| legend |
a story that cannot be verified but has importance among the people of a culture and has been handed down from earlier generations, or a collection of such stories, esp. as they relate to a specific event or persons of the past. [4 definitions] |
| legendary |
of a person or thing, extraordinary to the degree that stories of this person or thing, truthful or fictitious, come to be told and passed on through time; of, based on, or like a legend. |
| legendry |
legends collectively. |
| legerdemain |
magic tricks, or skill in the performance of magical illusions; sleight of hand. [2 definitions] |
| legged |
having legs, esp. of a designated kind or number (often used in combination). |
| legging |
(often pl.) a covering of canvas, leather, or the like for the lower leg or sometimes the whole leg. |
| leggy |
having particularly long legs. |
| leghorn |
(usu. cap.) any of a Mediterranean breed of domestic chicken raised for its ability to lay many white eggs. [3 definitions] |
| legible |
capable of being deciphered; readable. |
| legion |
an ancient Roman army unit consisting of infantrymen combined with a relatively smaller number of cavalrymen. [4 definitions] |
| legionary |
of, referring to, or constituting a legion or legions. [2 definitions] |
| legionnaire |
a member of a legion such as the American Legion or Foreign Legion. |
| legislate |
to create a law or laws. [3 definitions] |
| legislation |
a bill or proposal enacted into law by a governing body. [2 definitions] |
| legislative |
relating to a branch of government having the power to pass laws. [2 definitions] |
| legislative branch |
the division of a government that determines and produces laws. |
| legislative district |
one of the electoral areas into which a region is divided. In each legislative district, voters elect a single person to represent the district in a larger legislative body. |
| legislator |
someone who makes laws, esp. a member of a legislative body. |
| legislature |
a governmental assembly authorized to make, change, or revoke the laws of a state or nation. |
| legit |
(slang) legitimate. |
| legitimacy |
the state or fact of being legitimate. |