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linchpin
  • n  a central cohesive source of support and stability
    he is the linchpin of this firm
  • n  pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on
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lincocin
  • n  antibiotic (trade name Lincocin) obtained from a streptomyces bacterium and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections
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lincoln
  • n  16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
  • n  capital of the state of Nebraska; located in southeastern Nebraska; site of the University of Nebraska
  • n  long-wooled mutton sheep originally from Lincolnshire
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lincoln's birthday
  • n  the day on which President Abraham Lincoln is remembered
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lincoln memorial
  • n  memorial building in Washington containing a large marble statue of Abraham Lincoln
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lincoln steffens
  • n  United States journalist whose exposes in 1906 started an era of muckraking journalism (1866-1936)
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lincolnshire
  • n  an agricultural county of eastern England on the North Sea
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lincomycin
  • n  antibiotic (trade name Lincocin) obtained from a streptomyces bacterium and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections
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lind
  • n  Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887)
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lindane
  • n  a white crystalline powder used as an agricultural insecticide
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lindbergh
  • n  United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974)
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linden
  • n  soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork
  • n  any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
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linden family
  • n  chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia, Corchorus, Entelea, Grewia, Sparmannia
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