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Letting
- verb - actively cause something to happen; "I let it be known that I was not interested"
- cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"
- consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"
- grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"
- leave unchanged; "let it be"
- make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen; "This permits the water to rush in"; "This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement"; "This will permit the rain to run off"
- property that is leased or rented out or let
Lettish
- noun - the official language of Latvia; belongs to the Baltic branch of Indo-European
Leucine
- noun - a white crystalline amino acid occurring in proteins that is essential for nutrition; obtained by the hydrolysis of most dietary proteins
Levying
- verb - cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers"
- impose and collect; "levy a fine"
Librium
- noun - a tranquilizer (trade names Librium and Libritabs) used in the treatment of alcoholism
Licking
- verb - an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"
- beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem"
- pass the tongue over; "the dog licked her hand"
- take up with the tongue; "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"
- the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
Lifting
- verb - call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
- cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
- fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"
- invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"
- make audible; "He lifted a war whoop"
- make off with belongings of others
- move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
- move upwards; "lift one's eyes"
- pay off (a mortgage)
- perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
- put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege"
- raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
- raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of t
Lignify
- verb - convert into wood or cause to become woody
Lignins
- noun - a complex polymer; the chief constituent of wood other than carbohydrates; binds to cellulose fibers to harden and strengthen cell walls of plants
Lignite
- noun - intermediate between peat and bituminous coal