English Words: L

16,425 words · Page 100 of 329

Lebedynname

A city, the administrative centre of Lebedyn urban hromada, Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine.

Lebensraumname

Territories considered appropriate for German habitation, regarded as vital for the natural flourishing of the German race:

lebensräumenoun

plural of lebensraum

lebensweckernoun

A medical device used in Baunscheidtism to pierce the skin with many fine needles, and used on skin treated with toxic oil, the resulting inflammation claimed to draw the body's attention away from various illnesses in other parts of the body.

Lebensweltnoun

The sum total of all immediate phenomena which constitute the world of an individual or of a corporate life; life-world.

lebentynoun

An unspecified large number (of).

lebenty lebennoun

An unspecified large number (of).

lebesnoun

An Ancient Greek cauldron, normally of bronze, and often supported by a tripod.

Lebesguename

A surname in French.

Lebesgue integralnoun

An integral which has more general application than that of the Riemann integral, because it allows the region of integration to be partitioned into not just intervals but any measurable sets for which the function to be integrated has a sufficiently narrow range.

Lebesgue measurableadj

Of a set in some k-dimensional Euclidean space, That it is an element of the domain of the Lebesgue measure of the ambient Euclidean space.

Lebesgue measurenoun

A unique complete translation-invariant measure for the σ-algebra which contains all k-cells in a given Euclidean space, and which assigns a measure to each k-cell which is equal to that k-cell's volume (as defined in Euclidean geometry: i.e., the volume of the k-cell equals the product of the lengths of its sides).

lebetiformadj

Bowl-shaped; used to describe domatia.

lebianoun

Any ground beetle of the genus Lebia.

Lebidname

A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Ле́бідь (Lébidʹ).

lebkuchennoun

A traditional German Christmas biscuit form of gingerbread.

Leblancname

A surname from French.

Leblanc processname

An early industrial method of producing sodium carbonate. It involved two stages: production of sodium sulfate from sodium chloride, followed by reaction of the sodium sulfate with coal and calcium carbonate to produce sodium carbonate.

leblebinoun

A kind of snack made from roasted chickpeas

Lebonoun

A Lebanese person, usually a Lebanese Australian.

Lebonname

A surname from French.

Lebonyaname

A proposed intermediate group of Bantu languages, with three branches: Lengola, Bodo, and the Nyali languages.

Lebor Gabála Érennname

A loose collection of poems and prose narratives recounting the mythical origins and history of an Irish race from the creation of the world down to the Middle Ages.

Lebowskianadj

Relating to, or reminiscent of, Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski in the 1998 US comedy film The Big Lebowski, a relaxed, Zenlike slacker character.

Lebretonname

A surname from French.

lebrikizumabnoun

A humanized monoclonal antibody and immunosuppressive drug being investigated for the treatment of asthma.

lecanemabnoun

A drug for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

lecanomancynoun

Divination by interpreting the sound or effect of an object or substance (commonly a gem) falling into a body of water.

lecanoraceousadj

Belonging to the family Lecanoraceae of lichenized fungi.

lecanoratenoun

Any salt or ester of lecanoric acid.

lecanoric acidnoun

An organic acid obtained from several species of lichens (Lecanora, Roccella, etc.).

lecanorinnoun

lecanoric acid

lecanorineadj

Of the fruiting parts of a lichen: shaped like a plate with a ring around them, and having that ring made of tissue similar to the main non-fruiting body part of the lichen.

lecanoroidadj

Similar to those of species of the genus Lecanora.

Lecatesname

A surname.

Leccename

A city and province of Apulia, Italy.

Leccinonoun

An olive cultivar much used in the production of Italian olive oil.

Lecconame

A province of the Lombardy region, Italy.

leccynoun

Alternative form of lecky.

lecehadj

Troublesome

lechnoun

A strong, lecherous desire or craving.

lechatelieritenoun

A type of natural or artificial glass formed by the sudden melting of silica sand or sandstone by extreme heat (for instance, from a lightning strike, impact event, or nuclear explosion), followed by rapid cooling.

lechayimintj

"To life": a Jewish drinking toast.

lechernoun

A lecherous person: someone given to excessive sexual activity or debauchery.

lecherernoun

A lecher.

lecherousadj

Given to excessive sexual activity and debauchery.

lecherouslyadv

In a lecherous manner; characteristic of a lecher.

lecherousnessnoun

The property of being lecherous.

lecherynoun

Inordinate indulgence in sexual activity.

lechfestnoun

Something prurient or characterized/frequented by lechers.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter L contains 16,425 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 329 pages, and you are currently viewing page 100. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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