| led |
past tense and past participle of lead1. |
| ledge |
a narrow, flat, horizontal projection from a vertical surface, esp. from a wall, as at the bottom of a window. [3 definitions] |
| lee |
the side that faces away from the wind. [3 definitions] |
| leech |
any of various primarily aquatic bloodsucking or carnivorous worms, one species of which was formerly used medicinally to bleed patients. [4 definitions] |
| leek |
a plant related to the onion that has broad green leaves and a fleshy, white, cylindrical bulb. |
| left1 |
of, located on, or pertaining to the side of the human body where the heart is located or to the side of any other thing in the same relative position. [6 definitions] |
| left2 |
past tense and past participle of leave1. |
| left fielder |
in baseball, the player who is stationed in left field and whose primary function is to defend that territory. |
| left-hand |
on, toward, or pertaining to the left. [2 definitions] |
| left-handed |
using the left hand with greater ease or agility than the right. [5 definitions] |
| leftover |
a remainder or unused portion, esp. of food left uneaten after a meal. [2 definitions] |
| leg |
one of the limbs that support and transport the animal or human body. [4 definitions] |
| legacy |
money, property, or other goods left to someone in a will. [4 definitions] |
| legal |
of or relating to law. [2 definitions] |
| legally |
in a way that obeys the law. |
| legend |
a story that cannot be verified but has importance among the people of a culture and has been handed down from earlier generations, or a collection of such stories, esp. as they relate to a specific event or persons of the past. [4 definitions] |
| legendary |
of a person or thing, extraordinary to the degree that stories of this person or thing, truthful or fictitious, come to be told and passed on through time; of, based on, or like a legend. |
| legging |
(often pl.) a covering of canvas, leather, or the like for the lower leg or sometimes the whole leg. |
| legible |
capable of being deciphered; readable. |
| legion |
an ancient Roman army unit consisting of infantrymen combined with a relatively smaller number of cavalrymen. [4 definitions] |
| legislation |
a bill or proposal enacted into law by a governing body. [2 definitions] |