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LAV III
The LAV III, or LAV Kodiak, is an eight-wheeled armored vehicle built by General Dynamics Land Systems–Canada for the Canadian Army, based on the Swiss MOWAG Piranha III.
Lav Kush
Lav Kush is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language devotional film directed by V. Madhusudhan Rao, based on the Uttara Kanda of the Ramayana, starring Jeetendra as Ram and Jaya Prada as Sita.
LAV-25
The LAV-25 (Light Armored Vehicle, 25 millimeter) is an eight-wheeled, amphibious armored reconnaissance vehicle of the US Marine Corps, armed with a stabilized 25 mm automatic cannon.
Lava
Lava, also known as volcanic lava, is molten rock erupted onto a planet's surface, called magma underground, that cools into igneous rock, forming flow types such as pāhoehoe and ʻaʻā.
Lava (2014 film)
Lava is a 2014 Pixar animated musical short directed by James Ford Murphy, telling a love story between the volcanoes Uku and Lele through a single ukulele song; it premiered in 2014 and opened before Inside Out on June 19, 2015.
Lava (लव) (Ramayana)
Lava (लव), younger twin son of Rama and Sita in the Ramayana, raised with Kusha at Valmiki's ashram; the twins recite the 24,000-verse epic at Rama's ashvamedha, and traditions differ on Lava's later kingdom.
Lava area
Lava area: a mapped terrain feature, GeoNames code T.LAVA, defined as an area of solidified lava; 485 such entries exist, formed by basaltic to rhyolitic lava flows.
Lava Beds National Monument
Lava Beds National Monument, established 1925 in northeastern California on Medicine Lake volcano's north flank, protects over 800 lava-tube caves, Modoc rock art, and Captain Jack's Stronghold from the 1872-73 Modoc War.
Lava dome
A lava dome, also called a volcanic dome, is a steep-sided mound formed when viscous lava piles up over its vent instead of flowing away.
Lava International
Lava International Limited is an Indian mobile handset company founded in 2009 and headquartered in Noida, making feature phones, smartphones, and wearables under the Lava brand.
Lava Kusa (லவகுசா)
Lava Kusa (లవకుశ), 1963 Telugu mythological film directed by C. Pullayya and C.S.R. Rao, starring N.T. Rama Rao and Anjali Devi; first Telugu color film, 500-day run, President's Silver Medal 1964.
Lava La Rue
Lava La Rue, stage name of Ava Laurel (born 1998), is a west London rapper, singer, and NiNE8 collective founder whose genre-blending EPs led to the 2024 Dirty Hit concept album STARFACE.
Lava lake
A lava lake is a persistent body of molten lava at the top of a volcano's magma column, kept molten by convection for years to decades.
Lava lamp
A lava lamp is a decorative lamp in which wax blobs rise and fall through heated liquid, invented by Edward Craven Walker in Britain in 1964.
Lava Lava
Lava Lava, real name Abdul Juma Idd (born 1993), is a Tanzanian bongo flava singer known for "Tuachane" and for leaving Diamond Platnumz's WCB Wasafi label in 2025.
Lava Records
Lava Records: American record label founded 1995 by Jason Flom, originally as an Atlantic division, later a Warner-owned imprint, now a Republic/Universal partnership. Home to Lorde, Jessie J, Greta Van Fleet, The Warning.
Lava River Cave
Lava River Cave near Bend, Oregon, also called Dillman Cave, is a mile-long lava tube in Newberry National Volcanic Monument, formed about 65,000 years ago, Oregon's longest uncollapsed lava tube, holding 42°F year-round; distinct from the Arizona namesake near Flagstaff.
Lava tube
A lava tube, also known as a lava tunnel or pyroduct, is a cave formed when lava's surface hardens into a roof and the molten interior drains away.
Laval
Laval: name of an ancient mining place in the Gard, France (Pleiades 148108, copper, lead, silver, 30 BC-AD 640), the Laval-Pradel coal and zinc mines, and archaeological sites at Laval, Mayenne, and Laval, Quebec.
Laval, Quebec
Laval, Quebec: city occupying all of Île Jésus (246 km²) north of Montreal, also administrative region 13; about 459,000 residents; created 6 August 1965 by merging 14 municipalities; named for Bishop François de Laval.
Lavalantula
Lavalantula (2015) is a Syfy TV movie directed by Mike Mendez, starring Steve Guttenberg as washed-up action hero Colton West fighting giant lava-breathing tarantulas unleashed by volcanic eruptions in Los Angeles; sequel 2 Lava 2 Lantula! (2016).
Lavalier microphone
A lavalier microphone, also known as a lapel mic or lav, is a small microphone clipped to clothing near the chest, leaving hands and camera frame free.
Lavanabhaskara curna
Lavanabhaskara curna (लवणभास्कर चूर्ण), also written Lavan Bhaskar Churna, is an Ayurvedic salt-based powder with 17 ingredients, used for indigestion, loss of appetite, and abdominal distension, recorded in the Sharangdhar Samhita.
Lavandula
Lavandula (lavenders), a genus of about 41 aromatic Lamiaceae species native from Macaronesia to India, cultivated for essential oil rich in linalool and linalyl acetate; key species are L. angustifolia and the hybrid lavandin L. × intermedia.
Lavandula angustifolia
Lavandula angustifolia (English lavender, true lavender, synonym L. officinalis) is a Lamiaceae subshrub native to NE Spain to Italy, grown for linalool- and linalyl acetate-rich essential oil and hardiness.
Lavandula x intermedia
Lavandula x intermedia (lavandin, Dutch or bastard lavender) is a sterile hybrid of true lavender and spike lavender, native to SE France and NE Spain, the most cultivated lavender, yielding about 120 kg oil/ha with camphor notes.
Lavandulyl senecioate
Lavandulyl senecioate (CAS 23960-07-8), a synthetic arthropod pheromone mimicking the vine mealybug (Planococcus ficus) sex pheromone; used in polymeric dispensers for mating disruption on grapes; EU low-risk active substance 2020-2035.
Lavangadi Curna
Lavangadi Curna (Lavaṅgādi cūrṇa) is a classical Ayurvedic clove-based polyherbal powder in the Ayurvedic Formulary of India, dosed 5-10 g, studied clinically in Amavata and Grahani (IBS).
Lavangadi Vati
Lavangadi Vati (Lavaṅgādi vaṭī) is a classical Ayurvedic clove-based pill listed in the Ayurvedic Formulary of India (AFI000403), made with clove, black pepper, bibhitaka, khadira, and babbula, used for cough and dyspnea at a 1 g dose.
Lavani (लावणी)
Lavani (लावणी) is Maharashtra's Marathi folk song-dance genre blending music, dance, and acting; known for shringarik and baithaki/phadachi types, Peshwai-era shahirs like Honaji Bala, dholki accompaniment, and ongoing scholarly and stage revival.