lascar
A sailor from India or Southeast Asia, especially as serving on a European ship.
A tent-pitcher; also a type of artilleryman.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genera Pantoporia and Lasippa.

lascars
plural of lascar

lashkar
Alternative form of lascar.

lashkars
plural of lashkar

lashtail
Any of various agamid lizards having long, thin tails.

lashtails
plural of lashtail

lasiocampid
Any member of the Lasiocampidae.

lasiocampids
plural of lasiocampid

lasiograptid
Any graptolite of the genus Lasiograptus.

lasiurine
Any bat of the tribe Lasiurini

lasiurines
plural of lasiurine

laskar
Alternative form of lascar.

laskars
plural of laskar

laspring
A smolt, or young salmon.

lasprings
plural of laspring

latchet
A small lever action crossbow with the cocking lever built into the top of the stock and a top mounted trigger.
A thong or cord, especially one used to fasten a shoe.

latchets
plural of latchet

latericorn
One of several horny pieces on the sides of a bird's upper beak below the culminicorn.

latericorns
plural of latericorn

laternulid
Any clam in the family Laternulidae.

laternulids
plural of laternulid

laterotergite
A lateral tergite of an insect

laterotergites
plural of laterotergite

lates
Any of various large fish of genus Lates, especially the Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and the barramundi (Lates calcarifer).

latibula
plural of latibulum

latibulum
A concealed hiding place, especially of an animal; a burrow, hole, or lair.

latrodectism
A condition caused by the bite of a widow spider (genus Latrodectus)

laudatories
laudatory remarks; praise; adulation

laulau
A Hawaiian dish of pork or fish etc. wrapped in taro leaf.

launce
Obsolete form of lance.
sand eel, sand lance, fish of the family Ammodytidae

launces
plural of launce

launcet
Obsolete form of lancet.

launcets
plural of launcet

laurasiatherian
Any member of the Laurasiatheria.

laurasiatherians
plural of laurasiatherian

lauxaniid
Any member of the family Lauxaniidae of flies.

lauxaniids
plural of lauxaniid

lavaret
A European whitefish Coregonus lavaretus, found in the mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland, and in the archipelago in the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland.

lavarets
plural of lavaret

lawer
Obsolete form of lawyer.

lawers
plural of lawer

lawyer
A professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work (such as Juris Doctor)
A professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to practice law as an attorney-at-law, solicitor, advocate, barrister or equivalent, i.e. represent parties in lawsuits or trials and give legal advice.
A legal layman who argues points of law.
The burbot.
The stem of a bramble.
Any of various plants that have hooked thorns.
Any of various plants that have hooked thorns.
Any of various plants that have hooked thorns.

lawyers
plural of lawyer

laxfisher
A salmon fisher.

laxfishers
plural of laxfisher

leadman
The male leader of a group of workers, who reports to a supervisor.
One who leads a dance
A member of the set decoration department on a film set who is responsible for the props and swing gang and/or set dressers.

leadmen
plural of leadman

leaf-tailed gecko
A gecko with a tail in the shape of a leaf.
A gecko with a tail in the shape of a leaf.
A gecko with a tail in the shape of a leaf.
A gecko with a tail in the shape of a leaf.

leaffish
A small South American freshwater fish of the family Polycentridae.
An Asian leaffish, of family Nandidae
Taenianotus triacanthus (leaf scorpionfish), of the family Scorpaenidae.

leaffishes
plural of leaffish

leaffolder
Any of various moths that fold leaves as they eat them

leaffolders
plural of leaffolder

leafs
third-person singular simple present indicative of leaf

leafworm
Any caterpillar that eats the leaves of plants.

leafworms
plural of leafworm

leafy seadragon
Alternative form of leafy sea dragon.

leam
To gleam; shine; glow.

leanback
A seat back formed by a frame made of flexible twigs and covered by a hide or blanket.

leanbacks
plural of leanback

leather carp
A scaleless carp.

leatherback
Any of species Dermochelys coriacea, of large sea turtles, with leathery backs.
A lesser queenfish (Scomberoides lysan).

leatherbacks
plural of leatherback

leathercoat
Alternative form of leather-coat (“type of apple”).

leathercoats
plural of leathercoat

leatherfish
Synonym of fringed filefish.

leatherjack
leatherjacket (fish in genus Oligoplites)

leatherjacket
The larva of certain crane flies.
Any of several brightly coloured tropical fishes, of the family Balistidae, including the filefish and the triggerfish; leatherfish.
Any of several Atlantic fishes, of the genus Oligoplites, that have a leathery skin; leatherjack.
grey gum (Eucalyptus punctata).

leatherjackets
plural of leatherjacket

leatherjacks
plural of leatherjack

leatherwing
soldier beetle

leatherwings
plural of leatherwing

leathery turtle
The leatherback turtle.

lebai
A very devout person who behaves in a hypocritical manner.
A member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), esp. one who behaves in a hypocritical manner.
A supporter of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)

lebais
plural of lebai

lechon
a roasted suckling piglet; a roasted pig

lecithotroph
Any lecithotrophic organism

lecithotrophs
plural of lecithotroph

leechery
The work of a horse-leech; veterinary medicine dealing with horses.

leechline
A line attached to the leech ropes of sails, passing up through blocks on the yards, to haul the leeches by.

leechlines
plural of leechline

leem
Alternative form of leam.

leems
plural of leem

leerfish
The marine fish Lichia amia.

leerfishes
plural of leerfish

leftwaffe
Alternative letter-case form of Leftwaffe

legend
The life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend).
An unrealistic story depicting past events.
An unrealistic story depicting past events.
An unrealistic story depicting past events.
An unrealistic story depicting past events.
Such stories considered collectively; unverified traditional tales.
A person related to a legend or legends.
A person related to a legend or legends.
A person related to a legend or legends.
A key to the symbols and color codes on a map, chart, etc.
An inscription, motto, or title, especially one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon a heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration.
A musical composition set to a poetical story.
The design and specification of a vessel.

legende
Obsolete spelling of legend.

legendes
plural of legende

legends
plural of legend

leggies
plural of leggie
plural of leggy

leghold
A kind of trap that catches an animal by the leg.

legholds
plural of leghold

legless lizard
Any of the several groups of lizards of the family Pygopodidae which have lost limbs or reduced them to the point of uselessness.
Any lizard that does not have limbs.

legspan
The distance between the tips of the legs of a spider furthest from each other - generally diagonally

legspans
plural of legspan

leguaan
An iguana.
Any of the monitor lizards.

leguaans
plural of leguaan

leguan
Alternative form of leguaan.

leguans
plural of leguan

lehua
The flower or wood of a Polynesian tree (Metrosideros collina); the tree itself.

lehuas
plural of lehua

leimoniad
Alternative form of limoniad.

leimoniads
plural of leimoniad

leishmania
A parasite that causes leishmaniasis, a genus trypanosome protozoa, Leishmania.

leishmanias
plural of leishmania

leishmanin
Leishmania antigen

leme
A ray or glimmer of light; a gleam.

lemes
plural of leme

lemon sole
A European flatfish of the species Microstomus kitt (not a true sole).

lemonfish
A marine fish, the cobia.

lemonfishes
plural of lemonfish

lemur-tail seahorse
A species of seahorse, Hippocampus mohnikei

lemuriforms
plural of lemuriform

lemuroids
plural of lemuroid