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   lap of honour
         n 1: a lap by the winning person or team run to celebrate the
               victory [syn: {victory lap}, {lap of honour}]

English Dictionary: love vine by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leave behind
v
  1. depart and not take along; "He left behind all his possessions when he moved to Europe"
  2. be survived by after one's death; "He left six children"; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats"
    Synonym(s): leave, leave behind
  3. leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"
    Synonym(s): leave, leave alone, leave behind
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lev Ivanov
n
  1. Russian choreographer (1834-1905) [syn: Ivanov, {Lev Ivanov}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
life-of-man
n
  1. unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels; southeastern North America to Mexico
    Synonym(s): American spikenard, petty morel, life-of-man, Aralia racemosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lipo-Hepin
n
  1. a polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits the activity of thrombin in coagulation of the blood; it (trade names Lipo-Hepin and Liquaemin) is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis and in heart surgery
    Synonym(s): heparin, Lipo- Hepin, Liquaemin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lobe-finned fish
n
  1. any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form
    Synonym(s): crossopterygian, lobefin, lobe- finned fish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lobefin
n
  1. any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form
    Synonym(s): crossopterygian, lobefin, lobe- finned fish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
love vine
n
  1. leafless parasitic vine with dense clusters of small white bell-shaped flowers on orange-yellow stems that twine around clover or flax
    Synonym(s): love vine, Cuscuta gronovii
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]:
   Luff \Luff\, n. [OE. lof, prob. a sort of timber by which the
      course of a ship was directed, perh. a sort of paddle; cf. D.
      loef luff, loeven to luff. The word is perh. akin to E.
      glove. Cf. {Aloof}.] (Naut.)
      (a) The side of a ship toward the wind.
      (b) The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.
      (c) The roundest part of a ship's bow.
      (d) The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the
            jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.
  
      {Luff tackle}, a purchase composed of a double and single
            block and fall, used for various purposes. --Totten.
  
      {Luff upon luff}, a luff tackle attached to the fall of
            another luff tackle. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
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