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  People under a tree building a canoe form a letter L
• WordNet 3.6
  • adj l being ten more than forty
  • n L the 12th letter of the Roman alphabet
  • n l the 12th letter of the Roman alphabet
  • n l a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
  • n L a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
  • n L the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
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• Interesting fact: In L.A., U.S.A., a man may legally beat his wife with a leather strap, as long as it is less than 2 inches wide
• • L (Mech) A short right-angled pipe fitting, used in connecting two pipes at right angles.
  • L An extension at right angles to the length of a main building, giving to the ground plan a form resembling the letter L; sometimes less properly applied to a narrower, or lower, extension in the direction of the length of the main building; a wing.
  • L As a numeral, L stands for fifty in the English, as in the Latin language. "For 50 the Romans used the Chalcidian chi, which assumed the less difficult lapidary type, and was then easily assimilated to L."
  • L Elevated; -- a symbol for el. as an abbreviation of elevated in elevated road or railroad.
  • L Having the general shape of the (capital) letter L; as, an L beam, or L-beam.
  • L L is the twelfth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It is usually called a semivowel or liquid. Its form and value are from the Greek, through the Latin, the form of the Greek letter being from the Phœnician, and the ultimate origin prob. Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related to r and u; as in pilgrim, peregrine, couch (fr. collocare), aubura (fr. LL. alburnus).
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• Interesting fact: Hungarian brothers George and L"szlo Biro invented the ball point pen in 1938.
• • l The twelfth letter and ninth consonant of the English alphabet. It had a similar place in the Latin, Greek, and Phenician alphabets, from which the character has come to us. The scheme of its forms in those alphabets, with the Egyptian characters from which they are perhaps ultimately derived (see A), is as follows:
  • l A symbol
  • l in chem., for lithium: also Li;
  • l in Roman numerals, for 50, and with a line drawn above it (L) for 50,000.
  • l An abbreviation.
  • l [lowercase] in music, of la (in solmization);
  • l of Laiin;
  • l in stage-directions, of left;
  • l [lowercase] of liber, a book, as a division of a literary work;
  • l [lowercase or cap.] of libra, pound sterling, when written after the figures (when before the figures, it has the conventional form £): as, 100l. = £100;
  • l [lowercase] in a ship's log-book, of lightning;
  • l [lowercase] in references, of line: as, Milton, Lycidas, l. 72;
  • l [lowercase] of logarithm;
  • l [lowercase] in astronomy, of longitude (l denoting the heliocentric and λ the geocentric longitude);
  • l [lowercase] of lege;
  • l [cap. or lowercase] in anatomy, of lumbar: used in vertebral formulæ.
  • n l A part of a house or other structure projecting at a right angle from the main body, so as to form with it the figure of the letter L: as, the building has an L of 20 feet.
  • n l A rectangularly bent pipe-connection. Also ell in both senses.
  • n l An abbreviation of the Latin (New Latin) Baccalaureus Litterarum, Bachelor of Letters.
  • n l An abbreviation
  • n l in printing, of lower case (that is, small letters, as opposed to capitals);
  • n l of the Latin loco citato, in the place cited: used to avoid repetition of a citation or reference already given.
  • n l In musical notation, an abbreviation for left hand.
  • l An abbreviation of Latin locus sigilli, ‘place of the seal’: usually inserted within brackets in copies of documents to indicate the position of the seal in the originals.
  • l A symbol:
  • l In chem., l- before certain compounds has reference to their levorotation, as distinguished from dextrorotation (d-) or inaction (i-).
  • l In mineralogy, the final letter of the general symbol hkl, given to the face of a crystal in the system of Miller. See symbol, 7.
  • l In electricity, the symbol for inductance (which see).
  • l In physical, for length: used in formulæ.
  • l An abbreviation
  • l of Lady;
  • l of Lake;
  • l of lane;
  • l of Latitude;
  • l of law;
  • l of league or leagues;
  • l of leave;
  • l in a ship's log-book, of length;
  • l of Liberal;
  • l of the Latin libra, a pound in weight;
  • l of link or links;
  • l of liter;
  • l of London;
  • l of long;
  • l of Lord;
  • l (aa) of low.
  • n l Used colloquially for el., an abbreviation of elevated, shortened from elevated railway.
  • n l An abbreviation of Literate in Arts.
  • l An abbreviation of the Latin Legum Baccalaureus, Bachelor of Laws.
  • n l abbreviation. of Lord Chamberlain;
  • n l An abbreviation of letter of credit.
  • n l An abbreviation
  • n l of Lady-day;
  • n l of Light Dragoons;
  • n l of Low Dutch;
  • n l of the Latin litera dominicalis, dominical letter;
  • n l same as
  • n l An abbreviation of Life Guards;
  • n l of Low German (often Low German).
  • n l An abbreviation of Light Infantry;
  • n l of Licentiate of Instruction;
  • n l of Long Island.
  • n l An abbreviation of limiting limen.
  • n l An abbreviation of Licentiate in Medicine;
  • n l of Licentiate in Midwifery;
  • n l of long meter.
  • n l An abbreviation of low-pressure.
  • n l An abbreviation of Lloyd's Pegister. See Lloyd's and free-board.
  • n l An abbreviation of Linnean Society;
  • n l of left side.
  • n l An abbreviation of lira Turca, the Turkish pound;
  • n l of long ton.
  • n l An abbreviation of Liberal Union;
  • n l of Liberal-Unionist.
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• Interesting fact: The first self-rising pancake mix was invented in 1889 by a newspaper man in Missouri (Chris L. Rutt).
• • L the twelfth letter in our alphabet, usually termed a liquid, but more correctly designated as a front palatal: (chem.) the symbol for lithium: in Roman numerals, for 50.
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