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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
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level crossing
  • n  intersection of a railway and a road on the same level; barriers close road when trains pass
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leveler
  • n  a radical who advocates the abolition of social distinctions
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levisticum
  • n  genus of aromatic European herbs with yellow flowers
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levisticum officinale
  • n  herb native to southern Europe; cultivated for its edible stalks and foliage and seeds
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lewiston
  • n  a town in southwestern Maine to the north of Portland
  • n  a town in northwestern Idaho
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leveling
  • n  changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface
  • n  complete destruction of a building
  • n  the act of making equal or uniform
  • v  aim at
  • v  tear down so as to make flat with the ground
  • v  make level or straight
  • v  direct into a position for use
  • v  talk frankly with; lay it on the line
  • v  become level or even
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leveller
  • n  a radical who advocates the abolition of social distinctions
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lever
  • n  a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
  • n  a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum
  • n  a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock
  • v  to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
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lever hang
  • n  a hang performed on the rings with the body stationary in a horizontal position
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lever lock
  • n  a lock whose tumblers are levers that must be raised to a given position so that the bolt can move
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lever scale
  • n  a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length
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