Nouns starting with L

• long-term memory — Noun – English ～ your general store of remembered information
• link-attached terminal — Noun – English ～ a terminal connected to a computer by a data link
• Lysimachia terrestris — Noun – English ～ North American plant with spikes of yellow flowers, found in wet places
• Lakeland terrier — Noun – English ～ breed of wire-haired terrier originally from the Lake District of England and used for hunting
• little terror — Noun – English ～ a very troublesome child
• litmus test — Noun – English ～ a coloring material (obtained from lichens) that turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutions; used as a very rough acid-base indicator
• litmus test — Noun – English ～ a test that relies on a single indicator; "her litmus test for good breeding is whether you split infinitives"
• letters testamentary — Noun – English ～ a legal document from a probate court or court officer informing you of your appointment as executor of a will and empowering you to discharge those responsibilities
• lead tetraethyl — Noun – English ～ a clear oily poisonous liquid added to gasoline to prevent knocking
• Lotus tetragonolobus — Noun – English ～ sprawling European annual having a 4-winged edible pod
• Lyrurus tetrix — Noun – English ～ large northern European grouse that is black with a lyre-shaped tail
• Lindheimera texana — Noun – English ～ Texas annual with coarsely pinnatifid leaves; cultivated for its showy radiate yellow flower heads
• Lupinus texensis — Noun – English ～ closely resembles Lupinus subcarnosus; southwestern United States (Texas)
• lighter-than-air craft — Noun – English ～ aircraft supported by its own buoyancy
• law of the land — Noun – English ～ a phrase used in the Magna Carta to refer to the then established law of the kingdom (as distinct from Roman or civil law); today it refers to fundamental principles of justice commensurate with due process; "the United States Constitution declares itself to be `the supreme law of the land'"
• letter of the alphabet — Noun – English ～ the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"
• Leo the Great — Noun – English ～ Italian pope from 440 to 461 who extended the authority of the papacy to the west and persuaded Attila not to attack Rome (440-461)
• Leo the Lion — Noun – English ～ the fifth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about July 23 to August 22
• lens of the eye — Noun – English ～ biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focus light on the retina
• Libra the Scales — Noun – English ～ the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22

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