land agent
1: a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land; "in England they call a realtor a land agent" [syn: {realtor}, {real estate broker}, {real estate agent}, {estate agent}, {house ...
land area
1: an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming); "he wanted some acreage to build on" [syn: {acreage}]
land cress
1: of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida [syn: {Belle Isle cress}, {early winter cress}, {American cress}, {American watercress}, {Barbarea verna}, {Barbarea praecox}]
land grant
1: a grant of public land (as to a railway or college)
land line
1: a telephone line that travels over terrestrial circuits; "a land line can be wire or fiber optics or microwave" [syn: {landline}]
land mile
1: a unit of length equal to 1760 yards [syn: {mile}, {statute mile}, {stat mi}, {mi}]
land mine
1: an explosive mine hidden underground; explodes when stepped on or driven over [syn: {ground-emplaced mine}, {booby trap}]
Land of Enchantment
1: a state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border [syn: {New Mexico}, {NM}]
Land of Lincoln
1: a Midwest state in north-central United States [syn: {Illinois}, {Prairie State}, {IL}]
Land of Opportunity
1: a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War [syn: {Arkansas}, {AR}]
land office
1: a government office where business relating to public lands is transacted
land rail
1: common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields [syn: {corncrake}, {Crex crex}]
land reform
1: a redistribution of agricultural land (especially by government action)
land site
1: the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); "a good site for the school" [syn: {site}]
land tax
1: a capital tax on property imposed by municipalities; based on the estimated value of the property [syn: {property tax}]
land tenure
1: the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands [syn: {tenure}]
land up
1: block with earth, as after a landslide [syn: {earth up}] 2: finally be or do something; "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again" [s...
Landau
1: Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968) [syn: {Lev Davidovich Landau}] 2: a four-wheel covered carriage with a roof divided into two parts (front and back) that can be le...
landed
1: owning or consisting of land or real estate; "the landed gentry"; "landed property" [ant: {landless}]
landed estate
1: extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island" [syn: {estate}, {land}, {acres}, {demesne}]
landed gentry
1: the gentry who own land (considered as a class) [syn: {squirearchy}]
Lander
1: a town in central Wyoming 2: a space vehicle that is designed to land on the moon or another planet
landfall
1: the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water) 2: the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water)
landfill
1: a low area that has been filled in
landgrave
1: a count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany
landholder
1: a holder or proprietor of land [syn: {landowner}, {property owner}]
landholding
1: ownership of land; the state or fact of owning land 2: a holding in the form of land
landing
1: an intermediate platform in a staircase 2: structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods [syn: {landing place}] 3: the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface); "the pl...
landing craft
1: naval craft designed for putting ashore troops and equipment
landing deck
1: the upper deck of an aircraft carrier; used as a runway [syn: {flight deck}]
landing field
1: a place where planes take off and land [syn: {airfield}, {flying field}, {field}]
landing flap
1: a flap on the underside of the wing that is lowered to slow the plane for landing
landing gear
1: an undercarriage that supports the weight of the plane when it is on the ground
landing net
1: a bag-shaped fishnet on a long handle to take a captured fish from the water
landing party
1: a part of a ship's company organized for special duties ashore
landing place
1: structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods [syn: {landing}]
landing stage
1: platform from which passengers and cargo can be (un)loaded
landing strip
1: an airfield without normal airport facilities [syn: {airstrip}, {flight strip}, {strip}]
landler
1: music in triple time for dancing the landler 2: a moderately slow Austrian country dance in triple time; involves spinning and clapping
landless
1: owning no land; "the landless peasantry" [ant: {landed}]
landline
1: a telephone line that travels over terrestrial circuits; "a land line can be wire or fiber optics or microwave" [syn: {land line}]
landlocked
1: surrounded entirely or almost entirely by land; "a landlocked country"
landlocked salmon
1: Atlantic salmon confined to lakes of New England and southeastern Canada [syn: {lake salmon}]
landlord
1: a landowner who leases to others
landlord's lien
1: lien on a tenant's property for the satisfaction of unpaid rent or property damage; the landlord is given the status of a preferred creditor with regard to the tenant's property
landlubber
1: a person who lives and works on land [syn: {landsman}, {landman}] 2: an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage [syn: {lubber}, {landsman}]
landlubberly
1: inexperienced in seamanship; "of all landlubbers the most lubberly" [syn: {lubberly}]
landman
1: a person who lives and works on land [syn: {landlubber}, {landsman}]
landmark
1: the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape; "the church steeple provided a convenient landmark" 2: an event marking a unique or important historical change of course...
landmass
1: a large continuous extent of land
landowner
1: a holder or proprietor of land [syn: {landholder}, {property owner}]
Landowska
1: United States harpsichordist (born in Poland) who helped to revive modern interest in the harpsichord (1879-1959) [syn: {Wanda Landowska}]
landrover
1: a car suitable for traveling over rough terrain [syn: {jeep}]
Landry's paralysis
1: a form of peripheral polyneuritis characterized by pain and weakness and sometimes paralysis of the limbs; cause is unknown [syn: {Guillain-Barre syndrome}, {infectious polyneuritis}]
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landscape
1: an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view 2: painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery 3: a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery [syn: {landscape painting...
landscape architect
1: someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively [syn: {landscape gardener}, {landscaper}, {landscapist}]
landscape architecture
1: the branch of architecture dealing with the arrangement of land and buildings for human use and enjoyment
landscape gardener
1: someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively [syn: {landscape architect}, {landscaper}, {landscapist}]
landscape painting
1: a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery [syn: {landscape}]
landscaped
1: (of land) improved by gardening or landscape architecture; "carefully landscaped gardens"
landscaper
1: someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively [syn: {landscape architect}, {landscape gardener}, {landscapist}]
landscaping
1: working as a landscape gardner [syn: {landscape gardening}] 2: a garden laid out for esthetic effect; "they spent a great deal of money on the landscaping"
landscapist
1: someone who paints landscapes 2: someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively [syn: {landscape architect}, {landscape gardener}, {landscaper}]
landside
1: component consisting of a side piece opposite the moldboard
landslide
1: an overwhelming electoral victory; "Roosevelt defeated Hoover in a landslide" 2: a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff [syn: {landslip}]
landslip
1: a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff [syn: {landslide}]
Landsmal
1: one of two official languages of Norway; based on rural dialects [syn: {New Norwegian}, {Nynorsk}]
landsman
1: a person who lives and works on land [syn: {landlubber}, {landman}] 2: an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage [syn: {landlubber}, {lubber}]
Landsteiner
1: United States pathologist (born in Austria) who discovered human blood groups (1868-1943) [syn: {Karl Landsteiner}]
landward
1: toward land; "landward, miles of rough grass marshes melt into low uplands" [syn: {landwards}]
landwards
1: toward land; "landward, miles of rough grass marshes melt into low uplands" [syn: {landward}]
lane
1: a narrow way or road 2: a well-defined track or path; for e.g. swimmers or lines of traffic
Laney
1: United States educator who founded the first private school for Black students in Augusta, Georgia (1854-1933) [syn: {Lucy Craft Laney}]
lang syne
1: of the distant or comparatively distant past; "We met once long ago"; "they long ago forsook their nomadic life"; "left for work long ago"; "he has long since given up mountain climbing"; "This nam...
langbeinite
1: a mineral consisting of potassium magnesium double sulphate; used as a fertilizer
Lange
1: United States photographer remembered for her portraits of rural workers during the Depression (1895-1965) [syn: {Dorothea Lange}]
langley
1: unit of solar radiation 2: United States astronomer and aviation pioneer who invented the bolometer and contributed to the design of early aircraft (1834-1906) [syn: {Samuel Pierpoint Langley}]
Langmuir
1: United States chemist who studied surface chemistry and developed the gas-filled tungsten lamp and worked on high temperature electrical discharges (1881-1957) [syn: {Irving Langmuir}]
Langobard
1: a member of a Germanic people who invaded northern Italy in the 6th century [syn: {Lombard}]
langouste
1: warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California [syn: {spiny lobster}, {rock lobster}, {crayfish}] 2...
langoustine
1: caught in European waters; slenderer than American lobster [syn: {Norwegian lobster}, {scampo}]
langsat
1: East Indian tree bearing an edible yellow berry [syn: {lanseh tree}, {langset}, {Lansium domesticum}]
langset
1: East Indian tree bearing an edible yellow berry [syn: {lanseh tree}, {langsat}, {Lansium domesticum}]
Langside
1: (1568) Catholic forces supporting Mary Queen of Scots were routed by Protestants [syn: {battle of Langside}]
Langston Hughes
1: United States writer (1902-1967) [syn: {Hughes}, {James Langston Hughes}]
langsyne
1: past times remembered with nostalgia [syn: {auld langsyne}, {old times}, {the good old days}] adv : at a distant time in the past (chiefly Scottish)
Langtry
1: British actress and mistress of the prince who later became Edward VII (1853-1929) [syn: {Lillie Langtry}, {the Jersey Lillie}, {Emilie Charlotte le Breton}]
language
1: a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a p...
language area
1: a large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with language [syn: {language zone}]
language barrier
1: barrier to communication resulting from speaking different languages
language system
1: a system of linguistic units or elements used in a particular language
language unit
1: one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed [syn: {linguistic unit}]
language zone
1: a large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with language [syn: {language area}]
Languas speciosa
1: cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with shell-pink shading and crinkled yellow lip with variegated magenta stripes [syn: {shellflower}, {shall-flower}, {...
Langue d'oc
1: medieval provincial dialects of French formerly spoken in the south of France [syn: {Langue d'oc French}]
Langue d'oc French
1: medieval provincial dialects of French formerly spoken in the south of France [syn: {Langue d'oc}]
Langue d'oil
1: medieval provincial dialects of French spoken in central and northern France [syn: {Langue d'oil French}]
Langue d'oil French
1: medieval provincial dialects of French spoken in central and northern France [syn: {Langue d'oil}]
Languedoc-Roussillon
1: a region in south central France; named after the medieval dialect of French that was spoken there
languid
1: lacking spirit or liveliness; "a lackadaisical attempt"; "a languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot languorous afternoon" [syn: {dreamy}, {lackadaisical}, {languorous}]
languidly
1: in a languid and lethargic manner; "the men languidly put on their jackets"
languish
1: lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away" [syn: {pine away}, {waste}] 2: have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached fo...
languor
1: a relaxed comfortable feeling [syn: {dreaminess}] 2: a feeling of lack of interest or energy [syn: {lassitude}, {listlessness}] 3: inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy [syn: {lethargy}, {s...
languorous
1: lacking spirit or liveliness; "a lackadaisical attempt"; "a languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot languorous afternoon" [syn: {dreamy}, {lackadaisical}, {languid}]
languorously
1: in a languorous manner; "he was sprawling languourously on the sofa"
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