(n) a large plateau that occupies more than 40% of the land area of Canada; it extends from the Great Lakes northward to the Arctic Ocean, Syn. Canadian Shield, Laurentian Highlands
(n) French chemist known as the father of modern chemistry; discovered oxygen and disproved the theory of phlogiston (1743-1794), Syn. Antoine Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
(n) Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258), Syn. Laurentius, Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence
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