| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| leached | imp. & past participle | of Leach |
| leading | present participle & vb. noun | of Lead, of Lead, Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example., The act of guiding, directing, governing, or enticing; guidance., Suggestion; hint; example. |
| leadmen | plural | of Leadman |
| leadman | noun | One who leads a dance. |
| leafing | present participle & vb. noun | of Leaf |
| leafage | noun | Leaves, collectively; foliage. |
| leafcup | noun | A coarse American composite weed (Polymnia Uvedalia). |
| leaflet | noun | A little leaf; also, a little printed leaf or a tract., One of the divisions of a compound leaf; a foliole., A leaflike organ or part; as, a leaflet of the gills of fishes. |
| leagued | imp. & past participle | of League |
| leaguer | noun | The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general., A siege or beleaguering., To besiege; to beleaguer. |
| leaking | present participle & vb. noun | of Leak |
| leakage | noun | A leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking., An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking. |
| leaning | present participle & vb. noun | of Lean, The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism. |
| lean-to | adjective | Having only one slope or pitch; — said of a roof., A shed or slight building placed against the wall of a larger structure and having a single-pitched roof; — called also penthouse, and to-fall. |
| leaping | present participle & vb. noun | of Leap, from Leap, to jump. |
| leapful | noun | A basketful. |
| learned | imp. & past participle | of Learn, Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite; well-informed; as, a learned scholar, writer, or lawyer; a learned book; a learned theory. |
| learner | noun | One who learns; a scholar. |
| leasing | present participle & vb. noun | of Lease, The act of lying; falsehood; a lie or lies. |
| leashed | imp. & past participle | of Leash |
| leather | noun | The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively., The skin., To beat, as with a thong of leather. |
| leaving | present participle & vb. noun | of Leave, of Leave |
| lechery | noun | Free indulgence of lust; lewdness., Selfish pleasure; delight. |
| lectern | noun | See Lecturn. |
| lectica | noun | A kind of litter or portable couch. |
| lection | noun | A lesson or selection, esp. of Scripture, read in divine service., A reading; a variation in the text. |
| lectual | adjective | Confining to the bed; as, a lectual disease. |
| lecture | noun | The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture., A discourse on any subject; especially, a formal or methodical discourse, intended for instruction; sometimes, a familiar discourse, in contrast with a sermon., A reprimand or formal reproof from one having authority., A rehearsal of a lesson., To read or deliver a lecture to., To reprove formally and with authority., To deliver a lecture or lectures. |
| lecturn | noun | A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read; hence, a reading desk. [Written also lectern and lettern.] |
| leeched | imp. & past participle | of Leech |
| leering | present participle & vb. noun | of Leer |
| leetmen | plural | of Leetman |
| leetman | noun | One subject to the jurisdiction of a court-leet. |
| leeward | adjective | Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the part or side toward which the wind blows; — opposed to windward; as, a leeward berth; a leeward ship., The lee side; the lee., Toward the lee. |
| legally | adverb | In a legal manner. |
| legatee | noun | One to whom a legacy is bequeathed. |
| legator | noun | A testator; one who bequeaths a legacy. |
| legging | noun | Alt. of Leggin, a. & vb. n., from Leg, v. t. |
| leghorn | noun | A straw plaiting used for bonnets and hats, made from the straw of a particular kind of wheat, grown for the purpose in Tuscany, Italy; — so called from Leghorn, the place of exportation. |
| legible | adjective | Capable of being read or deciphered; distinct to the eye; plain; — used of writing or printing; as, a fair, legible manuscript., Capable of being discovered or understood by apparent marks or indications; as, the thoughts of men are often legible in their countenances. |
| legibly | adverb | In a legible manner. |
| legific | adjective | Of or pertaining to making laws. |
| legitim | adjective | The portion of movable estate to which the children are entitled upon the death of the father. |
| legless | adjective | Not having a leg. |
| legumen | noun | Same as Legume. |
| legumin | noun | An albuminous substance resembling casein, found as a characteristic ingredient of the seeds of leguminous and grain-bearing plants. |
| leister | noun | Alt. of Lister |
| leisure | noun | Freedom from occupation or business; vacant time; time free from employment., Time at one’s command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease., Unemployed; as, leisure hours. |
| lemmata | plural | of Lemma |
| lemming | noun | Any one of several species of small arctic rodents of the genera Myodes and Cuniculus, resembling the meadow mice in form. They are found in both hemispheres. |
| lemnian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the isle of Lemnos. |
| lemures | noun pl. | Spirits or ghosts of the departed; specters. |
| lemuria | noun | A hypothetical land, or continent, supposed by some to have existed formerly in the Indian Ocean, of which Madagascar is a remnant. |
| lemurid | adjective & noun | Same as Lemuroid. |
| lending | present participle & vb. noun | of Lend, The act of one who lends., That which is lent or furnished. |
| lengest | adjective | Longer; longest; — obsolete compar. and superl. of long. |
| lengthy | superl. | Having length; rather long or too long; prolix; not brief; — said chiefly of discourses, writings, and the like. |
| lenient | adjective | Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; — sometimes followed by of., Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence., A lenitive; an emollient. |
| lentigo | noun | A freckly eruption on the skin; freckles. |
| lentisk | noun | A tree; the mastic. See Mastic. |
| lentoid | adjective | Having the form of a lens; lens-shaped. |
| lentous | adjective | Viscid; viscous; tenacious. |
| leonced | adjective | See Lionced. |
| leonese | adjective | Of or pertaining to Leon, in Spain., A native or natives of Leon. |
| leonine | adjective | Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the lion; as, a leonine look; leonine rapacity. |
| leopard | noun | A large, savage, carnivorous mammal (Felis leopardus). It is of a yellow or fawn color, with rings or roselike clusters of black spots along the back and sides. It is found in Southern Asia and Africa. By some the panther (Felis pardus) is regarded as a variety of leopard. |
| lepered | adjective | Affected or tainted with leprosy. |
| lepisma | noun | A genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongated flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by seven unequal bristles. A common species (Lepisma saccharina) is found in houses, and often injures books and furniture. Called also shiner, silver witch, silver moth, and furniture bug. |
| leprose | adjective | Covered with thin, scurfy scales. |
| leprosy | noun | A cutaneous disease which first appears as blebs or as reddish, shining, slightly prominent spots, with spreading edges. These are often followed by an eruption of dark or yellowish prominent nodules, frequently producing great deformity. In one variety of the disease, anaesthesia of the skin is a prominent symptom. In addition there may be wasting of the muscles, falling out of the hair and nails, and distortion of the hands and feet with destruction of the bones and joints. It is incurable, and is probably contagious. |
| leprous | adjective | Infected with leprosy; pertaining to or resembling leprosy., Leprose. |
| lernaea | noun | A Linnaean genus of parasitic Entomostraca, — the same as the family Lernaeidae. |
| lernean | noun | One of a family (Lernaeidae) of parasitic Crustacea found attached to fishes and other marine animals. Some species penetrate the skin and flesh with the elongated head, and feed on the viscera. See Illust. in Appendix. |
| lesbian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the island anciently called Lesbos, now Mitylene, in the Grecian Archipelago. |
| letting | present participle & vb. noun | of Let |
| lethean | adjective | Of or pertaining to Lethe; resembling in effect the water of Lethe. |
| letheed | adjective | Caused by Lethe. |
| letheon | noun | Sulphuric ether used as an anaesthetic agent. |
| let-off | noun | A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a loom. |
| lettern | noun | See Lecturn. |
| lettish | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Letts., The language spoken by the Letts. See Lettic. |
| lettuce | noun | A composite plant of the genus Lactuca (L. sativa), the leaves of which are used as salad. Plants of this genus yield a milky juice, from which lactucarium is obtained. The commonest wild lettuce of the United States is L. Canadensis. |
| letuary | noun | Electuary. |
| leucite | noun | A mineral having a glassy fracture, occurring in translucent trapezohedral crystals. It is a silicate of alumina and potash. It is found in the volcanic rocks of Italy, especially at Vesuvius., A leucoplast. |
| leucoma | noun | A white opacity in the cornea of the eye; — called also albugo. |
| leucous | adjective | White; — applied to albinos, from the whiteness of their skin and hair. |
| levator | noun | A muscle that serves to raise some part, as the lip or the eyelid., A surgical instrument used to raise a depressed part of the skull. |
| leveful | noun | Allowable; permissible; lawful. |
| leveled | imp. & past participle | of Level |
| leveler | noun | One who, or that which, levels., One who would remove social inequalities or distinctions; a socialist. |
| levelly | adverb | In an even or level manner. |
| leveret | noun | A hare in the first year of its age. |
| levesel | noun | A leafy shelter; a place covered with foliage. |
| leviner | noun | A swift hound. |
| levulin | noun | A substance resembling dextrin, obtained from the bulbs of the dahlia, the artichoke, and other sources, as a colorless, spongy, amorphous material. It is so called because by decomposition it yields levulose. |
| levying | present participle & vb. noun | of Levy |
| lexical | adjective | Of or pertaining to a lexicon, to lexicography, or words; according or conforming to a lexicon. |
| lexicon | noun | A vocabulary, or book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language or of a considerable number of them, with the definition of each; a dictionary; especially, a dictionary of the Greek, Hebrew, or Latin language. |