A strain in the living population of East Africa…is most characterized by great attenuation: enormous stature, spindly legs, leptosome proportions, and delicate lines throughout (Alfred L. Kroeber).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
lep — lep·ta·zol; lep·tene; lep·te·ny; lep·ti·no·tar·sa; lep·tite; lep·to·bos; lep·to·car·dia; lep·to·car·dii; lep·to·ceph·a·lid; lep·to·ceph·a·lous; lep·to·ceph·a·lus; lep·to·ceph·a·ly; lep·to·cer·cal; lep·to·chlorite; lep·to·clase; lep·to·dac·tyl·id; … English syllables
some — four·some; hand·some; lee·some; lep·to·some; light·some; li·po·some; lis·some; lone·some; meso·some; mono·some; schis·to·some; some; some·body; some·thing; some·time; some·times; some·what; three·some; awe·some·ly; awe·some·ness; blithe·some·ly;… … English syllables
leptosome — lep·to·some … English syllables
leptosome — lep·to·some .sōm or lep·to·som·ic .lep tə sō mik also lep·to·so·mat·ic .lep tə sō mat ik adj ASTHENIC (2), ECTOMORPHIC leptosome n an ectomorphic individual … Medical dictionary
Large Electron–Positron Collider — LEP redirects here. For other uses, see LEP (disambiguation). The former LEP tunnel at CERN being filled with magnets for the LHC The Large Electron–Positron Collider (LEP) was one of the largest particle accelerators ever constructed. It was… … Wikipedia
lepidopteran — /lep i dop teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. lepidopterous. n. 2. a lepidopterous insect. [1850 55; LEPIDOPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any of the more than 100,000 species constituting the order Lepidoptera (Greek: scaly wing ): butterflies, moths, and skippers. The… … Universalium
Lepcha — /lep cheuh/, n., pl. Lepchas, (esp. collectively) Lepcha for 1. 1. a member of a people of Sikkim and adjacent areas of Nepal, Bhutan, and India. 2. the Tibeto Burman language of the Lepcha. * * * ▪ people also called Rong, people of… … Universalium
lepidosome — lep·i·do·some … English syllables
coelolepida — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈlepədə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Coelolepid , Coelolepis, genus of ostracoderms (from coel + lepis) + ida in some classifications : an order of very small scaly Silurian and Lower Devonian ostracoderms … Useful english dictionary
lepidoidei — ˌlepəˈdȯidēˌī noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from lepid + oidei in some classifications : a group of extinct ganoid fishes … Useful english dictionary
