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lappet moth
  • n  medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars
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laportea canadensis
  • n  American perennial herb found in rich woods and provided with stinging hairs; provides fibers used for textiles
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lapp
  • n  a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer
  • n  the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula
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lappet
  • n  a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
  • n  a small lap on a garment or headdress
  • n  medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars
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lappic
  • n  any of the languages spoken by the Lapps and generally assumed to be Uralic languages
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lapping
  • n  covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)
  • v  lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
  • v  pass the tongue over
  • v  move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
  • v  take up with the tongue
  • v  wash or flow against
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lappish
  • n  any of the languages spoken by the Lapps and generally assumed to be Uralic languages
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lapplander
  • n  a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer
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lapse
  • n  a mistake resulting from inattention
  • n  a break or intermission in the occurrence of something
    a lapse of three weeks between letters
  • n  a failure to maintain a higher state
  • v  pass into a specified state or condition
  • v  end, at least for a long time
    The correspondence lapsed
  • v  drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
  • v  go back to bad behavior
  • v  let slip
    He lapsed his membership
  • v  pass by
    three years elapsed
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lapsing
  • n  a failure to maintain a higher state
  • v  pass into a specified state or condition
  • v  end, at least for a long time
  • v  drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
  • v  go back to bad behavior
  • v  let slip
  • v  pass by
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laptev sea
  • n  part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Siberia (between the Taimyr Peninsula and the New Siberian Islands) that is icebound most of the year
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laptop computer
  • n  a portable computer small enough to use in your lap
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laputa
  • n  a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where impractical projects were pursued and practical projects neglected
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lapwing
  • n  large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs
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