letter | (noun) a written message addressed to a person or organization | Synonyms: missive |
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(noun) the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech | Synonyms: alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet |
(noun) an award earned by participation in a school sport | Synonyms: varsity letter |
(noun) a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention) | - |
(noun) owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire | - |
(verb) mark letters on or mark with letters | - |
(verb) set down or print with letters | - |
(verb) win an athletic letter | - |
lettercard | (noun) a postcard that folds so the message is inside | - |
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lettered | (adjective) highly educated; having extensive information or understanding | Synonyms: knowing, knowledgeable, learned, well-educated, well-read |
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letterer | (noun) a painter of letters | - |
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letterhead | (noun) a sheet of stationery with name and address of the organization printed at the top | - |
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lettering | (noun) letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something | Synonyms: inscription |
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letterman | (noun) an athlete who has earned a letter in a school sport | - |
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letterpress | (noun) printing from a plate with raised characters | Synonyms: relief printing |
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letters | (noun) the literary culture | - |
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(noun) scholarly attainment | - |
letting | (noun) property that is leased or rented out or let | Synonyms: lease, rental |
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lettuce | (noun) leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa | - |
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(noun) any of various plants of the genus Lactuca | - |
(noun) informal terms for money | Synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum |
letup | (noun) a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished | Synonyms: lull |
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leu | (noun) the basic unit of money in Romania | - |
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(noun) the basic unit of money in Moldova | - |
leucaemia | (noun) malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer | Synonyms: cancer of the blood, leukaemia, leukemia |
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leucine | (noun) a white crystalline amino acid occurring in proteins that is essential for nutrition; obtained by the hydrolysis of most dietary proteins | - |
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leucocyte | (noun) blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system | Synonyms: leukocyte, WBC, white blood cell, white blood corpuscle, white cell, white corpuscle |
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leucocytosis | (noun) an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood as a result of infection (as in leukemia) | Synonyms: leukocytosis |
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leucocytozoan | (noun) parasitic in birds | Synonyms: leucocytozoon |
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leucocytozoon | (noun) parasitic in birds | Synonyms: leucocytozoan |
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leucoma | (noun) eye disease consisting of an opaque white spot on the cornea | Synonyms: leukoma |
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leucopenia | (noun) an abnormal lowering of the white blood cell count | Synonyms: leukopenia |
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leucorrhea | (noun) discharge of white mucous material from the vagina; often an indication of infection | Synonyms: leukorrhea |
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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 | - |
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leucotomy | (noun) surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes | Synonyms: frontal lobotomy, leukotomy, lobotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal lobotomy |
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leukaemia | (noun) malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer | Synonyms: cancer of the blood, leucaemia, leukemia |
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leukemia | (noun) malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer | Synonyms: cancer of the blood, leucaemia, leukaemia |
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leukocyte | (noun) blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system | Synonyms: leucocyte, WBC, white blood cell, white blood corpuscle, white cell, white corpuscle |
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leukocytosis | (noun) an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood as a result of infection (as in leukemia) | Synonyms: leucocytosis |
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leukoderma | (noun) a congenital skin condition characterized by spots or bands of unpigmented skin | - |
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leukoencephalitis | (noun) inflammation of the white matter of the brain | - |
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leukoma | (noun) eye disease consisting of an opaque white spot on the cornea | Synonyms: leucoma |
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leukopenia | (noun) an abnormal lowering of the white blood cell count | Synonyms: leucopenia |
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leukorrhea | (noun) discharge of white mucous material from the vagina; often an indication of infection | Synonyms: leucorrhea |
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leukotomy | (noun) surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes | Synonyms: frontal lobotomy, leucotomy, lobotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal lobotomy |
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lev | (noun) the basic unit of money in Bulgaria | - |
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levallorphan | (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 | Synonyms: Lorfan |
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levant | (verb) run off without paying a debt | - |
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levanter | (noun) an easterly wind in the western Mediterranean area | - |
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levator | (noun) a muscle that serves to lift some body part (as the eyelid or lip) | - |
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levee | (noun) an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing | - |
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(noun) a pier that provides a landing place on a river | - |
(noun) a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court) | - |
level | (adjective) of the score in a contest | Synonyms: even, tied |
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(adjective) being on a precise horizontal plane | - |
(adjective) not showing abrupt variations | Synonyms: unwavering |
(adjective) having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another | Synonyms: flat, plane |
(adjective) oriented at right angles to the plumb | - |
(noun) indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid | Synonyms: spirit level |
(noun) a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale | Synonyms: floor, storey, story |
(noun) a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line | Synonyms: horizontal surface |
(noun) a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality | Synonyms: degree, grade |
(noun) height above ground | - |
(noun) an abstract place usually conceived as having depth | Synonyms: layer, stratum |
(noun) a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process | Synonyms: degree, point, stage |
(noun) a relative position or degree of value in a graded group | Synonyms: grade, tier |
(verb) become level or even | Synonyms: level off |
(verb) talk frankly with; lay it on the line | - |
(verb) direct into a position for use | Synonyms: charge, point |
(verb) aim at | - |
(verb) make level or straight | Synonyms: even, even out, flush |
(verb) tear down so as to make flat with the ground | Synonyms: dismantle, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down |
leveler | (noun) a radical who advocates the abolition of social distinctions | Synonyms: leveller |
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levelheaded | (adjective) exercising or showing good judgment | Synonyms: healthy, intelligent, level-headed, sound |
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levelheadedness | (noun) the property of having or showing sound judgment. | - |
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leveling | (noun) the act of making equal or uniform | Synonyms: equalisation, equalization |
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(noun) complete destruction of a building | Synonyms: demolishing, razing, tearing down |
(noun) changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface | Synonyms: grading |
leveller | (noun) a radical who advocates the abolition of social distinctions | Synonyms: leveler |
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levelness | (noun) The property of being the same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground. | - |
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lever | (noun) a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum | - |
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(noun) a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock | Synonyms: lever tumbler |
(noun) a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum | - |
(verb) to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open | Synonyms: jimmy, prise, prize, pry |
leverage | (noun) investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses) | Synonyms: leveraging |
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(noun) strategic advantage; power to act effectively | - |
(noun) the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever | Synonyms: purchase |
(verb) provide with leverage | - |
(verb) supplement with leverage | - |
leveraging | (noun) investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses) | Synonyms: leverage |
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leveret | (noun) a young hare especially one in its first year | - |
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leviathan | (noun) the largest or most massive thing of its kind | - |
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(noun) monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament | - |
levirate | (noun) the biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line | - |
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levis | (noun) a popular brand of jeans | Synonyms: Levi's |
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levitate | (verb) be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity | Synonyms: hover |
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(verb) cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity | - |
levitation | (noun) the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means | - |
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(noun) movement upward in virtue of lightness | - |
(noun) the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means | - |
levity | (noun) a manner lacking seriousness | - |
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(noun) feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness | - |
levodopa | (noun) the levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa); as a drug it is used to treat Parkinson's disease | Synonyms: Bendopa, Brocadopa, L-dopa, Larodopa |
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levorotary | (adjective) rotating to the left | Synonyms: left-handed, levorotatory |
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levorotation | (noun) rotation to the left | Synonyms: counterclockwise rotation |
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levorotatory | (adjective) rotating to the left | Synonyms: left-handed, levorotary |
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levulose | (noun) a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits | Synonyms: fructose, fruit sugar, laevulose |
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levy | (noun) the act of drafting into military service | Synonyms: levy en masse |
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(noun) a charge imposed and collected | - |
(verb) cause to assemble or enlist in military | Synonyms: raise, recruit |
(verb) impose and collect | Synonyms: impose |
lewd | (adjective) suggestive of or tending to moral looseness | Synonyms: obscene, raunchy, salacious |
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(adjective) driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires | Synonyms: lascivious, libidinous, lustful |
lewdly | (adverb) in a lewd and obscene manner | Synonyms: obscenely |
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lewdness | (noun) the trait of behaving in an obscene manner | Synonyms: bawdiness, obscenity, salaciousness, salacity |
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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' | - |
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lexical | (adjective) of or relating to words | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to dictionaries | - |
lexicalisation | (noun) the process of making a word to express a concept | Synonyms: lexicalization |
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lexicalise | (verb) make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language | Synonyms: lexicalize |
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lexicalised | (adjective) expressed by a word | Synonyms: lexicalized |
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lexicalization | (noun) the process of making a word to express a concept | Synonyms: lexicalisation |
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lexicalize | (verb) make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language | Synonyms: lexicalise |
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lexicalized | (adjective) expressed by a word | Synonyms: lexicalised |
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lexically | (adverb) by means of words | - |
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lexicographer | (noun) a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language | Synonyms: lexicologist |
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lexicographic | (adjective) of or relating to lexicography | Synonyms: lexicographical |
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lexicographical | (adjective) of or relating to lexicography | Synonyms: lexicographic |
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lexicography | (noun) the act of writing dictionaries | - |
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lexicologist | (noun) a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language | Synonyms: lexicographer |
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lexicology | (noun) the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language | - |
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lexicon | (noun) a language user's knowledge of words | Synonyms: mental lexicon, vocabulary |
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(noun) a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them | Synonyms: dictionary |
lexicostatistic | (adjective) pertaining to statistical methods used in studying the relations between languages | - |
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lexicostatistics | (noun) a statistical technique used in glottochronology; used to estimate how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language | - |
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lexis | (noun) all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function | - |
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ley | (noun) a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock | Synonyms: grazing land, lea, pasture, pasture land, pastureland |
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