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  • English Word Leavings Definition Things left; remnants; relics.
  • English Word Leavings Definition Refuse; offal.
  • English Word Leavy Definition Leafy.
  • English Word Leban Definition Alt. of Lebban
  • English Word Lebban Definition Coagulated sour milk diluted with water; -- a common beverage among the Arabs. Also, a fermented liquor made of the same.
  • English Word Lecama Definition The hartbeest.
  • English Word Lecanomancy Definition divination practiced with water in a basin, by throwing three stones into it, and invoking the demon whose aid was sought.
  • English Word Lecanoric Definition Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid which is obtained from several varieties of lichen (Lecanora, Roccella, etc.), as a white, crystalline substance, and is called also orsellic, / diorsellinic acid, lecanorin, etc.
  • English Word Lecanorin Definition See Lecanoric.
  • English Word Lech Definition To lick.
  • English Word Leche Definition See water buck, under 3d Buck.
  • English Word Lecher Definition A man given to lewdness; one addicted, in an excessive degree, to the indulgence of sexual desire, or to illicit commerce with women.
  • English Word Lecher Definition To practice lewdness.
  • English Word Lechered Definition of Lecher
  • English Word Lecherer Definition See Lecher, n.
  • English Word Lechering Definition of Lecher
  • English Word Lecherous Definition Like a lecher; addicted to lewdness; lustful; also, lust-provoking.
  • English Word Lechery Definition Free indulgence of lust; lewdness.
  • English Word Lechery Definition Selfish pleasure; delight.
  • English Word Lecithin Definition A complex, nitrogenous phosphorized substance widely distributed through the animal body, and especially conspicuous in the brain and nerve tissue, in yolk of eggs, and in the white blood corpuscles.
  • English Word lectern Definition See Lecturn.
  • English Word Lectica Definition A kind of litter or portable couch.
  • English Word Lecticae Definition of Lectica
  • English Word Lection Definition A lesson or selection, esp. of Scripture, read in divine service.
  • English Word Lection Definition A reading; a variation in the text.
  • English Word Lectionary Definition A book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine service.
  • English Word Lector Definition A reader of lections; formerly, a person designated to read lessons to the illiterate.
  • English Word Lectual Definition Confining to the bed; as, a lectual disease.
  • English Word Lecture Definition The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture.
  • English Word Lecture Definition A discourse on any subject; especially, a formal or methodical discourse, intended for instruction; sometimes, a familiar discourse, in contrast with a sermon.