Lollipop A lollipop, or lolly, is a type of confectionery consisting mainly of hardened, flavoured sucrose with corn syrup mounted on a stick and intended for sucking or licking. In many regions of the United States, the term "sucker" is used interchangeably with or instead of "lollipop".
	Lolly Lolly is an England pop star. Lolly attended Plantsbrook School in Sutton Coldfield. Lolly arrived on the British pop music scene in 1999 with the release of her first single, "Viva La Radio". She released five singles and two albums over her two year career in music.
	Lomatia Lomatia is a genus of 12 species of evergreen flowering plants in the protea family Proteaceae. Within the family, they have been placed, alone, in their own subtribe, Lomatiinae according to Johnson & Briggs 1975 classification of the family and subsequently in Flora of Australia.
	Lombardy Lombardy is a region in northern Italy between the Alps and the Po river valley. It borders the Italian regions of Piedmont , Emilia-Romagna, Veneto and Trentino-South Tyrol, as well as Switzerland. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy.
	Lomé Lom, estimated population 700,000 , is the capital of Togo. Located on the Gulf of Guinea, Lom is the country's administrative and industrial centre and its chief port. The city exports coffee, cocoa, copra, and palm tree kernels. It also has an oil refinery.
	Lomustine Lomustine is an alkylating agent nitrosourea compounds used in chemotherapy. It is in the same family as streptozotocin It is the "C" in the "PCV" chemotherapy regimen.
	London London is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom. An important settlement for around History of London, London is today one of the world's most important financial and business centres and its involvement in politics, education, entertainment, Mass media, fashion and the arts contribute to its status as one of the key global cities.
	London Plane The London Plane or Hybrid Plane is a tree in the genus Platanus. It is usually thought to be a hybrid of the Oriental Plane P. orientalis with the American sycamore P. occidentalis. Some authorities think that it may be a cultivar of P. orientalis, but there is little evidence for this.
	Long Island Jer's Island is an island in New York, United States. It has an area of 1,377 square miles and a population of 7.536 million, making it the largest island in the continental United States and the List of islands by population in any U.S. state or territory.
	Long Island Sound Long Island Sound is an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean and various rivers in the United States. It lies between the coast of Connecticut to the north and Long Island to the south. Many mansions along with wealthy neighborhoods characterize a good portion of the sound from the cityline of New York out to Setauket and Port Jefferson.
	Long jump The long jump is an athletics event in which athletes attempt to land as far from the take-off point as possible. Competitors sprint down a runway and jump as far as they can off a slightly raised wooden board into a pit filled with fine gravel or sand. The minimum distance from the board to the indentation made by the competitor in the gravel is measured.
	Long pepper Long pepper is a flowering plant vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. Long pepper is a close relative of the black pepper plant, and has a similar, though generally hotter, taste.
	Long s The long, medial or descending s is a form of the minuscule letter s formerly used where s occurred in the middle or at the beginning of a word, for example ?infulne?s. The modern letterform was called the terminal or short s.
	Long underwear Long underwear, often called long johns, is a style of two-piece underwear with long sleeves and long pantlegs that is normally worn during cold weather. Modern long underwear has largely supplanted the traditional union suit. It is usually made from fabric with a box-weave texture, although some varieties are also made from flannel.
	Long-eared Owl The Long-eared Owl is a species of owl which breeds in Europe, Asia, and North America. Breeding season is from February to July. This bird is partially bird migration, moving south in winter from the northern parts of its range. Its habitat is forest close to open country.
	Long-tailed Weasel The Long-tailed Weasel is the most widely distributed mustelid in the New World. Its range extends from southern Canada through most of the United States to Mexico, Central America and the northern parts of South America. It is generally found in open or semi-open habitats near water.
	Longan The longan is an evergreen tree native to southeast Asia from southern China south to Indonesia. It is also called guiyuan in Chinese and lengkeng in Indonesia. The fruit is edible, and is often used in East Asian soups, snacks, desserts, and sweet-and-sour foods.
	Longcase clock A longcase clock, also tall-case clock, grandfather clock or floor clock, is a freestanding, weight-driven, pendulum clock with the pendulum held inside the tower, or waist of the case. Clocks of this style are commonly around 1.8-2.4m tall. The case often features elaborately carved ornamentation on the hood, or bonnet, which surrounds and frames the dial, or clock face.
	Longleaf Pine The Longleaf Pine is a pine native to the southeast United States, found along the coastal plain from eastern Texas to southeast Virginia extending into northern Florida. It reaches a height of 30-35 m and a diameter of 0.7 m. In the past, they reportedly grew to 47 m with a diameter of 1.2 m.
	Longshot Longshot is a Marvel Comics superhero, best known as a member of the X-Men. He was created by writer Ann Nocenti and artist Art Adams. Longshot debuted in a six-part, eponymous 1985/86 mini-series that parodied television. The series featured the "Mojoverse" an alien dimension addicted to gladiator-like entertainment and ruled by the tyrant network head Mojo.
	Longyi Longyi is a sheet of cloth. It is approximately 2 m long and 80 cm wide. The cloth is often sewn into a cylindrical shape. It is worn around the waist, running to the feet. It is held in place by folding fabric over, without a knot. It is also sometimes folded up to the knee for comfort. It is widely worn in Myanmar, with similar garments found in India, Bangladesh, Juiz de Fora, and Sri Lanka.
	Look-alike A look-alike is a living person who closely resembles another living person. In popular Western culture, a look-alike is a person who bears a close physical resemblance to a celebrity, politician or monarchy. Many look-alikes earn a living by making guest appearances at public events or appearing on television and film playing the person they look like, often in scenes which call for special skills.
	Looker Looker is a 1981 science fiction film. It stars Albert Finney, Susan Dey and James Coburn and was screenwriter and film director by Michael Crichton. Dr. Larry Roberts, a Beverly Hills Plastic surgery, is puzzled when several beautiful model working in television commercials request cosmetic surgery to make changes so minor that they would be imperceptible to the naked eye.
	Loom A loom is a machine or device for weaving thread or yarn into textiles. Looms can range from very small hand-held frames, to large free-standing hand looms, to huge automatic mechanical devices. In practice, the basic purpose of any loom is to hold the Warp threads under tension to facilitate the interweaving of the weft threads.
	LOOM LOOM is a graphical adventure game originally released in 1990 in video gaming. It was both developed and video game publisher by Lucasfilm Games and was the fourth game to use the SCUMM adventure game engine. The project was led by Brian Moriarty, a former Infocom employee and author of the classic text adventures Wishbringer, Trinity and Beyond Zork.
	Loon The loons or divers are a type of aquatic birds found in many parts of North America and northern Europe. A loon is the size of a large duck or small goose, which it somewhat resembles in shape when swimming, but they are completely unrelated to waterfowl. Their Feather is largely black-and-white, with grey on the head and neck in some species, and a white belly, and they have a spear-shaped bill.
	Loose cannon The expression "loose cannon" or "loose cannon on deck" refers to an irresponsible and reckless individual whose behaviour endangers the group he or she belongs to. The term originates in the Age of Sail, and wooden man-of-war. When a storm began, all cannons had to be securely fastened and tied in place; otherwise, they would roll uncontrolledly around the deck, causing havoc.
	Looting Looting, sacking, or plundering is the indiscriminate taking of goods by force as part of a military or political victory, or during a catastrophe or riot, such as during war , natural disaster , rioting , or terrorism . The term originally referred primarily to the plundering of villages and cities not only by victorious troops during warfare, but also by civilian members of the community.
	Lope de Vega Lope de Vega was a Spain playwright and poet. His reputation in the world of Spanish language letters is second only to that of Cervantes, while the sheer volume of his literary output is unequalled: he is estimated to have written between 1,500 and 2,500 fully-fledged play#theatre – of which some 425 have survived until the modern day – together with a plethora of shorter dramatic and poetic works.
	Lophophora Lophophora is a genus of spineless, button-like cactus native to the southwestern United States through Northeast Mexico and South to Quertaro. The species are extremely slow growing, sometimes taking up to thirty years to reach flowering age in the wild. Cultivated specimens grow considerably faster, usually taking between three to ten years to reach from seedling to mature flowering adult.
	Loquat The Loquat is a fruit tree in the subfamily Maloideae of the family Rosaceae, indigenous to southeastern China. It is an evergreen large shrub or small tree, with a rounded crown, short trunk and woolly new twigs. The tree can grow to 5-10 m tall, but is often smaller, about 3-4 m.
	Lorado Taft Lorado Zadoc Taft was an American sculptor, writer and educator, born in Elmwood, Illinois in 1860. After being homeschooled by his parents, Taft earned his bachelors degree and masters degree from the University of Illinois where his father was a professor of Geology. The same year he left for Paris to study sculpture.
	Loranthaceae Loranthaceae is a family of flowering plants, which has been universally recognized by taxonomists. It consists of about 75 genera and 1,000 species of woody plants, many of them parasite, including a number of mistletoe species. The APG II system assigns the family to the order Santalales in the clade core eudicots.
	Lorazepam Lorazepam is a drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative. Pharmacologically, it is classified as a sedative-hypnotic, anxiolytic and anticonvulsant.
	Lord Chancellor The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor and in former times the Chancellor of England and the Lord Chancellor of Scotland, is a senior and important functionary in the government of the United Kingdom, and its predecessor states. He is a Great Officer of State, and is appointed by the British monarchy on the advice of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and is, by convention, always a Peerage, although there is no legal impediment to the
	Lord's Resistance Army The Lord's Resistance Army, formed in 1987, is a rebel paramilitary group operating mainly in northern Uganda. The group is engaged in an armed rebellion against the Politics of Uganda in what is now one of Africa's Ongoing wars.
	Lorelei Lorelei is also the name of one of the beautiful Rhine Maidens who lured navigators of this river to their dooms with their alluring singing, much as the ancient Greek Sirens did. The Lorelei is a rock on the eastern bank of the Rhine near Sankt Goarshausen, which soars some 120 meters above the water line.
	Lorentz force In physics, the Lorentz force is the force exerted on a electric charge particle in an electromagnetic field. The particle will experience a force due to electric field of qE, and due to the magnetic field qv × B. Combined they give the Hendrik Lorentz force equation :
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	Loretta Young Loretta Young was an Academy Awards-winning American actress.
	Lorikeet Lorikeets and lories are small, brightly coloured, highly aboreal parrots. They are usually classified as Loriinae, the most clearly distinct of the several rather uncertain subfamilies within the true parrots. Some authorities regard the differences between the Loriinae and the other parrots as sufficient to justify promoting the group to full Family status, in which case, following the biological naming conventions, they become the Loriidae, and are placed alongside the remaining true p
	Lorisidae Lorisidae is a family of strepsirrhine primates. The lorids are all slim arboreal animals and are the lorises, pottos and angwantibos. Lorids live in tropical, central Africa as well as in south and southeast Asia. Lorides have a close, woolly fur which is usually grey or brown colored, darker on the top side.
	Lose To be unable to locate something which was previously known to you or previously belonged to you. To misplace an item previously on one's person in an unknown location.
	Loss Loss may refer to: * bereavement and grief when a beloved friend, relative, companion, pet, or partner is missing or dies * Attenuation or negative gain: ** Attenuation is the decrease in amplitude of an electrical signal. ** Attenuation is the decrease in intensity of light or radio waves due to scattering or absorption of photons.
	Lota Lota is a Hindi and Urdu word for 'pot'. Though it may refer to any pot, the term is most commonly employed for a container filled with water to facilitate the cleaning of one's anal region after defecation. Cleaning is accomplished by holding the lota in the right hand and pouring water on the area to be cleansed, while the left hand is used to clean the area as the water comes down.
	Lotte Lotte Group is a large international Conglomerate founded in June 1948 in Tokyo, Japan by Shin Kyuk-Ho, a South Korean national living in South Korea and Japan who is alternatively known by his Japanese name Shigemitsu Takeo. After the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and South Korea in 1965, Lotte Confectionary Co., Ltd was established in Seoul on April 3, 1967.
	Lottery A lottery is a popular form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize. Some governments forbid it, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national lottery. It is common to find some degree of regulation of lottery by governments. The first signs of a lottery trace back to Asia, where ancient Keno slips were discovered.
	Lotus Lotus has many definitions. Depending on the context, it may refer to:
	Lotus berthelotii Lotus berthelotii is a perennial plant native to the Canary Islands, in the genus Lotus. It has a creeping or trailing habit, with leaf divided into 3-5 slender leaflets, each leaflet 1-2 cm long and 1 mm broad, densely covered with fine silvery hairs.
	Lotus corniculatus Lotus corniculatus is a common flowering plant native to grassland habitats in temperate Eurasia and North Africa. The orthography of the common name is variously given as Bird's-foot Trefoil, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Birdfoot Trefoil, or Bird's Foot Trefoil; it is also known in cultivation in North America as Birdfoot Deervetch.
	Lotus position The lotus position is a cross-legged sitting posture which originated in representations and meditative practices of Hinduism. It is an established part of the Hindu Yoga tradition, Zen and other meditation disciplines. The position is said to resemble a Nelumbo nucifera, encourage "proper" breathing and foster physical stability.
	Lou Gehrig Henry Louis Gehrig was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played his entire career for the New York Yankees. Gehrig was known as "The Iron Horse" for his durability. Over a 14 year span between 1925 and 1939, he played in 2,130 consecutive games. The streak was broken when Gehrig became disabled with the fatal neuromuscular disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, that later became known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease".
	Loudness Loudness is the quality of a sound that is the primary psychological correlate of physical intensity. Loudness, a subjective measure, is often confused with objective measures of sound intensity such as decibels. Filters such as A-weighting attempt to adjust intensity measurements to correspond to loudness as perceived by the average human.
	Loudspeaker A loudspeaker or speaker, is an electromechanical transducer which converts an electricity signal processing into sound. The term loudspeaker is used to refer to both the device itself, and a complete system consisting of one or more loudspeaker drivers in an Loudspeaker enclosure.
	Lough A lough is a body of water and either: * a lake * a sea lough, which may be a fjord, estuary, bay or sea inlet. The term is used in the names of bodies of water in Ireland, where it was introduced by English administrators, and in the names of some bodies of water in the north of England.
	Louis Agassiz Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was a Swiss-born American zoologist, glaciologist, and geologist, the husband of educator Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz, and one of the first world-class United States scientists.
	Louis Antoine de Bougainville Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Comte de Bougainville was a French navigator and military commander.
	Louis Armstrong Louis Daniel Armstrong was an United States jazz musician. Armstrong was a charismatic, innovative performer whose musical skills and bright personality transformed jazz from a rough regional dance music into a popular art form. Probably the most famous jazz musician of the 20th century, he first achieved fame as a trumpet, but toward the end of his career he was best known as a vocalist and was one of the most influential jazz singers.
	Louis B. Mayer Louis Burt Mayer was an early film Film producer, generally cited as the creator of the star system within Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in its golden years. Known always as Louis B. Mayer and often simply as "L.B", he believed in "wholesome entertainment" and went to great lengths to collect "more stars than in the heavens".
	Louis Blériot Louis Blriot was a France inventor and engineer. He performed the first flight over a large body of water in a heavier-than-air craft.
	Louis Braille Louis Braille was the inventor of braille, a world-wide system used by blindness and Visual impairment people for reading and writing. Braille is read by passing one's fingers over characters made up of an arrangement of one to six embossed points.
	Louis Comfort Tiffany Louis Comfort Tiffany was an American artist and designer who is best known for his work in stained glass and is the American artist most associated with the Art Nouveau movement. Tiffany was a painter and interior decorator and designed stained glass windows and lamps, glass mosaics, blown glass, ceramics, jewelry, enamels and metalwork.
	Louis Jolliet Louis Jolliet, also known Louis Joliet, was a Canada List of explorers born in Quebec who is important for his discoveries in North America. Joliet and missionary Jacques Marquette were the first white men to map the Mississippi River.
	Louis Pasteur Louis Pasteur was a France microbiologist and chemist. He is best known for demonstrating how to prevent milk and wine from going sour, which came to be called pasteurization. His experiments confirmed the germ theory of disease, and he created the first vaccine for rabies.
	Louis Sullivan Louis Henry Sullivan was an United States architect, called the "father of modern architecture". He is considered by many as the creator of the modern skyscraper, was an influential architect and critic of the Chicago school , and was a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright.
	Louis the German Louis the German , the third son of the Holy Roman Emperor Louis the Pious and his first wife, Ermengarde of Hesbaye, was the duke of Bavaria from 817, when his father partitioned the empire, and king of East Francia from the Treaty of Verdun in 843 until his death.
	Louis the Pious Louis the Pious was Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks from 814 to his death 840.
	Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist, best known for the novel Little Women, which she wrote in 1868.
	Louisiana cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> Louisiana is a U.S. Southern States U.S. state of the United States.
	Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition by the United States of more than 530,000,000 acres of territory from France in 1803, at the cost of about 3 per acre ; $15 million or 60 million francs in total. The Louisiana included far more land than just the current U.S. state of Louisiana.