| lectual | <medicine> Confining to the bed; as, a lectual disease. Origin: LL. Lectualis, fr. L. Lectus bed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| lecture notes | Notes taken at the delivery or reading of a speech before an audience or class, usually given to instruct. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lectures | Speeches read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject. They are differentiated from addresses in that addresses are less didactic and more informational, entertaining, inspirational, or polaemic. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lecythis | <botany> A genus of gigantic trees, chiefly Brazilian, of the order Myrtaceae, having woody capsules opening by an apical lid. Lecythis Zabucajo yields the delicious sapucaia nuts. L. Ollaria produces the monkey-pots, its capsules. Its bark separates into thin sheets, like paper, used by the natives for cigarette wrappers. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. 3 an oil flask. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |