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3,048- Leaven
- Leavening
- Leavenous
- Leaver
- Leaves
- Leaviness
- Leavings
- Leavy
- Leban; Lebban
- Lecama
- Lecanomancy
- Lecanoric
- Lecanorin
- Lech
- Leche
- Lecher
- Lecherer
- Lecherous
- Lechery
- Lecithin
- Lectern
- Lectica
- Lection
- Lectionary
- Lector
- Lectual
- Lecture
- Lecturer
- Lectureship
- Lecturn
- Lecythis
- Led
- Leden; Ledden
- Ledge
- Ledgement
- Ledger
- Ledgment
- Ledgy
- Lee
- Leeangle; Liangle
- Leeboard
- Leech
- Leechcraft
- Leed; Leede
- Leef
- Leek
- Leeme
- Leep
- Leer
- Leere
- Leeringly
- Lees
- Leese
- Leet
- Leetman
- Leeward
- Leeway
- Left
- Left-Hand
- Left-Handed
- Left-Handedness; Left-Handiness
- Left-Off
- Leftward
- Leful
- Leg
- Leg Bridge
- Leg-Of-Mutton
- Legacy
- Legal
- Legalism
- Legalist
- Legality
- Legalization
- Legalize
- Legally
- Legantine
- Legatary
- Legate
- Legatee
- Legateship
- Legatine
- Legation
- Legato
- Legator
- Legatura
- Legature
- Lege
- Legement
- Legend
- Legendary
- Leger
- Legerdemain
- Legerdemainist
- Legerity
- Legge
- Legged
- Leggiadro; Leggiero
- Legging
- Legging; Leggin
- Leggy
- Leghorn
- Legibility
- Legible
- Legibleness
- Legibly
- Legific
- Legion
- Legionary
- Legioned
- Legionry
- Legislate
- Legislation
- Legislative
- Legislatively
- Legislator
- Legislatorial
- Legislatorship
- Legislatress; Legislatrix
- Legislature
- Legist
- Legitim
- Legitimacy
- Legitimate
- Legitimately
- Legitimateness
- Legitimation
- Legitimatist
- Legitimatize
- Legitimism
- Legitimist
- Legitimize
- Legless
- Lego-Literary
- Leguleian
- Legume
- Legumen
- Legumin
- Leguminous
- Leiger
- Leiotrichan
- Leiotrichi
- Leiotrichous
- Leipoa
- Leipothymic
- Leister; Lister
- Leisurable
- Leisurably
- Leisure
- Leisured
- Leisurely
- Leitmotif
- Leman
- Leme
- Lemma
- Lemman
- Lemming
- Lemnian
- Lemniscata; Lemniscate
- Lemniscus
- Lemon
- Lemonade
- Lemur
- Lemures
- Lemuria
- Lemurid
- Lemuridous; Lemurine
- Lemuroid
- Lemuroidea
- Lena
- Lenard Rays
- Lenard Tube
- Lend
- Lendable
- Lender
- Lendes
- Lending
- Lends
- Lene
- Lenger; Lengest
- Length
- Lengthen
- Lengthful
- Lengthily
- Lengthiness
- Lengthways; Lengthwise
- Lengthy
- Lenience; Leniency
- Lenient
- Leniently
- Lenify
- Leniment
- Lenitive
- Lenitiveness
- Lenitude
- Lenity
- Lenni-Lenape
- Leno
- Lenocinant
- Lens
- Lent
2 entries 1 source
Leaven
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. Any substance that produces, or is designed to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a portion of fermenting dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of dough, produces a general change in the mass, and renders it light; yeast; barm.
2. Anything which makes a general assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass. Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Luke xii. 1.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment. A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. 1 Cor. v. 6.
2. To imbue; to infect; to vitiate. With these and the like deceivable doctrines, he leavens also his prayer. Milton.