A surname from French.

A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference. / A distance relative to a given reference elevation. / Degree or amount.

The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground. / At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with. / Unvaried in frequency. / Unvaried in volume. / Calm.

To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible. / To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze. / (role-playing games, video games) To progress to the next level.

(British spelling) comparative form of level: more level

A person or thing that levels. / Something that transcends people’s differences (such as social class, wealth, etc.); something that tends to eliminate advantages and disadvantages.

(American spelling) comparative form of level: more level

Alternative form of leveller

A non-compulsory examination taken in the final two years in British high schools; the qualification obtained by passing such an exam / (Internet, prostitution, euphemistic) anal sex.

Advanced Subsidiary level, in the UK: the exam taken in the first year of the sixth form, as a first stage in getting to the A-levels (A2) at the end of the sixth form. The modular format makes the distinction less clear.