leatherleaf wood fern : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

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English Dictionary: leatherleaf wood fern	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lateral adj situated at or extending to the side; "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson Synonym(s): lateral, sidelong lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body; "lateral lemniscus" n a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer [syn: {lateral pass}, lateral]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lateral cerebral sulcus n the deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures; separates the frontal lobes and temporal lobes in both hemispheres Synonym(s): fissure of Sylvius, Sylvian fissure, lateral cerebral sulcus, sulcus lateralis cerebri
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lateral condyle n a condyle on the outer side of the lower extremity of the femur
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lateral epicondyle n epicondyle near the lateral condyle of the femur
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lateral epicondylitis n painful inflammation of the tendon at the outer border of the elbow resulting from overuse of lower arm muscles (as in twisting of the hand) Synonym(s): tennis elbow, lateral epicondylitis, lateral humeral epicondylitis
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lateral geniculate n a neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex Synonym(s): lateral geniculate body, corpus geniculatum laterale, lateral geniculate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lateral geniculate body n a neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex Synonym(s): lateral geniculate body, corpus geniculatum laterale, lateral geniculate
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lateral humeral epicondylitis n painful inflammation of the tendon at the outer border of the elbow resulting from overuse of lower arm muscles (as in twisting of the hand) Synonym(s): tennis elbow, lateral epicondylitis, lateral humeral epicondylitis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lateral line n sense organs of fish and amphibians; believed to detect pressure changes in the water Synonym(s): lateral line, lateral line organ
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lateral line organ n sense organs of fish and amphibians; believed to detect pressure changes in the water Synonym(s): lateral line, lateral line organ
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lateral pass n a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer [syn: {lateral pass}, lateral]
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lateral rectus n the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward Synonym(s): abducens muscle, lateral rectus muscle, lateral rectus, rectus lateralis
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lateral rectus muscle n the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward Synonym(s): abducens muscle, lateral rectus muscle, lateral rectus, rectus lateralis
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lateral thinking n a heuristic for solving problems; you try to look at the problem from many angles instead of tackling it head-on
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lateral ventricle n either of two horseshoe-shaped ventricles one in each cerebral hemisphere; they communicate with the third ventricle via the foramen of Monro
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lateralisation n localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain Synonym(s): lateralization, lateralisation, laterality
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laterality n localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain Synonym(s): lateralization, lateralisation, laterality the property of using one hand more than the other Synonym(s): handedness, laterality superior development of one side of the body Synonym(s): laterality, dominance
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lateralization n localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain Synonym(s): lateralization, lateralisation, laterality
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lateralize v move or displace to one side so as to make lateral
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laterally adv to or by or from the side; "such women carry in their heads kinship knowledge of six generations depth and extending laterally among consanguineal kin as far as the grandchildren of second cousin" in a lateral direction or location; "the body is spindle- shaped and only slightly compressed laterally"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
latterly adv in the recent past; "he was in Paris recently"; "lately the rules have been enforced"; "as late as yesterday she was fine"; "feeling better of late"; "the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also" Synonym(s): recently, late, lately, of late, latterly
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leather-leafed adj having leathery leaves [syn: leather-leaved, {leather- leafed}]
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leather-leaved adj having leathery leaves [syn: leather-leaved, {leather- leafed}]
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leatherleaf n stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib Synonym(s): leatherleaf, leathery polypody, coast polypody, Polypodium scouleri north temperate bog shrub with evergreen leathery leaves and small white cylindrical flowers Synonym(s): leatherleaf, Chamaedaphne calyculata
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leatherleaf fern n widely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds Synonym(s): leather fern, leatherleaf fern, ten-day fern, Rumohra adiantiformis, Polystichum adiantiformis
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leatherleaf saxifrage n plant with basal leathery elliptic leaves and erect leafless flower stalks each bearing a dense roundish cluster of tiny white flowers; moist places of northwestern North America to Oregon and Idaho Synonym(s): leatherleaf saxifrage, Leptarrhena pyrolifolia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leatherleaf wood fern n North American fern with evergreen fronds [syn: {marginal wood fern}, evergreen wood fern, leatherleaf wood fern, Dryopteris marginalis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leatherlike adj resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable Synonym(s): coriaceous, leathered, leatherlike, leathery
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
literal adj being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" Synonym(s): actual, genuine, literal, real without interpretation or embellishment; "a literal depiction of the scene before him" limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text; "a literal translation" Antonym(s): figurative, nonliteral avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis); "it's the literal truth" n a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind Synonym(s): misprint, erratum, typographical error, typo, literal error, literal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
literal error n a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind Synonym(s): misprint, erratum, typographical error, typo, literal error, literal
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literal interpretation n an interpretation based on the exact wording
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literalise v make literal; "literalize metaphors" [syn: literalize, literalise] Antonym(s): spiritualise, spiritualize
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literalism n the doctrine of realistic (literal) portrayal in art or literature a disposition to interpret statements in their literal sense
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literalize v make literal; "literalize metaphors" [syn: literalize, literalise] Antonym(s): spiritualise, spiritualize
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literally adv in a literal sense; "literally translated"; "he said so literally" Antonym(s): figuratively (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration; "our eyes were literally pinned to TV during the Gulf War"
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literalness n adhereing to the concrete construal of something
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litoral n the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean [syn: littoral, litoral, littoral zone, sands]
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litter lout n a person who litters public places with refuse [syn: litterer, litterbug, litter lout]
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littoral adj of or relating to a coastal or shore region n the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean [syn: littoral, litoral, littoral zone, sands]
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littoral zone n the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean [syn: littoral, litoral, littoral zone, sands]
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Lutra lutra n otter found in Europe and Asia [syn: Eurasian otter, Lutra lutra]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lateral \Lat"er*al\, a. [L. lateralis, fr. latus, lateris, side: cf. F. lat[82]ral.] 1. Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree. 2. (Anat.) Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to {mesial}. 3. Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing. {Lateral cleavage} (Crystallog.), cleavage parallel to the lateral planes. {Lateral equation} (Math.), an equation of the first degree. [Obs.] {Lateral line} (Anat.), in fishes, a line of sensory organs along either side of the body, often marked by a distinct line of color. {Lateral pressure} or {stress} (Mech.), a pressure or stress at right angles to the length, as of a beam or bridge; -- distinguished from longitudinal pressure or stress. {Lateral strength} (Mech.), strength which resists a tendency to fracture arising from lateral pressure. {Lateral system} (Bridge Building), the system of horizontal braces (as between two vertical trusses) by which lateral stiffness is secured.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lateral \Lat"er*al\, a. [L. lateralis, fr. latus, lateris, side: cf. F. lat[82]ral.] 1. Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree. 2. (Anat.) Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to {mesial}. 3. Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing. {Lateral cleavage} (Crystallog.), cleavage parallel to the lateral planes. {Lateral equation} (Math.), an equation of the first degree. [Obs.] {Lateral line} (Anat.), in fishes, a line of sensory organs along either side of the body, often marked by a distinct line of color. {Lateral pressure} or {stress} (Mech.), a pressure or stress at right angles to the length, as of a beam or bridge; -- distinguished from longitudinal pressure or stress. {Lateral strength} (Mech.), strength which resists a tendency to fracture arising from lateral pressure. {Lateral system} (Bridge Building), the system of horizontal braces (as between two vertical trusses) by which lateral stiffness is secured.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cleavage \Cleav"age\, n. 1. The act of cleaving or splitting. 2. (Crystallog.) The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a minimum, affording more or less smooth surfaces; the direction of the dividing plane; a fragment obtained by cleaving, as of a diamond. See {Parting}. 3. (Geol.) Division into lamin[91], like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure. {Basal cleavage}, cleavage parallel to the base of a crystal, or to the plane of the lateral axes. {Cell cleavage} (Biol.), multiplication of cells by fission. See {Segmentation}. {Cubic cleavage}, cleavage parallel to the faces of a cube. {Diagonal cleavage}, cleavage parallel to ta diagonal plane. {Egg clavage}. (Biol.) See {Segmentation}. {Lateral cleavage}, cleavage parallel to the lateral planes. {Octahedral, Dodecahedral, [or] Rhombohedral, {cleavage}, cleavage parallel to the faces of an octahedron, dodecahedron, or rhombohedron. {Prismatic cleavage}, cleavage parallel to a vertical prism.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lateral \Lat"er*al\, a. [L. lateralis, fr. latus, lateris, side: cf. F. lat[82]ral.] 1. Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree. 2. (Anat.) Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to {mesial}. 3. Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing. {Lateral cleavage} (Crystallog.), cleavage parallel to the lateral planes. {Lateral equation} (Math.), an equation of the first degree. [Obs.] {Lateral line} (Anat.), in fishes, a line of sensory organs along either side of the body, often marked by a distinct line of color. {Lateral pressure} or {stress} (Mech.), a pressure or stress at right angles to the length, as of a beam or bridge; -- distinguished from longitudinal pressure or stress. {Lateral strength} (Mech.), strength which resists a tendency to fracture arising from lateral pressure. {Lateral system} (Bridge Building), the system of horizontal braces (as between two vertical trusses) by which lateral stiffness is secured.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lateral \Lat"er*al\, a. [L. lateralis, fr. latus, lateris, side: cf. F. lat[82]ral.] 1. Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree. 2. (Anat.) Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to {mesial}. 3. Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing. {Lateral cleavage} (Crystallog.), cleavage parallel to the lateral planes. {Lateral equation} (Math.), an equation of the first degree. [Obs.] {Lateral line} (Anat.), in fishes, a line of sensory organs along either side of the body, often marked by a distinct line of color. {Lateral pressure} or {stress} (Mech.), a pressure or stress at right angles to the length, as of a beam or bridge; -- distinguished from longitudinal pressure or stress. {Lateral strength} (Mech.), strength which resists a tendency to fracture arising from lateral pressure. {Lateral system} (Bridge Building), the system of horizontal braces (as between two vertical trusses) by which lateral stiffness is secured.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lateral \Lat"er*al\, a. [L. lateralis, fr. latus, lateris, side: cf. F. lat[82]ral.] 1. Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree. 2. (Anat.) Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to {mesial}. 3. Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing. {Lateral cleavage} (Crystallog.), cleavage parallel to the lateral planes. {Lateral equation} (Math.), an equation of the first degree. [Obs.] {Lateral line} (Anat.), in fishes, a line of sensory organs along either side of the body, often marked by a distinct line of color. {Lateral pressure} or {stress} (Mech.), a pressure or stress at right angles to the length, as of a beam or bridge; -- distinguished from longitudinal pressure or stress. {Lateral strength} (Mech.), strength which resists a tendency to fracture arising from lateral pressure. {Lateral system} (Bridge Building), the system of horizontal braces (as between two vertical trusses) by which lateral stiffness is secured.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lateral \Lat"er*al\, a. [L. lateralis, fr. latus, lateris, side: cf. F. lat[82]ral.] 1. Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree. 2. (Anat.) Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to {mesial}. 3. Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing. {Lateral cleavage} (Crystallog.), cleavage parallel to the lateral planes. {Lateral equation} (Math.), an equation of the first degree. [Obs.] {Lateral line} (Anat.), in fishes, a line of sensory organs along either side of the body, often marked by a distinct line of color. {Lateral pressure} or {stress} (Mech.), a pressure or stress at right angles to the length, as of a beam or bridge; -- distinguished from longitudinal pressure or stress. {Lateral strength} (Mech.), strength which resists a tendency to fracture arising from lateral pressure. {Lateral system} (Bridge Building), the system of horizontal braces (as between two vertical trusses) by which lateral stiffness is secured.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lateral \Lat"er*al\, a. [L. lateralis, fr. latus, lateris, side: cf. F. lat[82]ral.] 1. Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree. 2. (Anat.) Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to {mesial}. 3. Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing. {Lateral cleavage} (Crystallog.), cleavage parallel to the lateral planes. {Lateral equation} (Math.), an equation of the first degree. [Obs.] {Lateral line} (Anat.), in fishes, a line of sensory organs along either side of the body, often marked by a distinct line of color. {Lateral pressure} or {stress} (Mech.), a pressure or stress at right angles to the length, as of a beam or bridge; -- distinguished from longitudinal pressure or stress. {Lateral strength} (Mech.), strength which resists a tendency to fracture arising from lateral pressure. {Lateral system} (Bridge Building), the system of horizontal braces (as between two vertical trusses) by which lateral stiffness is secured.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Laterality \Lat`eral"ity\, n. The state or condition of being lateral.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Laterally \Lat"erally\, adv. By the side; sidewise; toward, or from, the side.
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Latterly \Lat"ter*ly\, adv. Lately; of late; recently; at a later, as distinguished from a former, period. Latterly Milton was short and thick. --Richardson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leather \Leath"er\, n. [OE. lether, AS. le[?]er; akin to D. leder, le[88]r, G. leder, OHG. ledar, Icel. le[?]r, Sw. l[84]der, Dan. l[91]der.] 1. The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively. 2. The skin. [Ironical or Sportive] Note: Leather is much used adjectively in the sense of made of, relating to, or like, leather. {Leather board}, an imitation of sole leather, made of leather scraps, rags, paper, etc. {Leather carp} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of carp in which the scales are all, or nearly all, absent. See Illust. under {Carp}. {Leather jacket}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A California carangoid fish ({Oligoplites saurus}). (b) A trigger fish ({Balistes Carolinensis}). {Leather flower} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Clematis Viorna}) of the Middle and Southern States having thick, leathery sepals of a purplish color. {Leather leaf} (Bot.), a low shrub ({Cassandra calyculata}), growing in Northern swamps, and having evergreen, coriaceous, scurfy leaves. {Leather plant} (Bot.), one or more New Zealand plants of the composite genus {Celmisia}, which have white or buff tomentose leaves. {Leather turtle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Leatherback}. {Vegetable leather}. (a) An imitation of leather made of cotton waste. (b) Linen cloth coated with India rubber. --Ure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alone \A*lone"\, a. [All + one. OE. al one all allone, AS. [be]n one, alone. See {All}, {One}, {Lone}.] 1. Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing. Alone on a wide, wide sea. --Coleridge. It is not good that the man should be alone. --Gen. ii. 18. 2. Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only. Man shall not live by bread alone. --Luke iv. 4. The citizens alone should be at the expense. --Franklin. 3. Sole; only; exclusive. [R.] God, by whose alone power and conversation we all live, and move, and have our being. --Bentley. 4. Hence; Unique; rare; matchless. --Shak. Note: The adjective alone commonly follows its noun. {To} {let [or] leave} {alone}, to abstain from interfering with or molesting; to suffer to remain in its present state.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Letter \Let"ter\, n. [OE. lettre, F. lettre, OF. letre, fr. L. littera, litera, a letter; pl., an epistle, a writing, literature, fr. linere, litum, to besmear, to spread or rub over; because one of the earliest modes of writing was by graving the characters upon tablets smeared over or covered with wax. --Pliny, xiii. 11. See {Liniment}, and cf. {Literal}.] 1. 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. And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew. --Luke xxiii. 38. 2. A written or printed communication; a message expressed in intelligible characters on something adapted to conveyance, as paper, parchment, etc.; an epistle. The style of letters ought to be free, easy, and natural. --Walsh. 3. A writing; an inscription. [Obs.] None could expound what this letter meant. --Chaucer. 4. Verbal expression; literal statement or meaning; exact signification or requirement. We must observe the letter of the law, without doing violence to the reason of the law and the intention of the lawgiver. --Jer. Taylor. I broke the letter of it to keep the sense. --Tennyson. 5. (Print.) A single type; type, collectively; a style of type. Under these buildings . . . was the king's printing house, and that famous letter so much esteemed. --Evelyn. 6. pl. Learning; erudition; as, a man of letters. 7. pl. A letter; an epistle. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Dead letter}, {Drop letter}, etc. See under {Dead}, {Drop}, etc. {Letter book}, a book in which copies of letters are kept. {Letter box}, a box for the reception of letters to be mailed or delivered. {Letter carrier}, a person who carries letters; a postman; specif., an officer of the post office who carries letters to the persons to whom they are addressed, and collects letters to be mailed. {Letter cutter}, one who engraves letters or letter punches. {Letter lock}, a lock that can not be opened when fastened, unless certain movable lettered rings or disks forming a part of it are in such a position (indicated by a particular combination of the letters) as to permit the bolt to be withdrawn. A strange lock that opens with AMEN. --Beau. & Fl. {Letter paper}, paper for writing letters on; especially, a size of paper intermediate between note paper and foolscap. See {Paper}. {Letter punch}, a steel punch with a letter engraved on the end, used in making the matrices for type. {Letters of administration} (Law), the instrument by which an administrator or administratrix is authorized to administer the goods and estate of a deceased person. {Letter of attorney}, {Letter of credit}, etc. See under {Attorney}, {Credit}, etc. {Letter of license}, a paper by which creditors extend a debtor's time for paying his debts. {Letters close [or] clause} (Eng. Law.), letters or writs directed to particular persons for particular purposes, and hence closed or sealed on the outside; -- distinguished from letters patent. --Burrill. {Letters of orders} (Eccl.), a document duly signed and sealed, by which a bishop makes it known that he has regularly ordained a certain person as priest, deacon, etc. {Letters patent}, {overt}, [or] {open} (Eng. Law), a writing executed and sealed, by which power and authority are granted to a person to do some act, or enjoy some right; as, letters patent under the seal of England. {Letter-sheet envelope}, a stamped sheet of letter paper issued by the government, prepared to be folded and sealed for transmission by mail without an envelope. {Letters testamentary} (Law), an instrument granted by the proper officer to an executor after probate of a will, authorizing him to act as executor. {Letter writer}. (a) One who writes letters. (b) A machine for copying letters. (c) A book giving directions and forms for the writing of letters.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Letterless \Let"terless\ (l[ecr]t"t[etil]rl[ecr]s), a. 1. Not having a letter. 2. Illiterate. [Obs.] --E. Waterhouse.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Literal \Lit"er*al\, a. [F. lit[82]ral, litt[82]ral, L. litteralis, literalis, fr. littera, litera, a letter. See {Letter}.] 1. According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase. It hath but one simple literal sense whose light the owls can not abide. --Tyndale. 2. Following the letter or exact words; not free. A middle course between the rigor of literal translations and the liberty of paraphrasts. --Hooker. 3. Consisting of, or expressed by, letters. The literal notation of numbers was known to Europeans before the ciphers. --Johnson. 4. Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of fast; -- applied to persons. {Literal contract} (Law), contract of which the whole evidence is given in writing. --Bouvier. {Literal equation} (Math.), an equation in which known quantities are expressed either wholly or in part by means of letters; -- distinguished from a numerical equation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Literal \Lit"er*al\, n. Literal meaning. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Literal \Lit"er*al\, a. [F. lit[82]ral, litt[82]ral, L. litteralis, literalis, fr. littera, litera, a letter. See {Letter}.] 1. According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase. It hath but one simple literal sense whose light the owls can not abide. --Tyndale. 2. Following the letter or exact words; not free. A middle course between the rigor of literal translations and the liberty of paraphrasts. --Hooker. 3. Consisting of, or expressed by, letters. The literal notation of numbers was known to Europeans before the ciphers. --Johnson. 4. Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of fast; -- applied to persons. {Literal contract} (Law), contract of which the whole evidence is given in writing. --Bouvier. {Literal equation} (Math.), an equation in which known quantities are expressed either wholly or in part by means of letters; -- distinguished from a numerical equation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Literal \Lit"er*al\, a. [F. lit[82]ral, litt[82]ral, L. litteralis, literalis, fr. littera, litera, a letter. See {Letter}.] 1. According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase. It hath but one simple literal sense whose light the owls can not abide. --Tyndale. 2. Following the letter or exact words; not free. A middle course between the rigor of literal translations and the liberty of paraphrasts. --Hooker. 3. Consisting of, or expressed by, letters. The literal notation of numbers was known to Europeans before the ciphers. --Johnson. 4. Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of fast; -- applied to persons. {Literal contract} (Law), contract of which the whole evidence is given in writing. --Bouvier. {Literal equation} (Math.), an equation in which known quantities are expressed either wholly or in part by means of letters; -- distinguished from a numerical equation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Literalism \Lit"eralism\, n. 1. That which accords with the letter; a mode of interpreting literally; adherence to the letter. 2. (Fine Arts) The tendency or disposition to represent objects faithfully, without abstraction, conventionalities, or idealization.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Literalist \Lit"eralist\, n. One who adheres to the letter or exact word; an interpreter according to the letter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Literalization \Lit`erali*za"tion\, n. The act of literalizing; reduction to a literal meaning.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Literalize \Lit"eralize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Literalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Literalizing}.] To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words; -- opposed to {spiritualize}; as, to literalize Scripture.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Literalize \Lit"eralize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Literalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Literalizing}.] To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words; -- opposed to {spiritualize}; as, to literalize Scripture.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Literalizer \Lit"erali`zer\, n. A literalist.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Literalize \Lit"eralize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Literalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Literalizing}.] To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words; -- opposed to {spiritualize}; as, to literalize Scripture.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Literally \Lit"erally\, adv. 1. According to the primary and natural import of words; not figuratively; as, a man and his wife can not be literally one flesh. 2. With close adherence to words; word by word. So wild and ungovernable a poet can not be translated literally. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Literalness \Lit"eralness\, n. The quality or state of being literal; literal import.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Literalty \Lit`er*al"ty\, n. [Cf. F. litt[82]ralit[82].] The state or quality of being literal. --Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lither \Li"ther\, a. [AS. [?] bad, wicked.] Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Not lither in business, fervent in spirit. --Bp. Woolton. Note: Professor Skeat thinks [bd] the lither sky[b8] as found in Shakespeare's Henry VI. ((Part I. IY. YII., 21) means the stagnant or pestilential sky. -- {Li"therly}, adv. [Obs.]. -- {Li"therness}, n. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Litherly \Li"ther*ly\, a. Crafty; cunning; mischievous; wicked; treacherous; lazy.[Archaic] He [the dwarf] was waspish, arch, and litherly. --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Littoral \Lit"to*ral\, a. [L. littoralis, litoralis, from littus, litus, the seashore: cf. F. littoral.] 1. Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the sea. 2. (Biol.) Inhabiting the seashore, esp. the zone between high-water and low-water mark.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lauderhill, FL (city, FIPS 39550) Location: 26.16580 N, 80.23262 W Population (1990): 49708 (26274 housing units) Area: 19.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Luttrell, TN (town, FIPS 44300) Location: 36.20877 N, 83.74462 W Population (1990): 812 (303 housing units) Area: 9.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37779
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
literal A constant made available to a process, by inclusion in the executable text. Most modern systems do not allow texts to modify themselves during execution, so literals are indeed constant; their value is written at compile-time and is read-only at run time. In contrast, values placed in variables or files and accessed by the process via a symbolic name, can be changed during execution. This may be an asset. For example, messages can be given in a choice of languages by placing the translation in a file. Literals are used when such modification is not desired. The name of the file mentioned above (not its content), or a physical constant such as 3.14159, might be coded as a literal. Literals can be accessed quickly, a potential advantage of their use. (1996-01-23)