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LAGEOS
LAGEOS, short for Laser Geodynamics Satellite, is the name of two passive laser-ranging satellites launched by NASA in 1976 and 1992, used to define Earth's reference frame and test frame dragging.
Lager
Lager: a family of beers brewed with bottom-fermenting Saccharomyces pastorianus (S. cerevisiae × S. eubayanus hybrid) at 5–15 °C and cold-conditioned. Covers the yeast genome, Bavarian and Pilsen history, BJCP/BA style families, and global production scale.
Lagerstätte
Lagerstätte (plural Lagerstätten), from German, coined by Adolf Seilacher in 1970: fossil deposits unusually rich in paleontological information, split into Konservat (exceptional soft-tissue preservation, e.g. Burgess Shale) and Konzentrat types.
Lagerstroemia
Lagerstroemia (crape myrtle genus), Lythraceae, ~50 accepted species of Asian-Australian trees and shrubs; ornamental L. indica, L. speciosa; timber like teak; crinkled petals, winged seeds.
Lagerstroemia speciosa
Lagerstroemia speciosa (banaba, queen's crape myrtle, pride of India) is a tropical Asian Lythraceae tree with large pink-mauve panicles, native from Yunnan to Malesia, used as timber, ornamental, and antidiabetic herbal medicine.
Lagertha
Lagertha (Hlaðgerðr) is the legendary Viking shieldmaiden and first wife of Ragnar Lothbrok, known only from book IX of Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta Danorum (c. 1200); no other source mentions her, and she is famous today through Katheryn Winnick's role in Vikings.
Laggam
Laggam (లగ్గం) is a 2024 Telugu family drama written and directed by Ramesh Cheppala, starring Sai Ronak, Pragya Nagra, and Rajendra Prasad; released 25 October 2024, streamed on Aha from 22 November 2024. Not to be confused with Laggam Time (2026).
Laggan Oil and Gas Field
Laggan is a gas-condensate field in the West of Shetland region, discovered in 1986 and developed with the Tormore field via a 143 km subsea tieback, with first gas in February 2016.
Laggies
Laggies (alternate title Say When) is a 2014 American comedy-drama directed by Lynn Shelton, written by Andrea Seigel, starring Keira Knightley, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Sam Rockwell; it premiered at Sundance 2014 and was distributed by A24.
Lagging Strand Synthesis
Lagging strand synthesis, the discontinuous replication of one DNA daughter strand as Okazaki fragments (1000-2000 nt in bacteria, 100-200 in eukaryotes), discovered by Reiji and Tsuneko Okazaki; fragments are primed, extended 5'-to-3', matured, and ligated.
Laghetto di Colonna
Laghetto di Colonna: Roman villa site near Colonna, Castelli Romani, Italy, identified via Thomas Ashby's 1902 study and the Barrington Atlas; early Empire remains on cliffs above a basin, distinct from Lacus Regillus.
Laghouat Province
Laghouat Province (ولاية الأغواط), Algerian wilaya no. 03, capital Laghouat city, 400 km south of Algiers; 25,052 km², 730,543 people, Hassi R'Mel gas field, steppe agriculture, Aflou split off as wilaya 59 in 2026.
Laghu cincadika lehya
Laghu ciricadika leha (Laghu ciñcādikā lehya), AFI000026, is an Ayurvedic semisolid avaleha of 20 ingredients including Triphala, Piper fruits, jaggery, and iron oxide; 6 g dose for anemia, jaundice, dyspnea, and pain.
Laghu katha
Laghu katha (लघु कथा), Hindi for short story, is a very short fiction genre in Hindi literature published mainly in newspapers and magazines since about 1970.
Laghu sitasekhara rasa
Laghu Sutashekhara Rasa (Laghu Sutashekhar Rasa) is an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral medicine of purified red ochre (Gairika, Fe2O3) and ginger, per Rasatarangini Parishistha and the Ayurvedic Formulary of India, used for pitta headaches and migraine (Ardhavabhedaka) at 250-500 mg.
Laghu vasantarasa
Laghu vasantarasa (Laghu Malini Vasanta Rasa) is a Kharaliya Rasayana herbo-mineral Ayurvedic formulation of Rasaka and Maricha, levigated with butter and lemon juice, classically indicated for chronic fever (Jeerna Jwara) and studied in type 2 diabetes.
Laghu visagarbha taila
Laghu visagarbha taila (LVT) is an Ayurvedic medicated oil in the Ayurvedic Formulary of India, containing purified Aconitum and Datura, used externally for Vataroga and Pakshaghat; rat dermal studies found no toxicity (LD50 >2000 mg/kg, NOAEL >1000 mg/kg/day).
Laghugangadhara curna
Laghugangadhara curna (Laghugaṅgādhara cūrṇa) is a six-ingredient Ayurvedic polyherbal powder from the Sharangadhara Samhita, dosed 5-10 g with buttermilk for diarrhea (atisara) and dysentery (pravahika).
Laghvananda rasa
Laghvānanda rasa (लघ्वानन्द रस), an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral formulation from Rasendrasārasaṅgraha, AFI formulation AFI000377, dose 250 mg; contains mercury, sulphur, iron and mica calx, borax, black pepper, and aconite; classically indicated for anemia (pandu).
Lagidium
Lagidium (mountain viscachas) is a genus of Andean rodents in Chinchillidae, relatives of chinchillas, with three or four recognized species including L. viscacia, L. peruanum, L. wolffsohni, and L. ahuacaense, living in rocky outcrops at 3,000-5,000 m.
Lagido Surf Point
Lagido Surf Point (Pico do Lagido) is a left-hand reef break near Baleal, about 5 km north of Peniche, Portugal. Best on NW swell, S/E wind, mid-to-high rising tide; intermediate to advanced, rocky bottom, often crowded.
Lagna Geet
Lagna geet (લગ્નગીત) are Gujarati folk wedding songs, matched to each ritual occasion from the Ganesh installation to the bride's departure; Narmad printed the first collection in 1870.
Lagniappe
Lagniappe (LAN-yap), a Louisiana French word from Spanish la ñapa and Quechua yapa, means a small free gift with a purchase or any unexpected extra, popularized by Mark Twain in 1883.
Lago di Paola
Lago di Paola (Lago di Sabaudia), a brackish coastal lake in Latina province, Lazio, at the foot of Monte Circeo; 400 ha, two Roman-era sea channels, Ramsar and Natura 2000 site, Scalfati-owned fishery.
Lago Oil Field
The Lago Oil Field is a group of petroleum field areas under Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, developed from 1923 by Lago Petroleum, a Standard Oil of New Jersey subsidiary.
Lago Ypoá
Lago Ypoá, a shallow lake and wetland complex in Paraguay's Paraguari, Central, and Neembucu departments; Ramsar site no. 728 (1995, 100,000 ha) and Reserva de Recursos Manejados (119,006 ha), with floating vegetation mats, threatened species, and mostly private land tenure.
Lagoa do Erepecur
Lagoa do Erepecur (Lake Erepecu, Lagoa do Erepecuru) is a 38-km, 109-km² lake in Pará, Brazil, parallel to the lower Rio Trombetas, inside REBIO Trombetas with quilombola communities on its shores.
Lagoa Mirim
Lagoa Mirim (Mirim Lagoon), a 180-km-long freshwater coastal lagoon on the Brazil-Uruguay border in Rio Grande do Sul, draining via the São Gonçalo Channel to Lagoa dos Patos; basin about 62,250 km², rice irrigation, 1977 dam-lock, 1977 Lagoa Mirim Treaty.
Lagomorpha (Λαγόμορφα)
Lagomorpha (Λαγόμορφα) is the mammal order of pikas, rabbits, and hares, in families Ochotonidae and Leporidae; distinguished from rodents by four upper incisors, sister to Rodentia in Glires, of Asian origin about 53-58 million years ago.
Lagonda
Lagonda is a British luxury automobile marque founded by American engineer Wilbur Gunn in 1899, winner of the 1935 Le Mans 24 Hours and owned by Aston Martin since 1947.