Words starting with L

104 words.

• laager To arrange in a circular formation for defence.
• labanotation A system for documenting body movement.
• laborate To produce or develop (something).
• labret A body piercing consisting of an adornment attached to the lip.
• lachanophobia An irrational fear of vegetables.
• laches Negligence in one's duty.
• lachesism The yearning for the clarity or reprioritisation afforded by surviving a disaster.
• lachrymose Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.
• laconism Extreme brevity in expression.
• ladrone A robber; a pirate; a rascal or rogue.
• laetificate To make, or become, happy.
• lagan Goods or materials found or left on the sea floor, attached to a floating marker that indicates owne
• lagniappe An extra or unexpected gift or benefit, such as that given to customers when they purchase something
• lalochezia The use of vulgar or foul language to relieve stress or pain.
• lambaste To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly.
• lambrequin A scarf or other piece of material used as a covering for a helmet.
• lampenflora The growth of light-dependent organisms, especially plants, in naturally unlit cave systems due to a
• lancinate To pierce or stab (as with a lance); to lance.
• landlouper A vagabond; a vagrant.
• landnam The occupation of land, especially if previously uncultivated.
• lanterloo A meaningless chant or refrain.
• lapalissade An obvious, self-evident truth, especially humorously so; a tautology or truism.
• lapidate To throw stones or other objects at, as punishment, sometimes until death.
• larnax A small closed coffin, box or cinerary urn often used as a container for human remains in Ancient Gr
• lastage A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will.
• latibulate To retreat and lie hidden; to hide in a corner.
• latibulize To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter.
• latibulum A concealed hiding place, especially of an animal; a burrow, hole, or lair.
• latifundium A great landed estate with absentee ownership and labor often in a state of partial servitude.
• latitudinarian Not restrained; not confined by precise limits.
• latrability The ability or tendency to bark.
• latrate To bark; to make doglike noises.
• latration Barking, an instance of barking.
• laughsmith One who creates laughs; a comic or comedian.
• laund A grassy plain or pasture, especially surrounded by woodland; a glade.
• lautitious sumptuous; luxurious; splendid
• lavabo A ritual involving the washing of one's hands at a church's offertory before handling the Eucharist.
• lavant A shallow or more or less intermittent spring, or the stream of water (bourne) which feeds and sprin
• lazaretto A place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a lon
• leasow (Green) land as opposed to flood or desert; a pasture.
• leaveism The practice of employees using flexitime and other leave entitlement schemes to take time off when
• legerdemain Sleight of hand; "magic" trickery.
• lenify To assuage or mitigate; to soften (fever/pain/effects etc.).
• lenitive An analgesic or other source of relief from pain
• lenity leniency, mercy, forgiveness
• leporello A style of parallel folding with the folds alternating between front and back; concertina fold.
• leporine A supposed hybrid between a hare and a rabbit, now known not to exist; a leporide.
• leprosity The supposed impurity or impurities of various metals, understood as causing their deviation from go
• levidrome A word with a different definition when the spelling is reversed.
• levirate A marriage between a widow and her deceased husband's brother or, sometimes, heir.
• lexiphanic One who uses bombastic or pretentious wording or language.
• liberosis The longing to feel a blissful childlike state of indifference and to experience life's joys without
• liberticide Causing the destruction of liberty; oppressive, liberticidal
• licham The human body, especially when living.
• liefling One held as lief or dear; a darling.
• liefsome Agreeable; pleasing; delightful.
• liminal Of or pertaining to an entrance or threshold.
• liminary Introductory or preparatory.
• limitrophe Border, frontier; being or existing along a border or frontier.
• limmer A rogue; a low, base fellow.
• linch A ledge, a terrace; a right-angled projection; a lynchet.
• linchpin A pin inserted through holes at the end of an axle or shaft, so as to secure a wheel or shaft-mounte
• lionism The 19th-century practice of bringing a lion (“an interesting person or object”) into one’s home as
• lipogram A word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols.
• liripoop A pendent part of the old clerical tippet.
• lissom Flexible and graceful in movement; lithe.
• lither Lazy, slothful; listless.
• lithobraking Deceleration of a falling object due to impact with the ground.
• litotes A figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite.
• litterateur A person engaged in various literary works: literary critic, essayist, writer.
• lixiviate To separate (a substance) into soluble and insoluble components through percolation; to leach.
• locarnize To corrupt a peace agreement or treaty to favor one side.
• lockspit A trench dug in the ground to mark a boundary or other imaginary line.
• locute To speak; to say; to utter.
• lodestar A star used as a navigation reference, particularly a pole star such as Polaris.
• logodaedaly Cleverness or skill in the coining of new words.
• logomachy Dispute over the meaning of words
• logopoeia One of Ezra Pound's three kinds of poetry, consisting of the use of words for more than their denota
• longanimity Patience or tolerance in the face of adversity; forbearance, long-suffering.
• longevous Long-lasting, especially of life.
• loord A dull, stupid fellow; a lout.
• loremaster A wise person with knowledge of lore in any number of topics, such as history, genealogy, ancient po
• loresman An instructor or teacher of traditional wisdom.
• lorgnette An opera glass with a handle.
• losel A worthless or despicable person, scoundrel.
• lotacracy A political environment in which politicians have a tendency to switch loyalties frequently for pers
• loveday A day appointed for a meeting intended to amicably resolve a dispute; also the meeting held on such
• lovesome Worthy of love; having qualities that inspire love; lovable.
• lovingkindness Kindness or mercy which is based on, or arises from, love; (countable) an act of such kindness or me
• lucent Emitting light; shining, luminous.
• lucet A device for making braided cord.
• luciferous illuminating; providing light.
• lucubrate To work diligently by artificial light; to study at night.
• lucullite A variety of black limestone, often polished for ornamental purposes.
• ludology The study of games and other forms of play.
• lukecold Between warm and cool temperatures, but cooler than lukewarm.
• lumination Illumination; specifically, artificial illumination.
• lummox A clumsy, stupid person; an awkward bungler.
• lunarcrete A hypothetical concrete-like material, made from lunar matter, that could be used to build a colony
• lunodrome A large model of the lunar surface on which spacecraft intended to be launched to the moon are teste
• lunule Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula or lune.
• lurdane A lazy, stupid person; a sluggard.
• lychnobite A person who works or labors at night and sleeps during the day.
• lynchet A bank of earth that slowly builds up on the lower slope of a ploughed field; a feature of ancient f