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- English Word Lens Definition 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.
- English Word Lenses Definition of Lens
- English Word Lent Definition of Lend
- English Word Lent Definition imp. & p. p. of Lend.
- English Word Lent Definition 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.
- English Word Lent Definition Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats.
- English Word Lent Definition See Lento.
- English Word Lentamente Definition Slowly; in slow time.
- English Word Lentando Definition Slackening; retarding. Same as Rallentando.
- English Word Lenten Definition Lent.
- English Word Lenten Definition Of or pertaining to the fast called Lent; used in, or suitable to, Lent; as, the Lenten season.
- English Word Lenten Definition Spare; meager; plain; somber; unostentatious; not abundant or showy.
- English Word Lententide Definition The season of Lenten or Lent.
- English Word Lenticel Definition 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.
- English Word Lenticel Definition A small, lens-shaped gland on the under side of some leaves.
- English Word Lenticellate Definition Producing lenticels; dotted with lenticels.
- English Word Lenticelle Definition Lenticel.
- English Word Lenticula Definition A kind of eruption upon the skin; lentigo; freckle.
- English Word Lenticula Definition A lens of small size.
- English Word Lenticula Definition A lenticel.
- English Word Lenticulae Definition of Lenticula
- English Word Lenticular Definition Resembling a lentil in size or form; having the form of a double-convex lens.
- English Word Lenticularly Definition In the manner of a lens; with a curve.
- English Word Lenticulas Definition of Lenticula
- English Word Lentiform Definition Lenticular.
- English Word Lentiginose Definition Bearing numerous dots resembling freckles.
- English Word Lentiginous Definition Of or pertaining to lentigo; freckly; scurfy; furfuraceous.
- English Word Lentigo Definition A freckly eruption on the skin; freckles.
- English Word Lentil Definition 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.
- English Word Lentiscus Definition Alt. of Lentisk