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<A NAME="leonis">
<B>Leonis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> genitive of <B>Leo</B> (the constellation). </DL>
<A NAME="leonisminoris">
<B>Leonis Minoris,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> genitive of <B>Leo Minor.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="leonstrain">
<B>Leon strain,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> one of the three known types of virus causing polio. The other two are the Brunhilde and Lansing strains. </DL>
<A NAME="leontiasis">
<B>leontiasis, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ses.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Medicine.) a form of leprosy in which the face becomes bloated and wrinkled, thus appearing more or less leonine. </DL>
<A NAME="leopard">
<B>leopard, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a large, fierce animal of Africa and Asia, usually having a dull-yellowish fur spotted with black. It is a mammal of the cat family. Some leopards are black and may be called panthers. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of various animals related to the leopard, such as the jaguar or American leopard, the cheetah or hunting leopard, and the ounce or snow leopard. <DD><B> 3. </B>the fur of any of these leopards. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Heraldry.) a lion shown walking with the dexter front paw raised and looking directly at the spectator, as in the royal arms of England. <BR><I>expr. <B>the leopard cannot change its spots,</B> </I>it is impossible to change inborn traits or inveterate habits (in allusion to Jeremiah 13:23). <BR> <I>Ex. [They] have maintained in effect that the leopard cannot change its spots and that the new Germany was really no different from the old (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="leopardcat">
<B>leopard cat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a wild, spotted cat of India and the Malay Archipelago. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=ocelot.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="leopardess">
<B>leopardess, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a female leopard. </DL>
<A NAME="leopardfrog">
<B>leopard frog,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a spotted frog common in North America and found as far south as Panama; grass frog. </DL>
<A NAME="leopardlily">
<B>leopard lily,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a very tall lily with reddish-orange flowers spotted with purple, found along the west coast of the United States. <DD><B> 2. </B>a spotted yellow and red lily of South Africa. </DL>
<A NAME="leopardman">
<B>leopard man,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of fanatic or ritual murderers of western Africa who mutilate their victims as if by a leopard's claws. </DL>
<A NAME="leopardsbane">
<B>leopard's-bane, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a composite herb with yellow flowers; doronicum. </DL>
<A NAME="leopardseal">
<B>leopard seal,</B> <B>=sea leopard.</B></DL>
<A NAME="leopardshark">
<B>leopard shark,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small, light-colored shark with dark spots, common along the coast of California. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=tiger shark.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="leopon">
<B>leopon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the offspring of a leopard and a lioness. </DL>
<A NAME="leotard">
<B>leotard, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a tight-fitting, one-piece garment, with or without sleeves, worn by dancers and acrobats. <DD><B> 2. </B>Also, <B>leotards.</B> <B>=tights.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="lepcha">
<B>Lepcha, </B>noun, pl. <B>-cha</B> or <B>-chas.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a member of an aboriginal people of Mongoloid extraction living in Sikkim, a small state in the Himalayas. </DL>
<A NAME="leper">
<B>leper, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who has leprosy. </DL>
<A NAME="leperhouse">
<B>leper house,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a hospital or asylum for lepers. </DL>
<A NAME="lepidolite">
<B>lepidolite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mineral, a variety of mica containing lithium, commonly occurring in lilac, rose-colored, or grayish-white scaly masses. </DL>
<A NAME="lepidopter">
<B>lepidopter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a lepidopterous insect. </DL>
<B>lepidopterist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an expert on, or collector of, moths and butterflies. </DL>
<A NAME="lepidopterological">
<B>lepidopterological, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the scientific study or collection of moths and butterflies. adv. <B>lepidopterologically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="lepidopterology">
<B>lepidopterology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the scientific study of moths and butterflies. </DL>
<A NAME="lepidopteron">
<B>lepidopteron, </B>noun, pl. <B>-tera.</B> <B>=lepidopter.</B></DL>
<A NAME="lepidopterous">
<B>lepidopterous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> belonging to the large order of insects including butterflies and moths. The larvae are wormlike and are called caterpillars. The adults have four broad, membranous wings more or less covered with small, sometimes colorful, overlapping scales, and a coiled proboscis for sucking. </DL>
<A NAME="lepidoptery">
<B>lepidoptery, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the collection of moths and butterflies; the art or practice of a lepidopterist. </DL>
<A NAME="lepidosiren">
<B>lepidosiren, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various eellike lungfishes of South American swamps. </DL>
<A NAME="lepidote">
<B>lepidote, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) covered with scurfy scales; leprose. </DL>
<A NAME="leporid">
<B>leporid, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of the group of mammals which consists of the rabbits and hares. </DL>
<A NAME="leporine">
<B>leporine, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like a hare. </DL>
<A NAME="leporis">
<B>Leporis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> genitive of <B>Lepus.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="lepospondyl">
<B>lepospondyl, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of an order of extinct amphibians of the Paleozoic, whose backbone consisted of a thin shell of bone surrounding a rodlike band of cells. </DL>
<A NAME="leprechaun">
<B>leprechaun, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Irish Legend.) an elf resembling a little old man, believed to possess hidden gold and who can be made to reveal it if he is caught. <BR> <I>Ex. But now all the leprechauns and all the four-leafed clover could not stop the destruction wrought by the English (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="leprologist">
<B>leprologist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an expert in leprous diseases. </DL>
<A NAME="leprology">
<B>leprology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the scientific study of leprosy. </DL>
<A NAME="leprosarium">
<B>leprosarium, </B>noun, pl. <B>-sariums,</B> <B>-saria.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a hospital or institution for the care and treatment of lepers. <BR> <I>Ex. The Salvation Army maintains shelters for men, women, and children, hospitals, military canteens, leprosaria, and schools (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a leper colony. </DL>
<A NAME="leprose">
<B>leprose, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) having a scaly or scurfy appearance, as certain lichens in which the thallus adheres to trees or stones like a scurf; lepidote. </DL>
<A NAME="leprosy">
<B>leprosy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-sies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a mildly infectious disease caused by certain rod-shaped bacteria that develop open sores and white, scaly scabs; Hansen's disease. Leprosy attacks the skin and nerves, causing weakening and wasting of muscles, and may lead to tuberculosis or other diseases. If not treated, the injury to the nerves results in loss of feeling, paralysis, and deformity. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a wasting or decadent condition, as of the mind or spirit. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the moral leprosy of the world we live in (Emanuel Litvinoff).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="leprotic">
<B>leprotic, </B>adjective. <B>=leprous.</B></DL>
<A NAME="leprous">
<B>leprous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having leprosy. <BR> <I>Ex. a leprous person.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or like leprosy. <BR> <I>Ex. white, leprous scales.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>scaly or scurfy. <BR> <I>Ex. One old leprous screen of faded Indian leather (Dickens).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>causing leprosy. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Botany.) leprose. adv. <B>leprously.</B> noun <B>leprousness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="leptocephalus">
<B>leptocephalus, </B>noun, pl. <B>-li.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the narrow-headed, transparent larva of various freshwater eels. </DL>
<A NAME="leptodactyl">
<B>leptodactyl, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (of a bird) having slender toes. </DL>
<B>lepton, </B>noun, pl. <B>-tons</B> (for 1;) <B>-ta</B> (for 2.)<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>any one of a class of light elementary particles that includes the neutrino, electron, and mumesons. Leptons interact weakly with other particles. <DD><B> b. </B>any weakly interacting particle, regardless of mass. <BR> <I>Ex. a hypothetical group of heavy leptons.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a unit of money in modern Greece, a coin worth 1/100 of a drachma. </DL>
<A NAME="leptonic">
<B>leptonic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with leptons. </DL>
<A NAME="leptorrhine">
<B>leptorrhine, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Anthropology.) having a long, narrow nose. </DL>
<A NAME="leptosome">
<B>leptosome, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a person having a tall and spare build; an ectomorph. <DD><I>adj. </I> tall and spare; asthenic; ectomorphic. <BR> <I>Ex. A strain in the living population of East Africa ... is most characterized by great attenuation: enormous stature, spindly legs, leptosome proportions, and delicate lines throughout (Alfred L. Kroeber).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="leptospiral">
<B>leptospiral, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like leptospires. <BR> <I>Ex. a leptospiral organism.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="leptospire">
<B>leptospire, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the spirochete that causes leptospirosis. </DL>
<A NAME="leptospirosis">
<B>leptospirosis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an often fatal disease of livestock, dogs, rats, and other animals, that can be transmitted to man. It is caused by a spirochete and takes the form of a fever and, usually, infectious jaundice. </DL>
<A NAME="leptotene">
<B>leptotene, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) the stage of the prophase of meiosis just before the paired chromosomes unite. The chromosomes have the form of separate thin threads. </DL>
<A NAME="leptus">
<B>leptus, </B>noun, pl. <B>-tuses,</B> <B>-ti.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of certain mites during the first larval stage when they have six legs. </DL>
<A NAME="lepus">
<B>Lepus, </B>noun, (genitive) <B>Leporis.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a southern constellation south of Orion. </DL>
<A NAME="lernaean">
<B>Lernaean, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Mythology.) of Lake Lerna and the marshy district near Argos, Greece, the abode of the Hydra. </DL>
