Words in english starting with L

• lechwe — Noun – English ～ tawny-colored African antelope inhabiting wet grassy plains; a threatened species
• lecithin — Noun – English ～ a yellow phospholipid essential for the metabolism of fats; found in egg yolk and in many plant and animal cells; used commercially as an emulsifier
• Leclanche cell — Noun – English ～ voltaic cell that produces approximately 1.5 volts
• lectern — Noun – English ～ desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer
• lectin — Noun – English ～ any of several plant glycoproteins that act like specific antibodies but are not antibodies in that they are not evoked by an antigenic stimulus
• lector — Noun – English ～ someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church
• lector — Noun – English ～ a public lecturer at certain universities
• lecture — Noun – English ～ a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"
• lecture — Noun – English ～ a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"
• lecture demonstration — Noun – English ～ presentation of an example of what the lecturer is discoursing about
• lecture — Noun – English ～ teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
• lecture — Verb – English ～ deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"
• lecture — Verb – English ～ censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
• lecturer — Noun – English ～ a public lecturer at certain universities
• lecturer — Noun – English ～ someone who lectures professionally
• lectureship — Noun – English ～ the post of lecturer
• lecturing — Noun – English ～ teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
• Lecythidaceae — Noun – English ～ large tropical trees bearing large fruits with woody skins
• LED — Noun – English ～ diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
• Leda — Noun – English ～ (Greek mythology) a queen of Sparta who was raped by Zeus who had taken the form of a swan; Helen of Troy was conceived in the rape of Leda

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