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Lucky Dip
- noun - a game in which prizes (e.g., candies or coins) are concealed in a container and for a small sum a player can draw one out at random
- a selection or decision purely at random; "their system of hiring people seemed to be a sort of lucky dip"
Lucrative
- adjective - producing a sizeable profit; "a remunerative business"
Lucretius
- noun - Roman philosopher and poet; in a long didactic poem he tried to provide a scientific explanation of the universe (96-55 BC)
Luctation
- - Effort to overcome in contest; struggle; endeavor.
Lucubrate
- verb - add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
Lucullite
- - A variety of black limestone, often polished for ornamental purposes.
Ludicrous
- adjective - broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce; "the wild farcical exuberance of a clown"; "ludicrous green hair"
- incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
Ludlamite
- - A mineral occurring in small, green, transparent, monoclinic crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of iron.
Ludwigite
- - A borate of iron and magnesia, occurring in fibrous masses of a blackish green color.