Lebanon |
a Middle Eastern country on the eastern Mediterranean coast north of Israel. |
lecture |
a formal instructional talk given in front of an audience. [4 definitions] |
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. |