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

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206 words · showing 61–120

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  • ledger/ˈlɛd͡ʒə/nounC1The book in which every transaction is recorded.
  • leer/ˈlɪə̯/verbC1To look at somebody in an unpleasant knowing way.
  • leeward/ˈliːwəd/adjectiveC1On the side away from the wind.
  • legacy/ˈlɛɡəsi/nounC13 meaningsSomething handed down by a person or a period, good or bad.
  • legato/ləˈɡɑ.təʊ/adjectiveC1Played smoothly, each note running into the next.
  • legendary/ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənˌdɛɹ.i/
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adjectiveC12 meanings
So famous or admired that people tell stories about it.
  • legislation/ˌlɛd͡ʒɪˈsleɪʃən/nounC1Laws taken together, as written and passed.
  • legislative/ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.tɪv/adjectiveC1To do with the making of laws.
  • legislature/ˈlɛd͡ʒɪsləˌt͡ʃʊə/nounC1The body that makes a country's laws.
  • legitimacy/ləˈd͡ʒɪtɪməsi/nounC1The quality of being accepted as rightful.
  • lend/ˈlɛnd/verbA2+2 meaningsTo give something to somebody who will give it back.
  • lengthyadjectiveC1Lasting a long time, often tediously so.
  • lenient/ˈliːni.ənt/adjectiveC1Gentler in punishment than expected.
  • lesothonounC1Mountain kingdom entirely surrounded by South Africa.
  • lesser/ˈlɛsɚ/adjectiveC1Smaller or less important of two.
  • let onphraseC1To tell a secret you meant to keep.
  • let sleeping dogs liephraseC1To leave an old problem alone rather than stir it up again.
  • let the cat out of the bagphraseC1To reveal a secret by mistake.
  • lethal/ˈliː.θəl/adjectiveC12 meaningsAble to kill.
  • lethargic/ləˈθɑɹd͡ʒɪk/adjectiveC1Heavy and slow from a lack of energy.
  • lethargy/ˈlɛθ.ə(ɹ).d͡ʒi/nounC1A dull sluggishness with no will to move.
  • level playing fieldnounC1A situation where nobody has an unfair advantage.
  • level-headedadjectiveC1Calm and sensible when things go wrong.
  • level-headednessnounC1The knack of thinking sensibly and steadily when everything around you is going wrong.
  • lever/ˈliː.və/nounB24 meaningsA bar resting on a fixed point, so that pushing one end moves a heavy load at the other.
  • leverage/ˈlɛv.(ə.)ɹɪd͡ʒ/nounC14 meaningsPower to influence people or events, coming from an advantage you hold.
  • leviathan/lɪˈvaɪəθn̩/nounC1A sea monster, or anything enormously large.
  • levity/ˈlɛ.vɪ.ti/nounC1Light-hearted treatment of a serious matter.
  • levy/ˈlɛ.vi/verbC1To impose a tax or a charge.
  • lewd/ljuːd/adjectiveC1Crudely and offensively sexual.
  • lexicon/ˈlɛk.sɪ.kən/nounC12 meaningsThe whole stock of words of a language or person.
  • liabilitiesnounC1Everything a business owes.
  • liability/laɪəˈbɪlɪti/nounC13 meaningsA debt or legal duty that you must meet.
  • liability insurancenounC1Cover against being sued for harm you cause.
  • liable/ˈlaɪ̯əbəl/adjectiveC12 meaningsLegally responsible.
  • liaison/liˈeɪˌzɒ̃/nounC12 meaningsCommunication kept up between groups.
  • libel/ˈlaɪbəl/nounC1Damaging somebody's reputation in writing.
  • libel casenounC1A lawsuit over damage done by something written.
  • liberal/ˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹəl/adjectiveB24 meaningsIn favour of individual freedom, tolerant of other ways of living, and for reform by gradual steps.
  • liberation/ˌlɪbəˈɹeɪʃən/nounC1The freeing of a place or people from occupation or oppression.
  • liberty/ˈlɪbəti/nounB22 meaningsFreedom from control by others.
  • license/ˈlaɪ.səns/nounB13 meaningsOfficial permission to do or own something, and the document that proves it.
  • lick/lɪk/verbB14 meaningsTo move your tongue over the surface of something.
  • lido/ˈlaɪ.dəʊ/nounC1An open-air public swimming pool.
  • lie lowphraseC1To stay out of sight until danger passes.
  • liechtensteinnounC1Tiny Alpine principality squeezed between Switzerland and Austria.
  • lifelong/ˈlaɪf.lɔːŋ/adjectiveC1Lasting the whole of somebody's life.
  • light-bodiedadjectiveC1Delicate and thin in the mouth.
  • light-headedadjectiveC1Faint and unsteady, as if about to lose consciousness.
  • lightbulb momentnounC1The instant an answer appears.
  • lightweight/ˈlaɪt.weɪt/nounC1A boxer fighting at a limit of about sixty-one kilograms.
  • likelihood/ˈlaɪklihʊd/nounC1The chance that something will happen.
  • liken/ˈlaɪk(ə)n/verbC1To say that one thing is like another.
  • likeness/ˈlaɪknəs/nounB1+2 meaningsThe way one thing resembles another.
  • limber/ˈlɪmbə(ɹ)/adjectiveC1Supple and easily bent.
  • limbo/ˈlɪmbəʊ/nounC1A stuck in-between state where nothing moves forward.
  • lime/laɪm/nounA2+4 meaningsA small green citrus fruit with sharp sour juice.
  • limescalenounC1The hard white deposit hard water leaves behind.
  • linchpin/ˈlɪnt͡ʃˌpɪn/nounC1The pin that holds a wheel on, or the vital element.
  • linden/ˈlɪn.dən/nounC1A broad-leaved tree with fragrant flowers.