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- laborious adj
- Toilsome
- labyrinth n
- A maze
- lacerate v
- To tear rudely or raggedly
- lackadaisical adj
- Listless
- lactation n
- The secretion of milk
- lacteal adj
- Milky
- lactic adj
- Pertaining to milk
- laddie n
- A lad
- ladle n
- A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, intended for dipping up and pouring liquids
- laggard adj
- Falling behind
- landholder n
- Landowner
- landlord n
- A man who owns and lets a tenement or tenements
- landmark n
- A familiar object in the landscape serving as a guide to an area otherwise easily lost track
- landscape n
- A rural view, especially one of picturesque effect, as seen from a distance or an elevation
- languid adj
- Relaxed
- languor n
- Lassitude of body or depression
- lapse n
- A slight deviation from what is right, proper, or just
- lascivious adj
- Lustful
- lassie n
- A little lass
- latent adj
- Dormant
- latency n
- The state of being dormant
- later adv
- At a subsequent time
- lateral adj
- Directed toward the side
- latish adj
- Rather late
- lattice n
- Openwork of metal or wood, formed by crossing or interlacing strips or bars
- laud v
- To praise in words or song
- laudable adj
- Praiseworthy
- laudation n
- High praise
- laudatory adj
- Pertaining to, expressing, or containing praise
- laundress n
- Washerwoman
- laureate adj
- Crowned with laurel, as a mark of distinction
- lave v
- To wash or bathe
- lawgiver n
- A legislator
- lawmaker n
- A legislator
- lax adj
- Not stringent or energetic
- laxative adj
- Having power to open or loosen the bowels
- lea n
- A field
- leaflet n
- A little leaf or a booklet
- leaven v
- To make light by fermentation, as dough
- leeward n
- That side or direction toward which the wind blows
- left-handed adj
- Using the left hand or arm more dexterously than the right
- legacy n
- A bequest
- legalize v
- To give the authority of law to
- legging n
- A covering for the leg
- legible adj
- That may be read with ease
- legionary n
- A member of an ancient Roman legion or of the modern French Legion of Honor
- legislate v
- To make or enact a law or laws
- legislative adj
- That makes or enacts laws
- legislator n
- A lawgiver
- legitimacy n
- Accordance with law
- legitimate adj
- Having the sanction of law or established custom
- leisure n
- Spare time
- leniency n
- Forbearance
- lenient adj
- Not harsh
- leonine adj
- Like a lion
- lethargy n
- Prolonged sluggishness of body or mind
- levee n
- An embankment beside a river or stream or an arm of the sea, to prevent overflow
- lever n
- That which exerts, or through which one may exert great power
- leviathan n
- Any large animal, as a whale
- levity n
- Frivolity
- levy v
- To impose and collect by force or threat of force
- lewd adj
- Characterized by lust or lasciviousness
- lexicographer n
- One who makes dictionaries
- lexicography n
- The making of dictionaries
- lexicon n
- A dictionary
- liable adj
- Justly or legally responsible
- libel n
- Defamation
- liberalism n
- Opposition to conservatism
- liberate v
- To set free or release from bondage
- licentious adj
- Wanton
- licit adj
- Lawful
- liege adj
- Sovereign
- lien n
- A legal claim or hold on property, as security for a debt or charge
- lieu n
- Stead
- lifelike adj
- Realistic
- lifelong adj
- Lasting or continuous through life
- lifetime n
- The time that life continues
- ligament n
- That which binds objects together
- ligature n
- Anything that constricts, or serves for binding or tying
- light-hearted adj
- Free from care
- ligneous adj
- Having the texture of appearance of wood
- likelihood n
- A probability
- likely adj
- Plausible
- liking n
- Fondness
- limitation n
- A restriction
- linear adj
- Of the nature of a line
- liner n
- A vessel belonging to a steamship-line
- lingo n
- Language
- lingua n
- The tongue
- lingual adj
- Pertaining to the use of the tongue in utterance
- linguist n
- One who is acquainted with several languages
- linguistics n
- The science of languages, or of the origin, history, and significance of words
- liniment n
- A liquid preparation for rubbing on the skin in cases of bruises, inflammation, etc
- liquefacient adj
- Possessing a liquefying nature or power
- liquefy v
- To convert into a liquid or into liquid form
- liqueur n
- An alcoholic cordial sweetened and flavored with aromatic substances
- liquidate v
- To deliver the amount or value of
- liquor n
- Any alcoholic or intoxicating liquid
- listless adj
- Inattentive
- literacy n
- The state or condition of knowing how to read and write
- literal adj
- Following the exact words
- literature n
- The written or printed productions of the human mind collectively
- lithe adj
- Supple
- lithesome adj
- Nimble
- lithograph n
- A print made by printing from stone
- lithotype n
- In engraving, an etched stone surface for printing
- litigant n
- A party to a lawsuit
- litigate v
- To cause to become the subject-matter of a suit at law
- litigious adj
- Quarrelsome
- littoral adj
- Of, pertaining to, or living on a shore
- liturgy n
- A ritual
- livelihood n
- Means of subsistence
- livid adj
- Black-and-blue, as contused flesh
- loam n
- A non-coherent mixture of sand and clay
- loath adj
- Averse
- loathe v
- To abominate
- locative adj
- Indicating place, or the place where or wherein an action occurs
- loch n
- A lake
- locomotion n
- The act or power of moving from one place to another
- lode n
- A somewhat continuous unstratified metal- bearing vein
- lodgment n
- The act of furnishing with temporary quarters
- logic n
- The science of correct thinking
- logical adj
- Capable of or characterized by clear reasoning
- logician n
- An expert reasoner
- loiterer n
- One who consumes time idly
- loneliness n
- Solitude
- longevity n
- Unusually prolonged life
- loot v
- To plunder
- loquacious adj
- Talkative
- lordling n
- A little lord
- lough n
- A lake or loch
- louse n
- A small insect parasitic on and sucking the blood of mammals
- lovable adj
- Amiable
- low-spirited adj
- Despondent
- lowly adv
- Rudely
- lucid adj
- Mentally sound
- lucrative adj
- Highly profitable
- ludicrous adj
- Laughable
- luminary n
- One of the heavenly bodies as a source of light
- luminescent adj
- Showing increase of light
- luminescence n
- Showing increase
- luminosity n
- The quality of giving or radiating light
- luminous adj
- Giving or radiating light
- lunacy n
- Mental unsoundness
- lunar adj
- Pertaining to the moon
- lunatic n
- An insane person
- lune n
- The moon
- lurid adj
- Ghastly and sensational
- luscious adj
- Rich, sweet, and delicious
- lustrous adj
- Shining
- luxuriance n
- Excessive or superfluous growth or quantity
- luxuriant adj
- Abundant or superabundant in growth
- luxuriate v
- To live sumptuously
- lying n
- Untruthfulness
- lyre n
- One of the most ancient of stringed instruments of the harp class
- lyric adj
- Fitted for expression in song
- macadamize v
- To cover or pave, as a path or roadway, with small broken stone
- machinery n
- The parts of a machine or engine, taken collectively
- machinist n
- One who makes or repairs machines, or uses metal-working tools
- macrocosm n
- The whole of any sphere or department of nature or knowledge to which man is related
- madden v
- To inflame with passion
- Madonna n
- A painted or sculptured representation of the Virgin, usually with the infant Jesus
- magician n
- A sorcerer
- magisterial adj
- Having an air of authority
- magistracy n
- The office or dignity of a magistrate
- magnanimous adj
- Generous in treating or judging others
- magnate n
- A person of rank or importance
- magnet n
- A body possessing that peculiar form of polarity found in nature in the lodestone
- magnetize v
- To make a magnet of, permanently, or temporarily
- magnificence n
- The exhibition of greatness of action, character, intellect, wealth, or power
- magnificent adj
- Grand or majestic in appearance, quality, or action
- magnitude n
- Importance
- maharaja n
- A great Hindu prince
- maidenhood n
- Virginity
- maintain v
- To hold or preserve in any particular state or condition
- maintenance n
- That which supports or sustains
- maize n
- Indian corn: usually in the United States called simply corn
- makeup n
- The arrangements or combination of the parts of which anything is composed
- malady n
- Any physical disease or disorder, especially a chronic or deep-seated one
- malaria n
- A fever characterized by alternating chills, fever, and sweating
- malcontent n
- One who is dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs
- malediction n
- The calling down of a curse or curses
- malefactor n
- One who injures another
- maleficent adj
- Mischievous
- malevolence n
- Ill will
- malevolent adj
- Wishing evil to others
- malign v
- To speak evil of, especially to do so falsely and severely
- malignant adj
- Evil in nature or tending to do great harm or mischief
- malleable adj
- Pliant
- mallet n
- A wooden hammer
- maltreat v
- To treat ill, unkindly, roughly, or abusively
- man-trap n
- A place or structure dangerous to human life
- mandate n
- A command
- mandatory adj
- Expressive of positive command, as distinguished from merely directory
- mane n
- The long hair growing upon and about the neck of certain animals, as the horse and the lion
- man-eater n
- An animal that devours human beings
- maneuver v
- To make adroit or artful moves: manage affairs by strategy
- mania n
- Insanity
- maniac n
- a person raving with madness
- manifesto n
- A public declaration, making announcement, explanation or defense of intentions, or
- motives
- manlike adj
- Like a man
- manliness n
- The qualities characteristic of a true man, as bravery, resolution, etc
- mannerism n
- Constant or excessive adherence to one manner, style, or peculiarity, as of action or
- conduct
- manor n
- The landed estate of a lord or nobleman
- mantel n
- The facing, sometimes richly ornamented, about a fireplace, including the usual shelf above it
- mantle n
- A cloak
- manufacturer n
- A person engaged in manufacturing as a business
- manumission n
- Emancipation
- manumit v
- To set free from bondage
- marine adj
- Of or pertaining to the sea or matters connected with the sea
- maritime adj
- Situated on or near the sea
- maroon v
- To put ashore and abandon (a person) on a desolate coast or island
- martial adj
- Pertaining to war or military operations
- Martian adj
- Pertaining to Mars, either the Roman god of war or the planet
- martyrdom n
- Submission to death or persecution for the sake of faith or principle
- marvel v
- To be astonished and perplexed because of (something)
- masonry n
- The art or work of constructing, as buildings, walls, etc , with regularly arranged stones
- masquerade n
- A social party composed of persons masked and costumed so as to be disguised
- massacre n
- The unnecessary and indiscriminate killing of human beings
- massive adj
- Of considerable bulk and weight
- masterpiece n
- A superior production
- mastery n
- The attainment of superior skill
- material n
- That of which anything is composed or may be constructed
- materialize v
- To take perceptible or substantial form
- maternal adj
- Pertaining or peculiar to a mother or to motherhood
- matinee n
- An entertainment (especially theatrical) held in the daytime
- matricide n
- The killing, especially the murdering, of one's mother
- matrimony n
- The union of a man and a woman in marriage
- matrix n
- That which contains and gives shape or form to anything
- matter of fact n
- Something that has actual and undeniable existence or reality
- maudlin adj
- Foolishly and tearfully affectionate
- mausoleum n
- A tomb of more than ordinary size or architectural pretensions
- mawkish adj
- Sickening or insipid
- maxim n
- A principle accepted as true and acted on as a rule or guide
- maze n
- A labyrinth
- mead n
- A meadow
- meager adj
- scanty
- mealy-mouthed adj
- Afraid to express facts or opinions plainly
- meander v
- To wind and turn while proceeding in a course
- mechanics n
- The branch of physics that treats the phenomena caused by the action of forces
- medallion n
- A large medal
- meddlesome adj
- Interfering
- medial adj
- Of or pertaining to the middle
- mediate v
- To effect by negotiating as an agent between parties
- medicine n
- A substance possessing or reputed to possess curative or remedial properties
- medieval adj
- Belonging or relating to or descriptive of the middle ages
- mediocre adj
- Ordinary
- meditation n
- The turning or revolving of a subject in the mind