Definition of lest

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Lest (a.) That (without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension.

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Lest :: Lest (a.) Last; least.
Palaestric :: Palaestric (a.) See Palestric.
Subcentral :: Subcelestial (a.) Being beneath the heavens; as, subcelestial glories..
Apodyterium :: Apodyterium (n.) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room..
Minette :: Minette (n.) The smallest of regular sizes of portrait photographs.
Cholesterin :: Cholesterin (n.) A white, fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and odorless, found in animal and plant products and tissue, and especially in nerve tissue, in the bile, and in gallstones..
Whit :: Whit (n.) The smallest part or particle imaginable; a bit; a jot; an iota; -- generally used in an adverbial phrase in a negative sentence.
Eaglestone :: Eaglestone (n.) A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; aetites..
Moon :: Moon (n.) The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month..
Molester :: Molester (n.) One who molests.
Depression :: Depression (n.) The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.
Celestify :: Celestify (v. t.) To make like heaven.
Shrew :: Shrew (a.) Any small insectivore of the genus Sorex and several allied genera of the family Sorecidae. In form and color they resemble mice, but they have a longer and more pointed nose. Some of them are the smallest of all mammals..
Equation :: Equation (n.) A quantity to be applied in computing the mean place or other element of a celestial body; that is, any one of the several quantities to be added to, or taken from, its position as calculated on the hypothesis of a mean uniform motion, in order to find its true position as resulting from its actual and unequal motion..
Tilestone :: Tilestone (n.) A tile of stone.
Molecule :: Molecule (n.) A group of atoms so united and combined by chemical affinity that they form a complete, integrated whole, being the smallest portion of any particular compound that can exist in a free state; as, a molecule of water consists of two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen. Cf. Atom..
Scelestic :: Scelestic (a.) Evil; wicked; atrocious.
Fleshly :: Fleshly (a.) Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine.
Astronomy :: Astronomy (n.) The science which treats of the celestial bodies, of their magnitudes, motions, distances, periods of revolution, eclipses, constitution, physical condition, and of the causes of their various phenomena..
Copplestone :: Copplestone (n.) A cobblestone.
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