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- labile
- adj; likely to change; unstable
- lachrymose
- adj; producing tears
- laconic
- adj; brief and to the point
- laggard
- adj; slow; sluggish
- laity
- n; laypersons; persons not connected with the clergy
- lancet
- n; small surgical tool for making incisions
- languish
- v; lose animation or strength
- languor
- n; lassitude; depression
- lap
- v; take in food or drink with one's tongue; splash
- larder
- n; pantry; place where food is kept
- largess
- n; generous gift
- lassitude
- n; langour; weariness
- latitude
- n; freedom from narrow limitations
- laud
- v; praise
- legacy
- n; a gift made by a will
- legerdemain
- n; sleight of hand
- leonine
- adj; like a lion
- levity
- n; lack of seriousness
- libertine
- n; debauched person; roué
- libretto
- n; text of an opera
- licentious
- adj; amoral; lewd and lascivious; unrestrained
- lien
- n; legal claim on a property
- ligneous
- adj; like wood
- limn
- v; draw; outline; describe
- limpid
- adj; clear
- lineaments
- n; features, especially of the face
- lionize
- v; treat as a celebrity
- list
- v; tilt; lean over
- listless
- adj; lacking in spirit or energy
- litany
- n; supplicatory prayer
- lithe
- adj; flexible; supple
- livid
- adj; lead-colored; black and blue; ashen; enraged
- loath
- adj; reluctant; disinclined
- lode
- n; metal-bearing vein
- lope
- v; gallop slowly
- lout
- n; clumsy person
- low
- v; moo
- lucre
- n; money
- lugubrious
- adj; mournful
- lumen
- n; unit of light energy (one candle's worth)
- lurid
- adj; wild; sensational; graphic