legionella
- n the motile aerobic rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium that thrives in central heating and air conditioning systems and can cause Legionnaires' disease
legionella pneumophilia
- n the motile aerobic rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium that thrives in central heating and air conditioning systems and can cause Legionnaires' disease
legionnaire
- n a member of the American Legion
- n a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion)
legionnaires' disease
- n acute (sometimes fatal) lobar pneumonia caused by bacteria of a kind first recognized after an outbreak of the disease at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia in 1976; characterized by fever and muscle and chest pain and headache and chills and a dry cough
legislating
- n the act of making or enacting laws
- v make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
legislation
- n law enacted by a legislative body
- n the act of making or enacting laws
legislative branch
- n the branch of the United States government that has the power of legislating
legitimacy
- n lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law
- n undisputed credibility
legitimation
- n the act of rendering a person legitimate
he has filial rights because he obtained letters of legitimation from the king
his parents' subsequent marriage resulted in his legitimation - n the act of making lawful
legless lizard
- n degenerate wormlike burrowing lizard of California closely related to alligator lizards