leniency a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
lenience a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
lenient inclined to be permissive or indulgent
Lenin Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924)
Leninism the political and economic theories of Lenin which provided the guiding doctrine of the Soviet Union; the modification of Marxism by Lenin stressed that imperialism is the highest form of capitalism (which shifts the struggle from developed to underdeveloped countries)
Lentinus a genus of fungus belonging to the family Tricholomataceae
benign kind in disposition or manner
leonine of or characteristic of or resembling a lion
leaning the act of deviating from a vertical position
lining a protective covering that protects an inside surface
lens a transparent optical device used to form images
linin an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
Lens genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils
Pennines a system of hills in Britain that extend from the Scottish border in the north to the Trent River in the south; forms the watershed for English rivers
Beninese of or relating to or characteristic of Benin or its people
loaning disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned
genius unusual mental ability
linen a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant
lignin a complex polymer
lense a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images