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lense
  • n  a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
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leo i
  • n  Italian pope from 440 to 461 who extended the authority of the papacy to the west and persuaded Attila not to attack Rome (440-461)
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lent
  • n  a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
  • 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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lent lily
  • n  lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers
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lente iletin
  • n  trade names for forms of insulin that are used to treat diabetes mellitus
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lente insulin
  • n  trade names for forms of insulin that are used to treat diabetes mellitus
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lenten rose
  • n  slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green
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lententide
  • n  a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
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lentia
  • n  city in northern Austria on the Danube; noted as a cultural center
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lentibulariaceae
  • n  carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia, Pinguicula, and Genlisea
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lenticel
  • n  one of many raised pores on the stems of woody plants that allow the interchange of gas between the atmosphere and the interior tissue
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lenticular nucleus
  • n  a basal ganglion shaped like a lens and including the outer reddish putamen and the inner pale yellow pallidum
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lentiform nucleus
  • n  a basal ganglion shaped like a lens and including the outer reddish putamen and the inner pale yellow pallidum
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lentigo
  • n  a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin
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