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Linguistics
- noun - the humanistic study of language and literature
- the scientific study of language
Link Motion
- - A valve gear, consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar, called the link, in such a way that the motion of the engine can be reversed, or the cut-off varied, at will; -- used very generally in locomotives and marine engines.
Linseed Oil
- noun - a drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paints
Lion Monkey
- noun - small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail
Lion's Foot
- noun - A composite plant of the genus Prenanthes, of which several species are found in the United States. (b) The edelweiss.
- common perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion''s foot in shape; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes
- common perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shape; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes
Lion's Leaf
- - A South European plant of the genus Leontice (Leontice leontopetalum), the tuberous roots of which contain so much alkali that they are sometimes used as a substitute for soap.
Lion's Tail
- - A genus of labiate plants (Leonurus); -- so called from a fancied resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a lion's tail. Leonurus Cardiaca is the common motherwort.
Lion-Hunter
- noun - someone who hunts lions
- someone who tries to attract social lions as guests
Lionhearted
- adjective - extraordinarily courageous
Liopelmidae
- noun - primitive New Zealand frogs