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Lepidosiren
- - An eel-shaped ganoid fish of the order Dipnoi, having both gills and lungs. It inhabits the rivers of South America. The name is also applied to a related African species (Protopterus annectens). The lepidosirens grow to a length of from four to six feet. Called also doko.
Libertarian
- noun - an advocate of libertarianism
- someone who believes the doctrine of free will
Lieberkuehn
- - A concave metallic mirror attached to the object-glass end of a microscope, to throw down light on opaque objects; a reflector.
Life-Of-Man
- noun - unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels; southeastern North America to Mexico
Lifeboatman
- unknown - crew member of a lifeboat
Light Brown
- noun - a brown that is light but unsaturated
- a brown that light but unsaturated
Light-Green
- adjective - of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass; "a green tree"; "green fields"; "green paint"
Lilliputian
- adjective - (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
- a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift
- a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
- tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput; "the Lilliputian population"
- very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"
Liner Train
- noun - a long-distance express freight train between industrial centers and seaports with facilities for rapid loading and unloading of goods
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.