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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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levirate
  • n  the biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line
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levis
  • n  a popular brand of jeans
  • n  (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel
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levitation
  • n  the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means
  • n  movement upward in virtue of lightness
  • n  the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means
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levite
  • n  a member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi (especially the branch that provided male assistants to the temple priests)
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leviticus
  • n  the third book of the Old Testament; contains Levitical law and ritual precedents
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levitra
  • n  virility drug (trade name Levitra) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men
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levity
  • n  feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
  • n  a manner lacking seriousness
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levodopa
  • n  the levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa); as a drug it is used to treat Parkinson's disease
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levulose
  • n  a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits
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