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
level crossing
- n intersection of a railway and a road on the same level; barriers close road when trains pass
leveler
- n a radical who advocates the abolition of social distinctions
levisticum officinale
- n herb native to southern Europe; cultivated for its edible stalks and foliage and seeds
lewiston
- n a town in southwestern Maine to the north of Portland
- n a town in northwestern Idaho