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L

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Noun

1. cubic decimeter, cubic decimetre, l, liter, litre

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)

2. 50, fifty, l

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five

3. l, lambert

a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter

4. l

the 12th letter of the Roman alphabet

Adjective

5. 50, fifty, l

being ten more than forty

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

L

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nounWord forms: plural l's, L's or Ls
1. 
the 12th letter and ninth consonant of the modern English alphabet
2. 
a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a lateral, as in label
3. 
a. 
something shaped like an L
b. 
(in combination)
an L-shaped room
symbol for
1. 
litre
2. physics
lepton number
symbol for
1. 
ell (unit)
2. 
lambert(s)
3. 
large
4. 
Latin
5. 
(on British motor vehicles) learner driver
6. physics
length
7. 
live
8. currency
a. 
pound
. Usually written: £
b. 
lempira
c. 
lek
d. 
leu
e. 
lire
9. aeronautics
lift
10. electronics
inductor (in circuit diagrams)
11. physics
latent heat
12. physics
self-inductance
13. chemistry
the Avogadro constant
14. (Roman numeral)
50
Roman numerals
abbreviation for
15. 
Luxembourg (international car registration)
abbreviation for
1. 
lake
2. 
left
3. 
length

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L

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nounWord forms: plural L's
1.  US
an extension of a building that gives the whole a shape resembling L; ell
2. 
a Roman numeral for 50: with a superior bar (57469), 50,000
3.  US
an elevated railroad
1. 
lake
2. 
lambert(s)
3. 
large
4.  Physics
latent heat
5. 
Latin
6. 
left
7. 
length
8. 
lira; lire
9. 
liter(s)
10.  American Football
lineman
: sometimes written l
11. 
lobby
12. 
longitude
13. 
loss(es)
1. 
Avogadro constant
2.  Electricity
inductance
3.  British
pound(s) sterling
now usually £
nounWord forms: plural L's or l's
1. 
the twelfth letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek lambda, a borrowing from the Phoenician
2. 
any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (l) of love
3. 
a type or impression for l or L
4. 
the twelfth in a sequence or group
5. 
an object shaped like L
adjective
6. 
of l or L
7. 
twelfth in a sequence or group
8. 
shaped like L
1. 
land
2. 
large
3. 
latitude
4. 
law
5. 
leaf
6. 
league
7. 
left
8. 
length
9. 
line
10. 
link
11. 
lira; lire
12. 
liter(s)
13. 
long
14. 
loss(es)
15.  British
pound(s) sterling
now usually £

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

L

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The symbol for the Roman numeral 50.
n. pl. l's or L's also ls or Ls
1. The 12th letter of the modern English alphabet.
2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter l.
3. The 12th in a series.
4. Something shaped like the letter L.
abbr.
1. lambert
2. large
3. left
4. or l liter
5. Sports loss
6. low
abbr.
length
abbr.
1. lake
2. Latin
3. licentiate
4. Linnaean
abbr.
1. line
2. lira
In biochemistry, a symbol used as a prefix to indicate the spatial configuration of certain organic compounds with asymmetric carbon atoms. It is used if an organic compound has a configuration about an asymmetric carbon atom analogous to that of L-glyceraldehyde (the arbitrarily chosen standard), in which the hydroxy (OH) functional group is on the left side of the asymmetric carbon atom in a Fischer projection formula: an L-amino acid.
The symbol for levorotatory.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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