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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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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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levy
  • n  a charge imposed and collected
  • n  the act of drafting into military service
  • v  impose and collect
    levy a fine
  • v  cause to assemble or enlist in the military
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lewis
  • n  United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)
  • n  United States athlete who won gold medals at the Olympics for his skill in sprinting and jumping (born in 1961)
  • n  United States explorer and soldier who lead led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River (1774-1809)
  • n  United States labor leader who was president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960 and president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations from 1935 to 1940 (1880-1969)
  • n  United States novelist who satirized middle-class America in his novel Main Street (1885-1951)
  • n  English critic and novelist; author of theological works and of books for children (1898-1963)
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