7-letter words starting with l
- le nain — Antoine [ahn-twan] /ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1588?–1648, and his two brothers Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA) (“the Roman”), 1593?–1648, and Mathieu [ma-tyœ] /maˈtyœ/ (Show IPA) 1607–77, French painters.
- le sage — Alain René [a-lan ruh-ney] /aˈlɛ̃ rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1668–1747, French novelist and dramatist.
- le-lisp — Jerome Chailloux and Emmanuel St James, INRIA, France. A LISP dialect close to Common Lisp, lexically scoped, with a CLOS-like object system. Uses both packages and modules. "le-lisp: A Portable and Efficient Lisp System", J. Chailloux et al, Proc 1984 ACM Symp on Lisp and Functional Programming, ACM. Version v.16, available from ILOG, France.
- le-puys — a city in and the capital of Haute-Loire, in central France: cathedral.
- lea-rig — a ridge of unploughed land
- leached — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- leacher — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- leaches — Plural form of leach.
- leacock — Stephen (Butler) 1869–1944, Canadian humorist and economist.
- lead on — to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- lead-in — something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- lead-up — something that provides an approach to or preparation for an event or situation.
- leaders — Plural form of leader.
- leading — made of or containing lead: a lead pipe; a lead compound.
- leadman — The male leader of a group of workers, who reports to a supervisor.
- leadmen — Plural form of leadman.
- leadoff — an act that starts something; start; beginning.
- leafage — foliage.
- leafbud — a bud from which a leaf develops
- leafery — leafage or foliage
- leafier — Comparative form of leafy.
- leafing — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- leaflet — a small flat or folded sheet of printed matter, as an advertisement or notice, usually intended for free distribution.
- leagued — Simple past tense and past participle of league.
- leaguer — a siege.
- leagues — a unit of distance, varying at different periods and in different countries, in English-speaking countries usually estimated roughly at 3 miles (4.8 kilometers).
- leakage — an act of leaking; leak.
- leakers — Plural form of leaker.
- leakier — Comparative form of leaky.
- leakily — In a leaky way.
- leaking — Present participle of leak.
- lean on — to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
- lean-to — a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- leander — a Greek youth, the lover of Hero, who swam the Hellespont every night to visit her until he was drowned in a storm.
- leaners — a person or thing that leans.
- leanest — Superlative form of lean.
- leangle — an Aboriginal war club or bludgeon.
- leaning — the act or state of leaning; inclination: The tower has a pronounced lean.
- leapers — Plural form of leaper.
- leaping — Present participle of leap.
- learned — having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite: learned professors.
- learner — a person who is learning; student; pupil; apprentice; trainee.
- leasees — Plural form of leasee.
- leasers — Plural form of leaser.
- leashed — a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal; lead.
- leashes — Plural form of leash.
- leasing — a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- leasure — Misspelling of leisure.
- leather — the skin of an animal, with the hair removed, prepared for use by tanning or a similar process designed to preserve it against decay and make it pliable or supple when dry.
- leavens — Plural form of leaven.