leafnose bat
— Noun
– English
～ bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae
leafstalk
— Noun
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～ the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf
league
— Noun
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～ an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
league
— Noun
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～ an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action
league
— Noun
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～ an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)
leak
— Noun
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～ soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi
leak fungus
— Noun
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～ fungus causing soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables and rings of dry rot around roots of sweet potatoes
leak
— Noun
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～ a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak"
leak
— Noun
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～ the discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak"
leak
— Noun
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～ an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape; "one of the tires developed a leak"
leak
— Noun
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～ unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information
leakage
— Noun
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～ the discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak"
leaker
— Noun
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～ a surreptitious informant; "the president wanted to know who the leakers were"
leakey
— Noun
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～ English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944)
Leakey
— Noun
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～ English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972)
Leakey
— Noun
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～ English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996)
leakiness
— Noun
– English
～ the condition of permitting leaks or leakage; "the leakiness of the roof"; "the heart valve's leakiness"; "the leakiness of the boat made it dangerous to use"
lean
— Noun
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～ the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"
Leander
— Noun
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～ (Greek mythology) a youth beloved of Hero who drowned in a storm in the Hellespont on one of his nightly visits to see her
leaner
— Noun
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～ (horseshoes) the throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake