lap choly
         n 1: removal of the gall bladder through small punctures in the
               abdomen to permit the insertion of a laparoscope and
               surgical instruments [syn: {laparoscopic cholecystectomy},
               {lap choly}]

English Dictionary: love child	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lapis lazuli n an azure blue semiprecious stone [syn: lapis lazuli, lazuli]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lavishly adv in a wasteful manner; "the United States, up to the 1920s, used fuel lavishly, mainly because it was so cheap" Synonym(s): extravagantly, lavishly in a rich and lavish manner; "lavishly decorated" Synonym(s): lavishly, richly, extravagantly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
law of closure n a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric Synonym(s): closure, law of closure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
law of equal areas n a law concerning the speed at which planets travel; a line connecting a planet to the sun will sweep out equal areas in equal times; "Kepler's second law means that a planet's orbital speed changes with its distance from the sun" Synonym(s): Kepler's second law, law of areas, law of equal areas
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leaf soil n soil composed mainly of decaying leaves [syn: leaf mold, leaf mould, leaf soil]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Leipoa ocellata n Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds Synonym(s): mallee fowl, leipoa, lowan, Leipoa ocellata
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Lepus californicus n the common jackrabbit of grasslands and open areas of western United States; has large black-tipped ears and black streak on the tail Synonym(s): blacktail jackrabbit, Lepus californicus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
life class n an art class using a live human model
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lip-gloss n makeup that makes the lips shiny
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Liposcelis n a genus of Psocidae Synonym(s): Liposcelis, genus Liposcelis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Liposcelis divinatorius n minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers Synonym(s): booklouse, book louse, deathwatch, Liposcelis divinatorius
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
live axle n the axle of a self-propelled vehicle that provides the driving power Synonym(s): live axle, driving axle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
love child n the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents [syn: bastard, by-blow, love child, illegitimate child, illegitimate, whoreson]
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Lovoa klaineana n tropical African timber tree with wood that resembles mahogany Synonym(s): African walnut, Lovoa klaineana
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Luffa cylindrica n the loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit [syn: loofah, vegetable sponge, Luffa cylindrica]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Pucelle \[d8]Pu*celle"\, n. [F., fr. LL. pulicella, fr. L.       pullus a young animal. See {Pullet}.]       A maid; a virgin. [Written also {pucel}.] [Obs.]                   Lady or pucelle, that wears mask or fan. --B. Jonson.          {La Pucelle}, the Maid of Orleans, Joan of Arc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Lapis \[d8]La"pis\, n.; pl. {Lapides}. [L.]       A stone.          {Lapis calaminaris}. [NL.] (Min.) Calamine.          {Lapis infernalis}. [L.] Fused nitrate of silver; lunar             caustic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lapis lazuli \La"pis laz"u*li\ (Min.)       An albuminous mineral of a rich blue color. Same as {Lazuli},       which see.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lazuli \Laz"u*li\, n.[F. & NL. lapis lazuli, LL. lazulus,       lazurius, lazur from the same Oriental source as E. azure.       See {Azure}.] (Min.)       A mineral of a fine azure-blue color, usually in small       rounded masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina,       lime, and soda, with some sodium sulphide, is often marked by       yellow spots or veins of sulphide of iron, and is much valued       for ornamental work. Called also {lapis lazuli}, and       {Armenian stone}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lapis lazuli \La"pis laz"u*li\ (Min.)       An albuminous mineral of a rich blue color. Same as {Lazuli},       which see.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lazuli \Laz"u*li\, n.[F. & NL. lapis lazuli, LL. lazulus,       lazurius, lazur from the same Oriental source as E. azure.       See {Azure}.] (Min.)       A mineral of a fine azure-blue color, usually in small       rounded masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina,       lime, and soda, with some sodium sulphide, is often marked by       yellow spots or veins of sulphide of iron, and is much valued       for ornamental work. Called also {lapis lazuli}, and       {Armenian stone}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lavishly \Lav"ish*ly\, adv.       In a lavish manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Leipoa \[d8]Lei*po"a\ (l[isl]*p[omac]"[adot]), n. [NL.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A genus of Australian gallinaceous birds including but a       single species ({Leipoa ocellata}), about the size of a       turkey. Its color is variegated, brown, black, white, and       gray. Called also {native pheasant}.          Note: It makes large mounds of sand and vegetable material,                in which its eggs are laid to be hatched by the heat of                the decomposing mass.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Jack rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large             American hares, having very large ears and long legs. The             California species ({Lepus Californicus}), and that of             Texas and New Mexico ({L. callotis}), have the tail black             above, and the ears black at the tip. They do not become             white in winter. The more northern prairie hare ({L.             campestris}) has the upper side of the tail white, and in             winter its fur becomes nearly white.          {Jack rafter} (Arch.), in England, one of the shorter rafters             used in constructing a hip or valley roof; in the United             States, any secondary roof timber, as the common rafters             resting on purlins in a trussed roof; also, one of the             pieces simulating extended rafters, used under the eaves             in some styles of building.          {Jack salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the wall-eyed pike, or glasseye.          {Jack sauce}, an impudent fellow. [Colloq. & Obs.]          {Jack shaft} (Mach.), the first intermediate shaft, in a             factory or mill, which receives power, through belts or             gearing, from a prime mover, and transmits it, by the same             means, to other intermediate shafts or to a line shaft.          {Jack sinker} (Knitting Mach.), a thin iron plate operated by             the jack to depress the loop of thread between two             needles.          {Jack snipe}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary.          {Jack staff} (Naut.), a staff fixed on the bowsprit cap, upon             which the jack is hoisted.          {Jack timber} (Arch.), any timber, as a rafter, rib, or             studding, which, being intercepted, is shorter than the             others.          {Jack towel}, a towel hung on a roller for common use.          {Jack truss} (Arch.), in a hip roof, a minor truss used where             the roof has not its full section.          {Jack tree}. (Bot.) See 1st {Jack}, n.          {Jack yard} (Naut.), a short spar to extend a topsail beyond             the gaff.          {Blue jack}, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.          {Hydraulic jack}, a jack used for lifting, pulling, or             forcing, consisting of a compact portable hydrostatic             press, with its pump and a reservoir containing a supply             of liquid, as oil.          {Jack-at-a-pinch}.             (a) One called upon to take the place of another in an                   emergency.             (b) An itinerant parson who conducts an occasional                   service for a fee.          {Jack-at-all-trades}, one who can turn his hand to any kind             of work.          {Jack-by-the-hedge} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Erysimum}             ({E. alliaria}, or {Alliaria officinalis}), which grows             under hedges. It bears a white flower and has a taste not             unlike garlic. Called also, in England, {sauce-alone}.             --Eng. Cyc.          {Jack-in-a-box}.             (a) (Bot.) A tropical tree ({Hernandia sonora}), which                   bears a drupe that rattles when dry in the inflated                   calyx.             (b) A child's toy, consisting of a box, out of which,                   when the lid is raised, a figure springs.             (c) (Mech.) An epicyclic train of bevel gears for                   transmitting rotary motion to two parts in such a                   manner that their relative rotation may be variable;                   applied to driving the wheels of tricycles, road                   locomotives, and to cotton machinery, etc.; an                   equation box; a jack frame; -- called also                   {compensating gearing}.             (d) A large wooden screw turning in a nut attached to the                   crosspiece of a rude press.          {Jack-in-office}, an insolent fellow in authority. --Wolcott.          {Jack-in-the-bush} (Bot.), a tropical shrub with red fruit             ({Cordia Cylindrostachya}).          {Jack-in-the-green}, a chimney sweep inclosed in a framework             of boughs, carried in Mayday processions.          {Jack-in-the-pulpit} (Bot.), the American plant {Aris[91]ma             triphyllum}, or Indian turnip, in which the upright spadix             is inclosed.          {Jack-of-the-buttery} (Bot.), the stonecrop ({Sedum acre}).                      {Jack-of-the-clock}, a figure, usually of a man, on old             clocks, which struck the time on the bell.          {Jack-on-both-sides}, one who is or tries to be neutral.          {Jack-out-of-office}, one who has been in office and is             turned out. --Shak.          {Jack the Giant Killer}, the hero of a well-known nursery             story.          {Jack-with-a-lantern}, {Jack-o'-lantern}.             (a) An ignis fatuus; a will-o'-the-wisp. [bd][Newspaper                   speculations] supplying so many more jack-o'-lanterns                   to the future historian.[b8] --Lowell.             (b) A lantern made of a pumpkin so prepared as to show in                   illumination the features of a human face, etc.          {Yellow Jack} (Naut.), the yellow fever; also, the quarantine             flag. See {Yellow flag}, under {Flag}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Desert \Des"ert\, a. [Cf. L. desertus, p. p. of deserere, and F.       d[82]sert. See 2d {Desert}.]       Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or       cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate;       solitary; as, they landed on a desert island.                   He . . . went aside privately into a desert place.                                                                               --Luke ix. 10.                   Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste                its sweetness on the desert air.            --Gray.          {Desert flora} (Bot.), the assemblage of plants growing             naturally in a desert, or in a dry and apparently             unproductive place.          {Desert hare} (Zo[94]l.), a small hare ({Lepus sylvaticus},             var. Arizon[91]) inhabiting the deserts of the Western             United States.          {Desert mouse} (Zo[94]l.), an American mouse ({Hesperomys             eremicus}), living in the Western deserts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cottontail \Cot"ton*tail`\ (k[ocr]t"t'n*t[amac]l`), n.       (Zo[94]l.)       The American wood rabbit ({Lepus sylvaticus}); -- also called       {Molly cottontail}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Levesel \Lev"e*sel\ (l[ecr]v"[esl]*s[ecr]l), n. [AS. le[a0]f a       leaf + s[91]l, sel, a room, a hall.]       A leafy shelter; a place covered with foliage. [Obs.]                   Behind the mill, under a levesel.            --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Life buoy}. See {Buoy}.          {Life car}, a water-tight boat or box, traveling on a line             from a wrecked vessel to the shore. In it persons are             hauled through the waves and surf.          {Life drop}, a drop of vital blood. --Byron.          {Life estate} (Law), an estate which is held during the term             of some certain person's life, but does not pass by             inheritance.          {Life everlasting} (Bot.), a plant with white or yellow             persistent scales about the heads of the flowers, as             {Antennaria}, and {Gnaphalium}; cudweed.          {Life of an execution} (Law), the period when an execution is             in force, or before it expires.          {Life guard}. (Mil.) See under {Guard}.          {Life insurance}, the act or system of insuring against             death; a contract by which the insurer undertakes, in             consideration of the payment of a premium (usually at             stated periods), to pay a stipulated sum in the event of             the death of the insured or of a third person in whose             life the insured has an interest.          {Life interest}, an estate or interest which lasts during             one's life, or the life of another person, but does not             pass by inheritance.          {Life land} (Law), land held by lease for the term of a life             or lives.          {Life line}.             (a) (Naut.) A line along any part of a vessel for the                   security of sailors.             (b) A line attached to a life boat, or to any life saving                   apparatus, to be grasped by a person in the water.          {Life rate}, the rate of premium for insuring a life.          {Life rent}, the rent of a life estate; rent or property to             which one is entitled during one's life.          {Life school}, a school for artists in which they model,             paint, or draw from living models.          {Life table}, a table showing the probability of life at             different ages.          {To lose one's life}, to die.          {To seek the life of}, to seek to kill.          {To the life}, so as closely to resemble the living person or             the subject; as, the portrait was drawn to the life.
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]:
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.