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 |