laetrile
- n a substance derived from amygdalin; publicized as an antineoplastic drug although there is no supporting evidence
lafayette
- n French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834)
- n a town in south central Louisiana; settled by Acadians
- n a university town in west central Indiana on the Wabash River
laffer
- n United States economist who proposed the Laffer curve (born in 1940)
laffer curve
- n a graph purporting to show the relation between tax rates and government income; income increases as tax rates increase up to an optimum beyond which income declines
laffite
- n French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826)
lafitte
- n French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826)
lafora's disease
- n epilepsy characterized by clonus of muscle groups and progressive mental deterioration and genetic origin
lag
- n the act of slowing down or falling behind
- n the time between one event, process, or period and another
- n one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
- v hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
- v lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- v throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
- v cover with lagging to prevent heat loss
lag pipes
lag b'omer
- n (Judaism) Jewish holy day; the 33rd day after the 2nd day of Passover; the 18th day of Iyar
lag bolt
- n a heavy woodscrew with a square or hexagonal head that is driven in with a wrench
lag screw
- n a heavy woodscrew with a square or hexagonal head that is driven in with a wrench
lagan
- n goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered
lagarostrobus
- n genus of dioecious evergreen trees of New Zealand and Tasmania; similar to genus Dacrydium
lagarostrobus colensoi
- n timber tree of New Zealand having shiny white wood
lagarostrobus franklinii
- n Tasmanian timber tree with yellow aromatic wavy-grained wood used for carving and ship building; sometimes placed in genus Dacrydium
lagenaria siceraria
- n Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits
lagend
- n goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered