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

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218 words · showing 61–120

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  • ledge/lɛd͡ʒ/nounB2A narrow shelf of rock on a cliff.
  • leech/ˈliːt͡ʃ/nounB2A worm that fastens on and drinks blood.
  • left/ˈlɛft/adjectiveA14 meaningsOn the side of the body where the heart is.
  • left luggagenounB2The place bags can be stored for a few hours.
  • leg/lɛɡ/nounA12 meaningsOne of the long body parts you stand and walk on.
  • legend/ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənd/
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An old famous story half believed to be true.
  • legitimate/lɪˈd͡ʒɪt.ɪ.mət/adjectiveB22 meaningsProperly lawful.
  • lemon/ˈlɛmən/nounA23 meaningsA yellow citrus fruit with thick peel and very sour juice.
  • length/lɛŋ(k)θ/nounB14 meaningsHow long something is from end to end.
  • lens/lɛnz/nounB2A curved piece of glass that bends light.
  • lens capnounB2The cover that protects the glass at the front of a camera.
  • leopard/ˈlɛp.əd/nounB2A large spotted wild cat.
  • leprechaun/ˈlɛpɹəkɔːn/nounB2A mischievous little man of Irish folklore.
  • lesbian/ˈlɛz.bi.ən/adjectiveB2Of a woman attracted to other women.
  • lest/lɛst/prepositionB2In case something unwanted should happen.
  • let downphraseB22 meaningsTo fail somebody who was relying on you.
  • let gophraseB12 meaningsTo release your hold on something.
  • let nature take its coursephraseB2To let things happen without interfering.
  • let off steamphraseB2To release built-up energy or anger harmlessly.
  • let outphraseB22 meaningsTo make a garment wider or looser.
  • let your hair downphraseB2To relax completely and stop behaving formally.
  • let's catch upphraseB2A suggestion to meet and swap news.
  • letters pagenounB2The part of a paper printing readers' opinions.
  • level/ˈlɛvəl/nounB16 meaningsA position on a scale of amount, height, quality or ability.
  • level crossingnounB2Where a road crosses a railway on the flat.
  • lever/ˈliː.və/nounB24 meaningsA bar resting on a fixed point, so that pushing one end moves a heavy load at the other.
  • liberal/ˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹəl/adjectiveB24 meaningsIn favour of individual freedom, tolerant of other ways of living, and for reform by gradual steps.
  • liberty/ˈlɪbəti/nounB22 meaningsFreedom from control by others.
  • library/ˈlaɪ.bɹi/nounA13 meaningsA building or room holding books that the public can read there or borrow.
  • license/ˈlaɪ.səns/nounB13 meaningsOfficial permission to do or own something, and the document that proves it.
  • lid/lɪd/nounA2+2 meaningsThe cover that fits over the opening of a container and comes off or opens.
  • lie/laɪ̯/verbA24 meaningsTo say something you know is not true.
  • lie aheadphraseB2To be waiting in the future.
  • life/ˈlaɪ̯f/nounA24 meaningsThe state of being alive.
  • life and soul of the partyphraseB2The person who makes a gathering go with a swing.
  • life of the partyphraseB2The person who makes an occasion lively.
  • life supportnounB2Machines that keep a body going when it cannot itself.
  • lifeless/ˈlaɪfləs/adjectiveB2Dead, or with no energy or spirit at all.
  • lifeline/ˈlaɪfˌlaɪn/nounB22 meaningsThe rope that keeps a rescuer connected to safety.
  • lifetime/ˈlaɪf.taɪm/nounB12 meaningsThe period from birth to death.
  • lift/lɪft/verbA27 meaningsTo raise something to a higher position.
  • light pollutionnounB2Artificial glow that hides the stars.
  • light year/ˈlaɪt.jɪə/nounB2The distance light travels in one year.
  • light-heartedadjectiveB2Amusing and not meant to be taken seriously, as a comedy or a bit of banter is.
  • lightbulb/ˈlaɪtˌbʌlb/nounB2A glass bulb producing light from electricity.
  • lighten/ˈlaɪ.tn̩/verbB23 meaningsTo make something less heavy, or to become less heavy.
  • lighting/ˈlaɪtɪŋ/nounB2The lamps in a place and the effect they give.
  • like/laɪ̯k/verbA16 meaningsTo find something or someone pleasant.
  • like two peas in a podphraseB2So alike that you can hardly tell them apart.
  • likewise/ˈlaɪkˌwaɪz/adverbB23 meaningsIn the same way; following the same pattern.
  • liking/ˈlaɪkɪŋ/nounB2A taste or fondness for something.
  • lilac/ˈlaɪlək/nounB1+3 meaningsA shrub with heart-shaped leaves and dense cones of small, strongly scented flowers.
  • limb/lɪm/nounB22 meaningsAn arm or a leg.
  • 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 managernounB2The person you report to directly.
  • linen/ˈlɪnɪn/nounB22 meaningsA cool strong cloth woven from flax.
  • lining/ˈlaɪnɪŋ/nounB23 meaningsA layer of material fixed to the inside of a garment, bag or box.
  • lip/lɪp/nounB12 meaningsEither of the two fleshy edges of the mouth.
  • lip linernounB2A pencil that outlines the lips before colour.