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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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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)
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lenity
  • n  mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
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lennoaceae
  • n  family of fleshy parasitic herbs lacking green foliage and having heads of small flowers; California and Mexico
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lennon
  • n  English rock star and guitarist and songwriter who with Paul McCartney wrote most of the music for the Beatles (1940-1980)
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lennox robinson
  • n  Irish playwright and theater manager in Dublin (1886-1958)
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lens
  • n  a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
  • n  genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils
  • n  (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood
    the writer is the lens through which history can be seen
  • n  biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina
  • n  electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons
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