legation
- n the post or office of legate
- n a permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister
legend
- n a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
- n brief description accompanying an illustration
legendary creature
- n a monster that is unverifiable but popularly accepted as possibly factual
leger
- n a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
- n French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955)
leger line
- n a short line; a notation for extending the range above or below the staff
legerdemain
- n an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
legerity
- n the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble
legging
- n a garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle)
legibility
- n distinctness that makes perception easy
- n a quality of writing (print or handwriting) that can be easily read
leging
- n a garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle)
legionary
- n a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion)
legionary ant
- n tropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insects
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