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Lesser Bairam
lesser celandine
lesser omentum
lesser panda
Lesser Slave Lake
Lesser Sunda Islands
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lest
lest [ lest ]


conj 
Definition:
 
in case: in order to prevent something happening, especially something causing fear ( formal )
must stay out of sight lest we be discovered
[ Old English þȳ lǣs þe "by which less that"]
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