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# English words: L

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644 words under L; 1–100 on this page.

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- [la](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/la/) — The sixth note in the do-re-mi singing scale (do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do), also written "lah". — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lab](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lab/) — A laboratory: a room or building where scientists do experiments and tests.
- [label](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/label/) — A label is a small piece of paper, cloth or plastic on something that gives information about it.
- [labelled](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/labelled/) — With a label on it — a small piece of paper or sticker with a name or information.
- [labial](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/labial/) — Having to do with the lips, said of sounds made with the lips. — Jewish tradition
- [labor](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/labor/) — Noun: hard work, especially physical work. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [laboratory](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/laboratory/) — A room or building with special equipment where scientists do experiments and tests.
- [labored](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/labored/) — Done with great effort, or breathing hard and slowly, as if tired.
- [laborer](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/laborer/) — A person who does hard physical work for pay, often on a farm or building site.
- [laborious](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/laborious/) — Needing a lot of hard work, effort and time.
- [labour](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/labour/) — Labour is hard work, especially work with your body. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [labourer](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/labourer/) — A person whose job is hard physical work, such as building, digging or farming, usually without special training.
- [labyrinth](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/labyrinth/) — A complicated network of paths or passages where it is easy to get lost; a maze.
- [lac](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lac/) — A lac is a sum of one hundred thousand (100,000), used for large amounts of money in India.
- [lace](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lace/) — A lace (or shoelace) is a thin string used to tie a shoe or boot.
- [lacerate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lacerate/) — To lacerate skin or flesh is to cut or tear it badly, leaving a jagged wound.
- [lack](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lack/) — To lack means not to have something, or not to have enough of it. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lacketh](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lacketh/) — «lacketh» means «lacks», a form of «lack»: To lack means not to have something, or not to have enough of it.
- [lackey](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lackey/) — A lackey is a male servant in uniform who waits on rich people and opens doors for them.
- [lacking](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lacking/) — Lacking means not having something you need, or not having enough of it. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lacquer](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lacquer/) — Lacquer is a clear or coloured liquid that dries to a hard, shiny coat on wood or metal.
- [lactase](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lactase/) — Lactase is an enzyme, a natural chemical in the body, that breaks down lactose, the sugar in milk, so it can be digested.
- [lactic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lactic/) — Lactic means to do with milk.
- [lactose](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lactose/) — Lactose is the natural sugar found in milk and in foods made from milk, such as cheese, yoghurt and ice cream.
- [lacy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lacy/) — Made of lace, or decorated with lace (a fine fabric with patterns of holes).
- [lad](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lad/) — A lad is a boy or young man. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [ladanum](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ladanum/) — A sticky, sweet-smelling resin from a plant, used for perfume and medicine. — Jewish tradition
- [ladder](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ladder/) — A ladder is a piece of equipment for climbing up and down, with two long side pieces joined by steps called rungs. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [laddie](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/laddie/) — A laddie is a boy or young lad; it is a Scottish word for a little boy.
- [lade](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lade/) — An old word meaning to load a beast or a ship with goods. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [laden](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/laden/) — Carrying a heavy load; full of something. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [ladle](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ladle/) — A big deep spoon with a long handle, used to serve soup or sauce.
- [lady](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lady/) — A lady is a polite word for a woman.
- [ladybird](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ladybird/) — A ladybird is a small round beetle, usually red or orange with black spots, that eats tiny insects like greenfly.
- [ladybug](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ladybug/) — A ladybug is a small round beetle, usually red or orange with black spots, that eats tiny insects called aphids.
- [ladylike](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ladylike/) — Ladylike describes behaviour that people used to think was polite, quiet and proper for a woman or girl, such as sitting neatly and…
- [ladyship](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ladyship/) — Ladyship is the title used to speak politely to a lady of high rank: «your ladyship» means a polite way of saying you to her.
- [lag](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lag/) — To lag, or lag behind, means to move or develop more slowly than others, so you fall behind.
- [lagging](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lagging/) — Lagging means falling behind, moving more slowly than others.
- [lagomorph](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lagomorph/) — A lagomorph is a member of the group of mammals that includes rabbits, hares and pikas.
- [lagoon](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lagoon/) — A lagoon is a stretch of salty or brackish water separated from the sea by a sandbank, a reef or a strip of land.
- [lah](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lah/) — Lah (also la) is the sixth note of the singing scale do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do.
- [laid](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/laid/) — Laid is the past of lay: to put something down carefully, often flat: She laid the baby in the cot. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lair](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lair/) — A lair is the den or hiding place of a wild animal. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [laird](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/laird/) — A laird is a Scottish man who owns a large estate of land, like a lord of the land.
- [laity](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/laity/) — The ordinary members of a church who are not priests, ministers or clergy.
- [lake](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lake/) — A lake is a big area of water with land all around it.
- [lakh](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lakh/) — In India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, a lakh is one hundred thousand (100,000).
- [lakota](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lakota/) — A Native American people of the Great Plains, part of the Sioux nation, living mostly in North and South Dakota.
- [lam](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lam/) — To be «on the lam» is to be running away and hiding, usually from the police.
- [lama](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lama/) — A lama is a teacher or monk in Tibetan Buddhism.
- [lamb](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lamb/) — A lamb is a young sheep. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lambert](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lambert/) — A person's surname. — Jewish tradition
- [lambskin](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lambskin/) — A lambskin is the skin of a young sheep, dressed and used as leather or a cover.
- [lame](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lame/) — Unable to walk normally because of a hurt leg or foot (used mostly about animals, especially horses). — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lameness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lameness/) — Lameness is the state of being unable to walk well because a leg or foot is hurt. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lament](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lament/) — To lament is to show or say strongly that you are very sad or sorry about something, often someone's death. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lamentable](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lamentable/) — Lamentable means very bad, sad or shameful, so bad that it makes people sorry or ashamed.
- [lamentably](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lamentably/) — In a sad, mournful or shameful way; in a poor or whining way.
- [lamentation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lamentation/) — Loud crying and sad words because of grief or loss. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lamp](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lamp/) — A lamp is a thing that gives light, often standing on a table, a desk or along a street. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lamplight](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lamplight/) — Lamplight is the soft light given out by a lamp in a room.
- [lamppost](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lamppost/) — A lamppost is a tall post in a street or park with a light at the top that comes on when it gets dark.
- [lampshade](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lampshade/) — A lampshade is a cover that goes over a light bulb on a lamp to soften the light and make it look nicer.
- [lan](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lan/) — LAN stands for local area network: computers connected together in one building, like a school or house.
- [lancaster](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lancaster/) — Lancaster is a city in north-west England, the county town of Lancashire.
- [lance](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lance/) — A lance is a long spear with a pointed tip, carried by knights on horseback in battles and jousts. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lancers](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lancers/) — Lancers are soldiers on horses who fight with long spears called lances.
- [land](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/land/) — Land is the ground, the part of the Earth that is not water. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lander](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lander/) — A lander is a spacecraft built to land on the surface of a planet, moon, comet or asteroid.
- [landfill](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/landfill/) — A landfill is a large hole or site in the ground where rubbish is buried.
- [landing](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/landing/) — A landing is when an aircraft, spacecraft or bird comes down to the ground or water.
- [landlady](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/landlady/) — A landlady is a woman who owns or runs an inn, pub or lodging house and rents rooms to people.
- [landline](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/landline/) — A landline is a telephone connected by a wire to the phone network, usually fixed in a house or office, not a mobile phone.
- [landlocked](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/landlocked/) — Of a country or place: surrounded by land on all sides, with no coast on the sea.
- [landlord](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/landlord/) — A landlord is a person or company that owns a house, flat or room and rents it to people for money.
- [landmark](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/landmark/) — A landmark is a building or place that is easy to see and recognise, which helps you know where you are. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [landmass](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/landmass/) — A landmass is a very large, continuous area of land, such as a continent or a big island.
- [landowner](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/landowner/) — A landowner is a person or group that owns land, especially a large area such as a farm, an estate or fields.
- [landscape](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/landscape/) — A landscape is everything you can see when you look across a wide area of land: hills, fields, rivers, trees and buildings.
- [landslide](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/landslide/) — A large mass of earth, rocks and mud suddenly sliding down a hill or mountain.
- [lane](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lane/) — A lane is a narrow road, especially in the countryside.
- [language](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/language/) — A language is the words that people use to speak and write, like English, French or Spanish. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [languid](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/languid/) — Moving slowly and lazily, without energy, often in a pleasant, relaxed way.
- [languidly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/languidly/) — In a slow, tired or lazy way, without much energy or hurry.
- [languish](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/languish/) — To grow weak, tired or miserable, as when a person or land suffers for a long time. — Jewish tradition
- [lank](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lank/) — Lank means long, thin and limp, without bounce: lank grey hair.
- [lanky](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lanky/) — Lanky means tall and thin in an awkward, long-legged way.
- [lantern](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lantern/) — A lantern is a lamp you can carry, with a light inside a glass or paper case.
- [lanternfish](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lanternfish/) — A lanternfish is a small deep-sea fish with spots on its body that glow with light.
- [lanyard](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lanyard/) — A lanyard is a cord or strap worn round the neck to hold an ID card, keys or a whistle.
- [lap](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lap/) — A lap is one time around a track, field or pool. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lapdog](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lapdog/) — A lapdog is a small pet dog that likes to sit on people's laps.
- [lapel](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lapel/) — A lapel is the part of a coat or jacket folded back at the front, next to the neck.
- [lapin](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lapin/) — «Lapin» is the French word for rabbit; it sounds like «la-PAN» with a nasal end to an English ear.
- [lapp](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lapp/) — Lapp is an old name for the Sámi, the Indigenous people of the far north of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lapse](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lapse/) — A small mistake or failure, often caused by not paying attention: a lapse of memory. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lapsed](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lapsed/) — If something has lapsed, it has come to an end because it was not renewed in time, like a membership or passport.
- [laptop](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/laptop/) — A small computer that you can carry, with a screen and keyboard joined together that fold shut.
- [larch](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/larch/) — A larch is a tall cone-bearing tree with soft needles that turn yellow and fall off in autumn. — everyday · Jewish tradition