English Words: L
16,425 words · Page 108 of 329
An Academy Award perceived to have been given in recognition of the awardee's career and performances in prior films, rather than for the performance specifically nominated.
Lacking certain older components such as a floppy disk drive, legacy ports, and ISA or other expansion bus.
A sequel to a classic movie which features the original star "passing the torch" to a cast of new younger actors.
The ability of a person to make binding amendments to their rights, duties and obligations, such as getting married or merging, entering into contracts, making gifts, or writing a valid will.
A perspective under which criminal law and law enforcement are seen as unresponsive or indifferent to public safety, and instead serve primarily to exclude disfavored communities from society.
A particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state or course of things.
The name of a natural person recognized on official records, especially as recorded on a birth certificate or as changed by a legal process.
In some common law jurisdictions, a form of delegated legislation enacted under a power derived from an enactment.
A large writing pad, made using yellow paper, especially one measuring 8½ by 14 inches and with a margin down the side of each page.
The focusing on the text of written law to the exclusion of the intent of law, elevating strict adherence to law over justice, mercy, grace and common sense.
To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.
Legal technology, the use of technology (such as automation software and algorithms) to help in legal services.
A deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.
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 108. 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.
For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "L" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.