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Leeryadjectiveopenly distrustful and unwilling to confidecandidateMay 18, 2026

Leewardadjectiveon the side away from the windcandidateMay 18, 2026

Leftadjectivebeing or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing northcandidateMay 18, 2026

Left-Eyedadjectivehaving only the left eyecandidateMay 18, 2026

Left-Handadjectivelocated on or directed toward the leftcandidateMay 18, 2026

Left-Handedadjective(of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rankcandidateMay 18, 2026

Left-Of-Centeradjectivebelieving in or supporting tenets of the political leftcandidateMay 18, 2026

Left-Slantingadjective(of handwriting) having the letters slanting backwardcandidateMay 18, 2026

Left-Wingadjectivebelieving in or supporting tenets of the political leftcandidateMay 18, 2026

Leftishadjectivetending toward the political leftcandidateMay 18, 2026

Leftistadjectivebelieving in or supporting tenets of the political leftcandidateMay 18, 2026

Leftmostadjectivefarthest to the leftcandidateMay 18, 2026

Leftoveradjectivenot used upcandidateMay 18, 2026

Legaladjectiveestablished by or founded upon law or official or accepted rulescandidateMay 18, 2026

Legatoadjective(music) without breaks between notescandidateMay 18, 2026

Legendaryadjectiveso celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legendcandidateMay 18, 2026

Leggedadjectivehaving legs of a specified kind or numbercandidateMay 18, 2026

Leggyadjective(of plants) having tall spindly stemscandidateMay 18, 2026

Legibleadjective(of handwriting, print, etc.) capable of being read or decipheredcandidateMay 18, 2026

Legionadjectiveamounting to a large indefinite numbercandidateMay 18, 2026

Legislativeadjectiverelating to a legislature or composed of members of a legislaturecandidateMay 18, 2026

Legitimateadjectivein accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principlescandidateMay 18, 2026

Leglessadjectivenot having legscandidateMay 18, 2026

Leglikeadjectiveresembling or functioning like a legcandidateMay 18, 2026

Leguminousadjectiverelating to or consisting of legumescandidateMay 18, 2026

Leibnitzianadjectiveof or relating to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz or to his mathematics or philosophycandidateMay 18, 2026

Leibnizianadjectiveof or relating to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz or to his mathematics or philosophycandidateMay 18, 2026

Leisuredadjectivefree from duties or responsibilitiescandidateMay 18, 2026

Leisurelyadjectivenot hurried or forcedcandidateMay 18, 2026

Lemon-Scentedadjectivesmelling of lemonscandidateMay 18, 2026

Lemonlikeadjectivetasting sour like a lemoncandidateMay 18, 2026

Lemonyadjectivetasting sour like a lemoncandidateMay 18, 2026

Lendableadjectiveavailable for lendingcandidateMay 18, 2026

Lengthenedadjectivedrawn out or made longer spatiallycandidateMay 18, 2026

Lengthwaysadjectiverunning or extending in the direction of the length of a thingcandidateMay 18, 2026

Lengthwiseadjectiverunning or extending in the direction of the length of a thingcandidateMay 18, 2026

Lengthyadjectiverelatively long in durationcandidateMay 18, 2026

Lenientadjectivecharacterized by tolerance and mercycandidateMay 18, 2026

Lenitiveadjectivemoderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bearcandidateMay 18, 2026

Lentenadjectiveof or relating to or suitable for LentcandidateMay 18, 2026

Lenticadjectiveof or relating to or living in still waters (as lakes or ponds)candidateMay 18, 2026

Lenticularadjectiveconvex on both sidescandidateMay 18, 2026

Lentiformadjectiveconvex on both sidescandidateMay 18, 2026

Lentiginoseadjectiverelating to or covered with or resembling frecklescandidateMay 18, 2026

Lentiginousadjectiverelating to or covered with or resembling frecklescandidateMay 18, 2026

Lentissimoadjective(of tempo) very slowcandidateMay 18, 2026

Lentoadjective(of tempo) slowcandidateMay 18, 2026

Leonardesqueadjectivein the manner of Leonardo da VincicandidateMay 18, 2026

Leonineadjectiveof or characteristic of or resembling a lioncandidateMay 18, 2026

Lepidoteadjectiverough to the touchcandidateMay 18, 2026

Leproseadjectiverough to the touchcandidateMay 18, 2026

Leprousadjectiverelating to or resembling or having leprosycandidateMay 18, 2026

Leptorhineadjectivehaving a long narrow nosecandidateMay 18, 2026

Leptorrhineadjectivehaving a long narrow nosecandidateMay 18, 2026

Leptorrhinianadjectivehaving a long narrow nosecandidateMay 18, 2026

Leptorrhinicadjectivehaving a long narrow nosecandidateMay 18, 2026

Leptosporangiateadjective(of ferns) having each sporangium formed from a single epidermal cellcandidateMay 18, 2026

Lesbianadjectiveof or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between womancandidateMay 18, 2026

Lessadjective(comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degreecandidateMay 18, 2026

Less-Traveledadjectivenot visited by many travelerscandidateMay 18, 2026

Lessenedadjectiveimpaired by diminutioncandidateMay 18, 2026

Lethaladjectiveof an instrument of certain deathcandidateMay 18, 2026

Lethargicadjectivedeficient in alertness or activitycandidateMay 18, 2026

Letter-Perfectadjectivecorrect to the last detailcandidateMay 18, 2026

Letteredadjectivehighly educatedcandidateMay 18, 2026

Levantineadjectiveof or relating to the Levant or its inhabitantscandidateMay 18, 2026

Leveladjectivehaving a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than anothercandidateMay 18, 2026

Levelheadedadjectiveexercising or showing good judgmentcandidateMay 18, 2026

Leviticaladjectiveof or relating to the book of Leviticus in the BiblecandidateMay 18, 2026

Levorotaryadjectiverotating to the leftcandidateMay 18, 2026

Levorotatoryadjectiverotating to the leftcandidateMay 18, 2026

Lewdadjectivesuggestive of or tending to moral loosenesscandidateMay 18, 2026

Lexicaladjectiveof or relating to dictionariescandidateMay 18, 2026

Lexicalisedadjectiveexpressed by a wordcandidateMay 18, 2026

Lexicalizedadjectiveexpressed by a wordcandidateMay 18, 2026

Lexicographicadjectiveof or relating to lexicographycandidateMay 18, 2026

Lexicographicaladjectiveof or relating to lexicographycandidateMay 18, 2026

Lexicostatisticadjectivepertaining to statistical methods used in studying the relations between languagescandidateMay 18, 2026

Liadjectivebeing one more than fiftycandidateMay 18, 2026

Liableadjectiveat risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasantcandidateMay 18, 2026

Libellousadjectiveharmful and often untrue, referring to statementscandidateMay 18, 2026

Libelousadjective(used of statements) harmful and often untruecandidateMay 18, 2026

Liberaladjectivehaving political or social views favoring reform and progresscandidateMay 18, 2026

Liberalisticadjectivehaving or demonstrating belief in the essential goodness of man and the autonomy of the individualcandidateMay 18, 2026

Liberatedadjective(of a gas e.g.) released from chemical combinationcandidateMay 18, 2026

Liberianadjectiveof or relating to Liberia or its peoplecandidateMay 18, 2026

Libertineadjectiveunrestrained by convention or moralitycandidateMay 18, 2026

Libidinaladjectivebelonging to the libidocandidateMay 18, 2026

Libidinousadjectivedriven by lustcandidateMay 18, 2026

Libyanadjectiveof or relating to Libya or its peoplecandidateMay 18, 2026

Licencedadjectivegiven official approval to actcandidateMay 18, 2026

Licensedadjectivegiven official approval to actcandidateMay 18, 2026

Licentiousadjectivelacking moral disciplinecandidateMay 18, 2026

Licitadjectivesanctioned by custom or morality especially sexual moralitycandidateMay 18, 2026

Lickedadjectivehaving been got the better ofcandidateMay 18, 2026

Liddedadjectivehaving or covered with a lid or lidscandidateMay 18, 2026

Lidlessadjectivenot having or covered with a lid or lidscandidateMay 18, 2026

Liechtensteineradjectiveof or relating to Liechtenstein or its inhabitantscandidateMay 18, 2026

Liegeadjectiveowing or owed feudal allegiance and servicecandidateMay 18, 2026

Lienaladjectiveof or relating to the spleencandidateMay 18, 2026