English Words: L

16,425 words · Page 111 of 329

legislativelyadv

By legislation, by the method of enacting laws.

legislatornoun

Someone who creates or enacts laws.

legislatorialadj

Of or pertaining to a legislator or legislature.

legislatoriallyadv

In a legislatorial manner.

legislatorshipnoun

The office or position of a legislator.

legislatressnoun

A female legislator.

legislatrixnoun

A female legislator.

legislaturenoun

A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws.

legistnoun

One skilled in the law.

legisticsnoun

The science of developing legislation.

legitnoun

A legitimate; a legitimate actor.

legitbaitnoun

Content on the internet intended to collect interaction through legitimate means

legiteraladv

An intensifier. Used similarly to literal (sense 6).

legiterallyadv

An intensifier. Used similarly to literally (sense 2).

legitimacynoun

The quality or state of being legitimate or valid; validity.

legitimateadj

In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.

legitimate interestnoun

A type of legal right protected under Italian law in addition to subjective rights that confers legitimacy to certain administrative powers.

legitimate theaternoun

Serious drama, as opposed to farce or musical theater.

legitimatelyadv

In a legitimate manner, properly, fair and square.

legitimatenessnoun

The quality of being legitimate.

legitimationnoun

The process of making or declaring a person legitimate.

legitimatizationnoun

The act of legitimatizing

legitimatizeverb

To make legitimate.

legitimatornoun

One who legitimates.

legitimenoun

A portion of a person's estate of which he cannot disinherit that person's children without a legal cause.

legitimisationnoun

Alternative spelling of legitimization.

legitimistnoun

A French royalist who believes that the King of France and Navarre must be chosen according to the simple application of the Salic law.

legitimizableadj

Able to be legitimized.

legitimizationnoun

The process of legitimizing, of making legitimate and/or legal.

legitimizeverb

To make legitimate.

legitimizernoun

One who, or that which, legitimizes.

legitlyadv

legitimately

legitnessnoun

Property of being legit:

Leglegname

A sitio in the barangay of Bun-ayan, Sabangan, Mountain Province, Philippines.

leglessadj

Without legs.

leglesslyadv

In a legless way: without legs.

leglessnessnoun

The state or condition of being legless.

legletnoun

A decorative band worn on the leg.

leglikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a leg.

leglocknoun

A joint lock directed at the ankle, knee, or hip joint.

leglocksnoun

plural of leglock

legmannoun

A person hired to carry out errands or (often) menial tasks, frequently requiring travel from place to place; an errand boy or errand girl, a runner.

Legonoun

Any of several small, coloured, plastic bricks, often made by the Lego Company, that can be made to join together and be taken apart, used to construct toy buildings, vehicles, etc.

lego-literaryadj

Pertaining to the literature of law.

Legolandnoun

A place characterised by square edges and extreme regularity.

legongnoun

A Balinese dance traditionally performed by girls before the age of puberty.

Legorretaname

A surname.

legovernoun

An act of sexual intercourse.

legpiecenoun

A piece of armour that protects the leg.

legplatenoun

Plate armour worn on one's legs.

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 111. 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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