Nouns

learnedness

noun

profound scholarly knowledge

leasehold

noun

land or property held under a lease

leatherfish

noun

any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes

leatherleaf

noun

stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having o...

leatherneck

noun

a member of the United States Marine Corps

leatherwood

noun

shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West In...

leatherwork

noun

work made of leather

leavening

noun

an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify somethin...

lebensraum

noun

space sought for occupation by a nation whose population is...

lechatelierite

noun

colorless glass made of almost pure silica

lecherousness

noun

a strong sexual desire

ledbetter

noun

United States folk singer and composer (1885-1949)

leftism

noun

the ideology of the political left; belief in or support of...

legalism

noun

strict conformity to the letter of the law rather than its s...

legate

noun

a member of a legation

legerdemain

noun

an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

legerity

noun

the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nim...

legibility

noun

a quality of writing (print or handwriting) that can be easi...

legionella

noun

the motile aerobic rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium that t...

legume

noun

an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Legumin...

lehar

noun

Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948)

leicestershire

noun

a largely agricultural county in central England

leiomyoma

noun

benign tumor of smooth muscle (usually in the uterus or dige...

leishmaniosis

noun

sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the...

leishmania

noun

flagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasis

leister

noun

a spear with three or more prongs; used for spearing fish (e...

leitmotif

noun

a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a pers...

lemaitre

noun

Belgian cosmologist who proposed the big-bang theory of the...

lemniscate

noun

any of several plane algebraic curves in the shape of a figu...

lemnos

noun

a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea; famous for a redd...

lemniscus

noun

a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus

lempira

noun

the basic unit of money in Honduras; equal to 100 centavos

lenard

noun

German physicist who studied cathode rays (1862-1947)

lenity

noun

mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant

lensman

noun

someone who takes photographs professionally

lenticel

noun

one of many raised pores on the stems of woody plants that a...

lentigo

noun

a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin

lentisk

noun

an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is culti...

leopardess

noun

female leopard

leopoldville

noun

the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the C...

lepanto

noun

Turkish sea power was destroyed in 1571 by a league of Chris...

lepidoptera

noun

moths and butterflies

lepidolite

noun

a mineral of the mica group; an important source of lithium

lepidopteran

noun

insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less c...

lepidopterist

noun

an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study...

lepidopteron

noun

insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less c...

lepidopterology

noun

the branch of entomology dealing with Lepidoptera

leporid

noun

rabbits and hares

leporidae

noun

hares and rabbits

leporide

noun

red breed of domestic rabbits; hybrid between Old World rabb...