leave: (depart) livar, for-irar; departar; for-lasar; abandonar; (discontinue) cesar; (bequeath) legacar; (permit, let) permisar, lasar; (start) departar, ek-irar (ek, de); I l. that to you: me fidas a vua decido (od, arbitrio, od, selekto); l. him alone: lasez lu tranquila, lasez lu repozar; ne-iritar o torment(et)ar lu; to give l. (furlough) to: konjedar (cf. vakancar); l. out: omisar; to be left: restar; l. off: cesar; on l.: en konjed-eso; konjede; give l. to: (permission) permisar; (furlough) konjedar; take l. of: adiar.
leaven: hefo; (fig.) fermento; to l.: (pr. and fig.) fermentacar (intr.); (fig.) impregnar; influar; unleavened: azima (pano) (cf. oblato).
leavings: rest-ajo, -i; reziduo; refuz-ajo; for-jet-ajo; (rubbish) eskombro; (lees) lizo.
lecherous: laciva, deboch-anta, -ema.
lecithin: lecitino.
lectern: kirko-pupitro (cf. ambono).
lector: lektoro.
lecture: diskursar (pri); donar leciono; (admonish) reprimandar.
lecture: (professors) leciono; (discourse) diskurso; course of l.s: kurso, (publika) lecion-kurso; (admonition) reprimando.
lecturer: (university, professional) lektoro; (gen.) diskurs-anto, -ero, -isto.
ledger: chefa kont-libro, chef-registro.
leech: (worm) sanguisugo.
leek: porelo.
leer: ogl-achar, -ach-(ad)o.
lees: (dregs) lizo.
leeward: kun-venta.
leeway: laterala drift-ado.
left: sinistra; l.-handed (person): sinistr-uz-anta, -ema; -uz-ero, -uz-emo.
leg: gambo; (of furniture) pedo; l. of mutton: muton-kruro, -gambo; boot-l.: gamb-alo.
legacy: legac-ajo; to bequeath a l.: -ar (ulo, ad ulu).
legal: leg-ala, segun-lega; yur-iz-ita; -ality: leg-al-eso, lego-konform-eso; -ize: legal-igar, -eskar; autentik-igar, legitim-igar.
legate: legato.
legatee: legac-ario,.
legation: (place) ambasad-eyo; legat-eyo; (personnel) oficist-aro di ambasado; (function) -eso.
legend: (story) legendo; (inscription) sur-skrib-uro (see inscription); -ary: legend-ala, -atra.
legerdemain: eskamot-(ad)o (v.) -ar.
legging: getr-o, (spat) -eto.
leg-guard: gamb-armo.
legibility: lekt-ebl-eso.
legion: (also fig.) legion-o, -ary: -ano.
legislate: leg-ifar.
legislation: leg-if-ado, (result) -if-uro.
legislative: (relative to legislators) leg-if-anta; (relative to legislation) leg-if-ala.
legislator: leg-if-anto, -ero, -isto.
legislature: leg-if-ant-aro; (cf. parlamento).
legitimacy: legitim-eso, legitima yuro.
legitimate: legitima; (founded in law) yur-iz-ita.
legitimist: legitim-ista, -isto.
legitimise: legitim-igar, -eskar.
legume: (vegetable) legumo.
legumin: (chem.) legumino.
leguminous: legumin-oza; l. plant: leguminoso.
leisure: liber-tempo; to have l.: havar liber-tempo (fig. libereso; cf. ociar); at l.: sen-haste, libere, mature; man of l.: hom-ulo kun multa liber-tempo; at one’s l.: segun (sua) konveno o arbitrio.
leisurely: sen-haste.
lemma: lemo.
lem(m)ing: lemingo.
lemniscate: (geom.) lemniskato.
lemon: (fruit) limon-o; (cf. citrono, cedrato); -peel: -shelo.
lemonade: limonado.
lemur: lemuriano; ring-tailed l.: makio.
lend: prestar; l. a hand: helpar; l. itself to: (facilitate) facil-igar.
length: long-eso; ten metres (meters) in l.: dek metri di long-eso, esar longa de dek metri; full l. portrait: integra o stac-ala portreto; lie at full l.: sternar (su tote); at l.: (finally) fine, konkluze, laste.
lengthen: (in time, duration) plu-long-igar, -eskar; (in space; by addition) prolongar; (cf. durar).
lengthwise: long-e, segun-longe; long-es-ale.
lengthy: long-ega, (cf. prolixa).
leniency: indulgem-eso.
lenient: indulgema, ne-severa.
lens: lenso.
Lent: karesmo; to keep L.: praktikar la karesmo; mid-L.: karesmo-mezo.
lenticular: lens-atra, -forma.
lentiginous: lentigin-oza.
lentil: lenso.
lentiscus: lentisko.
Leo: (astr.) leono.
leonine: leon-ala, -atra.
leopard: leopardo.
leper: lepr-iko.
lepidodendron: lepidodendro.
lepidopter(a): lepidoptero.
leprosy: lepro.
leprous: (thing, place) lepr-oza; (person) -ika.
lèse-majesté: (atento, insulto) kontre la majesto.
lesion: (act) lez-o, (result) -uro.
less: min (multa, bela, e.c.); (n.) min-multo; (without modifying word, as at end of sentence) mine; (minus) minus; (= less) sen-; l. and l.: sempre min; one man l.: un homo mine; so much the l.: tante min, tante min quante min; (cf. inferiora, minim); one glass l.: un glaso minuse; -er: min-multo, -grando; (adj.) plu-mikra, min-multa, min-granda, plu-kurta.
lessee: lokac-anto, -ero; (of land) farm-lokac-anto, -ero.
lessen: mikr-igar, -eskar; diminutar.
lesson: leciono; take a l.: recevar leciono; (correction) puniso; reprimando; averto.