Lear

Definitions: Lear

Lear

Noun

1. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).

2. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Lear" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1605. (references)

Chemical Industry

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

LEAR

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Lear

Crosswords: Lear

Irish (sea), Scottish (the sea).

As King Lear! You'll have to wear a beard for that one of course. (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden; Adolph Green)

King Lear had Goneril? (The Hollywood Squares; writing credit: Gary Johnson)

Then you flew your Lear jet up to Nova Scotia ("You're So Vain"; performing artist: Carly Simon)

King Lear (2000)

Koning Lear (1969)

Roi Lear (1965)

King Lear (1953)

The Yiddish King Lear (1934)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Lear Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• King Lear [UNABRIDGED] (reference)

• Shakespeare in a Box: King Lear [ABRIDGED] (reference)

• The Tragedy of King Lear (The New Folger Library Shakespeare) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• King Lear (reference)

• King Lear / Jones, New York Shakespeare Festival (Broadway Theatre Archive) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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Lear Jet.Credit: NASA.

Photographed 17 March 1944. They are (bottom row, left to right): Ensign James E. Hare, USNR; Ensign Samuel E. Barnes, USNR; Ensign George C. Cooper, USNR; Ensign William S. White, USNR; Ensign Dennis D. Nelson, USNR; (middle row, left to right): Ensign Graham E. Martin, USNR; Warrant Officer Charles B. Lear, USNR; Ensign Phillip G. Barnes, USNR; Ensign Reginald E. Goodwin, USNR; (top row, left to right): Ensign John W. Reagan, USNR; Ensign Jesse W. Arbor, USNR; Ensign Dalton L. Baugh, USNR; Ensign Frank E. Sublett, USNR.Credit: NAVY.

Photographed in February 1944, soon after attaining officer rank in the Naval Reserve. They are (seated in front row, left-to-right): Ensign George C. Cooper, USNR; Ensign Graham E. Martin, USNR; Ensign Jesse W. Arbor, USNR; Ensign John W. Reagan, USNR; Ensign Reginald E. Goodwin, USNR; (standing in back row, left-to-right): Ensign Dennis D. Nelson, USNR; Ensign Phillip G. Barnes, USNR; Ensign Samuel E. Barnes, USNR; Ensign Dalton L. Baugh, USNR; Ensign James E. Hare, USNR; Ensign Frank E. Sublett, USNR; Warrant Boatswain Charles B. Lear, USNR.Credit: NAVY.

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Business

These include Allied Signal Automotive (airbags, filters, and braking systems), Breed Technologies (airbags), Dayco (spare parts), Delphi (automotive components), Detroit Diesel (diesel engines), Eaton (valves), Federal Mogul (bearings), Goodyear (tires), ITT Automotive (brake systems), Lear (car seats and upholstery), Tenneco (shock absorbers) and TRW(electronic components). (references)

Economic History

Hungary

Major companies, including Visteon, General Motors/Opel, Audi, Suzuki and Lear Automotive have established multi-million dollar investments for auto-assembly and/or component manufacture. (references)

Tunisia

MAJOR U.S. COMPANIES IN TUNISIA INCLUDE: BOEING, LEAR CORPORATION (FORMERLY UNITED TECHNOLOGIES), CITIBANK, ARCO, EXXON, ESSO, GENERAL MOTORS, COCA-COLA, LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES, NORTEL, PEPSI, THE GAP, SARA LEE AND NABISCO. (references)

Tunisia

OTHER KEY INVESTMENT SECTORS INCLUDE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS (ALCATEL, ERICSSON, SIEMENS, SONY, PHILIPS, THOMSON), THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY (ISUZU, PIRELLI, FIAT, IVECO, LEAR CORPORATION), AND FOOD PRODUCTS (NESTLE, NABISCO, DANONE, ANDROS, CHAMBOURCY). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "Lear": Edward Lear ♦ Fringed lear ♦ king Lear ♦ van lear. Additional references.

Beginning with "Lear": Lear-fan, lear-like, lear-spirit.

Danish

koeleovn (annealing lehr, annealing tunnel, leer, lehr). (various references)

Dutch

koeloven (annealing lehr, annealing tunnel, leer, lehr, tunnel lehr). (various references)

French

four � recuire (annealing lehr, leer, lehr), carcaise (annealing lehr, leer, lehr), anneau � antiproton de faible énergie. (various references)

German

Kuehlofen (annealing lehr, annealing tunnel, leer, lehr). (various references)

Greek 

κλίβανος γυαλιού (annealing lehr, annealing tunnel, leer, lehr), φούρνος γυαλιού (annealing lehr, annealing tunnel, leer, lehr). (various references)

Italian

forno di ricottura (annealing lehr, annealing tunnel, leer, lehr). (various references)

Pig Latin

earlay

Portuguese

forno especial (annealing lehr, annealing tunnel, leer, lehr). (various references)

Russian 

лгун (bouncer, fabulist, liar, lier, storyteller). (various references)

Spanish

horno de recocido (annealing lehr, annealing tunnel, leer, lehr, tunnel lehr). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "Lear": learier, leariest, learn, learnable, learned, learnedly, learnedness, learnednesses, learner, learners, learning, learnings, learns, learnt, lears, leary. (additional references)

Words ending with "Lear": antinuclear, blear, clear, cochlear, extranuclear, homonuclear, internuclear, macronuclear, mononuclear, multinuclear, nonnuclear, nuclear, overclear, photonuclear, polymorphonuclear, polynuclear, preclear, pronuclear, subnuclear, thermonuclear, trochlear, unclear. (additional references)

Words containing "Lear": bleared, blearier, bleariest, blearily, bleariness, blearinesses, blearing, blears, bleary, clearable, clearance, clearances, cleared, clearer, clearers, clearest, clearheaded, clearheadedly, clearheadedness, clearheadednesses, clearing, clearinghouse, clearinghouses, clearings, clearly, clearness, clearnesses, clears, clearstories, clearstory, clearwing, clearwings, denuclearization, denuclearizations, denuclearize, denuclearized, denuclearizes, denuclearizing, misleared, mislearn, mislearned, mislearning, mislearns, mislearnt, mononuclears, outlearn, outlearned, outlearning, outlearns, outlearnt, overcleared, overclearing, overclears, overlearn, overlearned, overlearning, overlearns, polymorphonuclears, preclearance, preclearances, precleared, preclearing, preclears, relearn, relearned, relearning, relearns, relearnt, trochlears, unclearer, unclearest, unlearn, unlearnable, unlearned, unlearning, unlearns, unlearnt. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Lear" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Elcar, Laer, Leard, learp, Lebar, Leir, lera, Levar. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: earl, rale, real.

-1 letter: ale, are, ear, era, lar, lea.

-2 letters: ae, al, ar, el, er, la, re.

+1 letter: abler, alder, alert, alter, areal, argle, ariel, arles, artel, baler, blare, blear, carle, clear, earls, early, farle, feral, flare, glare, haler, lacer, lader, lager, laker, lamer, laree, lares, large, laser, later, laver, laxer, layer, learn, lears, leary, paler, parle, pearl, rales, ratel, ravel, realm, reals, regal, relax, relay, renal, seral, taler, ureal, velar, waler.

+2 letters: aerial, aerily, aglare, alders, alegar, alerts, aliner, allure, almner, alters, ambler, ampler, angler, antler, arable, areola, areole, argled, argles, argyle, ariels, ariled, armlet, artels, ashler, aulder, bailer, balder, balers, balker, baller, barbel, barely, barley, barrel, bawler, blamer, blared, blares, blazer, blears, bleary, boreal, calker, caller, calmer, carcel, carles, carpel, carrel, cartel, carvel, cellar, cereal, claret, claver, clawer, clears, coaler, cradle, credal, darkle, darnel, dartle, dealer, dearly, derail, dermal, dialer, earful, earlap, eclair, elater, elytra, estral, fabler, faller, falser, falter, fardel, farfel, farles, ferial, ferula, flaker, flamer, flared, flares, flayer, florae, galere, galore, gaoler, garble, gargle, glaire, glared, glares, glazer, gravel, hailer, halers, haleru, halter, hauler, healer, herald, herbal, irreal, jailer, laager, labret, lacers, lacier, lacker, ladder, laders, ladler, lagers, lagger, laired, lakers, lakier, lamber, lancer, lander, lanker, lanner, lapper, lapser, larded, larder, larees, larger, larges, larine, larked, larker, larvae, lasers, lasher, laster, lather, latter, lauder, laurae, laurel, laveer, lavers, lawyer, layers, lazier, leader, leaker, leaner, leaper, learns, learnt, leaser, leaver, lekvar, librae, linear, loader, loafer, loaner, loreal, lyrate, mailer, malgre, marble, marcel, marled, marvel, mauler, medlar, morale, nailer, nearly, neural, oracle, ordeal, palier, palmer, palter, parcel, parled, parles, parley, parole, parrel, pearls, pearly, pedlar, placer, planer, plater, player, pleura, prelaw, rabble, rackle, raddle, raffle, raggle, railed, railer, rallye, ramble, rankle, rappel, rarely, rassle, ratels, rattle, ravels, realer, reales, realia, really, realms, realty, recall, reclad, recoal, rectal, redial, refall, regale, regnal, relace, relaid, relate, relays, reload, reloan, remail, renail, rental, repeal, replan, replay, resail, resale, reseal, retail, retial, retral, reveal, sailer, salter, salver, saurel, scaler, sclera, sealer, serail, serial, serval, slaker, slater, slaver, slayer, staler, stelar, tailer, talers, talker, taller, tergal, thaler, tramel, travel, unreal, valuer, varlet, vealer, velars, verbal, vernal, versal, wailer, walers, walker, warble, warsle, whaler, yarely, yearly.

+3 letters: acerola, adrenal, aerials, aerogel, aerosol, aileron, airhole, airless, airlike, airline, alarmed, alegars, alerted, alerter, alertly, aleuron, algebra, aliener, alienor, aligner, aliners, allayer, alleger, allegro, allergy, allover, allured, allurer, allures, almemar, almners, almoner, already, altered, alterer, amblers, angerly, anglers, antlers, apparel, applier, apteral, arables, areally, areolae, areolar, areolas, areoles, argyles, armhole, armless, armlets, armlike, arsenal, article, artless, ashlers, atelier, aureola, aureole, auricle, babbler, baffler, bailers, balkers, balkier, ballers, balmier, barbell, barbels, barbule, barless, barleys, barrels, battler, bawlers, becrawl, bedrail, belabor, bilayer, blabber, blacker, bladder, blamers, blander, blanker, blarney, blaster, blather, blatter, blazers, bleaker, bleared, bleater, bloater, brabble, brailed, braille, braless, bramble, brattle, bravely, brawled, brawler, brawlie, cackler, cajoler, caldera, caliber, calibre, caliper, calkers, callers, calorie, caloyer, cameral, candler, caramel, caravel, carcels, careful, cariole, carless, carline, caroled, caroler, carpale, carpels, carrell, carrels, cartels, carvels, caulker, caviler, cellars, central, ceramal, cereals, charley, charlie, charnel, cholera, chorale, choreal, clabber, clacker, claimer, clamber, clammer, clamper, clanger, clapper, claquer, clarets, claries, claroes, clasher, clasper, classer, clatter, clavers, clavier, clawers, clayier, cleaner, cleared, clearer, clearly, cleaver, coalers, coalier, coracle, corneal, craaled, crackle, cradled, cradler, cradles, crankle, crawled, crawler, creedal, crestal, curable, dabbler, dallier, dandler, dangler, dareful, dariole, darkled, darkles, darnels, dartled, dartles, dawdler, dazzler, dealers, declare, decrial, delator, delayer, deliria, derails, dextral, dialers, dialler, dilater, drabble, draggle, drawled, drawler, dryable, durable, eagerly, earflap, earfuls, earlaps, earldom, earless, earlier, earlobe, earlock, earplug, earthly, eclairs, elaters, emerald, empaler, enabler, engrail, enlarge, ensnarl, enteral, enthral, ephoral, escolar, estrual, eternal, exalter, fablers, failure, fallers, falters, fardels, farfels, fearful, federal, felspar, femoral, ferulae, ferulas, filaree, flagger, flakers, flakier, flamers, flamier, flaneur, flanger, flanker, flapper, flareup, flasher, flatter, flawier, flaxier, flayers, floater, fragile, frailer, frazzle, frenula, friable, funeral, gabbler, galeres, gallery, galores, gambler, gambrel, gangrel, gaolers, garbled, garbler, garbles, gargled, gargler, gargles, general, glacier, gladder, gladier, glaired, glaires, glancer, glarier, glazers, glazier, gleamer, gleaner, gloater, glomera, gnarled, gomeral, grabble, gracile, grackle, granule, grapnel, grapple, graupel, gravels, gravely, greatly, gremial, greylag, hackler, haggler, hailers, halberd, halbert, haltere, halters, halvers, handler, harelip, harslet, haulers, haulier, haverel, healers, heralds, herbals, hernial, hirable, humeral, impaler, impearl, inhaler, inlayer, irately, jailers, jangler, klavern, kraaled, laagers, labeler, labored, laborer, labrets, lackers, lacquer, ladders, ladlers, ladrone, lagered, laggers, lambers, lambert, lambier, lampers, lamprey, lamster, lancers, landers, landler, langrel, lankier, lanners, lantern, lappers, lapsers, larceny, larches, larders, lardier, largely, largess, largest, larkers, larkier, lashers, lassoer, lasters, laterad, lateral, lathers, lathery, lathier, latrine, lauders, laugher, launder, laurels, laveers, lawyers, layered, layover, lazaret, leacher, leaders, leadier, leafier, leaguer, leakers, leakier, leaners, leapers, learier, learned, learner, leasers, leather, leavers, leavier, leeward, legator, lekvars, lempira, leopard, leotard, levator, liberal, librate, literal, loaders, loafers, loamier, loaners, loather, locater, loricae, loyaler, lucarne, lurdane, lyrated, mailers, malmier, maltier, mandrel, mangler, manlier, marbled, marbler, marbles, marcels, marlier, marline, marlite, martlet, marvels, maulers, mealier, medlars, mineral, miracle, morales, morulae, nailers, nargile, nebular, neurula, neutral, nuclear, numeral, oarless, oarlike, ocellar, oracles, ordeals, overall, overlap, overlax, overlay, paddler, palaver, palfrey, pallier, palmers, palmier, palters, parable, parcels, parleys, paroled, parolee, paroles, parrels, parsley, partlet, pearled, pearler, peartly, pedlars, pedlary, peloria, percale, pergola, perilla, peroral, persalt, perusal, petrale, peytral, placers, plaguer, plainer, plaiter, planers, planner, planter, plasher, plaster, platers, platier, platter, players, pleader, pleaser, pleater, plectra, plenary, pleurae, pleural, pleuras, praline, prattle, preanal, predial, prelacy, prelate, premeal, preplan, presale, prevail, prolate, psalter, pteryla, puberal, quarrel, rabbled, rabbler, rabbles, raddled, raddles, radiale, radicel, radicle, radulae, raffled, raffler, raffles, raggles, railers, rallied, rallier, rallies, ralline, rallyes, ralphed, rambled, rambler, rambles, ramilie, rampole, rankled, rankles, ranulae, rappels, rassled, rassles, ratable, rathole, ratlike, ratline, rattled, rattler, rattles, raveled, raveler, ravelin, ravelly, rayless, raylike, readily, realest, realgar, realign, realise, realism, realist, reality, realize, reallot, realter, realtor, reapply, reavail, recalls, recital, reclaim, reclame, reclasp, reclean, recoals, recusal, redials, redtail, refalls, reflate, refloat, refusal, refutal, regaled, regaler, regales, regalia, regally, reginal, reglaze, regular, relabel, relaced, relaces, relapse, related, relater, relates, relator, relaxed, relaxer, relaxes, relaxin, relayed, relearn, release, reliant, reloads, reloans, remails, removal, renails, renewal, rentals, repanel, repeals, replace, replans, replant, replate, replays, replead, replica, reposal, resails, resales, rescale, reseals, reslate, retable, retails, retinal, retrial, revalue, reveals, revisal, revival, ridable, rivaled, ropable, roseola, roulade, rouleau, rowable, rubella, rubeola, ruderal, rulable, saddler, safrole, sailers, sallier, saltern, salters, saltier, saltire, saluter, salvers, sampler, saurels, scalare, scalers, scalier, scalper, scarlet, sclerae, scleral, scleras, sealers, sealery, secular, serails, serials, serosal, serumal, servals, several, shalier, shoaler, slabber, slacker, slakers, slammer, slander, slapper, slasher, slaters, slather, slatier, slavers, slavery, slayers, smaller, snarled, snarler, solacer, spaller, sparely, sparkle, spheral, stabler, stalker, stapler, starlet, startle, stealer, stellar, sternal, surreal, tackler, tailers, talkers, talkier, tallier, tangler, tartlet, tattler, tearful, tearily, tegular, teleran, templar, tertial, thalers, thermal, torulae, trachle, trailed, trailer, tramell, tramels, trammel, trample, travels, trawled, trawler, trawley, treacle, treacly, treadle, trehala, trenail, triable, tutelar, unclear, unlearn, unravel, uralite, uredial, valeric, valuers, variole, varlets, vaulter, vealers, vealier, velaria, ventral, venular, verbals, verglas, vestral, virelai, virelay, vorlage, wabbler, waddler, waffler, wailers, walkers, waltzer, wangler, warbled, warbler, warbles, warless, warlike, warsled, warsler, warsles, warstle, wastrel, wearily, welfare, whalers, wirable, wrangle, wrassle, wrastle.

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