A support for the back, attached to the seat of a carriage.

A lazy person.

The homeless idlers of Naples who live by chance work or begging; -- so called from the Hospital of St. Lazarus, which serves as their refuge.

Abbreviation for the least common multiple, the smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers; as, the least common multiple of 12 and 18 is 36.

The abbreviation for limited, term appended to the name of a company that is organized to give its owners limited liability; also abbreviated Ltd. It corresponds to Inc. in the United States.

Low-density lipoprotein, a lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood; high levels are thought to be associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis; sometimes called informally bad cholesterol.

A meadow or sward land; a grassy field.

See Leech, a physician.

Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous; pervious; -- said of gravelly or sandy soils, and the like.

The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction; as, to take the lead; to be under the lead of another.

Same as cause; as, the roaring stock market led to an increase in the purchase of big-ticket items during the 1996 Christmas season.

not containing the element lead.

a wire connecting an antenna to a receiver or a transmitter to a transmission line.

Fitted with lead; set in lead; as, leaded windows.

Made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball.

One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor. One who goes first. One having authority to direct; a chief; a commander. A performer who leads a band or choir in music; also, in an orchestra, the principal violinist; the one who plays at the head of the first violins. A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places. The principal wheel in any kind of machinery. A horse placed in advance of others; one of the forward pair of horses.

lacking a leader; as, a leaderless mob running riot in the streets.

the body of people who lead a group; the leadership{3}; as, they hung the leaders of the insurrection.

The office, position or function of a leader; as, Gingrich held the House leadership for six years.

A mineral of a yellowish or greenish white color, consisting of the sulphate and carbonate of lead; -- so called from having been first found at Leadhills, Scotland.

The act of guiding, directing, governing, or enticing; guidance.

the front edge of an airfoil; same as Advancing edge, above.

One who leads a dance.

A shrub (Amorpha canescens) of sandy woodlands and streambanks of the Western U. S. having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers; it is thought to indicate the presence of lead ore.

The man who heaves the lead.

A genus of maritime herbs (Plumbago). Plumbago Europ/a has lead-colored spots on the leaves, and nearly lead-colored flowers.

Resembling lead.

A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively constitute its foliage.

To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May.

The larva of any tortricid moth which makes a nest by rolling up the leaves of plants and tying the leaves with spun silk; aalso, the moth itself. See Tortrix.

Any one of various species of wild bees of the genus Megachile, which cut rounded pieces from the edges of leaves, or the petals of flowers, to be used in the construction of their nests, which are made in holes and crevices, or in a leaf rolled up for the purpose. Among the common American species are Megachile brevis and Megachile centuncularis. Called also rose-cutting bee.

Having leaflike expansions on the legs; -- said of certain insects; as, the leaf-footed bug (Leptoglossus phyllopus).

A small leaping insect that sucks the juices of plants.

Having a leaflike membrane on the nose; -- said of certain bats, esp. of the genera Phyllostoma and Rhinonycteris. See Vampire.

Leaves, collectively; foliage.

A coarse American composite weed (Polymnia Uvedalia).

Having (such) a leaf or (so many) leaves; -- used in composition; as, broad-leafed; four-leafed.

A leaflet.

The state of being leafy.

Having no leaves or foliage; bearing no foliage.

A little leaf.

The stalk or petiole which supports a leaf.

Full of leaves; abounding in leaves; as, the leafy forest.

To join in a league; to cause to combine for a joint purpose; to combine; to unite; as, common interests will league heterogeneous elements.

To besiege; to beleaguer.

A besieger.

To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks.

A leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking.

The quality of being leaky.

having liquid seeping in or out through openings; leaky.

having no leaks.

Permitting water or other fluid to leak in or out; as, a leaky roof or cask; a leaky faucet.

Faithful; loyal; true.

A cord or strap for leading a dog.

A dog held by a leam.

That part of flesh which consists principally of muscle without the fat.

Having a thin face.

A shed or slight building placed against the wall of a larger structure and having a single-pitched roof; -- called also penthouse, and to-fall.

Having but little sense or shrewdness.

The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism.

The condition or quality of being lean.

Lean.

The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.

Bissextile; a year containing 366 days; every fourth year which leaps over a day more than a common year, giving to February twenty-nine days. See Bissextile.

A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.

A play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former.

A basketful.

from Leap, to jump.

By leaps.

An annealing oven. See Leer, n.

To acquire knowledge or skill; to make progress in acquiring knowledge or skill; to receive information or instruction; as, this child learns quickly.

Such as can be learned.

Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite; well-informed; as, a learned scholar, writer, or lawyer; a learned book; a learned theory.

profound knowledge.

One who learns; a scholar.

The acquisition of knowledge or skill; as, the learning of languages; the learning of telegraphy.

Such as can be leased.

The temporary transfer of a possession to another person in return for a fee or other valuable consideration paid for the transfer; A demise or letting of lands, tenements, or hereditaments to another for life, for a term of years, or at will, or for any less interest than that which the lessor has in the property, usually for a specified rent or compensation.

Same as lend-lease.

A tenure by lease; specifically, land held as personalty under a lease for years.

A tenant under a lease.

A liar.

To tie together, or hold, with a leash.

The act of lying; falsehood; a lie or lies.

A pasture.

See Lest, conj.

At least; at all events.

Flimsy; vague; deceptive.

An artificial water trench, esp. one to or from a mill.

To beat, as with a thong of leather.

Of, pertaining to or made of leather; consisting of leather; as, a black leather jacket.

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; -- called also leather turtle, leathery turtle, leather-backed tortoise, etc.

A material made in imitation of leather, made of paper and cloth.

any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes.

The friar bird.

any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales; the leatherjacket{2}.

any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes.

A stiff leathery-leaved fern (Polypodium scouleri) of Western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib.

resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable; leathery.

Made of leather; consisting of leather; as, a leathern purse.

The sordid friar bird of Australia (Tropidorhynchus sordidus).

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; -- called also moosewood, and wicopy.

Articles made of leather.

Resembling leather in appearance or consistency; tough; as, nothing but a leathery steak left to eat.

To depart; to set out.

Taking of leave; the act of departing politely; the giving of parting compliments.

Bearing, or having, a leaf or leaves; having folds; -- used in combination; as, a four-leaved clover; a two-leaved gate; long-leaved.

Leafless.

To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment.

made light by aerating, as with yeast or baking powder. Opposite of unleavened.

The act of making light, or causing to ferment, by means of leaven.

Containing leaven.

One who leaves, or withdraws.

pl. of Leaf.

Leafiness.

Things left; remnants; relics.

Leafy.

Coagulated sour milk diluted with water; -- a common beverage among the Arabs. Also, a fermented liquor made of the same.

The hartbeest.

Divination practiced with water in a basin, by throwing three stones into it, and invoking the demon whose aid was sought.