Vocabulary : Levitation to Levorotatory

Levitation : Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light. ;; The act or process of making buoyant.
Levite : One of the tribe or family of Levi; a descendant of Levi; esp., one subordinate to the priests (who were of the same tribe) and employed in various duties connected with the tabernacle first, and afterward the temple, such as the care of the building, bringing of wood and other necessaries for the sacrifices, the music of the services, etc. ;; A priest; -- so called in contempt or ridicule.
Levitical : Of or pertaining to a Levite or the Levites. ;; Priestly. ;; Of or pertaining to, or designating, the law contained in the book of Leviticus.
Levitically : After the manner of the Levites; in accordance with the levitical law.
Leviticus : The third canonical book of the Old Testament, containing the laws and regulations relating to the priests and Levites among the Hebrews, or the body of the ceremonial law.

Levity : The quality of weighing less than something else of equal bulk; relative lightness, especially as shown by rising through, or floating upon, a contiguous substance; buoyancy; -- opposed to gravity. ;; Lack of gravity and earnestness in deportment or character; trifling gayety; frivolity; sportiveness; vanity. ;; Lack of steadiness or constancy; disposition to change; fickleness; volatility.
Levo- : A prefix from L. laevus ;; Pertaining to, or toward, the left; as, levorotatory. ;; Turning the plane of polarized light to the left; as, levotartaric acid; levoracemic acid; levogyratory crystals, etc.
Levogyrate : Turning or twisting the plane of polarization towards the left, as levulose, levotartaric acid, etc.
Levorotation : Rotation in the direction of an outgoing right-handed screw; counter-clockwise rotation; -- applied chiefly to the turning of the plane of polarization of light.
Levorotatory : Turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left; levogyrate, as levulose, left-handed quartz crystals, etc.

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