leach, v. lixiviate.
leaching, n. lixiviation.
lead, n. plumbum (Chem.); graphite, plumbago ([black lead]); plummet; blende (mock lead).
lead, v. [guide], [conduct], [escort], [direct]; precede; induce, [entice], [influence], [allure], [persuade], [actuate], impel; [conduce], contribute, [tend]; have precedence; have charge of, [command], [head].
lead, n. precedence, initiative, [command], guidance.
lead astray. mislead, [seduce].
leader, n. [guide], commander, corypheus, [pilot], bellwether, protagonist, [chief].
leadership, n. [direction], [command], guidance; primacy, supremacy, [domination], hegemony.
leading, a. [chief], [principal], premiere, influential, guiding.
leaf, n. [blade], [spire]; folio; lithophyll (fossil leaf). Associated words: foliar, foliferous, foliaceous, foliation, defoliate, defoliation, frond, bract, frondation, frondesce, frondescence, verticil, whorl, acanthus deciduous, indeciduous.