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

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  • lead/ˈlɛd/verbB15 meaningsTo go in front so that others follow.
  • leaf/liːf/nounB12 meaningsOne of the flat green parts of a plant.
  • league/liːɡ/nounB12 meaningsA group of sports teams competing over a season.
  • leak/liːk/nounB14 meaningsA hole or crack that lets liquid or gas escape.
  • leap year/ˈliːp ˌjɪə/phraseB1The year, once every four, when February gets an extra day.
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Material made from treated animal skin.
  • leave/ˈliːv/verbA16 meaningsTo go away from a place or a person.
  • leave outphraseB12 meaningsTo fail to include somebody or something.
  • lecture/ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/nounB14 meaningsA formal talk given to teach a group, especially at a university.
  • leftoversnounB1The food remaining after a meal, saved for later.
  • legal/ˈliː.ɡəl/adjectiveB12 meaningsAllowed by the law.
  • legend/ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənd/nounB13 meaningsAn old famous story half believed to be true.
  • leisure centrenounB1A public building with a pool and sports halls.
  • 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.
  • lesson/ˈlɛs.ən/nounA12 meaningsOne teaching period on one subject.
  • let/lɛt/verbA13 meaningsTo allow someone to do something.
  • let gophraseB12 meaningsTo release your hold on something.
  • let outphraseB22 meaningsTo make a garment wider or looser.
  • lettuce/ˈlɛt.ɪs/nounB1A leafy salad vegetable.
  • level/ˈlɛvəl/nounB16 meaningsA position on a scale of amount, height, quality or ability.
  • liar/ˈlaɪ.ə/nounB1Somebody who tells untruths.
  • 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.
  • lick/lɪk/verbB14 meaningsTo move your tongue over the surface of something.
  • life jacketnounB1The float worn to keep a person's head above water.
  • life vestnounB1The inflatable jacket stowed under your seat.
  • lifeguard/ˈlaɪfˌɡɑɹd/nounB1Somebody who watches swimmers and rescues them.
  • lifetime/ˈlaɪf.taɪm/nounB12 meaningsThe period from birth to death.
  • lift/lɪft/verbA27 meaningsTo raise something to a higher position.
  • light/laɪt/nounA16 meaningsThe brightness that makes it possible to see.
  • 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/nounB1+3 meaningsA 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.