5 Letter Words That Start With LE

leery

Adjective : Cautious, suspicious, wary, hesitant, or nervous about something; having reservations or concerns.

Adjective : (of a look or smile) Lecherous.

Adjective : (UK, obsolete, slang) Sly; artful; knowing.

level

Adjective : The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.

Adjective : At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.

Adjective : Unvaried in frequency.

lethe

Noun : (Greek mythology) The river which flows through Hades from which the souls of the dead drank so that they would forget their time on Earth.

Noun : (Greek mythology) The personification of oblivion, daughter of Eris.

Noun : Forgetfulness of the past; oblivion.

levin

Noun : (archaic, poetic) Lightning; a bolt of lightning; also, a bright flame or light.

Verb : (intransitive, archaic, poetic) To strike, as lightning.

Noun : A town in Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand. Named after William Levin.

learn

Verb : To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.

Verb : To attend a course or other educational activity.

Verb : To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.

lento

Noun : (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played very slowly.

Adjective : (music) Slow (45–60 bpm).

Noun : A surname from Italian.

levee

Noun : An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.

Noun : An elevated ridge of deposited sediment on the banks of a river, formed by the river's overflow at times of high discharge.

Noun : (US) The steep bank of a river.

ledge

Noun : A narrow surface projecting horizontally from a wall, cliff, or other surface.

Noun : A shelf on which articles may be laid.

Noun : (geology) A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.

lepid

Adjective : (obsolete) pleasant; amusing

leger

Adjective : Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident.

Noun : An ambassador or minister resident at a court or seat of government; a leiger or lieger.

Noun : (obsolete) Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.

letch

Noun : (informal) A lecher.

Noun : A stream or pool in boggy land.

Noun : (archaic) Strong desire; passion.

leech

Noun : An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.

Noun : (figuratively) A person who derives advantage from others in a parasitic fashion.

Verb : (transitive, figuratively) To drain (resources) without giving back.

lever

Noun : (mechanics) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.

Noun : Specifically, a bar of metal, wood or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.

Noun : A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a switch or a button).

leach

Verb : (transitive) To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.

Verb : (intransitive) To part with soluble constituents by percolation.

Verb : (figurative, intransitive) To bleed; to seep.

lemon

Noun : A yellowish citrus fruit.

Noun : A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.

Noun : A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.

leash

Noun : A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.

Verb : (figuratively) to curb, restrain

Verb : To fasten or secure with a leash.

leman

Noun : (often pejorative) A paramour.

Noun : (archaic) One beloved; a lover, a sweetheart of either sex (especially a secret lover; a gallant or mistress).

Noun : A surname.

leary

Noun : A male or female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.

Noun : A surname from Irish, an alternate anglicization of Ó Laoghaire (literally “descendant of Leary”) (O'Leary).

Noun : A male given name from Irish Laoghaire, from Old Irish Lóegaire (literally “calf-herder”).

lease

Noun : (formal, law) An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.

Noun : The contract or deed under which such an interest is granted.

Noun : An interest granting exclusive use of any thing, such as a car or boat.

leave

Verb : (transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.

Verb : To depart; to separate from.

Verb : (intransitive) To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.

lemma

Noun : (linguistics, lexicography) The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found as the headword in a dictionary, such as the nominative singular of a noun, the bare infinitive of a verb, etc.

Noun : (mathematics) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.

Noun : (in phrases, by extension) A proposition originally used for such a purpose, but having later acquired a greater, independent, importance; a fundamental (often pithy) and widely-used result.

leper

Noun : A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.

Noun : (figurative) Synonym of outcast: A person who is shunned, a pariah.

Verb : (now rare) To afflict with leprosy.

leapt

Verb : (intransitive) To jump.

Verb : (transitive) To pass over by a leap or jump.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to leap.

legit

Adjective : (informal) Legitimate; legal; allowed by the rules; valid.

Adjective : (slang) Genuinely good and possessing all the required or expected qualities; the real deal.

Adjective : (by extension, of a thing or person) Genuine, actual, literal or honest.

leers

Verb : (intransitive) To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.

Verb : (transitive) To entice with a leer or leers.

Noun : A significant side glance; a glance expressive of some passion, as malignity, amorousness, etc.; a sly or lecherous look.

leggy

Adjective : (UK, US, chiefly of a woman) Having long, attractive legs; long-legged.

Adjective : (slang, chiefly of a woman) Exposing the bare or pantyhose-clad legs, especially the thighs.

Adjective : Taller or longer than usual.

let up

Verb : (intransitive) To cease or stop.

lewis

Noun : A male given name from Frankish.

Noun : An English surname originating as a patronymic.

Noun : The title given to a partially apprenticed Freemason who is normally the Master or Son of a practicing Freemason; one practising or learning the degrees of Freemasonry after introduction to the degrees and before full induction or before becoming a Worshipful Brother.

leigh

Noun : (archaic) A meadow.

Noun : A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

Noun : (UK) A female given name, Female equivalent of Lee.

leans

Noun : (aviation, with the) A dangerous sensory illusion where the pilot of an aircraft believes themselves to be in a bank when they are actually wings-level, or vice-versa, often resulting in spatial disorientation and loss of control of the aircraft.

lexon

Noun : (linguistics) A unit of lexis.

lenga

Noun : A deciduous tree native to the southern Andes, taxonomic name Nothofagus pumilio.

Noun : A barangay of Tadian, Mountain Province, Philippines.

legal

Adjective : Relating to the law or to lawyers.

Adjective : Having its basis in the law.

Adjective : Being established, permitted, required or prescribed by law.

leafy

Adjective : Containing much foliage.

Adjective : Covered with leaves.

Adjective : (of a place) Wealthy, middle- or upper-class.

leg it

Verb : (intransitive, British, slang) To run away, to flee.

Verb : (intransitive, British, slang) To hurry.

leven

Noun : eleven

Noun : A coastal town in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3800).

Noun : A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1045).

lense

Noun : Misspelling of lens. [(optics) An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.]

Noun : (proscribed) Alternative spelling of lens. [(optics) An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.]

Verb : Misspelling of lens. [(transitive, cinematography) To film, shoot.]

lenos

Noun : (historical) A trough used in ancient winemaking.

lenes

Noun : (phonetics) A voiceless, or unaspirated, stopped consonant, such as Greek pi, kappa, or tau.

Noun : (phonetics) The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).

lemur

Noun : Any strepsirrhine primate of the superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.

Noun : Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).

Noun : (obsolete) A loris (Lemur tardigradus, now Loris tardigradus), predating the 10th edition of Systema Naturæ.

leaky

Adjective : Having leaks; not fully sealed.

lexis

Noun : (linguistics) The set of all words and phrases in a language; any unified subset of words from a particular language.

Noun : (pedagogy, TEFL) Words, collocations, and common phrases in a language; vocabulary and word combinations.

Noun : The vocabulary used by a writer.

lefty

Noun : (Canada, US, informal) One who is left-handed.

Noun : (chiefly UK, informal, politics) One who has left-wing political views.

Adjective : (Canada, US, not comparable) Left-handed.

leaps

Verb : (intransitive) To jump.

Verb : (transitive) To pass over by a leap or jump.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to leap.

leone

Noun : A unit of currency of Sierra Leone, divided into 100 cents.

letup

Noun : A pause or period of slackening.

let in

Verb : (transitive) To let someone or something come in; to admit someone or something in.

Verb : To divulge one's inner thoughts to (someone), making oneself emotionally vulnerable to them; to open up to (someone).

Verb : (transitive, Oxford University slang) To associate with.

leese

Verb : (obsolete) To lose.

Verb : (obsolete) To release, set free.

Verb : (obsolete) To loosen, unfasten.

let be

Verb : (transitive) To not disturb or meddle with; to leave (someone or something) alone (see let it be).

Verb : (mathematics) Used to assign a value to a symbol.

Verb : (intransitive, archaic) To stop, to stop doing something; to leave off (now used alone, formerly also + infinitive).

legat

Noun : A legal attaché.

lebes

Noun : (historical) An Ancient Greek cauldron, normally of bronze, and often supported by a tripod.

legis

leddy

Noun : A surname from Irish.

Noun : Pronunciation spelling of lady. [(historical) The mistress of a household.]

lezza

Noun : Alternative form of lezzer. [(slang, derogatory) lesbian]

leaue

Verb : Obsolete typography of leave. [To have a consequence or remnant.]

let go

Verb : (intransitive, with of and transitive, with object before go) To release from one's grasp; to go from a state of holding on to a state of no longer holding on.

Verb : To emotionally disengage or distract oneself from a situation.

Verb : (euphemistic) To dismiss from employment.

leeds

Noun : A large city and metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England.

Noun : A village and civil parish of Maidstone borough, Kent, England, the site of Leeds Castle.

Noun : A number of places in the United States:

leant

lenin

Noun : Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, a Russian revolutionary and politician.

leyte

Noun : A province of Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Tacloban

Noun : An island of Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Philippines

Noun : A municipality of the province of Leyte, Philippines.

leg up

Noun : (figuratively) A boost, a sudden improvement; an advantage, an edge.

Noun : (figuratively) Assistance, help given to get started or overcome a problem or obstacle.

Noun : The act of assisting another's progress over a wall or other obstacle by forming a step for one of their feet with one's hands.

leady

Adjective : Resembling lead (the metal); leaden.

lecky

Noun : (British, slang) Electricity.

Noun : (Australia, slang) Electrician.

Noun : A surname.

legge

Noun : A surname.

Noun : Obsolete spelling of leg. [A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion on land.]

leche

Noun : Archaic form of lechwe. [Kobus leche, an African antelope that inhabits marshy regions.]

lewes

Noun : A town and civil parish with a town council in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ4110).

Noun : A local government district in East Sussex, England. Seat: Lewes, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the town.

Noun : A city in Sussex County, Delaware, United States.

leppy

Noun : (slang, US) A young animal, particularly a cow calf or bull calf, a lamb, or a colt, which has been abandoned or orphaned.

lefts

Adjective : Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←

Verb : On the left side.

Verb : Towards the left side.

let's

Verb : Used to form the cohortative of verbs, equivalent of the first-person plural imperative in some other languages.

Verb : Used to form the hortative of verbs, equivalent of the second-person plural imperative in some other languages, chiefly instructional

lente

Noun : An intermediate-acting form of insulin, between isophane and ultralente.

leden

Noun : (obsolete) Language; speech.

leful

Adjective : (obsolete) Alternative spelling of leveful. [(obsolete) Allowable; permissible; lawful.]

lethy

Adjective : (obsolete, rare) Lethean.

leere

Noun : (obsolete) A joke or jest; a bit of comedy.

Noun : (obsolete) A look or glance.

Noun : (obsolete) A tape or braid; an ornament.

levir

Noun : A husband's brother.

leana

Noun : A female given name.

lelia

Noun : A female given name.

lepak

Verb : (intransitive, Malaysia, Singapore) To loiter about casually or idly, to hang around unproductively, to laze around or relax.

Noun : A surname.

lexia

Noun : Alternative form of lexie (unit of reading) [(literary theory) A minimal unit of reading, such as a sentence or sentence fragment]

leite

Noun : A surname.

lenca

Noun : A Mesoamerican indigenous people of southwestern Honduras and eastern El Salvador in Central America.

Noun : A nearly extinct language once spoken by these people.

lerdo

Noun : A city and municipality in Durango, Mexico.

Noun : An unincorporated community in Kern County, California, United States.

le roi

Noun : A surname from French.

Noun : A male given name transferred from the surname.

leung

Noun : A surname from Cantonese.

leane

Adjective : Obsolete form of lean. [(of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.]

leota

lella

Noun : A female given name.

let us

Verb : Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, us.

lewth

Noun : (now rare, dialectal) Shelter.

lexic

Adjective : Synonym of lexical.

le roy

Noun : A surname from French.

Noun : A male given name transferred from the surname.

le cid

Noun : a five-act French tragicomedy written by Pierre Corneille, first performed in December 1636 at the Théâtre du Marais in Paris and published the same year.

Noun : an opera in four acts and ten tableaux by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Adolphe d'Ennery, Louis Gallet and Édouard Blau.

leand

leaze

Verb : Alternative form of lease (to glean, or pick up grain) [(transitive, formal, law) To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.]

lechi

Noun : (Judaism) A pole used in demarcating an eruv.

leeky

Adjective : Like or resembling a leek or leeks; leekish.

leged

Adjective : Alternative form of legged. [Having legs of a certain specified type or number.]

least

Verb : In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others.

Verb : Used for forming superlatives of adjectives, especially those that do not form the superlative by adding -est.

Noun : (philosophy) Something of the smallest possible extent; an indivisible unit.

levis

Noun : descendants of the Israelite tribe of Levi; Levites

Noun : Alternative spelling of Levi's. [Blue jeans.]

leads

Noun : (uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).

Noun : (countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.

Noun : A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.

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