English words starting with L

a south american mammal with a long neck and thick woolly fur, kept for carrying goods and for its wool.

To put a large quantity of something onto or into something such as a vehicle, container, or machine.

Designed to carry or support a structural weight.

Designed to or capable of bearing a weight or burden.

Carrying a load or burden

A person or thing that loads something.

The action of putting a load on or into a vehicle, ship, container, or machine.

a crew member on a large aircraft, especially a military transport plane, responsible for supervising the loading, securing, and unloading of cargo and passengers.

A shaped mass of bread baked in one piece

A person who avoids work and spends time idly.

spending time in a lazy, idle way; avoiding work or activity.

a fertile soil of clay and sand containing humus.

(of soil) rich, fertile, and containing a mixture of sand, clay, and decaying organic material.

A sum of money that is borrowed and is expected to be paid back with interest.

A loss incurred by a bank or other financial institution when a borrower fails to repay a loan as agreed.

Past tense and past participle of 'loan': to lend something, especially money, to someone.

A person or organization that lends something, especially money.

unwilling or reluctant to do something

To feel intense dislike or disgust for someone or something.

A very strong feeling of hatred and disgust.

causing intense dislike or disgust; repulsive.

To throw, hit, or kick something, especially a ball, in a slow, high arc.

A room providing a space out of which one or more other rooms or corridors lead, typically one near the entrance of a public building.

The activity of trying to persuade someone in authority, especially a government official, to support or oppose a particular action or law.

a person who tries to influence politicians or other people in authority on a particular subject, especially as a job

a rounded projection or division, especially of an organ such as the brain, lung, or liver.

a surgical operation to remove a lobe from an organ, especially the lung or brain.

A plant of the bellflower family, typically having blue, red, white, or yellow flowers with a three-lobed lower lip.

A type of thick, often muddy, gruel or porridge.

A surgical operation involving incision into the prefrontal lobe of the brain, formerly used to treat mental illness.

a large sea creature with a hard shell, a long body divided into sections, two large claws, and eight legs, or its flesh eaten as food

A person who catches lobsters, especially as a profession.

Relating to or resembling a small lobe or lobule.

a small lobe or a subdivision of a lobe, especially in a bodily organ such as the liver, lung, or brain.

Relating to a particular area, city, or town; not national or international.

A computer network that connects devices within a limited geographical area such as a home, school, or office building.

relating to or occurring at the level of a local area or community, as opposed to a regional or national level

The power granted to a local political unit (such as a county or municipality) to decide by popular vote whether to permit or prohibit a specific activity, especially the sale of alcoholic beverages, within its jurisdiction.

Relating to or occurring on a small, restricted geographical or operational level.

A place or locality, especially one where something specific happens or is set.

Existing, occurring, or restricted to a particular place or area.

A preference for what is local; a focus on local traditions, issues, or interests, sometimes at the expense of broader concerns.

A particular area, district, or neighborhood, especially in relation to its distinctive features or the people who live there.

The process of making something local in character or restricting it to a particular place.

To make something local in character or restrict it to a particular place.

Confined or restricted to a particular part or area.

in or referring to a particular area or region, especially the one you are in or the one you are talking about

To find the exact position of something.

Having a particular site or position; situated.

A person or thing that locates something.

A particular place or position.

(of a service, technology, or information) determined by or dependent on the geographical position of a person or device.

Relating to or determined by a particular place or position.

A person or thing that finds or identifies the position of something.

a lake or a narrow strip of sea almost surrounded by land, especially in Scotland.

A device for fastening something, typically a door, lid, etc., operated by a key or combination

A situation in which a person, company, etc. is unable to change a decision, plan, or system because doing so would be very difficult or expensive.

A way of marching in which soldiers walk as close together as possible, with their legs moving at exactly the same time

A state of being locked up, especially in prison.

Able to be locked.

A small, secure container, often made of metal, that can be locked.

A temporary condition imposed by governmental authorities that restricts the free movement of people or access to a place as a safety or security measure.

Relating to or characteristic of the English philosopher John Locke or his ideas, especially concerning empiricism, the social contract, and natural rights.

Fastened or secured with a lock

Describing a state of being unable to move or change, often due to physical, financial, or legal constraints.

(of money or capital) not available for use; tied up

A small cupboard that can be locked, especially one where you can leave your clothes or possessions in a public place.

A room, especially in a gym, sports center, or workplace, containing lockers where people can change their clothes and store their belongings.

A small ornamental case, typically made of gold or silver, worn round a person's neck on a chain and used to hold things such as a photograph or lock of hair.

The action or process of fastening something with a lock.

A condition in which the jaw muscles become stiff and the mouth is difficult to open, especially as a symptom of tetanus.

A nut designed to resist loosening under vibration or torque.

A situation in which an employer refuses to allow workers into their place of work until they agree to certain conditions.

a person whose job is making, fitting, and repairing locks and keys.

a way of marching in which soldiers walk as close together as possible, each moving their leg at exactly the same time as the person beside them

The act of locking a building or the state of being locked

a locomotive engine.

Relating to or affecting a specific, limited area of the body, especially in the context of cancer or disease spread.

the action or power of moving from place to place; the ability to move.

A powered railway vehicle used for pulling trains.

The exact place where something happens or is situated.

A large insect that lives in hot countries, flies in large groups, and eats crops.

A particular word, phrase, or expression, especially one considered in terms of its style or manner of use.

A vein of metal ore in the earth.

a thick, soft, waterproof woolen cloth, typically dark green or blue, used for coats and jackets.

A star, especially the pole star, used as a guide in navigation.

A piece of magnetite or other naturally magnetic mineral, able to be used as a magnet.

A small house in the country, especially one used by people on holiday or taking part in a sport such as hunting or skiing.

A long, slender pine tree, especially the lodgepole pine.

A person who pays rent to live in a room or rooms in someone else's house.

A place to live, especially temporarily; rented accommodation.

A loosely compacted, yellowish-brown, fine-grained sediment, deposited by the wind.

A space just below the roof of a building, often used for storage or converted into a room.

(of a ball, especially in golf or baseball) hit so that it rises high into the air.

In a way that shows a belief in one's own superiority; haughtily or condescendingly.

The quality of being high or lofty, especially in a physical sense.

resembling or characteristic of a loft, especially in being open, spacious, and having an industrial or unfinished aesthetic.

very high and impressive

a thick piece of wood from a tree

A small house built from logs, especially one in a forest or a rural area.

Relating to or involving a mathematical function that is the sum of linear and logarithmic terms, or a model where the logarithm of a variable is linearly related to another variable.

(of data) having undergone a logarithmic transformation, a mathematical operation used to change the scale of data for analysis.

A mathematical function that is the inverse of an exponential function, used to calculate the exponent to which a base must be raised to produce a given number.

relating to or expressed in terms of logarithms.

in a way that relates to or uses logarithms

An official record of events or details, especially one kept on a ship, aircraft, or vehicle.

a private box or enclosure in a theater or opera house.

A person whose job is to cut down trees for wood.

A state of dispute and disagreement

A gallery or room with one or more open sides, especially one that forms part of a house and has one side open to the garden.

The activity or business of cutting down trees for wood.

The science of reasoning, thinking, or proof.

based on or using clear, sound reasoning

in a way that uses clear, sound reasoning

a person who is skilled in or studies logic.

Relating to the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation.

relating to the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation.

in a way that relates to the careful organization of a complicated activity so that it happens in a successful and effective way

the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation.

a crowded mass of logs blocking a river.