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

letter bomb
parcel bomb noun a thin explosive device inside an envelope or package and detonated when opened

letter bond
noun a bond that has not been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and cannot be sold to the general public

letter case
noun case for carrying letters

letter of credit
noun a document issued by a bank that guarantees the payment of a customer`s draft; substitutes the bank`s credit for the customer`s credit

letter of intent
noun any letter expressing an intention to take (or forgo) some action

Letter of Jeremiah
Epistle of Jeremiah noun an Apocryphal book consisting of a letter ascribed to Jeremiah to the Jews in exile in Babylon warning them against idolatry

letter of marque
letters of marque noun a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation

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

letter opener
paper knife noun dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books

letter paper
noun writing paper for use in writing correspondence

letter security
noun a stock or bond that is not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and cannot be sold in the public market

letter stock
noun stock that has not been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and cannot be sold to the general public

letter telegram
noun a cheaper form of telegram that is sent abroad for delivery the next day

letter-perfect
word-perfect adjective correct to the last detail; especially being in or following the exact words; `a letter-perfect rendition of the soliloquy`; `she was word-perfect in her part`

lettercard
noun a postcard that folds so the message is inside

letterer
noun a painter of letters

letterhead
noun a sheet of stationery with name and address of the organization printed at the top

letterman
noun an athlete who has earned a letter in a school sport

letters
noun the literary culture; `this book shows American letters at its best`

letters of administration
noun legal document naming someone to administer an estate when no executor has been named

letters testamentary
noun a legal document from a probate court or court officer informing you of your appointment as executor of a will and empowering you to discharge those responsibilities

letterset printing
noun image is transferred from a relief type plate to a roller

letting down
noun the act of causing something to move to a lower level

lettre de cachet
noun a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal

lettuce
noun leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa

letup
lull noun a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished; `there was never a letup in the noise`

leu
noun the basic unit of money in Romania

Leucadendron
genus Leucadendron noun large genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with conspicuous silvery bracts

Leucadendron argenteum
noun small South African tree with long silvery silky foliage

Leucaena
genus Leucaena noun small genus of tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having pods like those of the acacia

Leucanthemum
genus Leucanthemum noun comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum

Leucanthemum maximum
Chrysanthemum maximum noun similar to oxeye daisy

leucine
noun a white crystalline amino acid occurring in proteins that is essential for nutrition; obtained by the hydrolysis of most dietary proteins

Leuciscus
genus Leuciscus noun a genus of fish including: dace, chub

Leuciscus cephalus
noun European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body

leucocytozoan
leucocytozoon noun parasitic in birds

Leucogenes
genus Leucogenes noun New Zealand edelweiss

leucothoe
noun any plant of the genus Leucothoe; grown for their beautiful white flowers; glossy foliage contains a poisonous substance similar to that found in genus Kalmia

Leuctra
battle of Leuctra noun Thebes defeated Sparta in 371 BC; the battle ended Sparta`s military supremacy in Greece

leukemia
leukaemia noun malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer

leukocyte
leucocyte noun blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body`s defense system

leukocytosis
leucocytosis noun an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood as a result of infection (as in leukemia)

leukoderma
noun a congenital skin condition characterized by spots or bands of unpigmented skin

leukoencephalitis
noun inflammation of the white matter of the brain

leukoma
leucoma noun eye disease consisting of an opaque white spot on the cornea

leukopenia
leucopenia noun an abnormal lowering of the white blood cell count

leukorrhea
leucorrhea noun discharge of white mucous material from the vagina; often an indication of infection

Leuwenhoek
Leeuwenhoek noun Dutch pioneer microscopist who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and who gave the first accurate descriptions of microbes and spermatozoa and blood corpuscles (1632-1723)

lev
noun the basic unit of money in Bulgaria

levallorphan
Lorfan noun drug (trade name Lorfan) that is related to morphine but that counteracts the respiratory depression produced by morphine poisoning but without affecting its analgesic effects

Levant
Levant morocco noun a heavy morocco often used in bookbinding

Levant cotton
Gossypium herbaceum noun Old World annual having heart-shaped leaves and large seeds with short greyish lint removed with difficulty; considered an ancestor of modern short-staple cottons

Levant garlic
kurrat noun coarse Old World perennial having a large bulb and tall stalk of greenish purple-tinged flowers; widely naturalized

levanter
noun an easterly wind in the western Mediterranean area

Levantine
adjective of or relating to the Levant or its inhabitants; `the Levantine coast`

levator
noun a muscle that serves to lift some body part (as the eyelid or lip)

levee
noun an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing

level
unwavering adjective not showing abrupt variations; `spoke in a level voice`; `she gave him a level look`- Louis Auchincloss

level
story noun a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; `what level is the office on?`

level crossing
grade crossing noun intersection of a railway and a road on the same level; barriers close road when trains pass

leveler
leveller noun a radical who advocates the abolition of political or economic or social inequalities

lever
noun a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum

lever
noun a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock

lever hang
noun a hang performed on the rings with the body stationary in a horizontal position

lever lock
noun a lock whose tumblers are levers that must be raised to a given position so that the bolt can move

lever tumbler
noun a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock

leverage
leveraging noun investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses)

leveraged buyout
noun a buyout using borrowed money; the target company`s assets are usually security for the loan; `a leveraged buyout by upper management can be used to combat hostile takeover bids`

leveret
noun a young hare especially one in its first year

Levi`s
levis noun a popular brand of jeans

leviathan
noun the largest or most massive thing of its kind; `it was a leviathan among redwoods`; `they were assigned the leviathan of textbooks`

levirate
noun the biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother`s line

Levisticum
genus Levisticum noun genus of aromatic European herbs with yellow flowers

levitation
noun the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means

Levite
noun a member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi (especially the branch that provided male assistants to the temple priests)

Levitical
adjective of or relating to the book of Leviticus in the Bible

Leviticus
Book of Leviticus noun the third book of the Old Testament; contains Levitical law and ritual precedents

levity
noun a manner lacking seriousness

levorotary
levorotatory adjective rotating to the left

levorotation
counterclockwise rotation noun rotation to the left

levy
noun a charge imposed and collected

levy
noun the act of drafting into military service

levy en masse
noun the act of drafting into military service

lewd
obscene adjective suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; `lewd whisperings of a dirty old man`; `an indecent gesture`; `obscene telephone calls`; `salacious limericks`

lewdly
obscenely adverb in a lewd and obscene manner; `he had seen how in their dances the white men and women held one another obscenely`

Lewis
C. S. Lewis noun English critic and novelist; author of theological works and of books for children (1898-1963)

Lewis
Harry Sinclair Lewis noun United States novelist who satirized middle-class America in his novel Main Street (1885-1951)

Lewis and Clark Expedition
noun an expedition sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the northwestern territories of the United States; led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark; traveled from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River from 1803 to 1806

Lewis Henry Morgan
noun United States anthropologist who studied the Seneca (1818-1881)

Lewisia
genus Lewisia noun genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers

Lewiston
noun a town in northwestern Idaho

lexeme
noun a minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language; `go` and `went` and `gone` and `going` are all members of the English lexeme `go`

lexical
adjective of or relating to words; `lexical decision task`

lexical database
noun a database of information about words

lexical disambiguation
noun disambiguation of the sense of a polysemantic word

lexical entry
dictionary entry noun the entry in a dictionary of information about a word

lexical meaning
noun the meaning of a word that depends on the nonlinguistic concepts it is used to express

lexical semantics
noun the branch of semantics that studies the meanings and relations of words

lexicalization
lexicalisation noun the process of making a word to express a concept

lexicalized
lexicalised adjective expressed by a word