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

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  • 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 meanings
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A 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.
  • lip-readingnounB2Understanding speech by watching the mouth.
  • liquids rulenounB2The limit on how much liquid you may carry aboard.
  • literal/ˈlɪt(ə)ɹəl/adjectiveB2Taking words in their plain and exact sense.
  • literary/ˈlɪt.(ə.)ɹə.ɹi/adjectiveB2To do with written works of lasting worth.
  • literature/ˈlɪt.(ə.)ɹə.t͡ʃə(ɹ)/nounB1+4 meaningsWritten works valued as art.
  • litter/ˈlɪt.ɚ/nounB22 meaningsRubbish left lying in a public place.
  • live/ˈlɪv/verbA16 meaningsTo have your home in a particular place.
  • live and let livephraseB2To accept others' ways and expect the same in return.
  • live up tophraseB2To be as good as what was promised or expected.
  • lively/ˈlaɪv.li/adjectiveB2Full of energy and movement.
  • liven upphraseB2To make something more interesting or cheerful.
  • liver/ˈlɪvə/nounB2The large organ that cleans poisons out of the body.
  • livestock/ˈlaɪvstɒk/nounB2The animals kept on a farm.
  • livestreamnounB2A broadcast watched over the internet as it happens.
  • load-bearingadjectiveB2Supporting the weight of a structure above.
  • loading baynounB2Where lorries are loaded and unloaded.
  • loan/ləʊn/nounB23 meaningsA sum of money lent to someone, which they have to pay back.
  • loan periodnounB2How long a borrowed item may be kept.
  • lob/lɒb/verbB2+2 meaningsTo throw or hit something in a high curving path.
  • lobby barnounB2The bar in the main entrance hall.