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Levogyrate
  1. Turning or twisting the plane of polarization of light towards the left, as levulose, levotartaric acid, etc.; levorotatory.
Levulin
  1. A substance resembling dextrin, obtained from the bulbs of the dahlia, the artichoke, and other sources, as a colorless, spongy, amorphous material. It is so called because by decomposition it yields levulose.
Levulinic
  1. Pertaining to, or denoting, an acid (called also acetyl-propionic acid), C5H8O3, obtained by the action of dilute acids on various sugars (as levulose).
Levulosan
  1. An unfermentable carbohydrate obtained by gently heating levulose.
Levynite
  1. A whitish, reddish, or yellowish, transparent or translucent mineral, allied to chabazite.
Lew
  1. Lukewarm; tepid.
Lewdster
  1. A lewd person.
Lewisson
  1. An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large stones, etc.
Lex
  1. Law; as, lex talionis, the law of retaliation; lex terr, the law of the land; lex fori, the law of the forum or court; lex loci, the law of the place; lex mercatoria, the law or custom of merchants.
Lexicographist
  1. A lexicographer.