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loanblend
  • n  a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)
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loaner
  • n  someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters
  • n  a car that is lent as a replacement for one that is under repair
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loaning
  • n  disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned
  • v  give temporarily; let have for a limited time
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lobster tail
  • n  lobster tail meat; usually from spiny rock lobsters
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loanword
  • n  a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English
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loasa
  • n  any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers
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loasa family
  • n  family of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants; America and Africa and southern Arabia
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loasaceae
  • n  family of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants; America and Africa and southern Arabia
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