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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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ledge
  • n  a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
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ledger
  • n  a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
  • n  an accounting journal as a physical object
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ledger line
  • n  a short line; a notation for extending the range above or below the staff
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ledger paper
  • n  a durable writing paper used in record books and business ledgers
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ledum groenlandicum
  • n  evergreen shrub of eastern North America having white or creamy bell-shaped flowers and dark green hairy leaves used for tea during American Revolution
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ledum palustre
  • n  bog shrub of northern and central Europe and eastern Siberia to Korea and Japan
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lee de forest
  • n  United States electrical engineer who in 1907 patented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (1873-1961)
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lee harvey oswald
  • n  United States assassin of President John F. Kennedy (1939-1963)
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lee krasner
  • n  United States artist remembered for her spontaneous approach to painting; she was a founder of the New York school of abstract expressionism (1908-1984)
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