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...Like Clockwork
...Like Clockwork (2013) is Queens of the Stone Age's sixth studio album, first for Matador, produced by Josh Homme at Pink Duck. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (91,000 copies), earned a 2014 Best Rock Album Grammy nomination, and features Dave Grohl, Elton John, and Trent Reznor.
...Lu
...Lu is the conventional label for the second of the three kings of Awan in the Sumerian King List, whose name is entirely broken in the manuscripts.
.local
.local is a special-use top-level domain reserved for Multicast DNS under RFC 6762, and is used by Apple's Bonjour to discover devices on local networks.
‘Leucaro’
‘Leucaro’ (Leucarum) was a Roman auxiliary fort built in the AD 70s at Loughor, Swansea, Wales, guarding the lowest River Loughor crossing; about 2.15 ha, occupied in eight periods to the early 4th century, later overlaid by a Norman castle.
"Luo Gao" (Announcement about Luo)
The Luo Gao (洛诰) is a chapter of the Book of Documents, a dialogue between King Cheng and the Duke of Zhou traditionally dated to 1036 BC.
(L)Ibida
(L)Ibida, also Libida, is a 24-hectare Roman–Byzantine fortress at Slava Rusă, Tulcea County, Romania, the largest in Dobrogea, occupied from the 2nd to 6th centuries AD and mentioned by Procopius.
(Li,Fe)OHFeSe
(Li,Fe)OHFeSe, also called FeSe11111, is an iron-based superconductor with FeSe layers separated by lithium iron hydroxide spacer layers, synthesized hydrothermally and first reported in 2014, superconducting at about 40 K.
(Lo)Volautrum
(Lo)Volautrum, also Lovolautrum, a fortified castrum in Gaul (Barrington Atlas 17 B2, France), identified with Vollore-Ville near Clermont; stormed by Theuderic I's army per Gregory of Tours, Histories III.13, where priest Proculus was killed at the altar.
*Letocetum
Letocetum, the Roman town at Wall, Staffordshire, was a fort, staging post with mansio and bath house, and small town at the Watling Street–Ryknild Street junction; name means 'grey wood'.
+ Laburnocytisus 'Adamii'
+ Laburnocytisus 'Adamii', Adam's laburnum, a graft-chimaera tree combining Cytisus purpureus and Laburnum anagyroides, created accidentally in 1825 by French nurseryman Jean-Louis Adam, bearing yellow, mauve, and intermediate flowers.
L
L (lowercase l) is the 12th letter of the English and Latin alphabets, from Phoenician lamed; lateral sound /l/, Roman numeral 50, Unicode U+004C/U+006C, with variants like Polish Ł.
L (Death Note)
L (L Lawliet; エル＝ローライト) is the anonymous genius detective of Death Note, created by Ohba and Obata, who hunts Kira as the series' second protagonist across manga, anime, and live-action adaptations.
L (New York City Subway service)
The L, officially the 14th Street-Canarsie Local, is a New York City Subway service running at all times between 8th Avenue, Manhattan, and Canarsie, Brooklyn.
L (김명수) (entertainer)
Kim Myung-soo (김명수, stage name L, 엘) is a South Korean singer and actor, member of Infinite (debuted 2010) and sub-unit Infinite F; left Woollim in 2019, acted in Miss Hammurabi and Numbers, rejoined Infinite in 2023.
L & T Hasewelle
L&T Hasewelle: artificial standing surf wave (Citywave) in the L&T Sporthaus department store, Osnabrück, Germany, opened 2018; 45-minute sessions, 39/49 €, Rapid Surf League venue.
L 98-59
L 98-59 (TOI-175) is a nearby M3V red dwarf about 35 light-years away with five confirmed planets: three transiting rocky worlds found by TESS in 2019, a habitable-zone super-Earth f, and the molten, sulfur-atmosphere super-Earth d.
L Attitude Ventures
L'Attitude Ventures is a San Diego venture capital firm that invests in early-stage U.S. Latina and Latino technology companies, with over $100 million under management.
L band
L band is the portion of the microwave radio spectrum from 1 to 2 GHz, used for GPS signals, aeronautical navigation, mobile satellites, and Earth-observing radar that penetrates vegetation.
L carvone
L-carvone ((R)-(−)-carvone, CAS 6485-40-1) is the mint-scented levorotatory enantiomer of carvone, 50-65% of spearmint oil, used as a flavoring, fragrance, and EPA-registered biochemical insect repellent; EFSA set no ADI for it.
L Catterton
L Catterton, formerly Catterton Partners, is a consumer-focused private equity firm headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, formed in 2016 through a partnership with LVMH and Groupe Arnault.
L Catterton Asia
L Catterton Asia, formerly L Capital Asia, is the Singapore-based consumer private equity platform of L Catterton, launched in 2009 and managing about $3.3 billion.
L Catterton Asia 3 Sing LP
L Catterton Asia 3 Sing LP is a Singapore-based fund vehicle for L Catterton Asia 3, a consumer growth fund that closed at about US$1.45 billion in 2019.
L Catterton Latin America
L Catterton Latin America is the Latin America consumer-focused private equity arm of L Catterton, the firm backed by LVMH, launched in 2016 with teams across the region.
L dwarf
An L dwarf is the coolest class of star and the warmest class of brown dwarf, with effective temperatures falling from about 2200 K at L0 to 1300 K.
L Game
L Game, de Bono's L game, is a 1967 abstract strategy board game by Edward de Bono: two L tetrominoes and two neutral pieces on a 4x4 board; solved as a draw with perfect play.
L Storm
L Storm (L風暴) is a 2018 Hong Kong action crime film, third in the Storm series, directed by David Lam and starring Louis Koo as ICAC investigator William Luk, who is framed for a HK$12 million bribe while probing money laundering.
L-1 visa
The L-1 visa is a US nonimmigrant visa for intracompany transferees, split into L-1A (managers, executives, 7 years) and L-1B (specialized knowledge, 5 years), created in 1970, with no annual cap and dual intent.
L-1236
L-1236 (L1236, CVCL_2096, DSMZ ACC-530) is a human classical Hodgkin lymphoma cell line established in 1994 from the peripheral blood of a 34-year-old man, with proven Hodgkin/Reed-Sternberg origin, TNFAIP3 and TP53 lesions, and a published STR and HLA profile.
L-2-aminoadipate reductase
L-2-aminoadipate reductase (EC 1.2.1.95, LYS2, α-aminoadipate reductase) is the fungal-specific ATP- and NADPH-dependent enzyme reducing L-2-aminoadipate to the semialdehyde in fungal lysine biosynthesis, activated by Lys5 phosphopantetheinylation.
L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria
L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria (L-2-HGA, OMIM 236792) is a rare autosomal recessive neurometabolic disorder caused by L2HGDH deficiency, causing L-2-hydroxyglutarate accumulation, progressive cerebellar ataxia, epilepsy, macrocephaly, and increased brain tumor risk.