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7-letter words starting with le

  • let off — to allow or permit: to let him escape.
  • let out — (of fur) processed by cutting parallel diagonal slashes into the pelt and sewing the slashed edges together to lengthen the pelt and to improve the appearance of the fur.
  • let rip — to cut or tear apart in a rough or vigorous manner: to rip open a seam; to rip up a sheet.
  • let-out — (of fur) processed by cutting parallel diagonal slashes into the pelt and sewing the slashed edges together to lengthen the pelt and to improve the appearance of the fur.
  • letches — a lecherous desire or craving.
  • letchya — Alt form letcha.
  • letdown — a decrease in volume, force, energy, etc.: a letdown in sales; a general letdown of social barriers.
  • lethean — Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
  • lethied — Lethean or forgetful
  • letitia — a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “gladness.”.
  • letters — a person who lets, especially one who rents out property.
  • letting — Archaic. to hinder, prevent, or obstruct.
  • lettish — of or relating to the Letts or their language.
  • lettuce — a cultivated plant, Lactuca sativa, occurring in many varieties and having succulent leaves used for salads.
  • leucine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble amino acid, C 6 H 13 NO 2 , obtained by the decomposition of proteins and made synthetically: essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: L. Abbreviation: Leu;
  • leucism — An animal condition characterized by reduced pigmentation.
  • leucite — a whitish or grayish mineral, potassium aluminum silicate, KAlSi 2 O 6 , found in alkali volcanic rocks.
  • leucoma — a dense, white opacity of the cornea.
  • leucous — White; albino.
  • leuctra — a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Thebans defeated Spartans here 371 b.c.
  • leukoma — a dense, white opacity of the cornea.
  • levants — Plural form of levant.
  • levator — Anatomy. a muscle that raises a part of the body. Compare depressor.
  • leveche — A dry sirocco of Spain.
  • leveled — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
  • leveler — a person or thing that levels.
  • levelly — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
  • levered — Mechanics. a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third. Compare machine (def 4b).
  • leveret — a young hare.
  • leviter — (in prescriptions) lightly.
  • levulin — a substance obtained from certain bulbs, such as that of the dahlia, which resembles dextrin and which, on hydrolysis, forms laevulose
  • levying — an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
  • lewises — Plural form of lewis.
  • lewisia — any of various perennial herbs of the genus Lewisia of the family Portulacaceae, which are native to western North America and which have pink or white flowers
  • lexemes — Plural form of lexeme.
  • lexemic — Of or relating to a lexeme.
  • lexical — of or relating to the words or vocabulary of a language, especially as distinguished from its grammatical and syntactical aspects.
  • lexicon — a wordbook or dictionary, especially of Greek, Latin, or Hebrew.
  • leyland — a town in Lancashire, N England.
  • leyline — Alternative spelling of ley line.
  • leyster — Judith, 1609–60, Dutch painter.
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