All English words - page 2921

Meanings of Leaving-aside:

phrasal verb

To not discuss one subject so that you can discuss a different subject

Usage examples:

Leaving aside the question of cost, how many people do we need on the job?

Meanings of Leaving-out:

phrasal verb

To fail to include something or someone; omit

Usage examples:

You left out the best parts of the story.

Meanings of Leavings:

plural noun

Things that have been left as worthless.

Usage examples:

She dropped her lunch leavings into a bin

noun

The things that a person or an animal leaves when they have finished doing something

Usage examples:

The leavings from the grinding of seeds and grain will be checked for starch and protein content., …

Meanings of Leavy:

adjective

Having or covered with leaves or foliage.

Meanings of Lebanese:

adjective

Relating to lebanon or its people.

Usage examples:

A lebanese restaurant

noun

A native or inhabitant of lebanon, or a person of lebanese descent.

Usage examples:

He was not well known among ordinary lebanese

Meanings of Lebanon:

proper noun

A country in the middle east with a coastline on the mediterranean sea; population 5,900,000 (estimated 2015); official language, arabic; capital, beirut.

noun

A country in western asia

Meanings of Lebensraum:

noun

The territory which a group, state, or nation believes is needed for its natural development.

Usage examples:

The concept of lebensraum as understood in nazi ideology included in it the assumption that war was…

Meanings of Lebkuchen:

noun

A spiced biscuit with a soft, chewy texture, typically containing ground nuts and citrus peel and covered with a glaze.

Usage examples:

It was a small cake, some kind of lebkuchen.

Meanings of Leccy:

noun

Electricity, especially the supply of electricity to a home

Usage examples:

We're so broke that they'll be switching off the leccy any day now., he moans all the time about th…

Meanings of Lech:

noun

A lecher.

Usage examples:

He was not the booze-swilling lech that he appeared to be

verb

Act in a lecherous or lustful manner.

Usage examples:

Businessmen leching after bimbos

Meanings of Leche:

abbreviation

Delaware (in official postal use).

noun

A sweet food, originally from latin america, made from milk that has been caramelized (= cooked slowly with sugar) until it becomes sweet and brown

Usage examples:

These biscuits are filled with dulce de leche and dusted with icing sugar., the dessert was a dulce…

Meanings of Lecher:

noun

A lecherous man.

Usage examples:

A vile drunken lecher

Meanings of Lecheries:

noun

Excessive or offensive sexual desire; lustfulness.

Usage examples:

The vice of lechery

Meanings of Lecherous:

adjective

Having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire.

Usage examples:

She ignored his lecherous gaze

Meanings of Lechers:

noun

A lecherous man.

Usage examples:

A vile drunken lecher

Meanings of Lechery:

noun

Excessive or offensive sexual desire; lustfulness.

Usage examples:

The vice of lechery

Meanings of Leches:

noun

A lecher.

Usage examples:

He was not the booze-swilling lech that he appeared to be

verb

Act in a lecherous or lustful manner.

Usage examples:

Businessmen leching after bimbos

Meanings of Lechwe:

noun

A rough-coated grazing antelope with pointed hoofs and long horns, found in swampy grassland in southern africa and sudan.

Usage examples:

A group of red lechwe jumping and scattering in different directions can quickly confuse a lion.

Meanings of Lecithin:

noun

Another term for phosphatidylcholine.

Meanings of Lecithinase:

noun

Another term for phospholipase.

Meanings of Lecker:

adjective

Good; pleasant.

Usage examples:

The lekker local flavour of south africa

adverb

Well.

Usage examples:

We got on lekker

Meanings of Lectern:

noun

A tall stand with a sloping top to hold a book or notes, from which someone, typically a preacher or lecturer, can read while standing up.

Usage examples:

The sound reflected from the lectern arrives toward the rear of the mic, where sound is rejected.

Meanings of Lecterns:

noun

A tall stand with a sloping top to hold a book or notes, from which someone, typically a preacher or lecturer, can read while standing up.

Usage examples:

The sound reflected from the lectern arrives toward the rear of the mic, where sound is rejected.

Meanings of Lection:

noun

A reading of a text found in a particular copy or edition.

Usage examples:

Her initial approach involved the provision of a system of one-a-day lections arranged by themes.

Meanings of Lectionaries:

noun

A list or book of portions of the bible appointed to be read at divine service.

Usage examples:

The deacon was given the task of preparing a new lectionary