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
lengthiness
- n amount or degree or range to which something extends
- n the consequence of being lengthened in duration
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
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
lenin
- n Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924)
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
leninism
- n the political and economic theories of Lenin which provided the guiding doctrine of the Soviet Union; the modification of Marxism by Lenin stressed that imperialism is the highest form of capitalism (which shifts the struggle from developed to underdeveloped countries)