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Jailhouse
- noun - a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
Kamchatka
- unknown - Peninsula in eastern Russia
Lamphouse
- noun - housing that holds a lamp (as in a movie projector)
Lanthanon
- noun - any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71)
Lanthanum
- noun - a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
Larghetto
- adjective - (music) a composition or passage played in a slow tempo slightly faster than largo but slower than adagio
- (of tempo) less slow and broad than largo
Lasthenia
- noun - small genus of herbs of Pacific coast of North and South America
Latchkeys
- noun - key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an outside door
Laugh Off
- verb - deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it; "She laughs away all these problems"
Laughable
- adjective - arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics"
- 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"