English words: L

644 words under L; 401–500 on this page.

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• linseed noun (linseed); uncountable
  Linseed is the seed of the flax plant, also called flaxseed.
• lint noun (lint, uncountable)
  Lint is tiny bits of fluff and fibre that come off clothes and cloth.
• lintel nounJewish tradition
  The beam across the top of a door or window, resting on the side posts.
• lion noun (lion, lions; female lioness, lionesses)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A lion is a big wild cat with golden fur that lives mostly in Africa.
• lioness noun (a lioness, lionesses)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A female lion.
• lionfish noun (a lionfish, lionfish or lionfishes)
  A lionfish is a striped red, brown and white sea fish with long fan-like fins and venomous spines.
• lip noun (a lip, lips)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Your lips are the two soft edges around your mouth.
• lipogram noun (a lipogram, lipograms)
  A piece of writing in which one letter of the alphabet is never used on purpose, for example a story with no letter "e".
• lipped adjective (old use, usually in «long lipped»)
  In old tales, «long lipped» means sulky, with the lower lip pushed out to show you are cross.
• lipstick noun (lipstick, uncountable; a lipstick, lipsticks)
  Colour for the lips, usually in a small stick that comes out of a tube.
• liquefy verb (liquefy, liquefies, liquefied, liquefying)
  To liquefy is to turn into a liquid, or to make a solid or gas become a liquid, often by heating or cooling or squeezing.
• liquid noun (liquid, liquids); adjective (liquid)
  A liquid is something that flows and can be poured, like water, milk or juice.
• liquidate verb (liquidate, liquidates, liquidated, liquidating)
  To liquidate a company is to close it and sell everything it owns to pay its debts.
• liquor noun (plural liquors)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Liquor is a strong alcoholic drink, such as whisky or rum.
• list noun (list, lists); verb (list, lists, listed, listing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A list is a set of words, names or numbers written one after another, often one under another.
• listen verb (listen, listens, listened, listening)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To listen is to pay attention to sounds or words so that you hear them: listen to music.
• listener noun (a listener, listeners)
  A person who listens to someone or something.
• lit verb form (past of light: light, lights, lit, lighting)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Lit is the past form of «light», as in to make something start burning (lit a candle) or to give light to a place (the room was lit by…
• litany noun (a litany, litanies)
  A litany is a long prayer in which a leader says a line and the people answer with the same response each time, like «Lord, have mercy».
• literacy noun (literacy); uncountable
  Literacy is the ability to read and write.
• literal adjective (literal)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Taking words in their most basic, exact meaning, not as a joke or figure of speech.
• literally adverb (literally)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Literally means exactly as the words say, not as a figure of speech.
• literary adjective (literary, more literary)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Literary means to do with literature: books, poems, plays and stories, and the people who write them.
• literati nounJewish tradition
  People who are well educated and know a lot about books and writing.
• literature noun (literature — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Written works such as novels, poems and plays, especially ones thought to be good or important.
• lithium noun (lithium, uncountable)
  Lithium is a very light, soft, silvery metal; it is a chemical element with the symbol Li.
• lithosphere noun (the lithosphere, uncountable)
  The lithosphere is the hard, rocky outer layer of the Earth: the crust plus the very top part of the mantle, about 100 km thick, broken…
• lithuanian adjective (Lithuanian); noun…
  Lithuanian means from Lithuania, a country on the Baltic Sea in north-east Europe, or to do with its people.
• litmus noun (litmus, uncountable); adjective…
  Litmus is a dye made from lichens that turns red in acid and blue in alkali, used to test liquids.
• litotes noun (litotes — uncountable; plural also litotes)
  Litotes is a kind of understatement where you say something by saying that its opposite is not true, like «not bad» meaning «good» or «not…
• litre noun (litre, litres; US spelling liter, liters)
  A litre is a unit for measuring liquids and the space inside things (volume).
• litter noun (litter, uncountable; a litter, litters); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Litter is rubbish like paper, cans and wrappers left lying on the ground in a public place.
• little adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Little means small in size: a little house.
• liturgy nounJewish tradition
  The set words, prayers and songs used in a religious service.
• liv fragment / abbreviation; proper noun (Liv)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A short form of «living», as in «liv rm» for living room in house adverts or notes.
• live verb (live, lives, lived, living) [rhymes with give]…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To live is to be alive.
• livelihood noun (livelihoods)
  A livelihood is the way a person earns money to pay for food and a home.
• livelong adjective (old use, no change)
  Livelong means whole or entire, used with a time: the livelong day is the whole day.
• lively adjective (lively, livelier, liveliest)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Lively means full of energy, fun and activity.
• liver noun (a liver, livers; liver — uncountable as food)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The liver is a large organ in your body, under your ribs on the right, that cleans the blood, stores energy and helps digest food.
• livery noun (a livery, liveries)
  A special uniform worn by servants of a great house or by members of a company or guild in the past.
• livestock noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Animals kept on a farm for food, milk, wool or work, such as cows, sheep, pigs, goats and chickens.
• liveth verb, old form of «lives» (he, she, it)
  «liveth» means «lives», a form of «live»: To live is to be alive.
• livid adjective (livid, more livid, most livid)
  Very, very angry, so angry you can hardly keep calm.
• lizard noun (a lizard, lizards)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A lizard is a reptile with scaly skin, four short legs and a long tail, such as a gecko or iguana.
• llama noun (a llama, llamas)
  A llama is a South American animal like a small camel without a hump, with a long neck and thick woolly coat, kept for carrying loads and…
• lo interjection
  Look! See! Behold!
• load noun (a load, loads); verb (load, loads, loaded, loading)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A load is something heavy that is carried, for example by a truck, a person or a washing machine.
• loaf noun (loaf, loaves); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A loaf is bread baked in one big piece, before it is cut into slices.
• loam noun (loam — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Loam is rich, dark soil made of a good mix of sand, silt and clay, with rotting plants in it; it is very good for growing things.
• loan noun (a loan, loans); verb (loan, loans, loaned, loaning)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A loan is money that someone borrows and must pay back, often with extra money called interest.
• loanword noun (a loanword, loanwords); also written «loan word»
  A word one language has taken from another language and now uses as its own, like «pizza» from Italian or «kindergarten» from German.
• loath adjective (also loth)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Loath means unwilling, not wanting to do something: loath to go.
• loathe verbJewish tradition
  To hate something and feel disgusted by it.
• loathsome adjective (more loathsome, most loathsome)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Loathsome means so nasty or disgusting that people hate it.
• loathsomeness nounJewish tradition
  The state of being disgusting or hateful to look at or think about.
• lob verb (lob, lobs, lobbed, lobbing); noun (a lob, lobs)
  To lob something is to throw or hit it high in the air, in a slow curve.
• lobby noun (a lobby, lobbies); verb…
  A large hall or entrance area just inside the front door of a hotel, theatre, flats or office building.
• lobe noun (a lobe, lobes)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An earlobe (lobe) is the soft round part at the bottom of your ear.
• lobed adjective (lobed)
  Having lobes: rounded parts that stick out, like the parts of an oak leaf or of an ear.
• lobster noun (a lobster, lobsters; plural sometimes lobster)
  A sea animal with a hard shell, ten legs and two big claws, related to crabs.
• local adjective; noun (the locals, a local)
  Local means belonging to or near the place where you live, or a particular area.
• locality noun (a locality, localities)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An area or neighbourhood; the place around a particular point.
• locally adverb (locally)
  In or near the place where you are or where you live; nearby.
• locate verb (locate, locates, located, locating)
  To find exactly where something or someone is.
• located adjective/verb, past form of locate…
  If something is located in a place, it is there; that is where it is.
• location noun (a location, locations)
  A place or position where something is or happens.
• loch noun (a loch, lochs)
  A lake.
• lock noun (a lock, locks); verb (lock, locks, locked, locking)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A lock is a device on a door, box or bike that keeps it closed so it can only be opened with a key, code or card.
• lockbox noun (a lockbox, lockboxes)
  A small box with a lock for keeping money, papers or valuables safe.
• lockdown noun (a lockdown, lockdowns; lockdown — uncountable)
  A lockdown is a time when people must stay at home and many places close, to stop a disease spreading.
• locker noun (locker, lockers)
  A locker is a small cupboard with a door and a lock, at school, in a gym or at a pool, where you keep your things.
• locket noun (a locket, lockets)
  A small piece of jewellery that opens like a tiny box, hung on a chain round the neck, holding a photo, a lock of hair or a keepsake.
• lockjaw noun (lockjaw — uncountable)
  An old everyday name for tetanus, a serious illness caused by germs getting into a wound, which makes muscles go stiff.
• loco nounJewish tradition
  Latin for "in the place" or "position" (as in "in the second place").
• locomotion noun (locomotion, uncountable)
  Locomotion is the ability to move from one place to another, or the way an animal or person moves.
• locomotive noun (a locomotive, locomotives); adjective…
  A railway engine that pulls a train.
• locum nounJewish tradition
  Latin for "place"; a "locum" is a person who stands in for another for a time.
• locust noun (a locust, locusts)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A large kind of grasshopper that sometimes gathers in huge swarms that fly far and eat all the crops.
• lodge noun (a lodge, lodges); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A small house or cabin in the country, mountains or a park, used for holidays, hunting or skiing.
• lodger noun (a lodger, lodgers)
  A person who pays to live in a room in someone else's house, often sharing the kitchen and bathroom with the family.
• lodging noun (lodging, lodgings — often plural in UK); also the…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A place to stay for a short time, such as a room in someone's house or an inn.
• loess noun (loess, uncountable)
  A very fine, yellowish-brown soil made of dust blown by the wind, often after the Ice Age.
• loft noun (a loft, lofts); verb (loft, lofts, lofted, lofting)
  A loft is the room or space just under the roof of a house, often used for storage (US: attic).
• loftily adverb (no change)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Loftily means in a proud, grand way, as if you think you are better than others.
• loftiness nounJewish tradition
  The quality of being very high or proud.
• lofty adjective (lofty, loftier, loftiest)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Very high or tall: lofty mountains.
• log noun (log, logs); verb (log, logs, logged, logging)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A log is a thick piece of a tree trunk or big branch that has been cut down.
• logger noun (a logger, loggers)
  A person whose job is cutting down trees and taking the logs away; a lumberjack.
• loggerhead noun (a loggerhead, loggerheads); phrase (at loggerheads)
  To be «at loggerheads» with someone is to disagree strongly and argue with them.
• logging noun (logging, uncountable); verb form…
  Logging is the work of cutting down trees and taking the wood away to sell.
• logic noun (logic; uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Logic is careful, clear thinking where each step follows from the one before, so you reach a sensible answer.
• logical adjective (logical, more logical, most logical)
  Logical means following clear and correct reasoning, so each step makes sense.
• logically adverbJewish tradition
  In a way that follows clear reasoning.
• logo noun (a logo, logos)
  A small picture, symbol or special design that a company, team, school or group uses so people recognise it.
• loin noun (a loin, loins)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Loin is a cut of meat from the back of an animal, between the ribs and the hips: pork loin, lamb loin.
• loins noun (plural)
  The lower part of the body between the ribs and the thighs; in these texts it also means the body as the source of children.
• loiter verb (loiters, loitered, loitering)
  To loiter is to stand or wait about without hurrying and without a clear reason.
• lollipop noun (a lollipop, lollipops); informal: lolly…
  A hard sweet (candy) on a stick that you lick or suck.
• lollop verb (lollop, lollops, lolloped, lolloping — informal)
  To move along in a clumsy, bouncing, loose way, like a big puppy or a rabbit.

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