English Words Starting With L

• ladyfy

  verbRare / Low-Frequency
  /ˈleɪ.dɪ.faɪ/To make (someone or something) more ladylike in appearance, manner, or style.
• ladykin

  nounVery Low
  /ˈleɪ.dɪ.kɪn/A little lady; a small, delicate, or young woman.
• ladylove

  nounLow (archaic/poetic)
  /ˈleɪ.di.lʌv/a female lover; a man's sweetheart or romantic partner.
• ladyship

  nounC1
  /ˈleɪdɪʃɪp/A formal, respectful title or form of address for a woman holding the rank of lady, particularly in a noble or aristocratic context.
• ladysmith

  nounRare
  /ˈleɪ.di.smɪθ/A proper noun, most commonly a placename, referring to a city in South Africa.
• lae

  nounRare / Obsolete
  /leɪ/A variant spelling of 'lay', primarily used in Scottish dialects meaning 'to leave, to depart, to let alone'.
• laelia

  nounC2
  /ˈliːlɪə/A genus of tropical orchids native to Central and South America.
• laemmle

  nounVery Low
  /ˈlem.l̩/A proper noun, most commonly a surname.
• laennec

  nounVery Low
  /laɪˈnɛk/A proper noun referring to the French physician René Laennec, famed for inventing the stethoscope and his descriptions of lung diseases.
• laertes

  nounVery low
  /leɪˈɜːtiːz/The name of a character in Greek mythology and in Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', the brother of Ophelia and son of Polonius.
• laestrygones

  plural-nounVery Low
  /liːˈstrɪɡəniːz/A race of giant, man-eating cannibals from Greek mythology, encountered by Odysseus in Homer's 'Odyssey'.
• laetare sunday

  nounLow
  /lɪˈtɑːri ˈsʌndeɪ/The fourth Sunday of Lent in the Western Christian liturgical calendar.
• laetitia

  nounVery low (rare/archaic/literary)
  /liːˈtɪʃə/A state or feeling of great happiness and joy; gladness.
• laetrile

  nounVery Low
  /ˈleɪ.ɪ.traɪl/A controversial, partly synthetic compound derived from amygdalin (found in apricot kernels) promoted as an alternative cancer treatment, with no proven efficacy and significant safety risks.
• laevorotation

  nounVery Low
  /ˌliːvəʊrəʊˈteɪʃən/Rotation to the left, especially the property of a compound or crystal that rotates the plane of polarized light to the left (counter-clockwise).
• laevulin

  nounVery Low
  /ˈlɛvjʊlɪn/A chemical compound, specifically a reducing sugar derived from the hydrolysis of inulin.
• laevulose

  nounRare
  /ˈliːvjʊləʊz/, /ˈliːvjʊləʊs/An alternative spelling for a simple sugar that occurs in honey and many fruits, also known as 'fructose'.
• lafayette

  nounLow
  /ˌlæf.aɪˈet/A proper noun, most commonly a surname or place name, famously referring to the French aristocrat and military officer Marquis de Lafayette (1757–1834), a key figure in the American and French Revolutions.
• lafayette escadrille

  nounRare
  /ˌlæf.aɪˈet ˌes.kəˈdrɪl/A squadron of volunteer American pilots who fought for France before the United States entered World War I.
• lafcadio's adventures

  nounC1/C2
  /læfˈkɑːdiəʊz ədˈvɛntʃəz/A proper noun referring to the title of a literary work, a 1914 novel by André Gide about a young man's amoral journey of self-discovery.

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