latent period
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～ the time that elapses before the presence of a disease is manifested by symptoms
latency period
— Noun
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～ (psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities
latent period
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～ the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it
Lower Carboniferous period
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～ from 345 million to 310 million years ago; increase of land areas; primitive ammonites; winged insects
lunch period
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～ the customary or habitual hour for eating lunch; "he observed a regular lunchtime"
lesser peritoneal cavity
— Noun
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～ an isolated part of the peritoneal cavity that is dorsal to the stomach
large periwinkle
— Noun
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～ plant having variegated foliage and used for window boxes
learner's permit
— Noun
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～ a document authorizing the bearer to learn to drive an automobile
literate person
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～ a person who can read and write
learned person
— Noun
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～ someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
large person
— Noun
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～ a person of greater than average size
line personnel
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～ personnel having direct job performance responsibilities
linear perspective
— Noun
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～ the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer
Lama peruana
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～ used in the Andes as a beast of burden and source of wool; considered a domesticated variety of the guanaco
Lawrence Peter Berra
— Noun
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～ United States baseball player (born 1925)
leaded petrol
— Noun
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～ gasoline treated with a lead compound to reduce motor knocks; "combustion of leaded gasoline released lead into the air where it could cause lead poisoning"
liquefied petroleum gas
— Noun
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～ hydrocarbon gases, usually propane or butane, kept under pressure
latency phase
— Noun
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～ (psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities
luteal phase
— Noun
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～ the second half of the menstrual cycle after ovulation; the corpus luteum secretes progesterone which prepares the endometrium for the implantation of an embryo; if fertilization does not occur then menstrual flow begins
Lilium philadelphicum
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～ lily of eastern North America having orange to orange-red purple-spotted flowers