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Landed

Having an estate in land.

Lander

One who lands, or makes a landing.

Landfall

A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner.

Landflood

An overflowing of land by river; an inundation; a freshet.

Landgrave

A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in France.

landholding

ownership of land; the state or fact of owning land.

Landing

A going or bringing on shore.

landing gear

The wheels and attached structures under an airplane that support it and allow it to move when on the ground; also, the floats or pontoons of an amphibious airplane together with their supporting structures. Landing gear may be fixed rigidly in place, or retractable when in flight.

landing strip

A runway at an airport, at which airplanes land{3}; the long smooth surface used for takeoff or landing{4}.

landlady

A woman having real estate which she leases to a tenant or tenants.

Landlock

To inclose, or nearly inclose, as a harbor or a vessel, with land.

Landlocked

Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, by land; having no border on the sea; as, a landlocked country.

Landlord

The lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants.

Landlordism

The state of being a landlord; the characteristics of a landlord; specifically, in Great Britain, the relation of landlords to tenants, especially as regards leased agricultural lands.

Landlubber

One who passes his life on land; -- so called among seamen in contempt or ridicule.

Landman

A man who lives or serves on land; -- opposed to seaman.

Landmark

A mark to designate the boundary of land; any mark or fixed object (as a marked tree, a stone, a ditch, or a heap of stones) by which the limits of a farm, a town, or other portion of territory may be known and preserved.

landmass

a large continuous extent of land; as, the Eurasian landmass.

Landowning

The owning of land. Having property in land; of or pertaining to landowners.

Landreeve

A subordinate officer on an extensive estate, who acts as an assistant to the steward.

Landscape

A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.

Landsman

One who lives on the land; -- opposed to seaman.

Landsturm

A general levy in time of war. The forces called out on such levy, composed of all men liable to service who are not in the army, navy, or Landwehr; the last line of defense, supposed to be called out only in case of invasion or other grave emergency. See Army organization, above.

Landtag

The diet or legislative body; as, the Landtag of Prussia. See Legislature, below.

Landtrost Landdrost

A chief magistrate in rural districts. He was replaced in 1827 by /resident magistrates./ The president of the Heemraad.

Landwehr

That part of the army, in Germany and Austria, which has completed the usual military service and is exempt from duty in time of peace, except that it is called out occasionally for drill.

Lane

A passageway between fences or hedges which is not traveled as a highroad; an alley between buildings; a narrow way among trees, rocks, and other natural obstructions; hence, in a general sense, a narrow passageway; as, a lane between lines of men, or through a field of ice.

Langaha

A curious colubriform snake of the genus Xyphorhynchus, from Madagascar. It is brownish red, and its nose is prolonged in the form of a sharp blade.

Langarey

One of numerous species of long-winged, shrikelike birds of Australia and the East Indies, of the genus Artamus, and allied genera; called also wood swallow.

Langate

A linen roller used in dressing wounds.

Langdak

A wolf (Canis pallipes), found in India, allied to the jackal.

Langrel Langrage

A kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and rigging. It consisted of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron fastened together or inclosed in a canister.

Language

To communicate by language; to express in language.

Languaged

Having a language; skilled in language; -- chiefly used in composition.

Languageless

Lacking or wanting language; speechless; silent.

Langue d'oc

The dialect, closely akin to French, formerly spoken south of the Loire (in which the word for /yes/ was oc); Proven/al.

Langued

Tongued; having the tongue visible.

Languente

In a languishing manner; pathetically.

Languet

Anything resembling the tongue in form or office; specif., the slip of metal in an organ pipe which turns the current of air toward its mouth.

Languishing

Becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health and strength.

Languor

A state of the body or mind which is caused by exhaustion of strength and characterized by a languid feeling; feebleness; lassitude; laxity.

Languorous

Producing, or tending to produce, languor; characterized by languor.

Langya

One of several species of East Indian and Asiatic fresh-water fishes of the genus Ophiocephalus, remarkable for their power of living out of water, and for their tenacity of life; -- called also walking fishes.

Laniary

Lacerating or tearing; as, the laniary canine teeth.

Lanier

A thong of leather; a whip lash.

Lanioid

Of or pertaining to the shrikes (family Laniid/).

Lank

To become lank; to make lank.

Lankiness

The condition or quality or being lanky.

Lankness

The state or quality of being lank.

Lanky

Somewhat lank; tall, thin, bony and ungraceful.

Lanneret Lanner

A long-tailed falcon (Falco lanarius), of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa, resembling the American prairie falcon.

Lanolin

A peculiar fatlike body, made up of cholesterin and certain fatty acids, found in feathers, hair, wool, and keratin tissues generally.

Lanseh

The small, yellow to whitish brown berrylike fruit of an East Indian tree (Lansium domesticum). It has a fleshy pulp, with an agreeable tart subacid taste.

Lansquenet

A German foot soldier in foreign service in the 15th and 16th centuries; a soldier of fortune; -- a term used in France and Western Europe.

Lantanuric

Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic acid of the uric acid group, obtained by the decomposition of allantoin, and usually called allanturic acid.

Lantern

To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse.

lantern fly lanternfly

any one of several species of large, handsome, brightly marked, tropical hemipterous insects of the genera Laternaria, Fulgora, and allies, of the family Fulgorid/. The largest species is Laternaria phosphorea of Brazil. The head has a snoutlike process in some species which was formerly thought to emit a phosphorescent light.

Lantern-jawed

Having lantern jaws or long, thin jaws; as, a lantern-jawed person.

lanternfish

A small fish having rows of luminous organs along each side; some surface at night.

lanthanide

Any rare earth element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71).

Lanthanite

Hydrous carbonate of lanthanum, found in tabular white crystals.

Lanthanum

A rare element of the rare earth group of the metals, of atomic number 57, allied to aluminum. It occurs in certain rare minerals, as cerite, gadolinite, orthite, etc., and was so named from the difficulty of separating it from cerium, didymium, and other rare earth elements with which it is usually associated. Atomic weight 138.9. Symbol La.

Lanthopine

An alkaloid found in opium in small quantities, and extracted as a white crystalline substance.

Lanugo

The soft woolly hair which covers most parts of the mammal fetus, and in man is shed before or soon after birth.

Lanyard

A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds, stays, etc.

Laocoon

A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.)

Laodicean

Of or pertaining to Laodicea, a city in Phrygia Major; like the Christians of Laodicea; lukewarm in religion.

Laos

a country in Southeast Asia.

Laotian

of or pertaining to Laos; as, the Laotian Prime Minister.

Laozi Lao-tse

A Chinese philosopher who founded Taoism in the 6th-century b.c.

Lap

The act of lapping with, or as with, the tongue; as, to take anything into the mouth with a lap.

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