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Leander
- noun - (Greek mythology) a youth beloved of Hero who drowned in a storm in the Hellespont on one of his nightly visits to see her
Leaners
- noun - (horseshoes) the throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake
Leanest
- unknown - slimmest; thinnest; least fat
Leaning
- verb - a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration"
- an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity"
- cause to lean or incline; "He leaned his rifle against the wall"
- cause to lean to the side; "Erosion listed the old tree"
- departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted"
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
- rely on for support; "We can lean on this man"
- the act of deviating from a vertical position
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"
- to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over
Lemnian
- - Of or pertaining to the isle of Lemnos.
Leonard
- noun - United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925)
Leonese
- - Of or pertaining to Leon, in Spain. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Leon.
Leonids
- unknown - The Leonids is a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Tempel-Tuttle
Leonine
- adjective - of or characteristic of or resembling a lion