| leatherback | <zoology> A large sea turtle (Sphargis coriacea), having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds. Synonym: leather turtle, leathery turtle, leather-backed tortoise, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| leatherhead | <zoology> The friar bird. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| leatherneck | <zoology> The sordid friar bird of Australia (Tropidorhynchus sordidus). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| leatherwood | <botany> A small branching shrub (Dirca palustris), with a white, soft wood, and a tough, leathery bark, common in damp woods in the Northern United States. Synonym: moosewood, and wicopy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| leathery | Resembling leather in appearance or consistence; tough. "A leathery skin." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| leave | To send out leaves; to leaf; often with out. Origin: Leaved; Leaving. 1. Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license. "David earnestly asked leave of me." (1 Sam. Xx. 6) "No friend has leave to bear away the dead." (Dryden) 2. The act of leaving or departing; a formal parting; a leaving; farewell; adieu; used chiefly in the phrase, to take leave, i. E, literally, to take permission to go. "A double blessing is a'double grace; Occasion smiles upon a second leave." (Shak) "And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren." (Acts xviii. 18) French leave. See French. Synonym: See Liberty. Origin: OE. Leve, leave, AS. Leaf; akin to leof pleasing, dear, E. Lief, D. Oorlof leave, G. Arlaub, and erlauben to permit, Icel. Leyfi. See Lief. 1. To withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; as, to leave the house. "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife." (Gen. Ii. 24) 2. To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed. "If grape gatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes ?" (Jer. Xlix. 9) "These ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone." (Matt. Xxiii. 23) "Besides it leaveth a suspicion, as if more might be said than is expressed." (Bacon) 3. To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from. "Now leave complaining and begin your tea." (Pope) 4. To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish. "Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee." (Mark x. 28) "The heresies that men do leave." (Shak) 5. To let be or do without interference; as, I left him to his reflections; I leave my hearers to judge. "I will leave you now to your gossiplike humor." (Shak) 6. To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver; to commit; to submit with a sense of withdrawing one's self from; as, leave your hat in the hall; we left our cards; to leave the matter to arbitrators. "Leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way." (Matt. V. 24) "The foot That leaves the print of blood where'er it walks." (Shak) 7. To have remaining at death; hence, to bequeath; as, he left a large estate; he left a good name; he left a legacy to his niece. To leave alone. To leave in solitude. To desist or refrain from having to do with; as, to leave dangerous chemicals alone. To leave off. To desist from; to forbear; to stop; as, to leave off work at six o'clock. To cease wearing or using; to omit to put in the usual position; as, to leave off a garment; to leave off the tablecloth. To forsake; as, to leave off a bad habit. To leave out, to omit; as, to leave out a word or name in writing. To leave to one's self, to let (one) be alone; to cease caring for (one). Synonym: To quit, depart from, forsake, abandon, relinquish, deliver, bequeath, give up, forego, resign, surrender, forbear. See Quit. Origin: OE. Leven, AS. Lfan, fr. Laf remnant, heritage; akin to lifian, libban, to live, orig, to remain; cf. Belifan to remain, G. Bleiben, Goth. Bileiban. See Live. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| leaved | Bearing, or having, a leaf or leaves; having folds; used in combination; as, a four-leaved clover; a two-leaved gate; long-leaved. Origin: From Leaf. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| leaf |
----In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat (laminar) and thin, to expose the chloroplast containing cells (chlorenchyma tissue) to light over a broad area, and to allow light to penetrate fully into the tissues. Leaves are also the sites in most plants where respiration, transpiration, and guttation take place. Leaves can store food and water, and are modified in some plants for other purposes. ...
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| lean |
A term used to describe the way an engine is running when it is not drawing enough fuel compared to the amount of air. This will cause the engine to run hot and if run in this condition too long, will cause engine damage.
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| learning disability |
Was introduced by the Department of Health in 1991 to replace the term Mental Handicap. Described as "change of emphasis in the philosophy of care and in the values which form our thinking". The new term emphasises learning potential and equality of citizenship and "a commitment to thinking of people with learning disabilities as individuals in their own right".
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| lead time |
the amount of time between recognition that an order needs to be placed and the point at which the merchandise arrives in the store and is ready for sale.
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| leaching |
1. The removal of materials in solution from soil, rock, or waste. 2. Separation or dissolving out of soluble constituents from a porous medium by percolation of water. Dept. of the Interior, US Geological Survey, Office of Water Data Coordination, 1989: The Federal Glossary of Selected Terms: Subsurface Waterflow and Solute Transport,
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| LEA | a news story of major importance |
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| LEA | a clear oily poisonous liquid added to gasoline to prevent knocking |
| LEA | low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods |
| LEA | prepare the way for |
| LEA | a battery with lead electrodes with dilute sulphuric acid as the electrolyte |
| LEA | a battery with lead electrodes with dilute sulphuric acid as the electrolyte |
| LEA | (of gasoline) not containing tetraethyl lead |
| LEA | wire connecting an antenna to a receiver or a transmitter to a transmission line |
| LEA | the introductory section of a story |
| LEA | (of panes of glass) fixed in place by means of thin strips of lead |
| LEA | treated or mixed with lead |
| LEA | (printing) having thin strips of lead between the lines of type |