leap second
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a second (as measured by an atomic clock) added to or subtracted from Greenwich Mean Time in order to compensate for slowing in the Earth's rotation
Labor Secretary
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the position of the head of the Department of Labor; "the post of Labor Secretary was created in 1913"
Labor Secretary
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Labor; "the first Labor Secretary was William B. Wilson who was appointed by President Wilson"
lacrimal secretion
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ saline fluid secreted by lacrimal glands; lubricates the surface of the eyeball
lachrymal secretion
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ saline fluid secreted by lacrimal glands; lubricates the surface of the eyeball
letter security
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a stock or bond that is not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and cannot be sold in the public market
listed security
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a security that has been accepted for trading by one of the organized and registered securities exchanges in the US
Lotario di Segni
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ Italian pope from 1198 to 1216 who instituted the Fourth Crusade and under whom papal intervention in European politics reached its height (1161-1216)
law of segregation
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ members of a pair of homologous chromosomes separate during the formation of gametes and are distributed to different gametes so that every gamete receives only one member of the pair
Lycopodium selago
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ of northern Europe and America; resembling a miniature fir
lexical semantics
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the branch of semantics that studies the meanings and relations of words
Lonicera sempervirens
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ evergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral-red or orange flowers
Lake Seneca
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a glacial lake in central New York; the largest of the Finger Lakes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek tragedies (circa 4 BC - 65 AD)
labyrinthine sense
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head
light-sensitive
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ sensitive to visible light; "photographic film is light-sensitive"
life sentence
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives; "he got life for killing the guard"
loose sentence
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows
legal separation
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
legal separation
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart