| deuce | (noun) one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots | Synonyms: two |
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| (noun) a word used in exclamations of confusion | Synonyms: devil, dickens |
| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number | Synonyms: 2, II, two |
| (noun) a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game | - |
| deuced | (adjective) expletives used informally as intensifiers | Synonyms: blame, blamed, blasted, blessed, damn, damned, darned, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal |
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| deucedly | (adverb) (used as intensives) excessively | Synonyms: deadly, devilishly, insanely, madly |
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| eucalypt | (noun) a tree of the genus Eucalyptus | Synonyms: eucalyptus, eucalyptus tree |
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| eucalyptus | (noun) a tree of the genus Eucalyptus | Synonyms: eucalypt, eucalyptus tree |
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| (noun) wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber | - |
| eucaryote | (noun) an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells | Synonyms: eukaryote |
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| eucaryotic | (adjective) having cells with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei | Synonyms: eukaryotic |
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| euchre | (noun) a card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand | Synonyms: five hundred |
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| euclidean | (adjective) relating to geometry as developed by Euclid | Synonyms: euclidian |
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| euclidian | (adjective) relating to geometry as developed by Euclid | Synonyms: euclidean |
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| isoleucine | (noun) an essential amino acid found in proteins; isomeric with leucine | - |
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| leucaemia | (noun) malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer | Synonyms: cancer of the blood, leukaemia, leukemia |
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| leucine | (noun) a white crystalline amino acid occurring in proteins that is essential for nutrition; obtained by the hydrolysis of most dietary proteins | - |
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| leucocyte | (noun) blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system | Synonyms: leukocyte, WBC, white blood cell, white blood corpuscle, white cell, white corpuscle |
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| leucocytosis | (noun) an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood as a result of infection (as in leukemia) | Synonyms: leukocytosis |
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| leucocytozoan | (noun) parasitic in birds | Synonyms: leucocytozoon |
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| leucocytozoon | (noun) parasitic in birds | Synonyms: leucocytozoan |
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| leucoma | (noun) eye disease consisting of an opaque white spot on the cornea | Synonyms: leukoma |
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| leucopenia | (noun) an abnormal lowering of the white blood cell count | Synonyms: leukopenia |
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| leucorrhea | (noun) discharge of white mucous material from the vagina; often an indication of infection | Synonyms: leukorrhea |
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| leucothoe | (noun) any plant of the genus Leucothoe; grown for their beautiful white flowers; glossy foliage contains a poisonous substance similar to that found in genus Kalmia | - |
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| leucotomy | (noun) surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes | Synonyms: frontal lobotomy, leukotomy, lobotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal lobotomy |
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