English Words Starting With L

• leatherjacket

  nounLow
  /ˌleðəˈdʒækɪt/The larval stage of certain crane flies (Tipulidae), a grub-like pest that damages lawns and plant roots.
• leatherleaf

  nounLow
  /ˈlɛðəliːf/A common name for various plants, especially shrubs, with leathery, tough, evergreen leaves.
• leatherneck

  nounLow
  /ˈlɛðənɛk/A slang term for a United States Marine, originating from the leather collar once worn as part of the uniform.
• leatherwear

  nounC1
  /ˈleðəweə/Clothing articles made primarily from leather.
• leatherwood

  nounC2
  /ˈlɛðəwʊd/A type of shrub or small tree with tough, flexible bark that can be used like leather.
• leatherwork

  nounC1
  /ˈleð.ə.wɜːk/The craft or activity of making items from leather, typically by cutting, tooling, stitching, or molding.
• leave

  verbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveA1
  /liːv/To go away from a place or person.
• leave behind

  verbB1
  /ˈliːv bɪˈhaɪnd/To intentionally or unintentionally fail to bring someone or something with you when you depart from a place.
• leave of absence

  nounB2
  /ˈliːv əv ˈæbsəns/Official, temporary permission to be away from one's job, duties, or studies, often granted for a specific reason and period.
• leave off

  verbB1/B2
  /liːv ˈɒf/To stop doing something, to cease an activity or behaviour.
• leave out

  verbHigh (B1-B2)
  /ˈliːv ˈaʊt/To not include something or someone; to omit.
• leave-taking

  nounC1-C2
  /ˈliːv ˌteɪkɪŋ/The act of saying goodbye; a farewell.
• leaven

  nounverbverb-transitiveC1
  /ˈlɛv.ən/A substance (like yeast) used to make dough rise; more broadly, an influence or agent that causes a gradual change.
• leavening

  nounC2
  /ˈlevnɪŋ/A substance used in dough or batter to make it rise by producing gas.
• leavenworth

  nounLow
  /ˈlɛvənwəːθ/A proper noun, primarily referring to a place name in the United States.
• leaves

  nounA1
  /liːvz/The plural form of 'leaf', the flat, typically green, organ of a plant. Also, the third-person singular present tense of the verb 'to leave' (to go away from, to allow to remain, to bequeath).
• leaves of grass

  nounC1
  /liːvz əv ɡrɑːs/The plural form of 'leaf', referring to the flattened, typically green structures of a plant, specifically those of grass plants.
• leaving

  nounHigh
  /ˈliːvɪŋ/The action of going away from or departing a place, person, group, or situation.
• leavings

  plural-nounLow
  /ˈliːvɪŋz/The leftover parts or residue that remain after the main or useful part has been taken away.
• leavis

  nounC2
  /ˈliːvɪs/A follower or adherent of the literary critic F. R. Leavis, or his ideas and methods of criticism.

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