Vocabulary : Lanugo to Lapdog

Lanugo : The soft woolly hair which covers most parts of the mammal fetus, and in man is shed before or soon after birth.
Lanyard : A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds, stays, etc. ;; A strong cord, about twelve feet long, with an iron hook at one end a handle at the other, used in firing cannon with a friction tube.
Lanyer : See Lanier.
Laocoon : A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.) ;; A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laocoon, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil.
Laodicean : Of or pertaining to Laodicea, a city in Phrygia Major; like the Christians of Laodicea; lukewarm in religion.

Lap : The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron. ;; An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth. ;; The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury. ;; That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another; as, the lap of a board; also, the measure of such extension over or upon another thing. ;; The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap. See Outside lap (below). ;; The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping; as, the second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader. ;; One circuit around a race tr
Laparocele : A rupture or hernia in the lumbar regions.
Laparotomy : A cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as in the Caesarean section.
Lapboard : A board used on the lap as a substitute for a table, as by tailors.
Lapdog : A small dog fondled in the lap.

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