| merging meeting coming together | the act of joining together as one, the merging of the two groups occurred quickly, there was no meeting of minds |
| left | a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east, take a left at the corner |
| exasperation | actions that cause great irritation (or even anger) |
left field
leftfield | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the left third of the outfield (looking from home plate) |
prayer meeting
prayer service | a service at which people sing hymns and pray together |
meeting
coming together | the social act of assembling for some common purpose, his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day |
checkroom
left-luggage office | a room where baggage or parcels are checked |
forum
assembly meeting place | a public facility to meet for open discussion |
left field
leftfield
left | the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left, the batter flied out to left |
left-handedness
sinistrality | preference for using the left hand |
| left coronary artery | arises from the left aortic sinus, supplies the left side of the heart |
left gastric artery
arteria gastrica sinistra | a branch of the celiac artery that supplies the lesser curvature of the stomach and the abdominal part of the esophagus |
left gastric vein
vena gastrica sinistra | arises from a union of veins from the gastric cardia, runs in the lesser omentum, empties into the portal vein |
oblique vein of the left atrium
vena obliqua atrii sinistri | a tributary of the coronary sinus, on the posterior wall of the left atrium |
posterior vein of the left ventricle
vena posterior ventriculi sinistri | arises near the apex of the heart and empties into the coronary sinus |
| left ventricle | the chamber on the left side of the heart that receives arterial blood from the left atrium and pumps it into the aorta |
left atrium
left atrium of the heart
atrium sinistrum | the left upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the pulmonary veins |
mitral valve
bicuspid valve
left atrioventricular valve | valve with two cusps, situated between the left atrium and the left ventricle |
left hemisphere
left brain | the cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the body |
left
left hand | the hand that is on the left side of the body, jab with your left |
diplomacy
diplomatic negotiations | negotiation between nations |
meeting
encounter | a casual or unexpected convergence, he still remembers their meeting in Paris, there was a brief encounter in the hallway |
meet
sports meeting | a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held |
| race meeting | a regular occasion on which a number of horse races are held on the same track, the Epsom race meeting was an important social event |
aggravation
exasperation | an exasperated feeling of annoyance |
meeting
group meeting | a formally arranged gathering, next year the meeting will be in Chicago, the meeting elected a chairperson |
board meeting
committee meeting | a meeting for administrative purposes |
| camp meeting | religious (usually evangelistic) meeting held in a large tent or outdoors and lasting several days |
| stockholders meeting | a meeting at which the management reports to the stockholders of a company |
| meeting get together | a small informal social gathering, there was an informal meeting in my living room |
| town meeting | government of a town by an assembly of the qualified voters |
summit
summit meeting | a meeting of heads of governments |
| town meeting | a meeting of the inhabitants of a town |
rally
mass meeting | a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm |
luncheon meeting
lunch meeting | a meeting for lunch, usually to conduct business while eating |
revival
revival meeting | an evangelistic meeting intended to reawaken interest in religion |
left
left wing | those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare |
confluence
meeting | a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers), Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers |
| left | location near or direction toward the left side, i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east, she stood on the left |
stage left
left stage | the part of the stage on the actor's left as the actor faces the audience |
Left Bank
Latin Quarter | the region of Paris on the southern bank of the Seine, a center of artistic and student life |
left-handed pitcher
left-hander left hander
lefthander
lefty southpaw | a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand |
left-hander
lefty
southpaw | a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right, their pitcher was a southpaw |
| left fielder | the person who plays left field |
collectivist
leftist
left-winger | a person who belongs to the political left |
meeting house
honeysuckle Aquilegia canadensis | columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers |
| left-handedness | the status of being born of a morganatic marriage |
concurrence
meeting of minds | a state of cooperation |
| sense of the meeting | general agreement reached by an assembled group, no vote was taken, but after each discussion the chair summed up the sense of the meeting |
| hours | an indefinite period of time, they talked for hours |