Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z legislatively By legislation, by the method of enacting laws. legislator especially a member of a legislative body. legislatorial Of or pertaining to a legislator or legislature. legislatorially In a legislatorial manner. legislatorship The office or position of a legislator. legislatory Of or relating to legislation. legislatress A female legislator. legislatrix A female legislator. legislature A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws. legist Someone skilled in the law; a lawmaker, a legislator. legistical Relating to legistics. legistics The science of developing legislation. legit A legitimate; a legitimate actor. legitbait Content on the internet intended to collect interaction through legitimate means legiteral An intensifier. Used similarly to literal (sense 6). legiterally An intensifier. Used similarly to literally (sense 2). legitim Common in Continental Law jurisdictions, a portion of property fixed by law, which a testator with issue is bound to bequeath to his children. legitimacy The quality or state of being legitimate or valid; validity. legitimate In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements. legitimately In a legitimate manner, properly, fair and square. legitimateness The quality of being legitimate. legitimation The process of making or declaring a person legitimate. legitimatization The act of legitimatizing legitimatize To make legitimate. legitimator One who legitimates. legitime A portion of a person's estate of which he cannot disinherit that person's children without a legal cause. legitimism The principles or ideas of legitimists. legitimist A French royalist who believes that the King of France and Navarre must be chosen according to the simple application of the Salic law. legitimistic legitimist legitimizable Able to be legitimized. legitimization The process of legitimizing, of making legitimate and/or legal. legitimize To make legitimate. legitimizer One who, or that which, legitimizes. legitly legitimately legitness Legitimacy. Legleg A sitio in the barangay of Bun-ayan, Sabangan, Mountain Province, Philippines. Legler A surname. legless Without legs. leglessly In a legless way: without legs. leglessness The state or condition of being legless. leglet A decorative band worn on the leg. leglike Resembling or characteristic of a leg. leglock A joint lock directed at the ankle, knee, or hip joint. legman A person hired to carry out errands or (often) menial tasks, frequently requiring travel from place to place; an errand boy or errand girl, a runner. Legnica A city in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. lego Any of several small, coloured, plastic bricks, often made by the Lego Company, that can be made to join together and be taken apart, used to construct toy buildings, vehicles, etc. legoglobin leghemoglobin Legoland A place characterised by square edges and extreme regularity. Legolas An effective archer, especially a handsome male. legong A Balinese dance traditionally performed by girls before the age of puberty. Legorreta A surname. legover An act of sexual intercourse. legpiece A piece of armour that protects the leg. legplate Plate armour worn on one's legs. legpuller One who teases or tells joking untruths. Legrad A municipality of Croatia. Legrand A surname from French, equivalent to English Grand. Legrande A surname. legrandite A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, oxygen, and zinc. Legree A surname. Legrix A surname from French. legroom Space to stretch the legs while seated. Legros A surname from French. legs Eleven. Legsby A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1385). legshow An erotic entertainment focusing on the display of women's legs. legside On the leg side legsie A photo of one's suntanned legs usually taken with a smartphone and shared on social media. legspan The distance between the tips of the legs of a spider furthest from each other - generally diagonally legua Spanish league, a traditional Spanish unit of distance equivalent to about 4.2 km. leguaan An iguana. Leguizamo A surname from Basque leguleian Legal Legum A surname. legumain An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of proteins and small-molecule substrates at -Asn-Xaa- bonds. legume The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food. legumelin An albumin found in the seeds of various leguminous plants. legumey Resembling or characteristic of legumes. legumiferous Producing legumes. legumin Any of a group of globulins, resembling casein, found mostly in legumes and grains. leguminaceous Of or relating to the Leguminaceae. leguminoid Of, relating to, or resembling legumes. leguminous Of the Leguminosae family of peas, beans etc. Legundi an island in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra legwear Clothing and accessories intended to be worn on the leg, especially hosiery. legwork Work, especially research or preparation, that involves significant walking, travel, or similar effort. leh Used to convey uncertainty (in response to inconsistent information). Lehan A surname from Irish. Lehane A surname from Irish. lehavdil excuse the comparison lehendakari The president of the Basque government. Lehew A surname. Lehi A place in Biblical Judah, mentioned in Judges 15:9. Lehigh A surname from Irish. lehiite A discredited mineral, now known to be crandallite. Lehman A surname. lehmannin A flavonone found in the plant Sophora flavescens. Lehmiller A surname from German. Lehmkuhl A surname. Lehn A surname. Lehneis A surname. Lehnen A surname from German. Lehner A surname. lehnerite A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, and uranium. Lehnert A surname. lehnga A long formal or ceremonial skirt worn by Indian women, usually with a choli (short blouse). lehr A long oven or kiln, often having a moving belt, used for annealing glass. lehrbachite A selenide of lead and mercury. lehrjahre An apprenticeship Lehrke A surname from German. Lehrman A surname. Lehrte A town in Hanover district, Lower Saxony, Germany. Lehtinen A surname from Finnish. Lehto A surname from Finnish. lehua The flower or wood of a Polynesian tree (Metrosideros collina); the tree itself. lei A garland of flowers in Hawaii. Leia A female given name originating as a coinage. Leianokladi A village in Lamia municipality, Phthiotis, Greece. Leiba A surname from Spanish. Leibel A surname from Yiddish. Leibfried A surname from German. Leibniz A surname from German — famously held by Leibnizian Of or relating to the works of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Leibnizianism Leibnizian beliefs. Leibold A surname. Leibowitz A surname. Leibrick A surname. Leiby A surname. Leic University of Leicester, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate. Leica A make of camera. Leicester A sheep of an English breed, valued for its meat and fleece. Leicestershire An inland county of England bordered by Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire and Derbyshire. Leicestrian Of or relating to Leicester. Leichardt A locality in the City of Greater Bendigo and the Shire of Loddon, central Victoria, Australia Leichenhaus A heated space with an attendant, where dead bodies were kept until they showed signs of decomposition, ensuring that a live person would not be buried; a waiting mortuary. Leichhardt A surname. Leichliter A surname from German. Leicht A surname. Leichty A surname from German. Leick A surname from German. Leidel A surname. Leiden A city in South Holland, Netherlands, on the Old Rhine, seat of a famous Dutch university. Leidener A native or inhabitant of Leiden, Netherlands. Leidenite A native or inhabitant of Leiden, Netherlands. Leider A surname. Leiderdorp A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands. Leidig A surname from German. Leidy An American surname from German, variant of Swiss German Leidig. leied Given or draped in a lei (Hawaiian garland). Leier A surname from German.