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   Late Latin
         n 1: the form of Latin written between the 3rd and 8th centuries
               [syn: {Late Latin}, {Biblical Latin}]

English Dictionary: Lota lota by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lethal dose
n
  1. the size dose that will cause death
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lethality
n
  1. the quality of being deadly [syn: deadliness, lethality]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
little dictionary
n
  1. a dictionary that is small enough to carry in your pocket
    Synonym(s): pocket dictionary, little dictionary
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Little Dipper
n
  1. a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris
    Synonym(s): Little Dipper, Dipper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Little Dog
n
  1. a constellation to the east of Orion; contains Procyon
    Synonym(s): Canis Minor, Little Dog
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
little terror
n
  1. a very troublesome child [syn: terror, brat, {little terror}, holy terror]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
little theater
n
  1. a small theater for experimental drama or collegiate or community groups
    Synonym(s): little theater, little theatre
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
little theatre
n
  1. a small theater for experimental drama or collegiate or community groups
    Synonym(s): little theater, little theatre
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
little toe
n
  1. the fifth smallest outermost toe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
little-head snakeweed
n
  1. similar to Gutierrezia sarothrae but with flower heads having fewer rays and disk flowers
    Synonym(s): little-head snakeweed, Gutierrezia microcephala
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lota lota
n
  1. elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
    Synonym(s): burbot, eelpout, ling, cusk, Lota lota
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ladle \La"dle\, n. [AS. hl[91]del, fr. hladan to load, drain.
      See {Lade}, v. t.]
      1. A cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle,
            used in lading or dipping.
  
                     When the materials of glass have been kept long in
                     fusion, the mixture casts up the superfluous salt,
                     which the workmen take off with ladles. --Boyle.
  
      2. (Founding) A vessel to carry liquid metal from the furnace
            to the mold.
  
      3. The float of a mill wheel; -- called also {ladle board}.
  
      4. (Gun.)
            (a) An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.
            (b) A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for
                  carrying shot.
  
      {Ladle wood} (Bot.), the wood of a South African tree
            ({Cassine Colpoon}), used for carving.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ladle \La"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ladled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Ladling}.]
      To take up and convey in a ladle; to dip with, or as with, a
      ladle; as, to ladle out soup; to ladle oatmeal into a kettle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lady \La"dy\, n.; pl. {Ladies}. [OE. ladi, l[91]fdi, AS.
      hl[?]fdige, hl[?]fdie; AS. hl[be]f loaf + a root of uncertain
      origin, possibly akin to E. dairy. See {Loaf}, and cf.
      {Lord}.]
      1. A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family;
            a mistress; the female head of a household.
  
                     Agar, the handmaiden of Sara, whence comest thou,
                     and whither goest thou? The which answered, Fro the
                     face of Sara my lady.                        --Wyclif (Gen.
                                                                              xvi. 8.).
  
      2. A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress;
            -- a feminine correlative of lord. [bd]Lord or lady of
            high degree.[b8] --Lowell.
  
                     Of all these bounds, even from this line to this, .
                     . . We make thee lady.                        --Shak.
  
      3. A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was
            paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a
            sweetheart.
  
                     The soldier here his wasted store supplies, And
                     takes new valor from his lady's eyes. --Waller.
  
      4. A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a
            title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is
            not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a
            nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or
            knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by
            right.
  
      5. A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman;
            -- the feminine correlative of gentleman.
  
      6. A wife; -- not now in approved usage. --Goldsmith.
  
      7. (Zo[94]l.) The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a
            lobster; -- so called from a fancied resemblance to a
            seated female figure. It consists of calcareous plates.
  
      {Ladies' man}, a man who affects the society of ladies.
  
      {Lady altar}, an altar in a lady chapel. --Shipley.
  
      {Lady chapel}, a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
  
      {Lady court}, the court of a lady of the manor.
  
      {Lady court}, the court of a lady of the manor.
  
      {Lady crab} (Zo[94]l.), a handsomely spotted swimming crab
            ({Platyonichus ocellatus}) very common on the sandy shores
            of the Atlantic coast of the United States.
  
      {Lady fern}. (Bot.) See {Female fern}, under {Female}, and
            Illust. of {Fern}.
  
      {Lady in waiting}, a lady of the queen's household, appointed
            to wait upon or attend the queen.
  
      {Lady Mass}, a Mass said in honor of the Virgin Mary.
            --Shipley.
  
      {Lady of the manor}, a lady having jurisdiction of a manor;
            also, the wife of a manor lord.
  
      {Lady's maid}, a maidservant who dresses and waits upon a
            lady. --Thackeray.
  
      {Our Lady}, the Virgin Mary.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Latin \Lat"in\, n.
      1. A native or inhabitant of Latium; a Roman.
  
      2. The language of the ancient Romans.
  
      3. An exercise in schools, consisting in turning English into
            Latin. [Obs.] --Ascham.
  
      4. (Eccl.) A member of the Roman Catholic Church.
  
      {Dog Latin}, barbarous Latin; a jargon in imitation of Latin;
            as, the log Latin of schoolboys.
  
      {Late Latin}, {Low Latin}, terms used indifferently to
            designate the latest stages of the Latin language; low
            Latin (and, perhaps, late Latin also), including the
            barbarous coinages from the French, German, and other
            languages into a Latin form made after the Latin had
            become a dead language for the people.
  
      {Law Latin}, that kind of late, or low, Latin, used in
            statutes and legal instruments; -- often barbarous.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Leadhillite \Lead"hill*ite\, n. (Min.)
      A mineral of a yellowish or greenish white color, consisting
      of the sulphate and carbonate of lead; -- so called from
      having been first found at Leadhills, Scotland.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lethality \Le*thal"i*ty\ (l[esl]*th[acr]l"[icr]*t[ycr]), n. [Cf.
      F. l[82]thalit[82].]
      The quality of being lethal; mortality.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Litholatry \Li*thol"a*try\, n. [Litho- + Gr. [?] worship.]
      The worship of a stone or stones.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tapper \Tap"per\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The lesser spotted woodpecker ({Dendrocopus minor}); --
      called also {tapperer}, {tabberer}, {little wood pie},
      {barred woodpecker}, {wood tapper}, {hickwall}, and {pump
      borer}. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Woodcock \Wood"cock`\, n. [AS. wuducoc.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of long-billed
            limicoline birds belonging to the genera {Scolopax} and
            {Philohela}. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits,
            and are highly esteemed as game birds.
  
      Note: The most important species are the European ({Scolopax
               rusticola}) and the American woodcock ({Philohela
               minor}), which agree very closely in appearance and
               habits.
  
      2. Fig.: A simpleton. [Obs.]
  
                     If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see
                     you Run your neck into the noose, and cry, [bd]A
                     woodcock![b8]                                    --Beau. & Fl.
  
      {Little woodcock}.
            (a) The common American snipe.
            (b) The European snipe.
  
      {Sea woodcock fish}, the bellows fish.
  
      {Woodcock owl}, the short-eared owl ({Asio brachyotus}).
  
      {Woodcock shell}, the shell of certain mollusks of the genus
            {Murex}, having a very long canal, with or without spines.
           
  
      {Woodcock snipe}. See under {Snipe}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Little Deer Isle, ME
      Zip code(s): 04650

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Littleton, CO (city, FIPS 45255)
      Location: 39.59457 N, 105.01440 W
      Population (1990): 33685 (14778 housing units)
      Area: 31.9 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 80120, 80122, 80124, 80125, 80127
   Littleton, IL (village, FIPS 44056)
      Location: 40.23472 N, 90.62328 W
      Population (1990): 181 (71 housing units)
      Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 61452
   Littleton, MA
      Zip code(s): 01460
   Littleton, NC (town, FIPS 38680)
      Location: 36.43422 N, 77.91059 W
      Population (1990): 691 (356 housing units)
      Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 27850
   Littleton, NH (CDP, FIPS 42500)
      Location: 44.31140 N, 71.76354 W
      Population (1990): 4633 (2103 housing units)
      Area: 22.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 03561
   Littleton, WV (town, FIPS 47788)
      Location: 39.69956 N, 80.51477 W
      Population (1990): 198 (89 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 26581

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Littleton Common, MA (CDP, FIPS 36020)
      Location: 42.53652 N, 71.47248 W
      Population (1990): 2867 (1167 housing units)
      Area: 9.0 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
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