5 Letter Words That Start With L

lurid

Adjective : Pruriently detailed and sensationalistic about something shocking or horrifying, especially with regard to violence or sex.

Adjective : Melodramatic.

Adjective : Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance.

lithe

Adjective : Capable of being easily bent; flexible.

Adjective : Slim but not skinny.

Adjective : Adaptable.

light

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

Noun : (by extension) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye or in nearby ranges (infrared or ultraviolet radiation).

Noun : (by extension, less commonly) Electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength.

lurch

Noun : A sudden or unsteady movement.

Verb : To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.

Noun : A predicament or difficult situation.

leery

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

Adjective : (of a look or smile) Lecherous.

Adjective : (UK, obsolete, slang) Sly; artful; knowing.

livid

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

Adjective : Having a dark, bluish appearance.

Adjective : Pale, pallid.

lucid

Adjective : Clear; easily understood.

Adjective : Mentally rational; sane.

Adjective : Bright, luminous, translucent, or transparent.

lofty

Adjective : High, tall, having great height or stature.

Adjective : Idealistic, implying over-optimism.

Adjective : Extremely proud; arrogant; haughty.

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.

lamia

Noun : A city in Greece.

Noun : (Greek mythology) A monster preying upon human beings, who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent.

lethe

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

Noun : Forgetfulness of the past; oblivion.

large

Adjective : Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.

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

Noun : (uncountable, especially clothing, food or drink) One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured.

levin

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

Verb : (intransitive, archaic, poetic) To strike, as lightning.

Noun : A town in Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand. Named after William Levin.

lusty

Adjective : Exhibiting lust (in the obsolete sense meaning "vigor"); strong, healthy, robust; vigorous; full of sap or vitality.

Adjective : Hearty, merry, gleesome, enthusiastic, lively, stirring.

Adjective : (obsolete or informal) Given to experiencing lust; enjoying physical sensations; lustful.

lapse

Noun : A temporary failure; a slip.

Noun : A decline or fall in standards.

Noun : A pause in continuity.

loath

Adjective : Averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling. Always followed by a verbal phrase.

Adjective : (obsolete) Angry, hostile.

Adjective : (obsolete) Loathsome, unpleasant.

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 : A rural hotel or resort, an inn.

liege

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

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

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

lanky

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

Adjective : From Lancashire or having distinctive Lancashire traits.

Noun : Someone from Lancashire.

lowly

Adjective : Low in rank or social importance.

Adjective : Not lofty or sublime; humble.

Adjective : Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.

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 come to know; to become informed of; to find out.

loose

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

Verb : (transitive) To unfasten, to loosen.

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

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.

lathe

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

Verb : To shape with a lathe.

Verb : (computer graphics) To produce a three-dimensional model by rotating a set of points around a fixed axis.

loony

Noun : (informal, offensive, derogatory) An insane or very foolish person.

Adjective : (informal, offensive, derogatory, of a person) Insane.

Adjective : (informal, offensive, derogatory, of a thing) Very silly, absurd.

limen

Noun : A liminal point; the threshold of a physiological or psychological response.

limit

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

Verb : (transitive) To restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.

Noun : The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.

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.

Verb : To defame (someone), especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.

limbo

Noun : (by extension) (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.

Noun : (Roman Catholicism, uncountable) A speculation, thought possibly to be on the edge of the bottomless pit of Hell, where the souls of innocent deceased people might 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 possible place where each category of souls might exist, regarded separately.

Noun : (dance, also attributively) A competitive dance originating from Trinidad and Tobago in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards. The bar is lowered with each round, and the competition is won by the dancer who passes under the bar in the lowest position without dislodging it or falling down.

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.

laden

Adjective : Weighed down with a load, burdened.

Adjective : Heavy.

Adjective : Oppressed.

lento

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

Adjective : (music) Slow (45–60 bpm).

Noun : A surname from Italian.

lyric

Noun : (usually in the plural) The words of a song or other vocal music.

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.

lousy

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

Adjective : (colloquial) Unwell; under the weather.

Adjective : (colloquial) Dirty or untidy.

laity

Noun : People of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics.

Noun : The common man or woman.

Noun : The unlearned, untrained or ignorant.

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 : (medicine) The bore of a tube such as a hollow needle or catheter.

lobby

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

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.

levee

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

Noun : An elevated ridge of deposited sediment on the banks of a river, formed by the river's overflow at times of high discharge.

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

lilac

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

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.

ledge

Noun : A narrow surface projecting horizontally from a wall, cliff, or other surface.

Noun : A shelf on which articles may be laid.

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

laugh

Verb : (intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.

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

Verb : (intransitive, followed by "at") To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.

lunet

Noun : (obsolete) A little moon or satellite.

lurve

Noun : (informal) Love, fondness.

Verb : (informal) To love; to like a lot.

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.

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.

lepid

Adjective : (obsolete) pleasant; amusing

louse

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

Verb : To remove lice from; to delouse.

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

ladle

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

Verb : (transitive) To pour or serve something with a ladle.

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

lasso

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

Verb : (transitive) To catch with a lasso.

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

lucre

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

leger

Adjective : Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident.

Noun : An ambassador or minister resident at a court or seat of government; a leiger or lieger.

Noun : (obsolete) Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.

letch

Noun : (informal) A lecher.

Noun : A stream or pool in boggy land.

Noun : (archaic) Strong desire; passion.

logic

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.

Noun : (uncountable, mathematics) The mathematical study of relationships between rigorously defined concepts and of mathematical proof of statements.

leech

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

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

Verb : (transitive, figuratively) To drain (resources) without giving back.

lever

Noun : (mechanics) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (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 switch or a button).

lingo

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

Noun : (Australian Aboriginal) An Aboriginal language.

Noun : A surname.

lunge

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

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

Verb : (ambitransitive) To (cause to) make a sudden forward movement (present participle: lunging).

logos

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

Noun : (Christianity) The Word of God as incarnate in Jesus Christ, or as identified with the second person of the Trinity; Jesus; God the Son; Word of God.

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

loins

Noun : The reproductive organs.

Noun : (biblical, euphemistic) The pubic region.

louer

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

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 accessible within a certain portion of a program.

labor

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

Noun : A surname from French.

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

leach

Verb : (transitive) To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.

Verb : (intransitive) To part with soluble constituents by percolation.

Verb : (figurative, intransitive) To bleed; to seep.

lunar

Adjective : Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon (that is, Luna, the Earth's moon).

Adjective : (astronomy) Of or pertaining to travel through space between the Earth and the Moon, or exploration and scientific investigation of the Moon.

Adjective : Shaped like a crescent moon; lunate.

loyal

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

Adjective : Faithful to a person or cause.

Adjective : Firm in allegiance to a person or institution; allegiant.

loopy

Adjective : (slang) Idiotic; crazy.

Adjective : (slang) Under the influence of alcohol or a narcotic; drunk.

Adjective : Having loops.

ludic

Adjective : Of or pertaining to play or games.

Adjective : Playful.

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

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.

lymph

Noun : (physiology) A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets.

Noun : (immunology) The discharge from a sore, inflammation etc.

Noun : (archaic, botany) The sap of plants.

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.

leash

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

Verb : (figuratively) to curb, restrain

Verb : To fasten or secure with a leash.

lapel

Noun : Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.

leman

Noun : (often pejorative) A paramour.

Noun : (archaic) One beloved; a lover, a sweetheart of either sex (especially a secret lover; a gallant or mistress).

Noun : A surname.

laced

Adjective : Fastened with lace or laces (light cordage).

Adjective : Adorned with lace (delicate fabric).

Adjective : Intentionally tainted with something, especially a drug.

lapin

Noun : A castrated male rabbit.

Noun : Rabbit fur.

Noun : A surname from Russian

leary

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

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

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

lovat

Adjective : Of a dusty blue-green colour.

Noun : A dusty blue-green colour.

litch

Noun : A surname.

Verb : (slang) literally, actually

Noun : Alternative form of lich. [(archaic, UK) A corpse or dead body.]

lycan

Noun : A werewolf.

lumia

Noun : (art) The use of light patterns as an expressive art form, unaccompanied by sound.

Noun : A certain pear-shaped citrus fruit.

lykoi

Noun : (zoology) A domestic cat of a breed that slightly resembles a werewolf.

Noun : Synonym of wolf-cat.

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 string of DNA or RNA, especially a chromosome, that may be occupied by one or more genes.

loamy

Adjective : Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.

lauds

Noun : a canonical hour of the Divine office.

lisse

Noun : A fine sheer fabric of silk or cotton used in women's neckwear and in ruching.

Noun : In tapestry, the threads of the warp taken together.

Verb : (obsolete) To relieve, mitigate, assuage (pain etc.).

loave

Noun : Alternative form of lofe. [(West Midlands and Northern England) An offer; choice; an opportunity; chance.]

Verb : Alternative form of lofe. [(transitive, UK dialectal or obsolete) To praise; commend.]

lytch

Noun : A surname.

Noun : Alternative form of lich. [(archaic, UK) A corpse or dead body.]

lashy

Adjective : (informal) Having prominent eyelashes.

lubet

Noun : (countable) pleasure.

lease

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

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

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

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.

Adjective : Made from linen cloth or thread.

leave

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 : To depart; to separate from.

Verb : (intransitive) To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.

latch

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.

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

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

lemma

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

Noun : (in phrases, by extension) A proposition originally used for such a purpose, but having later acquired a greater, independent, importance; a fundamental (often pithy) and widely-used result.

later

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

Verb : At some unspecified time in the future.

Adjective : At some time in the future.

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.

lucky

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

Adjective : Producing, or resulting in, good fortune

Noun : (bingo) seven

leper

Noun : A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.

Noun : (figurative) Synonym of outcast: A person who is shunned, a pariah.

Verb : (now rare) To afflict with leprosy.

labia

Noun : (anatomy) The folds of tissue of the vulva, at either side of the vulval vestibule.

loupe

Noun : A magnifying glass, usually mounted in an eyepiece, often used by jewellers and watchmakers.

Noun : A type of short-range binoculars used by surgeons and dentists.

Noun : A surname.

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