| bottom land |
lowlands beside, and rich in the deposits of, a river. |
| cloud-cuckoo-land |
a fanciful, unrealistic, or Utopian place or condition. |
| crash-land |
to land (an airplane) in an emergency, usu. causing damage to the plane. [2 definitions] |
| Holy Land |
ancient Palestine, now the site of the modern state of Israel. |
| land bank |
a bank that finances transactions in real estate, esp. those involving farmland. |
| land contract |
a real estate contract in which the buyer agrees to make periodic payments to the seller, taking title only when the purchase price has been paid in full. |
| land grant |
a tract of public land given by a government for a highway, state college, railroad, or the like. |
| land mine |
an explosive device concealed beneath the surface of the ground, that is detonated by pressure, as of moving troops or vehicles. |
| land office |
a government office established to transact and record the sale and transfer of public lands. |
| land reform |
any governmental program requiring the division of large land holdings into smaller tracts, esp. to provide farmland to the landless. |
| land-grabber |
a person who uses unfair or fraudulent tactics to gain possession of land. |
| land-grant |
of or pertaining to any of a number of U.S. colleges and universities originally given government land in return for offering instruction in agriculture and the mechanical arts, now funded by their respective states with federal supplements. |
| land-office business |
(informal) extremely good or booming business. |
| lay of the land |
the existing circumstances or state of affairs. |
| lotus land |
the land of lotus eaters, or any marvelous, dreamlike place or condition. |
| never-never land |
a place or circumstance that is imaginary or idealistic. |
| no man's land |
a disputed territory, as between opposing armies. [3 definitions] |
| Promised Land |
in the Old Testament, the land of Canaan promised by God to Abraham and his descendants. [2 definitions] |