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3,347 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

leucocyte: leukocyte
leucocytolyse: leukolysis
leucocytose: leucocytosis
leucodermie: leukoderma
leucome: leucoma
leucomyélite: leukomyelitis
leucomélanodermie: leukomelanoderma
leuconique: leuconic
leuconychie: leuconychia
leucoplasie: leukoplasia
leucoplaste: leucoplast
leucopoïèse: leukopoiesis
leucopoïétique: leucopoietic
leucopédèse: leukopedesis
leucopénie: leukopenia
leucopénique: leucopenic
leucorrhée: leukorrhea
leucose: leukemia
leucotomie: leucotomy
leucoxène: leucoxene
leucémie: leukemia
leucémique: leukemic
leude: vassal, leud
leude: a tax or toll levied in Southern France
leuleu: doggy style, backshot
leur: (to) them
leurre: lure, decoy; trap, snare; illusion; deception; flare (aerial infrared countermeasure)
leurrer: to deceive, lure
leuzée: a thistle of the genus Rhaponticum
lev: lev
levage: lifting; hoist
levain: sourdough; leaven (any agent used to make dough rise)
levant: the east, the orient
levant: rising
levantin: Levantine
levantine: silk fabric; a type of dagger
lever: the act of getting up in the morning
lever: to raise, lift; to rise, stand up; to rise, come up; to get up (out of bed); to clear, lift
lever de rideau: curtain-raiser
lever du soleil: a sunrise; dawn
lever l'ancre: to weigh anchor; to depart, to sail away
lever le camp: to break camp (to pack up a campsite and move on); to move out, to leave
lever le coude: to bend one's elbow
lever le petit doigt: to lift a finger
lever le pied: to lift one's foot off the accelerator, to slow down a vehicle; to slow down, to reduce the pace (of an action, of a lifestyle, etc.)
lever le rideau: to ring up the curtain
lever le voile: to unveil, to reveal, to lift the veil on, to lift the curtain on, to lift the lid on
lever les yeux au ciel: to roll one's eyes
lever son verre: to raise one's glass to, to salute
lever un coin du voile: to shed light
lever un lièvre: to start a hare, to start something off, to stir things up, to cause a ripple, to raise a prickly topic, to raise a thorny issue, to touch on a sore point
levier: lever
levreau: leveret
levrette: female greyhound; doggy style position
levurage: the introduction of yeast to start the fermentation process in winemaking
levure: yeast; leavening (agent)
levure chimique: baking powder (a dry leavening agent used in baking)
levée: removal (act of removing or taking off); levee (geographical feature); trick; arising, a ceremony in which the King or Queen of France arose from bed and prepared for the day
levée d'écrou: release (from prison)
levée de boucliers: general outcry