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lasthenia
  • n  small genus of herbs of Pacific coast of North and South America
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lasthenia chrysostoma
  • n  small slender woolly annual with very narrow opposite leaves and branches bearing solitary golden-yellow flower heads; southwestern Oregon to Baja California and Arizona; often cultivated
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lastingness
  • n  permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force
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laszlo lowestein
  • n  United States actor (born in Hungary) noted for playing sinister roles (1904-1964)
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latakia
  • n  aromatic Turkish tobacco
  • n  a seaport on the western coast of Syria
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latanier
  • n  fan palms of the southern United States and the Caribbean region
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latanier palm
  • n  fan palms of the southern United States and the Caribbean region
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latch
  • n  spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key
  • n  catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove
  • v  fasten with a latch
    latch the door
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latchet
  • n  a leather strap or thong used to attach a sandal or shoe to the foot
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latchkey
  • n  key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an outside door
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latchkey child
  • n  a school-age child who is home without adult supervision for part of the day (especially after school until a parent returns home from work)
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latchstring
  • n  opener consisting of a string that can be passed through a hole in a door for raising the latch from outside
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late blight
  • n  blight in which symptoms appear late in the growing season especially a disease of solanaceous plants caused by the fungus Phytophthora infestans
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late latin
  • n  the form of Latin written between the 3rd and 8th centuries
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