English Words: L
16,425 words · Page 128 of 329
A human monoclonal antibody and immunosuppressive drug developed to reduce scarring after glaucoma drainage surgery.
A condition caused by the occlusion of the terminal aorta and iliac arteries, characterized by absent or diminished femoral pulses, intermittent claudication of the buttocks and thighs, and erectile dysfunction; also known as aortoiliac occlusive disease.
A form of central artery disease involving the blockage of the abdominal aorta as it transitions into the common iliac arteries.
Relating to Mikhail Lermontov (Russian: Михаи́л Ле́рмонтов; 1814–1841), Russian Romantic writer, poet, and painter.
An orthorhombic-dipyramidal gray green mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and uranium.
An ancient marshy region and former lake situated near Argos in modern southern Greece, famous as the abode of the Hydra
An island and municipality of Greece, part of the Dodecanese in the southeastern Aegean Sea.
A sweet secretion, produced by the larvae of the family Psyllidae, that forms scales on eucalyptus leaves.
A supposed phenomenon by which lesbian couples in committed relationships have less sex than any other type of couple, and generally experience less sexual intimacy the longer the relationship lasts.
A flexible leaden mason's rule that can be bent around the curves of a molding, and thus used to measure or reproduce irregular curves.
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 128. 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.