English Words: L
16,425 words · Page 63 of 329
A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses.
An expression to start the last item of a list, emphasising that while it is listed last, it is just as important as the rest of the items.
In a bar, the announcement that the establishment will soon be closing and that this is the final opportunity to buy drinks.
A person's life, when lost through death in service to a nation or cause, particularly as a member of a military force in war or a semi-militarized organization such as a police force or civil defense corps, e.g. fire departments. May also be applied to some dangerous government and civil occupations such as espionage.
A final act (by a politician, etc.) or performance (by an actor, etc.) that marks the end of a career.
The final person remaining in a battle or competition after everyone else has been eliminated.
The final stage of delivery of goods, etc., from a distribution centre to the consumer, often involving greater effort or expense.
An arbitrary (non-specific) point in time, too close to a deadline to reasonably begin a critical task.
The evening or night immediately before the present. (This entry is a translation hub.)
A short period of time, which is usually announced by ringing a bell and is between five and fifteen minutes long, just before closing time. This is normally before the public house is no longer allowed to serve alcoholic beverages due to licensing laws.
The sounding of a bugle, signalling the evening hour to bed down, also used at military funerals and remembrance services.
The only remaining, often least desirable, option when all others have been excluded.
A final gathering of people or items; the final event in a series of events involving a group or organization.
The round in a knockout competition before the quarterfinal, in which sixteen teams or competitors remain.
A military encounter, especially against (often greatly) superior odds, generally as a last resort, whether to save another army or city, or as a last act of defiance, and often resulting in the total annihilation of the weaker force.
Describing a joint life insurance policy that pays out in the event that both of the lives assured have died (not necessarily at the same time).
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 63. 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.