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Lectin
- noun - any of several plant glycoproteins that act like specific antibodies but are not antibodies in that they are not evoked by an antigenic stimulus
Lector
- noun - a public lecturer at certain universities
- someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church
Lichee
- noun - Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried
- Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium
Lichen
- noun - any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks
- any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.
Lichis
- noun - Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried
Licked
- verb - 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"
- having been got the better of; "I'm pretty beat up but I don't feel licked yet"
- 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"
Licker
- - One who, or that which, licks.
Lictor
- - An officer who bore an ax and fasces or rods, as ensigns of his office. His duty was to attend the chief magistrates when they appeared in public, to clear the way, and cause due respect to be paid to them, also to apprehend and punish criminals.
Locale
- noun - the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)