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Larrikin
- - A rowdy street loafer; a rowdyish or noisy ill-bred fellow; a hoodlum; -- variously applied, as to a street blackguard, a street Arab, a youth given to horse-play, etc. [Australia & Eng.] -- a. Rowdy; rough; disorderly.
- ruffian
Larvalia
- - An order of Tunicata, including Appendicularia, and allied genera; -- so called because certain larval features are retained by them through life. Called also Copelata. See Appendicularia.
Laurasia
- noun - a hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into North America and Europe and Asia
Lawsonia
- - An Asiatic and North African shrub (Lawsonia inermis), with smooth oval leaves, and fragrant white flowers. Henna is prepared from the leaves and twigs. In England the shrub is called Egyptian privet, and in the West Indies, Jamaica mignonette.
Lecithin
- noun - a yellow phospholipid essential for the metabolism of fats; found in egg yolk and in many plant and animal cells; used commercially as an emulsifier
Lecythis
- - A genus of gigantic trees, chiefly Brazilian, of the order Myrtace, having woody capsules opening by an apical lid. Lecythis Zabucajo yields the delicious sapucaia nuts. Lecythis Ollaria produces the monkey-pots, its capsules. Its bark separates into thin sheets, like paper, used by the natives for cigarette wrappers.
Lemuroid
- - Like or pertaining to the lemurs or the Lemuroidea. -- n. One of the Lemuroidea.
Leo XIII
- noun - Italian pope from 1878 to 1903 who was interested in the advancement of learning and who opened the Vatican secret archives to all scholars
Leonotis
- noun - small genus of tropical herbs and subshrubs of South Africa
Lepadoid
- - A stalked barnacle of the genus Lepas, or family Lepadid; a goose barnacle. Also used adjectively.