| leaded | (adjective) treated or mixed with lead | - |
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| (adjective) (of panes of glass) fixed in place by means of thin strips of lead | - |
| (adjective) having thin strips of lead between the lines of type | - |
| leaden | (adjective) made of lead | - |
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| (adjective) darkened with overcast | Synonyms: dull |
| (adjective) lacking lightness or liveliness | Synonyms: heavy |
| (adjective) (of movement) slow and laborious | Synonyms: plodding |
| (adjective) made heavy or weighted down with weariness | Synonyms: weighted |
| leading | (adjective) going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way | - |
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| (adjective) greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement | Synonyms: preeminent |
| (adjective) having the leading position or higher score in a contest | Synonyms: ahead, in the lead |
| (adjective) indicating the most important performer or role | Synonyms: prima, star, starring, stellar |
| leadless | (adjective) not treated with lead | Synonyms: unleaded |
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| leafed | (adjective) having leaves or leaves as specified; often used in combination | Synonyms: leaved |
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| leafless | (adjective) having no leaves | - |
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| leaflike | (adjective) resembling a leaf | Synonyms: leaf-like |
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| leafy | (adjective) having or covered with leaves | - |
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| leakproof | (adjective) not subject to leaks | - |
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| leaky | (adjective) permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases | - |
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| (adjective) prone to communicate confidential information | Synonyms: blabbermouthed, talebearing, tattling |
| (adjective) used informally; unable to retain urine | - |
| leal | (adjective) faithful and true | - |
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| lean | (adjective) lacking in mineral content or combustible material | - |
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| (adjective) lacking excess flesh | Synonyms: thin |
| (adjective) not profitable or prosperous | - |
| (adjective) containing little excess | Synonyms: skimpy |
| leaning | (adjective) departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal | Synonyms: atilt, canted, tilted, tipped |
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| learned | (adjective) established by conditioning or learning | Synonyms: conditioned |
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| (adjective) highly educated; having extensive information or understanding | Synonyms: knowing, knowledgeable, lettered, well-educated, well-read |
| (adjective) having or showing profound knowledge | Synonyms: erudite |
| leased | (adjective) hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers | Synonyms: chartered, hired |
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| least | (adjective) the superlative of `little' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree | - |
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| leathered | (adjective) resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable | Synonyms: coriaceous, leatherlike, leathery |
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| leatherlike | (adjective) resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable | Synonyms: coriaceous, leathered, leathery |
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| leathery | (adjective) resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable | Synonyms: coriaceous, leathered, leatherlike |
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| leaved | (adjective) having leaves or leaves as specified; often used in combination | Synonyms: leafed |
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| leavened | (adjective) made light by aerating, as with yeast or baking powder; often used as a combining form | - |
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| lecherous | (adjective) given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity | - |
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| lee | (adjective) towards the side away from the wind | Synonyms: downwind |
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| leechlike | (adjective) of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another | Synonyms: bloodsucking, parasitic, parasitical |
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| leering | (adjective) showing sly or knowing malice in a glance | - |
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| (adjective) (of a glance) sidelong and slyly lascivious | - |
| leery | (adjective) openly distrustful and unwilling to confide | Synonyms: mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary |
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| leeward | (adjective) on the side away from the wind | - |
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| left | (adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north | - |
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| (adjective) of or belonging to the political or intellectual left | - |
| (adjective) intended for the left hand | Synonyms: left-hand |
| (adjective) not used up | Synonyms: left over, leftover, odd, remaining, unexpended |
| leftish | (adjective) tending toward the political left | - |
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| leftist | (adjective) believing in or supporting tenets of the political left | Synonyms: left-of-center, left-wing |
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| leftmost | (adjective) farthest to the left | - |
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| leftover | (adjective) not used up | Synonyms: left, left over, odd, remaining, unexpended |
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| legal | (adjective) established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to jurisprudence | - |
| (adjective) relating to or characteristic of the profession of law | - |
| (adjective) allowed by official rules | - |
| (adjective) having legal efficacy or force | Synonyms: effectual, sound |
| legato | (adjective) (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected | Synonyms: smooth |
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| legendary | (adjective) so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend | - |
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| (adjective) celebrated in fable or legend | Synonyms: fabled |
| legged | (adjective) having legs of a specified kind or number | - |
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| leggy | (adjective) having long legs | Synonyms: long-legged, long-shanked |
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| (adjective) (of plants) having tall spindly stems | Synonyms: tall-growing |
| legible | (adjective) (of handwriting, print, etc.) capable of being read or deciphered | - |
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| legion | (adjective) amounting to a large indefinite number | Synonyms: numerous |
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| legislative | (adjective) of or relating to or created by legislation | - |
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| (adjective) relating to a legislature or composed of members of a legislature | - |
| legitimate | (adjective) of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful | - |
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| (adjective) in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles | - |
| (adjective) authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law | Synonyms: lawful, licit |
| (adjective) based on known statements or events or conditions | Synonyms: logical |
| legless | (adjective) not having legs | - |
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| leglike | (adjective) resembling or functioning like a leg | - |
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| leguminous | (adjective) relating to or consisting of legumes | - |
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| leisured | (adjective) free from duties or responsibilities | - |
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| leisurely | (adjective) not hurried or forced | Synonyms: easy, easygoing |
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| lemonlike | (adjective) tasting sour like a lemon | Synonyms: lemony, sourish, tangy, tart |
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| lemony | (adjective) tasting sour like a lemon | Synonyms: lemonlike, sourish, tangy, tart |
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| lendable | (adjective) available for lending | - |
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| lengthened | (adjective) drawn out or made longer spatially | Synonyms: elongated, extended, prolonged |
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| lengthways | (adjective) running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing | Synonyms: lengthwise |
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| lengthwise | (adjective) running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing | Synonyms: lengthways |
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| lengthy | (adjective) relatively long in duration; tediously protracted | Synonyms: drawn-out, extended, prolonged, protracted |
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| lenient | (adjective) characterized by tolerance and mercy | - |
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| (adjective) tolerant or lenient | Synonyms: indulgent, soft |
| (adjective) not strict | Synonyms: easy |
| lenitive | (adjective) moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear | Synonyms: alleviative, alleviatory, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative |
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| lenten | (adjective) of or relating to or suitable for Lent | - |
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| lentic | (adjective) of or relating to or living in still waters (as lakes or ponds) | - |
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| lenticular | (adjective) convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil | Synonyms: biconvex, convexo-convex, lentiform |
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| lentiform | (adjective) convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil | Synonyms: biconvex, convexo-convex, lenticular |
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| lentiginose | (adjective) relating to or covered with or resembling freckles | Synonyms: freckled, lentiginous |
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| lentiginous | (adjective) relating to or covered with or resembling freckles | Synonyms: freckled, lentiginose |
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| lentissimo | (adjective) (of tempo) very slow | - |
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| lento | (adjective) (of tempo) slow | - |
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| leonine | (adjective) of or characteristic of or resembling a lion | - |
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| lepidote | (adjective) rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf | Synonyms: leprose, scabrous, scaly, scurfy |
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| leprose | (adjective) rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf | Synonyms: lepidote, scabrous, scaly, scurfy |
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| leprous | (adjective) relating to or resembling or having leprosy | - |
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| leptorhine | (adjective) having a long narrow nose | Synonyms: leptorrhine, leptorrhinian, leptorrhinic |
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| leptorrhine | (adjective) having a long narrow nose | Synonyms: leptorhine, leptorrhinian, leptorrhinic |
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| leptorrhinian | (adjective) having a long narrow nose | Synonyms: leptorhine, leptorrhine, leptorrhinic |
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| leptorrhinic | (adjective) having a long narrow nose | Synonyms: leptorhine, leptorrhine, leptorrhinian |
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| leptosporangiate | (adjective) (of ferns) having each sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell | - |
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| lesbian | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman | Synonyms: sapphic |
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| less | (adjective) (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree | - |
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| (adjective) (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer | - |
| (adjective) (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality | - |
| lessened | (adjective) impaired by diminution | Synonyms: diminished, vitiated, weakened |
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| (adjective) decreased in severity; made less harsh | - |
| lesser | (adjective) of less size or importance | - |
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| (adjective) smaller in size or amount or value | - |
| lethal | (adjective) of an instrument of certain death | Synonyms: deadly |
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| lethargic | (adjective) deficient in alertness or activity | Synonyms: unenergetic |
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| lettered | (adjective) highly educated; having extensive information or understanding | Synonyms: knowing, knowledgeable, learned, well-educated, well-read |
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| level | (adjective) of the score in a contest | Synonyms: even, tied |
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| (adjective) being on a precise horizontal plane | - |
| (adjective) not showing abrupt variations | Synonyms: unwavering |
| (adjective) having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another | Synonyms: flat, plane |
| (adjective) oriented at right angles to the plumb | - |
| levelheaded | (adjective) exercising or showing good judgment | Synonyms: healthy, intelligent, level-headed, sound |
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| levorotary | (adjective) rotating to the left | Synonyms: left-handed, levorotatory |
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| levorotatory | (adjective) rotating to the left | Synonyms: left-handed, levorotary |
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| lewd | (adjective) suggestive of or tending to moral looseness | Synonyms: obscene, raunchy, salacious |
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| (adjective) driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires | Synonyms: lascivious, libidinous, lustful |
| lexical | (adjective) of or relating to words | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to dictionaries | - |
| lexicalised | (adjective) expressed by a word | Synonyms: lexicalized |
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| lexicalized | (adjective) expressed by a word | Synonyms: lexicalised |
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| lexicographic | (adjective) of or relating to lexicography | Synonyms: lexicographical |
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| lexicographical | (adjective) of or relating to lexicography | Synonyms: lexicographic |
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| lexicostatistic | (adjective) pertaining to statistical methods used in studying the relations between languages | - |
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