leg | (noun) a section or portion of a journey or course | Synonyms: stage |
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(noun) (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack | - |
(noun) a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg | - |
(noun) one of the supports for a piece of furniture | - |
(noun) a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg | Synonyms: peg, pegleg, wooden leg |
(noun) a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle | - |
(noun) a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion | - |
(noun) the limb of an animal used for food | - |
(noun) a part of a forked or branching shape | Synonyms: branch, ramification |
legacy | (noun) (law) a gift of personal property by will | Synonyms: bequest |
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legalese | (noun) a style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law | - |
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legalisation | (noun) the act of making lawful | Synonyms: legalization, legitimation |
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legalism | (noun) strict conformity to the letter of the law rather than its spirit | - |
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legality | (noun) lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute | - |
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legalization | (noun) the act of making lawful | Synonyms: legalisation, legitimation |
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legate | (noun) a member of a legation | Synonyms: official emissary |
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legatee | (noun) someone to whom a legacy is bequeathed | - |
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legateship | (noun) the post or office of legate | Synonyms: legation |
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legation | (noun) the post or office of legate | Synonyms: legateship |
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(noun) a permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister | Synonyms: foreign mission |
legend | (noun) brief description accompanying an illustration | Synonyms: caption |
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(noun) a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events | Synonyms: fable |
leger | (noun) a record in which commercial accounts are recorded | Synonyms: account book, book, book of account, ledger |
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legerdemain | (noun) an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | Synonyms: conjuration, conjuring trick, deception, illusion, magic, magic trick, thaumaturgy, trick |
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legerity | (noun) the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble | Synonyms: agility, lightness, lightsomeness, nimbleness |
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legging | (noun) a garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle) | Synonyms: leg covering, leging |
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leghorn | (noun) a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown | Synonyms: boater, Panama, Panama hat, sailor, skimmer, straw hat |
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legibility | (noun) a quality of writing (print or handwriting) that can be easily read | Synonyms: readability |
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(noun) distinctness that makes perception easy | Synonyms: discernability |
leging | (noun) a garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle) | Synonyms: leg covering, legging |
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legion | (noun) a vast multitude | Synonyms: horde, host |
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(noun) a large military unit | - |
(noun) association of ex-servicemen | - |
(noun) archaic terms for army | Synonyms: host |
legionary | (noun) a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion) | Synonyms: legionnaire |
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legionella | (noun) the motile aerobic rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium that thrives in central heating and air conditioning systems and can cause Legionnaires' disease | Synonyms: Legionella pneumophilia |
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legionnaire | (noun) a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion) | Synonyms: legionary |
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legislating | (noun) the act of making or enacting laws | Synonyms: lawmaking, legislation |
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legislation | (noun) the act of making or enacting laws | Synonyms: lawmaking, legislating |
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(noun) law enacted by a legislative body | Synonyms: statute law |
legislator | (noun) someone who makes or enacts laws | - |
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legislatorship | (noun) the office of legislator | - |
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legislature | (noun) persons who make or amend or repeal laws | Synonyms: general assembly, law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body |
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legitimacy | (noun) lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law | - |
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(noun) undisputed credibility | Synonyms: authenticity, genuineness |
legitimation | (noun) the act of making lawful | Synonyms: legalisation, legalization |
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(noun) the act of rendering a person legitimate | - |
legs | (noun) staying power | - |
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legume | (noun) the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils) | - |
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(noun) an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae | Synonyms: leguminous plant |
(noun) the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case | - |