Lemuridous (a.) Alt. of Lemurine
Lemurine (a.) Lemuroid.
Lemuroid (a.) Like or pertaining to the lemurs or the Lemuroidea.
Lemuroid (n.) One of the Lemuroidea.
Lemuroidea (n. pl.) A suborder of primates, including the lemurs, the aye-aye, and allied species.
Lena (n.) A procuress.
Lent (imp. & p. p.) of Lend
Lending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lend
Lend (v. t.) To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the return of the same; to grant the temporary use of; as, to lend a book; -- opposed to borrow.
Lend (v. t.) To allow the possession and use of, on condition of the return of an equivalent in kind; as, to lend money or some article of food.
Lend (v. t.) To afford; to grant or furnish in general; as, to lend assistance; to lend one's name or influence.
Lend (v. t.) To let for hire or compensation; as, to lend a horse or gig.
Lendable (a.) Such as can be lent.
Lender (n.) One who lends.
Lendes (n. pl.) See Lends.
Lending (n.) The act of one who lends.
Lending (n.) That which is lent or furnished.
Lends (n. pl.) Loins.
Lene (v. t.) To lend; to grant; to permit.
Lene (a.) Smooth; as, the lene breathing.
Lene (a.) Applied to certain mute consonants, as p, k, and t (or Gr. /, /, /).
Lene (n.) The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).
Lene (n.) Any one of the lene consonants, as p, k, or t (or Gr. /, /, /).
Lenger (a.) Alt. of Lengest
Lengest (a.) Longer; longest; -- obsolete compar. and superl. of long.
Length (a.) The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its sides; as, the length of a church, or of a ship; the length of a rope or line.
Length (a.) A portion of space or of time considered as measured by its length; -- often in the plural.
Length (a.) The quality or state of being long, in space or time; extent; duration; as, some sea birds are remarkable for the length of their wings; he was tired by the length of the sermon, and the length of his walk.
Length (a.) A single piece or subdivision of a series, or of a number of long pieces which may be connected together; as, a length of pipe; a length of fence.
Length (a.) Detail or amplification; unfolding; continuance as, to pursue a subject to a great length.
Length (a.) Distance.
Length (v. t.) To lengthen.
Lengthened (imp. & p. p.) of Lengthen
Lengthening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lengthen
Lengthen (v. t.) To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration; as, to lengthen a line or a road; to lengthen life; -- sometimes followed by out.
Lengthen (v. i.) To become longer.
Lengthful (a.) Long.
Lengthily (adv.) In a lengthy manner; at great length or extent.
Lengthiness (n.) The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity.
Lengthways (adv.) Alt. of Lengthwise
Lengthwise (adv.) In the direction of the length; in a longitudinal direction.
Lengthy (superl.) Having length; rather long or too long; prolix; not brief; -- said chiefly of discourses, writings, and the like.
Lenience (n.) Alt. of Leniency
Leniency (n.) The quality or state of being lenient; lenity; clemency.
Lenient (a.) Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of.
Lenient (a.) Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence.
Lenient (n.) A lenitive; an emollient.
Leniently (adv.) In a lenient manner.
Lenify (v. t.) To assuage; to soften; to mitigate; to alleviate.
Leniment (n.) An assuasive.
Lenitive (a.) Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient.
Lenitive (n.) A medicine or application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of irritants.
Lenitive (n.) A mild purgative; a laxative.
Lenitive (n.) That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative.
Lenitiveness (n.) The quality of being lenitive.
Lenitude (n.) The quality or habit of being lenient; lenity.
Lenity (n.) The state or quality of being lenient; mildness of temper or disposition; gentleness of treatment; softness; tenderness; clemency; -- opposed to severity and rigor.
Lenni-Lenape (n. pl.) A general name for a group of Algonquin tribes which formerly occupied the coast region of North America from Connecticut to Virginia. They included the Mohicans, Delawares, Shawnees, and several other tribes.
Leno (n.) A light open cotton fabric used for window curtains.
Lenocinant (a.) Given to lewdness.
Lenses (pl. ) of Lens
Lens (n.) A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, and commonly used, either singly or combined, in optical instruments, for changing the direction of rays of light, and thus magnifying objects, or otherwise modifying vision. In practice, the curved surfaces are usually spherical, though rarely cylindrical, or of some other figure.
Lent () imp. & p. p. of Lend.
Lent (n.) A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches as commemorative of the fast of our Savior.
Lent (a.) Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats.
Lent (a.) See Lento.
Lentamente (adv.) Slowly; in slow time.
Lentando (a.) Slackening; retarding. Same as Rallentando.
Lenten (n.) Lent.
Lenten (n.) Of or pertaining to the fast called Lent; used in, or suitable to, Lent; as, the Lenten season.
Lenten (n.) Spare; meager; plain; somber; unostentatious; not abundant or showy.
Lententide (n.) The season of Lenten or Lent.
Lenticel (n.) One of the small, oval, rounded spots upon the stem or branch of a plant, from which the underlying tissues may protrude or roots may issue, either in the air, or more commonly when the stem or branch is covered with water or earth.
Lenticel (n.) A small, lens-shaped gland on the under side of some leaves.
Lenticellate (a.) Producing lenticels; dotted with lenticels.
Lenticelle (n.) Lenticel.
Lenticulas (pl. ) of Lenticula
Lenticulae (pl. ) of Lenticula
Lenticula (n.) A kind of eruption upon the skin; lentigo; freckle.
Lenticula (n.) A lens of small size.
Lenticula (n.) A lenticel.
Lenticular (a.) Resembling a lentil in size or form; having the form of a double-convex lens.
Lenticularly (adv.) In the manner of a lens; with a curve.
Lentiform (a.) Lenticular.
Lentiginose (a.) Bearing numerous dots resembling freckles.
Lentiginous (a.) Of or pertaining to lentigo; freckly; scurfy; furfuraceous.
Lentigo (n.) A freckly eruption on the skin; freckles.
Lentil (n.) A leguminous plant of the genus Ervum (Ervum Lens), of small size, common in the fields in Europe. Also, its seed, which is used for food on the continent.
Lentiscus (n.) Alt. of Lentisk
Lentisk (n.) A tree; the mastic. See Mastic.
Lentitude (a.) Slowness; sluggishness.
Lento (a. & adv.) Slow; in slow time; slowly; -- rarely written lente.
Lentoid (a.) Having the form of a lens; lens-shaped.
Lentor (a.) Tenacity; viscidity, as of fluids.
Lentor (a.) Slowness; delay; sluggishness.
Lentous (a.) Viscid; viscous; tenacious.
L'envoi (n.) Alt. of L'envoy
L'envoy (n.) One or more detached verses at the end of a literary composition, serving to convey the moral, or to address the poem to a particular person; -- orig. employed in old French poetry.
L'envoy (n.) A conclusion; a result.
Leo (n.) The Lion, the fifth sign of the zodiac, marked thus [/] in almanacs.