letting
- n property that is leased or rented out or let
- v make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
- v actively cause something to happen
- v consent to, give permission
- v cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
- v leave unchanged
- v grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
letting down
- n the act of causing something to move to a lower level
lettish
- n the official language of Latvia; belongs to the Baltic branch of Indo-European
lettre de cachet
- n a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal
lettuce
- n informal terms for money
- n any of various plants of the genus Lactuca
- n leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa
letup
- n a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished
there was never a letup in the noise
leu
- n the basic unit of money in Moldova
- n the basic unit of money in Romania
leucadendron
- n large genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with conspicuous silvery bracts
leucadendron argenteum
- n small South African tree with long silvery silky foliage
leucaemia
- n malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer
leucaena
- n small genus of tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having pods like those of the acacia
leucaena glauca
- n low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods
leucaena leucocephala
- n low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods
leucanthemum
- n comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum