line-shooter
— Noun
– English
~ a very boastful and talkative person
line-shooting
— Noun
– English
~ an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"
long shot
— Noun
– English
~ a contestant that is unlikely to win
long shot
— Noun
– English
~ a venture that involves great risk but promises great rewards
like a shot
— Adverb
– English
~ without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!"
light show
— Noun
– English
~ a display of colored lights moving in shifting patterns
least shrew
— Noun
– English
~ small brown shrew of grassy regions of eastern United States
loggerhead shrike
— Noun
– English
~ a common shrike of southeastern United States having black bands around the eyes
Larix siberica
— Noun
– English
~ medium-sized larch of northeastern Russia and Siberia having narrowly conic crown and soft narrow bright-green leaves; used in cultivation
Lagenaria siceraria
— Noun
– English
~ Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits
lee side
— Noun
– English
~ the side of something that is sheltered from the wind
leeward side
— Noun
– English
~ the side sheltered from the wind
line of sight
— Noun
– English
~ an imaginary straight line along which an observer looks
lose sight of
— Verb
– English
~ be no longer able to see; "We lost sight of the tower as pulled out of the harbor"
Loxostege similalis
— Noun
– English
~ moth whose larvae are garden webworms
law of similarity
— Noun
– English
~ a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unit
like sin
— Adverb
– English
~ (informal) with great speed or effort or intensity; used for emphasis; "drove like crazy"; "worked like hell to get the job done"; "this sprain hurts like hell"; "ran like sin for the storm cellar"; "work like thunder"; "fought like the devil"
long since
— Adverb
– English
~ of the distant or comparatively distant past; "We met once long ago"; "they long ago forsook their nomadic life"; "left for work long ago"; "he has long since given up mountain climbing"; "This name has long since been forgotten"; "lang syne" is Scottish