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lappet moth
  • n  medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars
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lamella
  • n  any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus
  • n  a thin membrane that is one of the calcified layers that form bones
  • n  thin plate
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lamellar mixture
  • n  a mixture in which substances occur in distinct layers
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lamellate placentation
  • n  with ovules on thin extensions of the placentae into a compound ovary
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lamellicorn beetle
  • n  beetle having antennae with hard platelike terminal segments
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lameness
  • n  disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
  • n  an imperfection or defectiveness
    a stylist noted for the lameness of his plots
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lament
  • n  a cry of sorrow and grief
    their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward
  • n  a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
  • n  a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
  • v  express grief verbally
    we lamented the death of the child
  • v  regret strongly
    we lamented the loss of benefits
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lamentation
  • n  a cry of sorrow and grief
  • n  the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief
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lamentations
  • n  an Old Testament book lamenting the desolation of Judah after the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC; traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah
  • n  a cry of sorrow and grief
  • n  the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief
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lamenter
  • n  a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)
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lamia
  • n  (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living
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lamiaceae
  • n  a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary
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lamina
  • n  a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral)
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lamina arcus vertebrae
  • n  lamina of the vertebral arch; the flattened posterior part of the vertebral arch from which the spinous process extends
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laminar flow
  • n  nonturbulent streamline flow in parallel layers (laminae)
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laminar flow clean room
  • n  a clean room free of all extraneous particles; used in fabricating microprocessors
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laminaria
  • n  type genus of the family Laminariaceae: perennial brown kelps
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laminariaceae
  • n  large family of marine brown algae including many economically important large kelps chiefly of northern waters
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