English Words: L

16,425 words · Page 3 of 329

laffernoun

A comedy.

Laffertyname

A surname from Irish.

Lafittename

A surname from French.

Lafleurname

A surname from French.

Lafontainename

A surname from French.

lagadj

Late.

lagannoun

Goods or materials found or left on the sea floor, attached to a floating marker that indicates ownership.

lagenoun

Water; any weak alcoholic beverage.

lagernoun

A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.

laggardadj

Lagging behind; taking more time than the others in a group.

laggingadj

falling behind, not keeping up the pace

laggyadj

Having a delayed response to a change in the factors influencing it.

lagiadv

More, even more.

lagoonnoun

A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.

Lagosname

The largest city and former capital of Nigeria, in Lagos State.

Lagrangename

A surname from French [in turn transferred from the place name].

Lagrangianadj

Of or relating to Joseph Louis Lagrange.

Laguardianame

A surname from the Romance languages.

Lagunaname

A province of Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Santa Cruz. Largest city: Calamba.

lahnoun

Alternative spelling of la.

Lahainaname

A census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaii, United States.

Laheyname

A surname from Irish.

Lahmname

A surname from German.

LaHoodname

A surname.

Lahorename

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

Lahtiname

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

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.

laidverb

simple past and past participle of lay

laikanoun

A type of hunting dog from Russia.

Lailaname

A female given name from Arabic, variant of Leila.

lainverb

past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)

Laineyname

A diminutive of the female given name Elaine.

Laingname

A Scottish surname.

lairnoun

A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.

lairdnoun

A feudal lord in Scottish contexts.

laitverb

To seek; search for; inquire.

laithnoun

shed, barn

laitynoun

People of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics.

Laknoun

An ethnic group who live primarily in southern Dagestan, Russia.

lakenoun

A large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid.

lakefrontadj

Adjacent to a lake. Usually used to describe real estate.

lakelandnoun

Terrain with many lakes.

lakernoun

One engaged in sport; a player; an actor.

lakesnoun

plural of lake

lakeshorenoun

The shore of a lake.

lakesidenoun

The ground near the edge of a lake; the land adjacent to a lake.

lakeviewadj

Affording a view over a lake.

Lakevillename

A number of places in Canada.

Lakewoodname

A locality in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

lakhnum

One hundred thousand (10⁵): 100,000, that is, with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,000.

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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.

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