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leeward tide
  • n  a tide that runs in the same direction as the wind is blowing
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leeward islands
  • n  a group of islands in the eastern West Indies
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lechwe
  • n  tawny-colored African antelope inhabiting wet grassy plains; a threatened species
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lecithin
  • n  a yellow phospholipid essential for the metabolism of fats; found in egg yolk and in many plant and animal cells; used commercially as an emulsifier
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leclanche cell
  • n  voltaic cell that produces approximately 1.5 volts
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lectern
  • n  desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer
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lectin
  • n  any of several plant glycoproteins that act like specific antibodies but are not antibodies in that they are not evoked by an antigenic stimulus
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lector
  • n  someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church
  • n  a public lecturer at certain universities
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lecture
  • n  a speech that is open to the public
    he attended a lecture on telecommunications
  • n  a lengthy rebuke
    a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline
  • n  teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
  • v  deliver a lecture or talk
    Did you ever lecture at Harvard?
  • v  censure severely or angrily
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lecture demonstration
  • n  presentation of an example of what the lecturer is discoursing about
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lecturer
  • n  a public lecturer at certain universities
  • n  someone who lectures professionally
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lecturing
  • n  teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
  • v  deliver a lecture or talk
  • v  censure severely or angrily
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lecythidaceae
  • n  large tropical trees bearing large fruits with woody skins
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