Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of leech is as below...

Hirudine :: Hirudine (a.) Of or pertaining to the leeches.

Leech :: Leech (n.) See 2d Leach.

Leach :: Leach (n.) See 3d Leech.

Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) The large posterior sucker of the leeches.

Malacobdella :: Malacobdella (n.) A genus of nemertean worms, parasitic in the gill cavity of clams and other bivalves. They have a large posterior sucker, like that of a leech. See Illust. of Bdellomorpha..

Leeched :: Leeched (imp. & p. p.) of Leec.

Leeching :: Leeching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leec.

Brail :: Brail (n.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling..

Cocoon :: Cocoon (n.) The egg cases of mucus, etc., made by leeches and other worms..

Luff :: Luff (n.) The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails..

Bdelloidea :: Bdelloidea (n. pl.) The order of Annulata which includes the leeches. See Hirudinea.

Bloodsucker :: Bloodsucker (n.) Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudo medicinalis), and related species..

Horse-leechery :: Horse-leechery (n.) The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses..

Leechcraft :: Leechcraft (n.) The art of healing; skill of a physician.

Rhynchobdellea :: Rhynchobdellea (n. pl.) A suborder of leeches including those that have a protractile proboscis, without jaws. Clepsine is the type..

Bowline :: Bowline (n.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled..

Leech :: Leech (v. t.) To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds..

Leach :: Leach (n.) See Leech, a physician..

Horse-leech :: Horse-leech (n.) A farrier; a veterinary surgeon.

Leech :: Leech (n.) Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order Hirudinea, or Bdelloidea, esp. those species used in medicine, as Hirudo medicinalis of Europe, and allied species..

Random Fonts

Most Popular