English words: long-held to longhauling

300 English words, part 60 of 76 of the words starting with L, A to Z. 18 have a page of their own.

English words long-held to longhauling

long-held adjective: Held (assumed, proposed, believed etc.) for a long period of time.
long home noun: The grave.
long hop noun: A relatively slow ball that bounces short of the batsman and is thus relatively easy to hit.
long-horned adjective: Of certain domesticated cattle breeds, having elongated horns.
long-horned beetle noun: Any of the family Cerambycidae of beetles.
long-horned grasshopper noun: katydid
long hour noun: Any of the late hours of the day, especially those nearing midnight, or the hours after sunset.
long hours noun: plural of long hour
long-hours culture noun: A workplace environment where it is commonplace and often expected, or even valued, for employees to work extended hours beyond standard working hours.
long house noun: Alternative form of longhouse.
long hundred noun: One hundred and twenty (120), 12 × 10.
long hunter noun: Alternative form of longhunter.
long i noun: the English vowel sound /aɪ/ in the words "fine" and "like", often conventionally written ⟨ī⟩. (The presence of a long vowel is often signaled in spelling...
long in coming adverb: Of an event or happening, that has been awaited for a considerable period, implying that its arrival is overdue or much anticipated.
long in the tooth adjective: Old; aged.
long int noun: Alternative form of long integer.
long integer noun: An integer with a width (in bits) that is at least equal to that of a standard integer on the same machine (usually 32 or 64 bits).
Long Island noun /ˌlɔŋ ˈaɪlənd/: A Long Island iced tea.
Long Island Iced Tea noun: A cocktail made with vodka, gin, rum, tequila, and other ingredients.
Long Islander noun: A native or resident of Long Island, a region of the state of New York.
long-jawed spider noun: Any spider from the family Tetragnathidae.
long john noun: An ant tree of the species Triplaris surinamensis.
long johns noun: A full-length undergarment, worn on the bottom half of the body, or two-piece, to keep the wearer warm in cold weather.
long jump noun, verb /ˈlɒŋ ˌdʒʌmp/: An athletics field event where competitors attempt to jump as far as possible, after taking a run-up; a jump such as one performed in such an event.
long jumper noun: An athlete who competes in the long jump.
long lap penalty noun: An assessed penalty in motorsports where a competitor must race on an alternate longer route for a lap around the racecourse.
long-lasting adjective: Persisting or enduring for a long time.
long-lastingness noun: The state of being long-lasting.
long-leaved pine noun: Synonym of longleaf pine.
long leet noun: An initial list of nominees for posts in a town council; it is reduced by the existing council to form a short leet.
long-legged adjective: Having long legs.
long-legged bat noun: Macrophyllum macrophyllum, a phyllostomid bat with long posterior limbs and large feet equipped with strong claws.
long-legged buzzard noun: Buteo rufinus, a bird of prey in the Buteo genus, resident or breeding from North Africa to central Asia.
long-legged fly noun: Any of the predatory flies in the family Dolichopodidae, which tend to have long and slender legs.
long-legged thicketbird noun: Cincloramphus rufus, a small bird endemic to Fiji.
long-leggedness noun: the state or property of being long-legged
long legs noun: influence, far-reaching power
long lens noun: A telephoto lens.
long-life adjective: Designed to last for a long time, said especially of food and drink
long-line bra noun: A bra, with or without straps, fitting the bust and ribcage and extending to the waist, worn with a girdle.
long-line brassiere noun: A brassiere, with or without straps, fitting the bust and ribcage and extending to the waist, worn with a girdle.
long-lining noun: A type of commercial fishing using a very long line with many baited hooks attached along its length.
long list noun: Alternative form of longlist.
long live verb: Used in the subjunctive mood: may he, she, they, or it live for a long time; may it prosper.
long-lived adjective /ˈlɒŋˈlɪvd/: Having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time.
long-livedness noun /ˈlɒŋˈlaɪvɪdnɪs/: The state or condition of being long-lived; longevity.
long-living adjective: Of an organism or object, that has a long life span or lasts for a considerable period of time.
long-locked adjective: Of a hairstyle, specifically dreadlocks or locs, characterized by long, thick, twisted pieces of hair.
long long noun: A kind of integer variable, allowing a greater range of possible values than a long.
long long ago phrase: Used to add emphasis to the fact that the story takes place in the distant past.
long lost adjective: Having been missing or unknown for a long period of time.
long maize noun: Synonym of corn on the cob
long march through the institutions noun: The strategy of reforming society by becoming part of the institutions that control it.
long measure noun: Synonym of long meter.
long memory noun: The ability to remember events that occurred a long time ago.
long meter noun: A hymn metre characterized by a quatrain of iambic tetrameter, usually having rhyme in the second and fourth lines.
long-minded adjective: Alternative form of longminded.
long-mindedness noun: Alternative form of longmindedness.
long mode noun: An operational mode of x86-64 computers which enables 64-bit addressing, running older 32-bit code in compatibility mode and foregoing support for real-mode...
long-neck noun: Alternative form of longneck.
long-necked adjective: Having a long neck.
long night moon noun: A full moon in December.
long nine noun: A naval long gun capable of firing nine-pound shot.
long-nose noun: The needlefish, garfish.
long-nosed potoroo noun: Potorous tridactylus, an Australian potoroo with an elongated pointed rostral region.
long o noun: The vowel sound /əʊ/, as in the words "cone" and "note". (The presence of a long vowel is often signaled in spelling by a silent e that follows it, as in...
long odds noun: poor chances; unlikeliness, improbability
long off noun, verb: To avoid, to sack off, to kick into the long grass.
long on noun: a fielding position on the leg side, about 70° forward of square, designed to prevent runs from drives or to catch lofted drives
long oo noun: The vowel sound /uː/, as in the word "mood" as contrasted with "good".
long paddock noun: The grass verge of a public road, used as a source of pasture for cattle, sheep, etc, in times of drought; the stock route to market.
long passive noun: A passive construction that has an agent.
long peace noun: A long period without war.
long-pending adjective: That lasts a long time; long-lasting
long pepper noun: The flowering vine Piper longum in the genus Piper (pepper) of family Piperaceae, cultivated for its characteristically long fruit, which is usually dried...
long-period adjective: Synonym of non-periodic.
long pig noun: Human flesh used by cannibals as meat.
long-play noun: Ellipsis of long-play record, a 12- or 10-inch microgroove phonograph record format introduced in 1948.
long player noun: Synonym of long-play.
long-playing adjective: Referring to records that recorded a greater amount of sound than previous versions had; an LP; generally a 12-inch 33⅓-RPM vinyl record.
long-podded cowpea noun: Synonym of asparagus bean
long polling noun: A technology where the client requests information from the server without expecting an immediate response.
long pork noun: Human flesh.
long position noun: A financial instrument bought with the expectation that it will increase in value.
long posterior ciliary artery noun: Either of usually two arteries of which one arises from the ophthalmic artery on each side of the optic nerve, passes forward along the optic nerve...
long pot noun: A shot that pots a ball from across most of the table.
long-press verb: To press and hold down (a button)
long price noun: The full retail price (without discounts etc.)
long primer noun: Alternative form of Long Primer.
long profile noun: A curve showing the vertical profile of a river from its head to mouth
long purples noun: Synonym of early-purple orchid.
long purse noun: riches; wealth; significant financial resources
long QT syndrome noun: A heart disease in which there is an abnormally long delay between the electrical excitation (or depolarization) and relaxation (repolarization) of the...
long-range adjective: Operating, or capable of operating, over a great distance.
long-range reconnaissance patrol noun: A small, well-armed reconnaissance team that patrols deep into enemy-held territory.
long ranger noun: A historical linguist engaged in search of long-range relationships among already established language families by comparing proto-languages.
long-ranging adjective: Persisting in its effect or influence for a long time.
long rice noun: Cellophane noodles.
long rifle noun: An American style of rifle with an unusually long barrel, used in hunting and warfare.
long road to hoe noun: misconstruction of long row to hoe
long robe noun: The legal profession.
long room noun: An assembly room.
long row to hoe noun: A difficult, arduous task or set of tasks; a lengthy, demanding project.
long run noun: An extended period of time.
long run for a short slide noun: A large expenditure of effort for a modest benefit.
long-running adjective: Operating for a relatively extended period of time.
long s noun: The ſ character, as distinct from the short s (which is the s character).
long scale noun: A system of numeric names in which every new term with -illion greater than million is 1,000,000 times the previous term (e.g. a billion is a million million).
long screwdriver noun: Interference (usually in military matters) by politicians.
long sell verb: (in a GDS) To reserve a flight by typing the required computer commands with the itinerary details together and entering the command once, rather than...
long service leave noun: An additional employee vacation payable after long periods of service with an employer.
long shot noun: A shot fired at a distant target.
long sight noun: Longsightedness.
long-sighted adjective: Hyperopic; farsighted
long-sightedness noun: Alternative form of longsightedness.
long since adverb: Long ago; in the (distant) past.
long six noun: A candle weighing one sixth of a pound, about eight inches long.
long-sleeved adjective: Having long sleeves, often extending from shoulder to wrist.
long-sleever noun: A pint of beer.
long-slip noun: A fielder some distance behind and on the right of the batsman.
long snap noun, verb: An underhand pass from the center to the punter.
long snapper noun: A center who is skilled in throwing a long snap.
long-snouted seahorse noun: A species of seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus
long-span adjective: Spanning a long period of time.
long spine board noun: Synonym of spine board.
long-spined bullhead noun: A species of the Cottidae family, Taurulus bubalis.
long-spun adjective: Alternative form of longspun.
long-spurred violet noun: A plant of the species Viola rostrata, native to temperate eastern North America.
long-standing adjective /ˈlɒŋstændɪŋ/: Having existed for a long time; of long standing (duration).
long stop noun, verb: A fielding position, now confined to the amateur game, behind the wicket-keeper (so as to retrieve balls that the wicket-keeper misses); a fielder in this...
long story phrase: A situation that is too complicated or extensive to talk about.
long story short adverb: Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, a relevant story.
long-sufferance noun: Synonym of long-suffering.
long-suffering adjective, noun: Having endured mental or physical discomfort for a protracted period of time patiently or without complaint.
long-sufferingness noun: The quality of being long-suffering.
long suit noun: Synonym of strong suit.
long sweetening noun: A viscous, syrupy sweetener, generally molasses, but sometimes table syrup.
long sword noun: Alternative spelling of longsword.
long tail noun: Sales made for less usual goods within a very large choice, which can return a profit through reduced marketing and distribution costs.
long-tail boat noun: Alternative spelling of longtail boat.
long-tail Covid noun: Synonym of long COVID.
long-tailed adjective /ˈlɒŋˌteɪld/: Having a long tail (used in the names of various birds and animals).
long-tailed blue noun: A small, blue gossamer-winged with brown border butterfly with cryptic, dull under wing, Lampides boeticus, of the family Lycaenidae.
long-tailed chinchilla noun: Any of the species Chinchilla laniger, found in South America.
long-tailed cuckoo noun: Synonym of long-tailed koel.
long-tailed duck noun: An Arctic sea bird (Clangula hyemalis).
long-tailed field mouse noun: Synonym of wood mouse
long-tailed hawk noun: A species of hawk, Urotriorchis macrourus
long-tailed jaeger noun: An Arctic seabird of the skua family, Stercorarius longicaudus.
long-tailed koel noun: A cuckoo of species Urodynamis taitensis.
long-tailed macaque noun: A primate of the species Macaca fascicularis, native to Southeast Asia.
long-tailed meadowlark noun: A passerine songbird, Leistes loyca, native to South America.
long-tailed one noun: A banknote of high denomination.
long-tailed pangolin noun: A pangolin of species Phataginus tetradactyla (syn. Manis tetradactyla).
long-tailed paradise whydah noun: A bird of species Vidua paradisaea.
long-tailed parakeet noun: A species of parakeet, Psittacula longicauda, of Southeast Asia.
long-tailed parroquet noun: Synonym of long-tailed parakeet
long-tailed planigale noun: A very small mouse-like marsupial, Planigale ingrami, native to floodplains and woodlands of northern Australia.
long-tailed porcupine noun: A porcupine of species Trichys fasciculata, found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
long-tailed shrew noun: Sorex dispar, a small slate-gray shrew of Atlantic Canada and the Northeastern United States, with a pointed snout, a long tail, and lighter underparts.
long-tailed shrike noun: Lanius schach, a member of the shrike family (Laniidae), mainly found in Asia.
long-tailed skipper noun: Urbanus proteus, a spread-winged skipper butterfly of the Americas.
long-tailed tit noun: Any of many subspecies of small passerine birds with long tails, Aegithalos caudatus, found throughout Europe and Asia
long-tailed titmouse noun: Aegithalos caudatus (long-tailed tit)
long-tailed weasel noun: Any member of the species Neogale frenata of weasels found from Bolivia to Canada.
long take noun: A single, continuous shot that lasts for an unusually long duration without any cuts.
long term adjective, adverb, noun: Becoming evident after a relatively long time period.
long-term Covid noun: Synonym of long Covid.
long-term memory noun: The stage of the Atkinson–Shiffrin memory model where informative knowledge is held indefinitely.
long-term potentiation noun: A long-lasting (hours in vitro, weeks to months in vivo) increase, typically in amplitude, of the response of a postsynaptic neuron to a particular pattern...
long-termer noun: A prisoner serving a lengthy sentence.
long-termism noun: Concentration on long-term goals rather than short-term security or advantage.
long-termist adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of longtermist.
long termly adverb: In a long-term manner.
long-termness noun: The state, quality, or condition of being long-term.
long thousand noun: One thousand and two hundred - 1200, that is, ten times one long hundred.
long throw noun: A long throw-in into the goal area.
long time adjective, interjection, noun: Used as part of greeting of two people who have not been in contact for a long time.
long-time listener, first-time caller noun: A person who contacts the host of a radio program, or (by extension) the owner of a website etc., for the first time, having listened or followed for a...
long time no hear interjection: I haven't heard from you for a long time.
long time no see interjection: I (or we) have not seen you for a long time.
long title noun: The formal, official title of an act (or other piece of legislation); such titles are rarely (if ever) used in practice, and in some cases consist of...
long toe noun: The second digit of the foot.
long-toed stint noun: A type of sandpiper, (Calidris subminuta)
long-toed water beetle noun: Any water beetle of the family Dryopidae, with noticeably long toes.
long-togs noun: Clothes to be worn when going ashore.
long Tom noun: Any of various early cannon and field guns.
long ton noun: A traditional unit of mass equal to 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each, equivalent to approximately 1016 kilograms.
long-tongued adjective: Talkative, loquacious, especially excessively so
long-tongued bat noun: Any leaf-nosed bat of the genus Glossophaga.
long track noun: A long-track speedskating oval
long trousers noun: trousers as opposed to shorts
long u noun: The sound /juː/, as in the words "cube" and "mute". (The presence of a long vowel is often signaled in spelling by a silent e that follows it, as in the...
long underwear noun: Two-piece underwear with long legs and long sleeves that is normally worn during cold weather.
long vac noun: Clipping of long vacation.
Long Vac term noun: Contraction of Long Vacation term.
long vacation noun: The university break between the end of one academic year in June and the start of the next in October.
Long Vacation term noun: A fourth, supplemental academic term of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge during the long vacation, containing no routine undergraduate teaching.
long vax noun: The manifestation of long-term symptoms as a result of a COVID-19 vaccination.
long view noun: consideration for the future and long-term results.
long-visaged adjective: Having a long face; of rueful countenance.
long vowel noun: A vowel which is normally pronounced somewhat longer than other vowels (usually around 1½ to 2½ times the length of a short vowel); represented in the IPA...
long-vowel mark noun: The symbol ː (the triangular colon), which marks long vowels in IPA.
long-waisted adjective: Having a torso that is longer in proportion to the legs than average.
long wave noun: a radio wave of over 1 kilometre in length, having a frequency less than 300 kHz.
long way around noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see long, way, around.
long ways, long lies proverb /ˈlɒŋ ˌweɪz ˈlɒŋ ˌlaɪz/: Someone who returns from a far-off region can tell lies without fear of being contradicted.
long weekend noun: A weekend extended by one or more days off falling on a day or days immediately preceding or following it.
long-welded adjective: Of rails for railway track, welded into longer lengths, usually before they are laid, to help eliminate jointed track.
long whist noun: A game for four players in two partnerships, where a game is won by scoring nine or ten odd tricks.
long white radish noun: Synonym of white radish.
long-winded adjective /ˈlɔŋˌwɪndəd/: Tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose.
long-windedly adverb: In a long-winded manner; employing more lengthy phrasing than required.
long-windedness noun: The use of more words than are necessary for clarity or precision; verbosity, prolixity.
long z noun: Synonym of ezh, the letter Ʒ, ʒ.
longa noun, preposition: Belonging to; of, in, at, to.
Longacre proper noun: A surname.
longaeval adjective: Alternative form of longeval.
longaevous adjective: Alternative form of longevous.
longage noun: The opposite of a shortage; an excessive amount.
longan noun /ˈlɒŋɡən/: An evergreen tree, Dimocarpus longan, of the Sapindaceae family, native to southern China.
longanimity noun /lɒŋɡəˈnɪmɪti/: Patience or tolerance in the face of adversity; forbearance, long-suffering.
longanimous adjective: Long-suffering; patient; showing self-control and restraint.
longanimously adverb: in a longanimous manner, displaying longanimity; forbearingly; patiently and in a restrained and self-controlled way.
longanisa noun: A Spanish sausage similar to chorizo.
longaniza noun: A type of Spanish sausage.
Longannet proper noun: A place in Fife council area, Scotland, the site of a power station closed in 2016; the site is apparently being redeveloped (OS grid ref NS9585).
longarm noun, verb: A free-motion sewing machine with an extended arm and frame for holding large quilts.
longball noun: A home run.
longbeak adjective, noun: having a long break (applied to various animals)
longbean noun: Synonym of cowpea
longbeard noun: A man with a long beard.
longbed noun: A truck with a long bed.
longbill noun: Any of a number of birds with long bills.
longbill spearfish noun: A species of merlin, Tetrapturus pfluegeri
longblock noun: Alternative form of long block.
longboard noun, verb: A large surfboard, around 9 or 10 feet long with a wide nose.
longboarder noun: One who rides a longboard.
longboarding noun: The recreation or sport of surfing with a longboard.
longboat noun: The largest and thus the most capable of boats carried on a ship.
longboater noun: Someone who travels by longboat
longboatman noun: The man in charge of a longboat.
longboi noun: Something long, especially a dog.
Longbottom verb: Alternative form of Neville Longbottom.
longbow noun /ˈlɒŋbəʊ/: A large bow that has a strong tension, and is usually more than 3 feet tall. The most famous longbows in history were the English longbows, which were...
longbowman noun: An archer who uses a longbow.
longbowsman noun: Alternative form of longbowman.
longbowstringmaker noun: A manufacturer of strings for longbows.
Longbridge proper noun: An outer suburb in Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0177).
longcase noun: A longcase clock.
longcase clock noun: A freestanding weight-driven pendulum clock, having the pendulum and weights in a tall case.
Longchamp proper noun: A commune of Côte-d'Or department, France.
longclaw noun: Any of several passerine birds of the genus Macronyx, that have long hind claws
longcloth noun: A kind of plain cotton cloth originally made in long pieces, and often made in India.
longcoat noun: An overcoat that hangs to midcalf.
longcut noun: A path between two points that is not the shortest or quickest route.
Longden proper noun: A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, south-west of Shrewsbury (OS grid ref SJ4406).
longdog noun: A type of crossbreed greyhound
Longdon proper noun /ˈlɒŋdən/: A village and civil parish in Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0714).
longe noun, verb /lʌnd͡ʒ/: To work (a horse) in a circle at the end of a long line or rope.
longe line noun: A rope-like piece of equipment, usually 20 meters or longer in length, attached to the bridle, longeing cavesson, or halter of a horse to provide control...
longear noun: Lepomis megalotis, a colourful freshwater sunfish with an elongated opercular flap.
longear sunfish noun: A freshwater sunfish of eastern North America (Lepomis megalotis).
longed for adjective, verb: That is longed for.
longeing cavesson noun: Alternative spelling of lungeing cavesson.
Longenecker proper noun: A surname.
longer adjective, adverb, noun /ˈlɒŋ.ə/: One who longs or yearns for something.
longeron noun /ˈlɒnʒəɹɒn/: A thin strip of wood or metal, to which the skin of an aircraft is fastened.
longest adjective, adverb, noun /ˈlɒŋɡəst/: Something that is longer than all others in its class.
longeval adjective /lɒnˈd͡ʒiːvəl/: Long-lived
longeve adjective: Longevous, long-lived.
longevism noun: The pursuit of long life.
longevitous adjective: Long-lived; having longevity.
longevity noun /lɒnˈd͡ʒɛv.ɪ.ti/: The quality of being long-lasting, especially of life.
longevity noodle noun: An yi mein noodle of a kind eaten on birthdays in China to celebrate a long life.
longevity peach noun: A lotus seed bun (shǒutào) shaped and coloured like a peach, typically served on an elderly person's birthday in China to celebrate their old age.
longevity rice noun: A type of rice engineered to live for more than two years and can be harvested multiple times from a single planting.
longevous adjective /lɒnˈd͡ʒiː.vəs/: Long-lasting, especially of life.
longevously adjective: In a longevous way; with longevity; for an extended amount of time.
longfather noun: A male ancestor.
Longfellow proper noun: A surname transferred from the nickname.
Longfellowian adjective: Of or pertaining to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882), American poet and professor.
Longfield proper noun: A village in Longfield and New Barn parish, Dartford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ604688).
longfin noun: Any member of the family Plesiopidae of elongated perciform fish.
longfin burrower noun: The fish Apocreedia vanderhorsti.
longfin pilot whale noun: A large species of dolphin, Globicephala melas, of the North Atlantic and Southern Ocean.
Longford proper noun /ˈlɔŋfɚd/: A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2137).
longform adjective: Alternative form of long-form.
longful adjective: Long (in duration).
Longgang proper noun: A district of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
longganisa noun: Synonym of longaniza.
longgrass noun: Grasses that have been allowed to grow very high or that are from a species that grows very high.
longgrasser noun: Alternative form of long-grasser.
longhair adjective, noun: A person with hair longer than the norm, especially someone viewed as bohemian, non-conventional or a hippie.
longhaired adjective: Having long hair.
longhand adverb, noun /ˈlɒŋˌhænd/: The written characters used in the common method of writing; opposed to shorthand, or typing or printing; handwriting.
longhaul verb /ˈlɒŋhɔːl/: To travel a long distance.
longhauled adjective, verb: That has been transported long distances.
longhauler noun: Alternative form of long-hauler.
longhauling noun, verb /ˈlɒŋhɔːlɪŋ/: The act of travelling long distances.

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.