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lynch mob |
Noun
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a mob that kills a person for some presumed offense without legal authority |
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limited company |
Noun
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a company that is organized to give its owners limited liability |
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lawn party |
Noun
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a party of people assembled for social interaction out of doors |
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league |
Noun
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an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members |
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league |
Noun
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an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action |
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league |
Noun
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an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles) |
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league |
Verb
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unite to form a league |
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little league |
Noun
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a commercially sponsored baseball league for players between 8 and 12 years of age |
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little-league team |
Noun
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a team that plays in a little league |
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labor union |
Noun
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an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer |
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labor party |
Noun
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a left-of-center political party formed to represent the interest of ordinary working people |
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labour party |
Noun
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a left-of-center political party formed to represent the interest of ordinary working people |
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landing party |
Noun
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a part of a ship's company organized for special duties ashore |
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lycee |
Noun
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a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college |
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language school |
Noun
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a school for teaching foreign languages |
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law school |
Noun
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a graduate school offering study leading to a law degree |
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law enforcement agency |
Noun
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an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws |
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lunatic fringe |
Noun
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a political group or assortment of groups with extreme and fanatical views |
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legislative branch |
Noun
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the branch of the United States government that has the power of legislating |
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lower court |
Noun
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any court whose decisions can be appealed to a higher court |
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literati |
Noun
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the literary intelligentsia |
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landed gentry |
Noun
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the gentry who own land, considered as a class |
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laissez-faire economy |
Noun
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an economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices |
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leaders |
Noun
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the body of people who lead a group |
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luncheon meeting |
Noun
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a meeting for lunch |
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lunch meeting |
Noun
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a meeting for lunch |
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law of nations |
Noun
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the body of laws governing relations between nations |
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law of the land |
Noun
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a phrase used in the Magna Carta to refer to the then established law of the kingdom (as distinct from Roman or civil law) |
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law merchant |
Noun
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the body of rules applied to commercial transactions |
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labor movement |
Noun
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an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement |
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left wing |
Noun
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those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare |
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linemen |
Noun
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the football players who line up on the line of scrimmage |
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line of march |
Noun
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the arrangement of people in a line for marching |
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line of march |
Noun
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the route along which a column advances |
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line of succession |
Noun
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the order in which individuals are expected to succeed one another in some official position |
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losing streak |
Noun
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a streak of losses |
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lead bank |
Noun
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a bank named by a lending syndicate of several banks to protect their interests |
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local authority |
Noun
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an administrative unit of local government |
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line personnel |
Noun
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personnel having direct job performance responsibilities |
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lake poets |
Noun
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English poets at the beginning of the 19th century who lived in the Lake District and were inspired by it |
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luminism |
Noun
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an artistic movement in the United States that was derived from the Hudson River school |
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lair |
Noun
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the habitation of wild animals |
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launching site |
Noun
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a place for launching pads |
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lawn |
Noun
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a field of cultivated and mowed grass |
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lee |
Adjective
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towards the side away from the wind |
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lee |
Noun
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the side of something that is sheltered from the wind |
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lee side |
Noun
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the side of something that is sheltered from the wind |
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lower limit |
Noun
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the limit on the lower (or southernmost) side of something |
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lower limit |
Noun
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the smallest possible quantity |
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line of battle |
Noun
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a line formed by troops or ships prepared to deliver or receive an attack |