l

the 12th letter of the Roman alphabet ; a metric unit of capacity equal to the volume of 1 kilogram of pure water at 4 degrees centigrade and 760 mm of mercury (or approximately 1.76 pints) ; a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter ; the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five ;

l'aquila

the provincial capital of the Abruzzi region in central Italy ;

l'enfant

United States architect (born in France) who laid out the city plan for Washington (1754-1825) ;

l-dopa

the levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa); as a drug it is used to treat Parkinson's disease ;

l-p

a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm ;

l-plate

a square plate bearing the letter L that is attached to both ends of a car to indicate that the driver is a learner ;

l. m. montgomery

Canadian novelist (1874-1942) ;

l. monocytogenes

the type species of the genus Listeria; can cause meningitis, encephalitis, septicemia, endocarditis, abortion, abscesses, listeriosis ;

l. ron hubbard

a United States writer of science fiction and founder of Scientology (1911-1986) ;

l. s. lowry

English painter (1887-1976) ;

la

the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization ; a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War ; a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth ;

la crosse

a town in western Wisconsin on the Mississippi River ;

la fayette

French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834) ;

la fontaine

French writer who collected Aesop's fables and published them (1621-1695) ;

la paz

city in western Bolivia and the administrative seat of Bolivia's government; largest city in Bolivia ;

la plata

an estuary between Argentina and Uruguay ;

la rochefoucauld

French writer of moralistic maxims (1613-1680) ;

la spezia

a port city in Liguria on an arm of the Ligurian Sea; a major seaport and year-round resort ;

la tour

French painter of religious works (1593-1652) ;

laager

a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons ;

lab

a workplace for the conduct of scientific research ;

lab bench

a workbench in a laboratory ;

lab coat

a light coat worn to protect clothing from substances used while working in a laboratory ;

laban

Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958) ;

labanotation

a system of notation for dance movements that uses symbols to represent points on a dancer's body and the direction of the dancer's movement and the tempo and the dynamics ;

labdanum

a soft blackish-brown resinous exudate from various rockroses used in perfumes especially as a fixative ; a dark brown to greenish oleoresin that has a fragrant odor and is used as a fixative in perfumes; obtained as a juice from certain rockroses ;

label

trade name of a company that produces musical recordings; "the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent" ; a brief description given for purposes of identification; "the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture" ; an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object ; a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction ;

labetalol

antihypertensive drug (trade names Trandate and Normodyne) that blocks alpha and beta-adrenergic receptors of the sympathetic nervous system (leading to a decrease in blood pressure) ;

labetalol hydrochloride

antihypertensive drug (trade names Trandate and Normodyne) that blocks alpha and beta-adrenergic receptors of the sympathetic nervous system (leading to a decrease in blood pressure) ;

labia majora

the two outer folds of the vulva ;

labia minora

the two inner folds of the vulva ;

labial

a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips ;

labial artery

a branch of the facial artery that supplies the lips of the mouth ;

labial consonant

a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips ;

labial pipe

organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip ;

labial stop

a stop consonant that is produced with the lips ;

labial vein

a vein draining the lips of the mouth ; veins draining the lips of the vulva ;

labiatae

the mints: aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including thyme; sage; rosemary ;

labiodental

a consonant whose articulation involves the lips and teeth ;

labiodental consonant

a consonant whose articulation involves the lips and teeth ;