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

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  • license/ˈlaɪ.səns/nounB13 meaningsOfficial permission to do or own something, and the document that proves it.
  • licentious/laɪˈsɛn.ʃəs/adjectiveC2Ignoring the usual moral limits, especially in sex.
  • 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.
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/ˈlɪ.k(ə).ɹɪʃ/
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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.
  • lie aheadphraseB2To be waiting in the future.
  • lie downphraseA2To move into a flat resting position.
  • lie lowphraseC1To stay out of sight until danger passes.
  • 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 and soul of the partyphraseB2The person who makes a gathering go with a swing.
  • life jacketnounB1The float worn to keep a person's head above water.
  • life of the partyphraseB2The person who makes an occasion lively.
  • 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.
  • lifeless/ˈlaɪfləs/adjectiveB2Dead, or with no energy or spirit at all.
  • lifeline/ˈlaɪfˌlaɪn/nounB22 meaningsThe rope that keeps a rescuer connected to safety.
  • lifelong/ˈlaɪf.lɔːŋ/adjectiveC1Lasting the whole of somebody's life.
  • 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.
  • light-bodiedadjectiveC1Delicate and thin in the mouth.
  • light-headedadjectiveC1Faint and unsteady, as if about to lose consciousness.
  • 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.
  • lightbulb momentnounC1The instant an answer appears.
  • lighten/ˈlaɪ.tn̩/verbB23 meaningsTo make something less heavy, or to become less heavy.
  • lighter/ˈlaɪtɚ/nounB1A small device producing a flame for lighting cigarettes.
  • lighthouse/ˈlaɪthaʊs/nounB1A tower whose beam warns ships away from danger.
  • lighting/ˈlaɪtɪŋ/nounB2The lamps in a place and the effect they give.
  • lightness/ˈlaɪtnəs/nounB2+The state of weighing little, or of being cheerful.
  • lightning/ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/nounB1The bright electric flash in a storm.
  • lightning boltnounB1A single stroke of electricity from cloud to ground.
  • lightweight/ˈlaɪt.weɪt/nounC1A boxer fighting at a limit of about sixty-one kilograms.
  • lignite/ˈlɪɡnaɪ̯t/nounC2A soft brown coal of poor quality.
  • like/laɪ̯k/verbA16 meaningsTo find something or someone pleasant.
  • like two peas in a podphraseB2So alike that you can hardly tell them apart.
  • likeableadjectiveB2+Easy to like.
  • likelihood/ˈlaɪklihʊd/nounC1The chance that something will happen.
  • likely/ˈlaɪkli/adjectiveA23 meaningsHaving a good chance of happening or of being true.
  • liken/ˈlaɪk(ə)n/verbC1To say that one thing is like another.
  • likeness/ˈlaɪknəs/nounB1+2 meaningsThe way one thing resembles another.
  • 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.
  • lilt/lɪlt/nounC2A pleasant rise and fall in a voice or a tune.