| lobotomize |
to perform a lobotomy on. [2 definitions] |
| lobotomy |
surgery involving a cut into or across a lobe of the brain. |
| lobster |
any of several large edible marine crustaceans with four pairs of legs and a pair of large claws. [3 definitions] |
| lobster Newburg |
lobster cooked in a cream sauce and often flavored with sherry. |
| lobster pot |
a basketlike trap, usu. made of wooden slats, used to catch lobsters. |
| lobster tail |
the edible flesh of a lobster's tail. |
| lobster thermidor |
lobster cooked with mushrooms and cheese in a cream sauce, replaced in the shell, and browned in an oven. |
| lobule |
a small lobe. [2 definitions] |
| local |
of or relating to a particular limited area such as a neighborhood or town. [7 definitions] |
| Local Area Network |
a group of computers, such as workstations in a business, connected with each other by their own data communications network that allows sharing of devices and data within a limited area. |
| local color |
the distinctive sights, customs, manners, speech, and the like that are characteristic of a particular place or period, either as observed in reality or depicted in literature. |
| locale |
a place, esp. as the setting of some event. [2 definitions] |
| localism |
a regional custom, curiosity, or manner of speech. [2 definitions] |
| locality |
a specific neighborhood, place, or region. [2 definitions] |
| localize |
to confine to a particular place. [2 definitions] |
| locally |
in a particular place. |
| local option |
the right to decide by vote whether something controversial, such as the sale of liquor, shall be allowed in a certain locality. |
| locate |
to find the position or place of. [4 definitions] |
| located |
existing in a particular place. |
| location |
place or position. [3 definitions] |
| loc. cit. |
abbreviation of "loco citato" (Latin); in the place cited. |