VOCABULARY. 



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lauter, adv., mere, merely. 

 Lautlesen, n., reading aloud. 



lauwarm, adj., tepid. 



lebhaft, adj., animated. 



Lebhaftigkeit, f., animation. 



Lebenserscheinung, i.,phenomenon 

 oflife. 



Lebensverlangerung, f., prolonga- 

 tion of life. 



Lebensvorgang, m.., phenomenon of 

 life, event of life. 



Lebenszeit, f., life-time. 



Lehm, m., clay. 



Lehre, f., theory, doctrine. 



lehren, to teach. 



Lehrsatz, m., theorem, precept, prin- 

 ciple. 



Leib, m., body. 



leicht, adj , easy, light. 



leichtfliissig, &&}., fusible. 



Leichtigkeit, ., ease, lightness. 



Leidenschaft, impassion. 



Leimung, f., sizing. 



leinen, adj., linen. 



leisten, to furnish. 



leiten, to conduct, lead. 



Leiter, m., condiictor ; f., ladder. 



Leitung, ., conduct. 



lenken, to guide. 



Leser, m., reader. 



leuchtend, adj., luminous. 



Leuchtgas, n., illuminating gas. 



leugnen, to deny. 



lichten, to illumine. 



Lichtgiirtel, m., milky way. 



Lichtschwingung, f ., light-wave. 



Lichtstrahl, m., beam of light. 



liefern, to furnish. 



lie gen, to lie. 



Linie, f., line. 



links, adv., on the left, if the left. 



List, f., cunning. 



Liter, m., liter (a mehic liquid 



measure). 

 Loch, n., hole. 



lockern, to break up, to loosen. 

 Lockruf, m., call, decoy-call. 

 Loschpapier, n., blotting-paper. 

 loslosen, to loosen, to let loo^e. 

 loslich, adj., soluble. 

 Losung, f., solution. 

 LSsungsmittel, n., solvent. 

 Lotabweichung, f., deflection of the 



plumb-line. 



lowenstark, adj., strong as a lion. 

 Liicke, i.,gap, defect. 

 Luft, f., air. 



Luftballon, m., gas balloon. 

 luftleer, adj., vacuous. 

 Luf tstrom,m., current of air, draught. 

 Luftteilchen, n., particle of air. 

 LuftwSrme, f., temperature of the 



air. 



Lungen, pi., lungs. 

 Lust, f., desire, pleasure. 



M. 



M., abbreviation for Meter. 

 Mass stab, m., scale. 

 Macht, f., power. 

 Magen, m., stomach. 

 Magnet, m., magnet. 

 mahlen, to grind. 



malerisch, adj., picturesque, artis- 

 tic. 



Mangel (an), m., lack (of). 

 mannigfach, adj., manifold. 

 Mass, n., measure, standard. 

 Masse, f., mass. 



