law of equivalent proportions
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ (chemistry) law stating that the proportions in which two elements separately combine with a third element are also the proportions in which they combine together
law of multiple proportions
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ (chemistry) law stating that when two elements can combine to form more than one compound the amounts of one of them that combines with a fixed amount of the other will exhibit a simple multiple relation
law of definite proportions
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ (chemistry) law stating that every pure substance always contains the same elements combined in the same proportions by weight
law of proximity
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit
leg-pull
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ as a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true
leg-pulling
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ as a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true
lift pump
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ pump used to lift rather than force a liquid up
Liatris punctata
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ 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
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ inhabits streams from South Carolina to Florida; esteemed panfish
lumbar puncture
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ removal by centesis of fluid from the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region of the spinal cord for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes
Louisiana Purchase
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ 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
lilac-purple
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ of purple tinged with lilac
Lablab purpureus
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ 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
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ perennial of southeastern and central United States having very dense spikes of purple flowers; often cultivated for cut flowers
lounging pyjama
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ pajamas worn while lounging
Leptarrhena pyrolifolia
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ 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
leve på polsk
— Udsagnsord
– Dansk
~ bo sammen og være kærester uden at være gift
lægge kortene på bordet
— Navneord
– Dansk
~ fremlægge en hidtil hemmeligholdt viden om en sag