old name of the sugar isomeric with dextrose but distinguished from it by turning the plane of polarization to the left, 1865 (1864 in German) from Latin laevus "left" (from PIE *laiwo- "left;" see left (adj.)) + sugar ending -ose (2).
Levite
Leviticus
Levittown
levity
levo-
levulose
levy
lewd
Lewis
lex talionis
lexeme
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