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<B>L</B> (1) or <B>l, </B>noun, pl. <B>L's</B> or <B>Ls,</B> <B>l's</B> or <B>ls.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the 12th letter of the English alphabet. There are two <I>l</I>'s in <I>ball.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>any sound represented by this letter. <DD><B> 3. </B>(used as a symbol for) the 12th, or more usually 11th (of an actual or possible series, either I or J being omitted). <BR> <I>Ex. row L in a theater.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>the Roman numeral for 50. </DL>
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<B>L</B> (2), noun, pl., <B>L's.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> anything shaped like the letter L. An extension to a building at right angles with the main part or a joint connecting two pipes at right angles are L's. </DL>
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<B>L</B> (3), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an elevated railroad. <BR> <I>Ex. The Third Avenue "L" gave up the ghost ... in its seventy-seventh year, leaving no descendants (New Yorker).</I> <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, <B>el.</B> </DL>
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<B>L-</B> or <B>l-,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) levo- (left-handed) in configuration. <BR> <I>Ex. l-glucose = levoglucose. Most amino acids, including glutamic acid ..., can exist in two forms called D- and L-, distinguished by their effect on polarised light (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
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<B>l.</B> or <B>l</B> (no period),<DL COMPACT><DD> an abbreviation for the following: <DD><B> 1. </B>book (Latin, <I>liber</I>). <DD><B> 2. </B>latitude. <DD><B> 3. </B>leaf. <DD><B> 4. </B>league. <DD><B> 5. </B>left. <DD><B> 6. </B>length. <DD><B> 7. </B>pl. <B>ll.</B> line. <DD><B> 8. </B>link. <DD><B> 9. </B>lira or liras; lire (Italian money). <DD><B> 10. </B>liter or liters. <DD><B> 11. </B>locus. <DD><B> 12. </B>low. </DL>
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<B>L</B> (no period),<DL COMPACT><DD> an abbreviation or symbol for the following: <DD><B> 1. </B>(Electricity.) coefficient of self-inductance. <DD><B> 2. </B>Large (especially of garment sizes). <DD><B> 3. </B>Latin. <DD><B> 4. </B>Lebanese (as in <I>£L,</I> the Lebanese pound). <DD><B> 5. </B>Libra (constellation). <DD><B> 6. </B>longitude. <DD><B> 7. </B>luminosity (of stellar bodies). </DL>
<B>laager, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a camp or encampment, especially a camp in the open country protected by a circle of wagons. <BR> <I>Ex. To South Africa's 17th century settlers, "going into 'laager'" meant forming a circle with their covered wagons to defend themselves against attacks by native tribes. To their present-day descendants, it means turning increasingly to the repressive strictures of 'apartheid' to protect themselves against the nonwhite majority (Time).</I> <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to arrange or encamp in a laager. Also, <B>lager.</B> </DL>
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<B>lab, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) laboratory. <BR> <I>Ex. Rubber research is carried out by a host of firms, and in labs dotted from New England to Southern California (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<B>Lab.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>Labrador. <DD><B> 2. </B>(British.) <DD><B> a. </B>Labour (Party). <DD><B> b. </B>Labourite. </DL>
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<B>laban, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a thick, semi-solid or liquid food similar to yogurt, made from curdled milk in parts of North Africa and the Middle East. </DL>
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<B>Laban, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the father of Leah and Rachel, the wives of Jacob (in the Bible, Genesis 29: 13-29). </DL>
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<B>Labanotation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a method of noting and recording dance movements and arrangements. </DL>
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<B>Laban system, =Labanotation.</B></DL>
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<B>labarum, </B>noun, pl. <B>-arums,</B> <B>-ara.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a banner of purple silk having the monogram of Christ on it, borne at the head of the Roman armies after the conversation of Constantine the Great. <DD><B> 2. </B>a banner or standard borne in ecclesiastical processions of the Roman Catholic Church. <DD><B> 3. </B>any symbolic banner or standard. </DL>
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<B>labba, </B>noun. <B>=paca.</B></DL>
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<B>labdanum, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a soft, dark-colored gum resin that exudes from various rockroses, much used in perfumery, cosmetics, and formerly in medicines. Also, <B>ladanum.</B> </DL>
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<B>labefaction, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a shaking or weakening; overthrow; downfall. <BR> <I>Ex. labefaction of the government.</I> </DL>
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<B>label, </B>noun, verb, <B>-beled,</B> <B>-beling</B> or (especially British) <B>-belled,</B> <B>-belling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a slip of paper, cardboard, metal, or other material attached to anything and marked to show what or whose it is, or where it is to go. <BR> <I>Ex. Can you read the label on the bottle?</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a word or short phrase used to describe some person, thing, or idea; epithet. <BR> <I>Ex. In winter, Chicago deserves its label of "the Windy City."</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a narrow strip of material attached to a document to carry the seal. <DD><B> 4. </B>(U.S.) an identifying mark or brand. <BR> <I>Ex. The workers were urged by the delegates not to spread rumors that the brewery and its label were to be sold (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>a company producing phonograph records. <BR> <I>Ex. A new label, Washington Records, has made a noteworthy initial release (Better Listening).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Architecture.) a dripstone or other molding across the top of a door or window, especially one that also extends downward at the sides. <DD><B> 7. </B>(Archaic.) a narrow band or strip of linen or other cloth, such as a fillet, ribbon, or tassel. <BR> <I>Ex. a knit night-cap ... With two long labels button'd to his chin (Bishop Joseph Hall).</I> <DD><B> 8. </B>(Heraldry.) a narrow band with pendants, used especially to distinguish the oldest son during his father's life. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to put or write a label on. <BR> <I>Ex. The bottle is labeled "Poison."</I> (SYN) tag. <DD><B> 2. </B>to describe as; call; name. <BR> <I>Ex. He labeled the boastful boy a liar.</I> (SYN) designate. <DD><B> 3. </B>to infuse or treat (a substance) with a radioactive chemical or isotope so that its course or activity can be noted. <BR> <I>Ex. The movement of sugar in plants was studied in Canada by using sugars "labelled" with radioactive carbon (C14) (Harold William Rickelt).</I> noun <B>labeler,</B> (especially British,) <B>labeller.</B> </DL>
<B>la belle epoque,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD><B> 1. </B>the period at the turn of the century. <BR> <I>Ex. Was the age of Kipling and the Kaiser, McKinley and Dreyfus, really 'la belle epoque,' the sunny Edwardian afternoon it is often nostalgically painted? (Listener).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(literally) the beautiful epoch. </DL>
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<B>la belle province,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD><B> 1. </B>(in Canada) a nickname for Quebec. <DD><B> 2. </B>(literally) the beautiful province. </DL>
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<B>labelloid, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> shaped like a labellum. </DL>
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<B>labellum, </B>noun, pl. <B>-bella.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the middle petal of an orchid, usually different in shape and color from the other two. The labellum is often large and liplike. <DD><B> 2. </B>a liplike part at the tip of the proboscis of various insects, used for lapping up liquids. </DL>
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<B>labia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> plural of <B>labium.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="labial">
<B>labial, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of the lips. <BR> <I>Ex. vibrations of the labial palps of hawk moths.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>having to do with or like a labium. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Phonetics.) pronounced with the lips closed, <I>nearly closed, or rounded.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Music.) having tones produced by the impact of an air current on the edge of a lip, such as that of a flute or an organ flue pipe. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>(Phonetics.) a sound pronounced with the lips closed, nearly closed, or rounded. <I>B, p,</I> and <I>m</I> are labials. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Music.) a flue pipe, as distinguished from a reed pipe. adv. <B>labially.</B> </DL>
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<B>labialism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Phonetics.) a tendency to labialize sounds; liabial pronunciation. </DL>
<A NAME="labialization">
<B>labialization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Phonetics.) <DD><B> 1. </B>the action of labializing. <DD><B> 2. </B>the condition of being labialized. </DL>
<A NAME="labialize">
<B>labialize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Phonetics.) <DD><B> 1. </B>to give a labial character to (a sound). <DD><B> 2. </B>to round (a vowel). </DL>
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<B>labia majora,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Anatomy.) the outer folds at the opening of the vulva. </DL>
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<B>labia minora,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Anatomy.) the inner folds at the opening of the vulva. </DL>
<A NAME="labiate">
<B>labiate, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>having one or more liplike parts. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Botany.) <DD><B> a. </B>having the corolla or calix divided into two parts suggesting lips. <DD><B> b. </B>belonging to or having to do with the mint family. <DD><I>noun </I> a labiate plant. </DL>
