English Words: L
16,425 words · Page 90 of 329
A person, especially a member of the hacktivist group Anonymous, who acts bossy or unilaterally declares themselves to be in control of something.
A hamlet east of Melrose, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5734).
A political policy directed at the affirmation of one person in the role of indisputable or infallible leader.
A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant and open for re-election.
One who drives quickly or without subtlety, one who often engages in and/or is fond of slamming and flooring the accelerator often.
A reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved.
The frontmost edge of a wing or other airfoil of an aircraft; sometimes contains slots or slats.
A man who does or can play the lead role in a movie, play or other production; a person who frequently plays such roles.
A question that suggests the answer or that contains the information for which the examiner is looking.
A rein used to lead an animal (especially a horse) when there is no rider, or when the rider is young or inexperienced.
Strings with which children were formerly guided while they were learning to walk.
A joint-sealing compound made from iron, sulfur, etc., that was used instead of lead-containing compounds.
A decorative window made of small sections of glass supported in lead divider bars, or cames.
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 90. 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.