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   labial pipe
         n 1: organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the
               sharp edge of a fissure or lip [syn: {flue pipe}, {flue},
               {labial pipe}]

English Dictionary: lobelia family by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
labial vein
n
  1. veins draining the lips of the vulva [syn: labial vein, vena labialis]
  2. a vein draining the lips of the mouth
    Synonym(s): labial vein, vena labialis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lablab
n
  1. one species: hyacinth bean
    Synonym(s): Lablab, genus Lablab
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lablab purpureus
n
  1. perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
    Synonym(s): hyacinth bean, bonavist, Indian bean, Egyptian bean, Lablab purpureus, Dolichos lablab
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lavalava
n
  1. a skirt consisting of a rectangle of calico or printed cotton; worn by Polynesians (especially Samoans)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lawfully-begotten
adj
  1. born in wedlock; enjoying full filial rights
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leafy liverwort
n
  1. moss-like liverwort with tiny scalelike leaves; usually epiphytic
    Synonym(s): leafy liverwort, scale moss
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
level best
n
  1. the greatest possible degree; "he tried his utmost" [syn: utmost, uttermost, maximum, level best]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
level off
v
  1. become level or even; "The ground levelled off" [syn: level, level off]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lobelia family
n
  1. not recognized in all classification systems; in some classifications lobeliaceous plants are included in family Campanulaceae
    Synonym(s): Lobeliaceae, family Lobeliaceae, lobelia family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
love life
n
  1. sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people; "his lovemaking disgusted her"; "he hadn't had any love in months"; "he has a very complicated love life"
    Synonym(s): sexual love, lovemaking, making love, love, love life
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
low blueberry
n
  1. 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lablab \Lab"lab\ (l[acr]b"l[acr]b), n. (Bot.)
      an East Indian name for several twining leguminous plants
      related to the bean, but commonly applied to the hyacinth
      bean ({Dolichos Lablab}).

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]:
   Level \Lev"el\ (l[ecr]v"[ecr]l), n. [OE. level, livel, OF.
      livel, F. niveau, fr. L. libella level, water level, a plumb
      level, dim. of libra pound, measure for liquids, balance,
      water poise, level. Cf. {Librate}, {Libella}.]
      1. A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or
            plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is
            everywhere parallel to the surface of still water; -- this
            is the true level, and is a curve or surface in which all
            points are equally distant from the center of the earth,
            or rather would be so if the earth were an exact sphere.
  
      2. A horizontal line or plane; that is, a straight line or a
            plane which is tangent to a true level at a given point
            and hence parallel to the horizon at that point; -- this
            is the apparent level at the given point.
  
      3. An approximately horizontal line or surface at a certain
            degree of altitude, or distance from the center of the
            earth; as, to climb from the level of the coast to the
            level of the plateau and then descend to the level of the
            valley or of the sea.
  
                     After draining of the level in Northamptonshire.
                                                                              --Sir M. Hale.
  
                     Shot from the deadly level of a gun.   --Shak.
  
      4. Hence, figuratively, a certain position, rank, standard,
            degree, quality, character, etc., conceived of as in one
            of several planes of different elevation.
  
                     Providence, for the most part, sets us on a level.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
                     Somebody there of his own level.         --Swift.
  
                     Be the fair level of thy actions laid As temperance
                     wills and prudence may persuade.         --Prior.
  
      5. A uniform or average height; a normal plane or altitude; a
            condition conformable to natural law or which will secure
            a level surface; as, moving fluids seek a level.
  
                     When merit shall find its level.         --F. W.
                                                                              Robertson.
  
      6. (Mech. & Surv.)
            (a) An instrument by which to find a horizontal line, or
                  adjust something with reference to a horizontal line.
            (b) A measurement of the difference of altitude of two
                  points, by means of a level; as, to take a level.
  
      7. A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine.
  
      {Air level}, {a spirit level}. See {Spirit level} (below).
  
      {Box level}, a spirit level in which a glass-covered box is
            used instead of a tube.
  
      {Carpenter's level}, {Mason's level}, either the plumb level
            or a straight bar of wood, in which is imbedded a small
            spirit level.
  
      {Level of the sea}, the imaginary level from which heights
            and depths are calculated, taken at a mean distance
            between high and low water.
  
      {Line of levels}, a connected series of measurements, by
            means of a level, along a given line, as of a railroad, to
            ascertain the profile of the ground.
  
      {Plumb level}, one in which a horizontal bar is placed in
            true position by means of a plumb line, to which it is at
            right angles.
  
      {Spirit level}, one in which the adjustment to the horizon is
            shown by the position of a bubble in alcohol or ether
            contained in a nearly horizontal glass tube, or a circular
            box with a glass cover.
  
      {Surveyor's level}, a telescope, with a spirit level
            attached, and with suitable screws, etc., for accurate
            adjustment, the whole mounted on a tripod, for use in
            leveling; -- called also {leveling instrument}.
  
      {Water level}, an instrument to show the level by means of
            the surface of water in a trough, or in upright tubes
            connected by a pipe.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lip \Lip\ (l[icr]p), n. [OE. lippe, AS. lippa; akin to D. lip,
      G. lippe, lefze, OHG. lefs, Dan. l[91]be, Sw. l[84]pp, L.
      labium, labrum. Cf. {Labial}.]
      1. One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of
            the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips
            are organs of speech essential to certain articulations.
            Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the
            organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself.
  
                     Thine own lips testify against thee.   --Job xv. 6.
  
      2. An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything;
            a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel.
  
      3. The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
  
      4. (Bot.)
            (a) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate
                  corolla. (b) The odd and peculiar petal in the
                  {Orchis} family. See {Orchidaceous}.
  
      5. (Zo[94]l.) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve
            shell.
  
      {Lip bit}, a pod auger. See {Auger}.
  
      {Lip comfort}, comfort that is given with words only.
  
      {Lip comforter}, one who comforts with words only.
  
      {Lip labor}, unfelt or insincere speech; hypocrisy. --Bale.
  
      {Lip reading}, the catching of the words or meaning of one
            speaking by watching the motion of his lips without
            hearing his voice. --Carpenter.
  
      {Lip salve}, a salve for sore lips.
  
      {Lip service}, expression by the lips of obedience and
            devotion without the performance of acts suitable to such
            sentiments.
  
      {Lip wisdom}, wise talk without practice, or unsupported by
            experience.
  
      {Lip work}.
            (a) Talk.
            (b) Kissing. [Humorous] --B. Jonson.
  
      {To make a lip}, to drop the under lip in sullenness or
            contempt. --Shak.
  
      {To shoot out the lip} (Script.), to show contempt by
            protruding the lip.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lobule \Lob"ule\, n. [Cf. F. lobule, dim. of lobe. See {Lobe}.]
      A small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe.
  
      {Lobule of the ear}. (Anat.) Same as {Lobe of the ear}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spitz dog \Spitz" dog"\ [G. spitz, spitzhund.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A breed of dogs having erect ears and long silky hair,
      usually white; -- called also {Pomeranian dog}, and
      {louploup}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Level Park-Oak Park, MI (CDP, FIPS 47230)
      Location: 42.36348 N, 85.26936 W
      Population (1990): 3502 (1333 housing units)
      Area: 13.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Level Plains, AL (town, FIPS 42472)
      Location: 31.30636 N, 85.76672 W
      Population (1990): 1473 (608 housing units)
      Area: 7.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lobelville, TN (city, FIPS 43160)
      Location: 35.75098 N, 87.79709 W
      Population (1990): 830 (387 housing units)
      Area: 10.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 37097

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