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)
lennoaceae
- n family of fleshy parasitic herbs lacking green foliage and having heads of small flowers; California and Mexico
lennon
- n English rock star and guitarist and songwriter who with Paul McCartney wrote most of the music for the Beatles (1940-1980)
lennox robinson
- n Irish playwright and theater manager in Dublin (1886-1958)
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
lens capsule
- n a tenuous mesoblastic membrane surrounding the lens of the eye