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Look up: lee

  1. lee
    The side of an object that is sheltered from the wind.
    Found on http://www.solarviews.com/eng/terms.htm

  2. Lee
    A large English lighting company who produce a popular range of lighting colour filters widely used in Australia and around the world.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  3. Lee
    The side of a mountain, hillside, or island that is facing away from the prevailing wind.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/weatherwise

  4. lee
    [n] - United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of Black American culture (born in 1957) 2. [n] - United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970) 3. [n] - United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts...
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Lee
    the side to which the wind is blowing onto
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  6. lee
    Direction toward which the wind blows.Area sheltered from the wind. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  7. Lee
    Lee (lē) intransitive verb , To lie; to speak falsely. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/25

  8. Lee
    Lee noun ; plural Lees (lēz). [ French lie , perhaps from Latin levare to lift up, raise. Confer Lever .] That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only i...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/25

  9. Lee
    Lee noun [ Middle English lee shelter, Icelandic hlē , akin to Anglo-Saxon hleó , hleów , shelter, protection, Old Saxon hlèo , Dutch lij lee, Swedish , Danish .] 1. A...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/25

  10. Lee
    Lee adjective (Nautical) Of or pertaining to the part or side opposite to that against which the wind blows; -- opposed to weather ; as, the lee side or lee rail of a vessel. Lee gauge . See Gauge ,
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/25

  11. lee
    lee side noun the side of something that is sheltered from the wind
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. Lee
    Robert E. Lee noun American general who led the Confederate armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. Lee
    Lighthorse Harry Lee noun soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  14. Lee
    noun leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American colonies (1732-1794)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  15. Lee
    noun United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1926)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  16. Lee
    Lee Yuen Kam noun United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  17. Lee
    Rose Louise Hovick noun United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  18. Lee
    Shelton Jackson Lee noun United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of Black culture in America (born in 1957)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  19. Lee
    • (n.) That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural. • (a.) Of or pertaining to the part or side opposite to that against which the wind blows; -- opposed to weather; as, the lee side or lee rail of a vessel. • (...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  20. Lee
    county, east-central South Carolina, U.S. The northern and northwestern portions lie within the sandhills of the Fall Line zone, while the remainder ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/29

  21. Lee
    Lee is a English mixed name. The meaning of the name is `meadow` Where is it used? The name Lee is mainly used In English.How do they say it elsewhere? Lea ( In English) In combination with other names: In English, Jewish and In the bible: Leah (F) Lee appears In 2007`s top-1000 name list at ra...
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys and

  22. Lee
    In sailing, lee refers to the side towards which the wind is blowing, leeward and windward being opposite terms. A lee shore is one to leeward of a vessel. A vessel's leeway is the amount that she drifts from her proper course.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  23. Lee
    Type: Term Pronunciation: lē Definitions: 1. Roger I., U.S. physician, 1881-1967. See: Lee-White method
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  24. Lee
    Type: Term Pronunciation: lē Definitions: 1. Robert, English physician, 1793-1877. See: Lee ganglion
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  25. Lee
    Side of a slope that is opposite to the direction of flow of ice, wind, or water. Opposite of stoss.
    Found on http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeo



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