| lesbian | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman | Synonyms: sapphic |
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| (noun) a female homosexual | Synonyms: gay woman, tribade |
| lesbianism | (noun) female homosexuality | Synonyms: sapphism |
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| lesion | (noun) any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part | - |
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| (noun) an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) | Synonyms: wound |
| lespedeza | (noun) shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States | Synonyms: bush clover |
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| less | (adjective) (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree | - |
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| (adjective) (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer | - |
| (adjective) (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality | - |
| (adverb) used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs, indicates that the adjective or adverb is less of something | Synonyms: to a lesser extent |
| (adverb) comparative of little | - |
| lessee | (noun) a tenant who holds a lease | Synonyms: leaseholder |
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| lessen | (verb) decrease in size, extent, or range | Synonyms: decrease, diminish, fall |
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| (verb) wear off or die down | Synonyms: subside |
| (verb) make become smaller | Synonyms: decrease, minify |
| lessened | (adjective) impaired by diminution | Synonyms: diminished, vitiated, weakened |
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| (adjective) decreased in severity; made less harsh | - |
| lessening | (noun) a change downward | Synonyms: decrease, drop-off |
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| lesser | (adjective) of less size or importance | - |
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| (adjective) smaller in size or amount or value | - |
| lesson | (noun) a task assigned for individual study | - |
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| (noun) a unit of instruction | - |
| (noun) punishment intended as a warning to others | Synonyms: deterrent example, example, object lesson |
| (noun) the significance of a story or event | Synonyms: moral |
| lessor | (noun) someone who grants a lease | Synonyms: lease giver |
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