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
lego
- n (trademark) a child's plastic construction set for making mechanical models
lego set
- n (trademark) a child's plastic construction set for making mechanical models
legs
- n staying power
that old Broadway play really has legs - n a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
- n a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion
- n one of the supports for a piece of furniture
- n a part of a forked or branching shape
- n the limb of an animal used for food
- n a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
- n a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg
- n (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack
- n a section or portion of a journey or course
legume
- n an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
- n the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case
- n the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)