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Kopeck
  • (n.) A small Russian coin. One hundred kopecks make a rouble, worth about sixty cents.

    Koran
  • (n.) The Scriptures of the Mohammedans, containing the professed revelations to Mohammed

    Kosher
  • (a.) Ceremonially clean, according to Jewish law
  • (n.) Kosher food
  • (v. t.) To prepare in conformity with the requirements of the Jewish law, as meat.

    Koumiss
  • (n.) An intoxicating fermented or distilled liquor originally made by the Tartars from mare's or camel's milk

    Kowtow
  • (n. & v. i.) The same as Kotow.

    Kraal
  • (n.) A collection of huts within a stockade

    Krait
  • (n.) A very venomous snake of India (Bungarus coeruleus), allied to the cobra. Its upper parts are bluish or brownish black, often with narrow white streaks

    Kraken
  • (n.) A fabulous Scandinavian sea monster, often represented as resembling an island, but sometimes as resembling an immense octopus

    Kremlin
  • (n.) The citadel of a town or city

    Kreutzer
  • (n.) A small copper coin formerly used in South Germany

    Kris
  • (n.) A Malay dagger.

    Krone
  • (n.) A coin of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, of the value of about twenty-eight cents.

    Krumhorn
  • (a.) A reed stop in the organ
  • (n.) A reed instrument of music of the cornet kind, now obsolete (see Cornet, 1, a.).

    Krypton
  • (n.) An inert gaseous element of the argon group, occurring in air to the extent of about one volume in a million

    Kudos
  • (n.) Glory
  • (v. t.) To praise

    Kulturkampf
  • (n.) Lit., culture war

    Kumquat
  • (n.) A small tree of the genus Citrus (C. Japonica) growing in China and Japan

    Kurd
  • (n.) A native or inhabitant of a mountainous region of Western Asia belonging to the Turkish and Persian monarchies

    Ky
  • (n. pl.) Kine.

    Kyack
  • (n.) A pack sack to be swung on either side of a packsaddle.

    Kyanize
  • (v. t.) To render (wood) proof against decay by saturating with a solution of corrosive sublimate in open tanks, or under pressure

    Kymograph
  • (n.) An instrument for measuring, and recording graphically, the pressure of the blood in any of the blood vessels of a living animal

    L
  • (a.) Elevated
  • (n.) An elevated road

    La
  • (interj.) An exclamation of surprise
  • (n.) A syllable applied to the sixth tone of the scale in music in solmization.

    Laager
  • (n.) A camp, esp. one with an inclosure of travelers' wagons for temporary defense.

    Lab
  • (n.) A telltale
  • (v. i.) To prate

    Labarum
  • (n.) The standard adopted by the Emperor Constantine after his conversion to Christianity. It is described as a pike bearing a silk banner hanging from a crosspiece, and surmounted by a golden crown

    Label
  • (n.) A barrulet, or, rarely, a bendlet, with pendants, or points, usually three, especially used as a mark of cadency to distinguish an eldest or only son while his father is still living
  • (v. t.) To affix a label to

    Labial
  • (a.) Articulated, as a consonant, mainly by the lips, as b, p, m, w.
  • (n.) A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as b, p, w

    Labiate
  • (a.) Belonging to a natural order of plants (Labiatae), of which the mint, sage, and catnip are examples
  • (n.) A plant of the order Labiatae.
  • (v. t.) To labialize.

    Labile
  • (a.) Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.

    Labiodental
  • (a.) Formed or pronounced by the cooperation of the lips and teeth, as f and v.
  • (n.) A labiodental sound or letter.

    Labionasal
  • (a.) Formed by the lips and the nose.
  • (n.) A labionasal sound or letter.

    Labium
  • (n.) A lip, or liplike organ.

    Lablab
  • (n.) an East Indian name for several twining leguminous plants related to the bean, but commonly applied to the hyacinth bean (Dolichos Lablab)

    Labor
  • (n.) A measure of land in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to an area of 177/ acres.
  • (v. t.) To belabor

    Labrador
  • (n.) A region of British America on the Atlantic coast, north of Newfoundland.

    Labret
  • (n.) A piece of wood, shell, stone, or other substance, worn in a perforation of the lip or cheek by many savages

    Labrum
  • (n.) A lip or edge, as of a basin.

    Laburnum
  • (n.) A small leguminous tree (Cytisus Laburnum), native of the Alps. The plant is reputed to be poisonous, esp

    Labyrinth
  • (n.) An edifice or place full of intricate passageways which render it difficult to find the way from the interior to the entrance

    Laccolith
  • (n.) A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata

    Lace
  • (n.) A fabric of fine threads of linen, silk, cotton, etc., often ornamented with figures
  • (v. i.) To be fastened with a lace, or laces
  • (v. t.) To add spirits to (a beverage).

    Lachrymal
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to tears

    Lachrymation
  • (n.) The act of shedding tears

    Lachrymatory
  • (n.) A "tear-bottle

    Lachrymose
  • (a.) Generating or shedding tears

    Lacing
  • (n.) A lace

    Lack
  • (interj.) Exclamation of regret or surprise.
  • (n.) Blame
  • (v. i.) To be in want.
  • (v. t.) To be without or destitute of

    Laconic
  • (n.) Laconism.

    Laconism
  • (n.) An instance of laconic style or expression.

    Lacquer
  • (n.) A varnish, consisting of a solution of shell-lac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like
  • (v. t.) To cover with lacquer.

    Lacrosse
  • (n.) A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States

    Lactate
  • (n.) A salt of lactic acid.

    Lactation
  • (n.) A giving suck

    Lacteal
  • (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, chyle
  • (n.) One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic duct

    Lactescent
  • (a.) Having a milky look

    Lactic
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to milk

    Lactiferous
  • (a.) Bearing or containing milk or a milky fluid

    Lactometer
  • (n.) An instrument for estimating the purity or richness of milk, as a measuring glass, a specific gravity bulb, or other apparatus

    Lactone
  • (n.) One of a series of organic compounds, regarded as anhydrides of certain hydroxy acids. In general, they are colorless liquids, having a weak aromatic odor

    Lactoprotein
  • (n.) A peculiar albuminous body considered a normal constituent of milk.

    Lacuna
  • (n.) A small opening

    Lacustrine
  • (a.) Found in, or pertaining to, lakes or ponds, or growing in them

    Lad
  • (n.) A boy

    Ladanum
  • (n.) A gum resin gathered from certain Oriental species of Cistus. It has a pungent odor and is chiefly used in making plasters, and for fumigation

    Ladder
  • (v. i.) A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps

    Laddie
  • (n.) A lad

    Lade
  • (n.) A passage for water
  • (v. t.) To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc.

    Ladin
  • (n.) A person speaking Ladin as a mother tongue.

    Ladle
  • (v. t.) A cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle, used in lading or dipping.

    Lady
  • (a.) Belonging or becoming to a lady
  • (n.) A wife

    Lag
  • (a.) Coming tardily after or behind
  • (n.) A stave of a cask, drum, etc.
  • (v. i.) To walk or more slowly
  • (v. t.) To cause to lag

    Lager
  • (n.) Lager beer.

    Laggard
  • (a.) Slow
  • (n.) One who lags

    Lagging
  • (n.) Lags, collectively

    Lagomorph
  • (n.) One of the Lagomorpha.

    Lagoon
  • (n.) A lake in a coral island, often occupying a large portion of its area, and usually communicating with the sea

    Laic
  • (n.) A layman.

    Laid
  • (imp. & p. p.) of Lay

    Lair
  • (n.) A burying place.

    Laity
  • (a.) The people, as distinguished from the clergy

    Lake
  • (n.) A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use.
  • (v. i.) To play

    Lakh
  • (n.) One hundred thousand

    Laky
  • (a.) Pertaining to a lake.

    Lallation
  • (n.) An imperfect enunciation of the letter r, in which it sounds like l.

    Lam
  • (v. t.) To beat soundly

    Lama
  • (n.) In Thibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief called Lamaism.

    Lamb
  • (n.) Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.
  • (v. i.) To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep.

    Lamella
  • (n.) a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers

    Lamellibranch
  • (n.) One of the Lamellibranchia. Also used adjectively.

    Lamellicorn
  • (a.) Having antennae terminating in a group of flat lamellae
  • (n.) A lamellicorn insect.

    Lamelliform
  • (a.) Thin and flat

    Lamely
  • (adv.) An a lame, crippled, disabled, or imperfect manner

    Lament
  • (v.) An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.
  • (v. i.) To express or feel sorrow
  • (v. t.) To mourn for

    Lamia
  • (n.) A monster capable of assuming a woman's form, who was said to devour human beings or suck their blood

    Lamina
  • (n.) A thin plate or scale

    Laminitis
  • (n.) Inflammation of the laminae or fleshy plates along the coffin bone of a horse

    Lammas
  • (n.) The first day of August

    Lammergeier
  • (n.) A very large vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa

    Lamp
  • (n.) A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity.

    Lance
  • (n.) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
  • (v. t.) To open with a lancet

    Lanciform
  • (a.) Having the form of a lance.

    Lancinating
  • (a.) Piercing

    Land
  • (n.) Any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever, as meadows, pastures, woods, etc., and everything annexed to it, whether by nature, as trees, water, etc
  • (v. i.) To go on shore from a ship or boat
  • (v. t.) To catch and bring to shore

    Lane
  • (a.) Alone.
  • (n.) A passageway between fences or hedges which is not traveled as a highroad

    Lang
  • (a. & adv.) Long.

    Laniary
  • (a.) A laniary, or canine, tooth.

    Laniferous
  • (n.) Bearing or producing wool.

    Lank
  • (superl.) Languid
  • (v. i. & t.) To become lank

    Lanneret
  • (n. m.) A long-tailed falcon (Falco lanarius), of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa, resembling the American prairie falcon

    Lanolin
  • (n.) A peculiar fatlike body, made up of cholesterin and certain fatty acids, found in feathers, hair, wool, and keratin tissues generally

    Lantern
  • (n.) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns
  • (v. t.) To furnish with a lantern

    Lanthanum
  • (n.) A rare element of the group of the earth metals, allied to aluminium. It occurs in certain rare minerals, as cerite, gadolinite, orthite, etc

    Lanuginous
  • (a.) Covered with down, or fine soft hair

    Lanugo
  • (n.) The soft woolly hair which covers most parts of the mammal fetus, and in man is shed before or soon after birth

    Lanyard
  • (n.) A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships

    Laodicean
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to Laodicea, a city in Phrygia Major

    Lap
  • (n.) An edge
  • (v. i.) To be turned or folded
  • (v. t.) To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc.

    Laparotomy
  • (n.) A cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as in the Caesarean section.

    Lapboard
  • (n.) A board used on the lap as a substitute for a table, as by tailors.

    Lapdog
  • (n.) A small dog fondled in the lap.

    Lapel
  • (n.) That part of a garment which is turned back

    Lapidary
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to monumental inscriptions
  • (n.) An artificer who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones

    Lapidate
  • (v. t.) To stone.

    Lappet
  • (n.) A small decorative fold or flap, esp, of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress.
  • (v. t.) To decorate with, or as with, a lappet.

    Lapse
  • (n.) A fall or apostasy.
  • (v. i.) To become ineffectual or void
  • (v. t.) To let slip

    Lapstrake
  • (a.) Made with boards whose edges lap one over another

    Laputan
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in Gulliver's Travels as the home of chimerical philosophers

    Lapwing
  • (n.) A small European bird of the Plover family (Vanellus cristatus, or V. vanellus). It has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles

    Lar
  • (n.) A species of gibbon (Hylobates lar), found in Burmah. Called also white-handed gibbon.

    Larboard
  • (a.) On or pertaining to the left-hand side of a vessel
  • (n.) The left-hand side of a ship to one on board facing toward the bow

    Larceny
  • (n.) The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal with intent to deprive the right owner of the same

    Larch
  • (n.) A genus of coniferous trees, having deciduous leaves, in fascicles (see Illust. of Fascicle)

    Lard
  • (n.) Bacon
  • (v. i.) To grow fat.

    Large
  • (adv.) Freely
  • (n.) A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves.
  • (superl.) Abundant

    Larghetto
  • (a. & adv.) Somewhat slow or slowly, but not so slowly as largo, and rather more so than andante

    Largish
  • (a.) Somewhat large.

    Largo
  • (a. & adv.) Slow or slowly
  • (n.) A movement or piece in largo time.

    Lariat
  • (n.) A long, slender rope made of hemp or strips of hide, esp. one with a noose
  • (v. t.) To secure with a lariat fastened to a stake, as a horse or mule for grazing

    Lark
  • (n.) Any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus Alauda and allied genera (family Alaudidae)
  • (v. i.) A frolic

    Larrup
  • (v. t.) To beat or flog soundly.

    Larva
  • (n.) Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis

    Laryngeal
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the larynx

    Laryngectomy
  • (n.) Excision of the larynx.

    Laryngitis
  • (n.) Inflammation of the larynx.

    Laryngology
  • (n.) Systematized knowledge of the action and functions of the larynx

    Laryngoscopy
  • (n.) The art of using the laryngoscope

    Laryngotomy
  • (n.) The operation of cutting into the larynx, from the outside of the neck, for assisting respiration when obstructed, or for removing foreign bodies

    Larynx
  • (n.) The expanded upper end of the windpipe or trachea, connected with the hyoid bone or cartilage

    Lascar
  • (n.) A native sailor, employed in European vessels

    Lascivious
  • (a.) Tending to produce voluptuous or lewd emotions.

    Lash
  • (n.) A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid
  • (v. i.) To ply the whip
  • (v. t.) To scold

    Lassie
  • (n.) A young girl

    Lassitude
  • (n.) A condition of the body, or mind, when its voluntary functions are performed with difficulty, and only by a strong exertion of the will

    Lasso
  • (n.) A rope or long thong of leather with, a running noose, used for catching horses, cattle, etc
  • (v. t.) To catch with a lasso.

    Last
  • (3d pers. sing. pres.) of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.
  • (a.) At a time next preceding the present time.
  • (n.) A load
  • (v. i.) A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are formed.
  • (v. t.) To shape with a last

    Lat
  • (v. t.) To let

    Latch
  • (n.) A crossbow.
  • (v. t.) To smear

    Late
  • (a.) After the usual or proper time, or the time appointed
  • (v.) Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time

    Lath
  • (n.) A thin, narrow strip of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting the tiles, plastering, etc
  • (v. t.) To cover or line with laths.

    Latigo
  • (n.) A strap for tightening a saddle girth.

    Latin
  • (a.) Of, pertaining to, or composed in, the language used by the Romans or Latins
  • (n.) A member of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • (v. t.) To write or speak in Latin

    Latish
  • (a.) Somewhat late.

    Latitude
  • (n.) Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian.

    Latitudinarian
  • (a.) Indifferent to a strict application of any standard of belief or opinion
  • (n.) A member of the Church of England, in the time of Charles II., who adopted more liberal notions in respect to the authority, government, and doctrines of the church than generally prevailed

    Latrine
  • (n.) A privy, or water-closet, esp. in a camp, hospital, etc.

    Latter
  • (a.) Last

    Lattice
  • (n.) Any work of wood or metal, made by crossing laths, or thin strips, and forming a network
  • (v. i.) To close, as an opening, with latticework

    Laud
  • (v. i.) A part of divine worship, consisting chiefly of praise

    Laugh
  • (n.) An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species
  • (v. t.) To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.

    Launce
  • (n.) A balance.

    Launch
  • (n.) The act of launching.
  • (v. i.) To cause to move or slide from the land into the water

    Launder
  • (n.) A trough used by miners to receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus, for comminuting, or sorting, the ore
  • (v. i.) To lave

    Laundress
  • (n.) A woman whose employment is laundering.
  • (v. i.) To act as a laundress.

    Laundry
  • (n.) A laundering

    Laureate
  • (a.) Crowned, or decked, with laurel.
  • (n.) One crowned with laurel
  • (v. i.) To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English universities

    Laurel
  • (n.) A crown of laurel

    Lava
  • (n.) The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its top or fissured sides. It flows out in streams sometimes miles in length

    Lave
  • (n.) The remainder
  • (v. i.) To bathe
  • (v. t.) To lade, dip, or pour out.

    Lavish
  • (a.) Expending or bestowing profusely
  • (v. t.) To expend or bestow with profusion

    Law
  • (interj.) An exclamation of mild surprise.
  • (n.) An oath, as in the presence of a court.

    Lawbreaker
  • (n.) One who disobeys the law

    Lawful
  • (a.) Conformable to law

    Lawgiver
  • (n.) One who makes or enacts a law or system of laws

    Lawless
  • (a.) Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law

    Lawmaker
  • (n.) A legislator

    Lawn
  • (n.) An open space between woods.

    Lawsuit
  • (n.) An action at law

    Lawyer
  • (n.) One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law

    Lax
  • (n.) A looseness
  • (v. t.) Having a looseness of the bowels

    Laxation
  • (n.) The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened.

    Laxative
  • (a.) Having a tendency to loosen or relax.
  • (n.) A laxative medicine.

    Laxity
  • (a.) The state or quality of being lax

    Layer
  • (n.) An artificial oyster bed.

    Layette
  • (n.) The outfit of clothing, blankets, etc., prepared for a newborn infant, and placed ready for used

    Layman
  • (n.) A lay figure.

    Lazar
  • (n.) A person infected with a filthy or pestilential disease

    Laze
  • (v. i.) To be lazy or idle.
  • (v. t.) To waste in sloth

    Lazulite
  • (n.) A mineral of a light indigo-blue color, occurring in small masses, or in monoclinic crystals

    Lazy
  • (superl.) Disinclined to action or exertion

    Lea
  • (n.) A meadow or sward land

    Leach
  • (n.) A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
  • (v. i.) To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
  • (v. t.) To dissolve out

    Lead
  • (n.) A conductor conveying electricity, as from a dynamo.
  • (v. i.) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc
  • (v. t.) To begin a game, round, or trick, with

    Leaf
  • (n.) A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of light
  • (v. i.) To shoot out leaves

    League
  • (n.) A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5
  • (v. i.) To unite in a league or confederacy
  • (v. t.) To join in a league

    Leak
  • (a.) Leaky.
  • (n.) A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation
  • (v.) A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape

    Lean
  • (n.) That part of flesh which consist principally of muscle without the fat.
  • (v. i.) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages
  • (v. t.) To conceal.

    Leap
  • (n.) A basket.
  • (v. i.) To spring clear of the ground, with the feet
  • (v. t.) To cause to leap

    Learn
  • (v. i.) To acquire knowledge or skill
  • (v. t.) To communicate knowledge to

    Lease
  • (v. i.) To gather what harvesters have left behind
  • (v. t.) A demise or letting of lands, tenements, or hereditaments to another for life, for a term of years, or at will, or for any less interest than that which the lessor has in the property, usually for a specified rent or compensation

    Leash
  • (n.) A brace and a half
  • (v. t.) To tie together, or hold, with a leash.

    Least
  • (a.) Smallest, either in size or degree
  • (adv.) In the smallest or lowest degree

    Leather
  • (n.) The skin.
  • (v. t.) To beat, as with a thong of leather.

    Leave
  • (n.) Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed
  • (v.) To cease from
  • (v. i.) To cease
  • (v. t.) To raise

    Leavings
  • (n. pl.) Refuse

    Lech
  • (v. t.) To lick.

    Lecithin
  • (n.) A complex, nitrogenous phosphorized substance widely distributed through the animal body, and especially conspicuous in the brain and nerve tissue, in yolk of eggs, and in the white blood corpuscles

    Lection
  • (n.) A lesson or selection, esp. of Scripture, read in divine service.

    Lector
  • (n.) A reader of lections

    Lecture
  • (n.) A discourse on any subject
  • (v. i.) To deliver a lecture or lectures.
  • (v. t.) To read or deliver a lecture to.

    Ledge
  • (n.) A layer or stratum.

    Lee
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the part or side opposite to that against which the wind blows
  • (n.) A sheltered place
  • (v. i.) To lie

    Leeboard
  • (n.) A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a vessel to lessen her leeway when closehauled, by giving her greater draught

    Leech
  • (n.) A glass tube of peculiar construction, adapted for drawing blood from a scarified part by means of a vacuum

    Leek
  • (n.) A plant of the genus Allium (A. Porrum), having broadly linear succulent leaves rising from a loose oblong cylindrical bulb

    Leer
  • (a.) Destitute of a rider
  • (n.) A distorted expression of the face, or an indirect glance of the eye, conveying a sinister or immodest suggestion
  • (v. i.) To look with a leer
  • (v. t.) To entice with a leer, or leers

    Lees
  • (n.) A leash.
  • (n. pl.) Dregs.

    Leeward
  • (a.) Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the part or side toward which the wind blows
  • (adv.) Toward the lee.
  • (n.) The lee side

    Leeway
  • (n.) The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course

    Left
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action of the limbs is usually weaker than on the other side
  • (imp. & p. p.) of Leave
  • (n.) That part of surrounding space toward which the left side of one's body is turned

    Leg
  • (n.) A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg
  • (v. t.) To bow.

    Legacy
  • (n.) A business with which one is intrusted by another

    Legal
  • (a.) According to the law of works, as distinguished from free grace

    Legate
  • (n.) An ambassador or envoy.

    Legation
  • (n.) A district under the jurisdiction of a legate.

    Legato
  • (a.) Connected

    Legend
  • (n.) An inscription, motto, or title, esp. one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon an heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration
  • (v. t.) To tell or narrate, as a legend.

    Legerdemain
  • (n.) Sleight of hand

    Leggy
  • (a.) Having long legs.

    Leghorn
  • (n.) 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

    Legible
  • (a.) Capable of being discovered or understood by apparent marks or indications

    Legion
  • (n.) A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods

    Legislate
  • (v. i.) To make or enact a law or laws.

    Legislation
  • (n.) The act of legislating

    Legislative
  • (a.) Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws

    Legislator
  • (n.) A lawgiver

    Legislature
  • (n.) The body of persons in a state or kingdom invested with power to make and repeal laws

    Legist
  • (n.) One skilled in the laws

    Legitimate
  • (a.) Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements
  • (v. t.) To make legitimate, lawful, or valid

    Legitimatize
  • (v. t.) To legitimate.

    Legitimist
  • (n.) One who supports legitimate authority

    Legitimize
  • (v. t.) To legitimate.

    Legume
  • (n.) A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea

    Leguminous
  • (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, a very large natural order of plants (Leguminosae), which bear legumes, including peas, beans, clover, locust trees, acacias, and mimosas

    Leisure
  • (a.) Unemployed
  • (n.) Freedom from occupation or business

    Leman
  • (n.) A sweetheart, of either sex

    Lemma
  • (n.) A preliminary or auxiliary proposition demonstrated or accepted for immediate use in the demonstration of some other proposition, as in mathematics or logic

    Lemming
  • (n.) Any one of several species of small arctic rodents of the genera Myodes and Cuniculus, resembling the meadow mice in form

    Lemniscus
  • (n.) One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala

    Lemon
  • (n.) An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange, and containing a pulp usually intensely acid

    Lemur
  • (n.) One of a family (Lemuridae) of nocturnal mammals allied to the monkeys, but of small size, and having a sharp and foxlike muzzle, and large eyes

    Lend
  • (v. t.) To afford

    Length
  • (a.) A portion of space or of time considered as measured by its length
  • (v. t.) To lengthen.

    Leniency
  • (n.) The quality or state of being lenient

    Lenient
  • (a.) Mild
  • (n.) A lenitive

    Lenity
  • (n.) The state or quality of being lenient

    Leno
  • (n.) A light open cotton fabric used for window curtains.

    Lens
  • (n.) A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, and commonly used, either singly or combined, in optical instruments, for changing the direction of rays of light, and thus magnifying objects, or otherwise modifying vision

    Lent
  • (imp. & p. p.) of Lend
  • (n.) A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches as commemorative of the fast of our Savior

    Leo
  • (n.) A northern constellation east of Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus at the end of the handle of the Sickle

    Leonine
  • (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the lion

    Leopard
  • (n.) 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

    Leper
  • (n.) A person affected with leprosy.

    Lepidolite
  • (n.) A species of mica, of a lilac or rose-violet color, containing lithia. It usually occurs in masses consisting of small scales

    Lepidopterist
  • (n.) One who studies the Lepidoptera.

    Lepidosiren
  • (n.) An eel-shaped ganoid fish of the order Dipnoi, having both gills and lungs. It inhabits the rivers of South America

    Leprose
  • (a.) Covered with thin, scurfy scales.

    Leprosy
  • (n.) A cutaneous disease which first appears as blebs or as reddish, shining, slightly prominent spots, with spreading edges

    Leprous
  • (a.) Infected with leprosy

    Lesbian
  • (a.) Amatory

    Lesion
  • (n.) A hurt

    Less
  • (a.) Smaller
  • (adv.) Not so much
  • (conj.) Unless.
  • (n.) A smaller portion or quantity.
  • (v. t.) To make less

    Lest
  • (a.) For fear that
  • (n.) Lust
  • (v. i.) To listen.


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