| landscaper | (noun) someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively | Synonyms: landscape architect, landscape gardener, landscapist |
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| landscaping | (noun) working as a landscape gardener | Synonyms: landscape gardening |
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| (noun) a garden laid out for esthetic effect | - |
| landscapist | (noun) someone who paints landscapes | - |
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| (noun) someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively | Synonyms: landscape architect, landscape gardener, landscaper |
| landside | (noun) component consisting of a side piece opposite the moldboard | - |
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| landslide | (noun) a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff | Synonyms: landslip |
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| (noun) an overwhelming electoral victory | - |
| landslip | (noun) a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff | Synonyms: landslide |
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| landsman | (noun) an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage | Synonyms: landlubber, lubber |
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| (noun) a person who lives and works on land | Synonyms: landlubber, landman |
| landward | (adverb) toward land | Synonyms: landwards |
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| landwards | (adverb) toward land | Synonyms: landward |
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| lane | (noun) a narrow way or road | - |
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| (noun) a well-defined track or path; for e.g. swimmers or lines of traffic | - |
| langbeinite | (noun) a mineral consisting of potassium magnesium double sulphate; used as a fertilizer | - |
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| langlaufer | (noun) a cross-country skier | - |
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| langley | (noun) unit of solar radiation | - |
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| langouste | (noun) large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters | Synonyms: crawfish, crayfish, rock lobster, sea crawfish, spiny lobster |
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| (noun) warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California | Synonyms: crayfish, rock lobster, spiny lobster |
| langoustine | (noun) caught in European waters; slenderer than American lobster | Synonyms: Norwegian lobster, scampo |
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| langsat | (noun) a small fruit with fleshy pulp; tastes like a combination of grape and grapefruit. | - |
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| (noun) East Indian tree bearing an edible yellow berry | Synonyms: langset, lanseh tree, Lansium domesticum |
| langset | (noun) East Indian tree bearing an edible yellow berry | Synonyms: langsat, lanseh tree, Lansium domesticum |
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| langsyne | (noun) past times remembered with nostalgia | Synonyms: auld langsyne, good old days, lang syne, old times |
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| (adverb) of the distant or comparatively distant past | Synonyms: lang syne, long ago, long since |
| language | (noun) the mental faculty or power of vocal communication | Synonyms: speech |
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| (noun) the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication | Synonyms: linguistic process |
| (noun) a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols | Synonyms: linguistic communication |
| (noun) (language) communication by word of mouth | Synonyms: oral communication, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication |
| (noun) the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number | Synonyms: lyric, words |
| (noun) a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline | Synonyms: nomenclature, terminology |
| languid | (adjective) lacking spirit or liveliness | Synonyms: dreamy, lackadaisical, languorous |
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| languidly | (adverb) in a languid and lethargic manner | - |
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| languish | (verb) become feeble | Synonyms: fade |
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| (verb) lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief | Synonyms: pine away, waste |
| (verb) have a desire for something or someone who is not present | Synonyms: ache, pine, yearn, yen |
| languisher | (noun) a person who languishes | - |
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| languor | (noun) inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy | Synonyms: flatness, lethargy, phlegm, sluggishness |
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| (noun) a relaxed comfortable feeling | Synonyms: dreaminess |
| (noun) a feeling of lack of interest or energy | Synonyms: lassitude, listlessness |
| (noun) oppressively still air | - |
| languorous | (adjective) lacking spirit or liveliness | Synonyms: dreamy, lackadaisical, languid |
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| languorously | (adverb) in a languorous manner | - |
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| langur | (noun) slender long-tailed monkey of Asia | - |
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| laniard | (noun) (nautical) a line used for extending or fastening rigging on ships | Synonyms: lanyard |
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| (noun) a cord worn around the neck to hold a knife or whistle | Synonyms: lanyard |
| (noun) a cord with an attached hook that is used to fire certain types of cannon | Synonyms: lanyard |
| laniary | (adjective) of or relating to a pointed conical tooth | Synonyms: canine |
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| lank | (adjective) long and thin and often limp | - |
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| (adjective) long and lean | Synonyms: spindly |
| lankiness | (noun) a tall and thin physique | - |
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| lanky | (adjective) tall and thin and having long slender limbs | Synonyms: gangling, gangly, rangy |
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| (adjective) tall and thin | Synonyms: gangling, gangly |
| lanolin | (noun) an emollient containing wool fat (a fatty substance obtained from the wool of sheep) | - |
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| (noun) a yellow viscous animal oil extracted from wool; a mixture of fatty acids and esters; used in some ointments and cosmetics | Synonyms: wool fat, wool grease |
| lansa | (noun) East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit | Synonyms: lansat, lanseh, lanset |
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| lansat | (noun) East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit | Synonyms: lansa, lanseh, lanset |
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| lanseh | (noun) East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit | Synonyms: lansa, lansat, lanset |
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| lanset | (noun) East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit | Synonyms: lansa, lansat, lanseh |
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| lansoprazole | (noun) antacid (trade name Prevacid) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach | Synonyms: Prevacid |
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| lantana | (noun) a genus of about 150 species of flowering shrub, commonly known as shrub verbenas or lantanas | - |
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| lantern | (noun) light in a transparent protective case | - |
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| lanternfish | (noun) small fish having rows of luminous organs along each side; some surface at night | - |
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| lanthanide | (noun) any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71) | Synonyms: lanthanoid, lanthanon, rare-earth element, rare earth |
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| lanthanoid | (noun) any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71) | Synonyms: lanthanide, lanthanon, rare-earth element, rare earth |
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| lanthanon | (noun) any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71) | Synonyms: lanthanide, lanthanoid, rare-earth element, rare earth |
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| lanthanum | (noun) a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth | Synonyms: atomic number 57, La |
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| lanugo | (noun) the fine downy hair covering a human fetus; normally shed during the ninth month of gestation | - |
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| lanyard | (noun) (nautical) a line used for extending or fastening rigging on ships | Synonyms: laniard |
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| (noun) a cord worn around the neck to hold a knife or whistle | Synonyms: laniard |
| (noun) a cord with an attached hook that is used to fire certain types of cannon | Synonyms: laniard |
| leadplant | (noun) shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers; thought to indicate the presence of lead ore | Synonyms: Amorpha canescens, lead plant |
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| lepidomelane | (noun) a mica that is a biotite containing iron | - |
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| lilangeni | (noun) the basic unit of money in Swaziland; equal to 100 cents | - |
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| llano | (noun) an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America) | - |
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| lotusland | (noun) an idyllic realm of contentment and self-indulgence | Synonyms: lotus land |
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| lowland | (adjective) of relatively low or level country | - |
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| (noun) low level country | - |
| lucullan | (adjective) characterized by extravagance and profusion | Synonyms: lavish, plush, plushy |
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| mainland | (noun) the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula | - |
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| malanga | (noun) tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes | Synonyms: spoonflower, tannia, Xanthosoma atrovirens, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, yautia |
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| marchland | (noun) district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area | Synonyms: border district, borderland, march |
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| marshland | (noun) low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water | Synonyms: fen, fenland, marsh |
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| melancholia | (noun) extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears | - |
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| melancholiac | (noun) someone subject to melancholia | Synonyms: melancholic |
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| melancholic | (adjective) characterized by or causing or expressing sadness | Synonyms: melancholy |
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| (noun) someone subject to melancholia | Synonyms: melancholiac |
| melancholy | (adjective) grave or even gloomy in character | Synonyms: somber, sombre |
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| (adjective) characterized by or causing or expressing sadness | Synonyms: melancholic |
| (noun) a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy | Synonyms: black bile |
| (noun) a feeling of thoughtful sadness | - |
| (noun) a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed | - |
| melange | (noun) a motley assortment of things | Synonyms: farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag |
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| melanin | (noun) insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers | - |
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| melanise | (verb) make or become black | Synonyms: black, blacken, melanize |
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| (verb) convert into, or infiltrate with melanin | Synonyms: melanize |
| melanism | (noun) a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin) | Synonyms: melanosis |
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| melanize | (verb) make or become black | Synonyms: black, blacken, melanise |
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| (verb) convert into, or infiltrate with melanin | Synonyms: melanise |
| melanoblast | (noun) an epidermal cell that is a precursor of a melanocyte | - |
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| melanocyte | (noun) a cell in the basal layer of the epidermis that produces melanin under the control of the melanocyte-stimulating hormone | - |
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| melanoderma | (noun) abnormally dark skin caused by increased deposits of melatonin | - |
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| melanoma | (noun) any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes | Synonyms: malignant melanoma |
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| melanosis | (noun) a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin) | Synonyms: melanism |
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| melphalan | (noun) antineoplastic drug (trade name Alkeran) used to treat multiple myeloma and some other malignancies | Synonyms: Alkeran |
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| metalanguage | (noun) a language that can be used to describe languages | - |
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| microbalance | (noun) balance for weighing very small objects | - |
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| midland | (adjective) of or coming from the middle of a region or country | Synonyms: interior, upcountry |
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| (noun) the interior part of a country | - |
| midplane | (noun) the median plane of the body (or some part of the body) | Synonyms: midline |
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| miscellanea | (noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | Synonyms: assortment, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety |
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| miscellaneous | (adjective) consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds | Synonyms: assorted, mixed, motley, sundry |
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| (adjective) having many aspects or qualities | Synonyms: many-sided, multifaceted, multifarious |
| miscellany | (noun) an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc. | Synonyms: florilegium, garland |
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| (noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | Synonyms: assortment, miscellanea, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety |
| monoplane | (noun) an airplane with a single wing | - |
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| moorland | (noun) open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss | Synonyms: moor |
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| motherland | (noun) the country where you were born | Synonyms: country of origin, fatherland, homeland, mother country, native land |
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| multilane | (adjective) (of roads and highways) having two or more lanes for traffic | - |
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| myrobalan | (noun) small Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruit | Synonyms: cherry plum, myrobalan plum, Prunus cerasifera |
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| nanoplankton | (noun) microscopic organisms found in plankton | - |
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| nonchalance | (noun) the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern | Synonyms: indifference, unconcern |
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| nonchalant | (adjective) marked by blithe unconcern | Synonyms: casual, insouciant |
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| nonchalantly | (adverb) in an unconcerned manner | Synonyms: casually |
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| (adverb) in a composed and unconcerned manner | Synonyms: coolly, nervelessly |
| northland | (noun) any region lying in or toward the north | - |
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| oblanceolate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base | - |
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| ortolan | (noun) brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy | Synonyms: Emberiza hortulana, ortolan bunting |
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| outbalance | (verb) weigh more heavily | Synonyms: outweigh, overbalance, preponderate |
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| outflank | (verb) get the better of | Synonyms: best, outdo, scoop, trump |
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| (verb) go around the flank of (an opposing army) | Synonyms: go around |
| outlander | (noun) a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country | Synonyms: alien, foreigner, noncitizen |
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| outlandish | (adjective) conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual | Synonyms: bizarre, eccentric, flakey, flaky, freakish, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outre |
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| outlandishly | (adverb) in an outlandish manner | - |
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| outlandishness | (noun) strikingly out of the ordinary | Synonyms: bizarreness, weirdness |
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| overbalance | (verb) cause to be off balance | - |
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| (verb) weigh more heavily | Synonyms: outbalance, outweigh, preponderate |
| overland | (adjective) traveling or passing over land | - |
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