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lewis gun
nounC1
/ˈluː.ɪs ɡʌn/A portable, light machine gun used primarily during World War I and II, characterized by a distinctive top-mounted pan magazine.
lewis mountains
plural-nounVery Low (Proper Noun)
/ˈluː.ɪs ˈmaʊn.tɪnz/A specific mountain range, likely named after an explorer or notable figure (Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark expedition).
lewis range
nounVery Low
/ˈluː.ɪs ˌreɪndʒ/A mountain range located in northern Montana, USA.
lewis with harris
nounLow (C2)
/ˈluːɪs wɪð ˈhærɪs/The largest island in the Outer Hebrides archipelago of Scotland, comprising the northern part (Lewis) and southern part (Harris).
lewisham
nounLow (primarily in UK/geographical contexts)
/ˈluːɪʃəm/A place name referring to a district in southeast London, England, within the London Borough of Lewisham.
lewisite
nounVery Low
/ˈluːɪsʌɪt/A highly toxic, oily chemical warfare agent (an arsenical vesicant) first developed as a weapon.
lewisohn
nounVery Rare
/ˈluːɪsən/A surname of Ashkenazi Jewish origin, often associated with prominent individuals.
lewisson
nounVery Low (Obsolete/Term of Art)
/ˈluːɪs(ə)n/A historical type of forceps used for extracting a dead fetus during difficult childbirth.
lewiston
nounRare
/ˈluːɪstən/A proper noun referring to a place name, most commonly a city or town in the United States.
lewisville
nounRare (outside geographical/local context)
/ˈluːɪsvɪl/A proper noun, the name of a specific city or town.
lewy bodies
plural-nounLow (Specialist/Very Low in General English)
/ˈleɪ.iː ˌbɒd.iz/Abnormal protein deposits (primarily alpha-synuclein) that develop inside nerve cells in the brain, associated with specific neurodegenerative diseases.
lex
nounLow
/lɛks/To analyse or process words, especially using a lexicon or dictionary; also a shortened form of 'lexicon' in computing/informal contexts.
lex loci
nounC2
/ˌlɛks ˈləʊsaɪ/The law of the place; the legal rules and principles that apply in a specific jurisdiction or territory.
lex non scripta
nounC2
/ˌlɛks nɒn ˈskrɪptə/The body of law derived from custom and judicial precedent, rather than from statutes; unwritten law.
lex scripta
nounC2
/ˌleks ˈskrɪp.tə/A law or set of laws that have been formally written down and codified, as opposed to unwritten or customary law.
lex talionis
nounC2
/ˌlɛks ˌtælɪˈəʊnɪs/the law of retaliation, whereby a punishment resembles the offense committed in kind and degree (an eye for an eye).
lexell
nounExtremely rare
/ˈlɛk.səl/A proper noun referring to a specific celestial body or a historical figure.
lexeme
nounC2
/ˈlɛk.siːm/The fundamental unit of meaning in a language, a word or phrase considered as an abstract element of the vocabulary, independent of its various inflected forms.
lexical decision task
nounLow
/ˈlɛksɪk(ə)l dɪˈsɪʒ(ə)n tɑːsk/A standard psycholinguistic experiment where a participant must quickly decide if a presented string of letters is a real word or a non-word.
lexical insertion
nounC2
/ˈlɛksɪkəl ɪnˈsɜːʃən/In linguistics (specifically generative grammar), the process by which words from the lexicon are inserted into slots in the syntactic structure (or 'tree') to form actual sentences.

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