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Index L
- labio-
- labor
- Labor Day
- laborious
- labour
- labour at
- Labour Day
- labour for
- labour over
- labour toward
- labour under
- Lac Brome
- Lac-Brome
- laconic
- laconically
- La Coulée
- lacto-
- laden
- laisser-aller
- laisser-faire
- laisser-passer
- laissez-aller
- laissez-faire
- laissez-passer
- Lakehead
- Lake on the Mountain
- laker
- lama
- landed immigrant
- landlady
- landlord
- language of flowers
- lano-
- Lansdowne
- Laplander
- Lapp
- larger than life
- lase
- laser
- last (1)
- last (2)
- last post
- latest
- Latin terms and abbreviations
- latte
- latter
- laud
- laudable
- laudatory
- Laurentian Mountains
- law
- lay
- lay the blame for
- lay the blame on
- lea
- leach
- lead
- lean
- leaned
- leant
- leap
- leaped
- leapt
- learn
- least
- led
- lee
- leech
- left-justified margins
- legible
- legion
- Legion
- legionnaire
- Legionnaires’ disease
- Legislative Assembly
- legislature
- legitimate
- legume
- lend
- lent
- Les Éboulements
- less (1)
- less (2)
- lesser
- lessor
- levy
- levy against
- levy on
- levy upon
- liable
- liable for
- liable to
- liaise
- liaison
- licence
- license
- lie
- lieutenant-governor
- lighted
- lighten
- lightening
- lightning
- like
- likely
- limited number of
- lines
- lingui-
- linking verbs
- link to
- link up with
- link with
- Lions Club
- Lions Gate Bridge
- lit
- litany
- liter
- literally
- litre
- livable
- liveable
- live by
- live off
- live on
- llama
- L (litre)
- loaded
- loan
- loaned
- loath
- loathe
- loathing
- loathsome
- locate
- loco-
- lodge a complaint
- logic: appeal to tradition
- logic: biased or suppressed data
- logic: false appeal to authority
- long litany
- look after
- look for
- look into
- look over
- loonie
- loose
- lose
- Loyalist City
- Lt.-Gov.
- luck in
- luck out
- Luso-
- luster
- lustre
- luxe
- luxuriant
- luxurious
- luxury
- lynx
- lynxes
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lase, laser
Laser began as an acronym for “light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.” As its applications have increased in number, laser has become a standard word.
Laser can be used as a noun or as an adjective.
- Lasers are used extensively in optical surgery.
- Our four-year-old laser printer is beginning to make strange noises.
- Laser disc players have made high-quality home video a reality.
The verb lase has come into use more recently.
- Your doctor can lase unsightly moles, warts and tattoos.
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