Britannica Student Encyclopedia - 2010

That Luang temple picture, volume 14

page 83

Laozi (Chinese philosopher)

Daoism volume 4 page 15

La Paz (administrative capital city of

Bolivia)

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volume 7 page 108

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Bolivia volume 2 page 102

festival picture, volume 2 page 102

Sucre volume 12 page 198

lapis lazuli (gemstone)

jewelry and gems volume 7 page 24

Lapita (people)

Oceania volume 9 page 122

Lapland (region of northern Europe)

Finland volume 5 page 23

La Plata (city in Bolivia): see in index

Sucre

Lapp (people): see in index Sami

lappet-faced vulture (bird)

vulture volume 14 page 106

laptop computer picture, volume 3

page 172

communication over distances picture,

volume 3 page 166

computers volume 3 page 172

laptop with webcam picture, volume 6

page 142

larch (tree)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 7 page 108, picture,

volume 7 page 109

large intestine (anatomy)

digestive system volume 4 page 48

frog picture, volume 4 page 48

human picture, volume 4 page 47, picture,

volume 6 page 143

intestines volume 6 page 142

largemouth black bass (fish)

bass volume 2 page 37

larva (biology)

amphibians volume 1 page 111

salamander volume 12 page 19

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insects volume 6 page 139

flea volume 5 page 33

mosquito volume 8 page 189

lamprey volume 7 page 103

metamorphosis volume 8 page 107

larynx (anatomy)

respiratory system volume 11 page 55

speech volume 12 page 162

La Salle, Sieur de (French explorer)

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volume 7 page 109

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Gulf of Mexico picture, volume 1

page 107

Indiana volume 6 page 127

Louisiana Purchase volume 7 page 182

Mississippi River volume 8 page 145

Ohio River volume 9 page 127

la Selle, Mount (mountain in Haiti): see

in index Selle, Mount

laser

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volume 7 page 111

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abbreviation volume 1 page 9

compact disc volume 3 page 170

hologram volume 6 page 72, picture,

volume 6 page 73

laser beam (optics)

laser volume 7 page 111, picture, volume

7 page 111

laser holography (photographic process):

see in index holography

laser light (optics): see in index laser beam

laser photography (photographic process):

see in index holography

Last Frontier (state in the U.S.): see in

index Alaska

“Last Judgment, The” (fresco by Michelangelo)

Michelangelo volume 8 page 115

Last Supper (Christianity)

Easter volume 4 page 93

Jesus Christ volume 7 page 23

“Last Supper” (fresco by Leonardo da

Vinci)

Leonardo da Vinci volume 7 page 132,

picture, volume 7 page 132

Renaissance volume 11 page 46

Las Vegas (city in Nevada, U.S.)

desert and mountains picture, volume 9

page 41

Nevada volume 9 page 41

Late Cretaceous Epoch (geochronology)

dinosaurs picture, volume 4 page 53

Late Stone Age (anthropology): see in

index Neolithic Period

Latifah, Queen (U.S. rapper and actress):

see in index Queen Latifah

Latin alphabet

alphabet volume 1 page 89

ancient Rome volume 11 page 89

Latin America (cultural and geographic

region)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 7 page 112

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human migration volume 8 page 128

South America volume 12 page 140

Latino (people): see in index Hispanic

American

latitude (geography)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 7 page 113

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equator volume 4 page 147

map and globe volume 8 page 50

Latona (Greek mythology): see in index

Leto

Latvia (country in Europe)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 7 page 115

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geography

castle in Cesis picture, volume 7

page 115

Riga picture, volume 11 page 65

Laura IngallsWilder Medal (literary

award)

Wilder volume 15 page 44

Laurasia (supercontinent)

plate tectonics volume 10 page 98

laurel (tree and shrub)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 7 page 116

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bay laurel leaves picture, volume 7

page 116

lava (volcanic material)

erupting volcano picture, volume 14

page 99, picture, volume 14

page 100

fissure eruption picture, volume 14

page 102

mountain volume 8 page 195

volcano volume 14 page 99

lava cave (geology)

cave volume 3 page 63

Lavoisier, Antoine (French chemist)

chemistry volume 3 page 87

law (rule of conduct or action)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 7 page 116

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crime volume 3 page 215

Navajo Supreme Court picture, volume

5 page 132

safety volume 12 page 7

stone carving of Hammurabi picture,

volume 7 page 117

United States government volume 14

page 34

Law, ark of the (Judaism): see in index

ark

law, court of: see in index court

law enforcement: see in index police

lawn (garden and landscape)

grass volume 5 page 142

lawn tennis (sport): see in index tennis

Lawrence (city in Kansas, U.S.)

Kansas-Nebraska Act volume 7

page 49

Lawson cypress (tree)

comparison with English elm picture,

volume 13 page 94

lawsuit

law volume 7 page 117

Argentina

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Cuba

Dominican

Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Mexico

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

For more about Latin America, look

for articles on these countries:

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layout (publishing)

book and bookmaking volume 2

page 108

Lazarus, Emma (U.S. poet)

Statue of Liberty volume 7 page 140

LCD (electronics)

television volume 13 page 41

LDL (biochemistry): see in index lowdensity