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lifter
  • n  an athlete who lifts barbells
  • n  a thief who steals goods that are in a store
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liftman
  • n  a man employed to operate an elevator
    in England they call an elevator man a liftman
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liftoff
  • n  the initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad
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ligament
  • n  a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs
  • n  any connection or unifying bond
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ligamentum teres uteri
  • n  ligament attached to the uterus on either side in front of and below the opening of the Fallopian tube and passing through the inguinal canal to the labia majora
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ligan
  • n  goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered
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ligand
  • n  a substance (an atom or molecule or radical or ion) that forms a complex around a central atom
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ligation
  • n  (surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery)
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ligature
  • n  (music) a group of notes connected by a slur
  • n  character consisting of two or more letters combined into one
  • n  a metal band used to attach a reed to the mouthpiece of a clarinet or saxophone
  • n  thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood)
  • n  something used to tie or bind
  • n  the act of tying or binding things together
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light-emitting diode
  • n  diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
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