English words: leptodactyl to lesser multangular

300 English words, part 30 of 76 of the words starting with L, A to Z. 16 have a page of their own.

English words leptodactyl to lesser multangular

leptodactyl adjective: Having small or slender toes.
leptodactylid noun: Any frog of the family Leptodactylidae
leptodactyline noun: The quaternary ammonium zwitterion 3-[2-(trimethylazaniumyl)ethyl]phenolate present in the skin of amphibians of the genus Leptodactylus.
leptodactylous adjective: Having fine, slender toes or fingers.
leptodermatous adjective: Alternative form of leptodermous.
leptodermin noun: An insecticide present in Cucumis africanus
leptodermous adjective: Having a thin skin or wall
leptodorid noun: Any water flea in the family Leptodoridae.
leptoform noun: A heteroecious fungus having teleutospores only, which as soon as they arrive at maturity germinate on living plants.
leptogenesis noun: The differential production of leptons, rather than antileptons, in the early universe
leptogenic adjective: Causing weight loss
leptogluon noun: Any of a class of proposed particles formed from a lepton and one or more gluons
leptognathiid noun: Any malacostracan crustacean of the family Leptognathiidae
leptograptid noun: Any graptolite of the family †Leptograptidae.
leptohadron noun: An excited state of a lepton that interacts as if it were a hadron
leptohyphid noun: Any mayfly in the family Leptohyphidae.
leptokurtic adjective: Of a distribution: having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.
leptokurtosis noun: The property of having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.
leptokurtotic adjective: Leptokurtic.
leptolepid noun: Any of the family †Leptolepidae of extinct fishes.
leptolepidid noun: Any extinct fish of the genus Leptolepides
leptolide noun: A furanocembranolide diterpene present in Leptogorgia
leptolithic adjective: Alternative form of Leptolithic.
leptology noun: A minute and tedious discourse on trifling things.
leptolycine noun: Any beetle of the subfamily Leptolycinae
leptoma noun: A thin-walled area on a pollen grain
leptome noun: The portion of the mestome that transports food substances.
leptomeningeal adjective: Of or pertaining to the leptomeninges
leptomeninges noun: The innermost layers of the meninges; the pia mater and the arachnoid
leptomeningitis noun: inflammation of the leptomeninges
leptomeson noun: An excited state of a lepton that interacts as if it were a meson
leptometer noun: An instrument for measuring the viscosity of oil.
leptomin noun: A substance found in the leptome of some plants, especially in the sieve tubes and laticiferous vessels, the presumed function being to convey oxygen.
leptomonad noun: Any trypanosomatid of the genus Leptomonas
leptomorph noun: A thin rhizome of bamboo
leptomorphic adjective: Relatively long and narrow
leptomorphically adverb: In a leptomorphic manner
leptomorphous adjective: Synonym of leptomorphic.
leptomycin noun: Any of a family of antibiotics produced by Streptomyces bacteria.
lepton noun /ˈlɛptɒn/: A coin used since ancient times in Greece, serving in modern times as one hundredth of a phoenix, a drachma, and a euro (as the Greek form of the Eurocent).
lepton number noun: A quantum number related to the difference between the number of leptons and antileptons in a system
leptonectid noun: Any ichthyosaur of the family Leptonectidae
leptonema noun: The stage during meiosis Prophase 1 where the chromosomes condense after S-phase and interphase, resulting in the recombination of haploid chromosome pairs...
leptonetid noun: Any spider in the family Leptonetidae.
leptonic adjective: Of, pertaining to, or composed of leptons.
leptonically adverb: In a leptonic manner; by means of leptons
leptonium noun: A bound pair of a lepton and its antiparticle
leptonization noun: The creation of leptons (in stars etc)
leptonless adjective: That does not involve leptons
leptonlike adjective: Having some characteristics of a lepton.
leptopellic adjective: Having a narrow pelvis.
leptophilic adjective: Describing a proposed form of dark matter that only interacts with leptons
leptophlebiid noun: Any mayfly in the family Leptophlebiidae.
leptophloem noun: Rudimentary phloem, for storage or conduction of food material.
leptophobic adjective: That does not couple strongly with leptons
leptophos noun: An organophosphate formerly used as a pesticide and fungicide.
leptophractine noun: Any member of the Leptophractinae subfamily of extinct vertebrates
leptophyll noun: An extremely small leaf, smaller than a nanophyll.
leptophyllous adjective: Having long, slender leaves
leptopodomorphan noun: Any true bug of the infraorder Leptopodomorpha
leptoproduction noun: The production of leptons, especially by the interaction of other particles
leptoprosope noun: A person with a narrow face and elongated cranium.
leptoquark noun: Any of a class of hypothetical bosons that would decay into a lepton and a quark.
leptorhine adjective: Alternative form of leptorrhine.
leptorrhine adjective /ˈlɛptəɹaɪn/: Having a small, narrow nose or (of animals) a slender snout.
leptorrhiny noun: The state of having a leptorrhine nose or skull.
leptoscopid noun: Any fish in the family Leptoscopidae.
leptose adjective: Of a lichen: having a powdery appearance.
leptosin noun: A polycyclic glycoside found exclusively in manuka honey
leptosoil noun: Alternative form of leptosol.
leptosol noun: A very shallow soil over hard rock or highly calcareous or stony material.
leptosomatic adjective, noun: Having a tall, thin body.
leptosomatid noun: Any in the family Leptosomatidae of nematodes.
leptosome adjective, noun: Narrow-bodied (in proportional to height or length).
leptosomic adjective: Synonym of leptosome.
leptospermone noun: The sesquiterpenoid ketone 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-6-(3-methylbutanoyl)cyclohexane-1,3,5-trione
leptospermum noun: A tea tree of the genus Leptospermum.
leptosphaeriaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Leptosphaeriaceae.
leptospira noun: Any bacterium of the genus Leptospira.
leptospiraemia noun: Alternative form of leptospiremia.
leptospiraemic adjective: Alternative form of leptospiremic.
leptospiral adjective: Relating to bacteria of the genus Leptospira, or to leptospirosis
leptospire noun: Any bacterium of the genus Leptospira.
leptospiremia noun: The presence of leptospirae in the blood
leptospiremic adjective: Relating to leptospiremia
leptospirosis noun: An acute, infectious, febrile disease of both humans and animals, caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira.
leptospirotic adjective: Of or pertaining to leptospirosis.
leptospiruria noun: The presence of leptospires in the urine
leptospiruric adjective: Relating to bacteria of the genus Leptospira, or to leptospiruria
leptosporangial adjective: Relating to a leptosporangium.
leptosporangiate adjective, noun: Having sporangia that were each formed from a single epidermal cell; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of ferns of this kind.
leptosporangium noun: A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
leptostracan noun: Any crustacean of the order Leptostraca.
leptotene noun: The first part of the prophase of meiosis, characterized by threadlike chromosomes
leptotenic adjective: Related to leptotene
leptothecate noun: Any hydrozoan of the order Leptothecata
leptotrich noun: Any bacterium of the genus Leptotrichia
leptotyphlopid noun: Any snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.
leptoxylem noun: The water-conducting tissue of the sporophyte of mosses.
lepturine noun: Any longhorn beetle of the subfamily Lepturinae
leptynite noun: granulite
leptynitic adverb /ˌlɛp.təˈnɪt.ɪk/: Refers to a fine-grained, typically light-colored metamorphic rock primarily composed of quartz and feldspar, often associated with high-grade metamorphic...
Lepus proper noun: A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a rabbit. It lies south of the constellation Orion.
Lera proper noun: A surname.
lercanidipine noun: A calcium channel blocker of the dihydropyridine class.
Lerch proper noun: A surname.
lerdelimumab noun: A human monoclonal antibody and immunosuppressive drug developed to reduce scarring after glaucoma drainage surgery.
Lerdo proper noun: A city and municipality in Durango, Mexico.
LERF adjective: Acronym of locally extended, residually finite.
lergotrile noun: A dopamine agonist.
Leri's pleonosteosis noun: A rare rheumatic condition.
Léri-Weill dyschondrosteosis noun: A rare genetic disorder resulting in dwarfism with short forearms and legs and a bayonet-like deformity of the forearms (Madelung's deformity).
Leriche's syndrome noun: A form of central artery disease involving the blockage of the abdominal aorta as it transitions into the common iliac arteries.
Leriche syndrome noun: A condition caused by the occlusion of the terminal aorta and iliac arteries, characterized by absent or diminished femoral pulses, intermittent...
Lerida proper noun: Lleida
leridistim noun: A particular haematopoietic substance.
lerisetron noun: A potent antiemetic.
lerky noun: A variation of the kick the can game.
Lerma proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
Lerman proper noun: A surname.
Lermontov proper noun: A town in Russia.
Lermontovian adjective: Relating to Mikhail Lermontov (Russian: Михаи́л Ле́рмонтов; 1814–1841), Russian Romantic writer, poet, and painter.
lermontovite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal gray green mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and uranium.
lern verb: Pronunciation spelling of learn.
Lerna proper noun: An ancient marshy region and former lake situated near Argos in modern southern Greece, famous as the abode of the Hydra
lernaean adjective, noun: Alternative form of Lernean.
lernaeodiscid noun: Any member of the family Lernaeodiscidae, parasitic barnacles in the superorder Rhizocephala.
lernaeopodid noun: Any copepod in the family Lernaeopodidae.
lernean adjective, noun: From or pertaining to Lerna, a former coastal lake and Helladic site on the Peloponnese.
lerodalcibep noun: A drug used to treat high cholesterol.
LeRoi proper noun: A male given name transferred from the surname.
leroij noun: A female chief in the Marshall Islands.
leronlimab noun: A monoclonal antibody proposed as a treatment for COVID-19
Leros proper noun: An island and municipality of Greece, part of the Dodecanese in the southeastern Aegean Sea.
lerot noun: Synonym of garden dormouse.
Leroux proper noun: A surname from French.
LeRoy proper noun /ˈliːˌɹɔɪ/: A surname from French, borne by English speakers.
lerp noun, verb: A sweet secretion, produced by the larvae of the family Psyllidae, that forms scales on eucalyptus leaves.
lerret noun: A traditional fishing boat of southwest England.
lersivirine noun: An antiviral drug.
Lerwick proper noun /ˈlɛɹɪk/: A town in and the administrative centre of the Shetland Islands council area, Scotland.
les adjective, infix, noun, verb /lɛz/: Initialism of launch escape system.
les jeux sont faits phrase /leɪ ˌʒɜː sɒ̃ ˈfeɪ/: In roulette, the call made by the croupier as the wheel is set in motion.
Lesage proper noun: A surname.
lesb adjective, noun: Abbreviation of lesbian.
Lesbaru noun /ˈlɛzbə.ru/: A Subaru automobile, regarded as a popular choice of lesbian drivers.
lesbi adjective, noun: Lesbian.
lesbian adjective, noun, verb /ˈlɛz.bi.ən/: Homosexual, gay; preferring exclusively women as romantic or sexual partners.
lesbian bed death noun: A supposed phenomenon by which lesbian couples in committed relationships have less sex than any other type of couple, and generally experience less sexual...
lesbian chic noun: A feminine lesbian.
lesbian lizard noun: Synonym of New Mexico whiptail.
lesbian rule noun: A flexible leaden mason's rule that can be bent around the curves of a molding, and thus used to measure or reproduce irregular curves.
lesbian until graduation noun: A woman of high school or college age who is experimenting with or temporarily adopting a lesbian or bisexual identity.
lesbiana noun: A Latina lesbian.
lesbianate verb: To engage in lesbian sex.
lesbiandom noun /ˈlɛz.bɪ.ən.dəm/: The quality or state of being a lesbian.
lesbianhood noun: The condition or quality of being a lesbian.
lesbianic adjective: Of or pertaining to lesbians.
lesbianically adverb: In the manner of a lesbian.
lesbianisation noun: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of lesbianization.
lesbianise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of lesbianize.
lesbianish adjective: Characteristic of a lesbian.
lesbianism noun /ˈlɛzbiəˌnɪzəm/: Female homosexuality; the state of a woman being sexually attracted to other women.
lesbianistic adjective: Pertaining to lesbianism
lesbianity noun: lesbianism; female homosexuality
lesbianization noun: The act, process or result of lesbianizing.
lesbianize verb /ˈlez.bi.əˌnaɪz/: To make lesbian.
lesbianlike adjective: Resembling a lesbian or female homosexuality.
lesbianly adverb: In a lesbian way.
lesbianness noun: The quality or condition of being lesbian.
lesbianoid adjective: Possessing characteristics common to lesbians or appealing to them.
lesbianship noun: The state of being a lesbian.
lesbiany adjective: Somewhat lesbian.
lesbic adjective /ˈlɛzbɪk/: Pertaining to love between women; lesbian; sapphic.
lesbicide noun: The killing of a person because of their lesbian orientation.
lesbiflexible adjective: Primarily lesbian, but with a limited amount of attraction to men, or a limited desire to partake in romantic or sexual activity with a man.
lesbigay adjective, noun /ləzˈbaɪ.ɡeɪ/: Of or relating to lesbian, bisexual, and gay people or the LGB community.
lesbigaytrans adjective /ləzˈbaɪ.ɡeɪˌtɹænz/: Of or relating to lesbian, bisexual, gay, and transgender/transsexual people or the LGBT community.
lesbionic adjective: Lesbian.
lesbiphobia noun: Alternative form of lesbophobia.
lesbiphobic adjective: Alternative form of lesbophobic.
lesbo adjective, noun, prefix /ˈlɛzbəʊ/: A lesbian.
Lesbonian adjective: of or pertaining to Lesbos
lesbophile noun: A person (typically not a lesbian) with a fondness for lesbians or erotic contact between women.
lesbophilia noun: A fetishistic fascination (typically in non-lesbians) with lesbians and erotic contact between women.
lesbophobe noun /ˈlɛz.bəˌfəʊb/: One who hates or has a negative perception of lesbians.
lesbophobia noun: Fear, dislike, or hatred of lesbians (female homosexuals).
lesbophobic adjective: Having a fear or hatred of lesbians.
lesbosexual noun /ˌlɛz.bəˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/: Someone who adopts the style associated with stereotypic lesbians.
Lesbosian adjective, noun: A native or inhabitant of Lesbos.
lesboy noun /ˈlezboɪ/: A person who identifies as male and as a lesbian.
lesbro noun /ˈlɛzˌbɹəʊ/: A male friend or companion of a lesbian.
lesby noun: Alternative form of lesbie.
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome noun: A rare inherited genetic disorder, caused by a deficiency of HGPRT, in which uric acid builds up in all body fluids.
Leschke syndrome noun: A condition characterized by growth retardation and intellectual disability, sometimes with diabetes mellitus, genital hypoplasia, and hyperthyroidism.
lesdar noun /ˈlɛzdɑɹ/: The supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is lesbian by observing that person.
lesdom noun: Alternative form of lezdom.
lese verb: Alternative form of leese (“to lose”)
lese majeste noun /liz ˈmædʒəsti/: Alternative spelling of lèse-majesté.
lese majesty noun: Alternative form of lèse-majesté.
lesene noun /ˈlɛ.zən/: A low-relief, vertical pillar or pilaster in a wall, usually without a base or capital; used in architecture to divide a facade or other wall surface visually.
Leser proper noun: A surname from German.
Leser-Trélat sign noun: The explosive onset of multiple seborrheic keratoses, sometimes a sign of internal malignancy as part of a paraneoplastic syndrome.
lesfic noun: Fiction focusing on lesbian characters.
Lesghian noun: Alternative form of Lezgian.
Leshan proper noun: A prefecture-level city of Sichuan, China.
Leshchenko proper noun: A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Лещенко (Leščenko).
Lesher proper noun: A surname.
leshy noun: A male woodland spirit in Slavic mythology who protects wild animals and forests.
Lesia proper noun: A diminutive of the female given name Olesya of Russian and Ukrainian usage.
Lesieur proper noun: A surname from French.
Lesinski proper noun: A surname.
lesinurad noun: A urate-transporter inhibitor used to treat hyperuricemia associated with gout.
lesion noun, verb /ˈliːʒən/: A wound or injury.
lesional adjective /ˈliːʒən.əl/: Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by lesions
lesionalize verb: To associate with lesions.
lesionectomy noun: Surgical resection of a lesion, usually as a treatment for epilepsy.
lesionless adjective: Without lesions.
lesionlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a lesion.
lesk noun /lɛsk/: The loin; flank.
Leske proper noun: A surname.
Lesko proper noun: A surname.
Leskov proper noun: A surname
Leskovian adjective: Of or relating to Nikolai Leskov (1831–1895), Russian novelist.
Lesley proper noun: A Scottish surname.
Leslie proper noun /ˈlɛzli/: A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Leslie Knope noun: An idealist woman who is highly active, cooperative and cheery.
Lesmahagow proper noun: A small town in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8139).
Lesniak proper noun: A surname.
Lesnick proper noun: A surname from Polish.
Lesniewski proper noun: A surname.
lesogaberan noun: An experimental drug candidate for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease.
lesopitron noun: A selective full agonist of the 5-HT1A receptor, structurally related to the azapirones, used as an anxiolytic.
Lesothan adjective, noun: Of or relating to Lesotho.
Lesotho proper noun /ləˈsuːtuː/: A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Kingdom of Lesotho. Capital: Maseru.
Lesothoan adjective, noun: Alternative form of Lesothan.
lespedeza noun: Any of many leguminous plants of the genus Lespedeza, including bush clover.
Lesperance proper noun: A surname.
lesploitation noun: Alternative spelling of lezploitation.
lesquerolic acid noun: A hydroxy acid found in the oil of most species of Lesquerella (= Physaria; the bladderpods).
less adjective, adverb, conjunction, determiner, noun, preposition, suffix, verb /lɛs/: comparative degree of little
less and less determiner: increasingly less
less is a bore phrase: Less of something is not necessarily more appropriate or optimal.
less is more proverb /lɛs ɪz ˈmɔː/: That which is of smaller quantity could be of higher quality.
less-lethal adjective, noun: Synonym of non-lethal.
less'n conjunction: Unless.
less so adjective: Contextual comparative. Modifies another adjective (to which the "so" is a direct anaphoric reference), indicating a lesser degree of the quality in question.
less than adjective, noun: The character <, used to show that one amount or number is smaller than another.
less than no time noun: An extremely short time.
less than nothing phrase: Absolutely nothing at all.
less than stellar adjective /ˈlɛs ðən ˈstɛ.lə/: Mediocre; not satisfactory; not very good, poor; not meeting standards or expectations.
less than three noun, verb: Synonym of translingual<3.
less than truckload adjective: Relatively light freight, typically in as few handling units as possible.
Lessard proper noun: A surname from French.
lessee noun, verb /lɛˈsiː/: An individual or a corporation who has the right of use of something of value, gained through a lease agreement with the real owner of the property.
lesseeship noun: The status or role of lessee.
lessemsaurid noun: Any dinosaur of the family Lessemsauridae.
lessen conjunction, verb /ˈlɛsən/: To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
lessenable adjective: Able to be made less.
lessened adjective, verb: Having been lessened.
lessener noun: One who, or that which, lessens.
lessening noun, verb: A growing lesser; reduction or decrease.
Lesseps proper noun: A surname from French.
Lessepsian adjective, noun /leɪˈsɛp.sɪ.ən/: Pertaining to the French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps, who designed the Suez Canal.
Lessepsian migration noun: The migration of marine organisms along the Suez Canal.
lesser adjective /ˈlɛsɚ/: Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the smaller in size (littler), in value, in importance etc.
lesser adjutant noun: Leptoptilos javanicus, a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae.
lesser anteater noun: The tamandua.
Lesser Antillean adjective, noun: Of, from, or relating to, the Lesser Antilles
lesser ape noun: gibbon, hylobatid
lesser arcana noun: Synonym of minor arcana.
lesser auk noun: Synonym of razorbill.
lesser baby innocence noun: Tonella tenella, a small annual herb with extremely tiny flowers and an erect stem up to 30 centimeters tall.
lesser bandicoot rat noun: Bandicota bengalensis, a giant rat of Southern Asia, growing up to 40 cm (16 in) long (including the tail).
lesser bilby noun: An extinct species of bilby, a rabbit-sized marsupial, Macrotis leucura, previously endemic to arid regions of central Australia.
lesser black-backed gull noun: A seabird and member of the gull family, Larus fuscus.
lesser capybara noun: A semi-aquatic rodent of the species Hydrochoerus isthmius.
lesser celandine noun: A European perennial herb (Ficaria verna, formerly Ranunculus ficaria), having heart-shaped leaves and solitary yellow flowers
lesser chinchilla noun: long-tailed chinchilla
lesser clubmoss noun: Selaginella selaginoides, a vascular plant of the family Selaginellaceae that resembles moss and is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere.
lesser crested tern noun: Thalasseus bengalensis, syn. Sterna bengalensis, a seabird of the tern family.
lesser cuckoo noun: Any member of the species Cuculus poliocephalus, found from the Congo to Japan.
lesser evil noun: Synonym of lesser of two evils.
lesser evilism noun: The strategy or policy of choosing the lesser evil.
lesser evilist noun: A proponent of lesser evilism.
lesser flamingo noun: An Old World species of flamingo, Phoeniconaias minor, syn. Phoenicopterus minor, found principally in the Great Rift Valley of Africa, smaller than...
lesser galangal noun: A plant (Alpinia officinarum) related to galangal (Alpinia galanga), with similar uses and flavor.
lesser goldfinch noun: Spinus psaltria, a very small songbird of the Americas.
lesser green leafbird noun: A species of bird in the family Chloropseidae.
lesser grey shrike noun: Lanius minor, a member of the shrike family Laniidae.
lesser hedgehog tenrec noun: A species of tenrec (Echinops telfairi) that superficially resembles a hedgehog, endemic to Madagascar.
lesser included offence noun: Alternative form of lesser included offense.
lesser included offense noun: A crime the elements of which coincide with the elements of a more serious crime, from which the prosecutor is therefore precluded from separately charging...
lesser jacana noun: Microparra capensis, a wader in the family Jacanidae.
lesser kestrel noun: A small falcon, Falco naumanni.
lesser known adjective /ˈlɛsəˈnəʊn/: Not as well-known or widely known as others of the same kind.
lesser kudu noun: A forest antelope found in East Africa (Tragelaphus imberbis).
lesser moa noun: Synonym of little bush moa
lesser mortal noun: A person of lower rank, station or ability.
lesser multangular noun: Synonym of trapezoid bone.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under L: 22,765 words, in 76 parts.