Lee De Forest
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~ United States electrical engineer who in 1907 patented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (1873-1961)
Lee
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~ soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818)
Lee
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~ United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1926)
lee
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~ towards the side away from the wind
Lee's Birthday
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~ celebrated in southern United States
leech
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~ a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
leech
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~ carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
leech
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~ draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"
leechee
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~ Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried
leechlike
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~ of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another; "a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses"; "parasitic vines that strangle the trees"; "bloodsucking blackmailer"; "his indolent leechlike existence"
lady's leek
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~ widely distributed North American wild onion with white to rose flowers
leek
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~ related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves
leek
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~ plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum