leuwenhoek
- n Dutch pioneer microscopist who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and who gave the first accurate descriptions of microbes and spermatozoa and blood corpuscles (1632-1723)
lev davidovich bronstein
- n Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the Communist Party by Stalin and eventually assassinated in Mexico (1879-1940)
lev davidovich landau
- n Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968)
levallorphan
- n drug (trade name Lorfan) that is related to morphine but that counteracts the respiratory depression produced by morphine poisoning but without affecting its analgesic effects
levant
- n a heavy morocco often used in bookbinding
- n the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel
- v run off without paying a debt
levant cotton
- n Old World annual having heart-shaped leaves and large seeds with short greyish lint removed with difficulty; considered an ancestor of modern short-staple cottons
levant garlic
- n coarse Old World perennial having a large bulb and tall stalk of greenish purple-tinged flowers; widely naturalized
levator
- n a muscle that serves to lift some body part (as the eyelid or lip)
levee
- n a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)
- n a pier that provides a landing place on a river
- n an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing