Nouns starting with L

• laying on of hands — Noun – English ～ the application of a faith healer's hands to the patient's body
• laying on — Noun – English ～ the act of contacting something with your hand; "peonies can be blighted by the laying on of a finger"
• looker-on — Noun – English ～ someone who looks on
• loved one — Noun – English ～ a person who you love, usually a member of your family
• Lake Onega — Noun – English ～ lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland; second largest lake in Europe
• Lars Onsager — Noun – English ～ United States chemist (born in Norway) noted for his work in thermodynamics (1903-1976)
• Lake Ontario — Noun – English ～ the smallest of the Great Lakes
• letter opener — Noun – English ～ dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books
• light opera — Noun – English ～ a short amusing opera
• logic operation — Noun – English ～ an operation that follows the rules of symbolic logic
• logical operation — Noun – English ～ an operation that follows the rules of symbolic logic
• linear operator — Noun – English ～ an operator that obeys the distributive law: A(f+g) = Af + Ag (where f and g are functions)
• legal opinion — Noun – English ～ the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge"
• Land of Opportunity — Noun – English ～ a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
• local option — Noun – English ～ freedom of a local government to determine by popular vote the applicability of a controversial law in their jurisdiction
• lesser butterfly orchid — Noun – English ～ south European orchid having fragrant greenish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria
• lizard orchid — Noun – English ～ an orchid of the genus Himantoglossum
• large order — Noun – English ～ a formidable task or requirement; "finishing in time was a tall order but we did it"
• lead ore — Noun – English ～ ore containing lead
• lateral line organ — Noun – English ～ sense organs of fish and amphibians; believed to detect pressure changes in the water

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