In dictionaries:
john leech
Illustrator for Charles Dickens' works.
margaret leech
Margaret Kernochan Leech (November 7, 1893 – February 24, 1974), also known as Margaret Pulitzer, was an American historian and fiction writer.
medicinal leech
Blood-sucking worm used therapeutically.
leech therapy
Medical use of leeches, healing.
horse leech
Bloodsucking aquatic worm, attaches to horses.
Leech lattice
(mathematics) An even unimodular lattice Λ₂₄ in 24-dimensional Euclidean space, which is one of the best models for the problem of finding the maximum possible kissing number for n-dimensional spheres in (n + 1)-dimensional Euclidean space.
leech line
Cord controlling sail shape, tension.
leech onto
Attach oneself to another person.
leech rope
Rope used to control sails.
land leech
Bloodsucking terrestrial worm, irritates hikers.
dog leech
Parasite that feeds on canines.
equine leech
Parasitic or therapeutic bloodsucking worm.
turtle leech
Any leech that feeds on the blood of turtles
Allen Leech
(born 18 May 1981) an Irish actor.
The Leech Woman
a 1960 black-and-white American horror film directed by Edward Dein, produced by Joseph Gershenon, and starring Coleen Gray, Grant Williams, Gloria Talbott and Phillip Terry.
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