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- LAKHOne hundred thousand (10⁵): 100,000, that is, with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,000.
- LAKINGSA large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid.
- LAMBA young sheep; especially, one younger than nine months.
- LAMPA device that generates light, heat, or other electromagnetic radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
- LAMPINGSA device that generates light, heat, or other electromagnetic radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
- LANDThe part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
- LANGUIDOf a person or animal, or their body functions: flagging from weakness, or inactive or weak, especially due to illness or tiredness; faint, listless.
- LANGUORA state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid or weary feeling; lassitude; an instance of this.
- LANKSlender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
- LANTAged urine, historically used by the Anglo-Saxons and others as fertilizer for high nitrogen content.
- LAPIDARYA person who cuts and polishes, engraves, or deals in gems and precious stones.
- LATCHTo close or lock as if with a latch.
- LATHA thin, narrow strip, fastened to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting a covering of tiles, plastering, etc.
- LATHETo invite; bid; ask.
- LATHERThe foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
- LATTICEA flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.
- LAUDGlorification or praise.
- LAUGHTERThe sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound.
- LAUNDA grassy plain or pasture, especially surrounded by woodland; a glade.
- LAWNGround (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.
- LAZYUnwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
- LEACHA quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
- LEADA heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms
- LEAFThe usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
- LEAKA crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.
- LEAMTo gleam; shine; glow.
- LEANTo incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
- LEAPTo jump.
- LEARNTo acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
- LEASTChiefly preceded by the: superlative form of little: most little.
- LEATHERA tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier specifies otherwise.
- LEAVETo have a consequence or remnant. To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (
- LECHERA lecherous person: someone given to excessive sexual activity or debauchery.
- LECHEROUSGiven to excessive sexual activity and debauchery.
- LEDGEA narrow surface projecting horizontally from a wall, cliff, or other surface.
- LEDGERA book for keeping notes; a record book, a register.
- LEEKA vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.
- LEESThe sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.
- LEFTDesignating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow poin
- LEISTERA spear armed with three or more barbed prongs for catching fish, particularly salmon.
- LENDTo allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
- LEPRECHAUNA type of diminutive, solitary fairy or sprite, traditionally depicted as a small, bearded man wearing a green coat and hat, often found repairing a single shoe; they typically pos
- LESScomparative degree of little
- LEUDA Frankish vassal or tenant in the Early Middle Ages.
- LEVINLightning; a bolt of lightning; also, a bright flame or light.
- LEVIRATEHaving to do with one's husband's brother.
- LEWDLascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude.
- LEXICONThe vocabulary of a language.
- LIAISONA thickening for sauces, typically based on egg yolks.
- LIASA type of blue limestone present in parts of southern England and Wales.
- LIBERATEOften followed by from: to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free; to set free, to release. To free (someone or something) from discriminatory or oppressive attitudes, in
- LICHA reanimated corpse or undead being; particularly an intelligent, undead spellcaster.
- LICKTo stroke with the tongue.
- LIFEThe state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of
- LIFTTo raise or rise.
- LIGHTElectromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
- LIKETo enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
- LIKENFollowed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare.
- LIMBOA speculative place or state, thought possibly to be on the edge of the bottomless pit of Hell, where the souls of innocent deceased people might exist temporarily until they can e
- LIMEAny inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
- LIMINALOf or pertaining to an entrance or threshold.
- LIMNTo draw or paint; to delineate.
- LIMPTo walk lamely, as if favoring one leg.
- LINEA path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
- LINKA connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
- LIQUIDATESynonym of liquefy (“to make (something) into a liquid”); to liquidize. To make (a sound) less harsh. To use up (money or other assets) wastefully; to dissipate, to squander, to wa
- LIREFlesh, brawn, or muscle; the fleshy part of a person or animal in contradistinction to the bone and skin.
- LISPThe act or a habit of lisping.
- LISTA strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
- LISTENTo use one's sense of hearing and auditory cognition in an intentional way; to make deliberate use of one's ears; to pay attention to or wait for a specific sound.
- LITHEMild; calm.
- LITHERLazy, slothful; listless.
- LITMUSA dyestuff extracted from certain lichens, that changes color when exposed to pH levels greater than or less than certain critical levels.
- LITTLESmall, not large, limited, particularly:
- LIVETo be alive; to have life.
- LIVERA large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.
- LIVIDHaving a dark, bluish appearance.
- LOADA burden; a weight to be carried.
- LOAMA type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
- LOANAn act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use.
- LOATHAverse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling. Always followed by a verbal phrase.
- LOCKSomething used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
- LOGIONA traditional saying of a religious leader.
- LOGIONSA traditional saying of a religious leader.
- LOGORRHEAExcessive talkativeness.
- LOINThe part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips.
- LOKEThe wicket or hatch of a door.
- LONGHaving much distance in space from one end to the other.
- LOOMA utensil; tool; a weapon; an article in general.
- LOOSETo let loose, to free from restraints.
- LORNDoomed; lost.
- LOSSThe result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
- LOUDOf great intensity.
- LOUGHA lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in Ireland.
- LOUSEA small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.
- LOVEA deep caring for the existence of another.
- LOWNCalm, tranquillity.
- LOWNEDCalm, tranquillity.
- LUBRICATETo make slippery or smooth (normally to minimize friction) by applying a lubricant.
- LUCRATIVEProducing a surplus; profitable.