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| Laboratory | A place to test the raw, intermediate and finished products. |
| Lager | To age; to store, frequently while a slow after or secondary fermentation process under bunging pressure is taking place; lager means storage in German. |
| Lauter Tub | Vertical and usually cylindrical, straining tank having a false bottom for separating the wort from the spent grains. |
| Lautering | The separation of sweet wort from spent grains |
| Leaching | Removal of dissolvable matter from its mixture with an insoluble solid; major part occurring during mashing |
| Library | A set of cloned DNA fragments. |
| Ligase | An enzyme used to join DNA or RNA segments together. They are called DNA ligase or RNA ligase, respectively. |
| Lignin | A plant material which, in conjunction with cellulose, forms the cell walls and the cementing material between them in woods and many plants. |
| Lime | A caustic, highly infusible solid, white when pure, chemically CaO2, obtained by calcining limestone shells or other forms of calcium carbonate; called also quicklime, burnt lime, caustic lime; quicklime develops great heat when treated with water; forming slacked lime. |
| Linkage | The tendency for certain genes to be inherited together due to their physical proximity on the chromosome. |
| Lipase | Any of a class of enzymes that accelerate the hydrolysis of fats to fatty acids and glycerol. |
| Liquefaction | The act or process of transforming any substance into a liquid, especially the conversion of a solid into a liquid by heat, or of a gas into a liquid by cooling or pressure. |
| Lupulin | The fine, yellow, resinous powder on the strobile of hops. |
| Luster | Fact or quality of shining with reflected light; shine or sheen; gloss. |
| Lysis | Breaking apart of cells. |
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