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lenard
  • n  German physicist who studied cathode rays (1862-1947)
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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
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lender
  • n  someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters
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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
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lending institution
  • n  a financial institution that makes loans
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lending library
  • n  library that provides books for use outside the building
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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)
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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
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lengthening
  • n  the act of prolonging something
  • v  make longer
  • v  become long or longer
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lengthiness
  • n  amount or degree or range to which something extends
  • n  the consequence of being lengthened in duration
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lenience
  • n  mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
  • n  a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
  • n  lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers
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leniency
  • n  mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
  • n  a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
  • n  lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers
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lenin
  • n  Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924)
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leningrad
  • n  a city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia
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