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Webster Dictionary :: Leviticus

LEVIT'ICUS, n. [from Levi, Levite.] A canonical book of the Old Testament, conta...

Webster Dictionary :: Levity

LEV'ITY, n. [L. levitas, from levis, light; connected perhaps with Eng. lift.] 1...

Webster Dictionary :: Levy

LEV'Y, v.t. [L. levo; Eng. to lift.] 1. To raise; to collect. To levy troops, is...

Webster Dictionary :: Lew

LEW, a. Tepid; lukewarm; pale; wan. Obs.

Webster Dictionary :: Lewd

LEWD, a. [Heb.] 1. Given to the unlawful indulgence of lust; addicted to fornica...

Webster Dictionary :: Lewdly

LEWD'LY, adv. 1. With the unlawful indulgence of lust; lustfully. 2. Wickedly; w...

Webster Dictionary :: Lewdness

LEWD'NESS, n. 1. The unlawful indulgence of lust; fornication, or adultery. 2. I...

Webster Dictionary :: Lewdster

LEWD'STER, n. One given to the criminal indulgence of lust; a lecher. [Not used.]

Webster Dictionary :: Lexicographer

LEXICOG'RAPHER, n. [See Lexicography .] The author of a lexicon or dictionary.

Webster Dictionary :: Lexicographic

LEXICOGRAPH'IC, a. Pertaining to the writing or compilation of a dictionary.

Webster Dictionary :: Lexicography

LEXICOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. a dictionary, and to write.] 1. The act of writing a lexi...

Webster Dictionary :: Lexicology

LEXICOL'OGY, n. [Gr. a dictionary, and discourse.] The science of words; that br...

Webster Dictionary :: Lexicon

LEX'ICON, n. [Gr. a dictionary, from to speak.] A dictionary; a vocabulary or bo...

Webster Dictionary :: Lexiconist

LEX'ICONIST, n. A writer of a lexicon. [Little used.]

Webster Dictionary :: Lexigraphy

LEX'IGRAPHY, n. [Gr. a word, and to write.] The art or practice of defining word...

Webster Dictionary :: Ley

LEY, n. [See Lay .] A meadow or plain. The Welsh write lle, but as this word is ...

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