lordosis
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~ an abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column
lords-and-ladies
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~ common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum
lordship
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~ a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge; "Your Lordship"; "His Lordship"
lordship
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~ the authority of a lord
lore
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~ knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote; "early peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend"
lorelei
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~ a Siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction
Loren
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~ Italian film actress (born in 1934)
Lorentz force
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~ the force experienced by a point charge moving along a wire that is in a magnetic field; the force is at right angles to both the current and the magnetic field; "the Lorentz force can be used to suspend a current-carrying object between two magnets"
Lorentz
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~ Dutch physicist noted for work on electromagnetic theory (1853-1928)
Lorenz Hart
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~ United States lyricist who collaborated with Richard Rodgers (1895-1943)
Lorenz
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~ Austrian zoologist who studied the behavior of birds and emphasized the importance of innate as opposed to learned behaviors (1903-1989)
Lorenzo de'Medici
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~ Italian statesman and scholar who supported many artists and humanists including Michelangelo and Leonardo and Botticelli (1449-1492)
Lorenzo dressing
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~ vinaigrette with chili sauce and chopped watercress
Lorenzo Ganganelli
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~ Italian pope from 1769 to 1774 who lost whatever support remained of Catholic Europe, causing the church to fall into the hands of secular princes (1705-1774)
Lorfan
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~ drug (trade name Lorfan) that is related to morphine but that counteracts the respiratory depression produced by morphine poisoning but without affecting its analgesic effects
lorgnette
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~ eyeglasses that are held to the eyes with a long handle
lorica
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~ a hard protective sheath (as secreted by certain protoctists, for example)
Loricata
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~ former name for the order Crocodylia