| 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] |
| leopard |
a large, spotted wild cat found in southern Asia and Africa. [2 definitions] |
| leotard |
an elastic one-piece garment worn by dancers, acrobats, and the like to cover their bodies while allowing freedom of movement. |
| leper |
a person afflicted with leprosy. [2 definitions] |
| lepido- |
scale; scaly. |