| lent | (n) a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday, Syn. Lententide | | lente insulin | (n) trade names for forms of insulin that are used to treat diabetes mellitus, Syn. Lente Iletin | | lenten | (adj) of or relating to or suitable for Lent, Example: lenten food | | lenten rose | (n) slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green, Syn. black hellebore, Helleborus orientalis | | lentibulariaceae | (n) carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia, Pinguicula, and Genlisea, Syn. bladderwort family, family Lentibulariaceae | | lentic | (adj) of or relating to or living in still waters (as lakes or ponds), Ant. lotic | | lenticel | (n) one of many raised pores on the stems of woody plants that allow the interchange of gas between the atmosphere and the interior tissue | | lenticular nucleus | (n) a basal ganglion shaped like a lens and including the outer reddish putamen and the inner pale yellow pallidum, Syn. lentiform nucleus | | lentil | (n) round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food | | lentil | (n) the fruit or seed of a lentil plant |
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| Lent | a. [ L. lentus; akin to lenis soft, mild: cf. F. lent. See Lenient. ] 1. Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Mus.) See Lento. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Lent | n. [ OE. lente, lenten, leynte, AS. lengten, lencten, spring, lent, akin to D. lente, OHG. lenzin, langiz, G. lenz, and perh. fr. AS. lang long, E. long, because at this season of the year the days lengthen. ] (Eccl.) A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches as commemorative of the fast of our Savior. [ 1913 Webster ]
Lent lily (Bot.), the daffodil; -- so named from its blossoming in spring. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Lent | imp. & p. p. of Lend. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Lentamente | ‖adv. [ It. ] (Mus.) Slowly; in slow time. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Lentando | ‖a. [ It., p. pr. of lentare to make slow. See Lent, a. ] (Mus.) Slackening; retarding. Same as Rallentando. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Lenten | n. Lent. [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Lenten | a. [ From OE. lenten lent. See Lent, n. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the fast called Lent; used in, or suitable to, Lent; as, the Lenten season. [ 1913 Webster ] She quenched her fury at the flood,
And with a Lenten salad cooled her blood. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Spare; meager; plain; somber; unostentatious; not abundant or showy. “Lenten entertainment.” “ Lenten answer.” Shak. “ Lenten suit.” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
Lenten color, black or violet. F. G. Lee. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Lententide | n. The season of Lenten or Lent. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Lenticel | n. [ F. lenticelle, dim. fr. L. lens, lentis, a lentil. Cf. Lentil. ] (Bot.) (a) One of the small, oval, rounded spots upon the stem or branch of a plant, from which the underlying tissues may protrude or roots may issue, either in the air, or more commonly when the stem or branch is covered with water or earth. (b) A small, lens-shaped gland on the under side of some leaves. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Lenticellate | a. (Bot.) Producing lenticels; dotted with lenticels. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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