| Let |
v. t. |
To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose. |
| Let |
n. |
A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay;
common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic. |
| Let |
n. |
A stroke in which a ball touches the top of the net in passing over. |
| Let |
imp. & p. p. |
of Let |
| Let |
v. t. |
To leave; to relinquish; to abandon. |
| Let |
v. t. |
To consider; to think; to esteem. |
| Let |
v. t. |
To cause; to make;
used with the infinitive in the active form but in the passive sense; as, let make, i. e., cause to be made; let bring, i. e., cause to be brought. |
| Let |
v. t. |
To permit; to allow; to suffer;
either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent. |
| Let |
v. t. |
To allow to be used or occupied for a compensation; to lease; to rent; to hire out;
often with out; as, to let a farm; to let a house; to let out horses. |
| Let |
v. t. |
To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract;
often with out; as, to let the building of a bridge; to let out the lathing and the plastering. |
| Let |
v. i. |
To forbear. |
| Let |
v. i. |
To be let or leased; as, the farm lets for $500 a year. See note under Let, v. t. |
| Let-alone |
a. |
Letting alone. |
| Let-off |
n. |
A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a loom. |
| Let-up |
n. |
Abatement; also, cessation; as, it blew a gale for three days without any let-up. |
| Letch |
v. & n. |
See Leach. |
| Letch |
n. |
Strong desire; passion. (Archaic). |
| Letchy |
a. |
See Leachy. |
| Lete |
v. t. |
To let; to leave. |
| Leten |
|
p. p. of Lete. |
| Lethal |
n. |
One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. It is so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid. |
| Lethal |
a. |
Deadly; mortal; fatal. |
| Lethality |
n. |
The quality of being lethal; mortality. |
| Lethargic |
a. |
Alt. of Lethargical |
| Lethargical |
a. |
Pertaining to, affected with, or resembling, lethargy; morbidly drowsy; dull; heavy. |
| Lethargize |
v. t. |
To make lethargic. |
| Lethargized |
imp. & p. p. |
of Lethargize |
| Lethargizing |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Lethargize |
| Lethargy |
n. |
Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which a person can scarcely be awaked. |
| Lethargy |
n. |
A state of inaction or indifference. |
| Lethargy |
v. t. |
To lethargize. |
| Lethe |
n. |
Death. |
| Lethe |
n. |
A river of Hades whose waters when drunk caused forgetfulness of the past. |
| Lethe |
n. |
Oblivion; a draught of oblivion; forgetfulness. |
| Lethean |
a. |
Of or pertaining to Lethe; resembling in effect the water of Lethe. |
| Letheed |
a. |
Caused by Lethe. |
| Letheon |
n. |
Sulphuric ether used as an anaesthetic agent. |
| Letheonize |
v. t. |
To subject to the influence of letheon. |
| Lethiferous |
a. |
Deadly; bringing death or destruction. |
| Lethy |
a. |
Lethean. |
| Lette |
v. t. |
To let; to hinder. See Let, to hinder. |
| Letted |
|
of Let |
| Letted |
imp. & p. p. |
of Lette |
| Letter |
n. |
One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire. |
| Letter |
n. |
One who retards or hinders. |
| Letter |
n. |
A mark or character used as the representative of a sound, or of an articulation of the human organs of speech; a first element of written language. |
| Letter |
n. |
A written or printed communication; a message expressed in intelligible characters on something adapted to conveyance, as paper, parchment, etc.; an epistle. |
| Letter |
n. |
A writing; an inscription. |
| Letter |
n. |
Verbal expression; literal statement or meaning; exact signification or requirement. |
| Letter |
n. |
A single type; type, collectively; a style of type. |
| Letter |
n. |
Learning; erudition; as, a man of letters. |
| Letter |
n. |
A letter; an epistle. |
| Letter |
v. t. |
To impress with letters; to mark with letters or words; as, a book gilt and lettered. |
| Letter |
n. |
A telegram longer than an ordinary message sent at rates lower than the standard message rate in consideration of its being sent and delivered subject to priority in service of regular messages. Such telegrams are called by the Western Union Company day, / night, letters according to the time of sending, and by The Postal Telegraph Company day, / night, lettergrams. |
| Lettered |
imp. & p. p. |
of Letter |
| Lettered |
a. |
Literate; educated; versed in literature. |
| Lettered |
a. |
Of or pertaining to learning or literature; learned. |
| Lettered |
a. |
Inscribed or stamped with letters. |
| Letterer |
n. |
One who makes, inscribes, or engraves, alphabetical letters. |
| Lettergram |
n. |
See Letter, above. |
| Lettering |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Letter |
| Lettering |
n. |
The act or business of making, or marking with, letters, as by cutting or painting. |
| Lettering |
n. |
The letters made; as, the lettering of a sign. |
| Letterless |
a. |
Not having a letter. |
| Letterless |
a. |
Illiterate. |
| Lettern |
n. |
See Lecturn. |
| Letterpress |
n. |
Print; letters and words impressed on paper or other material by types;
often used of the reading matter in distinction from the illustrations. |
| Letterure |
n. |
Letters; literature. |
| Letterwood |
n. |
The beautiful and highly elastic wood of a tree of the genus Brosimum (B. Aubletii), found in Guiana;
so called from black spots in it which bear some resemblance to hieroglyphics; also called snakewood, and leopardwood. It is much used for bows and for walking sticks. |
| Lettic |
a. |
Of or pertaining to the Letts; Lettish. |
| Lettic |
a. |
Of or pertaining to a branch of the Slavic family, subdivided into Lettish, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian. |
| Lettic |
n. |
The language of the Letts; Lettish. |
| Lettic |
n. |
The language of the Lettic race, including Lettish, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian. |
| Letting |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Let |
| Lettish |
a. |
Of or pertaining to the Letts. |
| Lettish |
n. |
The language spoken by the Letts. See Lettic. |
| Lettrure |
n. |
See Letterure. |
| Letts |
n. pl. |
An Indo-European people, allied to the Lithuanians and Old Prussians, and inhabiting a part of the Baltic provinces of Russia. |
| Lettuce |
n. |
A composite plant of the genus Lactuca (L. sativa), the leaves of which are used as salad. Plants of this genus yield a milky juice, from which lactucarium is obtained. The commonest wild lettuce of the United States is L. Canadensis. |
| Letuary |
n. |
Electuary. |
