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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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123 words · showing 61–120

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  • lighter/ˈlaɪtɚ/nounB1A small device producing a flame for lighting cigarettes.
  • lighthouse/ˈlaɪthaʊs/nounB1A tower whose beam warns ships away from danger.
  • lightning/ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/nounB1The bright electric flash in a storm.
  • lightning boltnounB1A single stroke of electricity from cloud to ground.
  • likely/ˈlaɪkli/adjectiveA23 meaningsHaving a good chance of happening or of being true.
  • lilac/ˈlaɪlək/
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A shrub with heart-shaped leaves and dense cones of small, strongly scented flowers.
  • lily/ˈlɪli/nounB1A tall flower with big trumpet blooms and a heavy scent.
  • lime/laɪm/nounA2+4 meaningsA small green citrus fruit with sharp sour juice.
  • limit/ˈlɪm.ɪt/nounB15 meaningsThe point or amount beyond which something is not allowed to go.
  • limp/lɪmp/verbB14 meaningsTo walk unevenly because one leg hurts.
  • line dancenounB1A dance in rows where everybody does the same steps.
  • line dryphraseB1To dry washing outside on a rope.
  • lion tamernounB1A performer who works with big cats.
  • lip/lɪp/nounB12 meaningsEither of the two fleshy edges of the mouth.
  • lip balmnounB1A soothing wax that stops lips cracking.
  • lip gloss/lɪp ɡlɒs/nounB1A shiny coating for the lips.
  • liquid/ˈlɪk.wɪd/nounB12 meaningsA substance that flows and takes the shape of its container.
  • listener/ˈlɪsənə/nounB1Somebody who is listening, especially to radio.
  • literally/ˈlɪ.tə.ɹə.li/adverbB12 meaningsIn the exact word-for-word sense.
  • litter pickingnounB1Collecting rubbish others have dropped.
  • litter traynounB1The box a cat uses indoors.
  • live/ˈlɪv/verbA16 meaningsTo have your home in a particular place.
  • loaf/ləʊf/nounB12 meaningsA shaped mass of bread baked in one piece.
  • lobby/ˈlɒb.i/nounB13 meaningsThe open room just inside the entrance of a large building.
  • lobster/ˈlɒb.stə/nounB1A large sea creature with a hard shell and two claws.
  • local/ˈləʊ.kl̩/adjectiveA13 meaningsBelonging to the area nearby.
  • locate/lə(ʊ)ˈkeɪt/verbB12 meaningsTo find where something is.
  • located/ləʊˈkeɪtɪd/adjectiveB1Placed or situated in a particular spot.
  • location/ləʊˈkeɪʃən/nounB12 meaningsA real place used for filming instead of a set.
  • lock up/ˌlɒk ˈʌp/phraseB12 meaningsTo secure a building by locking its doors.
  • locker roomphraseB1The room where the team changes and the coach gives the big speech.
  • log/lɒɡ/nounB13 meaningsA thick cut piece of tree.
  • lollipop/ˈlɒlipɒp/nounB1A hard sweet on a stick.
  • lonely/ˈləʊnli/adjectiveB13 meaningsUnhappy because you have nobody's company.
  • long jump/ˈlɒŋ ˌdʒʌmp/nounB1Leaping as far as possible from a marked line.
  • long time no seephraseB1A friendly greeting to somebody you have not met for ages.
  • look afterphraseB1To watch over and protect a person, animal, or thing.
  • look aroundphraseB12 meaningsTo walk through a place to see what is there.
  • look forward tophraseB1To be happily excited about something coming.
  • look up/ˌlʊk ˈʌp/phraseB13 meaningsTo search for information in a reference source.
  • loose/luːs/adjectiveB15 meaningsNot tight; with room to spare inside.
  • loosen/ˈluːsən/verbB12 meaningsTo make something less tight.
  • lord/lɔːd/nounB23 meaningsSaid alone or as oh Lord to show surprise, dismay or relief.
  • lose trackphraseB1To stop following something you had been following.
  • loser/luːzə(ɹ)/nounA23 meaningsSomebody who does not win.
  • lost/lɒst/adjectiveA22 meaningsUnable to find the way.
  • lost and foundnounB1The office holding things people left behind.
  • lost luggagenounB1Bags that did not arrive with you.
  • lotion/ˈloʊʃən/nounB1A creamy liquid rubbed into the skin.
  • loud/ˈlaʊ̯d/adjectiveA23 meaningsMaking a lot of sound.
  • lounge/ˈlaʊ̯nd͡ʒ/nounB13 meaningsA quiet room where passengers or guests wait.
  • lousy/ˈlaʊ.zi/adjectiveB12 meaningsVery bad indeed.
  • lovely/ˈlʌv.li/adjectiveA23 meaningsBeautiful, or very pleasant.
  • low/ˈləʊ/adjectiveA24 meaningsClose to the ground; not high.
  • low tidenounB1The point when the sea has fallen as far as it will.
  • loyal/ˈlɔɪəl/adjectiveB1Staying true to people or promises.
  • luckily/ˈlʌk.ɪ.li/adverbB1Fortunately, as things turned out.
  • lucky/ˈlʌki/adjectiveA23 meaningsHaving good things happen to you by chance.
  • luggage/ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/nounB1The bags and cases taken on a trip.
  • luggage storagenounB1The place bags are kept before or after a stay.