Lathyrus pratensis
— Noun
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~ scrambling perennial Eurasian wild pea having yellowish flowers and compressed seed pods; cultivated for forage
long-clawed prawn
— Noun
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~ large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers
Lord's Prayer
— Noun
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~ the prayer that Christ gave his disciples in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6:9-13)
Liquid Pred
— Noun
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~ a dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten); used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant
life preserver
— Noun
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~ rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning
law of partial pressures
— Noun
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~ (chemistry and physics) law stating that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases equals the sum of the partial pressures of the gases in the mixture; the pressure of a gas in a mixture equals the pressure it would exert if it occupied the same volume alone at the same temperature
Leontyne Price
— Noun
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~ United States operatic soprano (born 1927)
list price
— Noun
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~ the selling price of something as stated in a catalogue or price list; often subject to discounts; "I got it at 30% off the list price"
Le Chatelier principle
— Noun
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~ the principle that if any change is imposed on a system that is in equilibrium then the system tends to adjust to a new equilibrium counteracting the change
Le Chatelier-Braun principle
— Noun
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~ the principle that if any change is imposed on a system that is in equilibrium then the system tends to adjust to a new equilibrium counteracting the change
Le Chatelier's principle
— Noun
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~ the principle that if any change is imposed on a system that is in equilibrium then the system tends to adjust to a new equilibrium counteracting the change
life principle
— Noun
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~ a hypothetical force to which the functions and qualities peculiar to living things are sometimes ascribed
legal principle
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~ (law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence
localization principle
— Noun
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~ (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body
localisation principle
— Noun
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~ (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body
line printer
— Noun
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~ printer that serves as an output device on a computer; prints a whole line of characters at a time
laser printer
— Noun
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~ electrostatic printer that focuses a laser beam to form images that are transferred to paper electrostatically