Leucitoid (n.) The trapezohedron or tetragonal trisoctahedron; -- so called as being the form of the mineral leucite.
Leuco- () Alt. of Leuc-
Leuc- () A combining form signifying white, colorless; specif. (Chem.), denoting an extensive series of colorless organic compounds, obtained by reduction from certain other colored compounds; as, leucaniline, leucaurin, etc.
Leucocyte (n.) A colorless corpuscle, as one of the white blood corpuscles, or those found in lymph, marrow of bone, connective tissue, etc.
Leucocythaemia (n.) Alt. of Leucocythemia
Leucocythemia (n.) A disease in which the white corpuscles of the blood are largely increased in number, and there is enlargement of the spleen, or the lymphatic glands; leuchaemia.
Leucocytogenesis (n.) The formation of leucocytes.
Leucoethiopic (a.) White and black; -- said of a white animal of a black species, or the albino of the negro race.
Leucoethiops (n.) An albino.
Leucoline (n.) A nitrogenous organic base from coal tar, and identical with quinoline. Cf. Quinoline.
Leucoma (n.) A white opacity in the cornea of the eye; -- called also albugo.
Leucomaine (n.) An animal base or alkaloid, appearing in the tissue during life; hence, a vital alkaloid, as distinguished from a ptomaine or cadaveric poison.
Leuconic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex organic acid, obtained as a yellowish white gum by the oxidation of croconic acid.
Leucopathy (n.) The state of an albino, or of a white child of black parents.
Leucophane (n.) A mineral of a greenish yellow color; it is a silicate of glucina, lime, and soda with fluorine. Called also leucophanite.
Leucophlegmacy (n.) A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca; paleness, with viscid juices and cold sweats.
Leucophlegmatic (a.) Having a dropsical habit of body, with a white bloated skin.
Leucophyll (n.) A colorless substance isomeric with chlorophyll, contained in parts of plants capable of becoming green.
Leucophyllous (a.) Having white or silvery foliage.
Leucoplast (n.) Alt. of Leucoplastid
Leucoplastid (n.) One of certain very minute whitish or colorless granules occurring in the protoplasm of plants and supposed to be the nuclei around which starch granules will form.
Leucopyrite (n.) A mineral of a color between white and steel-gray, with a metallic luster, and consisting chiefly of arsenic and iron.
Leucorrhoea (n.) A discharge of a white, yellowish, or greenish, viscid mucus, resulting from inflammation or irritation of the membrane lining the genital organs of the female; the whites.
Leucoryx (n.) A large antelope of North Africa (Oryx leucoryx), allied to the gemsbok.
Leucoscope (n.) An instrument, devised by Professor Helmholtz, for testing the color perception of the eye, or for comparing different lights, as to their constituent colors or their relative whiteness.
Leucosoid (a.) Like or pertaining to the Leucosoidea, a tribe of marine crabs including the box crab or Calappa.
Leucosphere (n.) The inner corona.
Leucoturic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic substance of the uric acid group, called leucoturic acid or oxalantin. See Oxalantin.
Leucous (a.) White; -- applied to albinos, from the whiteness of their skin and hair.
Leucoxene (n.) A nearly opaque white mineral, in part identical with titanite, observed in some igneous rocks as the result of the alteration of titanic iron.
Leukaemia (n.) Leucocythaemia.
Leuke (n.) Alt. of Leukeness
Leukeness (n.) See Luke, etc.
Leukoplast (n.) See Leucoplast.
Levana (n.) A goddess who protected newborn infants.
Levant (a.) Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant.
Levant (n.) The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters.
Levant (n.) A levanter (the wind so called).
Levant (a.) Eastern.
Levant (v. i.) To run away from one's debts; to decamp.
Levanter (v.) One who levants, or decamps.
Levanter (n.) A strong easterly wind peculiar to the Mediterranean.
Levantine (n.) Of or pertaining to the Levant.
Levantine (n.) A native or inhabitant of the Levant.
Levantine (n.) A stout twilled silk fabric, formerly made in the Levant.
Levari facias () A writ of execution at common law.
Levation (n.) The act of raising; elevation; upward motion, as that produced by the action of a levator muscle.
Levator (n.) A muscle that serves to raise some part, as the lip or the eyelid.
Levator (n.) A surgical instrument used to raise a depressed part of the skull.
Leve (a.) Dear. See Lief.
Leve (n. & v.) Same as 3d & 4th Leave.
Leve (v. i.) To live.
Leve (v. t.) To believe.
Leve (v. t.) To grant; -- used esp. in exclamations or prayers followed by a dependent clause.
Levee (n.) The act of rising.
Levee (n.) A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a soiree, or evening assembly; a matinee; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee.
Levee (v. t.) To attend the levee or levees of.
Levee (n.) An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.
Levee (v. t.) To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.
Levee en masse () See Levy in mass, under Levy, n.
Leveful (n.) Allowable; permissible; lawful.
Level (n.) A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface of still water; -- this is the true level, and is a curve or surface in which all points are equally distant from the center of the earth, or rather would be so if the earth were an exact sphere.
Level (n.) A horizontal line or plane; that is, a straight line or a plane which is tangent to a true level at a given point and hence parallel to the horizon at that point; -- this is the apparent level at the given point.
Level (n.) An approximately horizontal line or surface at a certain degree of altitude, or distance from the center of the earth; as, to climb from the level of the coast to the level of the plateau and then descend to the level of the valley or of the sea.
Level (n.) Hence, figuratively, a certain position, rank, standard, degree, quality, character, etc., conceived of as in one of several planes of different elevation.
Level (n.) A uniform or average height; a normal plane or altitude; a condition conformable to natural law or which will secure a level surface; as, moving fluids seek a level.
Level (n.) An instrument by which to find a horizontal line, or adjust something with reference to a horizontal line.
Level (n.) A measurement of the difference of altitude of two points, by means of a level; as, to take a level.
Level (n.) A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine.
Level (a.) Even; flat; having no part higher than another; having, or conforming to, the curvature which belongs to the undisturbed liquid parts of the earth's surface; as, a level field; level ground; the level surface of a pond or lake.
Level (a.) Coinciding or parallel with the plane of the horizon; horizontal; as, the telescope is now level.
Level (a.) Even with anything else; of the same height; on the same line or plane; on the same footing; of equal importance; -- followed by with, sometimes by to.
Level (a.) Straightforward; direct; clear; open.
Level (a.) Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial; as, a level head; a level understanding. [Colloq.]
Level (a.) Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection.
Leveled (imp. & p. p.) of Level
Levelled () of Level
Leveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Level
Levelling () of Level
Level (v. t.) To make level; to make horizontal; to bring to the condition of a level line or surface; hence, to make flat or even; as, to level a road, a walk, or a garden.
Level (v. t.) To bring to a lower level; to overthrow; to topple down; to reduce to a flat surface; to lower.
Level (v. t.) To bring to a horizontal position, as a gun; hence, to point in taking aim; to aim; to direct.
Level (v. t.) Figuratively, to bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.; as, to level all the ranks and conditions of men.
Level (v. t.) To adjust or adapt to a certain level; as, to level remarks to the capacity of children.
Level (v. i.) To be level; to be on a level with, or on an equality with, something; hence, to accord; to agree; to suit.
Level (v. i.) To aim a gun, spear, etc., horizontally; hence, to aim or point a weapon in direct line with the mark; fig., to direct the eye, mind, or effort, directly to an object.
Leveler (n.) One who, or that which, levels.
Leveler (n.) One who would remove social inequalities or distinctions; a socialist.
Leveling (n.) The act or operation of making level.
Leveling (n.) The art or operation of using a leveling instrument for finding a horizontal line, for ascertaining the differences of level between different points of the earth's surface included in a survey, for establishing grades, etc., as in finding the descent of a river, or locating a line of railroad.
Levelism (n.) The disposition or endeavor to level all distinctions of rank in society.
Levelly (adv.) In an even or level manner.
Levelness (n.) The state or quality of being level.
Leven (n.) Lightning.
Lever (a.) More agreeable; more pleasing.
Lever (adv.) Rather.
Lever (n.) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; -- used for transmitting and modifying force and motion. Specif., a bar of metal, wood, or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.
Lever (n.) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
Lever (n.) An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.
Leverage (n.) The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever.