lobster plant
— Noun
– English
~ tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers
lichen planus
— Noun
– English
~ an eruption of shiny flat-topped purplish (usually itchy) papules on the wrist and forearms and thighs
lath and plaster
— Noun
– English
~ a building material consisting of thin strips of wood that provide a foundation for a coat of plaster
La Plata
— Noun
– English
~ an estuary between Argentina and Uruguay
L-plate
— Noun
– English
~ a square plate bearing the letter L that is attached to both ends of a car to indicate that the driver is a learner
license plate
— Noun
– English
~ a plate mounted on the front and back of car and bearing the car's registration number
Laurentian Plateau
— Noun
– English
~ a large plateau that occupies more than 40% of the land area of Canada; it extends from the Great Lakes northward to the Arctic Ocean
Layia platyglossa
— Noun
– English
~ California annual having flower heads with yellow rays tipped with white
long-play
— Adjective
– English
~ (used of records) playing at a slower speed and for a longer time than earlier records
lacrosse player
— Noun
– English
~ an athlete who plays lacrosse
long-playing
— Adjective
– English
~ (used of records) playing at a slower speed and for a longer time than earlier records
lady of pleasure
— Noun
– English
~ a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
lumbar plexus
— Noun
– English
~ a plexus of nerves formed by the ventral branches of the first four lumbar nerves
lumbosacral plexus
— Noun
– English
~ a nerve plexus formed by the ventral divisions of the coccygeal and sacral and lumbar nerves; supplies the lower limbs and perineum and coccygeal area
lumbar plexus
— Noun
– English
~ a lymphatic plexus located along the lower portion of the aorta and iliac vessels
locking pliers
— Noun
– English
~ pliers that can be locked in place
lister plough
— Noun
– English
~ moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow
lister plow
— Noun
– English
~ moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow
Libocedrus plumosa
— Noun
– English
~ New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress
lobar pneumonia
— Noun
– English
~ pneumonia affecting one or more lobes of the lung; commonly due to streptococcal infection