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Leachy
- - Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous; pervious; -- said of gravelly or sandy soils, and the like.
Leaded
- adjective - (of panes of glass) fixed in place by means of thin strips of lead; "leaded windowpanes"
- having thin strips of lead between the lines of type
- treated or mixed with lead; "leaded gasoline"; "leaded zinc"
Leaden
- adjective - (of movement) slow and laborious; "leaden steps"
- darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "the sky was leaden and thick"
- lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation"
- made heavy or weighted down with weariness; "his leaden arms"; "weighted eyelids"
- made of lead; "a leaden weight"
Leader
- noun - a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers
- a person who rules or guides or inspires others
Leafed
- verb - having leaves or leaves as specified; often used in combination; "a fully leafed tree"; "broad-leafed"; "four-leaved clover"
- look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"
- produce leaves, of plants
- turn over pages; "leaf through a book"; "leaf a manuscript"
League
- noun - an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
- an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action
- an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)
- unite to form a league
Leaked
- verb - be leaked; "The news leaked out despite his secrecy"
- enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure; "Water leaked out of the can into the backpack"; "Gas leaked into the basement"
- have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out; "The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly"
- tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper"
Leaker
- noun - a surreptitious informant; "the president wanted to know who the leakers were"
Leakey
- noun - English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944)
- English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996)
- English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972)