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
— Noun
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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
— Noun
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～ former name for the order Crocodylia
lorikeet
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～ any of various small lories
Loris gracilis
— Noun
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～ slim-bodied lemur of southern India and Sri Lanka
Lorisidae
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～ slow-moving omnivorous nocturnal primates of tropical Asia; usually tailless
Levi-Lorrain dwarf
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～ a dwarf whose condition is caused by a deficiency of growth hormones, rather than by genetic factors (as in the case of the achondroplastic dwarf)
Lorraine cross
— Noun
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～ a cross with two crossbars, one above and one below the midpoint of the vertical, the lower longer than the upper
Lorraine
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～ an eastern French region rich in iron-ore deposits