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

Lepiota naucina
noun an agaric with greyish white fruiting body and gills that change from pink to dingy red

Lepiota rhacodes
noun an agaric with a large cap with brown scales and a thick stalk

Lepiota rubrotincta
noun an agaric with a relatively small pink to red cap and white gills and stalk

Lepiotaceae
family Lepiotaceae noun a family of fungi having free gills and a cap that is cleanly separable from the stalk

Lepisma
genus Lepisma noun type genus of the Lepismatidae: silverfish

Lepisma saccharina
noun silver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing

Lepismatidae
family Lepismatidae noun firebrats

Lepisosteidae
family Lepisosteidae noun comprises the genus Lepisosteus

Lepisosteus
genus Lepisosteus noun type genus of the Lepisosteidae: freshwater gars

Lepomis
genus Lepomis noun bream

leporid
leporid mammal noun rabbits and hares

Leporidae
family Leporidae noun hares and rabbits

leprechaun
noun a mischievous elf in Irish folklore

lepromatous leprosy
noun a very serious form of leprosy characterized by lesions that spread over much of the body and affecting many systems of the body

leprosy
Hansen`s disease noun chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae

leprosy bacillus
Mycobacterium leprae noun cause of leprosy

leprous
adjective relating to or resembling or having leprosy

Leptarrhena
genus Leptarrhena noun one species: leatherleaf saxifrage

Leptinotarsa
genus Leptinotarsa noun Colorado potato beetles

leptocephalus
noun slender transparent larva of eels and certain fishes

leptodactylid frog
leptodactylid noun toothed frogs: terrestrial or aquatic or arboreal

Leptodactylidae
family Leptodactylidae noun New World frogs; in some classifications essentially coextensive with the family Bufonidae

Leptodactylus
genus Leptodactylus noun type genus of the Leptodactylidae; in some classifications placed in the family Bufonidae

Leptoglossus
genus Leptoglossus noun leaf-footed bugs

leptomeninges
noun the two innermost layers of the meninges; cerebrospinal fluid circulates between these innermost layers

leptomeningitis
noun inflammation of the leptomeninges

lepton
noun an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions; has a baryon number of 0

Leptopteris
genus Leptopteris noun including some ferns sometimes placed in genus Todea

Leptoptilus
genus Leptoptilus noun adjutant birds and marabous

leptorrhine
leptorhine adjective having a long narrow nose

leptospira
noun important pathogens causing Weil`s disease or canicola fever

leptosporangiate
adjective (of ferns) having each sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell; `leptosporangiate ferns`

leptosporangium
noun a sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell; characteristic of the Filicales or of almost all modern ferns

leptotene
noun the first stage of the prophase of meiosis

Leptotyphlopidae
family Leptotyphlopidae noun blind snakes

Leptotyphlops
genus Leptotyphlops noun blind snakes of Asia and Africa and Americas

Lepus
genus Lepus noun type genus of the Leporidae: hares

leresis
noun rambling talkativeness (especially in the aged)

Lermontov
Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov noun Russian writer (1814-1841)

Lerner
Alan Jay Lerner noun United States lyricist who collaborated on musicals with Frederick Loewe (1918-1986)

lerot
noun dormouse of southern Europe and northern Africa

lesbian
sapphic adjective of female homosexuality

lesbianism
sapphism noun female homosexuality

Lesbos
Lesvos noun an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry

Leslie Howard
Leslie Howard Stainer noun English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)

Lesotho
Kingdom of Lesotho noun a landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966

Lesotho monetary unit
noun monetary unit in Lesotho

Lesquerella
genus Lesquerella noun genus of low-growing hairy herbs: bladderpods

less
adjective (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer; `less than three weeks`; `no less than 50 people attended`; `in 25 words or less`

less than
to a lesser degree adverb comparing quantity or quality; `she was less than half her weight after the crash diet`

less-traveled
adjective not visited by many travelers; `the tourist`s desire to visit less-traveled countries`

less(a)
adjective (comparative of `little` usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree; `of less importance`; `less time to spend with the family`; `a shower uses less water`; `less than three years old`

lessen
verb make smaller; `He decreased his staff`

lessened
adjective decreased in severity; made less harsh

Lesseps
Ferdinand de Lesseps noun French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894)

lesser
adjective of less size or importance; `the lesser anteater`; `the lesser of two evils`

Lesser Antilles
Caribees noun a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies

lesser ape
noun gibbons and siamangs

lesser bullrush
narrow-leaf cattail noun reed maces of America, Europe, North Africa, Asia

lesser butterfly orchid
Platanthera bifolia noun south European orchid having fragrant greenish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria

lesser calamint
field balm 1 Calamintha nepeta noun low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern Europe to Great Britain; naturalized in United States

lesser celandine
pilewort noun perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups; its tuberous roots have been used as a poultice to relieve piles

lesser centaury
Centaurium minus noun common European glabrous annual centaury with flowers in dense cymes

lesser galangal
Alpinia officinarum noun Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring

lesser knapweed
black knapweed noun a weedy perennial with tough wiry stems and purple flowers; native to Europe but widely naturalized

lesser kudu
Tragelaphus imberbis noun a smaller variety of kudu

lesser omentum
noun a part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and liver and supporting the hepatic vessels

lesser panda
red panda noun reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas

lesser prairie chicken
Tympanuchus pallidicinctus noun a smaller prairie chicken of western Texas

lesser rorqual
piked whale noun small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific

lesser scaup
lesser scaup duck noun common scaup of North America; males have purplish heads

lesser spearwort
Ranunculus flammula noun semiaquatic Eurasian perennial crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears; naturalized in New Zealand

Lesser Sunda Islands
Nusa Tenggara noun a chain of islands forming a province of Indonesia east of Java; includes Bali and Timor

lesser twayblade
Listera cordata noun orchid having two triangular leaves and a short lax raceme of green to rust-colored flowers with the lip flushed mauve; Europe and Asia and North America and Greenland

lesser whitethroat
whitethroat 2 Sylvia curruca noun Old World warbler similar to the greater whitethroat but smaller

lesser wintergreen
Pyrola minor noun the common wintergreen having many-flowered racemes of pink-tinged white flowers; Europe and North America

lesser yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes noun a variety of yellowlegs

Lessing
noun German playwright and leader of the Enlightenment (1729-1781)

lesson
noun a task assigned for individual study; `he did the lesson for today`

lessor
lease giver noun someone who grants a lease

let
noun a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver`s court; the ball must be served again

let
verb cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; `He got his squad on the ball`; `This let me in for a big surprise`; `He got a girl into trouble`

let alone
not to mention adverb much less; `she can`t boil potatoes, let alone cook a meal`

let go
verb be relaxed; `Don`t be so worried all the time--just let go!`

let go of
let go verb release, as from one`s grip; `Let go of the door handle, please!`; `relinquish your grip on the rope--you won`t fall`

let it go
verb not act; `He thought of a reply but let it go`

let loose
loose verb turn loose or free from restraint; `let loose mines`; `Loose terrible plagues upon humanity`

let off
exempt verb grant exemption or release to; `Please excuse me from this class`

let out
verb make (clothes) larger; `Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight`

lethal
adjective of an instrument of certain death; `deadly poisons`; `lethal weapon`; `a lethal injection`

lethal agent
noun an agent capable of causing death

lethal dose
noun the size dose that will cause death

lethal gene
noun any gene that has an effect that causes the death of the organism at any stage of life

lethargic
adjective deficient in alertness or activity; `bullfrogs became lethargic with the first cold nights`

lethargically
unenergetically adverb without energy; in a lethargic manner; `he hung around the house lethargically`

lethargy
lassitude noun a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)

Lethe
River Lethe noun (Greek mythology) a river in Hades; the souls of the dead had to drink from it, which made them forget all they had done and suffered when they were alive

Leto
Latona noun wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology; called Latona in Roman mythology

letter
missive noun a written message addressed to a person or organization; `mailed an indignant letter to the editor`

letter
alphabetic character noun the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; `his grandmother taught him his letters`