<B>lemon-colored, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a pale-yellow color. </DL>
<A NAME="lemondrop">
<B>lemon drop,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small, hard candy made of sugar and flavored with lemon. </DL>
<A NAME="lemongeranium">
<B>lemon geranium,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a common garden geranium, whose leaves have a lemonlike odor. </DL>
<A NAME="lemongrass">
<B>lemon grass,</B> or <B>lemongrass, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a cultivated perennial grass, the source of an essential oil, lemon grass oil, used especially in perfumes and flavorings for its strong scent of fresh lemon. </DL>
<A NAME="lemonish">
<B>lemonish, </B>adjective. =lemony.</DL>
<A NAME="lemonlaw">
<B>lemon law,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) a law that requires a manufacturer or dealer of a product to make all repairs necessary to conform with the warranty, provided the buyer reports the defects within a specified period. </DL>
<A NAME="lemonoil">
<B>lemon oil,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an essential oil obtained from the rind of lemons. </DL>
<A NAME="lemonshark">
<B>lemon shark,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a common, yellowish shark of warm, shallow waters on the Atlantic coasts of North and South America. </DL>
<A NAME="lemonsole">
<B>lemon sole,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various soles or flatfishes used for food, especially a small variety of European sole. </DL>
<A NAME="lemonsquash">
<B>lemon squash,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) lemonade made with carbonated water. </DL>
<A NAME="lemonverbena">
<B>lemon verbena,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small South American garden shrub of the verbena family, whose long, slender leaves have a lemonlike odor. </DL>
<A NAME="lemonwood">
<B>lemonwood, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>a tropical American tree of the madder family with hard, strong wood. <DD><B> b. </B>its wood, used especially for making bows. <DD><B> 2. </B>an evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa, belonging to the madder family, sometimes growing to a height of 20 to 30 feet and having a hard, tough wood. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=tarata.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="lemony">
<B>lemony, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> lemonlike, as in taste or smell. <BR> <I>Ex. lemony iced tea (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="lemonyellow">
<B>lemon yellow,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a pale-yellow color; lemon. </DL>
<B>lempira, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the unit of money of Honduras, a note or coin equal to 100 centavos. </DL>
<A NAME="lemur">
<B>lemur, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small mammal with large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur, found mainly in Madagascar. There are different kinds of lemurs, some resembling monkeys, others resembling mice or squirrels. They live in trees and some are active chiefly at night. They are probably similar to an ancestor of the primates. </DL>
<A NAME="lemures">
<B>lemures, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Roman Mythology.) the spirits of the departed; nocturnal spirits. </DL>
<A NAME="lemuroid">
<B>lemuroid, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or like the lemurs. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>=lemur.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="lenape">
<B>Lenape, </B>noun, pl. <B>-pe</B> or <B>-pes.</B> <B>=Delaware </B>(defs. 1a, b).</DL>
<A NAME="lenardrays">
<B>Lenard rays,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> cathode rays which have passed through a Lenard tube. </DL>
<A NAME="lenardtube">
<B>Lenard tube,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a special form of vacuum tube containing a diaphragm or window of aluminum through which cathode rays pass to the outside. </DL>
<A NAME="lend">
<B>lend, </B>verb, <B>lent,</B> <B>lending,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to let another have or use for a time. <BR> <I>Ex. Will you lend me your bicycle for an hour?</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to give the use of (money) for a fixed or specified amount of payment. <BR> <I>Ex. Banks lend money and charge interest.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to give for a time; give; add. <BR> <I>Ex. A becoming dress lends charm to a girl. The Salvation Army is quick to lend aid in time of disaster.</I> (SYN) bestow, impart, afford, grant. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to make a loan or loans. <BR> <I>Ex. A person who borrows should be willing to lend.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> (Informal.) a loan. <BR> <I>Ex. He got the lend of my best suit of clothes (John Galt).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>lend itself</B> (or <B>oneself</B>) <B>to,</B> </I>to help or be suitable for. <BR> <I>Ex. to lend oneself to the schemes of others.</I> adj. <B>lendable.</B> noun <B>lender.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="lendinglibrary">
<B>lending library,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a public library that permits books to be borrowed. </DL>
<A NAME="lendlease">
<B>lend-lease, </B>noun, verb, <B>-leased,</B> <B>-leasing,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a policy of making a loan to an allied country of certain equipment in which the lender is superior, and of receiving some service or material in return. The United States used this policy in World War II to strengthen its allies. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to send as a loan under such a policy. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with such a policy. <BR> <I>Ex. lend-lease supplies.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="lenes">
<B>lenes, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> plural of <B>lenis.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="length">
<B>length, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>how long a thing is; what a thing measures from end to end; the longest way a thing can be measured. <BR> <I>Ex. the length of your arm, the length of a room, eight inches in length. The carp ... will grow to a very great bigness and length (Izaak Walton).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>how long something lasts or goes on; extent in time; duration. <BR> <I>Ex. the length of an hour, the length of a visit, the length of a performance.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the distance a thing extends. <BR> <I>Ex. The length of the race is one mile. I might ... have gone the length of a ... street (Daniel Defoe).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a long stretch or extent. <BR> <I>Ex. Quite a length of hair hung down in a braid. Large lengths of seas and shores Between my father and my mother lay (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>a piece or portion of given length. <BR> <I>Ex. a length of rope, a dress length of silk.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>the distance from end to end, as of a boat or horse, as a unit of measurement in racing. <BR> <I>Ex. The gray horse finished the race two lengths ahead of the brown one.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>the quality or fact of being long. <BR> <I>Ex. a book noted for its length. Such customs have their force, only from length of time (Thomas Hobbes).</I> <DD><B> 8. </B>(Prosody.) the force with which a syllable or vowel is spoken, or the way it is pronounced. <DD><B> 9. </B>(Phonetics.) <DD><B> a. </B>duration of sounds; quantity. <DD><B> b. </B>vowel distinction, as between the <I>a</I> represented in <I>ate</I> and that represented in <I>at.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>at full length,</B> </I>with the body fully stretched out flat. <BR> <I>Ex. The snake lay at full length on the rock, sunning itself.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>at length,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>at last; finally. </I> <I>Ex. At length, after many delays, the meeting started. They ... pressed for admittance ... which at length was granted them (George Washington).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>with all the details; in full. <BR> <I>Ex. He told of his adventures at length.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>go</B> (<B>to</B>) <B>any length</B> or <B>lengths,</B> </I>to do everything possible. <BR> <I>Ex. I will go to any length to help you. He would go ... any lengths for his party (Benjamin Disraeli).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>keep at arm's length.</B> </I>See under <B>arm</B> (1). <BR><I>expr. <B>measure one's length,</B> </I>to fall, be thrown, or lie flat on the ground. <BR> <I>Ex. He lost his balance and measured his length upon the ground (Dickens).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="lengthen">
<B>lengthen, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make longer. <BR> <I>Ex. A tailor can lengthen your trousers.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to become or grow longer. <BR> <I>Ex. the shadows lengthening as the vapours rise (John Dryden). Your legs have lengthened a great deal since you were five years old.</I> noun <B>lengthener.</B> </DL>
<B>lengthwise, </B>adverb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adv. </I> in the direction of the length. <BR> <I>Ex. She cut the cloth lengthwise.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> following the direction of the length; longitudinal. <BR> <I>Ex. The tailor made a lengthwise cut in the cloth.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="lengthy">
<B>lengthy, </B>adjective, <B>lengthier,</B> <B>lengthiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>having unusually great length; long. <DD><B> b. </B>(of speeches, a speaker, awriter, or the like) too long; long-winded; tedious. <BR> <I>Ex. His directions were so lengthy that everybody lost interest.</I> (SYN) prolix. <DD><B> 2. </B>very tall (a humorous use). <DD><B> 3. </B>(in technical use, of some animals) long in the body. adv. <B>lengthily.</B> noun <B>lengthiness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="lenience">
<B>lenience, </B>noun. =leniency.</DL>
<A NAME="leniency">
<B>leniency, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> lenient quality; mildness; gentleness; mercy. <BR> <I>Ex. When you have gone too far to recede, do not sue to me for leniency (Dickens).</I> (SYN) indulgence, tolerance. </DL>
<A NAME="lenient">
<B>lenient, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>mild or gentle; not harsh or stern; merciful; tolerant. <BR> <I>Ex. a lenient judge, lenient punishment. My father was always very strict about how I talked to Mother, but he was more lenient if I yelled at my brother.</I> (SYN) compassionate, forbearing, indulgent. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Archaic.) softening, soothing, or relaxing. <BR> <I>Ex. Old Time ... upon these wounds hath laid His lenient touches (Wordsworth).</I> (SYN) emollient. adv. <B>leniently.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="lenilenape">
<B>Leni-Lenape, </B>noun, pl. <B>-pe</B> or <B>-pes.</B> =Lenape.</DL>
<A NAME="leninism">
<B>Leninism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the political and economic principles of Lenin, developed from Marxism and forming the basis of the communist policies and practices of the former Soviet Union. Leninism stresses the belief that, although communism is historically inevitable as Marx thought, it must be guided by a well-disciplined core of "professional revolutionaries." </DL>
<A NAME="leninist">
<B>Leninist, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a believer in or supporter of Leninism. <DD><I>adj. </I> believing in or supporting Leninism. <BR> <I>Ex. Tossed into discard was the Leninist tenet that while capitalism exists, wars are an inevitability (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
