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lam
  • n  a rapid escape (as by criminals)
    after the expose he had to take it on the lam
  • v  flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
  • v  give a thrashing to; beat hard
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lama
  • n  a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism
  • n  llamas
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lama pacos
  • n  domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco
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lama peruana
  • n  used in the Andes as a beast of burden and source of wool; considered a domesticated variety of the guanaco
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lamaism
  • n  a Buddhist doctrine that includes elements from India that are not Buddhist and elements of preexisting shamanism
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lamarck
  • n  French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829)
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lamarckism
  • n  a theory of organic evolution claiming that acquired characteristics are transmitted to offspring
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lamaze method
  • n  a method that prepares a mother for natural childbirth; the pregnant woman (in classes and at home) practices (usually with the help of a coach) and learns about the physiology of childbirth and techniques of relaxation, concentration, and breathing
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lamaze method of childbirth
  • n  a method that prepares a mother for natural childbirth; the pregnant woman (in classes and at home) practices (usually with the help of a coach) and learns about the physiology of childbirth and techniques of relaxation, concentration, and breathing
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lamb
  • n  young sheep
  • n  English essayist (1775-1834)
  • n  a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)
  • n  a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)
  • n  the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food
  • v  give birth to a lamb
    the ewe lambed
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lamb's-quarters
  • n  common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb
  • n  leaves collected from the wild
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lamb's lettuce
  • n  widely cultivated as a salad crop and pot herb; often a weed
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