Usury

Charging interest, or, at least, an exorbitant rate of interest. Plato and Aristotle reckoned that charging interest was “contrary to the nature of things”; Cato considered it on ...

usury

Legal services; Courts

Extraction of interest on a loan above the maximum rate permitted by statute.

usury

Law; General law

Charging a person with interest rates more than what is allowed by the law is called usury. If it is proved before a court that the interest rates on a loan is higher than the ...

usury

Politics; Political Science

The loaning of money at an excessively high rate of interest.

lymph hearts

Biology; General

Contractile enlargements of vessels that pump lymph back into the veins; found in fish, amphibians, and reptiles.

lungs

Biology; General

Sac-like structures of varying complexity where blood and air exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide; connected to the outside by a series of tubes and a small opening. In humans, the ...

lymphocytes

Biology; General

White blood cells that arise in the bone marrow and mediate the immune response; include T cells and B cells.

lysosomes

Biology; General

Membrane-enclosed organelles containing digestive enzymes. The lysosomes fuse with food vacuoles and enzymes contained within the lysosome chemically breakdown and/or digest the ...

luteal phase

Biology; General

The second half of the ovarian cycle when the corpus luteum is formed; occurs after ovulation.

labia majora

Biology; General

The outer folds of skin that cover and protect the genital region in women.

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Industry/Domain: Arts & crafts Category: Oil painting

The Garden of Earthly Delights

Bosch's most famous and unconventional picture, The Garden of Earthly Delights was painted between 1490 and 1510. The oil painting is on three panels, ...