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Leeching
- verb - draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"
Leucaena
- noun - small genus of tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having pods like those of the acacia
Leucines
- noun - a white crystalline amino acid occurring in proteins that is essential for nutrition; obtained by the hydrolysis of most dietary proteins
Leucinic
- - Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from leucin, and called also oxycaproic acid.
Leucitic
- - Containing leucite; as, leucitic rocks.
Leucomas
- noun - eye disease consisting of an opaque white spot on the cornea
Leuconic
- - Pertaining to, or designating, a complex organic acid, obtained as a yellowish white gum by the oxidation of croconic acid.
Leucoryx
- - A large antelope of North Africa (Oryx leucoryx), allied to the gemsbok.
Linchpin
- noun - a central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm"
- pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on
Lincocin
- noun - antibiotic (trade name Lincocin) obtained from a streptomyces bacterium and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections