8-letter words starting with le
- levering — 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).
- levertov — Denise, 1923–97, U.S. poet, born in England.
- levesque — René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1922–1987, Canadian political leader: premier of Quebec 1976–85.
- leviable — that may be levied.
- levigate — to rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder, as in a mortar, with or without the addition of a liquid.
- levirate — the custom of marriage by a man with his brother's widow, such marriage required in Biblical law if the deceased was childless. Deut. 25:5–10.
- levitate — to rise or float in the air, especially as a result of a supernatural power that overcomes gravity.
- levodopa — a synthetic substance, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , that is converted in the brain to dopamine: used chiefly in the treatment of parkinsonism.
- levogyre — an anticlockwise spiral
- levulose — fructose.
- lewdness — inclined to, characterized by, or inciting to lust or lechery; lascivious.
- lewdster — a lewd person
- lewisham — a borough of Greater London, England.
- lewisite — a pale yellow, odorless compound, C 2 H 2 AsCl 3 , used as a blister gas in World War I.
- lewisohn — Ludwig [luhd-wig] /ˈlʌd wɪg/ (Show IPA), 1882?–1955, U.S. novelist and critic, born in Germany.
- lewisson — lewis.
- lewiston — a city in SW Maine.
- lex loci — the law of a place.
- lexicog. — lexicographical
- lexicons — Plural form of lexicon.
- lexifier — The dominant language of a pidgin or creole that serves as the basis for most of its vocabulary.
- lexigram — (psychology) A symbol that represents a word but is not necessarily indicative of the object referenced by the word, used in studies of communication.
- ley line — any of various imaginary lines along which certain ancient, man-made structures are thought by some to have been aligned
- leypoldt — Frederick, 1835–84, U.S. editor and publisher, born in Germany.
- lezghian — a member of a people living mainly in the Dagestan Autonomous Republic in the Russian Federation.