leek
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves
leek
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
leer
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a suggestive or sneering look or grin
leer
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls
leer
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression; "The men leered at the young women on the beach"
leering
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ showing sly or knowing malice in a glance; "she had run in fear of...his evil leering eye"- Amy Lowell
leering
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ (of a glance) sidelong and slyly lascivious; "leering drugstore cowboys"
leery
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
lees
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage
leeuwenhoek
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ Dutch pioneer microscopist who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and who gave the first accurate descriptions of microbes and spermatozoa and blood corpuscles (1632-1723)
Leeward Islands
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a group of islands in the eastern West Indies
leeward
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the side of something that is sheltered from the wind
leeward
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the direction in which the wind is blowing
leeward
— Biord
– Engelsk
~ away from the wind; "they were sailing leeward"
leeward
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ on the side away from the wind; "on the leeward side of the island"
leeway
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ (of a ship or plane) sideways drift
leeway
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
leflunomide
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally; can slow the progression of rheumatoid arthritis by slowing the proliferation of white blood cells which reduces inflammation in the synovium
left brain
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the body
left-hander
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand