English Words: L
16,425 words · Page 69 of 329
a type of elongated secretory cell found in the leaves and/or stems of plants that produce latex and rubber as secondary metabolites.
Containing latex; applied to the tissue or tubular vessels in which the latex of the plant is found.
A badge of two wide purple stripes, worn by senators and certain other high-ranking people in ancient Rome.
A great landed estate with absentee ownership and labor often in a state of partial servitude.
The 26-letter alphabet consisting of the following letters (presented in majuscule and minuscule pairs)
Those parts of the Americas which speak Romance (Latin-derived) languages, namely Spanish, Portuguese, French, or creoles based on these.
A form of electronic dance music that emerged in the New York metropolitan area in the 1980s.
A stereotype of a passionate and attractive male of Latin or Romance European origin.
The formal Latin or Latinized name of a biological taxon according to an internationally accepted standard, especially the formal name of a species or subspecific taxon.
The quality of a particular person's Latin speech or writing; the Latin language, as an area of study or interest.
The act or process of Latinizing, of making Latin; including translating into Latin.
To translate something into the Latin language; or make a word similar in appearance or form to a Latin word.
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 69. 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.