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leeward tide
  • n  a tide that runs in the same direction as the wind is blowing
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leatherfish
  • n  any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes
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leatherjack
  • n  any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales
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leatherjacket
  • n  any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes
  • n  any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales
  • n  tough-skinned larva of certain crane flies
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leatherleaf
  • n  stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib
  • n  north temperate bog shrub with evergreen leathery leaves and small white cylindrical flowers
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leatherleaf fern
  • n  widely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds
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leatherleaf saxifrage
  • n  plant with basal leathery elliptic leaves and erect leafless flower stalks each bearing a dense roundish cluster of tiny white flowers; moist places of northwestern North America to Oregon and Idaho
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leatherleaf wood fern
  • n  North American fern with evergreen fronds
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leatherwood
  • n  shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage
  • n  deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers
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leathery grape fern
  • n  European fern with leathery and sparsely hairy fronds
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leathery polypody
  • n  stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib
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leathery turtle
  • n  wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle
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lebistes reticulatus
  • n  small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums
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leave
  • n  the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty
    a ten day's leave to visit his mother
  • n  permission to do something
    she was granted leave to speak
  • n  the act of departing politely
    he took his leave
  • v  go away from a place
    At what time does your train leave?
    She didn't leave until midnight
    The ship leaves at midnight
  • v  go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness
  • v  act or be so as to become in a specified state
  • v  leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking
    leave it as is
    leave the young fawn alone
    leave the flowers that you see in the park behind
  • v  move out of or depart from
    leave the room
  • v  make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
    This leaves no room for improvement
    leave lots of time for the trip
  • v  have as a result or residue
  • v  remove oneself from an association with or participation in
    She wants to leave
  • v  put into the care or protection of someone
    leave your child the nurse's care
  • v  leave or give by will after one's death
  • v  have left or have as a remainder
    19 minus 8 leaves 11
  • v  be survived by after one's death
  • v  transmit (knowledge or skills)
    leave your name and address here
  • v  leave behind unintentionally
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leave of absence
  • n  the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty
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