7-letter words starting with le
- leashes — Plural form of leash.
- leasing — a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- leasure — Misspelling of leisure.
- leather — the skin of an animal, with the hair removed, prepared for use by tanning or a similar process designed to preserve it against decay and make it pliable or supple when dry.
- leavens — Plural form of leaven.
- leavers — Plural form of leaver.
- leavest — (archaic) Archaic second-person singular form of leave.
- leaveth — Archaic third-person singular form of leave.
- leavier — leafy.
- leaving — something that is left; residue.
- leavitt — Henrietta, 1868–1921, U.S. astronomer.
- leawood — a town in E Kansas.
- lebanon — a republic at the E end of the Mediterranean, N of Israel. 3927 sq. mi. (10,170 sq. km). Capital: Beirut.
- leblanc — Nicolas (nikɔlɑ). ?1742–1806, French chemist, who invented a process for the manufacture of soda from common salt
- lechaim — a drinking toast
- lechers — Plural form of lecher.
- lechery — unrestrained or excessive indulgence of sexual desire.
- leching — to behave like a lecher (often followed by for or after).
- lechwes — Plural form of lechwe.
- leclair — Jean Marie [zhahn ma-ree] /ʒɑ̃ maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1697–1764, French violinist and composer.
- lectern — a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
- lectins — Plural form of lectin.
- lection — a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- lectors — Plural form of lector.
- lecture — a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
- lecturn — Misspelling of lectern.
- lecuona — Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1963, Cuban composer.
- ledgers — Plural form of ledger.
- ledging — a relatively narrow, projecting part, as a horizontal, shelflike projection on a wall or a raised edge on a tray.
- ledyard — a town in SE Connecticut.
- leeched — any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
- leecher — One who leeches; a physician.
- leeches — Plural form of leech.
- leerily — in a leery manner
- leering — to look with a sideways or oblique glance, especially suggestive of lascivious interest or sly and malicious intention: I can't concentrate with you leering at me.
- leeside — The side of something that provides the most shelter from some prevailing force such as wind, rain, waves, etc.
- leeward — pertaining to, situated in, or moving toward the quarter toward which the wind blows (opposed to windward).
- lefties — Plural form of lefty.
- leftish — somewhat left-wing
- leftism — a member of the political Left or a person sympathetic to its views.
- leftist — a member of the political Left or a person sympathetic to its views.
- leg art — cheesecake (def 2).
- leg bye — a run or bye scored on a bowled ball that ricochets off any part of the batsman's body except the hand.
- leg hit — a hit made into leg.
- leg man — a person employed to transact business outside an office, especially on behalf of one whose responsibilities require his or her presence in the office.
- legable — Capable of being bequeathed, bequeathable.
- legally — permitted by law; lawful: Such acts are not legal.
- leganes — a city in central Spain: suburb of Madrid.
- legaspi — a seaport on SE Luzon, in the Philippines.
- legatee — a person to whom a legacy is bequeathed.