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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.