Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter L - Page 27
Leveret (n.) A hare in the first year of its age.
Leverock (n.) A lark.
Leverwood (n.) The American hop hornbeam (Ostrya Virginica), a small tree with very tough wood.
Levesel (n.) A leafy shelter; a place covered with foliage.
Levet (n.) A trumpet call for rousing soldiers; a reveille.
Leviable (a.) Fit to be levied; capable of being assessed and collected; as, sums leviable by course of law.
Leviathan (n.) 海中怪獸；巨物 An aquatic animal, described in the book of Job, ch. xli., and mentioned in other passages of Scripture.
Note: It is not certainly known what animal is intended, whether the crocodile, the whale, or some sort of serpent.
Leviathan (n.) The whale, or a great whale. -- Milton.
Leviathan (n.) The largest or most massive thing of its kind; "it was a leviathan among redwoods"; "they were assigned the leviathan of textbooks".
Leviathan (n.) Monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament.
Leviathan (n.) A transliterated Hebrew word (livyathan), meaning "twisted," "coiled." In Job 3:8, Revised Version, and marg. of Authorized Version, it denotes the dragon which, according to Eastern tradition, is an enemy of light; in 41:1 the crocodile is meant; in Ps. 104:26 it "denotes any large animal that moves by writhing or wriggling the body, the whale, the monsters of the deep." This word is also used figuratively for a cruel enemy, as some think "the Egyptian host, crushed by the divine power, and cast on the shores of the Red Sea" (Ps. 74:14). As used in Isa. 27:1, "leviathan the piercing [R.V. 'swift'] serpent, even leviathan that crooked [R.V. marg. 'winding'] serpent," the word may probably denote the two empires, the Assyrian and the Babylonian.
Leviathan (n.) An enormous aquatic animal mentioned by Job. Some suppose it to have been the whale, but that distinguished ichthyologer, Dr. Jordan, of Stanford University, maintains with considerable heat that it was a species of gigantic Tadpole (_Thaddeus Polandensis_) or Polliwig -- _Maria pseudo-hirsuta_. For an exhaustive description and history of the Tadpole consult the famous monograph of Jane Potter, _Thaddeus of Warsaw_.
Levier (n.) One who levies.
Levigable (v. t.) Capable of being levigated.
Levigate (a.) Made less harsh or burdensome; alleviated.
Levigated (imp. & p. p.) of Levigate.
Levigating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Levigate.
Levigate (v. t.) To make smooth in various senses.
Levigate (v. t.) To free from grit; to reduce to an impalpable powder or paste.
Levigate (v. t.) To mix thoroughly, as liquids or semiliquids.
Levigate (v. t.) To polish.
Levigate (v. t.) To make smooth in action.
Levigate (v. t.) Technically, to make smooth by rubbing in a moist condition between hard surfaces, as in grinding pigments.
Levigate (v. t.) Levigated , Leigating , Levigation(n.) , 1 : Polish, smooth.
Levigate (v. t.) To grind to a fine smooth powder while in moist condition.
Levigate (v. t.) To separate (fine powder) from coarser material by suspending in a liquid.
Levigate (v. t.) To grind to a fine smooth powder while in moist condition <by first levigating the zinc oxide with a small amount of glycerin a smooth paste is obtained Art of Compounding>.
Levigate (a.) Made smooth, as if polished.
Levigation (n.) The act or operation of levigating.
Levin (n.) Lightning.
Leviner (n.) A swift hound.
Levir (n.) A husband's brother; -- used in reference to levirate marriages.
Levirate (a.) Alt. of Leviratical.
Leviratical (a.) 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.
Leviration (n.) Levirate marriage or marriages.
Levirostres (n. pl.) A group of birds, including the hornbills, kingfishers, and related forms.
Levitate (v. i.) To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to gravitate.
Levitate (v. t.) To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; as, to levitate a table.
Levitation (n.) Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light.
Levitation (n.) The act or process of making buoyant.
Levite (n.) 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.
Levite (n.) A priest; -- so called in contempt or ridicule.
Levitical (a.) Of or pertaining to a Levite or the Levites.
Levitical (a.) Priestly.
Levitical (a.) Of or pertaining to, or designating, the law contained in the book of Leviticus.
Levitically (adv.) After the manner of the Levites; in accordance with the levitical law.
Leviticus (n.) 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.
Levity (n.) 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.
Levity (n.) Lack of gravity and earnestness in deportment or character; trifling gayety; frivolity; sportiveness; vanity.
Levity (n.) Lack of steadiness or constancy; disposition to change; fickleness; volatility.
Levo- () A prefix from L. laevus.
Levo- () Pertaining to, or toward, the left; as, levorotatory.
Levo- () Turning the plane of polarized light to the left; as, levotartaric acid; levoracemic acid; levogyratory crystals, etc.
Levogyrate (a.) Turning or twisting the plane of polarization towards the left, as levulose, levotartaric acid, etc.
Levorotatory (a.) Turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left; levogyrate, as levulose, left-handed quartz crystals, etc.
Levulin (n.) 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.
Levulinic (a.) Pertaining to, or denoting, an acid (called also acetyl-propionic acid), C5H8O3, obtained by the action of dilute acids on various sugars (as levulose).
Levulosan (n.) An unfermentable carbohydrate obtained by gently heating levulose.
Levulose (n.) 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.
Levies (n. pl. ) of Levy.
Levy (n.) 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.
Levy (n.) The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc.
Levy (n.) That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc.
Levy (n.) The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution.
Levied (imp. & p. p.) of Levy.
Levying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Levy.
Levy (v. t.) To raise, as a siege.
Levy (v. t.) To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc.
Levy (v. t.) To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.
Levy (v. t.) To gather or exact; as, to levy money.
Levy (v. t.) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up; as, to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc.
Levy (v. t.) To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.
Levy (v. i.) To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods.
Levyne (n.) Alt. of Levynite.
Levynite (n.) A whitish, reddish, or yellowish, transparent or translucent mineral, allied to chabazite.
Lew (a.) Lukewarm; tepid.
Lewd (a.) 好色的，淫蕩的，猥褻的；【廢】粗俗的，無知的；無原則的；邪惡的 Not clerical; laic; laical; hence, unlearned; simple.
For if a priest be foul, on whom we trust, No wonder is a lewed man to rust. -- Chaucer.
So these great clerks their little wisdom show To mock the lewd, as learn'd in this as they. -- Sir. J. Davies.
Lewd (a.) Belonging to the lower classes, or the rabble; idle and lawless; bad; vicious. [Archaic] -- Chaucer.
But the Jews, which believed not, . . . took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, . . . and assaulted the house of Jason. -- Acts xvii. 5.
Too lewd to work, and ready for any kind of mischief. -- Southey.
Lewd (a.) Given to the promiscuous indulgence of lust; dissolute; lustful; libidinous.
Lewd (a.) Suiting, or proceeding from, lustfulness; involving unlawful sexual desire; as, lewd thoughts, conduct, or language.
Syn: Lustful; libidinous; licentious; profligate; dissolute; sensual; unchaste; impure; lascivious; lecherous; rakish; debauched. -- {Lewd"ly}, adv. -- {Lewd"ness}, n.
Lewd (a.) Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks" [syn: {lewd}, {obscene}, {raunchy}, {salacious}]
Lewd (a.) Driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires; "libidinous orgies" [syn: {lascivious}, {lewd}, {libidinous}, {lustful}].
Compare: Incestuous
Incestuous (a.) 亂倫的 Involing incest.
// The film is about Auteil's incestuous love for his sister.
Incestuous (a.) (Disapproving) 小集團的；排外的 Involving only a close or limited group of people, who do not communicate or do business with people outside the group.
// Journalists and politicians often have a rather incestuous relationship.
Lewd (a.) (Disapproving) (Of behaviour, speech, dress, etc.) Sexual in an obvious and rude way.
// Ignore him - he's being lewd.
// A lewd suggestion.
Compare: Lascivious
Lascivious (a.) (Formal) (D isapproving) 淫蕩的，好色的 Expressing a trong desire for sexual activity.
// A lascivious smile.
Compare: Libidinous
Libidinous (a.) (Formal) 性慾強烈的，好色的 Having or showing strong sexual desires.
Lewdster (n.) (pl - s) A lewd person. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Lewis (n.) Alt. of Lewisson.
Lewisson (n.) An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large stones, etc.
Lewisson (n.) A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth.
Lewis hole, A hole wider at the bottom than at the mouth, into which a lewis is fitted. -- De Foe.
Lewis (n.) United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935) [syn: Lewis, Jerry Lee Lewis].
Lewis (n.) United States athlete who won gold medals at the Olympics for his skill in sprinting and jumping (born in 1961) [syn: Lewis, Carl Lewis, Frederick Carleton Lewis].
Lewis (n.) United States explorer and soldier who lead led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River (1774-1809) [syn: Lewis, Meriwether Lewis].
Lewis (n.) United States labor leader who was president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960 and president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations from 1935 to 1940 (1880-1969) [syn: Lewis, John L. Lewis, John Llewelly Lewis].
Lewis (n.) United States novelist who satirized middle-class America in his novel Main Street (1885-1951) [syn: Lewis, Sinclair Lewis, Harry Sinclair Lewis].
Lewis (n.) English critic and novelist; author of theological works and of books for children (1898-1963) [syn: Lewis, C. S. Lewis, Clive Staples Lewis]
Lewis -- U.S. County in Kentucky
Population (2000): 14092
Housing Units (2000): 6173
Land area (2000): 484.488174 sq. miles (1254.818557 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 11.211384 sq. miles (29.037349 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 495.699558 sq. miles (1283.855906 sq. km)
Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location: 38.544909 N, 83.340234 W
Headwords:
Lewis
Lewis, KY
Lewis County
Lewis County, KY
Lewis -- U.S. County in Idaho
Population (2000): 3747
Housing Units (2000): 1795
Land area (2000): 479.042935 sq. miles (1240.715453 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.765967 sq. miles (1.983845 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 479.808902 sq. miles (1242.699298 sq. km)
Located within: Idaho (ID), FIPS 16
Location: 46.233719 N, 116.379388 W
Headwords:
Lewis
Lewis, ID
Lewis County
Lewis County, ID
Lewis -- U.S. County in Missouri
Population (2000): 10494
Housing Units (2000): 4602
Land area (2000): 505.007239 sq. miles (1307.962688 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 5.845667 sq. miles (15.140208 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 510.852906 sq. miles (1323.102896 sq. km)
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 40.085720 N, 91.675261 W
Headwords:
Lewis
Lewis, MO
Lewis County
Lewis County, MO
Lewis -- U.S. County in New York
Population (2000): 26944
Housing Units (2000): 15134
Land area (2000): 1275.423371 sq. miles (3303.331225 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 14.467496 sq. miles (37.470642 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1289.890867 sq. miles (3340.801867 sq. km)
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 43.766211 N, 75.450668 W
Headwords:
Lewis
Lewis, NY
Lewis County
Lewis County, NY
Lewis -- U.S. County in Tennessee
Population (2000): 11367
Housing Units (2000): 4821
Land area (2000): 282.093961 sq. miles (730.619975 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.382643 sq. miles (0.991041 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 282.476604 sq. miles (731.611016 sq. km)
Located within: Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
Location: 35.534193 N, 87.515191 W
Headwords:
Lewis
Lewis, TN
Lewis County
Lewis County, TN
Lewis -- U.S. County in Washington
Population (2000): 68600
Housing Units (2000): 29585
Land area (2000): 2407.637208 sq. miles (6235.751476 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 28.627642 sq. miles (74.145249 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2436.264850 sq. miles (6309.896725 sq. km)
Located within: Washington (WA), FIPS 53
Location: 46.595802 N, 122.676792 W
Headwords:
Lewis
Lewis, WA
Lewis County
Lewis County, WA
Lewis -- U.S. County in West Virginia
Population (2000): 16919
Housing Units (2000): 7944
Land area (2000): 382.141616 sq. miles (989.742200 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 7.609903 sq. miles (19.709558 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 389.751519 sq. miles (1009.451758 sq. km)
Located within: West Virginia (WV), FIPS 54
Location: 39.015135 N, 80.482883 W
Headwords:
Lewis
Lewis, WV
Lewis County
Lewis County, WV
Lewis, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 438
Housing Units (2000): 196
Land area (2000): 0.500017 sq. miles (1.295038 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.500017 sq. miles (1.295038 sq. km)
FIPS code: 44805
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 41.305277 N, 95.084514 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 51544
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Lewis, IA
Lewis
Lewis, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 486
Housing Units (2000): 226
Land area (2000): 0.319096 sq. miles (0.826455 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.319096 sq. miles (0.826455 sq. km)
FIPS code: 39725
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 37.937014 N, 99.254728 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 67552
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Lewis, KS
Lewis
Leges (n. pl. ) of Lex.
Lex (n.) 【拉】【律】法，法律 Law; as, lex talionis, the law of retaliation; lex terrae, the law of the land; lex fori, the law of the forum or court; lex loci, the law of the place; lex mercatoria, the law or custom of merchants.
Lexical (a.) 語彙的；語詞的；詞典的；詞典編纂的 Of or pertaining to a lexicon, to lexicography, or words; according or conforming to a lexicon. -- Lex"ic*al*ly, adv.
Lexical (a.) Of or relating to words; "lexical decision task".
Lexical (a.) Of or relating to dictionaries.
Lexicographer (n.) 詞典編纂者 The author or compiler of a lexicon or dictionary.
Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach; and even this negative recompense has been yet granted to very few. -- Johnson. Lexicographic
Lexicographer (n.) A compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language [syn: lexicographer, lexicologist].
Lexicographic (a.) Alt. of Lexicographical.
Lexicographical (a.) 辭彙編纂的 Of or pertaining to, or according to, lexicography. -- Lex`i*co*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.
Lexicographic (a.) Of or relating to lexicography [syn: lexicographic, lexicographical].
Lexicographist (n.) 詞彙學家A lexicographer. [R.] -- Southey.
Lexicography (n.) 詞典學 The art, process, or occupation of making a lexicon or dictionary; the principles which are applied in making dictionaries.
Lexicologist (n.) One versed in lexicology.
Lexicology (n.) 辭彙學 The science of the derivation and signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the signification and application of words.
Lexicon (n.) 詞典；語彙；詞素 A vocabulary, or book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language or of a considerable number of them, with the definition of each; a dictionary; especially, a dictionary of the Greek, Hebrew, or Latin language.
Lexiconist (n.) A writer of a lexicon.
Lexigraphic (a.) Of or pertaining to lexigraphy.
Lexigraphy (n.) The art or practice of defining words; definition of words.
Lexiphanic (a.) Using, or interlarded with, pretentious words; bombastic; as, a lexiphanic writer or speaker; lexiphanic writing.
Lexiphanicism (n.) The use of pretentious words, language, or style.
Lexipharmic (a.) See Alexipharmic.
Ley (v. t. & i.) To lay; to wager.
Ley (n.) Law.
Ley (n.) See Lye.
Ley (n.) Grass or meadow land; a lea.
Ley (a.) Fallow; unseeded.
Leyden jar () Alt. of Leyden phial.
Leyden phial () A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate electricity. It is coated with tin foil, within and without, nearly to its top, and is surmounted by a brass knob which communicates with the inner coating, for the purpose of charging it with electricity. It is so named from having been invented in Leyden, Holland.