English Words: L

16,425 words · Page 3 of 329

La Unionname

A province of the Ilocos Region, Luzon, Philippines. Capital and largest city: San Fernando.

La Vallée-de-l'Orname

A regional county municipality of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.

La Vallée-de-la-Gatineauname

A regional county municipality of Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.

La Vergnename

A female given name transferred from the surname.

La Vernename

A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

la-de-daadj

Alternative spelling of lah-di-dah.

la-laadj

Of indifferent quality; so-so.

La-La Landname

The fictional place where wandering, sleeping, or dreaming minds are metaphorically said to end up.

La-saname

Alternative form of Lasa (Lhasa, capital city of Tibet)

laachitenoun

A brown monoclinic mineral containing calcium, iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, titanium and zirconium

laagernoun

A defensive encampment encircled by wagons, especially by South African Boers.

laaitienoun

A youth; a young person, especially male.

Laaksoname

A surname from Finnish.

laal maasnoun

An Indian mutton curry prepared in a sauce of curd and hot spices.

laamnoun

The letter ل in the Arabic script.

laannoun

wholesaler, especially of fresh food

laanienoun

A smart, well-to-do person.

LAAOnoun

Initialism of L-amino-acid oxidase.

Laarbeekname

A municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.

laarinoun

A subdenomination of the rufiyaa, 1/100 of its value.

Laascaanoodname

A town, the administrative center of Sood, SSC-Khaatumo, Somalia.

Laatschname

A surname from German.

labnoun

A laboratory.

lab coatnoun

A white coat worn by laboratory workers to protect day clothes from damage by spillage etc.

lab litnoun

a genre of fiction, distinct from science fiction, that centers on realistic portrayals of scientists and science as a profession.

lab ratnoun

A student or employee who spends a great deal of time working in a laboratory.

lab technoun

Clipping of laboratory technician

lab worknoun

work done in a laboratory

lab-grownadj

Grown from animal cells in a laboratory environment, as opposed to harvested from an animal.

Labaname

Ellipsis of Laba Festival.

Laba congeenoun

Synonym of Laba porridge.

Laba Festivalname

A moveable Chinese festival day occurring between December 30th and January 28th on the Gregorian calendar, historically variously associated with propitiatory end-of-year sacrifices, ancestral veneration, and the Enlightenment of the Buddha, now chiefly observed by the consumption of Laba porridge.

Laba porridgenoun

A kind of congee traditionally made with 8 variable vegetarian flavorings and consumed during the Laba Festival.

Labadismname

The religious practices of the Labadists.

Labadistadj

Of or relating to the Labadists.

Labanname

The brother of Rebekah and uncle of Jacob and Esau.

labanotationnoun

A system for documenting body movement.

Labarberaname

A surname from Italian.

Labarrname

A surname from French.

Labarraque's liquornoun

A solution of an alkaline hypochlorite, such as sodium hypochlorite, used in bleaching and as a disinfectant.

Labarraque's solutionnoun

An aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite, used as a disinfectant.

Labarrename

A surname from French.

labarumnoun

The Roman military standard adopted by Constantine I. The banner was known for its Christian chi-rho sign - ☧.

Labastidaname

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].

Labattname

A surname from French.

Labauvename

A surname from French.

Labayname

A surname from French.

labbanoun

A paca (large rodent) or its meat.

Labbename

A surname from French.

labbernoun

A person taking part in a laboratory session.

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 3. 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.

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