualifying conception; as, limitations of thought.
  
                     The cause of error is ignorance what restraints and
                     limitations all principles have in regard of the
                     matter whereunto they are applicable. --Hooker.
  
      3. A certain precinct within which friars were allowed to
            beg, or exercise their functions; also, the time during
            which they were permitted to exercise their functions in
            such a district. --Chaucer. Latimer.
  
      4. A limited time within or during which something is to be
            done.
  
                     You have stood your limitation, and the tribunes
                     Endue you with the people's voice.      --Shak.
  
      5. (Law)
            (a) A certain period limited by statute after which the
                  claimant shall not enforce his claims by suit.
            (b) A settling of an estate or property by specific rules.
            (c) A restriction of power; as, a constitutional
                  limitation. --Wharton. Bouvier.
  
      {To know one's own limitations}, to know the reach and limits
            of one's abilities. --A. R. Wallace.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Limit \Lim"it\ (l[icr]m"[icr]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Limited};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Limiting}.] [F. limiter, L. limitare, fr.
      limes, limitis, limit; prob. akin to limen threshold, E.
      eliminate; cf. L. limus sidelong.]
      To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate,
      circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit
      the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to
      limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of
      a word.
  
      {Limiting parallels} (Astron.), those parallels of latitude
            between which only an occultation of a star or planet by
            the moon, in a given case, can occur.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Limited \Lim"it*ed\ (l[icr]m"[icr]t*[ecr]d), a.
      Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; restricted;
      as, our views of nature are very limited.
  
      {Limited company}, a company in which the liability of each
            shareholder is limited by the number of shares he has
            taken, so that he can not be called on to contribute
            beyond the amount of his shares. [Eng.] --Mozley & W.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Limited \Lim"it*ed\ (l[icr]m"[icr]t*[ecr]d), a.
      Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; restricted;
      as, our views of nature are very limited.
  
      {Limited company}, a company in which the liability of each
            shareholder is limited by the number of shares he has
            taken, so that he can not be called on to contribute
            beyond the amount of his shares. [Eng.] --Mozley & W.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Liability \Li`a*bil"i*ty\ (l[imac]`[adot]*b[icr]l"[icr]*t[ycr]),
      n.; pl. {Liabilities} (-t[icr]z).
      1. The state of being liable; as, the liability of an
            insurer; liability to accidents; liability to the law.
  
      2. That which one is under obligation to pay, or for which
            one is liable. Specifically, in the pl., the sum of one's
            pecuniary obligations; -- opposed to {assets}.
  
      {Limited liability}. See {Limited company}, under {Limited}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Partnership \Part"ner*ship\, n.
      1. The state or condition of being a partner; as, to be in
            partnership with another; to have partnership in the
            fortunes of a family or a state.
  
      2. A division or sharing among partners; joint possession or
            interest.
  
                     Rome, that ne'er knew three lordly heads before,
                     First fell by fatal partnership of power. --Rowe.
  
                     He does possession keep, And is too wise to hazard
                     partnership.                                       --Dryden.
  
      3. An alliance or association of persons for the prosecution
            of an undertaking or a business on joint account; a
            company; a firm; a house; as, to form a partnership.
  
      4. (Law) A contract between two or more competent persons for
            joining together their money, goods, labor, and skill, or
            any or all of them, under an understanding that there
            shall be a communion of profit between them, and for the
            purpose of carrying on a legal trade, business, or
            adventure. --Kent. Story.
  
      Note: Community of profit is absolutely essential to, though
               not necessary the test of, a partnership.
  
      5. (Arith.) See {Fellowship}, n., 6.
  
      {Limited partnership}, a form of partnership in which the
            firm consists of one or more general partners, jointly and
            severally responsible as ordinary partners, and one or
            more special partners, who are not liable for the debts of
            the partnership beyond the amount of cash they contribute
            as capital.
  
      {Partnership in commendam}, the title given to the limited
            partnership (F. soci[82]t[82] en commandit[82]) of the
            French law, introduced into the code of Louisiana.
            --Burrill.
  
      {Silent partnership}, the relation of partnership sustained
            by a person who furnishes capital only.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Limitedly \Lim"it*ed*ly\, adv.
      With limitation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Limitedness \Lim"it*ed*ness\, n.
      The quality of being limited.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lineate \Lin"e*ate\ (l[icr]n"[esl]*[asl]t), Lineated
   \Lin"e*a`ted\ (-[amac]`t[ecr]d), a. [L. lineatus, p. p. of
      lineare to reduce to a straight line, fr. linea line.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Marked with lines.
  
      2. (Bot.) Marked longitudinally with depressed parallel
            lines; as, a lineate leaf.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Linnet \Lin"net\ (l[icr]n"n[ecr]t), n. [F. linot, linotte, from
      L. linum flax; or perh. shortened from AS. l[c6]netwige, fr.
      AS. l[c6]n flax; -- so called because it feeds on the seeds
      of flax and hemp. See {Linen}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera
      {Linota}, {Acanthis}, and allied genera, esp. the common
      European species ({L. cannabina}), which, in full summer
      plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or
      less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown,
      tipped with crimson. Called also {gray linnet}, {red linnet},
      {rose linnet}, {brown linnet}, {lintie}, {lintwhite}, {gorse
      thatcher}, {linnet finch}, and {greater redpoll}. The
      American redpoll linnet ({Acanthis linaria}) often has the
      crown and throat rosy. See {Redpoll}, and {Twite}.
  
      {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the European green finch.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lintie \Lin"tie\ (l[icr]n"t[icr]), Lintwhite \Lint"white`\
      (l[icr]nt"hw[imac]t`), n. [AS. l[c6]netwige. See {Linnet}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Linnet}. -- Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Linnet \Lin"net\ (l[icr]n"n[ecr]t), n. [F. linot, linotte, from
      L. linum flax; or perh. shortened from AS. l[c6]netwige, fr.
      AS. l[c6]n flax; -- so called because it feeds on the seeds
      of flax and hemp. See {Linen}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera
      {Linota}, {Acanthis}, and allied genera, esp. the common
      European species ({L. cannabina}), which, in full summer
      plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or
      less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown,
      tipped with crimson. Called also {gray linnet}, {red linnet},
      {rose linnet}, {brown linnet}, {lintie}, {lintwhite}, {gorse
      thatcher}, {linnet finch}, and {greater redpoll}. The
      American redpoll linnet ({Acanthis linaria}) often has the
      crown and throat rosy. See {Redpoll}, and {Twite}.
  
      {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the European green finch.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lintie \Lin"tie\ (l[icr]n"t[icr]), Lintwhite \Lint"white`\
      (l[icr]nt"hw[imac]t`), n. [AS. l[c6]netwige. See {Linnet}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Linnet}. -- Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lunate \Lu"nate\, Lunated \Lu"na*ted\, a. [L. lunatus
      crescent-shaped, p. p. of lunare to bend like a crescent, fr.
      luna the moon.]
      Crescent-shaped; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated
      cross. --Gray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lunitidal \Lu"ni*tid`al\, a.
      Pertaining to tidal movements dependent on the moon. --Bache.
  
      {Lunitidal interval}. See {Retard}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lunitidal \Lu"ni*tid`al\, a.
      Pertaining to tidal movements dependent on the moon. --Bache.
  
      {Lunitidal interval}. See {Retard}, n.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   line editor
  
      An early kind of {text editor} suited to use on a
      {teletype}.   The user enters editing commands which apply to
      the current line or some given range of lines.   These include
      moving forward and backward through the buffer, inserting and
      deleting lines, substituting a string for a pattern match, and
      printing lines.   Visual feedback is restricted to explicitly
      requesting the display of one or more lines, in contrast to a
      {screen editor}.
  
      {ed} is {Unix}'s line editor.
  
      (1999-03-01)
  
  
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