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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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larch
  • n  wood of a larch tree
  • n  any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves
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larch tree
  • n  any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves
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lard
  • n  soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog
  • v  prepare or cook with lard
    lard meat
  • v  add details to
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lard oil
  • n  oil consisting chiefly of olein that is expressed from lard and used especially as a lubricant, cutting oil or illuminant
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larder
  • n  a supply of food especially for a household
  • n  a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
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lardizabala
  • n  evergreen monoecious climbers of South America having dark mauve-blue edible berries
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lardizabala family
  • n  thick-stemmed lianas and some shrubs; some have edible fruit
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lardizabalaceae
  • n  thick-stemmed lianas and some shrubs; some have edible fruit
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lardner
  • n  United States humorist and writer of satirical short stories (1885-1933)
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