| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| leadership | noun | The office of a leader. |
| leaf-nosed | noun | Having a leaflike membrane on the nose; — said of certain bats, esp. of the genera Phyllostoma and Rhinonycteris. See Vampire. |
| lean-faced | adjective | Having a thin face., slender or narrow; — said of type the letters of which have thin lines, or are unusually narrow in proportion to their height. |
| leathering | present participle & vb. noun | of Leather |
| lectionary | noun | A book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine service. |
| leechcraft | noun | The art of healing; skill of a physician. |
| legalizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Legalize |
| legateship | noun | The office of a legate. |
| legibility | noun | The quality of being legible; legibleness. |
| legislated | imp. & past participle | of Legislate |
| legislator | noun | A lawgiver; one who makes laws for a state or community; a member of a legislative body. |
| legitimacy | adjective | The state, or quality, of being legitimate, or in conformity with law; hence, the condition of having been lawfully begotten, or born in wedlock. |
| legitimate | adjective | Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful; as, legitimate government; legitimate rights; the legitimate succession to the throne; a legitimate proceeding of an officer; a legitimate heir., Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock., Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions., Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; as, legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard, or method; a legitimate combination of colors., Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference., To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; esp., to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means; as, to legitimate a bastard child. |
| legitimism | noun | The principles or plans of legitimists. |
| legitimist | noun | One who supports legitimate authority; esp., one who believes in hereditary monarchy, as a divine right., Specifically, a supporter of the claims of the elder branch of the Bourbon dynasty to the crown of France. |
| legitimize | verb t. | To legitimate. |
| leguminous | adjective | Pertaining to pulse; consisting of pulse., Belonging to, or resembling, a very large natural order of plants (Leguminosae), which bear legumes, including peas, beans, clover, locust trees, acacias, and mimosas. |
| leiotrichi | noun pl. | The division of mankind which embraces the smooth-haired races. |
| leisurable | adjective | Leisurely., Vacant of employment; not occupied; idle; leisure; as leisurable hours. |
| leisurably | adverb | At leisure. |
| lemniscata | noun | Alt. of Lemniscate |
| lemniscate | noun | A curve in the form of the figure 8, with both parts symmetrical, generated by the point in which a tangent to an equilateral hyperbola meets the perpendicular on it drawn from the center. |
| lemuridous | adjective | Alt. of Lemurine |
| lemuroidea | noun pl. | A suborder of primates, including the lemurs, the aye-aye, and allied species. |
| lengthened | imp. & past participle | of Lengthen |
| lengthways | adverb | Alt. of Lengthwise |
| lengthwise | adverb | In the direction of the length; in a longitudinal direction. |
| lenocinant | adjective | Given to lewdness. |
| lentamente | adverb | Slowly; in slow time. |
| lententide | noun | The season of Lenten or Lent. |
| lenticelle | noun | Lenticel. |
| lenticulas | plural | of Lenticula |
| lenticulae | plural | of Lenticula |
| lenticular | adjective | Resembling a lentil in size or form; having the form of a double-convex lens. |
| lepidolite | noun | A species of mica, of a lilac or rose-violet color, containing lithia. It usually occurs in masses consisting of small scales. See Mica. |
| lepidopter | noun | One of the Lepidoptera. |
| leptorhine | adjective | Having the nose narrow; — said esp. of the skull. Opposed to platyrhine. |
| leptothrix | noun | A genus of bacteria, characterized by having their filaments very long, slender, and indistinctly articulated., Having the form of a little chain; — applied to bacteria when, as in multiplication by fission, they form a chain of filiform individuals. |
| lernaeacea | noun pl. | A suborder of copepod Crustacea, including a large number of remarkable forms, mostly parasitic on fishes. The young, however, are active and swim freely. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| lethargize | verb t. | To make lethargic. |
| letheonize | verb t. | To subject to the influence of letheon. |
| letterless | adjective | Not having a letter., Illiterate. |
| letterwood | noun | The beautiful and highly elastic wood of a tree of the genus Brosimum (B. Aubletii), found in Guiana; — so called from black spots in it which bear some resemblance to hieroglyphics; also called snakewood, and leopardwood. It is much used for bows and for walking sticks. |
| leuchaemia | noun | See Leucocythaemia. |
| leucomaine | noun | An animal base or alkaloid, appearing in the tissue during life; hence, a vital alkaloid, as distinguished from a ptomaine or cadaveric poison. |
| leucopathy | noun | The state of an albino, or of a white child of black parents. |
| leucophane | noun | A mineral of a greenish yellow color; it is a silicate of glucina, lime, and soda with fluorine. Called also leucophanite. |
| leucophyll | noun | A colorless substance isomeric with chlorophyll, contained in parts of plants capable of becoming green. |
| leucoplast | noun | Alt. of Leucoplastid |
| leucoscope | noun | An instrument, devised by Professor Helmholtz, for testing the color perception of the eye, or for comparing different lights, as to their constituent colors or their relative whiteness. |
| leucoturic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic substance of the uric acid group, called leucoturic acid or oxalantin. See Oxalantin. |
| leukoplast | noun | See Leucoplast. |
| levigating | present participle & vb. noun | of Levigate |
| levigation | noun | The act or operation of levigating. |
| leviration | noun | Levirate marriage or marriages. |
| levitation | noun | Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light., The act or process of making buoyant. |
| levogyrate | adjective | Turning or twisting the plane of polarization towards the left, as levulose, levotartaric acid, etc. |
| lexicology | noun | The science of the derivation and signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the signification and application of words. |
| lexiconist | noun | A writer of a lexicon. |
| lexigraphy | noun | The art or practice of defining words; definition of words. |
| lexiphanic | adjective | Using, or interlarded with, pretentious words; bombastic; as, a lexiphanic writer or speaker; lexiphanic writing. |
| leyden jar | Alt. of Leyden phial |