the biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line
language
Noun
the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
language
Noun
the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication
language
Noun
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
language
Noun
a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
language
Noun
the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
language
Noun
(language) communication by word of mouth
lexis
Noun
all of the words in a language
labyrinthine sense
Noun
a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head
lexicon
Noun
a language user's knowledge of words
lexicon
Noun
a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them
literacy
Noun
the ability to read and write
logical system
Noun
a system of reasoning
limbo
Noun
(theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals)
limbo
Noun
an imaginary place for lost or neglected things
limbo
Noun
the state of being disregarded or forgotten
lust for learning
Noun
curiosity that motivates investigation and study
limen
Noun
the smallest detectable sensation
language barrier
Noun
barrier to communication resulting from speaking different languages
logical topology
Noun
the way the network works
long-term memory
Noun
your general store of remembered information
letters
Noun
the literary culture
letters
Noun
scholarly attainment
learning
Noun
the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
learning
Noun
profound scholarly knowledge
living arrangement
Noun
an arrangement to allow people (or ideas) to coexist
loop topology
Noun
the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component
language learning
Noun
learning to use a language
logical thinking
Noun
thinking that is coherent and logical
logical argument
Noun
a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood
linguistic process
Noun
the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication
linguistic process
Noun
a process involved in human language
line of reasoning
Noun
a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood
line of thought
Noun
a particular way of thinking that is characteristic of some individual or group
lucubration
Noun
laborious cogitation
lucubration
Noun
a solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation
line of inquiry
Noun
an ordering of questions so as to develop a particular argument
line of questioning
Noun
an ordering of questions so as to develop a particular argument
lithomancy
Noun
divination by means of stones or stone talismans
lowest common multiple
Noun
the smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers
least common multiple
Noun
the smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers
lcm
Noun
the smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers
lateral thinking
Noun
a heuristic for solving problems
leaven
Noun
an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something
leaven
Noun
a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
leaven
Verb
cause to puff up with a leaven
leavening
Noun
an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something
leavening
Noun
a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
law of large numbers
Noun
(statistics) law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will (on the average) have the population statistics
law of chemical equilibrium
Noun
(chemistry) the principle that (at chemical equilibrium) in a reversible reaction the ratio of the rate of the forward reaction to the rate of the reverse reaction is a constant for that reaction