5 Letter Words That Start With L

light

Noun : (physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers); visible light.

Noun : (by extension) Infrared or ultraviolet radiation.

Noun : (countable) A source of illumination.

leave

Verb : To have a consequence or remnant.

Verb : (transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.

Verb : (transitive or intransitive, copulative) To cause, to result in.

level

Adjective : The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.

Adjective : At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.

Adjective : Unvaried in frequency.

loose

Verb : (transitive) To let loose, to free from restraints.

Verb : (transitive) To unfasten, to loosen.

Verb : (transitive) To make less tight, to loosen.

learn

Verb : To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.

Verb : To attend a course or other educational activity.

Verb : To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.

large

Adjective : Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.

Adjective : (especially clothing, food or drink) That is large (the manufactured size).

Adjective : (obsolete) Abundant; ample.

label

Noun : A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.

Noun : A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.

Noun : (music) A company that sells records.

logic

Adjective : logical

Noun : (uncountable) A method of human thought that involves thinking in a linear, step-by-step manner about how a problem can be solved. Logic is the basis of many principles including the scientific method.

Noun : (philosophy, logic) The study of the principles and criteria of valid inference and demonstration.

lapse

Noun : A temporary failure; a slip.

Noun : A decline or fall in standards.

Noun : A pause in continuity.

layer

Noun : A single thickness of some material covering a surface.

Noun : An item of clothing worn under or over another.

Noun : A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.

labor

Noun : (Australian politics, informal) The Australian Labor Party.

Noun : A surname from French.

Noun : (chiefly US) Alternative spelling of labour [Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.]

limit

Noun : A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.

Noun : (mathematics) A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).

Noun : (mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.

lucid

Adjective : Clear; easily understood.

Adjective : Mentally rational; sane.

Adjective : Bright, luminous, translucent, or transparent.

lodge

Noun : A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.

Noun : A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.

Noun : (US) A local chapter of a trade union.

lying

Noun : The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.

Noun : An act of telling a lie or falsehood.

Adjective : Tending to tell lies, untruthful, mendacious

lexus

Noun : the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota.

lurch

Noun : A sudden or unsteady movement.

Verb : To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.

Verb : (obsolete) To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.

lease

Noun : (formal, law) An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.

Noun : An interest granting exclusive use of any thing, such as a car or boat.

Noun : The contract or deed under which such an interest is granted.

loath

Adjective : Averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling.

Adjective : (obsolete) Angry, hostile.

Adjective : (obsolete) Loathsome, unpleasant.

locus

Noun : A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.

Noun : (mathematics) The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition.

Noun : (genetics) A fixed position on a chromosome that may be occupied by one or more genes.

libel

Noun : (countable) A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.

Noun : (uncountable) The act or tort of displaying such a statement publicly.

Noun : (countable) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.

laugh

Noun : An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.

Noun : Something that provokes mirth or scorn.

Noun : (Britain, New Zealand) A fun person.

leery

Adjective : Cautious, suspicious, wary, hesitant, or nervous about something; having reservations or concerns.

Adjective : (of a look or smile) Lecherous.

limbo

Noun : (Roman Catholicism, uncountable) The place, thought to be on the edge of the bottomless pit of Hell, where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, specifically those of the saints who died before the advent of Jesus Christ (who occupy the limbo patrum or limbo of the patriarchs or fathers) and those of unbaptized infants (who occupy the limbo infantum or limbo of the infants); (countable) the place where each category of souls exists, regarded separately.

Noun : (by extension)

Noun : (countable, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by in: any in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion which results in deadlock, delay, or some other unresolved status.

laden

Adjective : Weighed down with a load, burdened.

Adjective : Heavy.

Adjective : Oppressed.

lurid

Adjective : Shocking, horrifying, especially when it comes to violence or sex.

Adjective : Melodramatic.

Adjective : Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance.

local

Adjective : From or in a nearby location.

Adjective : (computing, of a resource) Connected directly to a particular computer, processor, etc.; able to be accessed offline.

Adjective : (computing, of a variable or identifier) Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only being accessible within a certain portion of a program.

louse

Noun : A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.

Noun : (colloquial, dated, not usually used in plural form) A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm.

Verb : To remove lice from; to delouse.

legal

Adjective : Relating to the law or to lawyers.

Adjective : Having its basis in the law.

Adjective : Being allowed or prescribed by law.

least

Verb : Used for forming superlatives of adjectives, especially those that do not form the superlative by adding -est.

Verb : In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others.

Noun : (philosophy) Something of the smallest possible extent; an indivisible unit.

lever

Noun : (mechanics) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.

Noun : Specifically, a bar of metal, wood or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.

Noun : A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a button).

lotus

Noun : A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae.

Noun : A water lily, genus Nymphaea, especially those of Egypt or India.

Noun : A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria.

lofty

Adjective : high, tall, having great height or stature

Adjective : idealistic, implying over-optimism

Adjective : extremely proud; arrogant; haughty

lumen

Noun : (physics) In the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm.

Noun : (anatomy) The cavity or channel within a tube or tubular organ.

Noun : (botany) The cavity bounded by a plant cell wall.

livid

Adjective : Having a dark, bluish appearance.

Adjective : Pale, pallid.

Adjective : (informal) So angry that one turns pale; very angry; furious.

liney

Adjective : Resembling or characterised by lines.

linen

Noun : (uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.

Noun : (countable) Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, underclothes, etc., that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibers; linens.

Noun : A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed.

liner

Noun : Someone who fits a lining to something.

Noun : A removable cover or lining

Noun : The pamphlet which is contained inside an album of music or movie

latch

Verb : To close or lock as if with a latch.

Verb : (transitive) To catch; lay hold of.

Noun : A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.

lithe

Adjective : (obsolete) Mild; calm.

Adjective : Slim but not skinny.

Adjective : Capable of being easily bent; flexible.

lobby

Noun : An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.

Noun : That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.

Noun : (politics) A class or group of interested people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.

loyal

Adjective : Having or demonstrating undivided and constant support for someone or something.

Adjective : Firm in allegiance to a person or institution.

Adjective : Faithful to a person or cause.

later

Verb : Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).

Verb : At some unspecified time in the future.

Adjective : Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).

legit

Noun : (theater, slang) A legitimate; a legitimate actor.

Noun : (slang) A legitimate child.

Adjective : (informal) Legitimate; legal; allowed by the rules; valid.

levee

Noun : An elevated geographical feature.

Noun : An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.

Noun : (US) The steep bank of a river.

lunch

Noun : A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.

Noun : (cricket) A break in play between the first and second sessions.

Noun : (Minnesota, US) Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering.

lance

Noun : A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.

Noun : A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.

Noun : (fishing) A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.

lemon

Noun : A yellowish citrus fruit.

Noun : A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.

Noun : A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.

leach

Noun : A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.

Noun : A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.

Noun : A jelly-like sweetmeat popular in the fifteenth century.

lemma

Noun : (mathematics) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.

Noun : (linguistics, lexicography) The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found as the headword in a dictionary, such as the nominative singular of a noun, the bare infinitive of a verb, etc.

Noun : (psycholinguistics) The theoretical abstract conceptual form of a word, representing a specific meaning, before the creation of a specific phonological form as the sounds of a lexeme, which may find representation in a specific written form as a dictionary or lexicographic word.

laser

Noun : A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.

Noun : A beam of light produced by such a device; a laser beam.

Noun : A laser printer.

latin

Adjective : Of or relating to the language spoken in ancient Rome and other cities of Latium which is now rarely used.

Adjective : Of or relating to the script of the language spoken in ancient Rome and many modern alphabets.

Adjective : Of or relating to ancient Rome or its Empire.

lorax

ledge

Noun : A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery.

Noun : (geology) A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.

Noun : A layer or stratum.

liege

Noun : A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign.

Noun : (in full liege lord) A king or lord.

Noun : The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.

login

Noun : (computing) credentials: the combination of a user's identification and password used to enter a computer, program, network, etc.

Noun : (computing) The process or an instance of logging in.

Noun : A surname.

lemur

Noun : (colloquial) Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.

Noun : Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).

Noun : (obsolete) A loris (Lemur tardigradus, now Loris tardigradus), predating the 10th edition of Systema Naturæ.

loser

Noun : A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive.

Noun : Something of poor quality.

Noun : A person who is frequently unsuccessful in life.

lucky

Adjective : (of people) Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.

Adjective : Producing, or resulting in, good fortune

Noun : (bingo) seven

liver

Noun : (anatomy) A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.

Noun : (countable, uncountable) This organ, as taken from animals used as food.

Noun : A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.

lines

Noun : (film, theater) Words spoken by the actors.

Noun : (fortifications) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.

Noun : (education) A school punishment in which a student must repeatedly write out a line of text related to the offence (e.g. "I must be quiet in class") a specified number of times; the lines of text so written out.

lousy

Adjective : (colloquial) Remarkably bad; of poor quality.

Adjective : (colloquial) Dirty or untidy.

Adjective : (colloquial) Unwell; under the weather.

latte

Noun : A drink of coffee made from espresso and steamed milk, generally topped with foam.

Noun : A similar drink, where the espresso is replaced with some other flavoring ingredient such as chai, maté or matcha (green tea).

Noun : A pillar capped by a hemispherical stone capital with the flat side facing up, used as building supports by the ancient Chamorro people and now used as a sign of Chamorro identity.

liana

Noun : A female given name from Latin, derived from Juliana or Eliana

Noun : (botany) A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.

loffe

lanai

Noun : (chiefly Hawaii, Florida) A Hawaiian-style roofed patio.

Noun : The sixth largest island of Hawaii, mostly privately owned.

leech

Noun : An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.

Noun : (figuratively) A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.

Noun : (medicine, dated) A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.

lathe

Verb : (transitive, UK dialectal) To invite; bid; ask.

Noun : (obsolete) An administrative division of the county of Kent, in England, from the Anglo-Saxon period until it fell entirely out of use in the early twentieth century.

Noun : (tools, metalworking, woodworking) A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.

lucre

Noun : Money, riches, or wealth, especially when seen as having a corrupting effect or causing greed, or obtained in an underhanded manner.

lisle

Noun : A type of strong cotton thread, or a cloth woven from such thread.

Noun : A surname from French.

lower

Adjective : bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object

Adjective : Situated on lower ground, nearer a coast, or more southerly.

Adjective : (geology, of strata or geological time periods) older

llano

Noun : (Texas) A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America.

Noun : A surname.

Noun : An unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

lover

Noun : One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.

Noun : A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.

Noun : A person who loves something.

lanky

Adjective : (informal) Tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward.

Noun : The dialect of English spoken in Lancashire.

lasso

Noun : A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses.

Noun : (computing) An image-editing function allowing the user to capture an irregularly-shaped object by drawing an approximate outline.

Verb : (transitive) To catch with a lasso.

lunge

Noun : A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.

Noun : A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a lunge line, approximately 20–30 feet long, attached to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and used to control the animal while lungeing.

Noun : An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning to a standing position.

leash

Noun : A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.

Noun : (obsolete) A brace and a half; a tierce.

Noun : (obsolete) A set of three animals (especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares;)

lewis

Noun : A male given name from Frankish

Noun : A surname.

Noun : An English surname originating as a patronymic.

lorry

Noun : (Britain, India, Ireland, Kenya) A large and heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods or soldiers; a truck

Noun : (road transport, Singapore, Malaysia) a truck with an open carriage

Noun : (dated) A barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.

levin

Noun : (archaic, poetic) Lightning; a bolt of lightning; also, a bright flame or light.

Noun : A surname from Hebrew.

Noun : A male given name.

ladle

Noun : A deep-bowled spoonlike utensil with a long, usually curved, handle.

Noun : (metallurgy) A container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal.

Noun : The float of a mill wheel; a ladle board.

lyric

Adjective : (poetry) Of, or relating to a type of poetry (such as a sonnet or ode) that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style

Adjective : Of or relating to a writer of such poetry

Adjective : lyrical

lowly

Adjective : Not high; not elevated in place; low.

Adjective : Low in rank or social importance.

Adjective : Not lofty or sublime; humble.

louis

Noun : A male given name from French.

Noun : (uncommon) A female given name

Noun : (historical numismatics) Any gold or silver coin issued by the French kings from Louis XIII to Louis XVI and bearing their image on the obverse side, particularly the gold louis d'ors, originally a French form of the Spanish doubloon but varying in value between 10 and 24 livres.

llama

Noun : A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.

Noun : Archaic form of lama. [A master of Tibetan Buddhism.]

lipid

Noun : (organic chemistry) Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water, and account for most of the fat present in the human body.

logos

Noun : (rhetoric) A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses logic as the main argument.

Noun : (philosophy) In Ancient Greek philosophy, the rational principle that governs the cosmos.

Noun : (Christianity) The Word of God, which itself has creative power; a hypostasis associated with divine wisdom.

leary

Noun : A surname from Irish, an alternate anglicization of Ó Laoghaire (“descendant of Leary”) (O'Leary).

Noun : A male given name from Irish Laoghaire, from Old Irish Lóegaire (literally “calf-herder”).

Noun : A male or female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.

largo

Noun : (music) a very slow tempo

Noun : (music) a musical piece or movement in such a tempo

Adjective : (music) strong and stately

lynch

Verb : To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob.

Noun : A surname from Irish.

Noun : A placename

logan

Noun : A rocking or balanced stone.

Noun : (US, northeastern dialects) A marsh.

Noun : A town in Ayrshire, Scotland, from lagan (“dell”).

lethe

Noun : (Greek mythology) The personification of oblivion, daughter of Eris.

Noun : (Greek mythology) The river which flows through Hades from which the souls of the dead drank so that they would forget their time on Earth.

Noun : Forgetfulness of the past; oblivion.

lingo

Noun : (informal) Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect.

Noun : A surname.

licit

Adjective : Not forbidden by formal or informal rules.

Adjective : (law) Explicitly established or constituted by law.

liter

Noun : (American spelling) Alternative form of litre, one cubic decimeter. [The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbols: l, L, ℓ]

lilac

Noun : A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers.

Noun : A flower of the lilac shrub.

Noun : (color) A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers.

lupus

Noun : (pathology) Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus.

Noun : (astronomy) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a wolf. It lies south of the constellation Libra.

Noun : A city and village in Missouri, United States.

lento

Adjective : (music) Slow (45–60 bpm).

Noun : (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played very slowly.

Noun : A surname from Italian.

ludic

Adjective : Playful.

Adjective : Of or pertaining to play or games.

Noun : An endangered Finnic language spoken in Russia on the southwestern shores of the lake Onega.

loris

Noun : Any of several small, slow-moving primates, of the family Lorisidae, found in India and southeast Asia.

Noun : A female given name.

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