English Words: L

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lavandinnoun

A commercially important type of lavender, Lavandula × intermedia, which is a hybrid between English lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) and spike lavender, (Lavandula latifolia), combining the sweeter fragrance of the former with the stronger, faster growth of the latter.

lavaninoun

A genre of music and dance popular in Maharashtra.

lavantnoun

A shallow or more or less intermittent spring, or the stream of water (bourne) which feeds and springs forth from such a spring.

Lavanyaname

A female given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.

lavaproofadj

Resistant to lava.

lavaretnoun

A European whitefish Coregonus lavaretus, found in the mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland, and in the archipelago in the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland.

Lavaronename

A town in Trentino, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.

lavascapenoun

A landscape created by a lava flow or flows.

lavashnoun

A soft, thin flatbread made with flour, water, yeast, and salt, baked in a tandoor. Toasted sesame seeds and/or poppy seeds are sometimes sprinkled on it before baking. Traditionally made in Armenia and other countries of the Caucasus and the Middle East.

lavashaknoun

Persian fruit leather.

lavat'rynoun

Pronunciation spelling of lavatory.

Lavatername

A surname from German.

lavateranoun

Any of the genus Lavatera (syn. of Malva) of malvaceous flowering plants.

lavaticadj

Like lava, or composed of lava

lavationnoun

washing or cleansing.

lavatorialadj

Of or pertaining to a lavatory

lavatoriallyadv

In a lavatorial manner.

lavatoriumnoun

A washroom or -place.

lavatorynoun

A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly

laveverb

To bathe or wash (someone or something).

Lavecchianame

A surname from Italian.

laveerverb

To beat against the wind; to tack.

Lavellname

A surname.

Lavelyname

A surname from French.

lavementnoun

A washing, a bathing.

Lavenname

A surname from Dutch.

lavendernoun

Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.

lavender ceilingnoun

An unwritten barrier preventing the advancement of LGBT people in society.

lavender ladnoun

A homosexual male.

lavender marriagenoun

A heterosexual marriage of convenience entered into in the hope of concealing the homosexual sexual orientation of one or both of the spouses.

lavender menacenoun

The presence of lesbians or lesbian activism in the feminist movement, seen as a threat to the movement at large.

lavender scarenoun

The fear and persecution of homosexuals in the 1950s in the United States.

lavender waternoun

A perfume composed of alcohol, essential oil of lavender, essential oil of bergamot, and essence of ambergris.

lavender-collaradj

Of or pertaining to lesbians in the workplace.

lavenderedadj

Perfumed with lavender.

lavenderishadj

Resembling lavender.

lavenderyadj

Resembling lavender.

lavernoun

A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.

laverbreadnoun

A traditional Welsh delicacy of boiled laver, coated with oatmeal and fried.

Laverdierename

A surname from French.

Laverdurename

A surname from French.

Lavergnename

A surname from French.

Laverickname

A surname from Middle English.

Lavernname

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

Lavernename

A female given name transferred from the surname.

laverocknoun

lark (bird).

Lavertyname

A surname from Irish.

Laveryname

A surname from Irish.

lavesverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of lave

Laves graphnoun

An infinite regular system of points and line segments in three-dimensional Euclidean space, corresponding to the crystal structure of many materials.

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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 78. 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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