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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Ledger BoardnounMWEtop rail of a fence or balustradeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ledger EntrynounMWEa written record of a commercial transactionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ledger LinenounMWEa short lineverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ledger PapernounMWEa durable writing paper used in record books and business ledgersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lee SidenounMWEthe side of something that is sheltered from the windverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lee TidenounMWEa tide that runs in the same direction as the wind is blowingverifiedMay 18, 2026
LeecheenounChinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Leeknounplant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leavesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Leeward SidenounMWEthe side sheltered from the windverifiedMay 18, 2026
Leeward TidenounMWEa tide that runs in the same direction as the wind is blowingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Leewaynounof a ship or plane, a sideways drift to the side that is sheltered from wind verifiedMay 18, 2026
Leflunomidenounan anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orallyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Left AtriumnounMWEthe left upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the pulmonary veinsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Left BrainnounMWEthe cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the bodyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Left Coronary ArterynounMWEarises from the left aortic sinusverifiedMay 18, 2026
Left FieldnounMWEthe fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the left third of the outfield (looking from home plate)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Left FieldernounMWEthe person who plays left fieldverifiedMay 18, 2026
Left Gastric ArterynounMWEa branch of the celiac artery that supplies the lesser curvature of the stomach and the abdominal part of the esophagusverifiedMay 18, 2026
Left Gastric VeinnounMWEarises from a union of veins from the gastric cardiaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Left HandnounMWEthe hand that is on the left side of the bodyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Left HemispherenounMWEthe cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the bodyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Left StagenounMWEthe part of the stage on the actor's left as the actor faces the audienceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Left VentriclenounMWEthe chamber on the left side of the heart that receives arterial blood from the left atrium and pumps it into the aortaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Left WingnounMWEthose who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfareverifiedMay 18, 2026
Left-Handednessnounthe status of being born of a morganatic marriageverifiedMay 18, 2026
Left-Handernouna person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the rightverifiedMay 18, 2026
Left-Luggage OfficenounMWEa room where baggage or parcels are checkedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Left-Wingernouna person who belongs to the political leftverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lefteye FloundernounMWEflatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the headverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lefteyed FloundernounMWEflatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the headverifiedMay 18, 2026
Leftismnounthe ideology of the political leftverifiedMay 18, 2026
Leftynouna person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the rightverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legnouna cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's legverifiedMay 18, 2026
Leg CoveringnounMWEa garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Leg CurlnounMWEan exercise designed to strengthen the flexor muscles of the legverifiedMay 18, 2026
Leg CurlingnounMWEan exercise designed to strengthen the flexor muscles of the legverifiedMay 18, 2026
Leg ExercisenounMWEexercise designed to strengthen the leg musclesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Leg ExtensornounMWEan exercise designed to strengthen the extensor muscles of the legverifiedMay 18, 2026
Leg of LambnounMWElamb leg suitable for roastingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Leg-Pullnounas a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not trueverifiedMay 18, 2026
Leg-Pullingnounas a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not trueverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legacynoun(law) a gift of personal property by willverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legacy systemnounMWEOutdated computer systemsSystemMay 9, 2026
Legal ActionnounMWEa judicial proceeding brought by one party against anotherverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal Advice and AdvocacynounMWEIn the NICE Workforce Framework, cybersecurity work where a person: Provides legally sound advice and recommendations to leadership and staff on a variety of relevant topics within the pertinent subject domain; advocates legal and policy changes and makes a case on behalf of client via a wide range of written and oral work products, including legal briefs and proceedings.CapabilityMay 9, 2026
Legal AgenounMWEthe age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal amount recognition (LAR)nounMWEThe handwritten dollar amount of the check.DataRegulatedCDIMay 9, 2026
Legal AssistantnounMWEa person with specialized training who assists lawyersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal BlindnessnounMWEvision that is 20/200 or worse in both eyes (20/200 vision is the ability to see at 20 feet what a normal eye can see at 200 feet)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal BriefnounMWEa document stating the facts and points of law of a client's caseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal CodenounMWEa code of laws adopted by a state or nationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal CommunitynounMWEthe body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdictionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal DocumentnounMWE(law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some rightverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal DutynounMWEacts which the law requires be done or forborneverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal ExpertnounMWEa legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nationsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal FeenounMWEa fee paid for legal serviceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal FraudnounMWEcomprises all acts or omissions or concealments involving breach of equitable or legal duty or trust or confidenceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal GuardiannounMWEa person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefitverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal HolidaynounMWEauthorized by law and limiting work or official businessverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal InjurynounMWEany harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal rightverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal InstrumentnounMWE(law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some rightverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal JointurenounMWE(law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dowerverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal OpinionnounMWEthe legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decisionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal OusternounMWEthe expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of lawverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal PhilosophynounMWEthe branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they doverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal PowernounMWE(law) the right and power to interpret and apply the lawverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal PrinciplenounMWE(law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudenceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal ProceedingnounMWE(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invokedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal ProfessionnounMWEthe body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdictionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal RelationnounMWEa professional relation that is regulated by law (as between a lawyer and a client)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal RepresentationnounMWEpersonal representation that has legal statusverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal RepresentativenounMWEa personal representative with legal standing, for example power of attorney verifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal ResidencenounMWEthe residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to returnverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal RightnounMWEa right based in lawverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal SeparationnounMWEa judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apartverifiedMay 18, 2026
legal staffnounMWEThe branch of an organization's personnel that is responsible for anything pertaining to law or legalities. Lawyers.RoleMay 9, 2026
Legal StatusnounMWEa status defined by lawverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal SystemnounMWEa system for interpreting and enforcing the lawsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal TendernounMWEsomething that can be used as an official medium of paymentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legal TransfernounMWEthe voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to anotherverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legalesenouna style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the lawverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legalisationnounthe act of making lawfulverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legalismnounstrict conformity to the letter of the law rather than its spiritverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legalitynounlawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statuteverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legalizationnounthe act of making lawfulverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legatenouna member of a legationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legateenounsomeone to whom a legacy is bequeathedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legateshipnounthe post or office of legateverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legationnouna permanent diplomatic mission headed by a ministerverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legendnouna story about mythical or supernatural beings or eventsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legendary CreaturenounMWEa monster that is unverifiable but popularly accepted as possibly factualverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legernouna record in which commercial accounts are recordedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Leger LinenounMWEa short lineverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legerdemainnounan illusory featverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legeritynounthe gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimbleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Leggingnouna garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Leghornnouna stiff hat made of straw with a flat crownverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legibilitynouna quality of writing (print or handwriting) that can be easily readverifiedMay 18, 2026
Legingnouna garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle)verifiedMay 18, 2026
LegionnounSoftware to detect unprotected shares.CapabilityMay 9, 2026