LENE

Meaning of LENE in English

( n. )

Any one of the lene consonants, as p, k, or t (or Gr. /, /, /).

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LENE — (n.) Any one of the lene consonants, as p, k, or t (or Gr. /, /, /).
Английский словарь Webster
LENE — (n.) The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).
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LENE — (a.) Applied to certain mute consonants, as p, k, and t (or Gr. /, /, /).
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LENE — (a.) Smooth; as, the lene breathing.
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LENE — (v. t.) To lend; to grant; to permit.
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LENE — ( v. t. ) To lend; to grant; to permit.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LENE — ( n. ) The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LENE — ( a. ) Smooth; as, the lene breathing.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LENE — ( a. ) Applied to certain mute consonants, as p, k, and t (or Gr. /, /, /).
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LENE — adj smooth; as, the lene breathing. 2. lene ·noun the smooth breathing (spiritus lenis). 3. lene ·noun any one of …
Webster English vocab
LENE — Лена
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
LEAN — I. ˈlēn verb ( leaned ˈlēnd, chiefly Brit ˈlent ; or chiefly British leant ˈlent ; leaned or chiefly British …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DAGHESH — I. noun also da·gesh ˈdä(ˌ)gesh, -_gə̇sh also -(ˌ)gāsh ( -es ) Etymology: Hebrew dāghēsh : a point placed in a …
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LENI-LENAPE — noun or lenni-lenape |lenē pronunc at lenape Usage: usually capitalized both Ls Etymology: Delaware, literally, real person, from leni, lenni …
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TRIPELENNAMINE — /truy'pe len"euh meen', -min/ , n. Pharm. a white, crystalline, antihistamine, C 16 H 21 N 3 , used for …
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LEAN — lean 1 /leen/ , v. , leaned or ( esp. Brit. ) leant; leaning; n. v.i. 1. to incline or …
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LEAN — I. ˈlēn verb ( leaned ˈlēnd, chiefly Brit ˈlent ; lean·ing ˈlē-niŋ) Etymology: Middle English lenen, from Old English hleonian; …
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XYLENE — [xy.lene] n [ISV] (1851): any of three toxic flammable oily isomeric aromatic hydrocarbons that are di-methyl homologues of benzene and …
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TRICHLOROETHYLENE — [tri.chlo.ro.eth.y.lene] n (ca. 1919): a nonflammable liquid used esp. as a solvent and in dry cleaning and for the removal …
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SQUALENE — [squa.lene] n [ISV, fr. L squalus, a sea fish--more at whale] (1916): an acyclic hydrocarbon that is widely distributed in …
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SCALENE — [sca.lene] adj [LL scalenus, fr. Gk skalenos, lit., uneven; perh. akin to Gk skolios crooked, skelos leg--more at isosceles] (1734) …
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PHILHELLENE — [phil.hel.lene] or phil.hel.len.ic adj [Gk philellen, fr. phil- + Hellen Hellene] (ca. 1825): admiring Greece or the Greeks -- philhellene …
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PERCHLOROETHYLENE — [per.chlo.ro.eth.y.lene] n (1873): a colorless nonflammable liquid used often as a solvent in dry cleaning and for removal of grease …
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OXYACETYLENE — [oxy.acet.y.lene] adj [ISV] (1909): of, relating to, or utilizing a mixture of oxygen and acetylene "an ~ torch"
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NAPHTHALENE — [naph.tha.lene] n [alter. of earlier naphthaline, irreg. fr. naphtha] (1821): a crystalline aromatic hydrocarbon usu. obtained by distillation of coal …
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METHYLNAPHTHALENE — [meth.yl.naph.tha.lene] n (ca. 1885): either of two isomeric hydrocarbons; esp: an oily liquid used in determining cetane numbers
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METHYLENE — [meth.y.lene] n [F methylene, fr. Gk methy wine + hyle wood--more at mead] (1835): a bivalent hydrocarbon group derived from …
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MAGDALEN — [mag.da.len] or mag.da.lene n, often cap [Mary Magdalen or Magdalene woman healed by Jesus of evil spirits (Lk 8:2), considered …
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MADRILENE — [ma.dri.lene] n [F (consomme) madrilene, lit., Madrid consomme] (1907): a consomme flavored with tomato
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LEAN — [lean] vb leaned ; lean.ing [ME lenen, fr. OE hleonian; akin to OHG hlinen to lean, Gk klinein, L clinare] …
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HEXAMETHYLENETETRAMINE — [hexa.meth.y.lene.tet.ra.mine] n [ISV hexa- + methylene + tetra- + amine] (1888): a crystalline compound used esp. as an accelerator in …
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