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- LAZARSynonym of leper: a person suffering from Hansen's disease; a person suffering any contagious disease requiring similar isolation.
- LAZURITEA mineral of metamorphosed limestones. Lazurite forms the gemstone lapis lazuli, and crushed lazurite provided the ultramarine color in artists' paint of the Old Masters. Sodalite
- LEAGUEA group or association of cooperating members.
- LEALLoyal, honest.
- LEASEAn interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.
- LEASHA strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.
- LEAVENAny agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.
- LECTERNA stand with a slanted top used to support a Bible from which passages are read during a church service.
- LECTINAny of a class of proteins that bind specific carbohydrates.
- LECTIONThe act of reading.
- LECTIONARYA book or listing that contains a collection of scripture readings appointed for Christian or Jewish worship on a given day or occasion.
- LECTORA lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service.
- LECTUREA spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
- LEGACYMoney or property bequeathed to someone in a will.
- LEGATEA deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.
- LEGATIONThe purpose for which a legate is sent; a legate's mission or commission. Now rare (cf. OED)
- LEGATOSmoothly, in a connected manner.
- LEGATORA testator.
- LEGENDThe life story of a saint .
- LEGENDARYOf or pertaining to a legend or to legends.
- LEGER(Can we verify this sense?) Light; slender, slim; trivial.
- LEGIONNumerous; vast; very great in number.
- LEGIONARYA soldier belonging to a legion; a professional soldier of the ancient Roman army.
- LEGISTOne skilled in the law.
- LEGITIMATEIn accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.
- LEGUMEThe fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food.
- LEGUMINOUSOf the Leguminosae family of peas, beans etc.
- LEISUREFreedom provided by the cessation of activities.
- LEMNISCATEA closed curve having the shape of a figure eight or an infinity symbol (∞).
- LEMURAny strepsirrhine primate of the superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.
- LEMURESThe spirits or ghosts of the dead, considered as malignant.
- LENIFYTo assuage or mitigate; to soften (fever/pain/effects etc.).
- LENISRelatively weakly articulated, hence unaspirated and possibly voiced; especially as compared to the others of a group of homorganic consonants.
- LENITIVEAnalgesic, able to reduce pain or suffering.
- LENITYleniency, mercy, forgiveness
- LENSAn object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.
- LENTICOf or pertaining to, or living in still waters (such as lakes, ponds, or wetlands).
- LENTICULAROf or pertaining to a lens.
- LENTIFORMShaped like a biconvex lens.
- LENTIGOA brown pigmented spot on the skin.
- LENTISKA tree, the lentiscus, Pistacia lentiscus.
- LEPIDpleasant; amusing
- LEPORIDAny mammal of the family Leporidae: the hares and rabbits.
- LEPORINEOf, relating to, or characteristic of a hare or a rabbit.
- LEPRASynonym of leprosy.
- LEPRASSynonym of leprosy.
- LEPROSITYSynonym of leprosy in its various senses.
- LEPROSYAn infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantini
- LESIONA wound or injury.
- LESSONTo instruct to teach.
- LETHIFEROUSDeadly, lethal.
- LETTERA symbol in an alphabet.
- LETTUCEAn edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green or purple leaves.
- LEVANTA disappearing or absconding after losing a bet.
- LEVATOROne who, or something which, lifts something else, as: Any of several muscles whose contraction causes the raising of a part of the body.
- LEVERA rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modify
- LEVERETA young hare less than one year old.
- LEVIATHANA vast sea monster of tremendous strength, either imaginary or real, described as the most dangerous and powerful creature in the ocean.
- LEVIGATETo make smooth or polish.
- LEVIGATIONThe act or operation of levigating (making into fine powder)
- LEVITATETo cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity.
- LEVITATIONThe raising of something, such as a body, without apparent physical cause, allegedly using the power of the mind.
- LEVITYA lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; flippancy; a lack of appropriate seriousness; an inclination to make a joke of serious matters.
- LEVYTo impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
- LIABLEBound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
- LIBANTSipping; touching lightly.
- LIBATETo pour a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity.
- LIBATIONThe act of pouring a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity.
- LIBELA written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
- LIBERSynonym of phloem.
- LIBERALGenerous; permitting liberty; willing to give unsparingly.
- LIBERATIONThe act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- LIBERTINESomeone freed from slavery in Ancient Rome; a freedman.
- LIBERTYThe condition of being free.
- LIBIDOSexual urges or drives.
- LIBRAA Roman unit of mass, usually equivalent to 327 g.
- LIBRATETo oscillate (like the beam of a balance).
- LIBRATIONThe act of librating.
- LIBRETTOThe text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera.
- LICENTIATEA person who holds the academic degree of license.
- LICENTIOUSLacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.
- LICITUnforbidden; permitted.
- LICTORAn officer in Ancient Rome, attendant on a consul or magistrate, who bore the fasces and was responsible for punishing criminals.
- LIDOPart of the sea by a beach sectioned off for swimming and other aquatic activities.
- LIENtendon
- LIEUA place or stead.
- LIEUSA place or stead.
- LIGAMENTA band of strong tissue that connects bones to other bones.
- LIGANDA molecule or moiety (ion, functional group, or radical) that binds to another chemical entity to form a larger complex; as, especially: (coordination chemistry) Such an entity tha
- LIGATETo bind with a ligature or bandage.
- LIGATIONSomething that ties, a ligature.
- LIGATUREThe act of tying or binding something.
- LIGNEOUSOf, or resembling wood; woody.
- LIGNIFORMLike wood.
- LIGNIFYTo become wood.
- LIGNITEA low-grade, brownish-black coal.
- LIGNIVOROUSThat feeds on wood.
- LIGNOSElignin
- LIGNUMDead wood, typically in the context of a substrate for lichens.
- LIGULEA strap-shaped structure.