English Words: L

16,425 words · Page 110 of 329

A shot in the leg.

A surname.

Having legs of a certain specified type or number.

The state or quality of having a particular type of or number of legs.

A bootlegger.

Lightly, delicately, or gently.

graceful, elegant

Of or pertaining to Scottish sinologist, missionary and scholar James Legge (1815-1897).

A leg (limb).

In a leggy manner.

Dated form of legging.

Dated form of legginged.

The state of having long legs.

A covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle.

Wearing leggings.

Resembling or characteristic of leggings.

A surname from Italian.

Characterised by legs; leggy

Christian missionary work in China that accommodates Chinese beliefs.

leggocontraction

Contraction of let go.

Having long, attractive legs; long-legged.

Leg armor.

A kind of trap that catches an animal by the leg.

A hole in a piece of clothing intended for putting one's leg through.

The city of Livorno in Italy.

The property of being legible or easily readable.

Clear enough to be read; readable, particularly of handwriting.

legiblenessnoun

legibility

In a manner that is legible, in a manner that is readable, readably.

The overturning or destruction of a law, or (Judaism) of the law as set out in the Torah.

To make law.

Of or pertaining to lawmaking.

A folding lectern.

Numerous; vast; very great in number.

A soldier belonging to a legion; a professional soldier of the ancient Roman army.

Formed into a legion or legions

Bacteria of the genus Legionella.

Of or relating to legionella.

legionellosisnoun

Any disease caused by Legionella bacteria, such as Legionnaires' disease or Pontiac fever.

A member of a legion.

legionnairenoun

A person who is neither a citizen nor colonial/imperial subject of the state whose military they join.

legionnaire hatnoun

A type of peaked cap with a distinctive extension on the back to protect the wearer's neck against sunburn.

Legionnaires' diseasenoun

a form of severe pneumonia caused by legionella (bacteria of the genus Legionella).

A city in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland.

A body of legions; legions collectively.

A sign that consists in a general idea, norm, or law.

To pass laws (including the amending or repeal of existing laws).

legislationnoun

The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws.

Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking.

legislative bodynoun

A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state, and often controls the executive power.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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 110. 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.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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