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   Larotid
         n 1: an antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names
               Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin)
               used to treat bacterial infections [syn: {amoxicillin},
               {Amoxil}, {Larotid}, {Polymox}, {Trimox}, {Augmentin}]

English Dictionary: Lord Todd by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leeward tide
n
  1. a tide that runs in the same direction as the wind is blowing; "a leeward tide is dangerous for small boats"
    Synonym(s): leeward tide, lee tide
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lorado Taft
n
  1. United States sculptor (1860-1936) [syn: Taft, {Lorado Taft}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lord it over
v
  1. act like the master of; "He is lording it over the students"
    Synonym(s): lord it over, queen it over, put on airs, act superior
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lord Todd
n
  1. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907)
    Synonym(s): Todd, Sir Alexander Robertus Todd, Lord Todd
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lordotic
adj
  1. having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses)
    Synonym(s): dipped, lordotic, swayback, swaybacked
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lard \Lard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Larded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Larding}.] [F. larder. See {Lard}, n.]
      1. To stuff with bacon; to dress or enrich with lard; esp.,
            to insert lardons of bacon or pork in the surface of,
            before roasting; as, to lard poultry.
  
                     And larded thighs on loaded altars laid. --Dryden.
  
      2. To fatten; to enrich.
  
                     [The oak] with his nuts larded many a swine.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
                     Falstaff sweats to death. And lards the lean earth
                     as he walks along.                              --Shak.
  
      3. To smear with lard or fat.
  
                     In his buff doublet larded o'er with fat Of
                     slaughtered brutes.                           --Somerville.
  
      4. To mix or garnish with something, as by way of
            improvement; to interlard. --Shak.
  
                     Let no alien Sedley interpose To lard with wit thy
                     hungry Epsom prose.                           --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lariat \Lar"i*at\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lariated}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Lariating}.]
      To secure with a lariat fastened to a stake, as a horse or
      mule for grazing; also, to lasso or catch with a lariat.
      [Western U.S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Laureate \Lau"re*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Laureated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Laureating}.]
      To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in
      bestowing a degree at the English universities.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Advocate \Ad"vo*cate\, n. [OE. avocat, avocet, OF. avocat, fr.
      L. advocatus, one summoned or called to another; properly the
      p. p. of advocare to call to, call to one's aid; ad + vocare
      to call. See {Advowee}, {Avowee}, {Vocal}.]
      1. One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who
            pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial
            court; a counselor.
  
      Note: In the English and American Law, advocate is the same
               as [bd]counsel,[b8] [bd]counselor,[b8] or
               [bd]barrister.[b8] In the civil and ecclesiastical
               courts, the term signifies the same as [bd]counsel[b8]
               at the common law.
  
      2. One who defends, vindicates, or espouses any cause by
            argument; a pleader; as, an advocate of free trade, an
            advocate of truth.
  
      3. Christ, considered as an intercessor.
  
                     We have an Advocate with the Father.   --1 John ii.
                                                                              1.
  
      {Faculty of advocates} (Scot.), the Scottish bar in
            Edinburgh.
  
      {Lord advocate} (Scot.), the public prosecutor of crimes, and
            principal crown lawyer.
  
      {Judge advocate}. See under {Judge}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lord \Lord\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lorded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Lording}.]
      To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or
      despotic sway; -- sometimes with over; and sometimes with it
      in the manner of a transitive verb.
  
               The whiles she lordeth in licentious bliss. --Spenser.
  
               I see them lording it in London streets. --Shak.
  
               And lorded over them whom now they serve. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lyrate \Ly"rate\, Lyrated \Ly"ra*ted\, a. [NL. lyratus. See
      {Lyre}.]
      1. (Bot.) Lyre-shaped, or spatulate and oblong, with small
            lobes toward the base; as, a lyrate leaf.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Shaped like a lyre, as the tail of the
            blackcock, or that of the lyre bird.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Layer Two Tunneling Protocol
  
      (L2TP) An {IETF} standard {protocol} for creating
      {Virtual Private Networks}.   L2TP is an {open standard} with
      mutlivendor {interoperability} and acceptance.
  
      Compare: {PPTP}.
  
      [Sponsored by {Cisco Systems, Inc.}?]
  
      (1998-09-24)
  
  
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