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List of Words for Letter 'L'

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  • labor union a group of workers who organize to make agreements with their employer
  • landform one of the features that make up Earth's surface, such as a plain, mountain, or valley
  • latitude a measure of the distance on Earth north or south of the equator
  • legislative branch the branch of government that makes laws
  • Lewis and Clark Trail the path Lewis and Clark followed during their expedition
  • line graph a graph that shows patterns and amounts of change over time
  • livestock farm animals such as hogs and cattle
  • loan the act of lending something
  • lodge a type of home used by the Native Americans
  • logging cutting down trees in a forest and making them into logs and lumber
  • longitude a measure of distance on Earth east or west of the prime meridian
  • Louisiana Purchase the territory purchased by the United States from France in 1803


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