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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

leafy-stemmed
adjective having a leafy stem

league
noun an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action

League of Nations
noun an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations; although suggested by Woodrow Wilson, the United States never joined and it remained powerless; it was dissolved in 1946 after the United Nations was formed

leak
news leak noun unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information

leak
verb be leaked; `The news leaked out despite his secrecy`

leak fungus
ring rot fungus noun fungus causing soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables and rings of dry rot around roots of sweet potatoes

leak out
verb be leaked; `The news leaked out despite his secrecy`

leaker
noun a surreptitious informant; `the president wanted to know who the leakers were`

Leakey
Louis Leakey noun English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972)

Leakey
Mary Douglas Leakey noun English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996)

leakiness
noun the condition of permitting leaks or leakage; `the leakiness of the roof`; `the heart valve`s leakiness`; `the leakiness of the boat made it dangerous to use`

leakproof
adjective not subject to leaks

leaky
adjective used informally; unable to retain urine

leal
adjective faithful and true; `leal to the core of her intrepid Scottish heart`- Harry Lauder

lean
adjective not profitable or prosperous; `a lean year`

lean
adjective containing little excess; `a lean budget`; `a skimpy allowance`

lean back
recline verb move the upper body backwards and down

lean on
rest on verb rest on for support; `you can lean on me if you get tired`

lean-to
noun rough shelter whose roof has only one slope

lean-to tent
noun tent that is attached to the side of a building

Leander
noun (Greek mythology) a youth beloved of Hero who drowned in a storm in the Hellespont on one of his nightly visits to see her

leaner
noun (horseshoes) the throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake

leaning
propensity noun an inclination to do something; `he felt leanings toward frivolity`

Leaning Tower
Leaning Tower of Pisa noun a tall round marble campanile in Pisa that is not perpendicular; construction was begun in 1174

leanness
thinness noun the property of having little body fat

leap
leaping noun a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

leap day
bissextile day noun the name of the day that is added during a leap year

leap out
rush out verb jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone); `The attackers leapt out from the bushes`

leap second
noun a second (as measured by an atomic clock) added to or subtracted from Greenwich Mean Time in order to compensate for slowing in the Earth`s rotation

leap year
intercalary year noun in the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by 4 except centenary years not divisible by 400

leaper
noun someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition)

leapfrog
noun a game in which one child bends down and another leaps over

Lear
Edward Lear noun British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)

Lear
noun the hero of William Shakespeare`s tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters

learn
larn verb gain knowledge or skills; `She learned dancing from her sister`; `I learned Sanskrit`; `Children acquire language at an amazing rate`

learn
get word verb get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; `I learned that she has two grown-up children`; `I see that you have been promoted`

learned
adjective acquired by learning; `learned skills`

learned profession
noun one of the three professions traditionally believed to require advanced learning and high principles

learned reaction
learned response noun a reaction that has been acquired by learning

learner
scholar 1 assimilator noun someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

learner`s dictionary
school dictionary noun a dictionary specially written for those learning a foreign language

learner`s permit
noun a document authorizing the bearer to learn to drive an automobile

learning
noun the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; `the child`s acquisition of language`

learning disorder
learning disability noun a disorder found in children of normal intelligence who have difficulties in learning specific skills

Leary
Tim Leary noun United States psychologist who experimented with psychoactive drugs (including LSD) and became a well-known advocate of their use (1920-1996)

lease
noun a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment

lease
verb grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; `I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners`

leasehold
noun land or property held under a lease

leaseholder
lessee noun a tenant who holds a lease

leash
tether noun restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal

leash
noun a figurative restraint; `asked for a collar on program trading in the stock market`; `kept a tight leash on his emotions`; `he`s always gotten a long leash`

least
to the lowest degree adverb used to form the superlative; `The garter snake is the least dangerous snake`

least bittern
Ixobrychus exilis noun small American bittern

least effort
least resistance noun the least effortful way to do something

least of all
adverb especially not; `nobody, least of all Joe, agreed with me`

least sandpiper
stint noun smallest American sandpiper

least shrew
Cryptotis parva noun small brown shrew of grassy regions of eastern United States

least squares
method of least squares noun a method of fitting a curve to data points so as to minimize the sum of the squares of the distances of the points from the curve

least(a)
adjective the superlative of `little` that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the`; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree; `didn`t care the least bit`; `he has the least talent of anyone`

leastways
leastwise adverb if nothing else (`leastwise` is informal and `leastways` is colloquial); `at least he survived`; `they felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary`; `the influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching`

leather
noun an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning

leather carp
noun scaleless domestic carp

leather fern
noun stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides

leather flower
noun woody vine of the southern United States having purple or blue flowers with leathery recurved sepals

leather strip
noun implement consisting of a strip of leather

leather-leaved
leather-leafed adjective having leathery leaves

leatherback turtle
leatherback noun wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle

leatherette
imitation leather noun fabric made to look like leather

leatherfish
noun any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes

leatherjack
noun any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales

leatherjacket
noun any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales

leatherleaf
Chamaedaphne calyculata noun north temperate bog shrub with evergreen leathery leaves and small white cylindrical flowers

leatherleaf
coast polypody noun stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib

leatherleaf saxifrage
Leptarrhena pyrolifolia noun plant with basal leathery elliptic leaves and erect leafless flower stalks each bearing a dense roundish cluster of tiny white flowers; moist places of northwestern North America to Oregon and Idaho

leatherwood
ropebark noun deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers

leatherwork
noun work made of leather

leathery grape fern
Botrychium multifidum noun European fern with leathery and sparsely hairy fronds

leathery polypody
coast polypody noun stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib

leave
noun permission to do something; `she was granted leave to speak`

leave
allow verb make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain; `This leaves no room for improvement`; `The evidence allows only one conclusion`; `allow for mistakes`; `leave lots of time for the trip`; `This procedure provides for lots of leeway`

leave alone
verb leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; `leave it as is`; `leave the young fawn alone`; `leave the flowers that you see in the park behind`

leave behind
verb depart and not take along; `He left behind all his possessions when he moved to Europe`

leave behind
verb be survived by after one`s death; `He left six children`; `At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats`

leave no stone unturned
verb search thoroughly and exhaustively; `The police left no stone unturned in looking for the President`s murderer`

leave off
verb stop using; `leave off your jacket--no need to wear it here`

leave office
quit verb give up or retire from a position; `The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month`; `The chairman resigned over the financial scandal`

leaven
leavening noun an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something; `his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor`

leaven
prove verb cause to puff up with a leaven; `unleavened bread`

leavened
adjective made light by aerating, as with yeast or baking powder; often used as a combining form; `leavened bread`; `well-leavened`; `yeast-leavened breads`

Lebanese
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Lebanon or its people; `Lebanese mountains`

Lebanese monetary unit
noun monetary unit in Lebanon

Lebanese pound
noun the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters

Lebanon
Lebanese Republic noun an Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean

Lebistes
genus Lebistes noun guppies

Leboyer method of childbirth
Leboyer method noun a method of childbirth that tries to minimize the trauma for the newborn; delivery occurs in a quiet dimly lit room and the infant`s head is not pulled and immediate bonding between mother and child is encouraged

lecanopteris
noun any of several bizarre ferns of the genus Lecanopteris having swollen hollow rhizomes that provide homes for symbiotic ants

lecanora
noun any lichen of the genus Lecanora; some used in dyeing; some used for food

Lecanoraceae
family Lecanoraceae noun a fungus family of the division Lichenes

Leccinum
genus Leccinum noun a genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae

Leccinum fibrillosum
noun an edible fungus with a dark reddish brown cap and a wide light tan stalk that expands toward the base