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
lens culinaris
- n widely cultivated Eurasian annual herb grown for its edible flattened seeds that are cooked like peas and also ground into meal and for its leafy stalks that are used as fodder
lens hood
- n a tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera
lens implant
- n a clear plastic lens that is implanted in the eye; usually done when the natural lens has been removed in a cataract operation
lens maker
- n a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision
lens nucleus
- n the central structure of the lens that is surrounded by the cortex
lens of the eye
- n biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina
lens system
- n a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images