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<A NAME="leroiestmort,viveleroi!">
<B>le roi est mort, vive le roi!,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) the king is dead, long live the king! </DL>
<A NAME="leroileveut">
<B>le roi le veut,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) the king wills it. </DL>
<A NAME="les">
<B>LES</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> (Aeronautics.) launch escape system. </DL>
<A NAME="lesbian">
<B>Lesbian, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>Also, <B>lesbian.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>a homosexual woman. <DD><B> 3. </B>a native or inhabitant of the Greek island of Lesbos. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>Also, <B>lesbian.</B> having to do with homosexuality in women. <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with the island of Lesbos. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=erotic.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="lesbianism">
<B>Lesbianism</B> or <B>lesbianism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> homosexual relations between women. </DL>
<A NAME="leschnyhansyndrome">
<B>Lesch-Nyhan syndrome,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a genetic disorder of male children characterized by mental retardation and involuntary writhing motions. </DL>
<B>lese-majesty, </B>noun, or <B>lese majesty,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any crime or offense against the sovereign power in a state; high treason. </DL>
<A NAME="lesion">
<B>lesion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an injury; hurt. <DD><B> 2. </B>an abnormal change in the structure of an organ or body tissue, caused by disease or injury. </DL>
<A NAME="lesioned">
<B>lesioned, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a lesion; injured. <BR> <I>Ex. lesioned tissue, a lesioned area.</I> </DL>
<B>Lesothian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Lesotho (the former British colony of Basutoland), in southern Africa. <DD><I>noun </I> a native or inhabitant of Lesotho. </DL>
<A NAME="lesotho">
<B>Lesotho, </B>noun, pl. <B>-thos,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a native or inhabitant of Lesotho; Basuto; Sotho. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>=Lesothian.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="lespedeza">
<B>lespedeza, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a genus of plants of the pea family, grown as forage and fertilizer, and for ornament, such as the Japan clover. </DL>
<A NAME="less">
<B>less, </B>adjective,<DL COMPACT><DD> (comparative of) <B>little,</B> n., adv., prep. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>smaller. <BR> <I>Ex. of less width, less importance. Never be thy shadow less (John Greenleaf Whittier).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not so much; not so much of. <BR> <I>Ex. to have less rain, put on less butter. Eat less meat. I owe him little Duty and less Love (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>lower in age, rank, or importance. <BR> <I>Ex. no less a person than the President.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a smaller amount or quantity. <BR> <I>Ex. I could do no less. He weighs less than before. She refused to take less than $5.</I> <DD><I>adv. </I> to a smaller extent or degree; not so; not so well. <BR> <I>Ex. less bright, less talked of, less known, less important.</I> <DD><I>prep. </I> with (something) taken away; without; minus; lacking. <BR> <I>Ex. five less two, a coat less one sleeve, a year less two days.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>less and less,</B> </I>to a continuously smaller extent; progressively less. <BR> <I>Ex. Our colleagues are less and less convinced, though, that any such factors ... really do exist (Claude Levi-Strauss).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>none the less,</B> </I>nevertheless. <BR> <I>Ex. Though Michelet's way was as alien as possible from their ways, his work remained valid none the less (Edmund Wilson).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>the less,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>something smaller (of two things compared). </I> <I>Ex. Thou ... wouldst ... teach me how To name the bigger light, and how the less, That burn by day and night (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>he who is or they who are less, especially less important. <BR> <I>Ex. The less is blessed of the better (Hebrews 7:7).</I> noun <B>lessness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="less">
<B>-less,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (suffix forming adjectives.) <DD><B> 1. </B>(added to nouns) without a ______; that has no ______. <BR> <I>Ex. Homeless = without a home.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(added to verbs) that does not ______. <BR> <I>Ex. Tireless = that does not tire. Ceaseless = that does not cease.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(added to verbs) that cannot be ______ed. <BR> <I>Ex. Countless = that cannot be counted.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="lessee">
<B>lessee, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person to whom a lease is granted; a tenant under a lease. </DL>
<A NAME="lesseeship">
<B>lesseeship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the condition or position of a lessee. </DL>
<A NAME="lessen">
<B>lessen, </B>intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to grow less or apparently less; diminish. <BR> <I>Ex. The fever lessened during the night.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to make less, especially in size; decrease; shrink. <DD><B> 2. </B>to represent as less; minimize; belittle. <BR> <I>Ex. to lessen the achievements of a rival.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="lesser">
<B>lesser, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>smaller; less. <BR> <I>Ex. I have seen the cuckoo chased by lesser fowl (Tennyson).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>less important. <BR> <I>Ex. Both laziness and lying are wrong, but the first is clearly the lesser of the two evils.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="lesserbairam">
<B>lesser Bairam,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a Moslem festival lasting three days that celebrates the breaking of the fast of Ramadan; Lesser Festival; Little Bairam. </DL>
<A NAME="lesserbear">
<B>Lesser Bear,</B> <B>=Ursa Minor.</B></DL>
<A NAME="lessercanadagoose">
<B>lesser Canada goose,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a goose weighing about five pounds, which nests from Alaska to Hudson Bay and winters in Washington, California, and northern Mexico. </DL>
<B>lesser-known, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> very little known; quite unfamiliar. <BR> <I>Ex. His book ... brings alive lesser-known atomic scientists and places them in perspective (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="lesserlion">
<B>Lesser Lion,</B> <B>=Leo Minor.</B></DL>
<A NAME="lesseromentum">
<B>lesser omentum,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fold of the peritoneum between the stomach and the liver. </DL>
<A NAME="lesserpanda">
<B>lesser panda,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a slender, reddish-brown mammal of the Himalayas, related to and resembling the raccoon; Himalayan raccoon; panda. </DL>
<A NAME="lesserprairiechicken">
<B>lesser prairie chicken,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a variety of prairie chicken having pale plumage, found from Kansas south to western central Texas. </DL>
<A NAME="lesserscaupduck">
<B>lesser scaup duck,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a freshwater diving duck found especially along the lakes and coasts of North America. The males have heads that give off a purplish luster. </DL>
<A NAME="lesseryellowlegs">
<B>lesser yellowlegs,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a shore bird related to the sandpiper, which breeds in Canada and Alaska, having a length of about 11 inches and similar in appearance to the greater yellowlegs. </DL>
<A NAME="lesson">
<B>lesson, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>something to be learned, taught, or studied. <BR> <I>Ex. Children study many different lessons in school.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a unit of teaching or learning; what is to be studied or taught at one time. <BR> <I>Ex. to give a music lesson, to prepare a French lesson. Tomorrow we take the tenth lesson.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>an instructive experience serving to encourage or warn. <BR> <I>Ex. The accident taught me a lesson: always look before you leap. On my heart Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou has given (William Cullen Bryant).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a selection from the Bible or other sacred writing, read as part of a church service. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Figurative.) a rebuke or punishment intended to prevent repetition of an offense; lecture. <BR> <I>Ex. The judge read the speeding driver a stiff lesson.</I> (SYN) reprimand, admonition. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to give a lesson or lessons to; instruct; teach. <BR> <I>Ex. Well hast thou lesson'd us; this shall we do (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to rebuke; admonish. (SYN) discipline. </DL>
<A NAME="lessor">
<B>lessor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who grants a lease; a person who leases property to another. </DL>
<A NAME="lest">
<B>lest, </B>conjunction.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>for fear that. <BR> <I>Ex. Be careful lest you fall from that tree.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>that (after words meaning fear or danger). <BR> <I>Ex. I was afraid lest he should come too late to save us.</I> </DL>
