English Words: L
16,425 words · Page 73 of 329
A set of equations relating incoming waves to outgoing waves in the process of elastic scattering.
A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.
A city in Schleswig-Holstein which served as a waypoint on the Old Salt Route and is the southern terminus of the Elbe-Lübeck Canal; its surrounding lands.
An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
To make a large income easily, especially at the expense of others or by doing something that lacks significant merit or effort.
Either of the two skin folds that run from each side of the nose to the corners of the mouth.
To dismiss as silly something presented with genuine conviction or treated seriously.
A small coastal town in Laugharne Township community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN3010).
A form of address used for someone who is humorless or depressed. Often seen as condescending.
One of a series of clown figurines, typically from the torso up with laughing face and open mouth, which move from side to side as part of a fairground or sideshow game the aim of which is to insert balls into the mouth at the right time to win a prize.
An owl (Sceloglaux albifacies) of New Zealand, now probably extinct, named for its cry.
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 73. 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.