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noun 1 : a mine placed on or just below the surface of the ground and designed to be exploded by the weight of someone or something passing over it

2 : a trap for the unwary

land·own·er noun : an owner of land

1landscape noun 1 : a picture of natural inland scenery

2 : a portion of land that can be seen in one glance

2landscape verb land·scaped; land·scap·ing : to modify (a natural landscape) by grading, clearing, or decorative planting

land·slide noun 1 : the slipping down of a mass of rocks or earth on a steep slope; also : the mass of material that slides

2 : an overwhelming victory esp. in a political contest

lands·man noun : a person who lives on land; especially : LANDLUBBER

land·ward adverb or adjective : to or toward the land

lane noun 1 : a narrow passageway (as between fences)

2 : a relatively narrow way or track

lang abbreviation language

lan·guage noun [ORIGIN: ME, fr. AF langage, fr. langue tongue, language, fr. L lingua]

1 : the words, their pronunciation, and the methods of combining them used and understood by a community

2 : form or style of verbal expression

3 : a system of signs and symbols and rules for using them that is used to carry information

Synonyms

[1] argot, cant, jargon, lingo, slang, terminology, vocabulary—more at TERMINOLOGY

[2] diction, phraseology, phrasing, wording—more at WORDING

[3] lingo, speech, tongue, vocabulary; also argot, cant, dialect, idiom, jargon, parlance, patois, patter, pidgin, slang, vernacular; colloquialism; terminology

lan·guid adjective 1 : drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : WEAK

2 : sluggish in character or disposition : LISTLESS

3 : lacking force or quickness of movement : SLOW

— lan·guid·ly adverb

— lan·guid·ness noun

Synonyms

[1] delicate, effete, enervated, faint, feeble, frail, infirm, low, prostrate, slight, soft, tender, torpid, unsubstantial, wasted, weak, wimpy—more at WEAK

[2] enervated, lackadaisical, languorous, limp, listless, spiritless—more at LISTLESS

[3] creeping, dilatory, laggard, poky, slow, sluggish, tardy—more at SLOW

lan·guish verb 1 : to become languid

2 : to become dispirited : PINE

3 : to appeal for sympathy by assuming an expression of grief

Synonyms

decay, droop, fail, flag, go, lag, sag, waste, weaken, wilt—more at WEAKEN

lan·guor noun 1 : a languid feeling

2 : listless indolence or inertia

Synonyms

[1, 2] debility, delicacy, enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness, frailty, infirmity, lowness, weakness—more at WEAKNESS

lan·guor·ous adjective : full of or characterized by languor

— lan·guor·ous·ly adverb

Synonyms

enervated, lackadaisical, languid, limp, listless, spiritless—more at LISTLESS

La Ni·ña noun : an upwelling of unusually cold ocean water along the west coast of So. America that often follows an El Niño

lank adjective 1 : not well filled out

2 : hanging straight and limp

Synonyms

droopy, flaccid, floppy, limp, slack, yielding—more at LIMP

lanky adjective lank·i·er; -est : ungracefully tall and thin

Synonyms

gangling, rangy, spindly; also angular, bony, gaunt, lank, rawboned, scrawny, skinny; lean, slender, slim, spare, thin; racy, reedy, spidery, stringy, twiggy, wiry

lan·o·lin noun : the fatty coating of sheep's wool esp. when refined for use in ointments and cosmetics

lan·ta·na noun : any of a genus of tropical shrubs related to the vervains with showy heads of small bright flowers

lan·tern noun [ORIGIN: ME lanterne, fr. AF, fr. L lanterna, fr. Gk lamptēr, fr. lampein to shine]

1 : a usu. portable light with a protective covering

2 : the chamber in a lighthouse containing the light

3 : a projector for slides

lan·tha·num noun : a soft malleable metallic chemical element

lan·yard noun : a piece of rope for fastening something in ships; also : any of various cords

Lao·tian noun : a native or inhabitant of Laos

— Laotian adjective

1lap noun 1 : a loose panel of a garment

2 : the clothing that lies on the knees, thighs, and lower part of

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