English Words: L

16,425 words · Page 23 of 329

Lahontanname

A commune of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, France

LaHoodname

A surname.

Lahorename

The second largest city of Pakistan and the provincial capital of Punjab; located on the Ravi river.

Lahoriadj

Relating to Lahore.

lahpetnoun

A dish, popular in Burma, consisting of pickled or fermented tea leaves (encountered in the West especially as tea leaf salad).

Lahtiname

A city and municipality, the capital of Päijänne Tavastia, Finland.

Lahunoun

A member of an ethnic group that lives mainly in the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand.

lainoun

A mostly North European medieval form of lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance, with stanzas that do not repeat.

Lai Chi Kokname

An area of Sham Shui Po district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Lai Châuname

A province of Vietnam.

Lai Haraobaname

A classical Meitei devotional dancing and musical ritualistic theatrical festival, involving carnivals, in honour of Umang Lai deities.

lai laiintj

An exclamation to express encouragement, or to precede a request.

lai seenoun

Lucky money.

Lai-fengname

Alternative form of Laifeng.

Laibinname

A prefecture-level city of the Guangxi autonomous region, China.

Laiblename

A surname from German.

laibonnoun

A shamanistic seer and healer among the Maasai people.

laicnoun

A layperson as opposed to a cleric, i.e. not a member of the clergy.

laicaladj

Of or pertaining to a layperson, layman, laywoman, or laypeople, i.e. the laity in general.

laicalismnoun

political or secular power invested in members of the laity.

laicalitynoun

The state or quality of being laic; the condition of a layman or non-religious person

laicallyadv

As a layman; in a laic way

Laich-kwil-tachnoun

Synonym of Lekwiltok.

Laichename

A surname from German.

Laichwiltachnoun

Synonym of Lekwiltok.

laiciseverb

Alternative spelling of laicize.

laicismnoun

Secularism.

laicistadj

Pertaining to or representing the interests of the laity; non-clerical; secular.

laicisticadj

secular, laic

laicitynoun

The control or influence of the laity or the fact of being lay.

laicizationnoun

The act of laicizing.

laicizeverb

To convert from church-controlled to independent of the church; to secularize.

laicizernoun

One who laicizes.

laidverb

simple past and past participle of lay

laid upadj

Unable to move about normally due to illness or injury, especially when confined to bed.

laid-backadj

Relaxed and easy-going; demonstrating an absence of stress or worry.

laidbacknessnoun

The property of being laidback or behaving in a laidback manner.

laidestverb

second-person singular simple past indicative of lay

Laidlername

A surname from Middle English [in turn originating as an occupation].

laidlomycinnoun

A particular antibiotic.

laidlyadj

ugly; loathsome

Laifengname

A county of Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China.

laikverb

Alternative form of lake (“to play”).

laikanoun

A type of hunting dog from Russia.

Laikangbamname

A Meitei surname from Manipuri

laikernoun

A player (of a game).

Laikhaname

Laikha (a town in Myanmar).

Laikhuramname

A Meitei surname from Manipuri

Laikhurembiname

An ancient Meitei goddess of argument, justice, good counsel, divine law, order, retribution and secrecy; the chief queen of the Khamnung underworld and the chief consort of the god Thongalen.

Lailaname

A female given name from Arabic, variant of Leila.

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 23. 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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