Words Containing LEG

Here's the list of all the 652 Words Containing LEG in the English Language.

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college
1. the body of faculty and students of a college
2. an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university
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legal
1. established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
2. of or relating to jurisprudence
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legislation
1. law enacted by a legislative body
2. the act of making or enacting laws
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legs
1. staying power
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illegal
1. prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules
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legislative
1. relating to a legislature or composed of members of a legislature
2. of or relating to or created by legislation
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legend
1. a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
2. brief description accompanying an illustration
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leg
1. a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
2. a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion
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legacy
1. (law) a gift of personal property by will
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legislature
1. persons who make or amend or repeal laws
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elegant
1. refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
2. suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
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alleged
1. declared but not proved
2. doubtful or suspect
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legitimate
1. make legal
2. show or affirm to be just and legitimate
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legally
1. by law; conforming to the law
2. in a legal manner
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privilege
1. bestow a privilege upon
2. a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all
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delegation
1. a group of representatives or delegates
2. authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
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legendary
1. so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend
2. celebrated in fable or legend
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telegraph
1. send cables, wires, or telegrams
2. apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
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delegate
1. transfer power to someone
2. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
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privileged
1. blessed with privileges
2. not subject to usual rules or penalties
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collegiate
1. of or resembling or typical of a college or college students
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elegance
1. a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
2. a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics)
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allegedly
1. according to what has been alleged
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legion
1. archaic terms for army
2. association of ex-servicemen
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allegro
1. a brisk and lively tempo
2. a musical composition or musical passage to be performed quickly in a brisk lively manner
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illegally
1. in an illegal manner
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allegiance
1. the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
2. the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)
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legitimacy
1. lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law
2. undisputed credibility
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paralegal
1. a person with specialized training who assists lawyers
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legged
1. having legs of a specified kind or number
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allegation
1. (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law)
2. statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove
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telegram
1. a message transmitted by telegraph
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legislator
1. someone who makes or enacts laws
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legality
1. lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute
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bootleg
1. whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash
2. the part of a boot above the instep
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elegantly
1. with elegance; in a tastefully elegant manner
2. in a gracefully elegant manner
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intercollegiate
1. used of competition between colleges or universities
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battleground
1. a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
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legible
1. (of handwriting, print, etc.) capable of being read or deciphered
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allege
1. report or maintain
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illegitimate
1. the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
2. contrary to or forbidden by law
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legitimately
1. in a manner acceptable to common custom
2. in a lawfully recognized manner
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leger
1. a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
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legalization
1. the act of making lawful
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allegory
1. a short moral story (often with animal characters)
2. a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
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legato
1. (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected
2. connecting the notes; in music
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legalize
1. make legal
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legislate
1. make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
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illegible
1. (of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible
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elegy
1. a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
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legume
1. an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
2. the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case
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delegating
1. authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
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underprivileged
1. lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society
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telegraphic
1. of or relating to or transmitted by telegraph
2. having the style of a telegram with many short words left out
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collegial
1. characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
2. of or resembling or typical of a college or college students
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allegorical
1. used in or characteristic of or containing allegory
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legionella
1. the motile aerobic rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium that thrives in central heating and air conditioning systems and can cause Legionnaires' disease
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collegian
1. a student (or former student) at a college or university
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relegation
1. authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
2. the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category
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illegality
1. unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute
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legibly
1. in a legible manner
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legibility
1. distinctness that makes perception easy
2. a quality of writing (print or handwriting) that can be easily read
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leggy
1. (of plants) having tall spindly stems
2. having long legs
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legislating
1. the act of making or enacting laws
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legitimize
1. make legal
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allegretto
1. a quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro
2. a musical composition or musical passage to be performed at a somewhat quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro
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phlegm
1. apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
2. expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness
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paraplegia
1. paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma)
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legalese
1. a style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law
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sacrilege
1. blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character
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telegraphy
1. communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire
2. apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
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legislatively
1. by legislation
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paraplegic
1. a person who has paraplegia (is paralyzed from the waist down)
2. suffering complete paralysis of the lower half of the body usually resulting from damage to the spinal cord
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legitimation
1. the act of rendering a person legitimate
2. the act of making lawful
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leghorn
1. a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
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legionnaire
1. a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion)
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legalisation
1. the act of making lawful
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