a rapid escape (as by criminals)

flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

give a thrashing to; beat hard

hit violently, as in an attack

a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism

llamas

wild llama

domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco

used in the Andes as a beast of burden and source of wool; considered a domesticated variety of the guanaco

a Buddhist doctrine that includes elements from India that are not Buddhist and elements of preexisting shamanism

(Buddhism) an adherent of Lamaism

French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829)

a believer in Lamarckism

of or relating to Lamarckism

a theory of organic evolution claiming that acquired characteristics are transmitted to offspring

a monastery for lamas

a method that prepares a mother for natural childbirth; the pregnant woman (in classes and at home) practices (usually with the help of a coach) and learns about the physiology of childbirth and techniques of relaxation, concentration, and breathing

a method that prepares a mother for natural childbirth; the pregnant woman (in classes and at home) practices (usually with the help of a coach) and learns about the physiology of childbirth and techniques of relaxation, concentration, and breathing

young sheep

English essayist (1775-1834)

a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)

a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)

the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food

give birth to a lamb

chop cut from a lamb

curry made with lamb

a cut of lamb suitable for roasting

small European herb with small yellow flowers

widely cultivated as a salad crop and pot herb; often a weed

leaves collected from the wild

common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb

chop cut from a lamb

beat with a cane

censure severely or angrily

beat with a cane

censure severely or angrily

chop cut from a lamb

the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet

the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lamboid sutures of the skull

an electrically neutral baryon with isotopic spin 1

an electrically neutral baryon with isotopic spin 1

speech defect involving excessive use or unusual pronunciation of the phoneme `l'

an appearance of reflected light

softly bright or radiant

a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter

English composer and conductor (1905-1951)

a disease seen in patients with lung cancer and characterized by weakness and fatigue of hip and thigh muscles and an aching back; caused by antibodies directed against the neuromuscular junctions

small genus of Australian shrubs

erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar

scorpion shells of shallow tropical waters of the eastern hemisphere