1 | noun | a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images 2 | noun | (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood 3 | noun | biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina 4 | noun | electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons

l'enz (IPA: lˈɛnz)

lens (no hyphenation) (4 letters | 1 syllable)

1693 (European Renaissance) (332 years ago)

Latin

lenses

lense | lens system | crystalline lens | lens of the eye | electron lens (total: 5)

anastigmat | anastigmatic lens | camera lens | compound lens | concave lens | condenser | contact | contact lens | converging lens | convex lens | crown lens | diverging lens | eyeglass | eyepiece | field lens | ... (total: 26)

optical device | channel | communication channel | line | organ | electronic equipment (total: 6)

bens | cleanse | dens | gens | glens | hens | men's | pens | sens | tens (total: 10) (based on typical American pronunciation)

dens | fens | gens | glens | hens | kens | leans | leas | lees | legs | leis | lend | lends | lent | less | lets | liens | pens | sens | tens | wens | yens | Zens (total: 23)

(none among common words)

accommodating lens implant | achromatic lens | closeup lens | crystalline lens | electron lens | fisheye lens | interocular lens implant | lens cap | lens capsule | lens cortex | ... (total: 23)

Lens (US population: 260 people, white: 66%)

Lens (Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France)

Lens (France, 32618 people) | Lens (Switzerland, 4198 people) | Lens (Belgium, 3971 people) | Lens-Lestang (France, 886 people) | Noyelles-sous-Lens (France, 6659 people) | ... (total: 8)

lens.com | lens.net | lens.org | lens.info | lens.biz (total: 5)

Bifocal, e.g. | Brownie point? | Brownie's eye? | Camera attachment | Camera part | Camera's eye | Cariou and Dawson | Cataract site | Cinematographer's concern | Contact, e.g. | Contact, perhaps | Contact, say | ... (total: 48) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

4 (International English) | 4 (North American English)

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