lawyer
- n a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
lawyer-client relation
- n the responsibility of a lawyer to act in the best interests of the client
lawyer bush
- n stout-stemmed trailing shrub of New Zealand that scrambles over other growth
lawyer cane
- n tall scrambling spiny palm of northeastern Queensland, Australia
lawyerbush
- n stout-stemmed trailing shrub of New Zealand that scrambles over other growth
laxation
- n the elimination of fecal waste through the anus
- n the act of making something less tight
laxity
- n the condition of being physiologically lax
- n the quality of being lax and neglectful
laxness
- n the quality of being lax and neglectful
- n the condition of being physiologically lax
baths can help the laxness of the bowels
lay-by
- n designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily
lay-up
- n a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)
lay figure
- n dummy in the form of an artist's jointed model of the human body
lay reader
- n a layman who is authorized by the bishop to read parts of the service in an Anglican or Episcopal church
layby
- n designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily
layer
- n single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
- n a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
- n an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
a simile has at least two layers of meaning - n a hen that lays eggs
- n thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
- v make or form a layer
layer the different colored sands
layer cake
- n cake having layers held together by a sweet filling and usually covered with frosting
layette
- n kit consisting of a complete outfit (clothing and accessories) for a new baby
layia
- n genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers