Nouns

lanthanon

noun

any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 thro...

lanthanotidae

noun

stout-bodied lizards

lanthanotus

noun

one species

lanzhou

noun

the capital city of the Chinese province of Gansu on the Yel...

laparocele

noun

hernia through the abdomen

laparoscopy

noun

laparotomy performed with a laparoscope that makes a small i...

lapidation

noun

the act of pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by thro...

lapidator

noun

an attacker who pelts the victim with stones (especially wit...

lapidist

noun

a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones

laportea

noun

mostly tropical stinging herbs or trees: nettle

lappic

noun

any of the languages spoken by the Lapps and generally assum...

lapplander

noun

a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern...

lappula

noun

stickweed; beggar's lice

larcenist

noun

a person who commits larceny

lardizabala

noun

evergreen monoecious climbers of South America having dark m...

lardizabalaceae

noun

thick-stemmed lianas and some shrubs; some have edible fruit

laricariidae

noun

armored catfish

larid

noun

long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family

laridae

noun

gull family: gulls and terns

larium

noun

an antimalarial drug (trade name Larium and Mephaquine) that...

larix

noun

larches

larodopa

noun

the levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Broca...

larotid

noun

an antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names...

larvacea

noun

small free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an or...

larvacean

noun

any member of the class Larvacea

larvacide

noun

an insecticide that kills the larvae of insects

laryngismus

noun

laryngeal spasm caused by the sudden contraction of laryngea...

laryngopharyngitis

noun

inflammation of the larynx and pharynx

laryngospasm

noun

a closure of the larynx that blocks the passage of air to th...

laryngostenosis

noun

abnormal narrowing of the larynx

laryngotracheobronchitis

noun

inflammation of the larynx and trachea and bronchial passage...

lasek

noun

a refractive surgery procedure that reshapes the cornea

lasher

noun

a driver who urges the animals on with lashes of a whip

lasiocampa

noun

type genus of the Lasiocampidae: eggars

lasiocampid

noun

medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-li...

lasiocampidae

noun

tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths

lasiurus

noun

a genus of Vespertilionidae

lasthenia

noun

small genus of herbs of Pacific coast of North and South Ame...

lastreopsis

noun

tropical terrestrial shield ferns

latanier

noun

fan palms of the southern United States and the Caribbean re...

latchstring

noun

opener consisting of a string that can be passed through a h...

lateralisation

noun

localization of function on either the right or left sides o...

lathyrus

noun

genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and...

laticifer

noun

a plant duct containing latex

latimeria

noun

type genus of the Latimeridae: coelacanth

latimeridae

noun

extinct except for the coelacanth

latinae

noun

a subfamily of the family Centropomidae

latinesce

noun

an artificial language based on Latin

latrodectus

noun

venomous spiders

laudability

noun

the quality of being worthy of praise