lewiston
- n a town in southwestern Maine to the north of Portland
- n a town in northwestern Idaho
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
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)
lewis and clark expedition
- n an expedition sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the northwestern territories of the United States; led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark; traveled from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River from 1803 to 1806
lewis carroll
- n English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
lewis henry morgan
- n United States anthropologist who studied the Seneca (1818-1881)
lewisia
- n genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers
lewisia cotyledon
- n evergreen perennial having a dense basal rosette of long spatula-shaped leaves and panicles of pink or white-and-red-striped or pink-purple flowers; found on cliffs and in rock crevices in mountains of southwestern Oregon and northern California
lewisia rediviva
- n showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots; the Montana state flower
leydig cell
- n a cell in the testes that secretes the hormone testosterone