English Words: L
16,425 words · Page 76 of 329
A rare genetic disorder associated with retinitis pigmentosa, extra digits, spastic paraplegia, hypogonadism, and mental retardation.
A linear combination of positive and negative powers of a variable with coefficients in a given field. They differ from ordinary polynomials in that they may have terms of negative degree.
A power series generalising Taylor series, in which the exponents may be positive or negative integers.
The craton that forms the geological core of North America, and that was a separate continent in the past (before merging into Laurasia).
Relating to a Precambrian geological region in eastern Canada, or the period of its formation.
A cobalt-blue to green-yellow mineral containing magnesium, potassium, beryllium, aluminium, silicon and oxygen.
The Viburnum tinus, an evergreen shrub or tree of the south of Europe, which flowers during the winter months.
A special Chinese banquet with many courses and dishes (especially as served in the Philippines).
A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of the bay (Laurus nobilis), and consisting of a complex mixture of glycerin ethers of several organic acids.
A rare sulphide of osmium and ruthenium found with platinum in Borneo and Oregon, with the chemical formula RuS₂.
A kind of radiation detector widely used as a quartz fiber radiation dosimeter.
the N-lauroyl derivative of sarcosine; its sodium salt is an ionic detergent used to purify membrane proteins
A minor supercontinent made up of the Laurentia, Avalonia and Baltica cratons. Later joined with other continents as part of Pangaea.
A municipality and city, the capital of Vaud canton, in western Switzerland, in which French is the main language.
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 76. 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.