legally
adverb · in a legal manner
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leger line
noun · a short line; a notation for extending the range above or below the staff
legibly
adverb · in a legible manner
Example: you must write legiblylegislate
verb · make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
Example: They passed the amendmentlegislative
adjective · of or relating to or created by legislation
Example: legislative proposallegislatively
adverb · by legislation
Example: legislatively determinedlegitimately
adverb · in a lawfully recognized manner
Example: let's get married so our child can be born legitimatelylegitimatise
verb · make legal
Example: Marijuana should be legalizedlegitimise
verb · make legal
Example: Marijuana should be legalizedlegitimize
verb · make legal
Example: Marijuana should be legalizedlemon lily
noun · a day lily with yellow flowers
lemuridae
noun · typical lemurs; of Madagascar
length of service
noun · duration of service
Example: her longevity as a starlengthen
verb · become long or longer
Example: In Spring, the days lengthenlengthily
adverb · in a lengthy or prolix manner
Example: the argument went on lengthilyleniently
adverb · in a permissively lenient manner
Example: he felt incensed that Tarrant should have been treated so leniently given his crimelenify
verb · cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
Example: She managed to mollify the angry customerlentiform
adjective · convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil
lepidobotryaceae
noun · family created in 1950 solely for the classification of a distinctive African tree repeatedly classified in other families; trees long believed to exist only in Africa
lepisosteus osseus
noun · primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
leptoptilus
noun · adjutant birds and marabous
less
adjective · (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree
Example: of less importancelessen
verb · decrease in size, extent, or range
Example: The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semesterlesser bullrush
noun · reed maces of America, Europe, North Africa, Asia
lesser yellow trefoil
noun · clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock
let alone
adverb · much less
Example: she can't boil potatoes, let alone cook a meallet down
verb · fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
Example: Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriagelet drive
verb · fire as from a gun
Example: The soldiers let drive their bulletslet fly
verb · fire as from a gun
Example: The soldiers let drive their bulletslet go of
verb · release, as from one's grip
Example: Let go of the door handle, please!let loose
verb · express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
Example: She let out a big heavy sighlet off
verb · grant exemption or release to
Example: Please excuse me from this classlet out
verb · make (clothes) larger
Example: Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weightlet up
verb · reduce pressure or intensity
Example: he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed downlethargically
adverb · without energy; in a lethargic manner
Example: he hung around the house lethargicallyleucocytozoan
noun · parasitic in birds
leukeran
noun · an alkalating agent (trade name Leukeran) used to treat some kinds of cancer
level off
verb · become level or even
Example: The ground levelled offlever tumbler
noun · a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock
levitate
verb · be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity
Example: The guru claimed that he could levitatelewdly
adverb · in a lewd and obscene manner
Example: he had seen how in their dances the white men and women held one another obscenelylexicalise
verb · make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language
Example: The concept expressed by German `Gemuetlichkeit' is not lexicalized in Englishlexicalized
adjective · expressed by a word
lexically
adverb · by means of words
Example: lexically representedleycesteria formosa
noun · shrub honeysuckle with drooping spikes of purplish flowers
liable
adjective · at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant
Example: he is apt to loseliberal
adjective · showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
Example: a broad political stanceliberalize
verb · make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules
liberally
adverb · in a generous manner
Example: he gave liberally to several charitiesliberate
verb · release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
libration
noun · (astronomy) a real or apparent slow oscillation of a moon or satellite
Example: the libration of the moonlicense
noun · the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
licentiously
adverb · in a licentious and promiscuous manner
Example: this young girl has to share a room with her mother who lives promiscuouslylicit
adjective · authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law
Example: a legitimate governmentlicitly
adverb · in a manner acceptable to common custom
Example: you cannot do this legitimately!lickety cut
adverb · without delay
Example: she tackled the job lickety-splitlickety split
adverb · without delay
Example: she tackled the job lickety-splitlie with
verb · have sexual intercourse with
Example: This student sleeps with everyone in her dormlief
adverb · in a willing manner
Example: this was gladly agreed tolife raft
noun · a raft to use if a ship must be abandoned in an emergency