le : Idioms & Phrases


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Etymology
AS. leás loose, false; akin to OS. ls loose, false, D. los loose, loos false, sly, G. los loose, Icel. lauss loose, vacant, Goth. laus empty, vain, and also to E. loose, lose. See Lose, and cf. Loose, Leasing.
Definitions
  1. A privative adjective suffix, denoting without, destitute of, not having; as witless, childless, fatherless.
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andre le notre

  • noun French landscape gardener who designed many formal gardens including the parks of Versailles (1613-1700)
    Andre Le Notre.
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emilie charlotte le breton

  • noun British actress and mistress of the prince who later became Edward VII (1853-1929)
    Langtry; Jersey Lillie; Lillie Langtry.
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eva le gallienne

  • noun United States actress (born in England) (1899-1991)
    Eva Le Gallienne.
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gill-less

  • adjective having no gills
    abranchious; abranchial; abranchiate.
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hammer-less

Ham"mer-less adjective
Definitions
  1. (Firearms) Without a visible hammer; -- said of a gun having a cock or striker concealed from sight, and out of the way of an accidental touch.
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henry le chatelier

  • noun French chemist who formulated Le Chatelier's principle (1850-1936)
    Henry le Chatelier.
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john le carre

  • noun English writer of novels of espionage (born in 1931)
    John le Carre; David John Moore Cornwell.
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le carre

  • noun English writer of novels of espionage (born in 1931)
    John le Carre; David John Moore Cornwell.
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le chatelier

  • noun French chemist who formulated Le Chatelier's principle (1850-1936)
    Henry le Chatelier.
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le chatelier principle

  • noun the principle that if any change is imposed on a system that is in equilibrium then the system tends to adjust to a new equilibrium counteracting the change
    Le Chatelier's principle; Le Chatelier principle; Le Chatelier's law.
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le chatelier's law

  • noun the principle that if any change is imposed on a system that is in equilibrium then the system tends to adjust to a new equilibrium counteracting the change
    Le Chatelier's principle; Le Chatelier principle; Le Chatelier's law.
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le chatelier's principle

  • noun the principle that if any change is imposed on a system that is in equilibrium then the system tends to adjust to a new equilibrium counteracting the change
    Le Chatelier's principle; Le Chatelier principle; Le Chatelier's law.
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le chatelier-braun principle

  • noun the principle that if any change is imposed on a system that is in equilibrium then the system tends to adjust to a new equilibrium counteracting the change
    Le Chatelier's principle; Le Chatelier principle; Le Chatelier's law.
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le corbusier

  • noun French architect (born in Switzerland) (1887-1965)
    Charles Edouard Jeanneret.
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le douanier rousseau

  • noun French primitive painter (1844-1910)
    Henri Rousseau; Rousseau.
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le duc tho

  • noun Vietnamese diplomat who negotiated with Henry Kissinger to end the war in Vietnam (1911-1990)
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le gallienne

  • noun United States actress (born in England) (1899-1991)
    Eva Le Gallienne.
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le havre

  • noun a port city in northern France on the English Channel at the mouth of the Seine
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le notre

  • noun French landscape gardener who designed many formal gardens including the parks of Versailles (1613-1700)
    Andre Le Notre.
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less-traveled

  • adjective satellite not visited by many travelers
    • the tourist's desire to visit less-traveled countries
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louis le begue

  • noun king of France and Germany (846-879)
    Louis II; Louis the Stammerer; Louis the German.
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louis le faineant

  • noun the last Carolingian king of France (967-987)
    Louis V.
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louis le hutin

  • noun king of France (1289-1316)
    Louis the Quarreller; Louis X.
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more or less

  • adverb (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
    about; around; some; roughly; approximately; just about; or so; close to.
    • lasted approximately an hour
    • in just about a minute
    • he's about 30 years old
    • I've had about all I can stand
    • we meet about once a month
    • some forty people came
    • weighs around a hundred pounds
    • roughly $3,000
    • holds 3 gallons, more or less
    • 20 or so people were at the party
  • adverb to a small degree or extent
    slightly; somewhat.
    • his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory
    • the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other
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morgan le fay

  • noun (Arthurian legend) a wicked enchantress who was the half sister and enemy of King Arthur
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Ouster le main

  • . Ouster + F. la main the hand, L. manus. (Law) A delivery of lands out of the hands of a guardian, or out of the king's hands, or a judgement given for that purpose.
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shell-less

  • adjective of animals or fruits that have no shell
    unshelled.
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Shell"-less
Definitions
  1. , a. Having no shell. J. Burroughs.
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skill-less

Skill"-less adjective
Definitions
  1. Wanting skill. Shak.
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smell-less

Smell"-less adjective
Definitions
  1. Destitute of smell; having no odor.
    Daisies smell-less, yet most quaint. Beau & Fl.
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The more and less

  • the high and low. Obs. Shak. "All cried, both less and more." Chaucer.
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thrall-less

Thrall"-less adjective
Definitions
  1. Having no thralls.
  2. Not enslaved; not subject to bonds.
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tous-les-mois

Tous`-les`-mois" noun
Etymology
F., all the months, i.e., every month.
Definitions
  1. A kind of starch with very large, oval, flattened grains, often sold as arrowroot, and extensively used for adulterating cocoa. It is made from the rootstocks of a species of Canna, probably C. edulis, the tubers of which are edible every month in the year.
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william le baron jenny

  • noun United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)
    Jenny.
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