lambda

the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lamboid sutures of the skull ; the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet ;

lambda hyperon

an electrically neutral baryon with isotopic spin 1 ;

lambda particle

an electrically neutral baryon with isotopic spin 1 ;

lambdacism

speech defect involving excessive use or unusual pronunciation of the phoneme `l' ;

lambency

an appearance of reflected light ;

lambert

English composer and conductor (1905-1951) ; a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter ;

lambert-eaton syndrome

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

small genus of Australian shrubs ;

lambertia formosa

erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar ;

lambis

scorpion shells of shallow tropical waters of the eastern hemisphere ;

lambkill

North American dwarf shrub resembling mountain laurel but having narrower leaves and small red flowers; poisonous to young stock ;

lambkin

a very young lamb ;

lamboid suture

the suture between the occipital and parietal bones ;

lambrequin

short and decorative hanging for a shelf edge or top of a window casing ; a scarf that covers a knight's helmet ;

lambskin

skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on ; the skin of a lamb with the wool still on ;

lame

a fabric interwoven with threads of metal; "she wore a gold lame dress" ; someone who doesn't understand what is going on ;

lame duck

an elected official still in office but not slated to continue ;

lamedh

the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet ;

lamella

thin plate ; a thin membrane that is one of the calcified layers that form bones ; any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus ;

lamellar mixture

a mixture in which substances occur in distinct layers ;

lamellate placentation

with ovules on thin extensions of the placentae into a compound ovary ;

lamellibranch

marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together ;

lamellibranchia

oysters; clams; scallops; mussels ;

lamellicorn beetle

beetle having antennae with hard platelike terminal segments ;

lamellicornia

scarabaeid beetles and stag beetles ;

lameness

an imperfection or defectiveness; "a stylist noted for the lameness of his plots" ; disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet ;

lament

a mournful poem; a lament for the dead ; a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person ; a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" ;

lamentation

the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief ; a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" ;

lamentations

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

lamenter

a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died) ;

lamia

(folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living ;

lamiaceae

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 ;

lamina

a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral) ;

lamina arcus vertebrae

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

laminar flow

nonturbulent streamline flow in parallel layers (laminae) ;

laminar flow clean room

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

laminaria

type genus of the family Laminariaceae: perennial brown kelps ;

laminariaceae

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

laminariales

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

laminate

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