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Labradorite
- - A kind of feldspar commonly showing a beautiful play of colors, and hence much used for ornamental purposes. The finest specimens come from Labrador. See Feldspar.
Laemodipoda
- - A division of amphipod Crustacea, in which the abdomen is small or rudimentary and the legs are often reduced to five pairs. The whale louse, or Cyamus, and Caprella are examples.
Legerdemain
- noun - an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
- deception,trickery
Lemanderins
- noun - hybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel
Lenard Rays
- - Rays emanating from the outer surface of a plate composed of any material permeable by cathode rays, as aluminium, which forms a portion of a wall of a vacuum tube, or which is mounted within the tube and exposed to radiation from the cathode. Lenard rays are similar in all their known properties to cathode rays. So called from the German physicist Philipp Lenard (b. 1862), who first described them.
Lenard Tube
- - A tube for producing Lenard rays.
Leptodactyl
- - A bird or other animal having slender toes.
Leukodermas
- noun - a congenital skin condition characterized by spots or bands of unpigmented skin