English words: love-in-idleness to low Fowler's
300 English words, part 66 of 76 of the words starting with L, A to Z. 27 have a page of their own.
English words love-in-idleness to low Fowler's
- love-in-idleness noun: Viola tricolor, the wild pansy.
- love-in-winter noun: An umbellate wintergreen (Chimaphila umbellata).
- love interest noun /ˈlʌv ˈɪntɹɪst/: One who is of interest as a (potential) partner in love.
- love is blind proverb: A person who is in love can see no faults or imperfections in the person whom they love.
- love is love phrase: Love in LGBTQ relationships is equivalent (in genuineness, validity, personal experience, etc.) to love in heterosexual relationships.
- Love Islander noun: A contestant on the dating reality show Love Island.
- love it or lump it verb: Synonym of like it or lump it.
- love jones noun: An intense, addiction-like craving or desire for love, especially romantic love.
- love-joust noun: sexual intercourse
- love jug noun: A female breast.
- love juice noun: A love potion.
- love knot noun: A knot or bow, as of ribbon.
- love language noun /ˈləv ˌlæŋɡwɪd͡ʒ/: A medium through which one shows appreciation of or affection for another, such as complimenting, giving gifts, or spending time together.
- love letter noun: A letter written to express the author's love for the intended reader.
- love-lies-bleeding noun: A tropical plant of species Amaranthus caudatus, that has clusters of little red flowers
- love life noun: An individual's amorous or sexual relationships.
- love-light noun: Alternative form of lovelight.
- love lips noun: The labia, namely the labia minora.
- love lock noun: A padlock symbolizing two people's love for each other.
- love machine noun: A person who takes part in long sessions of love making.
- love-maker noun: Alternative spelling of lovemaker.
- love making noun: Alternative spelling of lovemaking.
- love manual noun: A book providing instructions and guidance in sexual techniques, intended to enhance the reader's sexual life.
- love marriage noun: A love match that is a marriage.
- love match noun: A marriage, betrothal, or other romantic relationship which is based on a spontaneous mutual feeling of love by the two individuals in the relationship, as...
- love mound noun: female breast
- love muscle noun: genitals
- love nest noun: A residence, especially a condominium or cabin, where a couple (particularly a newly cohabiting or married couple) can enjoy each other's company.
- love nut noun: coco-de-mer
- love of one's life noun: A soulmate; a one and only.
- love offering noun: Money collected from members of a congregation by passing a plate during the religious service, used for a specific purpose or cause distinct from normal...
- love on verb: To show affection to.
- love orgy noun: An occasion on which people engage in group sex.
- love padlock noun: Synonym of love-lock.
- love philtre noun: love potion
- love pill noun: An MDMA (ecstasy) tablet.
- love pillow noun: A small decorative pillow, filled with sweet-smelling herbs or flowers, given as a token of love or as a love charm.
- love play noun: Foreplay
- love pocket noun: The vagina.
- love point noun: A proposed punctuation mark composed of two mirrored question marks sharing a single dot to form a heart shape, placed at the end of a sentence to indicate...
- love polygon noun /ˈlʌv ˈpɒlɪɡən/: A situation in which at least two people vie for the love of another individual.
- love potion noun: A drink supposed to have the magic power to make the drinker fall in love with a specified person.
- love powder noun: A powdered preparation supposed, when swallowed, to have the magic power to make the swallower fall in love with a specified person.
- love quadrangle noun: A situation in which three people vie for the love of a fourth person.
- love rat noun: An adulterer; a two-timer; somebody who has an affair whilst in a relationship.
- love recipe noun: A recipe for a dish that when eaten is supposed to have the magic power to make the eater fall in love with a specified person.
- love rectangle noun: Synonym of love quadrangle.
- love rose noun: A small glass tube containing an imitation rose, sold ostensibly as a romantic gift but intended to be disassembled for use as a crack pipe.
- love sausage noun: The penis.
- love scam noun: A consumer fraud that involves criminals attempting to make victims fall in love with or marry them, and tricking them into paying them money.
- love scene noun: A segment in a film or television program in which the characters engage in sexual activity.
- love script noun: Any type of written document or formula which is used to describe a desired romantic relationship.
- love seat noun: A small sofa for two people.
- love-shy adjective, noun: Ineffectual at courtship or attaining sexual intercourse.
- love-shyness noun: The state of being love-shy.
- love slave noun: A slave whose duties include love and/or being available for sex.
- love song noun: A song about love; a song that expresses amorous feelings.
- love spoon noun: An ornately carved spoon, sometimes with double bowl, traditionally made from a single piece of wood by young men, especially in Wales, as a love token for...
- love spud noun: A testicle.
- love spuds noun: Testicles.
- love story noun: A story about love.
- love-struck adjective: struck by (usually romantic) love; smitten.
- love swing noun: Synonym of sex swing.
- love tap noun: Alternative form of lovetap.
- love team noun: Alternative form of loveteam.
- love the sinner but hate the sin verb: Alternative form of love the sinner, hate the sin.
- love the sinner, hate the sin proverb: One should not treat people badly because of their faults, but one should not go so far as to accept or approve the faults themselves.
- love token noun: a gift or keepsake that is symbolic of a love relationship
- love tonic noun: love potion
- love toy noun: Amorous play; flirtation, lovemaking.
- love triangle noun /ˈlʌv ˌtɹaɪ.æŋɡəl/: A situation in which two suitors vie or compete for the love of the same person.
- love truncheon noun: The penis.
- love tunnel noun: Synonym of tunnel of love (amusement park attraction).
- love up verb: To demonstrate affection (on somebody).
- love vine noun: Any of various Cassytha species alleged to have aphrodisiac properties.
- Love wave noun: A seismic surface shock wave with a lateral horizontal movement perpendicular to the direction of propagation.
- love-worthiness noun: the quality of being worthy of love
- love ya phrase: I love you.
- love you phrase: Ellipsis of I love you.
- loveability noun: Alternative spelling of lovability.
- loveable adjective: Alternative form of lovable.
- loveableness noun: Alternative spelling of lovableness.
- loveably adverb: Alternative form of lovably.
- loveaduck interjection: Alternative form of love a duck.
- loveaholic noun: One who has an excessive need to be in a romantic relationship.
- loveapple noun: Alternative form of love apple.
- lovebead noun: A bead made from a dyed seed pod, strung in a long beaded necklace and worn by men or women as part of countercultural fashion in the 1960s and 1970s.
- lovebeads noun: plural of lovebead
- lovebird noun, verb: Any small parrot from one of the nine species within the genus Agapornis. Sometimes they are kept as cage birds and are noted for their affection towards...
- lovebite noun: Alternative spelling of love bite.
- lovebomb noun, verb: Alternative spelling of love bomb.
- lovebombing noun, verb: Alternative spelling of love bombing.
- lovebot noun: A sexbot
- lovebud noun: The clitoris.
- lovebug noun: An insect, the honeymoon fly (Plecia nearctica, family Biblionidae), native to Central America and the southeastern United States.
- Lovech proper noun: A town in northern Bulgaria.
- lovechild noun: Alternative form of love child.
- Lovecraft proper noun /ˈlʌvˌkɹæft/: A surname.
- Lovecraft Country noun: Eerie small town and countryside settings resembling the locales found in H.P. Lovecraft's fictional universe.
- Lovecraftesque adjective: Reminiscent of the works of American horror, science fiction and fantasy author H. P. Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937).
- Lovecraftian adjective, noun /lʌvˈkɹæfti.ən/: Frighteningly monstrous and otherworldly, sometimes with terrifyingly unnatural anatomy.
- Lovecraftiana noun: Objects, materials, or documents relating to H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937), American author of fantasy, horror, and science fiction.
- lovecrafty adjective: Having a theme or style resembling the works of horror author H.P. Lovecraft, specifically characterised by cosmic horror, the insignificance of humanity,...
- loved adjective, verb /lʌvd/: Being the object of love.
- loved one noun: A very close friend or family member for whom a person has feelings of endearment, one of someone's close ones; sometimes: next of kin (for example on...
- loved'st verb: Alternative form of lovedst.
- loved'th verb: Alternative form of lovedeth.
- loved up adjective, verb: Under the influence of ecstasy (the drug MDMA).
- Lovedale proper noun: A locality in the Cessnock council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- loveday noun /ˈlʌvdeɪ/: A day appointed for a meeting intended to amicably resolve a dispute; also the meeting held on such a day.
- lovedom noun: The condition or realm of love.
- lovedrug noun: Alternative spelling of love drug.
- lovee noun: One who is loved; a recipient of love.
- lovefest noun: An effusive exchange of goodwill.
- loveful adjective: Full of love; loving.
- lovefully adverb: In a loveful manner.
- lovegrass noun: Alternative spelling of love grass.
- Lovegrove proper noun: A surname.
- lovehandle noun: Alternative spelling of love handle.
- lovehole noun: The anus or vagina, in the context of sex.
- LOVEINT noun: The use of government espionage tools or techniques to investigate one's love interests.
- Lovejoy proper noun /ˈlʌvd͡ʒɔɪ/: A surname.
- lovekin noun: A term of endearment for a lover or sweetheart.
- lovekins noun: Alternative form of lovekin.
- Lovel proper noun: A male given name.
- Lovelace noun: A well-mannered libertine.
- Lovelady proper noun: A surname.
- Loveland proper noun: A surname.
- loveless adjective: Without love.
- lovelessly adverb: Without love; in a loveless fashion.
- lovelessness noun: The state or condition of being loveless; lack of love.
- lovelify verb /ˈlʌvlɪfaɪ/: To make lovely.
- lovelight noun: A fond expression of love in a person's eyes.
- lovelihead noun: Synonym of loveliness.
- lovelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of love.
- lovelily adverb /ˈlʌvlɪli/: In a manner to excite or inspire admiration or love; admirably, beautifully, wonderfully.
- loveliness noun /ˈlʌvlinəs/: The property of being lovely, of attractiveness, beauty, appearing to be lovable.
- loveling noun: A beloved little one; darling; a beloved or lovable thing.
- Lovell proper noun /ˈlʌ.vəl/: A surname from Anglo-Norman; variant forms Lowell, Lovel.
- lovelock noun /ˈlʌvˌlɒk/: A lock of hair that hangs down and is worn apart from the hair that remains.
- lovelore noun: The knowledge, science, study, or history of love.
- lovelorn adjective, noun /lʌvˈlɔɹn/: Abandoned or forsaken by one's lover; having constant bad luck in romance; desperate for love.
- lovelornness noun: The quality of being lovelorn.
- lovely adjective, adverb, noun /ˈlʌv.li/: Delightful for beauty, harmony, or grace.
- lovely and adverb: Synonym of nice and.
- lovely fairywren noun: Any member of the species Malurus amabilis of fairywrens, of Cape York Peninsula.
- lovely fir noun: Synonym of Pacific silver fir (Abies amabilis)
- lovely jubbly adjective, interjection, noun /ˌlʌvli ˈdʒʌbli/: Often used as a response to some (anticipated) success: lovely; fantastic, great.
- lovely weather for ducks noun: Synonym of nice weather for ducks (“rainy weather”).
- lovemaker noun: someone who makes love; a person who has sexual intercourse
- lovemaking noun: Sexual intercourse.
- loveman noun: Synonym of cleavers (“the plant”).
- lovemap noun: A mental conception of one's ideal lover and sex life.
- lovemark noun: An enhanced brand that inspires love and respect in consumers.
- lovemate noun: The person with whom one is mated in love; a lover or sweetheart.
- lovemobile noun: A float or truck that carries sound equipment, dancers, etc. at music festivals.
- lovemonger noun: A person who encourages or advocates love; one who deals in affairs of love.
- Loven proper noun: A surname.
- lovenellid noun: Any hydroid in the family Lovenellidae
- loveness noun: Love.
- lovenest noun: Alternative form of love nest.
- loveniid noun: Any sea urchin in the family Loveniidae
- lovepat noun: Someone who travels to another country to be with a romantic partner, or to experience love.
- lover noun /ˈlʌvɚ/: One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.
- lover boy noun: Alternative spelling of loverboy.
- lover man noun: Alternative form of loverman.
- lover's eye noun: A miniature painting, typically from the late 18th to early 19th century, depicting a single eye (usually of a loved one), often set into jewelry like...
- lover's lane noun: Alternative form of lovers' lane.
- lover's rock noun: A genre of reggae influenced by soul music and modern pop.
- Lovera proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
- loverboy noun /ˈlʌvɚˌbɔɪ/: A male lover, especially a young one.
- loverboy method noun: The practice of luring women into prostitution by pretending to form romantic relationships with them.
- Loverde proper noun: A surname.
- loverdom noun: The realm or sphere of lovers.
- lovered adjective /ˈlʌvɚd/: Having a lover.
- loveress noun: A female lover.
- lovergirl noun: A female lover, especially a young one.
- loverhood noun: the state or quality of being a lover
- Loveridge proper noun: A surname.
- lovering noun: Courtship; wooing.
- loveringite noun: A trigonal-rhombohedral black mineral containing aluminum, calcium, cerium, chromium, iron, magnesium, oxygen, titanium, vanadium, and zirconium.
- loverless adjective: Without a lover.
- loverlike adjective: Befitting or characteristic of a lover.
- loverliness noun: the condition and quality of being a lover; loverhood
- loverly adjective: Characteristic of lovers.
- loverman noun: A man who is skilled at making love.
- Lovern proper noun: A surname.
- lovers adjective, noun /ˈlʌvɚz/: In a romantic or sexual relationship.
- lovers' eyes noun: Alternative spelling of lover's eyes
- lovers' lane noun: A secluded area where people kiss, make out, or engage in sexual activity.
- lovers rock noun: Alternative spelling of lover's rock.
- lovers' tiff noun: A petty quarrel between lovers, not so serious as to end the romantic relationship; a lover's spat.
- lovership noun: The state or condition of being lovers.
- lovertine noun: Someone addicted to lovemaking (courtship).
- loverwise adverb: As lovers do.
- loveseat noun: Alternative spelling of love seat.
- loveship noun: The act of falling in or making love; courtship.
- loveshy adjective: Alternative form of love-shy.
- lovesick adjective /ˈlʌvsɪk/: Behaving oddly, or as though in distress, due to being overcome by feelings of unrequited or unfulfilled love.
- lovesickly adjective, adverb: In a lovesick manner.
- lovesickness noun: The property or quality of being lovesick.
- lovesmith noun /ˈlʌv.smɪθ/: One who nurtures and spreads love.
- lovesome adjective /ˈlʌvsəm/: Worthy of love; having qualities that inspire love; lovable.
- lovesomely adverb: In a lovesome manner.
- lovesomeness noun: Quality of being lovesome.
- lovesong noun: Alternative spelling of love song.
- lovespell noun: A ritual meant to attract or distract someone sexually or romantically usually performed either by decorating poppet likeness with flowers or by inscribing...
- lovespoon noun: Alternative spelling of love spoon.
- lovestone noun: ivy
- Lovestoneite noun: A member of a small American oppositionist communist movement of the 1930s, led by Jay Lovestone, former General Secretary of the Communist Party USA.
- Lovestonite noun: Alternative form of Lovestoneite.
- lovestruck adjective: Alternative spelling of love-struck.
- lovesweat noun: Sweat produced from love (arousal or love-making).
- loveta contraction: Contraction of love + to.
- lovetap noun: A light punch or other rough tap, performed in a friendly or affectionate manner.
- loveteam noun: A pair of actors or television presenters who are promoted as a romantic couple.
- Lovett proper noun: A surname from Anglo-Norman.
- Lovette proper noun: A surname.
- lovewende adjective: Lovable; beloved; lovely; loving.
- lovewise adverb: In terms of love; when it comes to love.
- loveworthy adjective: lovable, worthy or deserving of love.
- lovey noun /ˈlʌvi/: An informal mode of address (associated most often with actors and the like).
- lovey-dovey adjective: Affectionate in a rather mushy or oversentimental fashion.
- lovey-doveyness noun: The state of being lovey-dovey; excessive sentimentality.
- lovez verb: Informal spelling of loves.
- Lovick proper noun: A surname.
- lovie noun /ˈlʌvi/: Alternative form of lovey (“term of address”).
- lovin' verb /ˈlʌvɪn/: Pronunciation spelling of loving.
- Lovina proper noun: A coastal area on the northwestern side of the island of Bali, Indonesia.
- loving adjective, noun, verb /ˈlʌv.ɪŋ/: The action of the verb to love.
- loving cup noun: A large cup with two or more handles, passed around for all to drink from
- loving kindness noun: Alternative form of lovingkindness.
- lovingkindness noun /lʌ.vɪŋˈkʌɪnd.nɪs/: Kindness or mercy which is based on, or arises from, love; (countable) an act of such kindness or mercy.
- lovingly adverb: In a loving manner, affectionately.
- lovingness noun: The quality of being loving.
- Lovington proper noun: A village and civil parish (served by Cary Moor parish council) in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5930).
- loviride noun: An antiviral drug against HIV.
- lovish adjective: Like, resembling, or characteristic of love; amorous; loving.
- Lovitt proper noun: A surname.
- lovo noun: A traditional earthen pit oven in Fiji.
- lovozerite noun: A mineral composed of a hydrated silicate of sodium, potassium, manganese, calcium, and zirconium
- lovviedom noun: Alternative form of luvviedom.
- low adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ˈləʊ/: Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
- low-alcohol adjective: Of an alcoholic beverage, having a lower alcohol content than normal.
- low and slow adjective, adverb: At a low temperature for a relatively long period of time.
- low back noun: Synonym of lower back.
- low back merger noun: The cot-caught merger.
- low-background adjective: Pertaining to having a significantly lower level of inherent, background radiation than usual.
- low-background lead noun: Lead with low inherent radiation levels, suitable for instruments and experiments highly sensitive to radiation.
- low-background steel noun: Steel with low inherent radiation levels, suitable for instruments and experiments highly sensitive to radiation.
- low-beam noun: Synonym of dipped headlight.
- low-bell noun: A bell used in hunting birds at night, in connection with a light, to frighten them into a net.
- low blow noun: An unfair or illegal blow that lands below the opponent’s waist.
- low-boiling adjective: Having a low boiling point.
- low bono adjective, adverb: Of legal work: offered at a discounted rate, especially to underrepresented communities.
- low-born adjective: Born in a family of low status.
- low breathing noun: diaphragmatic breathing
- low-bred adjective: ill-mannered and vulgar; impolite.
- low bridge noun: Usually any bridge over a roadway under which vehicles above a certain height cannot pass, as well as high loads.
- low-brow adjective: Alternative spelling of lowbrow.
- low-budget adjective: Of a project such as a film, achieved with a relatively small financial outlay.
- low C noun: the C note exactly two octaves below middle C
- low-cal adjective: Abbreviation of low-calorie.
- low-caloric adjective: Alternative spelling of low-calorie.
- low-calorie adjective: Of a diet, involving eating a lower number of calories than would normally eaten, usually with the intention of losing weight.
- low camp noun: An unsophisticated form of camp (campiness), which may sometimes be cringeworthy.
- low-carb adjective: Of a food or diet, low in carbohydrates.
- low-carber noun: A person who follows a diet that is low in carbohydrates.
- low church adjective, noun: A tradition within the Anglican church more heavily influenced by Protestant and Reformed belief and practice, characterised by an informal style of...
- low churchman noun: A member of the Church of England following the Low Church tradition, focusing on the Protestant and evangelical aspects of the Anglican heritage.
- low-class adjective: Lacking social rank or respectability.
- low-code adjective, noun: (of a development environment) Primarily involving a graphical user interface rather than a text-based one.
- low context culture noun: Alternative form of low-context culture.
- low-cost adjective: Low in price; cheap, inexpensive.
- low cost carrier noun: An airline that sells very inexpensive tickets but which does not provide (or charges for) typical services like meals or the carriage of baggage.
- low-crowned seahorse noun: A species of seahorse, Hippocampus trimaculatus
- low-cut adjective: Cut low, especially (of clothing) so as to reveal part of the breasts.
- low decile noun: A low socio-economic standing (used particularly in schooling to describe students).
- low-density adjective: Of a substance, having a small amount of mass per unit of volume.
- low-density lipoprotein noun: Any of a class of lipoproteins that transport cholesterol around the bloodstream; high levels may increase the risk of coronary heart disease.
- low-doc loan noun: A loan or mortgage where the borrower provides only limited proof of their income.
- low-dose CT scanning noun: A CT system (computed tomography) that limits the radiation exposure to the patient and produces high-resolution three-dimensional images.
- low dot noun: Synonym of low point: ..
- low-down adjective, noun /ˈləʊ.daʊn/: Of a person, worthless, contemptibly of no value; despicable.
- Low Dutch adjective: Low German.
- low Earth orbit noun: A satellite orbit around the Earth within an altitude range of approximately 200 to 2,000 km, in which a satellite can communicate with the Earth with...
- low-effort syndrome noun: The situation where members of a minority group put in only minimal effort (e.g. in school) since they believe that discrimination will in any case doom...
- low-emission adjective: Producing fewer pollutants to be emitted into the atmosphere.
- low end adjective: Cheap, inexpensive or low-quality.
- low-enriched uranium noun: Enriched uranium with at least 2% but less than 20% uranium-235, enough to sustain a nuclear fission chain reaction in a nuclear reactor moderated by light...
- low exercise price option noun: A European call option on a share or index, with a 1 cent strike price, traded on ASX. Instead of paying an upfront premium, margin is held and...
- low explosive noun: An explosive compound whose rate of decomposition proceeds through the material at less than the speed of sound.
- low fade noun: A hairstyle in which the hair on the top of the head is left relatively long while the sides and back are very short, with a transition beginning beneath...
- low fantasy adjective, noun: A subgenre of fantasy fiction set in the primary or real world as opposed to a secondary or fantasy world.
- low-fat adjective: Not having a high number of calories from fat or great amount of fats, especially an alternate variety of food designed to have lower calories, dietetic.
- low-fi adjective: Alternative spelling of lo-fi.
- low fidelity adjective: Having a low bitrate, or being an electronic reproduction of a sound with low accuracy.
- low five noun, verb: A gesture of celebration or victory in which two people slap their hands together at waist level.
- low-floor adjective: Of buses, trams or trains, built with a floor closer to ground level to ease access for passengers.
- low Fowler's noun: A physical position that a patient is placed in, raising the head by 15-30 degrees.
Part 65 · Part 67 · English words: L
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.