English words: language-independent to lap record

300 English words, part 11 of 76 of the words starting with L, A to Z. 28 have a page of their own.

English words language-independent to lap record

language-independent adverb: Synonym of language-agnostic.
language island noun: An enclave where a language is physically isolated from similar languages.
language isolate noun: A natural language with no proven genetic relationship to another language.
language lab noun: A dedicated space for the learning of a foreign language where students have access to audiovisual materials.
language laboratory noun: Synonym of language lab.
language lawyer noun, verb: A pedant, someone overly focused on semantics.
language learner noun: A person who is learning a foreign language.
language learning noun: The process of acquiring the faculty of speech.
language model noun: A machine learning model that assigns probabilities to sequences of characters or words, and/or is capable of generating plausible subsequent text from a...
language nest noun: A language revitalisation programme in which children and non-native speakers acquire the endangered language through immersion in special-purpose locations...
language of flowers noun: Secret communication through the use of flowers; floriography.
language organ noun: The innate human mental capacity to learn language.
language-oriented adjective: Of or pertaining to a software development technique that involves creating a new programming language to solve problems, in which the programmer treats a...
language planning noun: A purposeful endeavor to shape the function, structure, or acquisition of languages within a speech community.
language replacement noun: Synonym of language shift.
language school noun: A school where foreign languages are taught
language script noun: Synonym of script (“A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages”).
language server noun: A server, implemented in software, that provides language-related services to client applications such as source code editors, based on the text being...
language shift noun: The process whereby a speech community shifts to a different language.
language survey noun: A survey that determines multilingualism, studies attitudes, analyzes speech variations, evaluates endangered languages, and describes linguistically...
language swap noun: A method of language learning based on mutual language practicing by learning partners who speak different languages.
language technology noun: The interdisciplinary field dealing with making computer programs model, analyze, produce, modify and respond to human language.
language transfer noun: Synonym of language shift.
languaged adjective, verb: Having a specified type or number of languages.
languagehood noun: The property of being a language.
languageless adjective: Without language.
languagelessness noun: The state of being languageless; lack of language.
languagelike adjective: Resembling language; linguistical.
languageness noun: The quality of being a language.
languager noun: A linguist.
languagescape noun: A metaphorical landscape of language or languages.
languagey adjective: Consisting or making effective use of written language.
languagism noun: Linguicism; discrimination or chauvinism based on features of language such as accent, syntax, or vocabulary.
languagist noun: A linguist; one who is proficient in languages.
langue noun /ˈlɒːŋ(ɡ)/: Language as a system rather than language in use, including the formal rules, structures, and limitations of language.
langue d'oïl noun: The language of medieval France, north of the Loire, in which the word oïl was used for “yes”.
langue de chat noun: Synonym of cat's tongue; small chocolate biscuit shaped like a the tongue of a cat.
langued adjective: Having the tongue visible (and typically of a specified tincture).
Languedoc adjective: Synonym of Languedocian
Languedocian adjective, noun /lɒŋɡəˈdəʊsɪən/: Of or relating to Languedoc, an area and historical region of France.
languente adverb: In a languishing manner; pathetically.
languescent adjective: Becoming fatigued or languid.
languet noun /ˈlæŋɡwɪt/: A narrow blade on the edge of a spade or shovel.
languette noun: A tongue-shaped implement.
languid adjective, noun /ˈlæŋɡwɪd/: Of a person or animal, or their body functions: flagging from weakness, or inactive or weak, especially due to illness or tiredness; faint, listless.
languid schizoid adjective: Exhibiting one of the four subtypes of schizoid personality disorder as defined by the American psychiatrist Theodore Millon. Includes features of dependent...
languidity noun: The condition of being languid
languidly adverb: In a languid manner, without force or effort, in a manner requiring little energy or exertion.
languidness noun: The property of being languid.
languish verb /ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/: To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness.
languisher noun: Someone who languishes.
languishing adjective, noun, verb: Lacking of vigor or spirit.
languishingly adverb: In a languishing manner.
languishment noun: The state of languishing.
languishness noun: languishment
languist noun: Misconstruction of linguist.
languistics noun: A proposed subfield of linguistics which focuses on language learning.
languoid noun /ˈlæŋɡwɔɪd/: Synonym of lect: a language, variety of a language, or group of languages.
languor noun, verb /ˈlæŋɡə/: A state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid or weary feeling; lassitude; (countable) an instance of this.
languorous adjective /ˈlæŋɡərəs/: lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical.
languorously adverb: In a languorous manner; without exertion; lazily.
languorousness noun: The quality of being languorous.
languour noun: Alternative spelling of languor.
languourous adjective: Alternative form of languorous.
langur noun /lʌŋˈɡʊəɹ/: Any of the Old World monkeys of the genera Simias, Trachypithecus (lutungs), Presbytis (surilis), and Semnopithecus (gray langurs).
Langwarrin proper noun: A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Frankston, Victoria, Australia
langwidge noun: Eye dialect spelling of language.
Langworthy proper noun: A surname from Old English.
Langya proper noun: A district of Chuzhou, Anhui, China.
Lanham proper noun: An English surname.
Lani noun: An indigenous people of Puncak, Central Papua and Lanny Jaya, Highland Papua.
Laniakea proper noun /ˌlɑːni.əˈkeɪ.ə/: A supercluster of galaxies that includes the Milky Way.
laniariform adjective: Shaped like a laniary, or canine tooth.
laniary adjective, noun: Lacerating or tearing
laniate verb: To tear into pieces.
laniation noun: The act of tearing to pieces.
laniatorean noun: Any harvestman in the arachnid suborder Laniatores
lanicemine noun: An NMDA receptor antagonist investigated as an antidepressant.
lanichol noun: Lanolin.
lanier noun: A leather thong.
Lanierian adjective: Of or relating to Sidney Lanier (1842–1881), American poet.
laniferous adjective: Bearing or producing wool.
lanifice noun: Anything made of wool, or woolworking.
Lanigan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
lanigerous adjective: Bearing or producing wool.
laniid noun: Any bird in the family Laniidae; a shrike.
laniisoma noun: A bird in the Tityridae family of the genus Laniisoma.
laninamivir noun: A neuraminidase inhibitor used to treat influenza.
Laning proper noun: A surname.
laniol noun: Lanolin.
laniquidar noun: A particular inhibitor of P-glycoprotein.
lanista noun: The trainer or manager of a team of gladiators.
lanital noun: Synonym of milk fiber.
Lanius proper noun: A surname from Latin.
lank adjective, noun, verb /ˈlæŋk/: Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
Lanka proper noun: The island city of Ravana in the ancient Indian epic Ramayana.
lankacidin noun: Any of a family of macrolide tetraenes, isolated from Streptomyces, that are antitumor antibiotics.
lankamycin noun: A macrolide antibiotic produced by Streptomyces violaceusniger (correction of Streptomyces voilaceoniger)
Lankan adjective, noun: Of or relating to the country and island Sri Lanka.
lankanectid noun: Any frog of the genus Lankanectes, Sri Lanka wart frogs.
lanken verb: To become lank or lanky; grow thin.
Lankershim proper noun: A former settlement in Madera County, California, United States.
Lankes proper noun /ˈlæŋ.kəs/: A surname
Lankester proper noun: A surname.
lankesterellid noun: Any member of the Lankesterellidae.
Lankford proper noun /ˈlæŋkfə(ɹ)d/: A surname.
lankily adverb: In a lanky manner; in the manner of a lanky person.
Lankin proper noun: A city and village in North Dakota.
lankiness noun /ˈlæŋ.kɪ.nɪs/: The state or condition of being lanky.
lankish adjective: Somewhat lank.
lankly adverb: In a lank way.
lankness noun: The property of being lank, slender or thin.
lanksome adjective: Characterised or marked by lankness
lanky adjective, noun /ˈlæŋk.i/: Tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward.
Lanman proper noun: A surname.
lanmuchangite noun: An isometric-diploidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and thallium.
Lanna adjective: Of or relating to the Lanna region, language or culture.
Lannan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
lanner noun: The lanner falcon, Falco biarmicus.
lanner falcon noun: Falco biarmicus, a large bird of prey found in Africa, southeast Europe, and southwest Asia.
lanneret noun: A male lanner, smaller than the female.
Lannes proper noun: Lannes (a village in Lot-et-Garonne department, France).
lannet noun: A bat with a slot to conceal a third coin which is used for cheating (that coin being either a jack or a gray).
Lanni proper noun: A surname.
Lanning proper noun: A surname.
Lannisterian adjective: Related to or characteristic of House Lannister from A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones.
Lannon proper noun: A surname.
lannonite noun: A tetragonal white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and sulfur.
Lanny proper noun: A diminutive of the male given name Laurence.
lanoconazole noun: An antifungal drug.
lanolin noun, verb /ˈlænəlɪn/: A greasy yellow substance chemically akin to wax that is secreted from wooly animals, with a variety of uses from rust prevention, lubrication and...
lanolin bush noun: Franklandia fucifolia
lanoline noun, verb: Alternative spelling of lanolin.
lanose adjective /ˈleɪ.noʊs/: Woolly, resembling wool.
lanosity noun: The quality of being lanose, or woolly.
lanosol noun: The brominated phenol 3,4-dibromo-5-(hydroxymethyl)-1,2-benzenediol
lanostane noun: The steroid hydrocarbon 4,4,14-trimethyl-5α-cholestane
lanostanoid noun: Any triterpenoid derived from lanostane
lanosterol noun: A triterpenoid sterol found in lanolin
lanosterone noun: The steroid ketone 17-(1,5-dimethylhex-4-enyl)-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-1,2,5,6,7,11,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one
lanosteryl noun: The univalent radical derived from lanosterol
Lanoue proper noun: A surname.
lanperisone noun: A particular muscle relaxant.
Lanphear proper noun: A surname from Cornish.
Lanphere proper noun: A surname from Cornish.
Lanphier proper noun: A surname from Cornish.
lanreotide noun: A medication used in the management of acromegaly and symptoms caused by neuroendocrine tumors.
Lansbury proper noun: A surname.
Lansdale proper noun: A surname.
Lansdell proper noun: A surname.
Lansdown proper noun: A surname from Old English.
Lansdowne proper noun: A surname.
lanseh noun: Dated form of langsat.
Lanser proper noun: A surname.
Lansford proper noun: A surname from Old English.
lansfordite noun: A soft monoclinic hydrated magnesium carbonate mineral.
Lansing proper noun /ˈlænsɪŋ/: The capital city of Michigan, United States, in Ingham County.
Lansingite noun: A person from or resident of Lansing, Michigan.
lansiumamide noun: A compound found in Clausena lansium.
lansknecht noun: Alternative form of lansquenet.
Lansley proper noun: A surname.
lansoprasole noun: Alternative form of lansoprazole.
lansoprazole noun /lænˈsoʊ.pɹəˌzoʊl/: A particular proton pump inhibitor C₁₆H₁₄F₃N₃O₂S (trademark Prevacid) similar to omeprazole that prevents the stomach from producing acid.
lansquenet noun /ˈlɑːnskəˌnɛt/: Any of a class of German mercenaries of the 15th and 16th centuries, most of whom were pikemen and foot soldiers.
lansquenette noun: Alternative spelling of lansquenet.
lant noun, verb /lænt/: Aged urine, historically used by the Anglo-Saxons and others as fertilizer for high nitrogen content.
lantaca noun: Alternative form of lantaka.
lantaka noun: A kind of portable bronze cannon or swivel gun, sometimes mounted on merchant vessels and warships in Maritime Southeast Asia.
lantana noun: Any member of the genus Lantana of perennial verbenas with aromatic flower clusters.
lantanurate noun: Any salt or ester of lantanuric acid.
lantanuric acid noun: A nitrogenous organic acid of the uric acid group, obtained by decomposition of allantoin.
Lantau proper noun: Synonym of Lantau Island.
lanterloo noun /læntəˈluː/: A meaningless chant or refrain.
Lanterman proper noun: A surname from German.
lantern adjective, noun, verb /ˈlæntən/: A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings.
lantern beetle noun: Any of several kinds of planthoppers with a protrusion on the head resembling a lantern.
lantern berry noun: A perennial plant (Luzuriaga parviflora) from New Zealand
Lantern Festival noun /ˌlæntən ˈfɛstɪvl̩/: A festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period, celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the Chinese calendar when the first full...
lantern fish noun: Alternative form of lanternfish.
lantern flower noun: A plant of the genus Ceropegia.
lantern fly noun: Alternative form of lanternfly.
lantern gear noun: A gear with cylindrical teeth parallel to the axis of rotation.
lantern jaw noun: A long, thin jaw.
lantern jawed adjective: Having a protruding or jutting lower jaw.
lantern of the dead noun: A tower with a small lighted chamber at the top, once common in French cemeteries.
lantern roof noun: A roof that allows natural light through.
lantern shark noun: Alternative form of lanternshark.
lantern shield noun: A small shield combined with a lantern, used during the Italian Renaissance, especially for night-time duels.
lantern sleeve noun: A full, gathered sleeve where the top part is plain and the cuff balloons out halfway between wrist and elbow.
lantern slide noun: A slide projected by a magic lantern, an early slide projector.
lantern tower noun: A tower with a series of openings, built over the junction of the nave and transept of a cruciform church.
lantern wheel noun: A pinion with cylindrical staves, instead of teeth, inserted at their ends in two parallel disks or plates.
lanternbelly noun: Any fish of the family Acropomatidae.
lanterne rouge noun: The competitor in last place in a competition; the person or entity at the bottom of a ranking
lanternfish noun: Any of small, deep sea fish of the large family Myctophidae, named after their conspicuous use of bioluminescence.
lanternfly noun: Any of various insects in the family Fulgoridae, especially in the genera Fulgora and Pyrops, with brilliant coloration.
lanternist noun: The operator of a magic lantern.
lanternless adjective: Without a lantern.
lanternlight noun: The light of a lantern.
lanternlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a lantern.
lanternman noun: The (male) operator of a magic lantern.
lanternshark noun: Any dogfish shark of the genus Etmopterus, or more widely, the family Etmopteridae.
lanthana noun: lanthanum oxide (La₂O₃)
lanthanate noun: Any oxyanion of lanthanum; any salt containing this ion
lanthanian adjective: Containing lanthanum.
lanthanide noun /ˈlænθənaɪd/: Any of the 15 rare earth elements from lanthanum to lutetium in the periodic table; because their outermost orbitals are not filled, they have very similar...
lanthanide contraction noun: the progressive decrease in the radii of atoms of the lanthanide elements as the atomic number increases; evident in various physical properties of the...
lanthanite noun: A radioactive mineral, a carbonate of the rare earth elements lanthanum, cerium, and neodymium.
lanthanium noun: Alternative form of lanthanum.
lanthanoid noun /ˈlænθənɔɪd/: Synonym of lanthanide.
lanthanosuchid noun: Any member of the Lanthanosuchidae, an extinct family of procolophonomorph parareptiles.
lanthanosuchoid noun: Any extinct parareptile of the superfamily †Lanthanosuchoidea
lanthanotid noun: Any lizard in the family Lanthanotidae.
lanthanum noun /ˈlænθənəm/: A chemical element (symbol La) with an atomic number of 57: a soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes slowly when exposed to air.
lanthionine noun: An analogue of cystine consisting of two alanine residues connected by a single sulfur atom
lanthiopeptin noun: A peptide antibiotic produced by Streptomyces cinnamoneus
lanthipeptide noun: Any peptide containing lanthionine
lanthopine noun: An alkaloid found in opium.
lanthorn-fly noun: A firefly
Lantian proper noun: A county of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
lantibiotic noun /ˌlæntibaɪˈɒtɪk/: Any of a class of peptide antibiotics that contain polycyclic thioether amino acids as well as the unsaturated amino acids dehydroalanine and...
lantipeptide noun: Any peptide composed of two strands connected by thioether links
Lantos proper noun: A surname
Lantry proper noun: A surname.
lantum noun: A type of wind instrument played with keys or buttons.
Lantz proper noun: A surname.
lantzman noun: A fellow Jew who grew up in the same Eastern European shtetl as the speaker.
lanuginose adjective /ləˈnjuːd͡ʒənəʊs/: Covered with down or fine soft hairs (lanugo); downy or fuzzy.
lanuginosely adverb: In a lanuginose manner.
lanuginous adjective /ləˈnjuːd͡ʒɪnəs/: Alternative form of lanuginose.
lanugo noun /ləˈnjuːɡəʊ/: Soft down or fine hair, specifically that covering the human foetus or a tumorous area.
lanx noun: A platter or dish for serving food in Ancient Rome.
lanyap noun: Alternative spelling of lagniappe.
lanyappe noun: Alternative spelling of lagniappe.
lanyard noun /ˈlæn.jəd/: A short rope used for fastening rigging, as a handle, etc.
lanyarded adjective: Attached by a lanyard.
lanyer noun: Alternative form of lanier.
Lanyon proper noun: A hamlet (Lanyon Farm) in Madron parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4234).
Lanza proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Lanzarote proper noun /ˌlænzəˈrɒti/: An island of the Canary Islands, with capital Arrecife.
Lanzetta proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Lanzhou proper noun: A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Gansu, in northwestern China.
lanzknecht noun: Alternative form of lansquenet.
lanzon noun: Lansium domesticum, a species of tree in the mahogany family
lanzoprazole noun: Alternative form of lansoprazole.
Lao adjective, noun /laʊ/: A Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia.
Lao coriander noun: dill
lao hong verb /ˈlaʊ˦˨ ˈhɔŋ˦/: To go stale or turn soft from exposure to air.
lao khao noun: A Thai whisky made from fermented rice.
lao kui adjective: Alternative form of lau kui.
lao sai noun, verb [ˈlaʊ˦˨ ˈsaɪ˦˨]: To have diarrhoea.
Laoag proper noun /lɐˈwaɡ̚/: A city, the provincial capital of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Region, Luzon, Philippines.
Laocoön proper noun /leɪˈɒkɵ.ɒn/: A Trojan priest of Poseidon (or Apollo, depending on the author), whose rules he had defied (or whom he had otherwise offended), who tried to warn his...
laocracy noun: Direct democracy, as opposed to representative parliamentary democracy.
laodah noun: Chinese boat captain.
Laodicea proper noun /ˌleɪ.ədɪˈsiːə/: Former name of Nahavand: a city in Iran.
laodicean adjective, noun /leɪədɪˈsiːən/: Of or pertaining to any ancient city named Laodicea
Laodiceanism noun: The quality of being Laodicean; lukewarmness in religion.
Laodicene adjective, noun: Synonym of Laodicean.
laogai noun: The use of prison labor and prison farms in the People's Republic of China.
Laois proper noun /liːʃ/: A county of Leinster, Ireland.
laojiao noun: A system of administrative detentions in the People's Republic of China in which penal labour is done for a small salary, generally used to detain people...
Laomedeian adjective /ˌleɪəməˈdiːən/: Of or relating to the Nereid Laomedeia in Greek mythology.
Laon proper noun: A cathedral city, the capital of Aisne department, Hauts-de-France, France.
Laoness noun: Quality of being Lao.
laos noun /laʊz/: Galangal
laoshi noun: A teacher, in the context of Chinese culture.
Laotian adjective, noun /ˈlaʊʃən/: A person from the Lao People's Democratic Republic or of Lao descent.
Laotian rock rat noun: A rodent species of the Khammouan region of Laos, Laonastes aenigmamus
laotong noun: A cultural practice in Hunan, China, that bonded two girls together as kindred sisters with a formal contract.
laouta noun: Alternative form of laouto.
laouto noun: A Greek or Cypriot musical instrument of the lute family.
laowai noun /laʊˈwaɪ/: A foreigner in mainland China or Taiwan, (particularly) a Western one.
laoya adjective /laʊ(˩).ja(˨˦)/: Lousy; useless; worthless.
Laozi proper noun /ˈlaʊdzə/: An honorific title for the legendary Taoist philosopher Li Er, who supposedly lived in the 6th and 5th centuries BC and (Chinese mythology) has subsequently...
Laozian adjective: Of or relating to the Chinese philosopher Laozi.
lap adjective, noun, verb /læp/: The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
lap appe noun /ˌlæpˈæpi/: Alternative spelling of lap appy.
lap appy noun /ˌlæp ˈæpi/: Clipping of laparoscopic appendectomy.
lap band noun: An inflatable silicone ring implanted around the upper stomach to treat obesity by decreasing food consumption.
lap belt noun: A seat belt that passes over the hips and does not itself provide restraint to the upper body (although it may be part of a larger system another component...
lap cat noun: A domestic cat that willingly sits on a person's lap.
lap chart noun: A graphic showing the position of each car during every lap of a race
lap cheong noun: A type of sausage from southern China, used in Cantonese cuisine.
lap chole noun /ˌlæpˈkoʊli/: Clipping of laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
lap choly noun /ˌlæpˈkoʊli/: Alternative spelling of lap chole.
lap dance noun, verb: An erotic form of entertainment, typically at a men's club, where a naked or nearly-nude performer straddles a customer and moves in a rhythmic, sexual...
lap dancer noun: A person who performs a lap dance, especially one who is employed to do so in a strip club.
lap desk noun: A lightweight portable surface placed on a seated person's lap and used like a desk, for writing documents, working on a laptop, etc.
lap dissolve noun: A dissolve from one image or scene to another.
lap dog noun /ˈlæpdɒɡ/: A small toy dog, kept as household pet, whose light weight and companionable temperament make it both suited and disposed to spend time resting in the...
lap-doggy adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a lap dog.
lap dulcimer noun: Synonym of Appalachian dulcimer.
lap joint noun: A joint made by securing together two overlapping pieces
lap of honor noun: Alternative spelling of lap of honour (US)
lap of honour noun: A victory lap (celebratory extra lap).
lap of luxury noun: A position or situation in which one is spoiled and indulged.
lap pillow noun: The act of resting one’s head on another person’s lap.
lap pool noun: A swimming pool in the shape of a rectangle with narrow width and extended length, designed for swimming back and forth along the length in order to...
lap record noun: The fastest time ever set for one lap around a particular racetrack or in a particular race.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under L: 22,765 words, in 76 parts.