Nouns starting with L

• lobster a la Newburg — Noun – English ～ lobster in Newburg sauce served on buttered toast or rice
• Lathyrus niger — Noun – English ～ perennial of Europe and North Africa; foliage turns black in drying
• locus niger — Noun – English ～ a layer of deeply pigmented grey matter in the midbrain; associated with the striate body; is involved in metabolic disturbances associated with Parkinson's disease and with Huntington's disease
• late-night hour — Noun – English ～ the latter part of night
• Lathyrus nissolia — Noun – English ～ annual European vetch with red flowers
• liquid nitrogen — Noun – English ～ nitrogen in a liquid state
• Laurus nobilis — Noun – English ～ small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors
• leaf node — Noun – English ～ (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge
• lymph node — Noun – English ～ the source of lymph and lymphocytes
• Lower-Normandy — Noun – English ～ a division of Normandy
• leaf-nosed bat — Noun – English ～ bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae
• Lukasiewicz notation — Noun – English ～ a parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator precedes its operands
• Le Notre — Noun – English ～ French landscape gardener who designed many formal gardens including the parks of Versailles (1613-1700)
• lentiform nucleus — Noun – English ～ a basal ganglion shaped like a lens and including the outer reddish putamen and the inner pale yellow pallidum
• lenticular nucleus — Noun – English ～ a basal ganglion shaped like a lens and including the outer reddish putamen and the inner pale yellow pallidum
• lens nucleus — Noun – English ～ the central structure of the lens that is surrounded by the cortex
• license number — Noun – English ～ the number on the license plate that identifies the car that bears it
• large number — Noun – English ～ a large indefinite number; "a battalion of ants"; "a multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions"
• Lysimachia nummularia — Noun – English ～ a loosestrife vine
• litchi nut — Noun – English ～ Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried

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