Index of English words, starting with "le"

(1) - Leo (n.) A northern constellation east of Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus at the end of the handle of the Sickle.
(2) - Leo (n.) The Lion, the fifth sign of the zodiac, marked thus [/] in almanacs.

(1) - Leonid (n.) One of the shooting stars which constitute the star shower that recurs near the fourteenth of November at intervals of about thirty-three years; -- so called because these shooting stars appear on the heavens to move in lines directed from the constellation Leo.

(1) - Leonine (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the lion; as, a leonine look; leonine rapacity.

(1) - Leopard (n.) A large, savage, carnivorous mammal (Felis leopardus). It is of a yellow or fawn color, with rings or roselike clusters of black spots along the back and sides. It is found in Southern Asia and Africa. By some the panther (Felis pardus) is regarded as a variety of leopard.