| leavened | (adjective) made light by aerating, as with yeast or baking powder; often used as a combining form | - |
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| leavening | (noun) an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something | Synonyms: leaven |
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| (noun) a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid | Synonyms: leaven |
| leaver | (noun) someone who leaves | Synonyms: departer, goer |
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| leftover | (adjective) not used up | Synonyms: left, left over, odd, remaining, unexpended |
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| (noun) a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists | Synonyms: remnant |
| leftovers | (noun) food remaining from a previous meal | - |
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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 | - |
| legislatively | (adverb) by legislation | - |
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| lenitive | (adjective) moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear | Synonyms: alleviative, alleviatory, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative |
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| (noun) remedy that eases pain and discomfort | - |
| levee | (noun) an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing | - |
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| (noun) a pier that provides a landing place on a river | - |
| (noun) a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court) | - |
| 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 | - |
| (noun) indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid | Synonyms: spirit level |
| (noun) a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale | Synonyms: floor, storey, story |
| (noun) a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line | Synonyms: horizontal surface |
| (noun) a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality | Synonyms: degree, grade |
| (noun) height above ground | - |
| (noun) an abstract place usually conceived as having depth | Synonyms: layer, stratum |
| (noun) a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process | Synonyms: degree, point, stage |
| (noun) a relative position or degree of value in a graded group | Synonyms: grade, tier |
| (verb) become level or even | Synonyms: level off |
| (verb) talk frankly with; lay it on the line | - |
| (verb) direct into a position for use | Synonyms: charge, point |
| (verb) aim at | - |
| (verb) make level or straight | Synonyms: even, even out, flush |
| (verb) tear down so as to make flat with the ground | Synonyms: dismantle, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down |
| leveler | (noun) a radical who advocates the abolition of social distinctions | Synonyms: leveller |
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| levelheaded | (adjective) exercising or showing good judgment | Synonyms: healthy, intelligent, level-headed, sound |
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| levelheadedness | (noun) the property of having or showing sound judgment. | - |
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| leveling | (noun) the act of making equal or uniform | Synonyms: equalisation, equalization |
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| (noun) complete destruction of a building | Synonyms: demolishing, razing, tearing down |
| (noun) changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface | Synonyms: grading |
| leveller | (noun) a radical who advocates the abolition of social distinctions | Synonyms: leveler |
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| levelness | (noun) The property of being the same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground. | - |
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| lever | (noun) a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum | - |
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| (noun) a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock | Synonyms: lever tumbler |
| (noun) a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum | - |
| (verb) to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open | Synonyms: jimmy, prise, prize, pry |
| leverage | (noun) investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses) | Synonyms: leveraging |
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| (noun) strategic advantage; power to act effectively | - |
| (noun) the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever | Synonyms: purchase |
| (verb) provide with leverage | - |
| (verb) supplement with leverage | - |
| leveraging | (noun) investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses) | Synonyms: leverage |
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| leveret | (noun) a young hare especially one in its first year | - |
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| lifesaver | (noun) a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material | Synonyms: life belt, life buoy, life ring |
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| (noun) an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents | Synonyms: lifeguard |
| live | (adjective) possessing life | Synonyms: alive |
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| (adjective) exerting force or containing energy | - |
| (adjective) actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing | Synonyms: unrecorded |
| (adjective) charged or energized with electricity | Synonyms: hot |
| (adjective) of current relevance | - |
| (adjective) elastic; rebounds readily | Synonyms: bouncy, lively, resilient, springy |
| (adjective) abounding with life and energy | - |
| (adjective) charged with an explosive | - |
| (adjective) highly reverberant | - |
| (adjective) in current use or ready for use | - |
| (adjective) capable of erupting | Synonyms: alive |
| (adverb) not recorded | - |
| (verb) have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations | Synonyms: experience, know |
| (verb) have life, be alive | Synonyms: be |
| (verb) support oneself | Synonyms: exist, subsist, survive |
| (verb) continue to live and avoid dying | Synonyms: endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live on, survive |
| (verb) lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style | - |
| (verb) pursue a positive and satisfying existence | - |
| (verb) be an inhabitant of or reside in | Synonyms: dwell, inhabit, populate |
| liveable | (adjective) fit or suitable to live in or with | Synonyms: livable |
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| liveborn | (adjective) (of newborn infant) showing signs of life after birth; not stillborn | - |
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| livedo | (noun) skin disorder characterized by patchy bluish discolorations on the skin | - |
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| livelihood | (noun) the financial means whereby one lives | Synonyms: bread and butter, keep, living, support, sustenance |
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| liveliness | (noun) general activity and motion | Synonyms: animation |
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| (noun) animation and energy in action or expression | Synonyms: life, spirit, sprightliness |
| livelong | (adjective) (of time) constituting the full extent or duration | - |
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| (noun) perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers | Synonyms: live-forever, orpin, orpine, Sedum telephium |
| lively | (adjective) full of life and energy | - |
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| (adjective) full of spirit; full of life | Synonyms: vital |
| (adjective) elastic; rebounds readily | Synonyms: bouncy, live, resilient, springy |
| (adjective) quick and energetic | Synonyms: alert, brisk, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy |
| (adjective) filled with events or activity | - |
| (adjective) full of zest or vigor | Synonyms: racy |
| liven | (verb) make lively | Synonyms: animate, enliven, invigorate, liven up |
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| liveness | (noun) the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life | Synonyms: aliveness, animateness |
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| liver | (adjective) having a reddish-brown color | Synonyms: liver-colored |
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| (noun) large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes | - |
| (noun) liver of an animal used as meat | - |
| (noun) someone who lives in a place | - |
| (noun) a person who has a special life style | - |
| liveried | (adjective) wearing livery | - |
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| liverish | (adjective) irritable as if suffering from indigestion | Synonyms: atrabilious, bilious, dyspeptic |
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| (adjective) suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress | Synonyms: bilious, livery |
| liverleaf | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having three-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring; of moist and mossy subalpine woodland areas of north temperate regions | Synonyms: hepatica |
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| liverwort | (noun) any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses | Synonyms: hepatic |
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| liverwurst | (noun) sausage containing ground liver | Synonyms: liver pudding, liver sausage |
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| livery | (adjective) suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress | Synonyms: bilious, liverish |
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| (noun) the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another | Synonyms: delivery, legal transfer |
| (noun) the care (feeding and stabling) of horses for pay | - |
| (noun) uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs | - |
| liveryman | (noun) a worker in a livery stable | - |
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| livestock | (noun) any animals kept for use or profit | Synonyms: farm animal, stock |
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| locative | (noun) the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb | Synonyms: locative role |
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| (noun) A case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein. | Synonyms: locative case |
| locomotive | (adjective) of or relating to locomotion | Synonyms: locomotor |
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| (noun) a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks | Synonyms: engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotive |
| louver | (noun) one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain | Synonyms: fin, louvre |
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| louvered | (adjective) supplied with louvers for ventilation | - |
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| love | (noun) sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people | Synonyms: love life, lovemaking, making love, sexual love |
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| (noun) any object of warm affection or devotion | Synonyms: passion |
| (noun) a strong positive emotion of regard and affection | - |
| (noun) a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction | Synonyms: erotic love, sexual love |
| (noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, beloved, darling, dear, dearest, dearie, deary, honey, sweetheart, sweetie |
| (noun) a score of zero in tennis or squash | - |
| (verb) have sexual intercourse with | Synonyms: bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with |
| (verb) have a great affection or liking for | - |
| (verb) be enamored or in love with | - |
| (verb) get pleasure from | Synonyms: enjoy |
| loveable | (adjective) having characteristics that attract love or affection | Synonyms: lovable |
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| lovebird | (noun) small African parrot noted for showing affection for their mates | - |
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| (noun) small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors | Synonyms: budgereegah, budgerigar, budgerygah, budgie, grass parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus, shell parakeet |
| loved | (adjective) held dear | - |
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| loveless | (adjective) receiving no love | - |
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| (adjective) without love | - |
| loveliness | (noun) the quality of being good looking and attractive | Synonyms: beauteousness, comeliness, fairness |
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| lovelorn | (adjective) unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love | Synonyms: bereft, unbeloved |
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| lovely | (adjective) appealing to the emotions as well as the eye | - |
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| (adjective) lovable especially in a childlike or naive way | Synonyms: adorable, endearing |
| (noun) a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model | Synonyms: cover girl, pin-up |
| lovemaking | (noun) sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people | Synonyms: love, love life, making love, sexual love |
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| lover | (noun) a person who loves someone or is loved by someone | - |
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| (noun) an ardent follower and admirer | Synonyms: buff, devotee, fan |
| (noun) a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage | - |
| loverlike | (adjective) like or in the manner of a lover | Synonyms: loverly |
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| loverly | (adjective) like or in the manner of a lover | Synonyms: loverlike |
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| loveseat | (noun) small sofa that seats two people | Synonyms: love seat, tete-a-tete, vis-a-vis |
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| lovesick | (adjective) languishing because of love | - |
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| lovesickness | (noun) a pining for a loved one | - |
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| lovesome | (adjective) having or displaying warmth or affection | Synonyms: affectionate, fond, tender |
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| lucrative | (adjective) producing a sizeable profit | Synonyms: moneymaking, remunerative |
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| lucrativeness | (noun) the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit | Synonyms: gainfulness, profitability, profitableness |
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| macerative | (adjective) accompanied by or characterized by maceration | - |
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| makeover | (noun) an overall beauty treatment (involving a person's hair style and cosmetics and clothing) intended to change or improve a person's appearance | - |
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| (noun) a complete reconstruction and renovation of something | - |
| maladaptive | (adjective) showing faulty adaptation | - |
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| maladjustive | (adjective) poorly adjusted | - |
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| malversate | (verb) appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use | Synonyms: defalcate, embezzle, misappropriate, peculate |
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| malversation | (noun) misconduct in public office | - |
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| maneuver | (noun) a move made to gain a tactical end | Synonyms: manoeuvre, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre |
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| (noun) an action aimed at evading an opponent | Synonyms: evasive action, manoeuvre |
| (noun) a military training exercise | Synonyms: manoeuvre, simulated military operation |
| (noun) a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill | Synonyms: manoeuvre, play |
| (noun) a plan for attaining a particular goal | Synonyms: manoeuvre, tactic, tactics |
| (verb) perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense | Synonyms: manoeuver, manoeuvre, operate |
| (verb) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | Synonyms: channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer |
| (verb) act in order to achieve a certain goal | Synonyms: manoeuver, manoeuvre |
| maneuverability | (noun) the quality of being maneuverable | Synonyms: manoeuvrability |
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| maneuverable | (adjective) capable of maneuvering or changing position | Synonyms: manoeuvrable |
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| maneuverer | (noun) a person skilled in maneuvering | Synonyms: manoeuvrer |
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| mangrove | (noun) a tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that eventually form an impenetrable mass and are important in land building | Synonyms: Rhizophora mangle |
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| manipulative | (adjective) skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage | - |
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| manipulatively | (adverb) in an artfully manipulative manner | - |
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| manipulativeness | (noun) The quality of using manipulation purposefully, of tending to manipulate others. | - |
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| manoeuver | (verb) perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense | Synonyms: maneuver, manoeuvre, operate |
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| (verb) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | Synonyms: channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuvre, point, steer |
| (verb) act in order to achieve a certain goal | Synonyms: maneuver, manoeuvre |
| margrave | (noun) a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess) | - |
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| (noun) the military governor of a frontier province in medieval Germany | - |
| marvel | (noun) something that causes feelings of wonder | Synonyms: wonder |
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| (verb) express astonishment or surprise about something | - |
| (verb) be amazed at | Synonyms: wonder |
| marveller | (noun) someone filled with admiration and awe; someone who wonders at something | Synonyms: wonderer |
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| marvellous | (adjective) extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers | Synonyms: fantastic, grand, howling, marvelous, phenomenal, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous |
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| (adjective) too improbable to admit of belief | Synonyms: improbable, marvelous, tall |
| (adjective) being or having the character of a miracle | Synonyms: marvelous, miraculous |
| marvellously | (adverb) (used as an intensifier) excellently | Synonyms: marvelously, superbly, terrifically, toppingly, wonderfully, wondrous, wondrously |
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| marvelous | (adjective) extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers | Synonyms: fantastic, grand, howling, marvellous, phenomenal, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous |
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| (adjective) too improbable to admit of belief | Synonyms: improbable, marvellous, tall |
| (adjective) being or having the character of a miracle | Synonyms: marvellous, miraculous |
| marvelously | (adverb) (used as an intensifier) excellently | Synonyms: marvellously, superbly, terrifically, toppingly, wonderfully, wondrous, wondrously |
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| massive | (adjective) consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter | - |
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| (adjective) imposing in size or bulk or solidity | Synonyms: monolithic, monumental |
| (adjective) being the same substance throughout | - |
| (adjective) imposing in scale or scope or degree or power | - |
| massively | (adverb) to a massive degree or in a massive manner | - |
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| massiveness | (noun) an unwieldy largeness | Synonyms: bulkiness |
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| (noun) the property of being large in mass | Synonyms: heft, heftiness, ponderosity, ponderousness |
| mauve | (adjective) of a pale to moderate greyish violet color | - |
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| (noun) a moderate purple | - |
| maven | (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard |
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| maverick | (adjective) independent in behavior or thought | Synonyms: irregular, unorthodox |
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| (noun) an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it | - |
| (noun) someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action | Synonyms: rebel |
| medicative | (adjective) having the properties of medicine | Synonyms: medicinal |
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| meditative | (adjective) deeply or seriously thoughtful | Synonyms: brooding, broody, contemplative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative |
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| meditatively | (adverb) in a meditative manner | - |
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| meditativeness | (noun) deep serious thoughtfulness | Synonyms: contemplativeness, pensiveness |
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| meliorative | (adjective) tending to ameliorate | Synonyms: ameliorating, ameliorative, amelioratory |
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| microwave | (noun) kitchen appliance that cooks food by passing an electromagnetic wave through it; heat results from the absorption of energy by the water molecules in the food | Synonyms: microwave oven |
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| (noun) a short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data | - |
| (verb) cook or heat in a microwave oven | Synonyms: micro-cook, nuke, zap |
| midvein | (noun) the vein in the center of a leaf | Synonyms: midrib |
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| miniver | (noun) trimming on ceremonial robes consisting of white or light grey fur | - |
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| misadventure | (noun) an instance of misfortune | Synonyms: mischance, mishap |
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| misbehave | (verb) behave badly | Synonyms: misconduct, misdemean |
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