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life history |
Noun
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the general progression of your working or professional life |
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life history |
Noun
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an account of the series of events making up a person's life |
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locomotion |
Noun
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self-propelled movement |
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locomotion |
Noun
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the power or ability to move |
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lightening |
Noun
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changing to a lighter color |
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lightening |
Noun
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descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy |
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lunge |
Noun
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the act of moving forward suddenly |
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lunge |
Noun
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(fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward |
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lunge |
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make a thrusting forward movement |
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lap of honour |
Noun
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a lap by the winning person or team run to celebrate the victory |
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last mile |
Noun
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the last walk of a condemned person to the execution place |
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lockstep |
Noun
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a manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead |
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lockstep |
Noun
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a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly |
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low level flight |
Noun
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flight at very low altitudes |
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leg |
Noun
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a section or portion of a journey or course |
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leg |
Noun
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the nautical distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack |
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leg |
Noun
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a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg |
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leg |
Noun
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one of the supports for a piece of furniture |
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leg |
Noun
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a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg |
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leg |
Noun
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a human limb |
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leg |
Noun
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a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion |
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leg |
Noun
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the limb of an animal used for food |
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leg |
Noun
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a part of a forked or branching shape |
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long haul |
Noun
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a journey over a long distance |
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long haul |
Noun
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a period of time sufficient for factors to work themselves out |
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lope |
Noun
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a smooth three-beat gait |
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lope |
Noun
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a slow pace of running |
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lope |
Verb
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run easily |
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lurch |
Noun
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an unsteady uneven gait |
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lurch |
Noun
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the act of moving forward suddenly |
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lurch |
Noun
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abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) |
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lurch |
Noun
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a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage) |
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lurch |
Verb
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defeat by a lurch |
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lurch |
Verb
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move abruptly |
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lurch |
Verb
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walk as if unable to control one's movements |
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lurch |
Verb
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move slowly and unsteadily |
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lurch |
Verb
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loiter about, with no apparent aim |
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letting down |
Noun
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the act of causing something to move to a lower level |
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lockage |
Noun
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passage through a lock in a canal or waterway |
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lockage |
Noun
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a system of locks in a canal or waterway |
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lockage |
Noun
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a fee charged for passage through a lock in a canal or waterway |
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levitation |
Noun
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the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means |
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levitation |
Noun
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movement upward in virtue of lightness |
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levitation |
Noun
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the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means |
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luff |
Noun
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the act of sailing close to the wind |
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luff |
Noun
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(nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast |
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luff |
Verb
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flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides |
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luff |
Verb
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sail close to the wind |
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logrolling |
Noun
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rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport) |
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logrolling |
Noun
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act of exchanging favors for mutual gain |