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Landfill leachate
Landfill leachate is the liquid that has passed through solid waste in a landfill, carrying organic matter, ammonia, heavy metals, and PFAS that must be collected and treated.
Landform
A landform, also called a terrain feature or physical feature, is a natural surface feature such as a mountain, valley, plateau, or delta, studied by geomorphology.
Landforms named Bee, Wasp and Hornet
Landforms named Bee, Wasp and Hornet are natural features with insect-derived names, from Bee Mountain in Texas to Antarctic Wasp Hill, which actually commemorates a sealing schooner.
Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (Landgrafschaft Hessen-Kassel, Hesse-Cassel): imperial principality created 1567 from Philip I's partition of Hesse, Calvinist, capital Kassel; famed for hiring 22,000 troops to Britain; electorate 1803, annexed by Prussia 1866.
Landing (stairway)
A landing is a level platform in or at a stairway, providing a floor at each flight's end and letting stairs change direction or climb rest.
Landing AI (company)
Landing AI is a Palo Alto, California artificial intelligence company founded in 2017 by Andrew Ng, best known for LandingLens, a computer vision platform for factory defect inspection.
Landing at Anzac Cove
Landing at Anzac Cove, 25 April 1915: the ANZAC amphibious assault near Ari Burnu, Gallipoli, secondary to the Cape Helles landing. About 16,000 Australians and New Zealanders ashore; over 2,000 casualties by next morning; wrong-beach question still debated.
Landing at Cape Helles
Landing at Cape Helles: the British 29th Division's main Gallipoli amphibious assault on 25 April 1915 at five beaches (S, V, W, X, Y), notably the costly V Beach River Clyde landing, ending in trench stalemate until evacuation on 9 January 1916.
Landing Casino
Landing Casino (랜딩 카지노, now LES A Casino) is a foreigners-only casino in Jeju Shinhwa World, Seogwipo, Jeju, South Korea. Opened 25 February 2018 after relocating from the Hyatt Regency Cheju Casino; about 150 tables and 210 slots and ETGs.
Landing craft
A landing craft is a small, shallow-draft boat with a bow ramp that carries troops, vehicles, and cargo from an offshore ship onto a beach, central to amphibious warfare.
Landing Craft Air Cushion
The Landing Craft Air Cushion, known as the JEFF boat, is a United States Navy hovercraft that carries Marines and equipment from ships directly over the beach.
Landing craft tank
The landing craft tank (LCT) is a shallow-draft naval craft with a bow ramp, developed in Britain in 1940 to discharge tanks directly onto beaches.
Landing Craft Utility
The Landing Craft Utility (LCU) is a steel landing craft of the United States Navy and Marine Corps that carries vehicles, troops, and cargo from ships to shore.
Landing gear
Landing gear is the system of wheels, skids, floats, or skis that supports an aircraft's weight on the ground, absorbs landing impact, and allows maneuvering on land or water.
Landing page
A landing page, also called a lead capture page or destination page, is the webpage a visitor reaches after clicking an ad, built around a single conversion goal.
Landing Ship, Tank
The Landing Ship, Tank (LST) is an ocean-going military vessel that lands tanks and troops directly onto beaches through bow doors, first built in World War II.
Landini
Landini is an Italian agricultural tractor brand founded in 1884 by Giovanni Landini in Fabbrico, and today one of three marques of the Argo Tractors group.
Landiolol
Landiolol (Rapiblyk) is an ultra-short-acting, highly β1-selective intravenous beta-blocker with a ~4-minute half-life, used for rapid ventricular rate control in supraventricular tachycardia, perioperative arrhythmias, and selected septic shock patients.
Landis+Gyr
Landis+Gyr Group AG is a Swiss energy technology company headquartered in Cham, Zug, founded in 1896, providing smart metering and grid edge solutions to over 2,000 utilities.
Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte
The Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte was a 1942 German design study by Krupp for a 1,000-tonne super-heavy tank armed with battleship guns, canceled in 1943.
Landkreuzer P. 1500 Monster
The Landkreuzer P. 1500 Monster was a proposed German super-heavy self-propelled gun designed by Krupp in 1942 to carry an 800 mm gun on tracks.
Landless Workers' Movement
The Landless Workers' Movement (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra, MST), founded in Brazil in 1984, occupies idle farmland, camps, and settles families under the 1988 Constitution's social-function doctrine, with 350,000+ families settled.
Landline
Landline (fixed telephone connection) is a service transmitting voice signals over physical wire, including copper or fiber optic cable, from a customer's premises to the local exchange.
Landlocked country
Landlocked country: a sovereign state with no sea coast, per UNCLOS. Covers the ~13% regional income penalty, ~28% trade reduction, transit dependence, the 32 LLDCs, the Awaza Programme of Action 2024–2034, and Bolivia's lost Pacific coast.
Landlord
Landlord: the owner of land or buildings who grants a tenant occupancy for rent. Traces to English feudal tenure; now governed by landlord-tenant law covering leases, habitability, and eviction.
Landlord (film)
Landlord (Kannada: ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ಲಾರ್ಡ್) is a 2026 Kannada action drama directed by Jadeshaa K Hampi, starring Duniya Vijay, Rachita Ram, and Raj B Shetty, set in 1980s Kolar, released 23 January 2026, streaming on Zee5.
Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
The Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 is a UK Act whose Part II gives business tenants in England and Wales security of tenure and a right to renew commercial leases, unless the parties contract out before the lease is granted.
Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (1985 c. 70), England and Wales residential landlord-tenant statute in force 1 April 1986: implies section 11 repairing obligations into leases under seven years, limits and regulates service charges (sections 18 to 30), fitness for habitation, insurance rights, and building safety.
Landlord harassment
Landlord harassment is landlord conduct meant to make tenants feel unsafe or leave, via utility shutoffs, lockouts, withheld repairs, or threats. It is a criminal offence under England's Protection from Eviction Act 1977 and regulated by US quiet-enjoyment doctrine and local anti-harassment ordinances.
Landlord–tenant law
Landlord–tenant law governs rental housing relationships: tenancy creation, habitability, deposits, rent increases, and eviction. Covers feudal common-law origins, US implied warranty of habitability, and England's Renters' Rights Act 2025 reforms effective 1 May 2026.