English Words: L
16,425 words · Page 134 of 329
A state of extreme torpor, sopor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion, energy or enthusiasm; (loosely) sluggishness, laziness.
Of or relating to the river Lethe, one of the four rivers of Hades. Those who drank from it experienced complete forgetfulness.
A public levy of free farmers in mediaeval Scandinavia, to organise coastal fleets for seasonal excursions and in defence of the realm.
A full-contact combat sport from Myanmar, allowing headbutts alongside punches, kicks, elbows, and knees.
A nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor C₁₇H₁₁N₅ (trademark Femara) that is administered orally to treat breast cancer in postmenopausal women.
An agreement, specifically a legally binding contract, reached by the parties' exchange of letters.
A type of cryptic device similar to an anagram, but in which fodder letters can be used more than once.
A corporal with responsibility for carrying or delivering letters for a given regiment etc.
A type of magical power located within letters, especially of Hebraic, Arabic, or Runic scripts.
A safe-conduct, a document guaranteeing safe passage through hostile territory.
An official commission from a government authorizing someone to seize the property or people of another nation in reprisal for a similar seizure by a ship from the other nation.
Formal diplomatic letter that appoints a diplomat as ambassador to another sovereign state.
A legal document outlining one or more agreements between two or more parties before the actual agreements are finalized
An official commission from a government authorizing someone to seize the property or people of another nation; especially to attack merchant shipping of another nation.
A letter passing the signet, whereby a debtor is relieved from personal diligence, or whereby an outlaw is reponed against sentence of outlawry.
A letter written to a newspaper, magazine or other periodical, usually intended for publication, about issues of concern to readers.
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 134. 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.