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Longwall mining
Longwall mining is an underground coal mining method in which a shearer extracts coal in slices behind self-advancing hydraulic roof supports that let the roof collapse.
Longwave radiation
Longwave radiation is infrared radiation emitted by Earth's surface and atmosphere at wavelengths of roughly 3 to 100 micrometers, also called terrestrial or thermal radiation.
Longwood Gardens
Longwood Gardens is a public botanical garden in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, created by Pierre S. du Pont, who bought the Peirce farm in 1906 to save its historic trees.
Longwood House
Longwood House is a residence on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic, best known as Napoleon Bonaparte's final home, where he died in 1821.
Longwood Special Situations
Longwood Special Situations Fund, L.P. is a Boston, Massachusetts-based biotech and healthcare venture capital fund formed in 2023, managed by Christoph Westphal within the Longwood Fund platform.
Longwood University
Longwood University, founded 1839 as Farmville Female Seminary, is a public university in Farmville, Virginia; Longwood College 1949, fully co-ed 1976, university 2002; SACSCOC accredited since 1927, reaffirmed 2024; Fall 2024 enrollment 4,612.
Longwood, Saint Helena
Longwood, Saint Helena: an electoral district on the island of Saint Helena, second largest by area at 12.9 square miles with 765 residents (2021), and site of Longwood House, Napoleon's residence in exile from December 1815 until his death there on 5 May 1821, French property since 1858.
Longworth Venture Partners
Longworth Venture Partners is a venture capital firm in Waltham, Massachusetts, led by Paul Margolis and James Savage, that raised about $159 million and held 6 percent of Constant Contact.
Longwu Army
The Longwu Army (龙武军) was a palace guard army of the Tang dynasty, formed in 739 when Emperor Xuanzong renamed the Left and Right Wanqi camps.
Longxi Li clan
The Longxi Li clan (陇西李氏) was a Chinese aristocratic lineage claiming descent from the Longxi commandery, whose prestige was fixed by the Tang dynasty's imperial house.
Longya Xu
Longya Xu is an electrical engineer in power electronics and electric machines who spent over 30 years at Ohio State before joining FAMU-FSU College of Engineering in 2023.
Longyan
Longyan Shi (龙岩市), or Minxi, a prefecture-level city in southwestern Fujian, China; the only such city named with "dragon". 19,027.62 km², 2.72 million people (2020), capital Xinluo District, Hakka tulou and Gutian Meeting site.
Longyan UNESCO Global Geopark
Longyan UNESCO Global Geopark (龙岩世界地质公园), Fujian, China, designated 2024; 2,175 km² of Danxia landforms, Meihuashan granite, Zijinshan copper-gold deposit, South China tiger habitat, and Hakka culture.
Longyangxia Dam (龙羊峡大坝)
Longyangxia Dam (龙羊峡大坝) is a large dam and 1,280 MW hydropower station on the upper Yellow River in Qinghai, China, completed in 1992 with multiyear regulation capacity.
Longyangxia hydroelectric plant
Longyangxia hydroelectric plant (龙羊峡水电站) is a 1,280 MW hydropower station on the upper Yellow River in Gonghe County, Qinghai, China, fully completed in 1992 and the leading reservoir of the upper Yellow River cascade.
Longyearbyen
Longyearbyen, founded 1906 as Longyear City by John Munro Longyear's Arctic Coal Company, is the administrative center of Svalbard, Norway, at 78°10' N; a former company coal town of about 2,500 residents now focused on tourism, research, and education.
Longyutu Mountain city site
巄𭖂图山城址 (Longyutu Mountain city site), Weishan County, Dali, Yunnan: hilltop capital built by Xinuluo around 649–650 CE, first capital of the Nanzhao kingdom; excavated 1958 and 1991–1993, national heritage site since 2006.
Longzhi Media (朗知传媒)
Longzhi Media (朗知传媒), formally Beijing Longzhi Network Media Technology, is a Beijing integrated marketing agency founded in 2013, acquired by listed publisher 中文传媒 for RMB 640.76 million in 2024.
Longzhong Botanical Garden
Longzhong Botanical Garden (隆中植物园), built 2000 in Xiangyang, Hubei, is a 1,500-mu forest ecological garden beside the 5A Gulongzhong scenic area, with 1,100+ plant species, 16 specialty gardens, and combined ticketing with Gulongzhong.
Longzhong Plan
The Longzhong Plan (隆中对), also called the Caolu Dui, was the strategy Zhuge Liang gave Liu Bei in 207, calling for holding Jing and Yi and allying with Wu.
Longzhu
Longzhu Live (龙珠直播) was a Chinese game live-streaming platform launched in February 2015 by the esports company PLU, holding rights to more than 30 top tournaments including the LPL.
Loni
Loni is a Nagar Palika Parishad city in Ghaziabad district, Uttar Pradesh, on the Yamuna near Delhi; Census 2011 population 516,082. Also a tehsil and development block, it ranked as the world's most polluted city in IQAir's 2025 report.
Loni (crater on Callisto)
Loni is an impact crater on Callisto, Jupiter's second-largest moon, measuring 85 kilometers across and named after a Norse dwarf, with the name adopted by the IAU in 1979.
Loni Anderson
Loni Anderson (1945–2025), American actress, played receptionist Jennifer Marlowe on WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–82), earning two Emmy and three Golden Globe nominations; also The Jayne Mansfield Story, Stroker Ace, and Burt Reynolds's spouse.
Loni Love
Loni Love, born 1971 in Detroit, is an American comedian, actress, and TV host who co-hosted the daytime talk show The Real, winning a 2018 Daytime Emmy, after a decade working as an electrical engineer.
Lonicera caerulea
Lonicera caerulea, blue honeysuckle, honeyberry, or haskap, is a cold-hardy Caprifoliaceae shrub of temperate Eurasia and North America producing early-ripening dark blue berries rich in cyanidin-3-glucoside anthocyanins, grown commercially in Canada, Japan, Russia, and Poland.
Lonicera japonica
Lonicera japonica, Japanese honeysuckle or Jin Yin Hua, is an Asian twining honeysuckle vine used in traditional Chinese medicine and one of the worst invasive plants in eastern North America.
Lonicera periclymenum
Lonicera periclymenum, European honeysuckle or woodbine, is a deciduous twining vine native to Europe and Morocco, with fragrant white-to-yellow flowers, red berries, and two accepted subspecies.
Lonicera xylosteum
Lonicera xylosteum, fly honeysuckle or dwarf honeysuckle, is a deciduous Caprifoliaceae shrub native from Europe to Central Siberia and NE Türkiye, with hollow twigs, paired yellowish-white flowers, red berries, 2n=18, and invasive status in parts of North America.
Lonidamine
Lonidamine is an anticancer drug that disrupts energy metabolism in tumor cells; introduced in 1979 as an antispermatogenic agent, it was approved in Italy to potentiate cancer therapy.