English Words: L

16,425 words · Page 133 of 329

let the grass grow under one's feetverb

To dally; to fail to make progress.

let the perfect be the enemy of the goodverb

To insist on the total realization of a goal and reject any compromise, thereby decreasing the chance of achieving even a part of that goal.

let there be lightphrase

Used as a metaphor for the spread of wisdom.

let things beverb

Synonym of let it be.

let this cup pass from mephrase

An appeal to God or another authority to take away one's present or future suffering.

To cease or stop.

Formal form of let's.

let us count the waysphrase

Alternative form of let me count the ways.

let us gophrase

Alternative form of let's go (“hortative of go”).

let us seephrase

Formal form of let's see.

let well alonephrase

Do not interfere.

Used to form the cohortative of verbs, equivalent of the first-person plural imperative in some other languages.

let's be having youphrase

Expression to encourage someone to hurry up and move somewhere.

let's get the party startedphrase

Let's go; let's get this done; let's start more intense action.

let's get this circus on the roadphrase

Let's start; let's begin (a journey, undertaking, etc.).

Hortative of go, particularly as a cheer expressing encouragement.

let's go, Brandonphrase

A euphemism for “fuck Joe Biden”.

let's knowphrase

let's learn, find out, or see

let's not and say we didphrase

Indicates that the speaker does not agree with a proposed action, and does not wish to participate.

A video recording or comparable broadcast in which a person plays a video game while commenting on the gameplay.

Let's Playernoun

One who makes Let’s Plays.

let's rollphrase

Let's go; used to suggest that a plan should be put into action.

let's sayphrase

Used to introduce a hypothetical.

let's seephrase

used as a filled pause to indicating thinking or pondering, but allowing hearer to participate

A disappointment or anticlimax.

Alternative form of lettable.

A habitational surname

A commune of Sălaj County, Romania.

Strong desire; passion.

letchacontraction

Let you.

A surname originating as an occupation.

Letcher Countyname

One of 120 counties in Kentucky, United States. County seat: Whitesburg.

A surname.

Alternative form of lechy.

Alternative form of let-down.

Letea Vechename

A village and commune of Bacău County, Romania.

A surname from French.

Of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal.

lethal chambernoun

A gas chamber, especially one used for euthanizing animals.

lethal dosenoun

The dose of a substance or of radiation likely to cause death (sometimes suffixed with a number).

lethal injectionnoun

A means of execution or of euthanasia in which a person is injected with a fatal dose of drugs.

The fact of something being lethal; the ability of something to kill.

In a lethal manner, in manner which is or will be fatal.

The state or quality of being lethal; lethality.

Sluggish, slow.

lethargicallyadv

In a lethargic manner, without energy, tiredly.

lethargicnessnoun

The quality of being lethargic.

Obsolete spelling of lethargy.

Made lethargic.

To make lethargic.

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 133. 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.

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