| lending library |
a library that lends out books for use elsewhere, sometimes charging a small fee; circulating library. |
| lend-lease |
the material aid, esp. weapons, tools, food, and services, supplied by the United States during World War II to its allies and to certain other countries whose defense was considered vital to U.S. national security. |
| length |
extent of linear distance. [6 definitions] |
| lengthen |
to make or become longer. |
| lengthwise |
in the direction of the longer or longest dimension. |
| lengthy |
tediously long in duration, as a speech. [2 definitions] |
| lenience |
the tendency or disposition to be lenient. |
| leniency |
the quality or state of being lenient. [2 definitions] |
| lenient |
not severe in enforcing restrictions or punishments; tolerant; indulgent. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. [2 definitions] |
| lenity |
the condition or quality of being lenient, mild, or merciful. |
| lens |
a piece of molded or ground transparent material such as glass, whose surfaces are curved so as to cause the divergence or convergence of light rays passing through it. [3 definitions] |
| lensless |
combined form of lens. |
| -lent |
full of; characterized by. |
| Lent |
the forty weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Easter, observed by Christians as a period of fasting, penitence, and other self-denial. |
| lent |
past tense and past participle of lend. |
| lentamente |
slowly (used as a musical direction). |
| Lenten |
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Lent. [2 definitions] |
| lentil |
a round, flattened seed produced by the lentil plant, used as food. [2 definitions] |
| lentissimo |
in a very slow tempo (used as a musical direction). |
| lento |
in music, slow. [2 definitions] |