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] |
Leo |
a spring zodiacal constellation located between Cancer and Virgo and containing the bright star Regulus; Lion. [3 definitions] |
Leonardo |
see "da Vinci." |
Leonardo da Vinci |
an Italian painter, sculptor, engineer, musician, and scientist (b.1452--d.1519). |
leone |
the chief monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equaling one hundred cents. |
Leonid |
any shower of meteors occurring annually in mid-November and appearing to radiate from the constellation Leo. |
Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy |
Russian author and social critic (b.1828--d.1910). |
leonine |
of or characteristic of lions. [2 definitions] |