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LA
Abbreviation
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Louisiana, a state of the United States of America.
I live in Baton Rouge, LA.
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Lao People's Democratic Republic, a member state of the United Nations.
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Lampung, a province of Indonesia.
LA
Initialism
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Los Angeles, a city in the state of California in the United States.
We went to LA for the summer.
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Lead arsenate, a pesticide introduced in the United States in 1892, mostly replaced by DDT in the late 1940s, and banned in 1988.
fin
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noun
a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish
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noun
organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals
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verb
equip (a car) with fins
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verb
propel oneself through the water in a finning motion
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verb
show the fins above the water while swimming
The sharks were finning near the surface
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noun
(= flipper)
a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)
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noun
(= louver)
one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain
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noun
(= tail fin)
one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile
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noun
(= five)
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
DES
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noun
(= diethylstilbestrol)
a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
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noun
(= diethylstilbesterol)
synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy
haricot
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noun
a French variety of green bean plant bearing light-colored beans
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noun
(= flageolet)
a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried