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# English words: L

[A](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/a/) · [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) · [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) · [D](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/d/) · [E](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/e/) · [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) · [G](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/g/) · [H](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/h/) · [I](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/i/) · [J](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/j/) · [K](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/k/) · **L** · [M](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/m/) · [N](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/n/) · [O](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/o/) · [P](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/) · [Q](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/q/) · [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) · [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) · [T](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/) · [U](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/u/) · [V](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/v/) · [W](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/w/) · [X](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/x/) · [Y](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/y/) · [Z](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/z/)

644 words under L; 301–400 on this page.

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- [lexicographer](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lexicographer/) — A lexicographer is a person who writes or edits dictionaries.
- [lhasa](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lhasa/) — Lhasa is the main city of Tibet, high in the Himalayas, now under China's rule.
- [li](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/li/) — "Li" is not a usual English word; it is most often a piece of a longer word or a short form. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [liability](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/liability/) — Liability is being legally responsible for something, especially for paying for damage or harm. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [liable](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/liable/) — If you are liable for something, you are responsible by law, for example you must pay for damage.
- [liaison](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/liaison/) — Liaison is the way people or groups talk to each other and work together.
- [liar](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/liar/) — A liar is a person who tells lies, saying things they know are not true to trick someone. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [libation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/libation/) — A libation is a drink poured out on the ground or on an altar as a gift to a god, in old religious rites.
- [libel](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/libel/) — A false written or published statement that damages a person's good name.
- [liberal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/liberal/) — Respecting people's freedom and willing to accept ideas and ways of life different from your own. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [liberality](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/liberality/) — Liberality is being generous, giving freely and willingly to others.
- [liberally](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/liberally/) — Liberally means in a generous way, giving a lot or giving freely. — Jewish tradition
- [liberate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/liberate/) — To set a person, animal, place or country free from control, prison or an enemy.
- [liberated](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/liberated/) — Set free from prison, an enemy army or control.
- [liberation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/liberation/) — Liberation is setting people or a place free from someone who controlled or imprisoned them, such as an enemy army.
- [liberator](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/liberator/) — A person, army or group that sets people or a place free from enemies, slavery or prison.
- [liberty](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/liberty/) — Liberty is freedom: the right to live, speak and act as you choose without being controlled or imprisoned unfairly. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [libra](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/libra/) — The seventh sign of the zodiac, shown as scales. — Jewish tradition
- [librarian](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/librarian/) — A librarian is a person who works in a library, looks after the books and helps people find books and information.
- [library](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/library/) — A library is a place with many books, and often films and computers, that people can borrow or use. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [libyan](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/libyan/) — Of or from Libya, a country in North Africa. — Jewish tradition
- [licence](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/licence/) — A licence is an official paper or card that gives you permission to do or own something, such as drive a car, catch fish or sell food.
- [license](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/license/) — A license is a written paper that says someone is allowed to do something, such as drive a car or keep a dog; in Britain the noun is… — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [licensed](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/licensed/) — Licensed means having official permission to do something, such as a licensed driver, a licensed taxi or a licensed doctor.
- [lichen](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lichen/) — A lichen is a living thing that grows in crusty, leafy or bushy patches on rocks, walls, tree bark and gravestones; it is made of a fungus…
- [lick](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lick/) — To lick something means to move your tongue over it, to taste it, eat it or wet it. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lid](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lid/) — A lid is a cover on top of a box, pot, jar or bin that you can lift or take off. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lidar](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lidar/) — A way of measuring distance by sending out quick flashes of laser light and timing how long they take to bounce back.
- [lidded](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lidded/) — Lidded means having a lid, a cover on top.
- [lie](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lie/) — To lie is to rest or be flat on something, like a bed or the ground. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [liege](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/liege/) — A liege is a lord or lady whom a person owes loyal service to, or a servant who owes such service.
- [lien](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lien/) — A mistaken printing of a name or word in an old scanned book; here it stands for "Rabbi" or a name such as "Ben" before Sira. — Jewish tradition
- [lieth](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lieth/) — «lieth» means «lies», a form of «lie»: To lie is to rest or be flat on something, like a bed or the ground.
- [lieu](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lieu/) — In lieu of something means instead of it.
- [lieutenant](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lieutenant/) — An officer in the army, navy or air force, of a junior to middle rank.
- [life](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/life/) — Being alive: what people, animals and plants have and stones do not (they grow, feed, breathe, reproduce). — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lifeblood](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lifeblood/) — The blood that carries life in a body, or the thing a person's life depends on. — Jewish tradition
- [lifeboat](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lifeboat/) — A strong boat kept on the coast that goes out to rescue people in danger at sea.
- [lifeguard](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lifeguard/) — A lifeguard is a person whose job is to watch swimmers at a pool or beach and rescue anyone in danger in the water.
- [lifeless](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lifeless/) — Lifeless means dead, or never having had life. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lifelike](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lifelike/) — Lifelike means so like a real person or thing that it looks alive.
- [lifelong](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lifelong/) — Lifelong means lasting or continuing for all of someone's life.
- [lifesaving](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lifesaving/) — Lifesaving means saving or able to save someone's life, like lifesaving medicine.
- [lifespan](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lifespan/) — A lifespan is how long a person, animal or plant lives, or usually lives.
- [lifetime](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lifetime/) — The whole time that a person or animal is alive. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lift](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lift/) — To lift is to pick something up and raise it. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [ligament](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ligament/) — A ligament is a strong, slightly stretchy band in your body that joins one bone to another at a joint, like the knee or ankle.
- [ligature](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ligature/) — A ligature is a thread, string or band used to tie something tightly, especially by a doctor to tie off a blood vessel.
- [liger](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/liger/) — A liger is the baby of a male lion and a female tiger; it is a hybrid, a mix of two kinds of animal.
- [light](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/light/) — Light is what lets us see; it comes from the Sun, lamps and fire. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lightbulb](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lightbulb/) — A lightbulb is a glass or plastic bulb that gives out light when electricity goes through it.
- [lighten](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lighten/) — To lighten something is to make it less heavy: lighten your bag. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lighter](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lighter/) — A small device that makes a flame, used to light candles, cigarettes, stoves or fires. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lighthearted](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lighthearted/) — Cheerful and free from worry.
- [lighthouse](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lighthouse/) — A lighthouse is a tall tower by the sea with a bright light at the top that flashes to guide ships at night and warn them of rocks.
- [lightless](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lightless/) — With no light at all; completely dark.
- [lightly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lightly/) — Lightly means with little force or weight: «tap lightly». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lightness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lightness/) — Lightness is being not heavy. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lightning](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lightning/) — The bright flash of light in the sky during a storm, made by a huge spark of electricity between clouds or between a cloud and the ground. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lightweight](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lightweight/) — Lightweight means not heavy, weighing less than usual.
- [lii](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lii/) — A mistaken printing of letters in an old scanned book; here it stands for the word "his". — Jewish tradition
- [like](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/like/) — To like something is to enjoy it or think it is good. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [likeable](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/likeable/) — Likeable means easy to like; pleasant and friendly.
- [likelihood](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/likelihood/) — How likely something is to happen; the chance or probability of it.
- [likely](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/likely/) — Probably going to happen or be true: "It's likely to rain.". — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [liken](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/liken/) — To say that one thing is like another; to compare them. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [likeness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/likeness/) — Being alike or similar; how much one thing looks like another. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [liketh](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/liketh/) — «liketh» means «likes», a form of «like»: To like something is to enjoy it or think it is good.
- [likewise](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/likewise/) — Likewise means in the same way: «Watch me and do likewise.». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lilac](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lilac/) — A lilac is a bush or small tree with large bunches of small, sweet-smelling purple, pink or white flowers in spring.
- [lilo](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lilo/) — An inflatable mattress: a plastic bed filled with air, used for floating on water or for sleeping on when camping.
- [lily](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lily/) — A tall plant grown from a bulb, with large trumpet-shaped flowers, often white, orange or pink. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [limb](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/limb/) — A limb is an arm or a leg. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lime](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lime/) — A small round green citrus fruit with sour juice. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [limerick](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/limerick/) — A limerick is a short, funny poem of five lines, with lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyming together and lines 3 and 4 rhyming together (AABBA).
- [limestone](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/limestone/) — Limestone is a soft, usually grey or white sedimentary rock made mostly from the shells and skeletons of tiny sea creatures.
- [limit](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/limit/) — A limit is the greatest (or smallest) amount that is allowed or possible: a speed limit. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [limitation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/limitation/) — A limitation is something that limits what a person or thing can do: «The robot has some limitations». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [limousine](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/limousine/) — A large, expensive, comfortable car, often with a long body and a driver (chauffeur), sometimes with a glass wall between driver and…
- [limp](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/limp/) — To limp is to walk unevenly because one leg or foot is hurt or stiff. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [limpet](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/limpet/) — A limpet is a small sea animal with a cone-shaped shell that clings very tightly to rocks.
- [limping](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/limping/) — Limping is walking unevenly because a leg or foot hurts.
- [lincoln](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lincoln/) — Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, who led the country during the American Civil War and worked to end slavery.
- [linden](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/linden/) — A linden is a tree with heart-shaped leaves and sweet-smelling flowers, also called a lime tree.
- [line](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/line/) — A line is a row of people or things one behind another. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lineage](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lineage/) — A lineage is the line of your ancestors, the family members who came before you, such as parents, grandparents and great-grandparents.
- [linear](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/linear/) — Made of lines, or in the form of straight lines rather than pictures. — Jewish tradition
- [linen](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/linen/) — Linen is a strong, cool cloth made from the flax plant. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [liner](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/liner/) — A big passenger ship that sailed across oceans on regular routes, like the Titanic (an ocean liner).
- [linesman](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/linesman/) — An official who helps the referee or umpire by watching the lines of the pitch or court and showing with a flag when the ball goes out or…
- [ling](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ling/) — A ling is a long sea fish of the cod family, caught for food in the North Atlantic and around Australia and New Zealand. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [linger](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/linger/) — To linger is to stay somewhere longer than usual or than needed, because you do not want to leave. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [lingua](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lingua/) — «Lingua» is the Latin word for tongue and language.
- [lingual](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lingual/) — Having to do with the tongue. — Jewish tradition
- [linguist](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/linguist/) — A person who studies languages. — Jewish tradition
- [linguistic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/linguistic/) — To do with language or languages. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [linguistically](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/linguistically/) — In a way that has to do with language. — Jewish tradition
- [linguistics](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/linguistics/) — Linguistics is the scientific study of language: how sounds, words, grammar and meaning work, how languages change, and how people learn…
- [link](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/link/) — A connection between two things, people or ideas: there is a link between sugar and tooth decay. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [linnet](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/linnet/) — A linnet is a small brown songbird of the finch family; the male has a pinkish-red chest and head in spring.