Webster's Dictionary 1913

1513

Leprosy

Lep″ro‐sy (lĕp″rō̍‐sy̆), n. [See Leprous.] (Med.) A cutaneous disease which first appears as blebs or as reddish, shining, slightly prominent spots, with spreading edges. These ...

1514

Leprous

Lep″rous (–rūs), a. [OF. leprous, lepros, F. lépreux, fr. L. leprosus, fr. lepra, leprae, leprosy. See Leper.]1. Infected with leprosy; pertaining to or resembling leprosy. “His...

1515

Lepry

Lep″ry (–ry̆), n. Leprosy. Holland.

1516

Leptiform

Lep″ti‐form (–tĭ‐fôrm), a. [Leptus + -form.] (Zoöl.) Having a form somewhat like leptus; — said of active insect larvæ having three pairs of legs. See Larva.

1517

Leptocardia

‖Lep′to‐car″di‐a (lĕp′tō̍‐kär″dĭ‐ȧ), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. λεπτόσ small + καρδία the heart.] (Zoöl.) The lowest class of Vertebrata, including only the Amphioxus. The heart is re...

1518

Leptocardian

Lep′to‐car″di‐an (–an), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Leptocardia. — n. One of the Leptocardia.

1519

Leptodactyl

Lep′to‐dac″tyl (–dăk″tĭl), n. [Gr. λεπτόσ small, thin + δάκτυλοσ finger, toe.] (Zoöl.) A bird or other animal having slender toes. [Written also lepodactyle.]

1520

Leptodactylous

Lep′to‐dac″tyl‐ous (–ŭs), a. Having slender toes.

1521

Leptology

Lep‐tol″o‐gy (lĕp‐tŏl″ō̍‐jy̆), n. [Gr. λεπτολογία; λεπτόσ small, subtile + λόγοσ discourse.] A minute and tedious discourse on trifling things.

1522

Leptomeningitis

‖Lep′to‐men′in‐gi″tis (lĕp′tō̍‐mĕn′ĭn‐jī″tĭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. λεπτόσ small + meningitis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the pia mater or of the arachnoid membrane.

1523

Leptorhine

Lep″to‐rhine (lĕp″tō̍‐rīn or ‐rĭn), a. [Gr. λεπτόσ small + ρἵσ, ρινὅσ, the nose.] (Anat.) Having the nose narrow; — said esp. of the skull. Opposed to platyrhine.

1524

Leptostraca

‖Lep‐tos″tra‐ca (lĕp‐tŏs″trȧ‐kȧ), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. λεπτόσ thin, slender + ὄστρακον shell of a testacean.] (Zoöl.) An order of Crustacea, including Nebalia and allied forms.

1525

Leptothrix

‖Lep″to‐thrix (lĕp″tō̍‐thrĭks), n. [NL., fr. Gr. λεπτόσ small + θρίξ hair.] (Biol.) A genus of bacteria, characterized by having their filaments very long, slender, and indistin...

1526

Leptothrix (2)

‖Lep″to‐thrix, a. [See Leptothrix, n.] (Biol.) Having the form of a little chain; — applied to bacteria when, as in multiplication by fission, they form a chain of filiform indi...

1527

Leptus

‖Lep″tus (lĕp″tŭs), n. [NL., from Gr. λεπτόσ thin, small.] (Zoöl.) The six-legged young, or larva, of certain mites; — sometimes used as a generic name. See Harvest mite, under ...

1528

Leptynite

Lep″ty‐nite (lĕp″tĭ‐nīt), n.(Min.) See Granulite.

1529

Lere

Lere (lēr), n. [See Lore knowledge.] Learning; lesson; lore. Spenser.

1530

Lere (2)

Lere, v. t. & i. [OE. leeren, leren, AS. lǣran. See Lore, Learn.] To learn; to teach. Chaucer.

1531

Lere (3)

Lere, a. Empty. See Leer, a.

1532

Lere (4)

Lere, n. [AS. lira flesh; cf. Icel. lær thigh.] Flesh; skin. “His white leer.” Chaucer.

1533

Lered

Ler″ed (lēr″ĕd), a. [From lere, v. t.] Learned. “ Lewed man or lered.” Chaucer.

1534

Lernæa

‖Ler‐næ″a (lẽr‐nē″ȧ), n. [NL., fr. L. Lernaeus Lernæan, fr. Lerna, Gr. Λέρνη, a forest and marsh near Argos, the mythological abode of the hydra.] (Zoöl.) A Linnæan genus of par...

1535

Lernæacea

‖Ler′næ‐a″ce‐a (lẽr′nē̍‐ā″shē̍‐ȧ), n. pl. [NL. See Lernæa.] (Zoöl.) A suborder of copepod Crustacea, including a large number of remarkable forms, mostly parasitic on fishes. Th...

1536

Lernean

Ler‐ne″an (lẽr‐nē″an), n. [See Lernæa.] (Zoöl.) One of a family (Lernæidæ) of parasitic Crustacea found attached to fishes and other marine animals. Some species penetrate the s...

1537

Lérot

‖Lé′rot″ (lā̍′rō̍″), n.(Zoöl.) A small European rodent (Eliomys nitela), allied to the dormouse.

1538

Les

Les (lĕs), n. A leash. Chaucer.

1539

Lesbian

Les″bi‐an (lĕs″bĭ‐an), a. Of or pertaining to the island anciently called Lesbos, now Mitylene, in the Grecian Archipelago.