| law court |
a court of law. |
| lawful |
permitted by law; legal. [3 definitions] |
| lawgiver |
one who makes or approves laws; legislator. [2 definitions] |
| lawless |
violating or not heeding the law, often habitually. [2 definitions] |
| lawmaker |
one who makes or approves laws; legislator. |
| lawman |
a male officer of the law, such as a marshal, sheriff, or constable. |
| lawn1 |
a stretch or plot of ground planted with grass or other low-growing ground covers and usu. mowed short. |
| lawn2 |
a fine, sheer, woven fabric, usu. of cotton or linen. |
| lawn bowling |
a game played on a smooth lawn, in which the players roll wooden balls as close as possible to a smaller target ball. |
| lawn mower |
a machine with a rotary blade that cuts the grass of a lawn. |
| lawn tennis |
tennis when played on a grass court. |
| lawrencium |
a synthetic radioactive chemical element that has 103 protons in each nucleus. (symbol: Lw) |
| lawsuit |
a case prosecuted in a court of law. |
| law-woman |
a female officer of the law, such as a marshal, sheriff, or constable. |
| lawyer |
one whose profession is to advise clients about legal matters and conduct lawsuits in court; attorney. |
| lawyering |
the practice of law, or the profession of being a lawyer (sometimes used disparagingly). |
| lax |
not rigorous, strict, or careful; loose; lenient. [3 definitions] |
| laxative |
a substance used medicinally to relieve constipation. [2 definitions] |
| laxity |
the state or quality of being careless or slack; looseness. |
| lay1 |
to place, put, or spread (something long or flat) over a surface. [16 definitions] |
| lay2 |
of the laity, as distinguished from the clergy. [2 definitions] |