Discover a variety of words that start with the letter “L,” enhancing your vocabulary and inspiring your use of language.
- Labyrinth- a complex network of paths or passages
- Lacerate- to tear or deeply cut
- Lacuna- a gap or missing part
- Ladle- large long-handled spoon used for serving soup or stews
- Laggard- someone who falls behind
- Lambaste- to criticize harshly
- Lament- to express grief or sorrow
- Lampoon- to ridicule or mock
- Languid- lacking in spirit or interest; listless
- Lapidary- relating to the cutting, polishing, or engraving of stones and gems
- Larceny- theft of personal property
- Largess- generous giving
- Lascivious- inclined to lustfulness
- Latch- a device that holds a door, gate, or window closed
- Latent- hidden, present but not visible
- Latitude- freedom from normal limitations
- Laud- to praise
- Lavish- rich, elaborate, or luxurious
- Lawyer- a person who practices or studies law
- Lax- not strict or severe
- Layman- a nonprofessional
- Laze- relax and enjoy oneself; be idle
- Leach- to dissolve or wash out substances from soil or wastes
- Lead- a heavy metal element
- Leaflet- a small flat or folded sheet of printed paper
- League- a collection of people, countries, or groups that combine for a particular purpose
- Leak- to accidentally lose or admit contents through a hole or crack
- Lean- thin, especially healthily so; having no excess fat
- Leap- to jump or spring a long way, to a great height, or with great force
- Learned- having much knowledge acquired by study
- Lease- a contract for the rental of property
- Leaven- a substance used in dough to make it rise
- Lecture- an educational talk or a scolding
- Leech- an aquatic or terrestrial annelid worm with suckers at both ends
- Left- on or to the side of an object or area that is west when one faces north
- Legacy- something left or handed down by a predecessor
- Legal- permitted by law
- Legend- a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated
- Legion- a vast number of people or things
- Legitimate- conforming to the law or to rules
- Lemon- a pale yellow oval citrus fruit with thick skin and fragrant, acidic juice
- Lend- grant to someone the use of (something) on the understanding that it shall be returned
- Length- the measurement or extent of something from end to end
- Lenient- more merciful or tolerant than expected
- Lethal- sufficient to cause death
- Letter- a written, typed, or printed communication, especially one sent in an envelope by mail
- Level- having a flat and even surface without slopes or bumps
- Lever- a rigid bar used with a pivot for lifting or prying
- Liable- legally responsible
- Liaison- a person who acts as a link to assist communication or cooperation between groups
- Libel- a published false statement that is damaging to a person’s reputation
- Liberal- open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values
- Liberate- set someone free from a situation
- Library- a collection of books and periodicals
- License- a permit from an authority to own or use something
- Lichen- a simple slow-growing plant that typically forms a low crusty, leaflike, or branching growth on rocks, walls, and trees
- Lick- touch or sweep with the tongue
- Lieutenant- a deputy or substitute acting for a superior
- Life- the existence of an individual human being or animal
- Lift- raise to a higher position or level
- Light- the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible
- Like- having the same characteristics or qualities as; similar to
- Likelihood- the state or fact of something being likely; probability
- Lilac- a pale violet color typical of most lilac flowers
- Limit- a point or level beyond which something does not or may not extend or pass
- Limp- walk with difficulty, typically because of a damaged or stiff leg or foot
- Line- a long, narrow mark or band
- Linger- stay in a place longer than necessary
- Link- a relationship between two things or situations, especially where one thing affects the other
- Lionize- to treat someone as a celebrity
- Liquid- a substance that flows freely but is of constant volume, having a consistency like that of water or oil
- List- a number of connected items or names written or printed consecutively
- Listen- give one’s attention to a sound
- Literal- taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or exaggeration
- Literature- written works, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit
- Little- small in size, amount, or degree
- Live- remain alive
- Lively- full of life and energy
- Lizard- a scaly reptile with a pointed tail
- Load- a heavy or bulky thing that is being carried or is about to be carried
- Loaf- a quantity of bread that is shaped and baked in one piece and usually sliced before being eaten
- Loan- a thing that is borrowed, especially a sum of money that is expected to be paid back with interest
- Lobby- a room providing a space out of which one or more other rooms or corridors lead
- Lobster- a large marine crustacean with a cylindrical body, stalked eyes, and the first of its five pairs of limbs enlarged as pincers
- Local- belonging or relating to a particular area or neighborhood
- Lock- a mechanism for keeping a door, lid, etc., fastened
- Locomotive- a powered rail vehicle used for pulling trains
- Lodge- a small house at the gates of a park or in the grounds of a large house
- Lofty- of imposing height
- Log- a part of the trunk or a large branch of a tree that has fallen or been cut off
- Logic- reasoning conducted or assessed according to strict principles of validity
- Loll- sit, lie, or stand in a lazy, relaxed way
- Lone- having no companions; solitary or single
- Long- measuring a great distance from end to end
- Look- direct one’s gaze in a specified direction
- Loop- a shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
- Loose- not firmly or tightly fixed in place; detached or able to be detached
- Loot- goods, especially private property, taken from an enemy in war
- Lope- run or move with a long bounding stride
- Loud- producing or capable of producing much noise; easily audible
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