8-letter words starting with le
- leavened — Simple past tense and past participle of leaven.
- leavings — something that is left; residue.
- lebanese — of or relating to Lebanon or its natives or inhabitants.
- lebesgue — Henri Léon [ahn-ree ley-awn] /ɑ̃ˈri leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1875–1941, French mathematician.
- lecanora — any of various crustaceous lichens of the genus Lecanora, some of which are eaten and some of which are used in dyeing
- lechayim — a toast used in drinking to a person's health or well-being.
- lechered — Simple past tense and past participle of lecher.
- lecithal — having a yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- lecithin — Biochemistry. any of a group of phospholipids, occurring in animal and plant tissues and egg yolk, composed of units of choline, phosphoric acid, fatty acids, and glycerol.
- lecterns — Plural form of lectern.
- lections — Plural form of lection.
- lectress — a female reader
- lectured — 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.
- lecturer — a person who lectures.
- lectures — Plural form of lecture.
- lecythis — any very tall tree of the genus Lecythis
- lecythus — (in ancient Greece) a vase with a narrow neck
- ledgment — (architecture) A stringcourse or horizontal suit of mouldings, such as the base mouldings of a building.
- lee tide — a tidal current running in the direction toward which the wind is blowing.
- lee wave — the wavelike effect, characterized by severe updrafts and downdrafts, that occurs when rapidly flowing air encounters the steep front of a mountain range.
- leeboard — either of two broad, flat objects attached to the sides of a sailing ship amidships, the one on the lee side being lowered into the water to prevent the ship from making leeway.
- leechdom — a remedy
- leeching — 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.
- leesburg — a city in central Florida.
- leewards — towards the lee side
- leeze me — an expression of affection
- left out — omitted, forgotten
- lefthand — Alternative form of left-hand.
- leftists — Plural form of leftist.
- leftmost — Farthest to the left.
- leftover — Usually, leftovers. food remaining uneaten at the end of a meal, especially when saved for later use.
- leftward — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- leftwing — Alternative spelling of left-wing.
- leg bone — a bone of the leg
- leg drop — a narrow scenery flat or drop, often used in a pair to form an inverted U .
- leg iron — a shackle for a prisoner's leg
- leg room — space to move one's legs
- leg rope — a rope used to secure an animal by its hind leg
- leg work — 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.
- leg-pull — an amusing hoax, practical joke, or the like: The entire story was a hilarious leg-pull.
- leg-work — 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.
- legacies — Law. a gift of property, especially personal property, as money, by will; a bequest.
- legalese — language containing an excessive amount of legal terminology or of legal jargon.
- legalise — to make legal; authorize.
- legalism — strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, especially to the letter rather than the spirit.
- legalist — strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, especially to the letter rather than the spirit.
- legality — the state or quality of being in conformity with the law; lawfulness.
- legalize — to make legal; authorize.
- legatary — a legatee
- legatees — Plural form of legatee.