l
1: being ten more than forty [syn: {fifty}, {50}] n 1: a metric unit of capacity equal to the volume of 1 kilogram of pure water at 4 degrees centigrade and 760 mm of mercury (or approximately 1.76 pi...
L'Aquila
1: the provincial capital of the Abruzzi region in central Italy [syn: {Aquila}, {Aquila degli Abruzzi}]
L'Enfant
1: United States architect (born in France) who laid out the city plan for Washington (1754-1825) [syn: {Charles L'Enfant}, {Pierre Charles L'Enfant}]
L-dopa
1: the levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa); as a drug it is used to treat Parkinson's disease [syn: {levodopa}, {Bendopa}, {Brocadopa}, {Larodopa}]
L-P
1: a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm [syn: {LP}]
L-plate
1: a square plate bearing the letter L that is attached to both ends of a car to indicate that the driver is a learner
L-shaped
1: shaped in the form of the letter L
L. M. Montgomery
1: Canadian novelist (1874-1942) [syn: {Montgomery}, {Lucy Maud Montgomery}]
L. monocytogenes
1: the type species of the genus Listeria; can cause meningitis, encephalitis, septicemia, endocarditis, abortion, abscesses, listeriosis [syn: {Listeria monocytogenes}]
L. Ron Hubbard
1: a United States writer of science fiction and founder of Scientology (1911-1986) [syn: {Hubbard}]
L. S. Lowry
1: English painter (1887-1976) [syn: {Lowry}, {Laurence Stephen Lowry}]
La
1: a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth [syn: {lanthanum}, {atomic number 57}] 2: a state in southern United St...
La Crosse
1: a town in western Wisconsin on the Mississippi River
La Fayette
1: French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834) [syn: {Lafayette}, {Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier}, {Marquis de Lafayette}]
La Fontaine
1: French writer who collected Aesop's fables and published them (1621-1695) [syn: {Jean de La Fontaine}]
La Paz
1: city in western Bolivia and the administrative seat of Bolivia's government; largest city in Bolivia
La Plata
1: an estuary between Argentina and Uruguay [syn: {Rio de la Plata}, {Plata River}]
La Rochefoucauld
1: French writer of moralistic maxims (1613-1680) [syn: {Francois de La Rochefoucauld}]
La Spezia
1: a port city in Liguria on an arm of the Ligurian Sea; a major seaport and year-round resort
La Tour
1: French painter of religious works (1593-1652) [syn: {Georges de La Tour}]
la-di-da
1: affectedly genteel [syn: {grandiose}, {hifalutin}, {highfalutin}, {highfaluting}, {hoity-toity}]
laager
1: a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons [syn: {lager}]
lab
1: a workplace for the conduct of scientific research [syn: {laboratory}, {research lab}, {research laboratory}, {science lab}, {science laboratory}]
lab bench
1: a workbench in a laboratory [syn: {laboratory bench}]
lab coat
1: a light coat worn to protect clothing from substances used while working in a laboratory [syn: {laboratory coat}]
Laban
1: Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958) [syn: {Rudolph Laban}]
Labanotation
1: a system of notation for dance movements that uses symbols to represent points on a dancer's body and the direction of the dancer's movement and the tempo and the dynamics
labdanum
1: a dark brown to greenish oleoresin that has a fragrant odor and is used as a fixative in perfumes; obtained as a juice from certain rockroses [syn: {gum labdanum}] 2: a soft blackish-brown resinous...
label
1: a brief description given for purposes of identification; "the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture" 2: trade name of a company that produces musical recordings; "the art...
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labeled
1: bearing or marked with a label or tag; "properly labeled luggage" [syn: {labelled}, {tagged}] [ant: {unlabeled}]
labetalol
1: antihypertensive drug (trade names Trandate and Normodyne) that blocks alpha and beta-adrenergic receptors of the sympathetic nervous system (leading to a decrease in blood pressure) [syn: {labetal...
labetalol hydrochloride
1: antihypertensive drug (trade names Trandate and Normodyne) that blocks alpha and beta-adrenergic receptors of the sympathetic nervous system (leading to a decrease in blood pressure) [syn: {labetal...
labial
1: of or relating to the lips of the mouth; "labial stops" 2: relating to or near the female labium n : a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips [syn: {labial consonant}]
labial artery
1: a branch of the facial artery that supplies the lips of the mouth [syn: {arteria labialis}]
labial consonant
1: a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips [syn: {labial}]
labial pipe
1: organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip [syn: {flue pipe}, {flue}]
labial stop
1: a stop consonant that is produced with the lips
labial vein
1: veins draining the lips of the vulva [syn: {vena labialis}] 2: a vein draining the lips of the mouth [syn: {vena labialis}]
labialise
1: pronounce with rounded lips [syn: {round}, {labialize}]
labialize
1: pronounce with rounded lips [syn: {round}, {labialise}]
Labiatae
1: the mints: aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including thyme; sage; rosemary [syn: {family Labiatae...
labiate
1: having lips or parts that resemble lips [syn: {liplike}]
labile
1: open to change; liable to change; "an emotionally labile person" 2: (chemistry, physics, biology) readily undergoing change or breakdown
labium
1: any of the four lip-shaped folds of the female vulva [also: {labia} (pl)]
Lablab
1: 1 species: hyacinth bean [syn: {genus Lablab}]
Lablab purpureus
1: perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pealike flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetabl...
LABLINK
1: a defense laboratory that provides essential services in fundamental science for national security and environmental protection and provides technologies that contribute to industrial competitivene...
labor
1: productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill" [syn: {labour}, {toil}] 2: a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work f...
labor agreement
1: contract between labor and management government wages and benefits and working conditions [syn: {labor contract}, {collective agreement}]
labor coach
1: assistant (often the father) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes [syn: {monitrice}]
labor contract
1: contract between labor and management government wages and benefits and working conditions [syn: {labor agreement}, {collective agreement}]
Labor Day
1: first Monday in September in U.S. and Canada
Labor Department
1: the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913 [syn: {Department of Labor}, {Labor}, {DoL}]
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