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Low Gear
- noun - the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
Lychgate
- noun - a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used as a temporary shelter for the bier during funerals
Lying-In
- noun - concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
Lysogeny
- noun - the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material; "when a phage infects a bacterium it can either destroy its host or be incorporated in the host genome in a state of lysogeny"
Mahaguas
- noun - erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks
- shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament
Mahogany
- noun - a shade of brown with a tinge of red
- any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish
- wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture
Mailgram
- unknown - A mailgram is a type of telegraphic message which is delivered to the recipient by the post office. Mailgrams are received at a mailgram center by telephone, teletypewriter service or computer.
Majaguas
- noun - erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks
- shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament
Malagasy
- - A native or natives of Madagascar; also (sing.), the language.