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This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter L. For the purposes of this list: acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome , pronounced to rhyme with cars
Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples jac-lie: Latin: jaceo "to be thrown": adjacency, adjacent, circumjacency ...
Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples lab-, lep-[1]grasp, seize, take: Greek: λαμβάνειν (lambánein), λῆψις (lêpsis), λῆμμα (lêmma)
Lists of acronyms contain acronyms, a type of abbreviation formed from the initial components of the words of a longer name or phrase. They are organized alphabetically and by field. They are organized alphabetically and by field.
lectori salutem (L. S.) greetings to the reader: Often abbreviated to L.S., used as opening words for a letter lege artis: according to the law of the art: Denotes that a certain intervention is performed in a correct way. Used especially in a medical context. The 'art' referred to in the phrase is medicine. legem terrae: the law of the land
Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples cac-, kak-[1]bad: Greek: κακός (kakós), κάκιστος (kákistos): cachexia ...
The California Job Case was a compartmentalized box for printing in the 19th century, sizes corresponding to the commonality of letters. The frequency of letters in text has been studied for use in cryptanalysis, and frequency analysis in particular, dating back to the Arab mathematician al-Kindi (c. AD 801–873 ), who formally developed the method (the ciphers breakable by this technique go ...
(slang) hand-rolled cigarette containing cannabis and tobacco connection between two objects or bones an establishment, especially a disreputable one ("a gin joint"; "let's case the joint") (slang, orig. US) (slang) hand-rolled cigarette containing only cannabis (slang) prison ("in the joint") jolly very (informal) (as in jolly good)