English Words: L

16,425 words · Page 70 of 329

Latinnessnoun

The state, quality, or condition of Latin or of being Latin (all senses); Latinity.

Latinoadj

Of Latin American descent, Hispanic.

Latino sine Flexionename

An artificial language based on a simplified version of Latin without inflections; also known as Interlingua

Latino-Faliscanadj

Of or pertaining to Latin and Faliscan.

Latino-Punicname

Punic text written using the Latin alphabet.

Latino/anoun

Synonym of Latina/o.

latinoamericanonoun

A Latin American.

Latinonessnoun

The quality or characteristic of being Latino.

Latinophilenoun

An enthusiast of the Latin language.

Latinophobeadj

Opposed to the Latin language.

Latinophobianoun

Fear or hatred of Latinos.

Latinophonenoun

A speaker of the Latin language.

Latinxadj

Of Latin American descent or origin.

Latinxnessnoun

The quality or characteristic of being Latinx.

Latinxsnoun

plural of Latinx

Latinxuaname

A group of methods of Chinese romanization that uses a set of 28 characters and does not include tone markers.

lationnoun

Motion of a celestial object from one place to another; local motion.

latipinnateadj

Having broad, relatively short flippers.

latishadj

Somewhat late

latissimus dorsinoun

A large, flat, dorsolateral muscle on the trunk, posterior to the arm, and partly covered by the trapezius on its median dorsal region.

latisternaladj

Having a broad breastbone, or sternum (said of Pithecina, a former taxonomic classification that is now probably Pitheciidae or Pithecia)

latitancynoun

The act or state of lying hidden, or lurking.

latitantadj

Lying hidden; concealed; latent.

latitatnoun

A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding.

latitationnoun

The act of concealment or hiding.

latitudenoun

The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.

latitudinaladj

Relating to latitude.

latitudinallyadv

With regard to latitude.

latitudinarianadj

Not restrained; not confined by precise limits.

latitudinarianismnoun

Tolerance of other people's views, particularly in religious context.

latitudinousadj

Having latitude, or broad range; wide-ranging or of broad scope

Latiumname

A historical region of central Italy, in which the city of Rome was founded and grew to be the capital city of the Roman Empire.

latiumitenoun

A rare phyllosilicate mineral.

lativenoun

A case of verbs, found in the Uralic and Northern Caucasian languages, used to indicate motion to a location; in the Northern Caucasian languages, the lative also takes up functions of the dative case.

lativelyadv

In a lative way.

latkenoun

A pancake fried in oil, usually made from potatoes and sometimes also onions, traditionally served on Hanukkah.

lato sensuphrase

In the broad sense; broadly.

latonnoun

Alternative form of latten.

Latonaname

The Roman counterpart of the Greek goddess Leto and the mother of Apollo.

Latonianadj

Of or relating to the goddess Latona.

latosolnoun

A lateritic soil of forested temperate or tropical regions.

latosolicadj

Relating to latosols.

Latourname

A surname from French.

Latourettename

A surname from French.

Latourianadj

Of or relating to Bruno Latour (born 1947), French sociologist and anthropologist.

Latoyaname

A female given name originating as a coinage, of latter 20th-century African-American usage.

Latoyahname

A female given name originating as a coinage, of latter 20th-century African-American usage.

latrabilitynoun

The ability or tendency to bark.

latrantadj

Synonym of barking, particularly (figurative) snarling, bitterly or angrily complaining.

latrappitenoun

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal black mineral containing calcium, iron, magnesium, niobium, oxygen, sodium, and titanium.

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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 70. 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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