1: being ten more than forty [syn: {fifty}, {50}] n 1: a metric unit of capacity equal to the volume of 1 kilogram of pure water at 4 degrees centigrade and 760 mm of mercury (or approximately 1.76 pi...

1: the provincial capital of the Abruzzi region in central Italy [syn: {Aquila}, {Aquila degli Abruzzi}]

1: United States architect (born in France) who laid out the city plan for Washington (1754-1825) [syn: {Charles L'Enfant}, {Pierre Charles L'Enfant}]

1: the levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa); as a drug it is used to treat Parkinson's disease [syn: {levodopa}, {Bendopa}, {Brocadopa}, {Larodopa}]

1: a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm [syn: {LP}]

1: a square plate bearing the letter L that is attached to both ends of a car to indicate that the driver is a learner

1: shaped in the form of the letter L

1: Canadian novelist (1874-1942) [syn: {Montgomery}, {Lucy Maud Montgomery}]

1: the type species of the genus Listeria; can cause meningitis, encephalitis, septicemia, endocarditis, abortion, abscesses, listeriosis [syn: {Listeria monocytogenes}]

1: a United States writer of science fiction and founder of Scientology (1911-1986) [syn: {Hubbard}]

1: English painter (1887-1976) [syn: {Lowry}, {Laurence Stephen Lowry}]

1: a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth [syn: {lanthanum}, {atomic number 57}] 2: a state in southern United St...

1: a town in western Wisconsin on the Mississippi River

1: French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834) [syn: {Lafayette}, {Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier}, {Marquis de Lafayette}]

1: French writer who collected Aesop's fables and published them (1621-1695) [syn: {Jean de La Fontaine}]

1: city in western Bolivia and the administrative seat of Bolivia's government; largest city in Bolivia

1: an estuary between Argentina and Uruguay [syn: {Rio de la Plata}, {Plata River}]

1: French writer of moralistic maxims (1613-1680) [syn: {Francois de La Rochefoucauld}]

1: a port city in Liguria on an arm of the Ligurian Sea; a major seaport and year-round resort

1: French painter of religious works (1593-1652) [syn: {Georges de La Tour}]

1: affectedly genteel [syn: {grandiose}, {hifalutin}, {highfalutin}, {highfaluting}, {hoity-toity}]

1: a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons [syn: {lager}]

1: a workplace for the conduct of scientific research [syn: {laboratory}, {research lab}, {research laboratory}, {science lab}, {science laboratory}]

1: a workbench in a laboratory [syn: {laboratory bench}]

1: a light coat worn to protect clothing from substances used while working in a laboratory [syn: {laboratory coat}]

1: Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958) [syn: {Rudolph Laban}]

1: a system of notation for dance movements that uses symbols to represent points on a dancer's body and the direction of the dancer's movement and the tempo and the dynamics

{labarum}

1: a dark brown to greenish oleoresin that has a fragrant odor and is used as a fixative in perfumes; obtained as a juice from certain rockroses [syn: {gum labdanum}] 2: a soft blackish-brown resinous...

1: a brief description given for purposes of identification; "the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture" 2: trade name of a company that produces musical recordings; "the art...

1: bearing or marked with a label or tag; "properly labeled luggage" [syn: {labelled}, {tagged}] [ant: {unlabeled}]

{labellum}

{label}

{label}

1: antihypertensive drug (trade names Trandate and Normodyne) that blocks alpha and beta-adrenergic receptors of the sympathetic nervous system (leading to a decrease in blood pressure) [syn: {labetal...

1: antihypertensive drug (trade names Trandate and Normodyne) that blocks alpha and beta-adrenergic receptors of the sympathetic nervous system (leading to a decrease in blood pressure) [syn: {labetal...

{labium}

1: the two outer folds of the vulva

1: the two inner folds of the vulva

1: of or relating to the lips of the mouth; "labial stops" 2: relating to or near the female labium n : a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips [syn: {labial consonant}]

1: a branch of the facial artery that supplies the lips of the mouth [syn: {arteria labialis}]

1: a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips [syn: {labial}]

1: organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip [syn: {flue pipe}, {flue}]

1: a stop consonant that is produced with the lips

1: veins draining the lips of the vulva [syn: {vena labialis}] 2: a vein draining the lips of the mouth [syn: {vena labialis}]

1: pronounce with rounded lips [syn: {round}, {labialize}]

1: pronounce with rounded lips [syn: {round}, {labialise}]

1: the mints: aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including thyme; sage; rosemary [syn: {family Labiatae...

1: having lips or parts that resemble lips [syn: {liplike}]

1: open to change; liable to change; "an emotionally labile person" 2: (chemistry, physics, biology) readily undergoing change or breakdown

1: any of the four lip-shaped folds of the female vulva [also: {labia} (pl)]

1: 1 species: hyacinth bean [syn: {genus Lablab}]

1: perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pealike flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetabl...

1: a defense laboratory that provides essential services in fundamental science for national security and environmental protection and provides technologies that contribute to industrial competitivene...

1: productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill" [syn: {labour}, {toil}] 2: a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work f...

1: contract between labor and management government wages and benefits and working conditions [syn: {labor contract}, {collective agreement}]

1: assistant (often the father) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes [syn: {monitrice}]

1: contract between labor and management government wages and benefits and working conditions [syn: {labor agreement}, {collective agreement}]

1: first Monday in September in U.S. and Canada

1: the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913 [syn: {Department of Labor}, {Labor}, {DoL}]

1: the source of trained people from which workers can be hired [syn: {labor pool}]

1: a leader of a labor movement

1: the market in which workers compete for jobs and employers compete for workers

1: an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action especially via labor unions (especially the leaders of this movement) [syn: {trade union movement}, {labor}]

1: productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation [syn: {labour of love}]

1: someone who enlists workers to join a union [syn: {organizer}, {organiser}]

1: pain and discomfort associated with contractions of the uterus during labor

1: a regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth [syn: {birth pangs}, {labour pains}]

1: a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries [syn: {Labour Party}, {Labour}, {Labor}]

1: the source of trained people from which workers can be hired [syn: {labor force}]

1: resources of available manpower

1: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Labor; "the first Labor Secretary was William B. Wilson who was appointed by President Wilson" [syn: {Secretary of Labor}] 2: the positio...

1: an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job" [syn: {union}, {trade union}, {trades union}, {brotherhood}]

1: requiring a large expenditure of labor but not much capital; "cottage industries are labor intensive" [syn: {labour-intensive}]

1: a workplace for the conduct of scientific research [syn: {lab}, {research lab}, {research laboratory}, {science lab}, {science laboratory}] 2: a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers...

1: a workbench in a laboratory [syn: {lab bench}]

1: a light coat worn to protect clothing from substances used while working in a laboratory [syn: {lab coat}]

1: lacking natural ease; "a labored style of debating" [syn: {laboured}, {strained}] 2: requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading" [syn: {heavy}, {laboured}...

1: someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor [syn: {manual laborer}, {labourer}, {jack}]

1: doing arduous or unpleasant work; "drudging peasants"; "the bent backs of laboring slaves picking cotton"; "toiling coal miners in the black deeps" [syn: {drudging}, {labouring}, {toiling}]

1: characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy g...

1: in a laborious manner; "their lives were spent in committee making decisions for others to execute on the basis of data laboriously gathered for them"

1: the quality of requiring extended effort [syn: {operoseness}, {toilsomeness}]

1: designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor; "laborsaving devices like washing machines" [syn: {laboursaving}]

1: a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field" [syn: {labor}, {working class}, {proletariat}] 2: concluding state of pre...

1: productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation [syn: {labor of love}]

1: a regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth [syn: {birth pangs}, {labor pains}]

1: a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries [syn: {Labour}, {Labor Party}, {Labor}]

1: requiring a large expenditure of labor but not much capital; "cottage industries are labor intensive" [syn: {labor-intensive}]

1: lacking natural ease; "a labored style of debating" [syn: {labored}, {strained}] 2: requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading" [syn: {heavy}, {labored}]

1: someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor [syn: {laborer}, {manual laborer}, {jack}]

1: doing arduous or unpleasant work; "drudging peasants"; "the bent backs of laboring slaves picking cotton"; "toiling coal miners in the black deeps" [syn: {drudging}, {laboring}, {toiling}]

1: a member of the British Labour Party

1: designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor; "laborsaving devices like washing machines" [syn: {laborsaving}]

{labrum}

1: the mainland part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in the eastern part of the large Labrador-Ungava Peninsula in northeastern Canada

1: a peninsular region of eastern Canada between Hudson Bay and the Labrador Sea; contains most of Quebec and the mainland part of Newfoundland and Labrador [syn: {Labrador-Ungava Peninsula}]

1: breed originally from Labrador having a short black or golden-brown coat

1: an arm of the northern Atlantic between Labrador and southern Greenland

1: evergreen shrub of eastern North America having white or creamy bell-shaped flowers and dark green hairy leaves used for tea during American Revolution [syn: {crystal tea}, {Ledum groenlandicum}]

1: a peninsular region of eastern Canada between Hudson Bay and the Labrador Sea; contains most of Quebec and the mainland part of Newfoundland and Labrador [syn: {Labrador Peninsula}]

1: wrasses [syn: {family Labridae}]

1: a large connective tissue cell that contains histamine and heparin and serotonin which are released in allergic reactions or in response to injury or inflammation [syn: {mast cell}, {mastocyte}]

1: French architect who was among the first to use metal construction successfully (1801-1875) [syn: {Henri Labrouste}]

1: flowering shrubs or trees having bright yellow flowers; all parts of the plant are poisonous [syn: {genus Laburnum}]

1: an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum [syn: {Scotch laburnum}, {Alpine golden chain}]

1: an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum; often cultivated for Easter decorations [syn: {common laburnum}, {golden chain}, {golden rain}]

1: complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost [syn: {maze}] 2: a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium [syn: {inner ear}, {internal...

1: a vast labyrinth built in Crete by Daedalus at the command of Minos in order to contain the Minotaur

1: resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity; "a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths" [syn: {labyrinthine}, {mazy}]

1: relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear; "labyrinthine deafness" 2: resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity; "a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths" [syn: {labyrinthian...

1: a branch of the basilar artery that supplies the labyrinth [syn: {artery of the labyrinth}, {internal auditory artery}]

1: a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head [syn: {equilibrium}, {vestibular sense}, {sense of balance}, {sense of equilibrium}]

1: veins that drain the inner ear [syn: {internal auditory vein}]

1: inflammation of the inner ear; can cause vertigo and vomiting [syn: {otitis interna}]

1: an amphibian of the superorder Labyrinthodontia

1: extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy-bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic [syn: {Labyrinthodontia}, {superorder ...

1: extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy-bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic [syn: {superorder Labyrinthodontia}, {...

1: resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax

1: scarlet dye like cochineal; extracted with alkali from stick lac