legislation: leg-if-ado, (result) -if-uro.
legislative: (relative to legislators) leg-if-anta; (relative to legislation) leg-if-ala.
legislator: leg-if-anto, -ero, -isto.
legislature: leg-if-ant-aro; (cf. parlamento).
legitimacy: legitim-eso, legitima yuro.
legitimate: legitima; (founded in law) yur-iz-ita.
legitimist: legitim-ista, -isto.
legitimise: legitim-igar, -eskar.
legume: (vegetable) legumo.
legumin: (chem.) legumino.
leguminous: legumin-oza; l. plant: leguminoso.
leisure: liber-tempo; to have l.: havar liber-tempo (fig. libereso; cf. ociar); at l.: sen-haste, libere, mature; man of l.: hom-ulo kun multa liber-tempo; at ones l.: segun (sua) konveno o arbitrio.
leisurely: sen-haste.
lemma: lemo.
lem(m)ing: lemingo.
lemniscate: (geom.) lemniskato.
lemon: (fruit) limon-o; (cf. citrono, cedrato); -peeclass="underline" -shelo.
lemonade: limonado.
lemur: lemuriano; ring-tailed l.: makio.
lend: prestar; l. a hand: helpar; l. itself to: (facilitate) facil-igar.
length: long-eso; ten metres (meters) in l.: dek metri di long-eso, esar longa de dek metri; full l. portrait: integra o stac-ala portreto; lie at full l.: sternar (su tote); at l.: (finally) fine, konkluze, laste.
lengthen: (in time, duration) plu-long-igar, -eskar; (in space; by addition) prolongar; (cf. durar).
lengthwise: long-e, segun-longe; long-es-ale.
lengthy: long-ega, (cf. prolixa).
leniency: indulgem-eso.
lenient: indulgema, ne-severa.
lens: lenso.
Lent: karesmo; to keep L.: praktikar la karesmo; mid-L.: karesmo-mezo.
lenticular: lens-atra, -forma.
lentiginous: lentigin-oza.
lentil: lenso.
lentiscus: lentisko.
Leo: (astr.) leono.
leonine: leon-ala, -atra.
leopard: leopardo.
leper: lepr-iko.
lepidodendron: lepidodendro.
lepidopter(a): lepidoptero.
leprosy: lepro.
leprous: (thing, place) lepr-oza; (person) -ika.
lèse-majesté: (atento, insulto) kontre la majesto.
lesion: (act) lez-o, (result) -uro.
less: min (multa, bela, e.c.); (n.) min-multo; (without modifying word, as at end of sentence) mine; (minus) minus; (= less) sen-; l. and l.: sempre min; one man l.: un homo mine; so much the l.: tante min, tante min quante min; (cf. inferiora, minim); one glass l.: un glaso minuse; -er: min-multo, -grando; (adj.) plu-mikra, min-multa, min-granda, plu-kurta.
lessee: lokac-anto, -ero; (of land) farm-lokac-anto, -ero.
lessen: mikr-igar, -eskar; diminutar.
lesson: leciono; take a l.: recevar leciono; (correction) puniso; reprimando; averto.
lessor: lug-anto, -ero; (of land) farm-lug-anto, -ero.
lest: (for fear that) timante ke; (that
not) por ne, por ke
ne.
let: (leave, permit) lasar (cf. permisar); (to rent by owner) lugar; (to rent from the owner) lokacar; house to l.: domo lokac-ebla; l. me alone: lasez me tranquila; ne tormentez me; let it alone: lasez to; let blood: sang-if-igar; (ulu), vein-sekar (ulu); let falclass="underline" lasar falar (sur); let down: abasar; igar decensar; (make less in height) basigar; let know: informar ulu pri ulo; let go: (set free) liber-igar; lasar irar (od, fugar); lasar ulu for-irar libera; abandonar su (inerte); let in: lasar en-irar; en-ir-igar (ulu, en); apertar pordo; let loose: liber-igar; let pass: lasar, permisar preter-irar; let in water: likar; let in: (insert) insertar; let off: (of firearms) pafar; (mines, etc.) exploz-igar; (from punishment) indulgar, pardonar; liber-igar; let out: lasar ek-irar; lasar eskapar (for-flugar e.c.); (clothing) plu-long-igar, plu-larj-igar, ampl-igar; (of secrets) divulgar, difuzar; let go a dart: lansar dardo; let go: (slacken, relax) des-tensar.
lethal: mort-ig-anta, -iva; fat-ala.
lethargic: letargi-ala; (person) -ika, -iko.
lethargy: letargio; (fig.) torporo.
letter: (epistle) letro; (of the alphabet) litero (cf. tipo); capital l.: mayuskulo; small l.: minuskulo; l. of credit: kredito-letro; l. of credence: (credential) akredit-letro; l. carrier: letro-port-isto.
lettuce: latugo.
leucine: leucino.
leucite: leucito.
leucocyte: leukocito.
leucocytosis: leukocitoso.
leucoma: leukomo.
leucoplast: leukoplasto.
levee: (reception) acepto(-dio).
level: horizontala, (line) -alo; (horizontal surface) nivelo; (without elevations or depressions) plana; (having an even surface) plata; (flush; close to the surface) reza; (instr.) nivel-iz-ilo; on a l. with: kun la sama nivelo, di egala altitudo; reze di; l. place or thing: plan-ajo, plat-ajo; do ones l. best: facar omno posibla.
level: (to make l.; smooth) plan-igar; to measure the l. of: (to find the height of); nivel-izar; (to point a firearm, etc.) apuntar; (aim at) vizar; (to raze, level to the ground) rez-igar; l. up: plu-alt-igar (ulo) a al nivelo di.
lever: (mechan.) levero, lev-ilo; -age: lev-povo.
leveret: lepor-yuno.
leviathan: (also fig.) leviatano.
levitation: (spirit-ista) korpo-levo.
Levite: levito.
levity: frivol-eso.
levy: (troops, etc.) kolektar, rekrutar; (a fine) impozar.
lewd: laciva, ne-chasta; deboch-anta, -ema.
lexicographer: lexikografo.
lexicography: lexikografio.
lexicology: lexikologi-o, -gist: -isto.
lexicon: (esp. Greek, Latin, etc.) lexiko; (ordinary dictionary) vorto-libro; (collect. of words of an author, etc.) vort-aro (cf. glosario.
liabilities: (com.) deb-aji, pasiv-o, -i; (debentures) obligacioni; (cf. komandit-eso).
liability: (responsibility) responsiv-eso, oblig-o, -eso; (danger) danjero, risko; (inclination) inklino, tendenco, (cf. suffix -em-).
liable: (for debts) respons-anta, -iva; (exposed to) expozita ad; (having tendency) tendenc-ema, -anta, -oza; inklin-anta, -ema.
liason: (love intrigue) amor-ala relato, amor-intrigo.
liana: liano.
liar: menti-anto, -ero, -emo.
lias: liaso.
libation: libacion-o; to offer l.: (intr.) -ar.
libel: skrib-ajo difam-anta, -ema, -iva; difam-(ad)o; to l.: difamar (ulu, per skrib-ado, -uro); (spoken) kalumniar.
libella: libelo.
libellulid: libelulo.
liberal: (arts, education, principles) liber-ala; (generous) jeneroza; -ist, l. person: liber-alo; -ism: (in thought) liberal-eso, -ismo; -ity: (generosity; quality) jeneroz-eso, (gift) -ajo; -ize: liberaligar, -eskar.
liberate: liber-igar, -eskar.
liberator: liber-ig-anto, -ero.
libertarian: liberes-ana, -ano; libertin-(ul)o.
libertine: deboch-ema, -emo, -ero; (cf. libertina).