English Words: L

16,425 words · Page 55 of 329

larenoun

Lore; learning.

Lareauname

A surname from French.

Laredjname

A male given name from Arabic.

Laredoname

A large city, the county seat of Webb County, Texas, United States.

Laredo striped whiptailnoun

Aspidoscelis laredoensis, a species of exclusively female green-to-brown whiptail.

Laredoannoun

Someone from Laredo, Texas.

larentiinenoun

Any moth in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae.

Laresnoun

The household deities watching over one's family and tutelary deities watching over some public places.

lares and penatesnoun

The household deities of ancient Rome, respectively overseeing the family and its house and storerooms.

Larestanname

A county of Fars Province, Iran.

Larewname

A surname from French.

Larezname

A surname from Spanish.

larfverb

Pronunciation spelling of laugh.

larfin'verb

Pronunciation spelling of laughing.

largadj

Obsolete spelling of large.

Largaespadaname

A surname from Spanish.

largeadj

Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.

large and in chargeadj

Dominating or controlling a situation with confidence and aplomb.

large calorienoun

Synonym of kilocalorie.

large capnoun

A company having a large market capitalization.

large cruisernoun

The official US Navy designation for the Alaska-class cruisers, which were in commission from mid-1944 to early-1947 and were scrapped in the early 1960s.

large language modelnoun

A type of neural network specializing in language, typically including billions of parameters.

large light cruisernoun

A very large, fast warship with a relatively-shallow draft and minimal belt armor, carrying a relatively-small number of very heavy guns; sometimes classed as a type of battlecruiser.

Large Münsterländernoun

A gun dog of a breed originating in Münster, Germany.

large quasar groupnoun

An implied cosmological scale alignment of matter. An assemblage of quasars that appear to form a structure, having them closely grouped in the sky in terms of redshift and lateral placement, implying an outline of a dimmer more massive structure in which the quasars are embedded.

large seal scriptnoun

An ancient Chinese calligraphic script used in the Zhou dynasty.

large skippernoun

A small, brown butterfly, Ochlodes sylvanus, of the family Hesperiidae.

large toenoun

Synonym of big toe.

large toe nailnoun

Alternative form of large toenail.

large toenailnoun

Synonym of big toenail.

large-billed scrubwrennoun

Sericornis magnirostra, a species of scrubwren.

large-group awareness trainingnoun

Activities usually offered by groups linked with the human potential movement which claim to increase self-awareness and bring about desirable transformations in the personal lives of individuals.

large-handedadj

Having hands that are large.

large-handedlyadv

In a large-handed manner.

large-handednessnoun

The quality of being large-handed.

large-heartedadj

Having a generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal.

large-heartedlyadv

Alternative form of largeheartedly.

large-heartednessnoun

Alternative form of largeheartedness.

large-intestinaladj

Alternative form of large intestinal.

large-scaleadj

Large in amount, scope or extent.

largefloweradj

Applied to various plant species that have large flowers.

largeheartedlyadv

In a largehearted manner.

largeheartednessnoun

The quality of being largehearted.

largeishadj

Quite large, reasonably large.

largeleafadj

Applied to various kinds of plant characterized by large leaves.

largelyadv

In a widespread or large manner.

largemouthadj

Applied to various kinds of fish characterized by a large mouth.

largenverb

To enlarge.

largenessnoun

Liberality; generosity.

largenoseadj

Applied to various kinds of fish characterized by a large nose.

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 55. 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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