Lycosa tarentula
— Noun
– English
~ large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement)
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
— Noun
– English
~ according to legend, the seventh and last Etruscan king of Rome who was expelled for his cruelty (reigned from 534 to 510 BC)
lobster tart
— Noun
– English
~ a pastry shell filled with cooked lobster
Lonicera tatarica
— Noun
– English
~ a honeysuckle shrub of southern Russia to central Asia
license tax
— Noun
– English
~ a fee paid to the government for the privilege of being licensed to do something (as selling liquor or practicing medicine)
land tax
— Noun
– English
~ a capital tax on property imposed by municipalities; based on the estimated value of the property
lashkar-e-tayyiba
— Noun
– English
~ a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India; "Lashkar-e-Toiba has committed mass murders of civilian Hindus"
Labrador tea
— Noun
– English
~ evergreen shrub of eastern North America having white or creamy bell-shaped flowers and dark green hairy leaves used for tea during American Revolution
language teaching
— Noun
– English
~ teaching people to speak and understand a foreign language
little-league team
— Noun
– English
~ a team that plays in a little league
low-tech
— Adjective
– English
~ not involving high technology
løbende tekst
— Noun
– Danish
~ uafbrudt, fortløbende tekst
letter telegram
— Noun
– English
~ a cheaper form of telegram that is sent abroad for delivery the next day
lose one's temper
— Verb
– English
~ get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic"
low temperature
— Noun
– English
~ the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor"
Lords Temporal
— Noun
– English
~ the nobility in France and the peerage in Britain
Lolium temulentum
— Noun
– English
~ weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
life tenant
— Noun
– English
~ a tenant whose legal right to retain possession of buildings or lands lasts as long as they (or some other person) live
legal tender
— Noun
– English
~ something that can be used as an official medium of payment
locum tenens
— Noun
– English
~ someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession