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- hubli-dharwad — a city in Karnataka, SW India: the union of two cities, Hubli and Dharwar.
- hyperadenosis — abnormal enlargement of the glands, especially of the lymph nodes.
- i-head engine — an internal-combustion engine with both intake and exhaust valves placed directly above the piston.
- in advance of — prior to
- in sb's stead — If you do something in someone's stead, you replace them and do it instead of them.
- in the saddle — a seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other animal.
- inadvertently — unintentional: an inadvertent insult.
- incommunicado — (especially of a prisoner) deprived of any communication with others.
- indexing head — a circular plate mounted to rotate on its centre, inscribed with concentric circles, each accurately divided, the dimensions being marked by drilled holes. The plate can be moved round with a workpiece to facilitate the accurate location of holes or other machining operations on the workpiece
- indissuadable — incapable of being dissuaded
- indissuadably — in an indissuadable way
- indo-canadian — a Canadian of Indian descent
- interpleaders — Plural form of interpleader.
- interpleading — to litigate with each other in order to determine which of two parties is the rightful claimant against a third party.
- intradermally — within the dermis.
- intradistrict — Within a single district.
- italian bread — a crusty, yeast-raised bread made without shortening and unsweetened, usually baked in long, thick loaves with tapered ends.
- james madison — Dolly or Dolley [dol-ee] /ˈdɒl i/ (Show IPA), (Dorothea Payne) 1768–1849, wife of James Madison.
- knuckleheaded — Stupid or inept, like a knucklehead.
- l-head engine — an internal-combustion engine having the intake and exhaust valves arranged in a chamber along one side of the pistons.
- labrador duck — an extinct sea duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius, of northern North America, having black and white plumage.
- lackadaisical — without interest, vigor, or determination; listless; lethargic: a lackadaisical attempt.
- ladder stitch — an embroidery stitch in which crossbars at equal distances are produced between two solid ridges of raised work.
- ladino clover — a giant variety of white clover, Trifolium repens lodigense, used for pasture and hay.
- lady mayoress — the wife of a lord mayor
- lady's mantle — any of various rosaceous plants of the N temperate genus Alchemilla, having small green flowers
- launching pad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
- lead arsenate — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, highly poisonous powder, PbHAsO 4 , used as an insecticide.
- lead chromate — a yellow crystalline compound, PbCrO 4 , toxic, insoluble in water: used as an industrial paint pigment.
- lead monoxide — litharge.
- leaded petrol — petrol containing tetraethyl lead in order to improve combustion
- leaden-limbed — sluggish; incapable of movement
- leading block — lead block.
- leading light — an important or influential person: a leading light of the community.
- leading reins — straps or a harness and strap used to assist and control a child who is learning to walk
- legal adviser — a lawyer who gives advice
- letter head's — a printed heading on stationery, especially one giving the name and address of a business concern, an institution, etc.
- light reading — reading which is not considered too demanding or intellectual
- lightheadedly — In a lightheaded manner.
- load shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
- load the dice — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- load-shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
- look ahead lr — Look Ahead Left-to-right parse, Rightmost-derivation
- lord advocate — (in Scotland) the chief law officer of the Crown who acts as public prosecutor and is in charge of the administration of criminal justice
- loss adjuster — A loss adjuster is someone who is employed by an insurance company to decide how much money should be paid to a person making a claim.
- lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
- macadamia nut — edible seed
- madame bovary — a novel (1857) by Gustave Flaubert.
- madder family — the large plant family Rubiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs having simple, opposite, or whorled leaves, usually four- or five-lobed flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or nut, and including the gardenia, madder, partridgeberry, and shrubs and trees that are the source of coffee, ipecac, and quinine.
- made of money — very rich