lift pump
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～ pump used to lift rather than force a liquid up
Liatris punctata
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～ herb with many stems bearing narrow slender wands of crowded rose-lavender flowers; central United States and Canada to Texas and northern Mexico
Lepomis punctatus
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～ inhabits streams from South Carolina to Florida; esteemed panfish
lumbar puncture
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～ removal by centesis of fluid from the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region of the spinal cord for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes
Louisiana Purchase
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～ territory in the western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million; extends from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada
Lablab purpureus
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～ perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
Liatris pycnostachya
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～ perennial of southeastern and central United States having very dense spikes of purple flowers; often cultivated for cut flowers
lounging pyjama
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～ pajamas worn while lounging
Leptarrhena pyrolifolia
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～ plant with basal leathery elliptic leaves and erect leafless flower stalks each bearing a dense roundish cluster of tiny white flowers; moist places of northwestern North America to Oregon and Idaho
Lactophrys quadricornis
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～ trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes
Lysimachia quadrifolia
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～ common North American yellow-flowered plant
low quality
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～ an inferior quality
logical quantifier
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～ (logic) a word (such as `some' or `all' or `no') that binds the variables in a logical proposition
large indefinite quantity
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～ an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
Latin Quarter
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～ the region of Paris on the southern bank of the Seine; a center of artistic and student life
lamb's-quarter
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～ leaves collected from the wild
last quarter
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～ the last fourth of the Moon's period of revolution around the Earth
living quarters
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～ housing available for people to live in; "he found quarters for his family"; "I visited his bachelor quarters"
lamb's-quarters
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～ common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb