Webster's Dictionary 1828

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LENTICULITE

LENTIC'ULITE, noun A petrified shell.

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LENTIFORM

LENT'IFORM, adjective [Latin lens and forma, form.] Of the form of a lens.

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LENTIGINOUS

LENTIG'INOUS, adjective [Latin lentigo, a freckle, from Latin lens.] Freckly; scurfy; furfuraceous.

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LENTIGO

LENTI'GO, noun A freckly eruption on the skin.

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LENTIL

LEN'TIL, noun [Latin lens.] A plant of the genus Ervum. It is an annual plant, rising with weak stalks about 18 inches. The seeds, which are contained in a pod, are round, flat,...

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LENTISCUS

LENTIS'CUS, noun [Latin lentiscus]A tree of the genus Pistacia, the mastichtree, a native of Arabia, Persia, Syria, and the south of Europe. The wood is of a pale brown, resinou...

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LENTISK

LEN'TISK,LENT'ITUDE, noun [Latin lectus, slow.] Slowness. [Not used.]

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LENTNER

LENT'NER, noun A kind of hawk.

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LENTOR

LENT'OR, noun [Latin from lentus, slow, tough, clammy.]1. Tenacity; viscousness.2. Slowness; delay; sluggishness.3. Siziness; thickness of fluids; viscidity; a term used in the ...

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LENTOUS

LENT'OUS, adjective [Latin lentus, slow, thick.] Viscid; viscous; tenacious.

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LENZINITE

LEN'ZINITE, noun [from Lenzius, a German mineralogist.]A mineral of two kinds, the opaline and argillaceous; a variety of clay, occurring usually in small masses of the size of ...

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LEO

LE'O, noun [Latin] The Lion, the fifth sign of the zodiac.

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LEONINE

LE'ONINE, adjective [Latin leoninus, from leo, lion.] Belonging to a lion; resembling a lion, or partaking of his qualities; as leonine fierceness or rapacity.Leonine verses, so...

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LEONINELY

LE'ONINELY, adverb In the manner of a lion.

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LEOPARD

LEOPARD, noun lep'ard. [Latin leo, lion, and pardus, pard. Gr. from Heb. to separate, that is, spotted, broken into spots.]A rapacious quadruped of the genus Felis. It differs f...

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LEOPARDS-BANE

LEOP'ARD'S-BANE, noun A plant of the genus Doronicum. The German Leopard's-bane is of the genus Arnica.

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LEPER

LEP'ER, noun [Latin lepra, leprosy. Gr.] A person affected with leprosy.

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LEPID

LEP'ID, adjective [Latin lepidus.] Pleasant; jocose. [Little used.]

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LEPIDOLITE

LEP'IDOLITE, noun [Gr. a scale.] A mineral found in scaly masses, ordinarily of a violet or lilac color; allied to mica.Lepidolite is of a peach-blossom red color, sometimes gra...

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LEPIDOPTER

LEP'IDOPTER,LEPIDOP'TERA, noun [Gr. a scale, and a wing.] The Lepidopteras are an order of insects having four wings covered with fine scales, like powder, as the butterfly.

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LEPIDOPTERA

LEPIDOP'TERA, n. [Gr. a scale, and a wing.] The Lepidopteras are an order of insects having four wings covered with fine scales, like powder, as the butterfly.

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LEPIDOPTERAL

LEPIDOP'TERAL, adjective Belonging to the order of Lepidopters.

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LEPORINE

LEP'ORINE, adjective [Latin leporinus, from lepus, a hare.]Pertaining to a hare; having the nature or qualities of the hare.

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LEPROSITY

LEPROS'ITY, noun Squamousness. [Little used.]

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LEPROSY

LEP'ROSY, noun [See Leper.] A foul cutaneous disease, appearing in dry, white, thin, scurfy scabs, attended with violent itching. It sometimes covers the whole body, rarely the ...

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LEPROUS

LEP'ROUS, adjective [See Leper.] Infected with leprosy; covered with white scales.His hand was leprous as snow. Exodus 4:6.

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LEPROUSLY

LEP'ROUSLY, adverb In an infectious degree.