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LENGTH, n. 1. The extent of anything material from end to end; the longest line ...
LENGTH'EN, v.t. length'n. 1. To extend in length; to make longer; to elongate; a...
LENGTH'ENED, pp. Made longer; drawn out in length; continued in duration.
LENGTH'ENING, ppr. Making longer; extending in length or in duration. LENGTH'ENI...
LENGTH'FUL, a. Of great length in measure.
LENGTH'WISE, adv. In the direction of the length; in a longitudinal direction.
LENGTH'Y, a. Being long or moderately long; not short; not brief; applied mostly...
LE'NIENT, a. [L. leniens, from lenio, lenis, soft, mild. 1. Softening; mitigatin...
LEN'IFY, v.t. To assuage; to soften; to mitigate. [Little used.]
LEN'IMENT, n. An assuasive. [Not used.]
LEN'ITIVE, a. [L. lenio, to soften.] Having the quality of softening or mitigati...
LEN'ITY, n. [L. lenitas, from lenis, mild, soft.] Mildness of temper; softness; ...
LENS, n. plu. lenses. [L. lens, a lentil.] A transparent substance, usually glas...
LENT, pp. of lend. LENT , n. The quadragesimal fast, or fast of forty days obser...
LENT'EN, a. Pertaining to lent; used in lent; sparing; as a lenten entertainment...
LENTIC'ULAR, a. [L. lenticularis, from lens, supra.] 1. Resembling a lentil. 2. ...