Louis Pasteur
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~ French chemist and biologist whose discovery that fermentation is caused by microorganisms resulted in the process of pasteurization (1822-1895)
letters patent
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~ an official document granting a right or privilege
Linus Carl Pauling
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~ United States chemist who studied the nature of chemical bonding (1901-1994)
Linus Pauling
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~ United States chemist who studied the nature of chemical bonding (1901-1994)
Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria
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~ Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin; was executed by his associates in the power struggle following Stalin's death (1899-1953)
La Paz
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~ capital city in western Bolivia and the administrative seat of Bolivia's government; largest city in Bolivia
loud pedal
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~ a pedal on a piano that lifts the dampers from the strings and so allows them to continue vibrating
Lady Peel
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~ British actress (born in Canada) (1898-1989)
Labrador Peninsula
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~ a peninsular region of eastern Canada between Hudson Bay and the Labrador Sea; contains most of Quebec and the mainland part of Newfoundland and Labrador
Liaodong Peninsula
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~ a peninsula in northeastern China that extends into the Yellow Sea, between Bo Hai and Korea Bay
Lower Peninsula
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~ the part of Michigan between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron
lowbush penstemon
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~ low bushy plant with large showy pale lavender or blue-violet flowers in narrow clusters at ends of stems
Leptodactylus pentadactylus
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~ large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog