lemuroidea
- n Lemuridae; Lorisidae; Daubentoniidae; Indriidae; used in some classifications instead of Prosimii; in others considered a subdivision of Prosimii
lena
- n a Russian river in Siberia; flows northward into the Laptev Sea
lena calhoun horne
- n United States singer and actress (born in 1917)
lena river
- n a Russian river in Siberia; flows northward into the Laptev Sea
lend-lease
- n the transfer of goods and services to an ally to aid in a common cause
lend-lease during World War II was extremely generous
lender
- n someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters
lending
- n disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned
- v bestow a quality on
- v give temporarily; let have for a limited time
- v have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to
lending library
- n library that provides books for use outside the building
lendl
- n United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships; in 1992 he became a United States citizen (born in 1960)
length
- n the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
the length of the table was 5 feet - n continuance in time
he complained about the length of time required - n the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end
the editor limited the length of my article to 500 words - n size of the gap between two places
he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points - n a section of something that is long and narrow
a length of timber
a length of tubing
lengthening
- n the act of prolonging something
- v make longer
- v become long or longer