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Lepton
- noun - 100 lepta equal 1 drachma in Greece
- an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions; has a baryon number of 0
Lesion
- noun - an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
- any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part
Lessen
- verb - decrease in size, extent, or range;
- make smaller; "
- wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"
Lesson
- noun - a task assigned for individual study; "he did the lesson for today"
- a unit of instruction; "he took driving lessons"
- punishment intended as a warning to others; "they decided to make an example of him"
- the significance of a story or event; "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor"
Let In
- verb - allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar"
- allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club building"; "This pipe admits air"
- allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club"
Let On
- verb - make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret;
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won''t reveal how old she is"; "bring
Leucin
- - a naturally occurring alpha-amino acid ((CH3)2CH.CH2.CH(NH2)-COOH), one of the building units of almost all proteins of living organisms, both animal and vegetable. It is one of the essential amino acids (not synthesized by the human body, a required component for proper nutrition), and is hydrophobic in character when bound in proteins. In isolated form it is a white, crystalline, zwitterionic substance formed, e. g. by the decomposition of proteins by pancreatic digestion, by the action of boiling dilute mineral acid, or by putrefaction. Chemically it is to be considered as amido-caproic acid. It occurs as two optical isomers, the L- and D-forms. The L-form, L-leucine, is the natural form, present in most proteins.
Leyden
- noun - a city in the western Netherlands; residence of the Pilgrim Fathers for 11 years before they sailed for America in 1620
LIBRAN
- unknown - A person born in the period of the House of Libra - the 7th sign in the astrological zodiac - between 23rd September and 22nd October.