lex /leks/ (Latin)

Law

lex non scripta /non skripˈtə or nōn skrēpˈtä/ noun

Unwritten law, ie the common law

lex scripta /skripˈtə or skrēpˈtä/ noun

Statute law

lex talionis /ta-li-ōˈnis or tä-/ noun

The law of talion, or retaliation

lexis /lekˈsis/

1. The way in which a piece of writing is expressed in words, diction
2. The total stock of words in a language

• watch list
• watchmaker
• watchmakers
• watchmaking
• watchmakings
• watchman
• watchman's clock
• watchmen
• watch night
• waterinesses
• watering
• watering-call
• watering-calls
• watering can
• watering cans
• watering-cap
• watering-caps
• watering hole
• watering holes
• watering-house
• watering-houses
• watering place
• watering places
• watering pot
• watering pots