lindane
- n a white crystalline powder used as an agricultural insecticide
lindbergh
- n United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974)
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
linden family
- n chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia, Corchorus, Entelea, Grewia, Sparmannia
linden tree
- 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
lindera
- n aromatic evergreen or deciduous dioecious shrubs or trees of eastern Asia and North America
lindera benzoin
- n deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries
lindheimera texana
- n Texas annual with coarsely pinnatifid leaves; cultivated for its showy radiate yellow flower heads
lindsay
- n United States playwright who collaborated with Russel Crouse on several musicals (1889-1931)
- n United States poet who traveled the country trading his poems for room and board (1879-1931)
lindy
- n an energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s (probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh)
lindy hop
- n an energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s (probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh)