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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

Lamaism
Tibetan Buddhism noun a Buddhist doctrine that includes elements from India that are not Buddhist and elements of preexisting shamanism

Lamaist
noun (Buddhism) an adherent of Lamaism

Lamarck
Jean Baptiste de Lamarck noun French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829)

Lamarckian
adjective of or relating to Lamarckism; `Lamarckian theories`

Lamarckism
noun a theory of organic evolution claiming that acquired characteristics are transmitted to offspring

lamasery
noun a monastery for lamas

Lamaze
adjective relating to the Lamaze method of childbirth

Lamaze method of childbirth
Lamaze method noun a method that prepares a mother for natural childbirth; the pregnant woman (in classes and at home) practices (usually with the help of a coach) learns about the physiology of childbirth and techniques of relaxation and concentration and breathing

lamb
noun young sheep

Lamb
Elia noun English essayist (1775-1834)

lamb chop
lamb-chop noun chop cut from a lamb

lamb curry
noun curry made with lamb

lamb roast
roast lamb noun a cut of lamb suitable for roasting

lamb succory
dwarf nipplewort noun small European herb with small yellow flowers

lamb`s-quarter
pigweed noun leaves collected from the wild

lamb`s-quarters
pigweed 1 wild spinach 1 Chenopodium album noun common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb

lambda
noun the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lamboid sutures of the skull

lambda particle
lambda hyperon noun an electrically neutral baryon with isotopic spin 1

lambdacism
noun speech defect involving excessive use or unusual pronunciation of the phoneme `l`

Lambert
Constant Lambert noun English composer and conductor (1905-1951)

Lambert-Eaton syndrome
Eaton-Lambert syndrome noun a disease seen in patients with lung cancer and characterized by weakness and fatigue of hip and thigh muscles and an aching back; caused by antibodies directed against the neuromuscular junctions

Lambertia
genus Lambertia noun small genus of Australian shrubs

Lambis
genus Lambis noun scorpion shells of shallow tropical waters of the eastern hemisphere

lambkin
noun a very young lamb

lamblike
adjective like a lamb in meekness and gentleness

lamboid suture
sutura lamboidea noun the suture between the occipital and parietal bones

lambrequin
noun short and decorative hanging for a shelf edge or top of a window casing

lambskin
noun the skin of a lamb with the wool still on

lame
noun a fabric interwoven with threads of metal; `she wore a gold lame dress`

lame
adjective pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; `a feeble excuse`; `a lame argument`

lame duck
noun an elected official still in office but not slated to continue

lamedh
noun the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

lamella
noun thin plate

lamellar mixture
noun a mixture in which substances occur in distinct layers

lamellate placentation
noun with ovules on thin extensions of the placentae into a compound ovary

lamellibranch
pelecypod adjective bivalve

lamellicorn beetle
noun beetle having antennae with hard platelike terminal segments

Lamellicornia
superfamily Lamellicornia noun scarabaeid beetles and stag beetles

lamely
adverb in a weak and unconvincing manner; ``I don`t know, Edward,` she answered lamely`

lameness
limping noun disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet

lament
keen verb express grief verbally; `we lamented the death of the child`

lament
plaint noun a cry of sorrow and grief; `their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward`

lamentation
mourning noun the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief

lamentation
plaint noun a cry of sorrow and grief; `their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward`

Lamentations
Book of Lamentations noun an Old Testament book lamenting the desolation of Judah after the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC; traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah

lamented
adjective mourned or grieved for; `the imprint of our wise and lamented friend`- A.E.Stevenson

lamenting
wailing adjective vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression; `lamenting sinners`; `wailing mourners`; `the wailing wind`; `wailful bagpipes`; `tangle her desires with wailful sonnets`- Shakespeare

lamina
noun a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral)

lamina arcus vertebrae
noun lamina of the vertebral arch; the flattened posterior part of the vertebral arch from which the spinous process extends

laminar
laminal adjective arranged in or consisting of laminae

laminar flow
noun nonturbulent streamline flow in parallel layers (laminae)

laminar flow clean room
noun a clean room free of all extraneous particles; used in fabricating microprocessors

Laminaria
genus Laminaria noun type genus of the family Laminariaceae: perennial brown kelps

Laminariaceae
family Laminariaceae noun large family of marine brown algae including many economically important large kelps chiefly of northern waters

Laminariales
order Laminariales noun in some classifications coextensive with family Laminariaceae: marine brown algae of cold or polar seas

laminate
noun a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers

lamination
noun bonding thin sheets together

laminator
noun a person who makes laminates (especially plastic laminates)

laminectomy
noun surgical removal of the bony arches on one or more vertebrae

laminitis
founder noun inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse

Lamium
genus Lamium noun genus of Old World herbs: dead nettles; henbits

lamivudine
3TC noun a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that is very effective in combination with zidovudine in treating AIDS and HIV

Lammas
Lammas Day noun commemorates Saint Peter`s miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in England

Lammastide
noun the season of Lammas

Lamna
genus Lamna noun a genus of Lamnidae

Lamnidae
family Lamnidae noun oceanic sharks

lamp
noun an artificial source of visible illumination

lamp chimney
noun a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp

lamp house
lamphouse noun housing that holds a lamp (as in a movie projector)

lamplight
noun light from a lamp

lamplighter
noun (when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights

lamplit
adjective lighted by a lamp; `our lamplit mountain retreat`

lampoon artist
noun a cartoonist who draws parodies or satirical renditions of cultural or social or political situations

lamppost
noun a metal post supporting an outdoor lamp (such as a streetlight)

lamprey
lamprey eel noun primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue

Lampridae
family Lampridae noun opahs

Lampris
genus Lampris noun type genus of the Lampridae

Lampropeltis
genus Lampropeltis noun king snakes and milk snakes

lampshade
lamp shade noun a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view

Lampyridae
family Lampyridae noun fireflies

lanai
noun a veranda or roofed patio often furnished and used as a living room

lanate
adjective covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments; `the woolly aphid has a lanate coat resembling cotton`

Lancashire
noun a historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea; noted for textiles

Lancaster
House of Lancaster noun the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose

lance
verb open by piercing with a lancet; `lance a boil`

lance corporal
noun an enlisted man in the marine corps ranking above a private first class and below a corporal

lance-shaped
adjective shaped like a lance

lancelet
amphioxus noun small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates

Lancelot
Sir Lancelot noun (Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table; friend of King Arthur until (according to some versions of the legend) he became the lover of Arthur`s wife Guinevere

lanceolate
lancelike adjective of a leaf shape; shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex

lanceolate leaf
noun a leaf shaped like a lance head; tapering to a point at each end

lanceolate spleenwort
Asplenium billotii noun a spleenwort of western Europe

lancer
noun (formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance

lancers
noun a quadrille for 8 or 16 couples

lancet
noun a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions

lancet arch
noun an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance

lancet window
noun a narrow window having a lancet arch and without tracery

lancet-shaped
adjective shaped in the form of a lancet

lancetfish
lancet fish noun large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail

lancewood
lancewood tree noun source of most of the lancewood of commerce