ledr-o: leather; -o-prepar-isto: leather-dresser, currier. — DE
leg-o: (natural, moral, social, parl., legislative) law (cf. yuro); -isto: one skilled in law; -ala, segun-lega: legal, lawful; -al-eso, lego-konform-eso: legality; -al-igar: to legalize; -ifar: to legislate; -aro: laws (collect.), legislation; -if-ala: legislative, relating to legislation; -if-anta: legislative, law-giving (body); -if-ant-aro: legislature; -if-anto, -ero, -isto: law-maker, legislator. — DEFIRS
legac-ar: (tr.) to bequeath (ulo ad ulu); -ajo: legacy, bequest; -ario: legatee. V.exp.: Legacar diferas de testamentar, per ke ol koncernas specale la kozi, havaji donata per testamento, e konseque havas sempre ta kozi kom rekta komplemento. On povas testamentar sen legacar ulo; III-160. — DeFIS
legat-o: (pope’s) legate. — DEFIRS
legend-o: legend. — DEFIRS
legion-o: legion; (fig.) a multitude; Honor-Legiono: Legion of Hono(u)r; me nom-esas -o: my name is legion (Bib.). — DEFIRS
legitim-a: legitimate; having the sanction of law, custom or logic; (of a child) born in wedlock; (of a king) hereditary; -igar: to legitimize; (cf. yur-izar: yust-igar, justifikar). Ex.: Legitima infanto, autoritato, pretendo, plendo. — DEFIRS
legum-o: vegetable. — DeFIS
legumin-o: (chem.) legumin. — DEFIS
leguminos-o: (bot.) leguminous plant. — DEFIS
lejer-o: light (in weight, force); (fig.) not burdensome or severe (of food, clothing, work, punishment, etc.); -igar: to lighten (cf. alejar). Ant.: grava, opres-anta, pez-oza, facila. — FIS
lek-ar: (tr.) to lick; (cf. lapar); -ar sua fingri: to lick one’s fingers. — DEFI
lekt-ar: (tr.) to read, peruse; -ajo: what is read; -ebla: readable: legible; -inda: readable: worth reading; ri- -ar: to read over again. — FIRS
lektor-o: (university) lecturer; (eccl.) lector. — DEFIS
lem-o: (log., math.) lemma; loam (as used for founding).
leming-o*: (zool.) lemming (genus: Lemmus). — DEFI
lemniskat-o: (geom.) lemniscate. — DEFI
lemurian-o: (zool.) lemur (sub-order: Lemuroidea). — DeFIS
leng-o: (ich.) ling. (Lo ta molva).
leni-o: (firewood) block, log; -eto: billet, block; (cf. ligno-bloko). — IS
lens-o: (opt.) lens; (bot.) lentil (Lentilla lens); -atra, -forma: lenticular.
lent-a: slow: not acting, moving promptly, sluggish, lagging; (cf. tarda); -acha: dawdling; (plu-) -igar: to cause (ulo, ulu) to slow down. Ex.: Lenta treno, mento, exekuto, veneno, morto. Ant.: rapida, ajila. — FIS
lentigin-o: freckle; -oza: lentiginous, freckly. — eFIS
lentisk-o: (bot.) lentiscus: mastic-tree (Pistacia lentiscus). — eFIS
leon-o: -ulo, -ino: lion; (astr.) Leo; (fig.) object of interest and curiosity; -yuno: young lion, lion’s cub; -ala: leonine; -ala parto: (fig.) the lion’s share; -dento: (bot.) dandelion (Leontodon taraxacum). — EFIS
leopard-o: (zool.) leopard (Felis Leopardus). — DEFIRS
lepidodendr-o*: (paleon.) lepidodendron. — DEFIRS
lepidopter-o: (ent.) lepidopter(an). — DEFIS
lepor-o: hare (genus: Lepus); -raguto: jugged hare; -labio: hare lip. — FIS
lepr-o: (med.) leprosy. — DeFIS
lern-ar: (tr.) to learn (ulo); (cf. instruktar, docar, studiar, saveskar); -o-libro: text-book, manual. V. exp.: La gepatri docas ulo a la infanto, a la puero. La infanto, la puero lernas ol.
lesiv-ar: (tr.) to wash (clothes, etc. in lye); (chem.) lixiviate; -aquo: lye-water; lixiviation; -ajo: linen or object to be washed, the laundry. — FI
letargi-o: (med.) lethargy: morbid sleepiness; (cf. torporo). — DEFIRS
letr-o: (in correspendence) letter; -o-kapo: letter-head; -ponder-ilo: letter-scale. — EFIS
leucin-o*: (physiol. chem.) leucine. — DEFIRS
leucit-o*: (min.) leucite; (bot.) leucite: leucoplast. — DEFIRS
leukocit-o*: (anat.) leucocite: white blood corpuscle. — DEFIRS
leukocitos-o*: (physiol. and med.) leukocytosis. — DEFIRS
leukom-o*: (anat.) leucoma. — DEFIRS
leukoplast-o*: (bot.) leucoplast. — DEFIRS
lev-ar: (tr.) to lift (up); to raise (from below); -ar su: to arise, get up; -ilo: lifting instrument; -o-skrubo: screw-jack; -ar la shultri: to shrug the shoulders; -ponto: lifting-bridge. Ex.: Levar la pedo, la manuo, la ankro. V.exp.: vid. elevar. — eFIS
lever-o: (mechan.) lever, handspike; fer- -o: crowbar. — EFI
leviatan-o: (pr. and fig.) leviathan. — DEFIRS
levit-o: Levite. — DEFIRS
levrier-o, -ulo, -ino: greyhound. — FIS
lexik-o: lexicon, dictionary (esp. of Greek, Latin, Hebrew); (cf. vort-aro, vorto-libro). — DEFIRS
lexikograf-o: lexicographer. — DEFIS
lexikografi-o: lexicography. — DEFIS
lexikologi-o: lexicology; -isto: lexicologist. — DEFIS
lez-ar: (tr., physiol., jur.) to injure, hurt, wrong; -o, -uro: (jur.) wrong, injury; (med.) lesion. — DeFIS
li: they (in general); (cf. il); -a, -i: (adj.) their(s). — IS