Glossary - L

La Niña /5/Earth Science/Water/Ocean/La Nina

labia /4/Zoology/Organ/Reproduction/Female/Parts/labia

lacrimal /4/Zoology/Organ/Skin/lacrimal

lacrosse /7/Game/Athletic/Ball/lacrosse

lading /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Freight/lading

lagoon /5/Earth Science/Water/Ocean/Coast/lagoon

laissez-faire, market /6/Economics/Macroeconomics/Economy/Types/Market/laissez-faire

laminar flow /5/Physics/Dynamics/Fluid/laminar flow

lampoon /2/Literature/Prose/Expressions/Humorous/lampoon

land plant /4/Botany/Plant/plant

landslide /5/Earth Science/Land/Movements/landslide

language /6/Linguistics/Language/language in linguistics

lantern jaw /4/Zoology/Organ/Skeleton/Body/Head/lantern jaw

lapis lazuli /5/Earth Science/Mineral/Kinds/Silicates/Tektosilicate/lapis lazuli

larceny /6/Law/Crime/Crimes/Theft/Larceny/larceny

laryngitis /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/laryngitis

larynx /4/Zoology/Organ/Respiration/Parts/Throat/larynx

laser /5/Physics/Wave/Electromagnetic/Coherence/laser

latent heat /5/Physics/Heat/Phase/latent heat

lateral geniculate nucleus /4/Zoology/Organ/Nerve/Brain/Cerebrum/Diencephalon/Thalamus/lateral geniculate nucleus

lateral inhibition /4/Zoology/Organ/Nerve/Brain/Computation/Regions/lateral inhibition

lateral line system /1/Consciousness/Sense/Touch/Anatomy/Receptors/lateral line system

lateral, side /4/Biology/Life/Body Locations/Lateral/lateral side

latex /4/Botany/Plant/Vascular/Circulation/Fluid/latex

latitude, Earth /5/Earth Science/Planet/Earth Coordinates/Latitude/latitude as location

lattice theory /5/Physics/Quantum Mechanics/Theory/lattice theory

laughter, behavior /6/Psychology/Behavior/Kinds/Humor/laughter as behavior

lava /5/Earth Science/Planet/Plate Tectonics/Volcano/lava

lavage /4/Medicine/Medical Treatments/Wound/lavage

law of signs /3/Arithmetic/Multiplication/law of signs

lawn mower /7/Machine/Kinds/Mechanical/Rotation/lawn mower

laxative /4/Medicine/Drug/Kinds/Tissue/GI Tract/laxative

layaway plan /7/Financial Affairs/Loan/Plan/layaway plan

layoff /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Production/Factors/Labor/Job/layoff

leading tone /2/Music/Theory/Scale/Scales/Diatonic/Tone/leading tone

leaf /4/Botany/Plant/Vascular/Parts/Leaf/leaf

learning /6/Psychology/Cognition/Learning/learning and cognition

least-action principle, light /5/Physics/Wave/Electromagnetic/Action/least-action principle

leave /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Production/Factors/Labor/Job/Benefit/leave

leeward /5/Earth Science/Atmosphere/Wind/Direction/leeward

left hemisphere /4/Zoology/Organ/Nerve/Brain/Cerebrum/left hemisphere

legal fiction /6/Law/Change/legal fiction

legal justification /6/Law/Tort/Defenses/legal justification

legation /6/Law/National/International Law/Diplomacy/legation

Legionnaire's disease /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organism/Bacteria/Legionnaire's disease

legislative branch /6/Political Science/Government/Branch/Legislative/legislative branch

legitimacy /6/Political Science/Leadership/legitimacy

legume /4/Botany/Plant/Vascular/Seed Plant/Kinds/legume

leitmotif /2/Music/Classical/Styles/leitmotif

lend-lease /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Property/Rents/lend-lease

length contraction /5/Physics/Relativity/Special Relativity/length contraction

lens, physics /5/Physics/Wave/Superposition/Refraction/Lens/lens in physics

leprosy /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organism/Bacteria/Skin/leprosy

leptin /4/Zoology/Organ/Endocrine Gland/Hormone/Appetite/leptin

lepton /5/Physics/Matter/Particle/Subatomic/Fermion/Lepton/lepton

lesion, skin /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Skin/lesion of skin

letter of credit /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Business/Department/Sales/Documents/letter of credit

letterpress /7/Machine/Kinds/Printing/Kinds/letterpress

leucoplast /4/Cell/Organelle/Plastid/leucoplast

leukemia /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Cancer/Kinds/Tissue/leukemia

lever /7/Machine/Kinds/Mechanical/Lever/lever

levy /6/Law/Property/levy

lexicography, words /6/Linguistics/Semantics/Word/Subjects/lexicography

lexicon /6/Linguistics/Grammar/Syntax/lexicon

liaison, speech /6/Linguistics/Phonetics/Consonant/liaison in speech

libel, tort /6/Law/Tort/Kinds/Communication/Defamation/libel as tort

liberal arts, education /6/Education/Levels/Type/liberal arts

liberalism /6/Political Science/People/Feeling/liberalism

library /6/Education/Classroom/library

licensing, rent /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Property/Rents/licensing

lichen /4/Botany/Fungus/lichen

lien /7/Financial Affairs/Loan/Lien/lien

life /4/Biology/Life/life in biology

life insurance /7/Financial Affairs/Insurance/Life/life insurance

lifetime /5/Chemistry/Analytical Chemistry/Spectroscopy/lifetime broadening

ligament /4/Zoology/Tissue/Connective/ligament

ligand /5/Chemistry/Inorganic/Chemical Bond/ligand of bond

ligature, medicine /4/Medicine/Medical Treatments/Surgery/Instrument/ligature as wire

ligature, music /2/Music/Notation/Note Changes/ligature in music

ligature, writing /6/Linguistics/Writing/Alphabet/Letters/ligature in writing

light /5/Physics/Wave/Electromagnetic/light

light cone /5/Physics/Relativity/Space-Time/light cone

light emitting diode /7/Machine/Kinds/Illumination/Lighting/Display/light emitting diode

light meter /7/Machine/Kinds/Instrument/light meter

light speed /5/Physics/Wave/Electromagnetic/light speed

lightning /5/Earth Science/Atmosphere/Lightning/lightning

lightning rod /5/Earth Science/Atmosphere/Lightning/lightning rod

limbic system /4/Zoology/Organ/Nerve/Brain/Cerebrum/Limbic System/limbic system

limerick /2/Literature/Poetry/Kinds/Humorous/limerick

limestone /5/Earth Science/Mineral/Kinds/Calcium/limestone

limited liability /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Business/Kinds/Corporation/limited liability

limiting reagent /5/Chemistry/Inorganic/Chemical Reaction/Equation/limiting reagent

limnology /4/Ecology/Ecosystem/limnology

linchpin /7/Machine/Parts/Pin/linchpin

lindy /2/Dance/Kinds/USA/lindy

linear perspective /2/Art/Painting/Linear Perspective/linear perspective

linear regression /3/Statistics/Correlation/Regression/linear regression

lines of force /5/Physics/Electromagnetism/Force/Lines/lines of force

lingua franca /6/Linguistics/Language/Dialect/Mixed/lingua franca

liniment /4/Medicine/Drug/Kinds/Tissue/Skin/Soother/liniment as drug

linkage /4/Genetics/Linkage/linkage of genes

linotype /7/Machine/Kinds/Printing/Kinds/linotype

lipid /5/Chemistry/Biochemistry/Lipid/lipid

lipoprotein /5/Chemistry/Biochemistry/Lipid/Kinds/Lipoprotein/lipoprotein

liposome /4/Genetics/Recombinant DNA/Cloning/Methods/liposome

liquefaction /5/Physics/Dynamics/Fluid/liquefaction

liquid consonant /6/Linguistics/Phonetics/Consonant/Air/liquid consonant

liquid crystal /5/Chemistry/Inorganic/Phase/Phases/Solid/Crystal/Liquid/liquid crystal

liquidity /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Finance/liquidity

lis pendens /6/Law/Lawsuit/lis pendens

lisp /6/Linguistics/Phonetics/Consonant/lisp speech

litany /2/Literature/Prose/Kinds/Religious/litany

lithography /7/Machine/Kinds/Printing/Kinds/lithography

litter, pup /4/Zoology/Kinds/Mammal/Group/litter of pups

littoral /5/Earth Science/Water/Ocean/Coast/littoral tidal

liturgy /2/Literature/Prose/Kinds/Religious/liturgy

liver, organ /4/Zoology/Organ/Digestion/Parts/Liver/liver organ

loam /5/Earth Science/Land/Soil/Kinds/loam

loan /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Banking/loan by bank

lobefin /4/Zoology/Kinds/Fish/lobefin

lock and key /7/Machine/Kinds/Mechanical/Lock/lock and key

locked-in syndrome /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Nerve/Muscle/Paralysis/locked-in syndrome

locknut /7/Machine/Tool/Fastening/Fastener/Nut/locknut

lockout /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Production/Factors/Labor/Job/lockout

locum tenens /6/Linguistics/Languages/Latin/locum tenens

locus coeruleus /4/Zoology/Organ/Nerve/Brain/Brainstem/Hindbrain/Pons/locus coeruleus

locus, gene /4/Genetics/Linkage/locus of gene

locution /6/Linguistics/Phonetics/Speaking/locution

lode /5/Earth Science/Land/Land Forms/lode

loess /5/Earth Science/Land/Erosion/Glacier/loess

loge /2/Art/Architecture/Building Parts/Theater/loge

loggia /2/Art/Architecture/Building Parts/Walkway/loggia

logic circuit /3/Computer Science/Hardware/Circuit/Gate/logic circuit

logical depth /3/Computer Science/Systems/Complexity Theory/logical depth

logistics /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Business/Administration/logistics

logogram /6/Linguistics/Writing/Alphabet/Units/logogram

logotype /2/Literature/Prose/Kinds/logotype

logrolling /6/Political Science/Actions/Negotiation/logrolling

loin, trunk /4/Zoology/Organ/Skeleton/Body/Trunk/loin

longevity /4/Biology/Evolution/Adaptation/longevity

longitude /5/Earth Science/Planet/Earth Coordinates/Longitude/longitude

longitudinal wave /5/Physics/Wave/Kinds/longitudinal wave

long-term memory /6/Psychology/Cognition/Memory/Kinds/long-term memory

loom /7/Machine/Kinds/Mechanical/Weaving/loom

lordosis /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Skeleton/Back/lordosis

loss leader /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Business/Department/Sales/Practices/loss leader

lot /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Manufacturing/lot

lottery /6/Economics/Microeconomics/lottery

lotus position /1/Consciousness/States/Meditation/Zen/lotus position

lotus, myth /6/Religion/Religions/Mythology/Greco-Roman/Thing/lotus of gods

louvered window /7/Machine/Kinds/Mechanical/Window/louvered window

love /6/Psychology/Cognition/Emotion/Kinds/love

low-density lipoprotein /5/Chemistry/Biochemistry/Lipid/Kinds/Lipoprotein/low-density lipoprotein

loyalty /6/Philosophy/Ethics/Feelings/loyalty

lucid dreaming /1/Consciousness/States/Sleep/Dreaming/lucid dreaming

luge /7/Game/Athletic/Winter/luge

lumbago /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Muscle/lumbago

lumbar /4/Zoology/Organ/Skeleton/Bones/Trunk/Vertebrae/lumbar

lumen, intestine /4/Zoology/Organ/Digestion/Parts/Intestine/lumen

lunacy /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Nerve/Mental/lunacy

lunar eclipse /5/Astronomy/Solar System/Eclipse/lunar eclipse

lung /4/Zoology/Organ/Respiration/Parts/Lung/lung

lupus /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Immune/lupus

luster /5/Earth Science/Mineral/Properties/luster

lutein /4/Nutrition/Nutrient/lutein

luteinizing hormone /4/Zoology/Organ/Endocrine Gland/Hormone/Sex/luteinizing hormone

lycopene /4/Nutrition/Nutrient/lycopene

lying /6/Psychology/Behavior/Kinds/lying

lying-in /4/Zoology/Organ/Reproduction/Female/lying-in

Lyme disease /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organism/Bacteria/Animal/Lyme disease

lymph /4/Zoology/Organ/Lymph/lymph

lymph node /4/Zoology/Organ/Lymph/lymph node

lymphatic system /4/Zoology/Organ/Lymph/lymphatic system

lymphocyte /4/Zoology/Organ/Blood/Parts/White Blood Cell/lymphocyte

lymphoma /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Cancer/Kinds/Tissue/lymphoma

lysis /4/Cell/lysis

lysosome /4/Cell/Organelle/Microsome/Lysosome/lysosome

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