| length |
extent of linear distance. [6 definitions] |
| lengthen |
to make or become longer. |
| lengthwise |
in the direction of the longer or longest dimension. |
| lengthy |
tediously long in duration, as a speech. [2 definitions] |
| lenience |
the tendency or disposition to be lenient. |
| leniency |
the quality or state of being lenient. [2 definitions] |
| lenient |
not severe in enforcing restrictions or punishments; tolerant; indulgent. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. [2 definitions] |
| lenity |
the condition or quality of being lenient, mild, or merciful. |
| lens |
a piece of molded or ground transparent material such as glass, whose surfaces are curved so as to cause the divergence or convergence of light rays passing through it. [3 definitions] |
| lensless |
combined form of lens. |
| -lent |
full of; characterized by. |
| Lent |
the forty weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Easter, observed by Christians as a period of fasting, penitence, and other self-denial. |
| lent |
past tense and past participle of lend. |
| lentamente |
slowly (used as a musical direction). |
| Lenten |
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Lent. [2 definitions] |
| lentil |
a round, flattened seed produced by the lentil plant, used as food. [2 definitions] |
| lentissimo |
in a very slow tempo (used as a musical direction). |
| lento |
in music, slow. [2 definitions] |
| Leo |
a spring zodiacal constellation located between Cancer and Virgo and containing the bright star Regulus; Lion. [3 definitions] |
| Leonardo |
see "da Vinci." |