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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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lambda
  • n  the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet
  • n  the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lamboid sutures of the skull
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lambda hyperon
  • n  an electrically neutral baryon with isotopic spin 1
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lambda particle
  • n  an electrically neutral baryon with isotopic spin 1
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lambdacism
  • n  speech defect involving excessive use or unusual pronunciation of the phoneme `l'
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lambert
  • n  a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
  • n  English composer and conductor (1905-1951)
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