| lancet |
a small, sharp, two-edged surgical knife used for small incisions or opening boils or abscesses. |
| lancet arch |
a narrow sharply pointed arch, used esp. in Gothic windows. |
| lancet window |
a tall narrow window terminating in a lancet arch. |
| lancewood |
any of several tropical trees or the durable elastic wood they yield, used for fishing rods, billiard cues, and carriage shafts. |
| land |
the solid portion of the earth's surface. [12 definitions] |
| landau |
a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with wide facing seats, each having its own collapsible roof. [2 definitions] |
| land bank |
a bank that finances transactions in real estate, esp. those involving farmland. |
| land contract |
a real estate contract in which the buyer agrees to make periodic payments to the seller, taking title only when the purchase price has been paid in full. |
| landed |
consisting of land. [2 definitions] |
| lander |
one that lands, esp. a type of spacecraft that is designed to land on the surface of a planet, comet, or moon, for the purposes of retrieving or transmitting scientific data. |
| landfall |
a sighting or reaching of land after a voyage, esp. by sea, or the land thus seen or reached. |
| landfill |
a method of simultaneously building up land and disposing of solid waste by burying the waste in low-lying ground. [2 definitions] |
| landform |
any of the earth's topographic features, such as a mountain or canyon, that have been formed by natural forces of movement, erosion, or the like. |
| land-grabber |
a person who uses unfair or fraudulent tactics to gain possession of land. |
| land grant |
a tract of public land given by a government for a highway, state college, railroad, or the like. |
| land-grant |
of or pertaining to any of a number of U.S. colleges and universities originally given government land in return for offering instruction in agriculture and the mechanical arts, now funded by their respective states with federal supplements. |
| landgrave |
a medieval German count having jurisdiction over a large territory. [2 definitions] |
| landgravine |
the wife of a landgrave. |
| landholder |
one who owns, occupies, or holds rights to a piece of land. |
| landing |
the act of one that lands. [3 definitions] |
| landing craft |
any of various flat-bottomed boats designed to bring soldiers and equipment close to shore during amphibious assaults. |