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All words starting with letter [L]. : Freevocabulary.com

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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.

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