English Words: L

16,425 words · Page 106 of 329

left coastname

The West Coast of the United States.

left communistnoun

A supporter of left communism.

left fieldnoun

The part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and to the left of a person standing on home plate and facing the pitcher.

left fieldernoun

The outfield defensive player that stands to the left of the center fielder as viewed from home plate.

left hooknoun

A powerful punch thrown with the left hand, typically after a jab or a straight punch.

left hookernoun

A left-handed person.

left idealnoun

A subset of a ring which is closed under left-multiplication by any element of the ring.

left in the lurchadj

Stranded in a difficult and helpless position.

left inversenoun

A related function that, given the output of the original function, returns the input that produced that output.

left mainnoun

Ellipsis of left main coronary artery.

left onverb

simple past and past participle of leave on

left outadj

Not included or accepted in a group or event.

left oververb

simple past and past participle of leave over

left peripherynoun

The part of a syntactic tree above the inflectional phrase(s) (expressing tense, aspect, and/or mood), where topic, focus, illocutionary force, etc. are expressed.

left totaladj

Such that every element of the domain is related to at least one element of the codomain: such that ∀a∈A;;∃b∈B:(a,b)∈R

left turnnoun

An unexpected change from the way things seemed to be going.

left, right and centreadv

Alternative form of left and right.

left, right, goodnightnoun

A series of three hits (typically punches): one with the left hand, then one with the right hand, then one which knocks the recipient out.

left-backnoun

Alternative spelling of left back.

left-brainernoun

A logical-minded person.

left-footedadj

Of one who plays sports with their left foot in preference to, or more skillfully than their right.

left-footernoun

Someone who is left-footed.

left-handadj

Of, relating to, or located on the left.

left-handedadj

Using one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right.

left-handed complimentnoun

A complimentary remark which is ambiguous or ineptly worded, so that it may be interpreted as having an unflattering or dismissive sense.

left-handed monkey wrenchnoun

A fictional item, the subject of a fool's errand.

left-handed smoke shifternoun

A fictional item, the subject of a fool's errand among firefighters.

left-handedlyadv

In a left-handed manner.

left-handednessnoun

The state of being left-handed.

left-handinessnoun

Left-handedness.

left-leaningadj

On the left wing politically.

left-libertarianismnoun

A type of libertarianism that stresses both individual freedom and social equality, and advocates shared ownership of natural resources.

left-of-centreadj

Having opinions that are moderately more socialist than conservative.

left-offnoun

cast-off; scrap

left-to-rightadv

From left to right.

left-wingadj

Of political ideologies: favoring political, social, and economic equality.

left-wingernoun

A person who espouses left-wing political views.

left-wingyadj

Somewhat left-wing.

leftardnoun

A person of left-wing political views.

leftbacknoun

Alternative form of left back.

Leftbookname

The leftist groups and communities on Facebook.

leftcomnoun

Clipping of left communist (“a supporter of left communism”).

leftenantnoun

Archaic form of lieutenant.

lefteousadj

Pertaining to the left (all senses: left-side, political left, etc.)

lefternadj

Left (opposite of right).

leftestadj

superlative form of left: most left; furthest to the left.

leftfieldadj

From out of left field; off-the-wall; unconventional.

lefthandedadj

Alternative spelling of left-handed.

lefthandednessnoun

Alternative form of left-handedness.

lefthandernoun

Alternative spelling of left-hander.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter L contains 16,425 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 329 pages, and you are currently viewing page 106. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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