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lobbyism |
Noun
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the practice of lobbying |
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lark |
Noun
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any carefree episode |
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lark |
Noun
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any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing |
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lark |
Noun
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a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country |
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lark |
Noun
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North American songbirds having a yellow breast |
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lark |
Verb
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play boisterously |
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lever hang |
Noun
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a hang performed on the rings with the body stationary in a horizontal position |
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long fly |
Noun
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a gymnastic exercise involving a long leap from a vaulting horse |
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land |
Noun
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agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life |
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land |
Noun
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the people who live in a nation or country |
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land |
Noun
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a politically organized body of people under a single government |
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land |
Noun
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the territory occupied by a nation |
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land |
Noun
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territory over which rule or control is exercised |
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land |
Noun
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the solid part of the earth's surface |
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land |
Noun
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material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) |
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land |
Noun
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extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use |
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land |
Noun
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the land on which real estate is located |
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land |
Noun
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a domain in which something is dominant |
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land |
Verb
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bring into a different state |
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land |
Verb
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reach or come to rest |
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land |
Verb
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cause to come to the ground |
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land |
Verb
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shoot at and force to come down |
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land |
Verb
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arrive on shore |
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land |
Verb
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bring ashore |
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land |
Verb
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to deliver a blow |
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long jump |
Noun
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the act of jumping as far as possible from a running start |
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long jump |
Noun
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a competition that involves jumping as far as possible from a running start |
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luging |
Noun
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riding a light one-man toboggan |
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lawn tennis |
Noun
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a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court |
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leapfrog |
Noun
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a game in which one child bends down and another leaps over |
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leapfrog |
Noun
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advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors |
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leapfrog |
Verb
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progress by large jumps instead of small increments |
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leapfrog |
Verb
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jump across |
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long whist |
Noun
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a card game for four players who form two partnerships |
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lawn bowling |
Noun
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a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack |
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lacrosse |
Noun
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a game invented by American Indians |
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light show |
Noun
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a display of colored lights moving in shifting patterns |
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leg-pull |
Noun
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as a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true |
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leg-pulling |
Noun
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as a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true |
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lotto |
Noun
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a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards |
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ludo |
Noun
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a simple board game in which players move counters according to the throw of dice |
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lunacy |
Noun
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foolish or senseless behavior |
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lunacy |
Noun
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obsolete terms for legal insanity |
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lottery |
Noun
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players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots |
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lottery |
Noun
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something that is regarded as a chance event |
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liveliness |
Noun
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general activity and motion |
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liveliness |
Noun
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animation and energy in action or expression |
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lullaby |
Noun
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the act of singing a quiet song to lull a child to sleep |
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lullaby |
Noun
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a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep |
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lindy |
Noun
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an energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s, probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh |