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Louis XIV
- noun - king of France from 1643 to 1715; his long reign was marked by the expansion of French influence in Europe and by the magnificence of his court and the Palace of Versailles (1638-1715)
Louis XVI
- noun -
- king of France from 1774 to 1792; his failure to grant reforms led to the French Revolution; he and his queen (Marie Antoinette) were guillotined (1754-1793)
Louisiana
- noun - a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
Lucidness
- noun - free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
Luciferin
- noun - pigment occurring in luminescent organisms (as fireflies); emits heatless light when undergoing oxidation
Lucifugal
- adjective - light-avoiding
Lucimeter
- - an instrument for measuring the intensity of light; a photometer.
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"
Luminance
- noun - the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light; "its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun"