landing craft |
any of various flat-bottomed boats designed to bring soldiers and equipment close to shore during amphibious assaults. |
landing field |
an area of land cleared, leveled, and sometimes surfaced to allow aircraft to land and take off; airstrip. |
landing gear |
the wheels or pontoons of an aircraft designed to enable it to move on land or water when not airborne. |
landing net |
a small bag-shaped net attached to a handle, used to scoop a hooked fish from the water. |
landing strip |
a runway, esp. one constructed in a remote area and lacking airport facilities. |
landlady |
a woman who rents property to others. [2 definitions] |
landless |
not owning or having any land. |
landline |
a telephone or other telecommunications device that is connected to the public network by a wire cable, or a telephone service connected by such cables. [2 definitions] |
landlocked |
lacking access to the sea, as some smaller bodies of water or a country whose shipping must cross other countries in order to reach a seaport. [2 definitions] |
landlord |
a man or woman who rents property to others. [2 definitions] |
landlubber |
one who is not familiar with the sea or experienced in seamanship. |
landmark |
a feature of the landscape that serves as a point of reference, a guide for travelers, or a boundary marker. [5 definitions] |
landmass |
a large body of land such as a continent or subcontinent. |
land mine |
an explosive device concealed beneath the surface of the ground, that is detonated by pressure, as of moving troops or vehicles. |
land office |
a government office established to transact and record the sale and transfer of public lands. |
land-office business |
(informal) extremely good or booming business. |
landowner |
one who possesses or owns land. |
landpoor |
owning land but lacking money to pay taxes on it or improve it. |
land reform |
any governmental program requiring the division of large land holdings into smaller tracts, esp. to provide farmland to the landless. |
Landsat |
any of several U.S. satellites that gather and transmit data about the earth (acronym for "land satellite"). |
landscape |
a stretch of scenery, usu. rural, that is visible from one viewpoint. [5 definitions] |