| leper | (noun) a pariah who is avoided by others | - |
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| (noun) a person afflicted with leprosy | Synonyms: lazar |
| lepidobotrys | (noun) African tree often classified in other families; similar to the Costa Rican caracolito in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds | - |
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| lepidocrocite | (noun) a red to reddish brown mineral consisting of iron oxide hydroxide; often found in iron ores together with goethite | - |
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| lepidolite | (noun) a mineral of the mica group; an important source of lithium | - |
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| lepidomelane | (noun) a mica that is a biotite containing iron | - |
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| lepidophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of snakes | - |
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| lepidopteran | (noun) insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales | Synonyms: lepidopteron, lepidopterous insect |
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| lepidopterist | (noun) an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths | Synonyms: butterfly collector, lepidopterologist |
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| lepidopterologist | (noun) an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths | Synonyms: butterfly collector, lepidopterist |
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| lepidopterology | (noun) the branch of entomology dealing with Lepidoptera | Synonyms: lepidoptery |
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| lepidopteron | (noun) insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales | Synonyms: lepidopteran, lepidopterous insect |
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| lepidoptery | (noun) the branch of entomology dealing with Lepidoptera | Synonyms: lepidopterology |
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| lepidote | (adjective) rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf | Synonyms: leprose, scabrous, scaly, scurfy |
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| lepiota | (noun) any fungus of the genus Lepiota | - |
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| leporid | (noun) rabbits and hares | Synonyms: leporid mammal |
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| leporide | (noun) red breed of domestic rabbits; hybrid between Old World rabbit and hare | Synonyms: Belgian hare |
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| leppy | (noun) motherless calf in a range herd of cattle | Synonyms: dogie, dogy |
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| leprechaun | (noun) a mischievous elf in Irish folklore | - |
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| leprose | (adjective) rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf | Synonyms: lepidote, scabrous, scaly, scurfy |
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| leprosy | (noun) chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae | Synonyms: Hansen's disease |
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| leprous | (adjective) relating to or resembling or having leprosy | - |
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| leptocephalus | (noun) slender transparent larva of eels and certain fishes | - |
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| leptodactylid | (noun) toothed frogs: terrestrial or aquatic or arboreal | Synonyms: leptodactylid frog |
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| leptomeninges | (noun) the two innermost layers of the meninges; cerebrospinal fluid circulates between these innermost layers | - |
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| leptomeningitis | (noun) inflammation of the leptomeninges | - |
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| lepton | (noun) an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions; has a baryon number of 0 | - |
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| (noun) 100 lepta equal 1 drachma in Greece | - |
| 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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| leptospira | (noun) important pathogens causing Weil's disease or canicola fever | - |
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| leptospirosis | (noun) an infectious disease cause by leptospira and transmitted to humans from domestic animals; characterized by jaundice and fever | Synonyms: swamp fever |
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| leptosporangiate | (adjective) (of ferns) having each sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell | - |
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| leptosporangium | (noun) a sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell; characteristic of the Filicales or of almost all modern ferns | - |
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| leptotene | (noun) the first stage of the prophase of meiosis | - |
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