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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 of.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.