| ableism | (n) discrimination in favor of the able-bodied, Syn. ablism, able-bodism, able-bodiedism |
| at leisure | (adv) in an unhurried way or at one's convenience, Syn. leisurely, Example: read the manual at your leisure; he traveled leisurely |
| cleistes | (n) terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots; allied to genus Pogonia, Syn. genus Cleistes |
| cleistogamous | (adj) exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy, Syn. cleistogamic |
| cleistogamy | (n) the production of small nonopening self-pollinating flowers |
| cleistothecium | (n) closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration, Syn. cleistocarp |
| cutaneous leishmaniasis | (n) leishmaniasis of the skin; characterized by ulcerative skin lesions, Syn. Delhi boil, tropical sore, oriental sore, Aleppo boil, Old World leishmaniasis |
| kayser-fleischer ring | (n) a pigmented ring at the outer edge of the cornea of the eye; a symptom of Wilson's disease |
| kleist | (n) German dramatist whose works concern people torn between reason and emotion (1777-1811), Syn. Heinrich von Kleist, Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist |
| leishmania | (n) flagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasis, Syn. genus Leishmania |
| leishmaniasis | (n) sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies, Syn. leishmaniosis, kala azar |
| leister | (n) a spear with three or more prongs; used for spearing fish (especially salmon) |
| leisure | (n) time available for ease and relaxation, Syn. leisure time, Example: his job left him little leisure |
| leisure | (n) freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity, Example: he lacked the leisure for golf |
| leisured | (adj) free from duties or responsibilities; ; - J.J.Chapman; - Ida Craven, Example: he writes in his leisure hours; life as it ought to be for the leisure classes; even the artist and the sculptor were not regarded...as leisured men |
| leisureliness | (n) slowness by virtue of being leisurely |
| leisure wear | (n) informal clothing designed to be worn when you are relaxing |
| macleish | (n) United States poet (1892-1982), Syn. Archibald MacLeish |
| mucocutaneous leishmaniasis | (n) a form of leishmaniasis endemic in Mexico and Central American and South America; sores are limited to the skin and mucosa, Syn. American leishmaniasis, New World leishmaniasis, leishmaniasis americana, nasopharyngeal leishmaniasis |
| pleistocene | (n) from two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution, Syn. Pleistocene epoch, Glacial epoch |
| spiegeleisen | (n) pig iron containing manganese; used as a deoxidizing agent and to raise the manganese content in making steel, Syn. spiegel iron, spiegel |
| visceral leishmaniasis | (n) leishmaniasis of the viscera, Syn. dumdum fever, Assam fever, kala-azar |
| easy | (adj) not hurried or forced, Syn. easygoing, leisurely, Example: an easy walk around the block; at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace |
| marbleization | (n) a texture like that of marble, Syn. marbleizing, marbleising, marbleisation |
| marbleize | (v) make something look like marble, Syn. marbleise, Example: marbleize the fireplace |
| rosebud orchid | (n) orchid of central and northern South America having 1- to 3-blossomed racemes of large showy rose-colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia, Syn. Pogonia rosea, Cleistes rosea |
| spreading pogonia | (n) orchid of northeastern United States with magenta-pink flowers having funnel-shaped lip; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia, Syn. Cleistes divaricata, Pogonia divaricata, funnel-crest rosebud orchid |
