lagodon rhomboides

similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States ;

lagomorph

relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing ;

lagomorpha

rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata of the order Rodentia ;

lagoon

a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral ;

lagophthalmos

abnormal condition in which an eye cannot close completely ;

lagopus

ptarmigans ;

lagopus scoticus

reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain ;

lagorchestes

hare wallabies ;

lagos

chief port and economic center of Nigeria; located in southwestern Nigeria on the Gulf of Guinea; former capital of Nigeria ;

lagostomus

viscachas ;

lagostomus maximus

gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas ;

lagothrix

woolly monkeys ;

laguna

a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral ;

laguncularia

a genus of Laguncularia ;

laguncularia racemosa

shrub to moderately large tree that grows in brackish water along the seacoasts of western Africa and tropical America; locally important as a source of tannin ;

lagune

a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral ;

lah

the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization ;

lahar

an avalanche of volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano ;

lahore

city in northeast Pakistan ;

lahu

a Loloish language ;

laid paper

writing paper having a watermark of fine lines running across the grain ;

lair

the habitation of wild animals ;

laird

a landowner ;

laissez-faire economy

an economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices ;

laissez faire

the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs ;

laissez passer

a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions; "the media representatives had special passes" ;

laity

in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy ;

laius

(Greek mythology) king of Thebes who was unwittingly killed by his son Oedipus ;

lake

a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land ; any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments ; a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal ;

lake albert

a shallow lake on the border between Uganda and Congo in the Great Rift Valley ;

lake albert nyanza

a shallow lake on the border between Uganda and Congo in the Great Rift Valley ;

lake aral

a lake east of the Caspian Sea lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan ;

lake baikal

the largest freshwater lake in Asia or Europe and the deepest lake in the world ;

lake balaton

a large shallow lake in western Hungary ;

lake baykal

the largest freshwater lake in Asia or Europe and the deepest lake in the world ;

lake bed

the bottom of a lake ;

lake bottom

the bottom of a lake ;

lake canandaigua

a glacial lake in central New York; one of the Finger Lakes ;

lake cayuga

a glacial lake in central New York; the longest of the Finger Lakes ;

lake chad

a lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river ;