English words: low-functioning to Lowveld

300 English words, part 67 of 76 of the words starting with L, A to Z. 25 have a page of their own.

English words low-functioning to Lowveld

low-functioning adjective: Functioning or operating at a low level.
low-functioning autism noun: A form of autism associated with significant communication deficits and low cognitive ability (an IQ below 70).
low gear noun: The lowest gear available from a transmission or other gearbox, typically in a motor vehicle or cycle.
Low German adjective, noun: A West Germanic language spoken in Low (i.e. Northern) Germany and north-eastern parts of the Netherlands, and formerly also in large parts of eastern and...
low grade adjective: Of inferior quality.
low grade fever noun: A slight fever, typically defined as never exceeding 38.5 degrees Celsius (about 101 degrees Fahrenheit).
low-growing adjective: Of plants, that grow relatively close to the ground.
low hangers noun: A large pair of testicles and scrotum.
low-hanging adjective: That hovers low above the ground.
low hanging fruit noun: Alternative spelling of low-hanging fruit.
low hat noun: A pair of cymbals, positioned at ankle height, operated by a pedal.
low-hearted adjective: Depressed, despondent, or dispirited
low-heartedly adverb: In a low-hearted manner.
low-heartedness noun: The state or quality of being low-hearted.
low-heeled adjective: Having low heels.
low hundreds noun: An unspecified number between 100 and 200 that is rather closer to 100 than 200, as opposed to mid hundreds and high hundreds.
low-impact adjective: That does not place harmful stresses on the body.
low-income adjective: Not earning much money, or designed for people who do not earn much money.
low-info noun: Clipping of low-information.
low-information adjective: Ignorant, out of the loop, acting without an extensive or sophisticated understanding of a political situation.
low island noun: An island of coral origin.
low it interjection: Pronunciation spelling of allow it.
low key adjective, adverb, noun /ˌləʊˈkiː/: Dark; characterized by dark tones and muted colors.
low-keyed adjective: Relaxed, unstressful, not pressured.
low-keyness noun: The state or quality of being low-key.
low-kill shelter noun: An animal shelter that usually does not euthanize animals.
low-level adjective: Relatively unimportant.
low-level language noun: A computer language whose source code is a somewhat user-friendly version of a particular computer architecture's assembly language, containing no...
low life adjective, noun: Alternative form of lowlife
low line noun: Synonym of underscore.
low loader noun: a lowboy semi-trailer
low-lying adjective /ˈləʊˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/: Lower than nearby areas.
low magic noun: Practical, everyday folk magic.
low magick noun: Alternative spelling of low magic.
low maintenance adjective: Retaining proper functionality over long periods of time with little or no maintenance.
low-masking adjective: Engaging in a low level of masking; not prone to concealing or subduing one's autistic traits.
low mass noun: An ordinary Roman Catholic or Anglo-Catholic Mass celebrated without music and incense.
low mass star noun: A fully-convective red dwarf or M dwarf star
low-melting adjective: Having a low melting point.
low milling noun: A process of making flour from grain by a single grinding and by siftings. Now known as one-pass milling, an example is in a Unifine mill
low-minded adjective: Having a coarse, unrefined, vulgar demeanor.
low-mindedly adverb: In a low-minded manner.
low-mindedness noun: The characteristic of being low-minded; vulgarity or lack of honor.
low-noise block downconverter noun: A device that amplifies a high frequency band of radio spectrum and converts it to a lower frequency used in satellite communications.
low-octane adjective: Having a low octane number.
low-paid adjective: Of a worker: earning poor pay, less than the average wage.
low-pass adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of lowpass.
low-paying adjective: That pays at a low or insufficient rate.
low-performance adjective: Characterized by a low or poor level of performance or efficiency.
low-pitched adjective: Of a sound, having a comparatively low pitch.
low point noun: A nadir; the time when things are at their worst.
low politics noun: Politics concerned with the well-being of the citizens.
low poly adjective, noun: A 3D modeling technique in computer graphics that uses a relatively small number of polygons to construct a digital object or environment.
low post noun: The low post area area on a basketball court.
low post area noun: The areas that are closest to the basket but outside of the free throw lane.
low-power adjective: Synonym of low-powered.
low-powered adjective: Possessing little power or capacity.
low-pressure adjective: Operating at relatively low pressure, such as several times atmospheric pressure.
low-priced adjective: Having a low price; cheap.
low profile adjective, noun: An intentionally furtive position as to not arouse suspicion or catch attention.
low-proof adjective: Containing a low percentage of alcohol.
low-propensity adjective: Eligible to vote but having a history of infrequent or inconsistent participation in elections.
low-quality adjective: Of poor quality; inferior.
low-rank adjective: Of coal, that is in the early stages of coalification, and that has undergone minimal metamorphic alteration.
low relief noun: Synonym of bas-relief.
low-res adjective: Clipping of low-resolution.
low-residency adjective: Involving some amount of distance education and brief on-campus or on-site residencies.
low-resolution adjective: Having a low resolution; for example, having a small number of pixels per unit area.
Low Rhenish adjective: in, of or relating to the dialects of the Lower Rhine region (Niederrheinisch)
low rider noun: Alternative form of lowrider.
low rise adjective, noun: A building of no more than a few stories.
low-risk adjective: Involving a lesser degree of risk.
low road noun: A course of action which is undignified, wrongful, or otherwise unseemly.
low season noun: In the tourist industry, the period of lowest demand, usually during the coldest and wettest months in a sun and sand resort, or during the warmest months...
low-seeded adjective: Of a team, ranked or rated low in a given locale or region.
low side noun: A type of motorcycle crash when both tires lose traction and the motorcycle falls onto its side and slides across the tarmac. The rider typically falls off...
low side window noun: A type of window that is generally narrow, near the ground, and not aligned with the rows of windows, commonly found in medieval churches.
low-sided adjective: having low sides
low-skilled adjective: Not associated with, or not having, a higher level of skill.
low-slope roof noun: According to ASTM standard E 1918-97, a roof whose uppermost part is installed at a slope of 2/12 or 1:6 (9.5 degrees) or less.
low sock noun: A pair of cymbals, positioned at ankle height, and operated by a pedal.
low-speed adjective: That operates, moves or takes place at less than normal speed.
low speed, high drag adjective: Slow and steady.
low-spirited adjective: Disheartened, feeling low, in low spirits.
low-spiritedness noun: The state of being low-spirited
low spirits noun: A state of despondence or melancholy.
low-status adjective: Of a ranking that is low or inferior in a social or professional hierarchy.
low steel noun: Steel which contains only a small proportion of carbon, and cannot be hardened greatly by sudden cooling.
low-studded adjective: Furnished or built with short studs.
low-sulfur adjective: Alternative form of low-sulphur.
low-sulphur adjective: having a low sulphur content, fuel in particular.
low-sun adjective: Pertaining to the sun being low in the sky, such as in winter or near sunset or sunrise.
low-support adjective: Requiring a low level of assistance to meet one's personal care needs.
low surface brightness galaxy noun: A galaxy whose density of stars is not high enough to be detected against the sky.
low surrogate noun: A code point in the range U+DC00 through U+DFFF (the Low Surrogates block), used in UTF-16 to encode the low 10 bits of the 20-bit offset above U+FFFF of...
low-T noun: Abbreviation of low testosterone (“A medical condition in men where testosterone levels are low, and associated with low physique, motivation and virility”).
low tea noun: A formal afternoon meal comprising light snacks, often accompanied by tea.
low tech adjective: Simple, uncomplicated, primitive, not involving advanced technology.
low temperature flexibility noun: The ability of a membrane or other material to resist cracking when flexed after it has been cooled to a low temperature.
low-thoughted adjective: Having one's thoughts directed towards mean or insignificant subjects.
low thyroid noun: Synonym of hypothyroidism
low tide noun: The tide at its lowest level for a particular tidal cycle at a certain place.
low-toned adjective: Synonym of low (“quiet, soft; not loud”).
low-top fade noun: Synonym of low fade
low-value adjective: Of cheap or shoddy quality.
low-velocity adjective: Moving or operating at a slower speed or rate than normal or expected.
low water noun: The location of low tide in a coastal area.
low-water mark noun: A mark, such as a line of seaweed, showing the lowest level reached by a body of water.
low wine noun: A liquor containing about 20 percent alcohol, produced by the first distillation of wash; the first run of the still.
low-wing adjective: Of an aircraft with wings attached to the lower half or bottom of the fuselage rather than the top or middle.
low wire noun: A form of wirewalking performed on a wire or cable set only a few feet off the ground.
low yo-yo noun: A dogfighting maneuver used to increase the closure rate of the attacker during a turn, involving the attacker temporarily giving up some altitude to...
lowable adjective: Permissible or commendable .
lowage noun: A charge on shipping.
lowan noun: Synonym of mallee fowl.
lowball adjective, noun, verb: Significantly below the actual cost or value.
lowball glass noun: A short glass tumbler used for serving lowballs, usually holding 180–300 ml.
lowballer noun: One who lowballs.
lowbat adjective: low battery
lowbell noun: A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net.
lowbie noun: A low-level character in an MMORPG.
lowborn adjective: Alternative spelling of low-born.
lowboy noun /ˈləʊbɔɪ/: A low chest of drawers.
lowbred adjective: Alternative form of low-bred.
lowbrow adjective, noun /ˈloʊbɹaʊ/: Unsophisticated, not intended for an audience of intelligence, education or culture.
lowbrowism noun: lowbrow attitudes and policies generally
lowbrowness noun: The state or condition of being lowbrow.
lowbush adjective: Being, or coming from, a bush of low stature (used in names of certain fruits, such as lowbush blueberry and lowbush cranberry).
lowbush blueberry noun: A wild North American blueberry, Vaccinium angustifolium, sometimes grown commercially for its fruit
lowbush cranberry noun: Synonym of lingonberry.
lowcard noun: The part of a wrestling show at the beginning of the card (programme or schedule). It is the least prestigious part compared to the uppercard and midcard
lowcarder noun: A wrestler who performs in the lowcard
löwchen noun: An uncommon bichon bred in North-Western Europe.
lowcost adjective: Alternative form of low-cost.
Lowcountry proper noun: A geographic and cultural region along the coast of South Carolina, including the Sea Islands, and including significant salt marshes and other coastal...
Lowcountry boil noun: Synonym of Frogmore stew.
Lowcountry stew noun: Synonym of Frogmore stew.
lowcut adjective: Of clothing: having a low cut, i.e. revealing more skin than usual.
lowdah noun: A captain or chief boatman in China.
Lowden proper noun: A surname.
Lowdermilk proper noun: A surname from German.
lowdimensional adjective: Having or involving four or fewer dimensions
lowdown adjective, adverb, noun: inside information, the story or truth.
lowe noun, verb /loʊ/: Alternative form of low ("flame").
Lowe syndrome noun: A rare genetic disorder which causes multiple defects including mental retardation, hypotonia and cataracts.
loweite noun: An alkaline sulphate that is a volcanic sublimation product
Lowell proper noun /ˈləʊ.əl/: A surname from Anglo-Norman, a variant of Lovell.
Lowellesque adjective: Reminiscent of the works of Robert Lowell (1917–1977), American poet.
Lowellian adjective: Of or relating to Percival Lawrence Lowell (1855–1916), writer and astronomer who fuelled speculation that there were canals on Mars.
Lowellite noun: A person from or resident of Lowell, Massachusetts.
lowen verb: To make or become low.
Lowenberg proper noun: A surname from German.
lowend adjective: Alternative form of low-end.
Lowenstein proper noun: A surname.
Löwenstein-Jensen medium noun: A primary mycobacterial recovery medium composed of fresh whole eggs, defined salts, glycerol, potato flour, and malachite green.
Lowenthal proper noun: A surname.
lower adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ˈləʊ.ə/: comparative form of low: more low
lower airway noun: The part of the respiratory tract starting at the trachea and ending at the bronchioles.
lower arm noun: The section of an arm from the elbow to the wrist; forearm.
lower atmosphere noun: The troposphere and lower stratosphere
lower back noun: The region of the back above the waist, also known as the lumbar region; the area surrounding the five vertebrae between the rib cage and the pelvis.
lower body noun: The lower part of the body, usually below the waist.
lower body day noun: A day dedicated to exercising one's lower body.
lower bound noun: A value that is less than or equal to every element of a given set of values.
lower boundary noun: The most ancient time encompassed by a given geological period.
lower camel case noun: The practice of writing identifiers by concatenating multiple component words, where each word excluding the first is capitalized.
Lower Canadian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Lower Canada.
lower case adjective, noun, verb /ˈləʊ.ə(ɹ)ˌkeɪs/: The minuscule or small letters (a, b, c, as opposed to the uppercase or capital letters, A, B, C).
lower-cased adjective, verb: Alternative form of lowercased.
lower chamber noun: The lower legislative chamber in a bicameral legislature; in many cases, the one that is directly elected and/or has more practical power, such as the power...
lower class adjective, noun: Not of the elite, of the peasantry or working-class.
lower-classness noun: The state or quality of being lower-class.
lower convex envelope noun: Synonym of convex envelope.
lower court noun: An inferior court.
lower criticism noun: Synonym of textual criticism (“scientific reconstruction of original historical texts”).
lower deck noun: The deck of a ship immediately above the hold.
lower-down noun /ˌloʊ.wɚ ˈdaʊn/: Someone with lesser superiority or authority in an organization.
Lower Egyptian adjective: Of or pertaining to Lower Egypt.
lower esophageal sphincter noun: The sphincter situated at the lower part of the esophagus.
lower garment noun: A piece of clothing that covers (part of) the human body below the navel and is worn as the top layer, for example pants or a skirt.
lower house noun: The lower legislative house in a bicameral legislature; in many cases, the one that is directly elected and/or has more practical power, such as the power...
lower Ivy noun: any of the Ivy League universities, such as Dartmouth, Brown, and Cornell that are generally seen as less prestigious than Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.
lower jaw noun: The part of the face below the mouth; the jaw.
lower larynx noun: Synonym of syrinx (“vocal organ in birds”).
lower leaf zone noun: That part of a leaf and petiole that grows from a basal meristem.
lower limit noun: Synonym of limit inferior
lower lip noun: Synonym of labium inferius oris.
lower mantle noun: The part of the Earth's mantle from 660 to 2890 km (410 to 1800 miles) below Earth's surface, between the transition zone and the outer core; it occupies...
lower-medium adjective: Slightly below medium.
lower middle class noun: A social and economic class lying above the lower class and below the upper middle class.
lower mordent noun: A mordent composed of a note and another below it.
lower mouth noun: The lower jaw.
lower one's guard verb: To become less guarded; to allow oneself to become more vulnerable.
lower one's sights verb: to lower one's expectations and accept less than one was hoping for or striving toward
lower order noun: The batsmen, constituting the tail, who bat last - roughly in positions 8 to 11.
lower quartile noun: The quartile (designated Q₁) having the lowest value; it cuts off the lowest 25% of data.
lower reaches noun: The lowest or most southerly extremes of something.
lower respiratory tract noun: The part of the respiratory tract consisting of trachea, bronchi, bronchioles and alveoli.
lower school noun: Synonym of first school.
lower semi-continuous adjective: Such that, for each fixed number, the subspace of points whose images are at most that number is closed.
lower semicontinuous adjective: Alternative spelling of lower semi-continuous.
lower set noun: A subset of a poset which contains any descending chain which starts at any element of itself.
Lower Silesian noun: A West Germanic language spoken in Poland, as well as in northeastern Czech Republic and in eastern Germany.
lower sixth noun: Year 12, the first year of sixth form for 16 to 17 year olds, in which some students sit AS-levels.
lower surgery noun: Synonym of bottom surgery.
lower than a snake's belly adjective: Deeply low.
lower the bar verb: to lower the standards of quality that are expected of or required for something.
lower the boom verb: To use one's superior physical strength.
lower third noun: A graphic overlay placed in the title-safe lower area of the screen.
lowerable adjective: that can be lowered
lowerarchy noun /ˈləʊəɹɑːki/: A series of people or things considered as representing progressively lower levels of a series or whole.
lowerator noun: A catering device for heating or cooling a stack of plates.
lowerCamelCase noun: Alternative letter-case form of lower camel case.
lowercase adjective, noun, verb /ˈloʊ.ɚˌkeɪs/: Alternative form of lower case.
lowercased adjective, verb: Printed or written in lowercase letters.
lowercasify verb: To make lower case.
lowerclassman noun: Synonym of underclassman.
lowerer noun: One who lowers something.
lowering adjective, noun, verb /ˈləʊ.ə.ɹɪŋ/: The act of something being lowered.
loweringly adverb: In a lowering manner; menacingly; with cloudiness or gloom.
lowermost adjective: lowest
Lowertown proper noun: A hamlet in Luxulyan parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0561).
lowery adjective /ˈlaʊəɹi/: Dark and gloomy; threatening; lowering.
lowess noun: Abbreviation of locally weighted robust scatterplot smoothing.
lowest common denominator noun: The smallest positive integer which is a multiple of every denominator of several fractions.
lowest common multiple noun: Synonym of least common multiple.
lowest of the low noun: an utterly contemptible individual
Lowestoft proper noun /ˈloʊstɒft/: A town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Waveney district (OS grid ref TM5493).
Lowestoftian noun: A native or inhabitant of Lowestoft.
lowgrade adjective: Alternative form of low-grade.
lowhanging adjective: Alternative form of low-hanging.
lowhearted adjective: Alternative form of low-hearted.
lowheartedly adverb: Alternative form of low-heartedly.
lowheartedness noun: Alternative form of low-heartedness.
Lowie proper noun: A surname.
lowigite noun: A particular variety of alunite.
lowing noun, verb /ˈləʊɪŋ/: The sound of something that lows.
lowish adjective: Somewhat low.
lowk adverb: Abbreviation of low-key.
lowkenuinely adverb /loʊˈkɛn.ju.ɪn.li/: Genuinely; literally.
lowkey adjective, adverb: Alternative spelling of low-key.
lowkirk adverb: Alternative form of low-key.
lowkirkenuinely adverb /ˌloʊkɝˈkɛnjuɪnli/: Alternative form of lowkirkuinely
lowkirkuinely adverb /loʊˈkɝkjuɪnli/: Synonym of lowkenuinely.
lowland adjective, noun: An area which is considered particularly low or lower than surrounding areas.
lowland paca noun: A species of paca (Cuniculus paca).
lowlander noun: A person who inhabits the Scottish Lowlands.
lowlands hump-nosed pit viper noun: Hypnale zara, a species of pit viper endemic to Sri Lanka.
lowlife adjective, noun /ˈloʊlaɪf/: Lacking morality.
lowlifer noun: Synonym of lowlife.
lowlight noun, verb: A particularly unfavorable or mediocre moment or aspect.
lowlihead noun: The state of being lowly; meekness; humility.
lowlihood noun: The state of being lowly; meekness; humility.
lowlily adverb: In a lowly way.
lowline noun: A slackline which is mounted close to the ground
lowliness noun: The property of being lowly.
lowling noun: A low-ranking person; a commoner.
lowly adjective, adverb /ˈləʊli/: Not high; not elevated in place; low.
lowlying adjective: Alternative form of low-lying.
lowman noun: A cheat's die designed to roll high numbers.
lowminded adjective: Alternative form of low-minded.
lowmindedness noun: Alternative form of low-mindedness.
lowmost adjective: Synonym of lowermost.
lown adjective, noun /laʊn/: Calm, tranquillity.
Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome noun: A preexcitation syndrome of the heart, involving episodes of abnormal heart racing with a short PR interval and normal QRS complexes seen on the...
Lowndean adjective: Of or relating to the astronomer Thomas Lowndes, or the academic professorship of astronomy and geometry that he founded at the University of Cambridge in 1749.
Lowndes proper noun: A surname.
lowness noun: The property of being low.
Lowney proper noun: A surname.
lowp verb: To leap.
lowpass adjective: Describing a filter, circuit, or system that rejects or attenuates a frequencies above a specified value while passing those be.
lowpitched adjective: Alternative form of low-pitched.
lowpriced adjective: Rare spelling of low-priced.
lowrance noun: Synonym of lowrie.
Lowrey proper noun /ˈləʊ.ɹi/: A surname transferred from the given name.
Lowrey organ noun /ˈləʊ.ɹiː ˈɔː(ɹ).ɡən/: An electronic organ instrument.
Lowri proper noun /ləʊ̯.ɹi/: A female given name from Welsh.
lowrider noun: A vehicle, usually a passenger car, with its suspension system modified so that it rides as low to level ground as possible without dragging.
lowrider bicycle noun: A type of bicycle with a banana seat and sissy bars.
lowriders noun: Trousers or shorts worn with the top sagging down below the wearer's waist.
lowriding noun: The trend of driving lowrider vehicles.
lowrie noun: A fox.
lowrise adjective, noun: Alternative form of low-rise.
lowroad noun: Alternative form of low road.
lowry noun /ˈlɒɹi/: An open boxcar used on railroads.
Lowry-MacLean syndrome noun: A congenital condition that may be characterized by a pit or small opening in front of the ear.
lowset adjective: Of a house: built on low foundations.
lowside noun: Alternative form of low side.
lowsome adjective: Characterised by lowness; marked by low status, quantity, or degree; lowish; lowly
Lowson proper noun /ˈləʊsən/: A surname.
lowstand noun: An interval during which the sea level was below the edge of a continental shelf
lowsun adjective: Alternative form of low-sun.
lowth noun /ləʊθ/: Lowness.
Lowther proper noun: A surname.
Lowtherian adjective: Of or pertaining to any of several notable people with the surname Lowther.
Lowtherite noun: A follower of any of several politicians with the surname Lowther.
Lowthorpe proper noun: A village in Harpham parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0860).
lowtide noun: The point at which the sea level is at its lowest during any given cycle
Lowton proper noun /ˈləʊtən/: A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ6297).
Lowveld proper noun: The parts of South Africa's inland plateau that are lower in elevation than the Highveld.

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.