7-letter words starting with le
- legates — Plural form of legate.
- legator — a person who bequeaths; a testator.
- legends — A traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated.
- leggero — (music) Lightly, delicately, or gently.
- legging — either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- leggins — Plural form of leggin.
- leggism — the character or practice of a blackleg
- leghold — (attributive) Describing a kind of trap that catches an animal by the leg.
- leghorn — English name of Livorno.
- legible — capable of being read or deciphered, especially with ease, as writing or printing; easily readable.
- legibly — capable of being read or deciphered, especially with ease, as writing or printing; easily readable.
- legific — Of or pertaining to lawmaking.
- legions — Plural form of legion.
- legists — Plural form of legist.
- legitim — the part of an estate that children or other close relatives can claim against the decedent's testament.
- legless — either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- leglike — Resembling a leg or some aspect of one.
- legnica — a city in SW Poland: formerly in Germany.
- legroom — space sufficient for keeping one's legs in a comfortable position, as in an automobile.
- legside — the part of a the field to the left of a right-handed batsman as he faces the bowler
- leguaan — a large amphibious monitor lizard of the genus Varanus, esp V. niloticus (the water leguaan), which can grow up to 2 or 3 m
- legumes — Plural form of legume.
- legumin — a globulin obtained from the seeds of leguminous and other plants.
- legwear — Hosiery.
- legwork — work or research involving extensive walking or traveling about, usually away from one's office, as in gathering data for a book, a legal action, etc.
- lehayim — a toast used in drinking to a person's health or well-being.
- lehenga — A long Indian skirt usually worn with a choli (short blouse).
- lehmann — Lilli [lil-ee] /ˈlɪl i/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, German operatic soprano.
- leibniz — Gottfried Wilhelm von [German gawt-freet vil-helm fuh n] /German ˈgɔt frit ˈvɪl hɛlm fən/ (Show IPA), 1646–1716, German philosopher, writer, and mathematician.
- leichou — a peninsula of SW Guangdong province, in SE China, between the South China Sea and the Gulf of Tonkin. About 75 miles (120 km) long; about 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- leipzig — a city in E central Germany.
- leisler — a small bat, Nyctalus leisleri, which has hair on the underside of its arms and which belongs to the family Vespertilionidae
- leister — a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- leisure — freedom from the demands of work or duty: She looked forward to retirement and a life of leisure.
- leitrim — a county of N Republic of Ireland in Connacht province, on Donegal Bay: agricultural. County town: Carrick-on-Shannon. Pop: 25 799 (2002). Area: 1525 sq km (589 sq miles)
- leizhou — a peninsula of SW Guangdong province, in SE China, between the South China Sea and the Gulf of Tonkin. About 75 miles (120 km) long; about 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- lejeune — John Archer [ahr-cher] /ˈɑr tʃər/ (Show IPA), 1867–1942, U.S. Marine Corps general.
- lekking — a traditional place where males assemble during the mating season and engage in competitive displays that attract females.
- lemberg — German name of Lvov.
- lemieux — Mario ("Super Mario") born 1965, Canadian hockey player and executive.
- lemmata — a subsidiary proposition introduced in proving some other proposition; a helping theorem.
- lemming — any of various small, mouselike rodents of the genera Lemmus, Myopus, and Dicrostonyx, of far northern regions, as L. lemmus, of Norway, Sweden, etc., noted for periodic mass migrations that sometimes result in mass drownings.
- lemnian — a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 186 sq. mi. (480 sq. km). Capital: Myrina.
- lempira — a paper money and monetary unit of Honduras, equal to 100 centavos. Abbreviation: L.
- lemures — The family spirits of the dead in ancient Rome, considered frightening or troublesome, that must be exorcised or appeased through certain household rituals.
- lenclos — Anne [ahn,, an] /ɑn,, an/ (Show IPA), (Ninon de Lenclos) 1620–1705? French courtesan and wit.
- lenders — Plural form of lender.
- lending — That lends.
- lenglen — Suzanne [soo-zan;; French sy-zan] /suˈzæn;; French süˈzan/ (Show IPA), 1899–1938, French tennis player.
- lengths — Plural form of length.