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- English Word Levir Definition A husband's brother; -- used in reference to levirate marriages.
- English Word Levirate Definition Alt. of Leviratical
- English Word Leviratical Definition Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with, a law of the ancient Israelites and other tribes and races, according to which a woman, whose husband died without issue, was married to the husband's brother.
- English Word Leviration Definition Levirate marriage or marriages.
- English Word Levirostres Definition A group of birds, including the hornbills, kingfishers, and related forms.
- English Word Levitate Definition To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to gravitate.
- English Word Levitate Definition To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; as, to levitate a table.
- English Word Levitation Definition Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light.
- English Word Levitation Definition The act or process of making buoyant.
- English Word Levite Definition One of the tribe or family of Levi; a descendant of Levi; esp., one subordinate to the priests (who were of the same tribe) and employed in various duties connected with the tabernacle first, and afterward the temple, such as the care of the building, bringing of wood and other necessaries for the sacrifices, the music of the services, etc.
- English Word Levite Definition A priest; -- so called in contempt or ridicule.
- English Word Levitical Definition Of or pertaining to a Levite or the Levites.
- English Word Levitical Definition Priestly.
- English Word Levitical Definition Of or pertaining to, or designating, the law contained in the book of Leviticus.
- English Word Levitically Definition After the manner of the Levites; in accordance with the levitical law.
- English Word Leviticus Definition The third canonical book of the Old Testament, containing the laws and regulations relating to the priests and Levites among the Hebrews, or the body of the ceremonial law.
- English Word Levity Definition The quality of weighing less than something else of equal bulk; relative lightness, especially as shown by rising through, or floating upon, a contiguous substance; buoyancy; -- opposed to gravity.
- English Word Levity Definition Lack of gravity and earnestness in deportment or character; trifling gayety; frivolity; sportiveness; vanity.
- English Word Levity Definition Lack of steadiness or constancy; disposition to change; fickleness; volatility.
- English Word Levo- Definition A prefix from L. laevus
- English Word Levo- Definition Pertaining to, or toward, the left; as, levorotatory.
- English Word Levo- Definition Turning the plane of polarized light to the left; as, levotartaric acid; levoracemic acid; levogyratory crystals, etc.
- English Word Levogyrate Definition Turning or twisting the plane of polarization towards the left, as levulose, levotartaric acid, etc.
- English Word Levorotatory Definition Turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left; levogyrate, as levulose, left-handed quartz crystals, etc.
- English Word Levulin Definition A substance resembling dextrin, obtained from the bulbs of the dahlia, the artichoke, and other sources, as a colorless, spongy, amorphous material. It is so called because by decomposition it yields levulose.
- English Word Levulinic Definition Pertaining to, or denoting, an acid (called also acetyl-propionic acid), C5H8O3, obtained by the action of dilute acids on various sugars (as levulose).
- English Word Levulosan Definition An unfermentable carbohydrate obtained by gently heating levulose.
- English Word Levulose Definition A sirupy variety of sugar, rarely obtained crystallized, occurring widely in honey, ripe fruits, etc., and hence called also fruit sugar. It is called levulose, because it rotates the plane of polarization to the left.
- English Word Levy Definition A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d.
- English Word Levy Definition The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc.