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

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437 words · showing 181–240

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  • letter/ˈlɛtə/nounA12 meaningsA written message sent in an envelope.
  • letterboxnounB1+The box or slot where the post lands at your house.
  • letterhead/ˈlɛtə(ɹ)ˌhɛd/nounB2+The printed name and address at the top of official paper.
  • letters pagenounB2The part of a paper printing readers' opinions.
  • lettuce/ˈlɛt.ɪs/nounB1A leafy salad vegetable.
  • level/ˈlɛvəl/noun
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A position on a scale of amount, height, quality or ability.
  • level crossingnounB2Where a road crosses a railway on the flat.
  • level playing fieldnounC1A situation where nobody has an unfair advantage.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • liaison/liˈeɪˌzɒ̃/nounC12 meaningsCommunication kept up between groups.
  • liar/ˈlaɪ.ə/nounB1Somebody who tells untruths.
  • 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.
  • liberianounB2+African country founded by freed American slaves, capital Monrovia.
  • liberty/ˈlɪbəti/nounB22 meaningsFreedom from control by others.
  • librarian/laɪˈbɹɛə̯ɹi.ən/nounB1+A person whose job is to look after a library and help people find what is in it.
  • library/ˈlaɪ.bɹi/nounA13 meaningsA building or room holding books that the public can read there or borrow.
  • libyanounB1+A country in North Africa.
  • lice/laɪs/nounB2+Small wingless insects that live on skin and hair.
  • license/ˈlaɪ.səns/nounB13 meaningsOfficial permission to do or own something, and the document that proves it.
  • lichen/ˈlaɪ.kən/nounB2+A crusty growth on rocks and bark, part fungus and part alga.
  • lick/lɪk/verbB14 meaningsTo move your tongue over the surface of something.
  • lickspittle/ˈlɪkspɪtl/nounC2A contemptible flatterer of the powerful.
  • licorice/ˈlɪ.k(ə).ɹɪʃ/nounB1+A black sweet made from a plant root.
  • lid/lɪd/nounA2+2 meaningsThe cover that fits over the opening of a container and comes off or opens.
  • lido/ˈlaɪ.dəʊ/nounC1An open-air public swimming pool.
  • lie/laɪ̯/verbA24 meaningsTo say something you know is not true.
  • liechtensteinnounC1Tiny Alpine principality squeezed between Switzerland and Austria.
  • liege/liːd͡ʒ/nounC2A lord owed loyalty, or the vassal who owes it.
  • life/ˈlaɪ̯f/nounA24 meaningsThe state of being alive.
  • life jacketnounB1The float worn to keep a person's head above water.
  • life supportnounB2Machines that keep a body going when it cannot itself.
  • life vestnounB1The inflatable jacket stowed under your seat.
  • lifeboat/ˈlaɪfˌbəʊt/nounB1+A boat used to rescue people at sea.
  • lifebuoynounB2+A ring thrown to somebody in the water.
  • lifeguard/ˈlaɪfˌɡɑɹd/nounB1Somebody who watches swimmers and rescues them.
  • lifeline/ˈlaɪfˌlaɪn/nounB22 meaningsThe rope that keeps a rescuer connected to safety.
  • lifesavingnounB2+The skills of rescuing somebody from drowning.
  • lifestyle/ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl/nounB1+The way somebody chooses to live day to day.
  • lifetime/ˈlaɪf.taɪm/nounB12 meaningsThe period from birth to death.
  • lift/lɪft/verbA27 meaningsTo raise something to a higher position.
  • ligament/ˈlɪɡəmənt/nounB2+The strong band that holds two bones together at a joint.
  • light/laɪt/nounA16 meaningsThe brightness that makes it possible to see.
  • light pollutionnounB2Artificial glow that hides the stars.
  • light switchnounA2A wall-mounted control for turning a light on and off.
  • light year/ˈlaɪt.jɪə/nounB2The distance light travels in one year.
  • lightbulb/ˈlaɪtˌbʌlb/nounB2A glass bulb producing light from electricity.
  • lightbulb momentnounC1The instant an answer appears.
  • lighter/ˈlaɪtɚ/nounB1A small device producing a flame for lighting cigarettes.
  • lighthouse/ˈlaɪthaʊs/nounB1A tower whose beam warns ships away from danger.