English Words: L

16,425 words · Page 17 of 329

Ladewigname

A surname from German.

ladhoodnoun

The state or condition of being a lad

ladiedadj

ladylike i.e. gentle

ladiesnoun

plural of lady

ladies and gentlemennoun

Used as a vocative to address an audience.

Ladies Mayoressnoun

plural of Lady Mayoress

Ladies Mayoressesnoun

plural of Lady Mayoress

ladies' loungenoun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lady, lounge.

ladies' mannoun

Alternative form of lady's man.

ladies' nightnoun

A night in which women are given free admission into a venue.

ladies' roomnoun

A room belonging to or intended for some or all women, particularly

ladieswearnoun

Ladies' clothing (and accessories), particularly in a retail context.

ladifyverb

To make a lady of; to make ladylike.

ladihoodnoun

Alternative spelling of ladyhood.

ladilikeadj

Rare spelling of ladylike.

ladilyadj

Of or having the qualities of a lady.

Ladinname

A Rhaeto-Romance language (or dialect continuum), spoken primarily in the Italian portion of Tyrol and the Dolomite Mountains in Northern Italy.

ladinessnoun

The quality of being a lady.

ladingnoun

The action of loading.

lading-cannoun

A tin can (containing two or three quarts) used for taking hot water out of a boiler.

ladinonoun

Alternative letter-case form of Ladino (“mestizo”).

Ladislausname

A male given name from the Slavic languages.

ladkinnoun

A little lad.

ladlenoun

A deep-bowled spoonlike utensil with a long, usually curved, handle.

ladlefulnoun

A sufficient quantity to fill a ladle.

ladlemannoun

A man employed in a metalworks to ladle the molten metal.

ladlernoun

One who ladles.

ladlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a lad.

ladlingnoun

The act of moving material using a ladle.

ladlitnoun

Alternative form of lad lit.

Ladoganame

A freshwater lake located in the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia, near Saint Petersburg, and the largest lake in Europe.

Ladonname

A serpent-like dragon that twined around the tree in the Garden of the Hesperides and guarded the golden apples.

ladronenoun

A robber; a pirate; a rascal or rogue.

ladronismnoun

Robbery; banditry; theft.

ladsnoun

plural of lad

ladsyadj

Synonym of laddish.

Laducaname

A surname from Italian.

ladumaintj

goal! (cheer when a goal is scored in football)

ladynoun

The mistress of a household.

lady abbessnoun

A bawd, the mistress of a brothel.

Lady Amherstnoun

Ellipsis of Lady Amherst's pheasant.

Lady Amherst's pheasantnoun

A colourful pheasant, of species Chrysolophus amherstiae, indigenous to China but also found in Bedfordshire.

Lady Baltimore cakenoun

An American white layer cake with fluffy frosting and a fruit-and-nut filling.

Lady Bountifulnoun

A rich and generous woman.

Lady Canningnoun

ledikeni (type of Bengali sweetmeat)

lady crabnoun

Any of various crabs known for their elegant appearance or colouring.

Lady Curzon soupnoun

A soup made with sea turtle meat (or now sometimes mussels), cream, curry powder, and sherry.

Lady Daynoun

25th March, an English quarter day.

lady gardennoun

A woman's pubic hair, and the area around it.

Lady Godivanoun

A fiver; a five-pound note.

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 17. 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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