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

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  • lather/ˈlɑː.ðə/nounB2+2 meaningsThe foam soap makes when rubbed with water.
  • latitude/ˈlætɪtjuːd/nounB2+2 meaningsPosition measured in degrees north or south of the equator.
  • latrine/ləˈtɹiːn/nounC1A simple toilet in a camp or barracks.
  • latter/ˈlæt.ə(ɹ)/adjectiveC12 meaningsThe second of two things mentioned.
  • lattice/ˈlæt.ɪs/nounC12 meaningsA framework of crossed strips with gaps between.
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/ˈlɔːdəbəl/
adjectiveC1
Deserving praise.
  • launch/lɔːnt͡ʃ/verbB24 meaningsTo start something big and public — a product, a campaign, an inquiry.
  • launder/ˈlɔːndə/verbB2+2 meaningsTo wash and press clothes properly.
  • laureate/ˈlɒɹ.i.ət/nounC1Somebody honoured with a great prize.
  • laurel/ˈlɒɹ.əl/nounC1An evergreen tree whose leaves crowned victors.
  • lava/ˈlɑːvə/nounB22 meaningsHot melted rock that flows out of a volcano.
  • lavatory/ˈlæv.ə.tɹi/nounC1A room with a toilet, in formal use.
  • lavish/ˈlævɪʃ/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsVery generous or elaborate, often excessively so.
  • law-abidingadjectiveC1Living quietly within the rules.
  • lawsuit/ˈlɔːˌs(j)uːt/nounC1A formal dispute between two sides taken to a court.
  • lay your cards on the tablephraseC1To say openly what you want and what you have.
  • layout/ˈleɪ.aʊt/nounC12 meaningsThe arrangement of text and pictures on a page.
  • leach/liːt͡ʃ/verbC1To drain a substance away by water passing through.
  • lead/ˈlɛd/verbB15 meaningsTo go in front so that others follow.
  • leader/ˈliː.də(ɹ)/nounA22 meaningsThe person others follow.
  • leading questionnounC1A question worded to suggest its own answer.
  • lean/ˈliːn/verbB26 meaningsTo bend or tip your body away from upright.
  • lean inphraseB22 meaningsTo move your upper body closer to somebody or something.
  • lean-to/ˈliːnˌtuː/nounC1A simple shelter with a single sloping roof.
  • learn the ropes/ˈlɜːn ðə ˈɹəʊps/phraseC1To master the basics of a new job or activity.
  • leaseholdnounC1The right to hold and occupy a property for a fixed period under a lease.
  • leave no stone unturnedphraseC1To search absolutely everywhere.
  • lecherous/ˈlɛtʃ.ə.ɹəs/adjectiveC1Showing crude and open sexual desire.
  • lectern/ˈlɛktə(ɹ)n/nounC1The slanted stand a speaker rests their notes on.
  • 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/adjectiveC12 meaningsSo 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.