corpus luteum
— Noun
– English
~ yellow endocrine tissue that forms in a ruptured Graafian follicle following the release of an ovum; it degenerates after a few days unless pregnancy has begun
Calochortus luteus
— Noun
– English
~ mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems; California coastal ranges
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
— Noun
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~ English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
class Lycopodiate
— Noun
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~ club mosses and related forms: includes Lycopodiales; Isoetales; Selaginellales; and extinct Lepidodendrales; sometimes considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta
class Lycopodineae
— Noun
– English
~ alternative designation for the class Lycopsida
class Lycopsida
— Noun
– English
~ club mosses and related forms: includes Lycopodiales; Isoetales; Selaginellales; and extinct Lepidodendrales; sometimes considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta
chronic lymphocytic leukemia
— Noun
– English
~ chronic leukemia characterized by lymphoblast-like cells; more common in older men
common lynx
— Noun
– English
~ of northern Eurasia
Canada lynx
— Noun
– English
~ of northern North America
coco de macao
— Noun
– English
~ tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
capped macaque
— Noun
– English
~ Indian macaque with a bonnet-like tuft of hair
crab-eating macaque
— Noun
– English
~ monkey of southeast Asia, Borneo and the Philippines
Chemical Mace
— Noun
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~ (trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization
cash machine
— Noun
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~ an unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used
calculating machine
— Noun
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~ a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations; can be mechanical or electronic
coin machine
— Noun
– English
~ a machine that is operated by the insertion of a coin in a slot
computing machine
— Noun
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~ a machine for performing calculations automatically
Central Intelligence Machinery
— Noun
– English
~ the United Kingdom's central unit for the tasking and coordination and funding of intelligence and security agencies
common mackerel
— Noun
– English
~ important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales