larceny
1: the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International" [syn: {theft}, {thievery}, {thieving}, {stealing}]
larch
1: wood of a larch tree 2: any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves [syn: {larch tree}]
larch tree
1: any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves [syn: {larch}]
lard
1: soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1: prepare or cook with lard; "lard meat" 2: add details to [syn: {embroider}, {pad}, {embellish}, {aggrandize}, {aggran...
lard oil
1: oil consisting chiefly of olein that is expressed from lard and used especially as a lubricant, cutting oil or illuminant
larder
1: a supply of food especially for a household 2: a small storeroom for storing foods or wines [syn: {pantry}, {buttery}]
Lardizabala
1: evergreen monoecious climbers of South America having dark mauve-blue edible berries [syn: {genus Lardizabala}]
lardizabala family
1: thick-stemmed lianas and some shrubs; some have edible fruit [syn: {Lardizabalaceae}, {family Lardizabalaceae}]
Lardizabalaceae
1: thick-stemmed lianas and some shrubs; some have edible fruit [syn: {family Lardizabalaceae}, {lardizabala family}]
Lardner
1: United States humorist and writer of satirical short stories (1885-1933) [syn: {Ring Lardner}, {Ringgold Wilmer Lardner}]
Laredo
1: a city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande
large
1: above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big ex...
large calorie
1: a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-prod...
large cap
1: a corporation with a large capitalization; "he works for a large cap"
large civet
1: common civet of India and southeast Asia [syn: {Viverra zibetha}]
large crabgrass
1: a European forage grass grown for hay; a naturalized weed in United States [syn: {hairy finger grass}, {Digitaria sanguinalis}]
large cranberry
1: trailing red-fruited plant [syn: {American cranberry}, {Vaccinium macrocarpon}]
large indefinite amount
1: an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude [syn: {large indefinite quantity}]
large indefinite quantity
1: an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude [syn: {large indefinite amount}]
large intestine
1: beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces
large number
1: a large indefinite number; "a battalion of ants"; "a multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions" [syn: {battalion}, {multitude}, {plurality}, {pack}]
large order
1: a formidable task or requirement; "finishing in time was a tall order but we did it" [syn: {tall order}]
large periwinkle
1: plant having variegated foliage and used for window boxes [syn: {Vinca major}]
large tooth aspen
1: aspen with a narrow crown; eastern North America [syn: {Canadian aspen}, {bigtooth aspen}, {bigtoothed aspen}, {big-toothed aspen}, {large-toothed aspen}, {Populus grandidentata}]
large white
1: Old World form of cabbage butterfly [syn: {Pieris brassicae}]
large white petunia
1: annual herb having large nocturnally fragrant buff-white flowers [syn: {Petunia axillaris}]
large yellow lady's slipper
1: plant of eastern and central North America having slightly fragrant purple-marked greenish-yellow flowers [syn: {Cypripedium calceolus pubescens}]
large-cap
1: of stocks of companies with a market capitalization of five billion dollars or more [syn: {large-capitalization}, {large-capitalisation}]
large-capitalisation
1: of stocks of companies with a market capitalization of five billion dollars or more [syn: {large-capitalization}, {large-cap}]
large-capitalization
1: of stocks of companies with a market capitalization of five billion dollars or more [syn: {large-capitalisation}, {large-cap}]
large-flowered calamint
1: aromatic herb with large pink flowers; southern and southeastern Europe; Anatolia; northern Iran [syn: {Calamintha grandiflora}, {Clinopodium grandiflorum}, {Satureja grandiflora}]
large-flowered fiddleneck
1: annual of the western United States having large coiled flower spikes; a threatened species [syn: {Amsinckia grandiflora}]
large-flowering magnolia
1: evergreen tree of southern United States having large stiff glossy leaves and huge white sweet-smelling flowers [syn: {southern magnolia}, {evergreen magnolia}, {bull bay}, {Magnolia grandiflora}]
large-hearted
1: showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity; "was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"; "a large-hearted mentor" [syn...
large-leaved aster
1: tufted perennial wood aster of North America; naturalized in Europe [syn: {Aster macrophyllus}]
large-leaved cucumber tree
1: large deciduous shrub or tree of southeastern United States having huge leaves in dense false whorls and large creamy flowers tinged purple toward the base [syn: {large-leaved magnolia}, {great-lea...
large-leaved magnolia
1: large deciduous shrub or tree of southeastern United States having huge leaves in dense false whorls and large creamy flowers tinged purple toward the base [syn: {large-leaved cucumber tree}, {grea...
large-minded
1: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions" [syn: {broad}, {liberal}, {to...
large-scale
1: unusually large in scope; "a large-scale attack on AIDS is needed" 2: constructed or drawn to a big scale; "large-scale maps" 3: occurring widely (as to many people); "mass destruction" [syn: {mass...
large-toothed aspen
1: aspen with a narrow crown; eastern North America [syn: {Canadian aspen}, {bigtooth aspen}, {bigtoothed aspen}, {big-toothed aspen}, {large tooth aspen}, {Populus grandidentata}]
largely
1: in large part; mainly or chiefly; "These accounts are largely inactive" [syn: {mostly}, {for the most part}] 2: on a large scale; "the sketch was so largely drawn that you could see it from the bac...
largemouth
1: a large black bass; the angle of the jaw falls behind the eye [syn: {largemouth bass}, {largemouthed bass}, {largemouth black bass}, {largemouthed black bass}, {Micropterus salmoides}]
largemouth bass
1: flesh of largemouth bass 2: a large black bass; the angle of the jaw falls behind the eye [syn: {largemouth}, {largemouthed bass}, {largemouth black bass}, {largemouthed black bass}, {Micropterus s...
largemouth black bass
1: a large black bass; the angle of the jaw falls behind the eye [syn: {largemouth}, {largemouth bass}, {largemouthed bass}, {largemouthed black bass}, {Micropterus salmoides}]
largemouthed bass
1: a large black bass; the angle of the jaw falls behind the eye [syn: {largemouth}, {largemouth bass}, {largemouth black bass}, {largemouthed black bass}, {Micropterus salmoides}]
largemouthed black bass
1: a large black bass; the angle of the jaw falls behind the eye [syn: {largemouth}, {largemouth bass}, {largemouthed bass}, {largemouth black bass}, {Micropterus salmoides}]
largeness
1: the property of having a relatively great size [syn: {bigness}] [ant: {smallness}, {smallness}]
larger
1: large or big relative to something else [syn: {bigger}]
larger-than-life
1: very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale); "an epic voyage"; "of heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture" [syn: {epic}, {heroic}]
largess
1: a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously [syn: {largesse}] 2: liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit [syn: {munifi...
largesse
1: a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously [syn: {largess}] 2: liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit [syn: {munific...
largest
1: greatest in size of those under consideration [syn: {biggest}, {greatest}] 2: maximal in amount; "a maximal amount"; "an outside estimate" [syn: {outside}]
larghetto
1: (of tempo) less slow and broad than largo n : (music) a composition or passage played in a slow tempo slightly faster than largo but slower than adagio
larghissimo
1: (of tempo) as slow and broad as possible
largish
1: somewhat large [syn: {biggish}]
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largo
1: very slow in tempo and broad in manner n : (music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner adv : slowly and broadly
lari
1: the basic unit of money in Georgia 2: gulls; terns; jaegers; skimmers [syn: {suborder Lari}]
lariat
1: a long noosed rope used to catch animals [syn: {lasso}, {riata}, {reata}]
Laricariidae
1: armored catfish [syn: {family Laricariidae}]
larid
1: long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family
Laridae
1: gull family: gulls and terns [syn: {family Laridae}]
Larium
1: an antimalarial drug (trade name Larium and Maphaquine) that is effective in cases that do not respond to chloroquine; said to produce harmful neuropsychiatric effects on some people [syn: {mefloqu...
Larix
1: larches [syn: {genus Larix}]
Larix decidua
1: tall European tree having a slender conic crown, flat needlelike leaves, and hairy cone scales [syn: {European larch}]
Larix laricina
1: medium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States including Alaska having a broad conic crown and rust-brown scaly bark [syn: {American larch}, {tamarack}, {black larch}]
Larix lyallii
1: medium-sized larch of the Rocky Mountains; closely related to Larix occidentalis [syn: {subalpine larch}]
Larix occidentalis
1: tall larch of western North America have pale green sharply pointed leaves and oblong cones; an important timber tree [syn: {western larch}, {western tamarack}, {Oregon larch}]
Larix russica
1: medium-sized larch of northeastern Russia and Siberia having narrowly conic crown and soft narrow bright-green leaves; used in cultivation [syn: {Siberian larch}, {Larix siberica}]
Larix siberica
1: medium-sized larch of northeastern Russia and Siberia having narrowly conic crown and soft narrow bright-green leaves; used in cultivation [syn: {Siberian larch}, {Larix russica}]
lark
1: North American yellow-breasted songbirds [syn: {meadowlark}] 2: small songbirds resembling larks [syn: {pipit}, {titlark}] 3: any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing 4...
lark about
1: play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom" [syn: {frolic}, {lark}, {rollick}, {skylark}, {disport}, {spor...
larkspur
1: any of numerous cultivated plants of the genus Delphinium
larn
1: acquire or gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate" [syn: {learn}, {acquire}]
Larodopa
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: {L-dopa}, {levodopa}, {Bendopa}, {Brocadopa}]
Larotid
1: an antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections [syn: {amoxicillin}, {Amoxil}, {Polymox}, {Tr...
Larousse
1: French lexicographer (1817-1875) [syn: {Pierre Larousse}, {Pierre Athanase Larousse}]
Larrea
1: xerophytic evergreen shrubs; South America to southwestern United States [syn: {genus Larrea}]
Larrea tridentata
1: desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers [syn: {creosote bush}, {coville}, {hediondilla}]
larrup
1: give a spanking to; subject to a spanking [syn: {spank}, {paddle}]
Lars Onsager
1: United States chemist (born in Norway) noted for his work in thermodynamics (1903-1976) [syn: {Onsager}]
Larus
1: type genus of the Laridae [syn: {genus Larus}]
Larus canus
1: the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America [syn: {mew}, {mew gull}, {sea mew}]
Larus marinus
1: white gull having a black back and wings [syn: {black-backed gull}, {great black-backed gull}, {cob}]
Larus ridibundus
1: small black-headed European gull [syn: {laughing gull}, {blackcap}, {pewit}, {pewit gull}]
larva
1: the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose [also: {larvae} (pl)]
Larvacea
1: small free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an order [syn: {class Larvacea}]
larvacean
1: any member of the class Larvacea
larvacide
1: an insecticide that kills the larvae of insects
larval
1: immature of its kind; especially being or characteristic of immature insects in the newly hatched wormlike feeding stage; "larval societies"; "larval crayfishes"; "the larval stage" 2: relating to ...
larvicide
1: a chemical used to kill larval pests
laryngeal
1: of or relating to or situated in the larynx; "laryngeal infection"
laryngeal artery
1: either of two arteries that supply blood to the larynx [syn: {arteria laryngea}]
laryngeal vein
1: one of two veins draining the larynx [syn: {vena laryngea}]
laryngectomy
1: surgical removal of part or all of the larynx (usually to treat cancer of the larynx)
laryngismus
1: laryngeal spasm caused by the sudden contraction of laryngeal muscles
laryngitis
1: inflammation of the mucous membrane of the larynx; characterized by hoarseness or loss of voice and coughing
laryngoscope
1: a medical instrument for examining the larynx
laryngospasm
1: a closure of the larynx that blocks the passage of air to the lungs
larynx
1: a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech [syn: {voice box}] [also: {larynges} (pl)]
Las Cruces
1: a town in southern New Mexico on the Rio Grande
Las Vegas
1: largest city in Nevada; located in southeastern Nevada; originally settled by Mormons but is now famous for entertainment and gambling and general excess
lasagna
1: baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables [syn: {lasagne}] 2: very wide flat strips of pasta [syn: {lasagne}]
lasagne
1: baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables [syn: {lasagna}] 2: very wide flat strips of pasta [syn: {lasagna}]
LaSalle
1: French explorer who claimed Louisiana for France (1643-1687) [syn: {Sieur de LaSalle}, {Rene-Robert Cavelier}]
lascar
1: an East Indian sailor 2: a volcano in the Andes in Chile
Lascaux
1: a cave in southwestern France that contains Paleolithic paintings
lascivious
1: driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires; "libidinous orgies" [syn: {lewd}, {libidinous}, {lustful}]
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