grass, dog-wheat (_Triticum repens_).
~Knotted~, _a._ KNOTTY, knurly.
~Knotty~, _a._ ~1.~ Knotted, gnarled, full of knots, knaggy, knurly.
~2.~ Intricate, difficult, perplexing, embarrassing, hard, troublesome.
~Know~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Perceive, apprehend, comprehend, understand,
discern, be aware of, be assured of, see through, make out.
~2.~ Recognize, be acquainted with.
~3.~ Distinguish, discriminate.
~Know~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Have knowledge.
~2.~ Be informed, be made aware.
~3.~ Be sure, feel certain.
~Knowing~, _a._ Intelligent, skilful, competent, qualified,
experienced, accomplished, proficient, well-informed.
~Knowledge~, _n._ ~1.~ Apprehension, comprehension, perception,
understanding, discernment, judgment.
~2.~ Learning, erudition, scholarship, enlightenment, lore,
acquirements, attainments.
~3.~ Cognizance, cognition, notice, information.
~Knuckle~, _v. n._ Yield (_obsequiously_), submit, cringe, stoop,
crouch, give up, KNOCK UNDER.
~Knurly~, _a._ Knotty, knotted, knarled.
L
~Labor~, _n._ ~1.~ Toil, work, exertion, effort, pains, drudgery.
~2.~ Travail, parturition, childbirth, delivery.
~Labor~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Toll, strive, drudge, work, exert one's self,
take pains.
~2.~ Suffer, be afflicted, be distressed.
~3.~ Travail, be in travail, be in labor.
~Labored~, _a._ Elaborate, studied, carefully wrought.
~Laborer~, _n._ Workman, operative.
~Laborious~, _a._ ~1.~ Industrious, sedulous, assiduous, DILIGENT,
toiling, hard-working, painstaking.
~2.~ Difficult, arduous, onerous, toilsome, tiresome, wearisome,
fatiguing, irksome, hard, Herculean.
~Laboriousness~, _n._ Toilsomeness, difficulty.
~Labor of love~, Gratuitous service.
~Labyrinth~, _n._ Maze, perplexity, intricacy.
~Labyrinthian~, _n._ Mazy, confused.
~Lacerate~, _v. a._ Tear, sever, mangle, rend, lancinate, laniate,
claw, tear asunder, tear to pieces.
~Laceration~, _n._ Tearing, rending.
~Laches~, _n. pl._ (_Law._) Negligence, remissness, neglect of duty.
~Lack~, _v. a._ Want, need, be in want of, be in need of, be destitute
of, be without.
~Lack~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be in want.
~2.~ Be wanting.
~Lack~, _n._ Need, deficiency, destitution, want, scantiness,
insufficiency, scarcity, dearth, default, defectiveness, shortness,
shortcoming, DEFICIT.
~Lack-brain~, _n._ Simpleton, DUNCE.
~Lackadaisical~, _a._ Sorrowful (_affectedly_), sad, melancholy, gloomy.
~Lackaday~, _interj._ Alas.
~Lackey~, _n._ Footman, footboy, errand-boy.
~Lackey~, _v. a._ Attend (_as a servant_), wait on, dance attendance on.
~Laconic~, _a._ Short, brief, concise, succinct, compact, sententious,
terse, pithy, CURT.
~Laconical~, _a._ Short, brief, concise, succinct, compact,
sententious, terse, pithy, CURT.
~Lacquer~, _n._ Varnish (_of shell-lac_).
~Lacquer~, _v. a._ Varnish (_with lacquer_), japan.
~Lactescence~, _n._ Milkiness.
~Lad~, _n._ Boy, stripling, YOUNGSTER, youth, schoolboy, YONKER, young
man.
~Lade~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Load, freight.
~2.~ Dip, bale.
~Lading~, _n._ Freight, cargo, load, burden.
~Lady~, _n._ ~1.~ Mistress, matron.
~2.~ Woman of rank, woman of distinction.
~3.~ Woman of refinement, well-bred woman, genteel woman.
~4.~ Wife, spouse.
~Lady-like~, _a._ Genteel, courtly, refined, well-bred.
~Lady-love~, _n._ Sweetheart, flame.
~Lag~, _v. n._ Loiter, linger, saunter, fall behind, move slowly.
~Laggard~, _n._ Loiterer, lingerer, idler, lagger, saunterer.
~Lagger~, _n._ Loiterer, laggard.
~Lagoon~, _n._ Lake (_shallow and communicating with the sea_).
~Laic~, _a._ Lay.
~Laical~, _a._ Lay.
~Lair~, _n._ Couch (_of a beast_), resting place.
~Laity~, _n._ Laymen, body of the people, the people (_as
distinguished from the clergy_).
~Lake~, _n._ Pond, loch, mere, pool, LAGOON.
~Lamantine~, _n._ Manatee, sea-cow.
~Lamb~, _n._ Young sheep.
~Lamb of God~, Christ, JESUS.
~Lambent~, _a._ Playing about (_like the tongue in licking_), touching
lightly, gliding over.
~Lambkin~, _n._ Little lamb.
~Lame~, _a._ ~1.~ Crippled, halt, hobbling.
~2.~ Defective, imperfect.
~3.~ Insufficient, unsatisfactory, weak, feeble, poor.
~Lame~, _v. a._ Cripple, make lame.
~Lame duck~, Defaulter (_at the stock exchange_).
~Lamella~, _n._ [L.] Scale, lamina, layer, coat, flake, coating, thin
plate.
~Lamellar~, _a._ Lamellate, lamellated, laminar, laminated, foliated,
foliaceous, scaly, flaky, schistose.
~Lamellate~, _a._ LAMELLAR.
~Lamellated~, _a._ LAMELLAR.
~Lament~, _v. n._ Mourn, grieve, weep, wail, moan, complain.
~Lament~, _v. a._ Bewail, deplore, bemoan, mourn.
~Lament~, _n._ ~1.~ Wailing, moaning, moan, lamentation, plaint,
complaint.
~2.~ Dirge, elegy, epicedium, mournful song, funeral song.
~Lamentable~, _a._ ~1.~ Deplorable, to be lamented.
~2.~ Mournful, wailing.
~Lamentation~, _n._ Wailing, moaning, moan, plaint, complaint, lament,
ululation, HUBBUBBOO.
~Lamina~, _n._ Scale, layer, coat, coating, lamella, thin plate.
~Laminar~, _n._ Laminated.
~Laminated~, _a._ Laminar, LAMELLAR, lamellated.
~Lamm~, _v. a._ [_Low._] Beat, drub, thrash, maul, bruise, thwack,
pommel, WALLOP.
~Lampoon~, _n._ Pasquinade, satire, squib.
~Lampoon~, _v. a._ Satirize, abuse, defame, slander, calumniate, lash.
~Lanate~, _a._ Woolly.
~Lanated~, _a._ Woolly.
~Lance~, _n._ Spear, javelin.
~Lance~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Hurl, throw, launch, dart, send, fling, toss,
pitch, jaculate, let fly.
~2.~ Pierce, cut with a lancet.
~Lance-shaped~, _a._ Lanceform.
~Lanciform~, _a._ Lance-shaped.
~Lancinate~, _v. a._ Tear, rend, sever, mangle, lacerate, laniate,
claw, tear to pieces.
~Land~, _n._ ~1.~ Ground, soil, earth.
~2.~ Region, country, district, tract.
~3.~ Real estate.
~Land~, _v. a._ Disembark, put on shore, set on shore.
~Land~, _v. n._ Disembark, debark, go on shore, come to land.
~Landing~, _n._ ~1.~ Coming to land.
~2.~ Landing-place.
~Landing-place~, _n._ Landing.
~Landloper~, _n._ ~1.~ Landlubber.
~2.~ Wanderer, vagrant, traveller, vagabond, nomad.
~Landloping~, _n._ Wandering, travelling.
~Landlord~, _n._ ~1.~ Owner, proprietor.
~2.~ Host, inn-keeper.
~Landlubber~, _n._ [_Sailor's term of contempt._] Landloper.
~Landrail~, _n._ Corn-crake, daker-hen (_Orex pratensis_).
~Landscape~, _n._ View, prospect, rural scene.
~Land-waiter~, _n._ Tide-waiter.
~Lane~, _n._ Alley, narrow street, narrow passage or way.
~Lang-syne~, _ad._ [_Scottish._] Long since, long ago.
~Lang-syne~, _n._ The good old time, past times, days gone by, days of
yore.
~Language~, _n._ ~1.~ Speech, tongue, vernacular, idiom, dialect,
mother-tongue, vulgar tongue, native tongue, oral speech.
~2.~ Style, expression, phraseology, diction, form of expression.
~Languid~, _a._ ~1.~ Faint, exhausted, drooping, pining, languishing,
flagging, weak, feeble, not strong, not vigorous.
~2.~ Dull, torpid, listless, spiritless, heavy, inactive, slow,
sluggish.
~Languidness~, _n._ ~1.~ Languor, faintness, feebleness, lassitude.
~2.~ Dulness, listlessness, heaviness.
~Languish~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Droop, pine, faint, fade, wither, decline,
fall, become feeble, pine away, waste away.
~2.~ Look tender, have the air of a lover.
~Languishment~, _n._ ~1.~ Feebleness, decline, weakness.
~2.~ Look of tenderness.
~Languor~, _n._ ~1.~ Feebleness, debility, languidness, faintness,
languishment.
~2.~ Dulness, torpidness, listlessness, heaviness, ENNUI.
~Laniate~, _v. a._ Lacerate, tear, rend, sever, mangle, lancinate,
claw, tear to pieces, tear asunder.
~Lank~, _a._ Lean, thin, meagre, attenuated, slim, slender,
starveling, skinny, scraggy, gaunt, emaciated.
~Lankness~, _n._ Leanness, thinness, slimness, meagreness, slenderness.
~Lanky~, _a._ [_Low._] Slim, slender, tall, and thin.
~Lanuginous~, _a._ (_Bot._) Downy, woolly.
~Lap~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fold, turn over, lay over.
~2.~ Wrap, cover, twist round.
~3.~ Lick, lick up, take up with the tongue.
~Lap~, _v. n._ Be folded over, be laid over.
~Lapidary~, _n._ Lapidist.
~Lapidescence~, _n._ Lapidification, petrifaction.
~Lapidification~, _n._ Lapidescence, petrifaction.
~Lapidist~, _n._ Lapidary.
~Lapse~, _n._ ~1.~ Flow, gliding, flowing, smooth course.
~2.~ Fall, decline, declension, falling off.
~3.~ Slip, fault, error, shortcoming.
~Lapse~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Slip, glide, pass slowly.
~2.~ Fail in duty, commit a fault, fall from innocence.
~3.~ (_Law._) Become void.
~Lapsus linguæ~, [L.] Slip of the tongue.
~Lapwing~, _n._ Pewit (_Tringa vanellus_ or _Vanellus cristatus_).
~Larboard~, _n._ (_Naut._) Port, left-hand side.
~Larceny~, _n._ Theft, stealing, pilfering, robbery, thievery,
shoplifting, petty larceny.
~Lard~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Grease.
~2.~ Intermix, interlay, interlard.
~Large~, _a._ ~1.~ Big, great, bulky, huge, immense, vast, of great
size.
~2.~ Extensive, expanded, spacious, broad, wide.
~3.~ Abundant, plentiful, ample, full, copious, liberal.
~4.~ Capacious, comprehensive.
~Large-bellied~, _a._ Abdominous, big-bellied, pot-bellied.
~Largess~, _n._ Bounty, present, donation, gift, endowment, grant,
bequest.
~Lariat~, _n._ Lasso.
~Larmier~, _n._ (_Arch._) Drip, corona.
~Larum~, _n._ [Contraction of _Alarum_.] Alarm, alarum, tocsin, alarm-
bell.
~Larva~, _n._ Caterpillar, grub.
~Lascivious~, _a._ Lustful, lecherous, libidinous, lickerish,
salacious, concupiscent, lewd, prurient, wanton, loose, unchaste,
incontinent.
~Lash~, _n._ ~1.~ Thong (_of a whip_), scourge, whip.
~2.~ Stroke, stripe.
~Lash~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Scourge, whip.
~2.~ Beat, beat against.
~3.~ Bind, tie, tie together.
~4.~ Censure, satirize, lampoon, abuse.
~Lash the waves~, Make vain efforts, try in vain, beat the air, fish
in the air, milk the ram.
~Lass~, _n._ Girl, damsel, maiden, lassie, miss.
~Lassie~, _n._ [_Scotch._] Girl, lass.
~Lassitude~, _n._ Weariness, exhaustion, fatigue, prostration,
languor, languidness, ENNUI.
~Lasso~, _n._ Lariat.
~Last~, _a._ ~1.~ Latest.
~2.~ Hindmost.
~3.~ Final, ultimate.
~4.~ Highest, greatest, utmost, extreme.
~Last~, _ad._ ~1.~ The last time.
~2.~ After all the rest.
~3.~ Finally, in conclusion.
~Last~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Endure, remain, continue.
~2.~ Hold out, be unexhausted, be unconsumed.
~Lasting~, _a._ Enduring, permanent, durable, of long continuance.
~Lastingness~, _n._ Permanence, durability, continuance, fixedness.
~Lastly~, _ad._ Finally, in fine, at last, at length, in the end, in
conclusion.
~Late~, _a._ ~1.~ Slow, tardy, long delayed.
~2.~ Far advanced.
~3.~ Recently deceased.
~4.~ Recent.
~Late~, _ad._ ~1.~ Not early, not promptly, after the proper time, at
the eleventh hour, a day after the fair.
~2.~ Recently, lately, not long ago.
~Lately~, _ad._ Recently, latterly, late, of late, not long ago.
~Latent~, _a._ Concealed, hidden, secret, occult, veiled, unseen.
~Lather~, _n._ Foam (_of soap and water_), froth.
~Latifoliate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Broad-leaved.
~Latifolious~, _a._ (_Bot._) Broad-leaved.
~Latin~, _a._ ~1.~ Of the Latins, of ancient Rome, Roman.
~2.~ Classic, classical, in the manner of the Latins.
~Latin~, _n._ Language of ancient Rome, Latin language.
~Latinism~, _n._ Latin idiom.
~Latinity~, _n._ Latin style.
~Latitude~, _n._ ~1.~ Extent, range, scope, amplitude, compass.
~2.~ Freedom, liberty, indulgence, free play.
~3.~ Laxity, loose interpretation, indefinite meaning.
~4.~ (_Geog._) Angular distance from the equator.
~5.~ (_Astron._) Angular distance from the ecliptic.
~Latitudinarian~, _a._ Liberal (_in opinion_), lax, free, not
orthodox, not strict.
~Latitudinarianism~, _n._ Heterodoxy, liberalism.
~Latten~, _n._ Sheet tin, tinned iron-plate.
~Latter~, _a._ ~1.~ Last mentioned (_of two_).
~2.~ Recent, modern.
~Latterly~, _ad._ Lately, recently, of late.
~Lattice~, _n._ Trellis, lattice-work.
~Lattice-work~, _n._ Lattice, trellis.
~Laud~, _v. a._ Praise, extol, celebrate, magnify.
~Laudable~, _a._ Commendable, praiseworthy.
~Laudanum~, _n._ Tincture of opium.
~Laudation~, _n._ Praise, commendation, eulogy, compliment, encomium.
~Laudatory~, _a._ Commendatory, panegyrical, eulogistic,
complimentary, encomiastic, lavish of praise.
~Laugh~, _n._ Laughter, CACHINNATION, GUFFAW, ROAR.
~Laugh~, _v. n._ SNICKER, GIGGLE, ROAR, TITTER.
~Laugh at~, Ridicule, deride, mock, scoff, scoff at, sneer at, laugh
to scorn, make fun of, POKE FUN AT.
~Laugh to scorn~, Ridicule, deride, despise, sneer at, laugh at, treat
with contempt.
~Laughable~, _a._ Comical, droll, funny, ludicrous, farcical,
ridiculous.
~Laughing~, _a._ Merry, mirthful, gay.
~Laughing~, _n._ Laughter.
~Laughing-gas~, _n._ Nitrous oxide, protoxide of nitrogen,
exhilarating gas.
~Laughter~, _n._ Laughing, laugh.
~Laughing-stock~, _n._ Butt (_of jests_), object of ridicule.
~Launch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Throw, hurl, cast, dart, lance.
~2.~ Slide from the stocks (_as a ship_).
~Launch~, _v. n._ Enlarge, expatiate, descant, dilate, launch out.
~Launch out~, Enlarge, LAUNCH, expatiate.
~Laundress~, _n._ Washerwoman.
~Laureate~, _n._ Poet-laureate, court-poet.
~Lave~, _v. a._ Wash, bathe.
~Lavement~, _n._ (_Med._) Clyster, enema, injection.
~Lavish~, _a._ Profuse, prodigal, thriftless, unthrifty, wasteful,
extravagant, too free, over-liberal.
~Lavish~, _v. a._ Waste, squander, dissipate, spend lavishly.
~Law~, _n._ ~1.~ Rule, (_prescribed by authority_), regulation, canon,
statute, enactment, decree, ordinance, edict, order, expressed command.
~2.~ Formula, principle, form.
~3.~ Code, body of rules.
~4.~ Jurisprudence, science of laws, legal science.
~5.~ Mosaic code.
~6.~ Suit, process, litigation.
~7.~ Observed order of facts, invariable sequence of phenomena.
~8.~ Uniform and constant operation of any natural force (_under the
same conditions_), method of the Divine Agency, God in Nature.
~Lawful~, _a._ ~1.~ Legal, legalized, legitimate, constitutional.
~2.~ Allowable, permissible.
~3.~ Rightful, just, proper.
~Lawfulness~, _n._ Legality, conformity to law.
~Lawgiver~, _n._ Legislator, law-maker.
~Lawsuit~, _n._ Action, suit in law.
~Lawyer~, _n._ Counsellor, counsel, advocate, attorney, SOLICITOR,
barrister, limb of the law, attorney-at-law.
~Lax~, _a._ ~1.~ Loose, slack, relaxed, not tight, not tense.
~2.~ Soft, flabby, not firm, not solid.
~3.~ Remiss, latitudinarian, not strict.
~4.~ Licentious, dissolute.
~Laxative~, _a._ Loosening, aperient, deobstruent.
~Laxative~, _n._ Laxative medicine.
~Laxity~, _n._ ~1.~ Looseness, slackness, laxness, latitude.
~2.~ Remissness.
~3.~ Dissoluteness, licentiousness.
~Laxness~, _n._ Looseness, laxity.
~Lay~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put, place, lay down.
~2.~ Impose, assess.
~3.~ Impute, charge, ascribe.
~4.~ Spread (_on a surface_).
~5.~ Prepare, set in order, get ready.
~6.~ Contrive, scheme, devise.
~7.~ Allay, quiet, calm, still, appease.
~8.~ Bet, stake, wager, risk, hazard.
~9.~ Produce, bring forth and deposit (_as eggs_).
~10.~ (_Naut._) Depress, sink, sail away from so as to lose sight of.
~11.~ (_Law._) Allege, state, name.
~Lay~, _n._ [_Rare._] ~1.~ Row, stratum, layer.
~2.~ Bet, wager, stake, pledge.
~3.~ [_U. S._] Share of profit.
~4.~ Song.
~Lay~, _a._ Laic, laical.
~Lay aside~, Reject, discard, put away, lay on the shelf.
~Lay by~, Reserve, keep, retain, husband.
~Lay down~, ~1.~ Resign, give up, offer up.
~2.~ Leave, quit, relinquish.
~3.~ Advance, propound, assert, allege.
~Layer~, _n._ ~1.~ Stratum, bed, _LAY_.
~2.~ Course (_as of bricks_).
~3.~ Shoot or twig (_laid in the ground for propagation_).
~Lay hold of~, Seize, catch.
~Lay in~, Store, provide, lay up.
~Lay one's self out~, Strive, labor, try, struggle, exert one's self.
~Lay open~, Expose, reveal, exhibit, disclose, unveil, divulge,
publish, show, make known.
~Lay out~, ~1.~ Spend, expend, disburse.
~2.~ Plan, dispose, arrange.
~Lay over~, Spread over, cover the surface of.
~Lay siege to~, Besiege, beset.
~Lay to heart~, Feel keenly, be greatly grieved at, be much troubled
about, be much affected by, take to heart, take on about.
~Lay up~, ~1.~ Store, provide, treasure up, lay in.
~2.~ Confine to the bed or the house.
~Lay waste~, Desolate, destroy, ruin.
~Lazaretto~, _n._ Hospital, infirmary, pest-house, lazar-house.
~Lazar-house~, _n._ Hospital, lazaretto.
~Lazy~, _a._ Slothful, sluggish, indolent, idle, inert, inactive,
supine, torpid, slack, dronish, lumpish.
~Lea~, _n._ Meadow, MEAD, grass land, sward land.
~Lead~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Guide (_by the hand, or something connected with
the hand_).
~2.~ Conduct, direct, escort, go before as guide.
~3.~ Head, be at the head of.
~4.~ Allure, entice, induce, persuade, draw, prevail on.
~5.~ Pass, spend.
~Lead~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Show the way (_by going before_).
~2.~ Be the commander (_as of troops_).
~3.~ Conduce, contribute, tend, serve.
~Lead~, _n._ ~1.~ Guidance, direction, leadership.
~2.~ Precedence.
~Lead captive~, Carry into captivity.
~Leader~, _n._ ~1.~ Guide, director, conductor, corypheus, cock of the
walk, cock of the roost, first fiddle.
~2.~ Chief, chieftain, commander.
~Leadership~, _n._ Guidance, direction, lead, conduct.
~Leading~, _a._ ~1.~ Governing, ruling.
~2.~ Chief, principal, capital, most important.
~Lead the way~, Go before (_as guide_).
~Lead off~, Begin, take the lead.
~Leaf~, _n._ Blade.
~Leaflet~, _n._ Small leaf.
~Leaf-stalk~, _n._ (_Bot._) Petiole.
~League~, _n._ ~1.~ Alliance, confederation, confederacy, combination,
coalition, union.
~2.~ Three geographical miles.
~League~, _v. n._ Unite, combine, confederate, form a league, form an
alliance.
~Leagued~, _a._ United, combined, allied, confederated, confederate,
banded.
~Leak~, _n._ Fissure (_letting a liquid in or out_), chink, crevice,
hole.
~Lean~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Incline (_from a perpendicular_).
~2.~ Recline, bear, rest.
~3.~ Tend, have a tendency.
~Lean~, _v. a._ Rest, incline for support.
~Lean~, _a._ ~1.~ Thin, poor, gaunt, emaciated, meagre, lank, skinny,
fallen away.
~2.~ Barren, jejune, TAME, prosy, dull.
~3.~ Scanty, slender, pitiful, inadequate, not full or abundant, not
plentiful, not ample, not enough.
~Leaning~, _n._ Bent, inclination, bias, propensity, proneness,
TENDENCY.
~Lean-to~, _n._ Penthouse.
~Leap~, _v. n._ Jump, bound, spring, vault, hop, CAPER.
~Leap~, _v. a._ Jump over, bound across.
~Leap~, _n._ Jump, spring, bound, vault, hop, CAPER.
~Leap-year~, _n._ Bissextile.
~Learn~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Get a knowledge of, acquire skill in, make one's
self acquainted with, make one's self master of.
~2.~ Be informed of.
~Learn by heart~, Memorize, commit to memory, get by heart.
~Learned~, _a._ ~1.~ Erudite, lettered, deep-read.
~2.~ Knowing, skilled, experienced, well-informed.
~Learning~, _n._ ~1.~ Acquisition of knowledge.
~2.~ Erudition, scholarship, acquirements, attainments, lore, acquired
knowledge.
~Lease~, _v. a._ Let (_for a term of years_).
~Leash~, _n._ ~1.~ Thong or string (_for holding a dog or a hawk_).
~2.~ Three (_greyhounds, &c._).
~Leash~, _v. a._ Tie, tie together.
~Least~, _a._ Smallest, minutest.
~Least~, _ad._ In the smallest degree.
~Leathery~, _a._ Tough, coriaceous.
~Leave~, _n._ ~1.~ Permission, liberty, allowance, license.
~2.~ Withdrawal, retirement, departure.
~Leave~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Quit, vacate, withdraw from, depart from, go
away from, retire from, get away from.
~2.~ Abandon, forsake, desert, relinquish, renounce, put aside, lay
aside, give up, give over.
~3.~ Let alone, let be, suffer to remain undisturbed, forbear to
meddle with.
~4.~ Commit, consign, refer.
~5.~ Stop, forbear, cease from, desist from, refrain from, leave off,
break off, make an end of.
~6.~ Permit, allow, let, give leave, give permission.
~7.~ Bequeath, demise, devise, will, give by will.
~Leave~, _v. n._ Desist, stop, cease, forbear, leave off.
~Leave off~, (_Active._) Forbear, desist from, break off.
~Leave off~, (_Neuter._) Desist, stop, leave.
~Leave out~, Omit.
~Leaven~, _n._ ~1.~ Yeast, ferment, barm, emptyings, fermenting
substance.
~2.~ Pervading influence.
~Leaven~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Produce or excite fermentation in.
~2.~ Imbue, infect, vitiate, taint.
~Leavings~, _n. pl._ Remains, remnants, relics, fragments, scraps,
pieces, refuse, odds and ends.
~Leaves~, _n. pl._ Foliage.
~Lecherous~, _a._ Lewd, lascivious, libidinous, lustful, carnal,
salacious, lickerish, concupiscent, prurient, wanton, unchaste,
incontinent.
~Lechery~, _n._ Lewdness, lasciviousness, concupiscence, lust, carnal
desire, animal appetite.
~Lection~, _n._ Reading, version, interpretation.
~Lecture~, _n._ ~1.~ Discourse, prelection.
~2.~ Formal censure, lesson.
~Lecture~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Deliver a lecture to.
~2.~ Reprove formally.
~Ledge~, _n._ ~1.~ Shelf.
~2.~ Ridge of rocks.
~Lee~, _a._ To leeward (_opposed to weather_).
~Lee~, _n._ Leeward, lee side, side sheltered from the wind.
~Leer~, _v. n._ Look askance (_in contempt_).
~Lees~, _n. pl._ Dregs, sediment, settlings, precipitate, DUNDER.
~Leeward~, _n._ Lee, lee side.
~Legacy~, _n._ Bequest, devise, gift by will.
~Legal~, _a._ Lawful, legitimate, legalized, authorized or sanctioned
(_by law_), according to law.
~Legality~, _n._ Lawfulness, conformity to law.
~Legalize~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Authorize, permit by law.
~2.~ Sanction, legitimate, legitimize, make legal, confirm by law.
~Legate~, _n._ ~1.~ AMBASSADOR, deputy, envoy, delegate.
~2.~ The Pope's ambassador.
~Legation~, _n._ Embassy, deputation, body of diplomatists.
~Legend~, _n._ ~1.~ Fable, myth, fiction, doubtful narrative,
fictitious story.
~2.~ Motto (_round a coin or a medal_).
~Legendary~, _a._ Fabulous, fictitious, mythical.
~Legerdemain~, _n._ Juggle, juggling, sleight of hand.
~Legible~, _a._ ~1.~ Readable, plain, fair.
~2.~ Manifest, apparent, recognizable, discoverable.
~Legion~, _n._ ~1.~ Army, host, military force, body of troops.
~2.~ Multitude, great number.
~Legislate~, _v. n._ Make laws, enact laws.
~Legislative~, _a._ Law-making.
~Legislator~, _n._ Lawgiver, lawmaker.
~Legislature~, _n._ Legislative body.
~Legitimacy~, _n._ ~1.~ Legality, lawfulness, accordance with law.
~2.~ Genuineness.
~Legitimate~, _a._ ~1.~ Legal, lawful, in accordance with law.
~2.~ Born in wedlock, lawfully begotten.
~3.~ Genuine, not spurious.
~Legitimate~, _v. a._ Legalize, make legitimate.
~Legitimize~, _v. a._ Legalize, make legitimate.
~Legume~, _n._ (_Bot._) Simple pod (_of two valves_).
~Legumes~, _n. pl._ Pulse, fruit of leguminous plants.
~Leisure~, _n._ Spare hours, spare time, time to spare.
~Lend~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Loan, accommodate with.
~2.~ Give, grant, afford, furnish, bestow, confer, impart.
~Lend a hand~, Render assistance, put one's shoulder to the wheel,
hold out a helping hand, give one a lift, give one a turn, do one a
favor, help a lame dog over a stile.
~Length~, _n._ ~1.~ Extent, longitude.
~2.~ Long duration.
~Lengthen~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Elongate, extend (_in space_), stretch, draw
out.
~2.~ Protract, continue, prolong, extend (_in time_), spin out.
~Lengthen~, _v. n._ Become longer, grow longer, increase in length.
~Lengthways~, _ad._ Longitudinally.
~Lengthwise~, _ad._ Longitudinally.
~Lengthy~, _a._ Long, lengthened, prolonged, prolix, not short, not
brief.
~Lenience~, _n._ Clemency, mildness, lenity, mercy, tenderness,
gentleness, forbearance.
~Leniency~, _n._ Clemency, mildness, lenity, mercy, tenderness,
gentleness, forbearance.
~Lenient~, _a._ ~1.~ Softening, assuasive, soothing, mitigating,
mitigative, lenitive.
~2.~ Mild, gentle, clement, merciful, tender, forbearing, long-
suffering, not rigorous, not severe.