| leverage |
the type of action that a lever has. [5 definitions] |
| leveraged buyout |
the takeover of a corporation by a group of investors using borrowed money that is secured by the assets of the corporation being acquired. |
| leveret |
any hare that is under one year old. |
| Levi |
according to the Old Testament, the son of Jacob and Leah from whom one of the twelve tribes of Israel is descended. [2 definitions] |
| leviable |
combined form of levy. |
| leviathan |
a Biblical sea monster. [3 definitions] |
| Levi's |
trademark for close-fitting trousers usu. of denim or corduroy. |
| levitate |
to rise and float, apparently without hindrance from the force of gravity. [2 definitions] |
| Levite |
according to the Old Testament, a member of the tribe of Levi. |
| Levitical |
of or pertaining to the Levites. [2 definitions] |
| Leviticus |
the third book of the Old Testament, which contains laws and instructions for religious worship. |
| levity |
a lack of seriousness; light, humorous, or foolish behavior or attitude. |
| levorotation |
rotation or turning of the plane of polarization of light to the left. |
| levorotatory |
turning to the left. (Cf. dextrorotatory.) [2 definitions] |
| levulose |
a simple sugar found in honey and certain fruits; fructose. |
| levy |
the collection or conscription of money, property, or troops by a government or other authority. [4 definitions] |
| lewd |
characterized by vulgarity or offensively explicit sexual references; bawdy. [2 definitions] |
| lewis |
an iron device made of several parts that fit into a dovetailed recess of a heavy stone for the purpose of lifting it. |
| Lewis and Clark |
Meriwether Lewis (b.1774--d.1809) and William Clark (b.1770--d.1838), U.S. leaders of an expedition to explore the uncharted American West, from Missouri to Oregon, from 1804 to 1807. |
| lewisite |
a highly toxic, odorless compound that causes severe blistering, used in chemical warfare. |
| lex |
(Latin) law. |