English Words: L
16,425 words · Page 33 of 329
A small square Australian/New Zealand cake made with sponge cake covered on all sides (including top and bottom) with chocolate and desiccated coconut.
Having the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuous on both sides, as in most songbirds.
Any genetic disorder caused by a mutation in any gene that encodes a protein of the nuclear lamina.
A procedure for treating spinal stenosis by cutting of the lamina on both sides of the affected vertebrae and then "swinging" the freed flap of bone open, thus relieving the pressure on the spinal cord.
The neurosurgical procedure that removes part of a lamina of the vertebral arch in order to decompress the spinal cord
A nucleoside analog reverse-transcriptase inhibitor, 2′,3′-dideoxy-3′-thiacytidine (C₈H₁₁N₃O₃S) that is taken orally in the treatment of HIV and chronic hepatitis B.
A small plastic disk used by a croupier or dealer to track the state of a game of chance or a debt owed; also button or marker.
A long-winged vulture, Gypaetus barbatus, found in southern Europe, Africa and India.
A monoclinic-prismatic dark green mineral containing arsenic, copper, oxygen, and phosphorus.
A chicken of an American breed with yellow skin, white plumage, single combs and red earlobes.
An area within Contra Costa County, California, United States, east of the Berkeley Hills between the Caldecott Tunnel and Walnut Creek.
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 33. 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.