Index of English words, starting with "le"

(1) - Lenitive (n.) That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative.
(2) - Lenitive (n.) A mild purgative; a laxative.
(3) - Lenitive (n.) A medicine or application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of irritants.
(4) - Lenitive (a.) Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient.

(1) - Lenity (n.) The state or quality of being lenient; mildness of temper or disposition; gentleness of treatment; softness; tenderness; clemency; -- opposed to severity and rigor.

(1) - Lens (n.) A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, and commonly used, either singly or combined, in optical instruments, for changing the direction of rays of light, and thus magnifying objects, or otherwise modifying vision. In practice, the curved surfaces are usually spherical, though rarely cylindrical, or of some other figure.