English Words Starting With L

• laffer curve

  nounLow
  /ˈlæfə ˌkɜːv/A theoretical economic graph illustrating the relationship between tax rates and government revenue, suggesting that beyond a certain point, higher tax rates reduce revenue.
• lafitte

  nounVery Low
  /læˈfiːt/A surname, most notably of Jean Lafitte (c. 1780–c. 1823), a French pirate and privateer active in the Gulf of Mexico.
• laforgue

  nounVery Low
  /laˈfɔːɡ/A French surname, primarily referring to the 19th-century French poet Jules Laforgue.
• lag

  nounverbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveB2
  /læɡ/To move, progress, or happen more slowly than others; to fall behind in pace or development.
• lag b'omer

  nounLow
  /ˌlæɡ bɑː ˈəʊmə/A minor Jewish holiday observed on the 33rd day of the Omer period, between Passover and Shavuot.
• lag correlation

  nounC2
  /læɡ ˌkɒr.əˈleɪ.ʃən/A statistical measure of the relationship between two variables where one variable is observed at a time point and the other variable is observed at a later time point (with a delay or 'lag').
• lag line

  nounVery Low (Technical jargon)
  /ˈlæɡ ˌlaɪn/A temporary, parallel communication line or channel established to prevent disruption when the main line fails.
• lag screw

  nounC2
  /ˈlæɡ ˌskruː/A heavy wood screw with a hexagonal head designed to be tightened with a wrench, used for fastening large structural timbers.
• lagan

  nounC1-C2 / Very Rare
  /ˈlæɡən/Goods or wreckage lying on the seabed, often marked with a buoy for later recovery.
• lagash

  nounLow
  /ˈlɑːɡæʃ/An ancient Sumerian city-state in southern Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq).
• lagen

  nounRare
  /ˈlɑːɡən/In English, 'lagen' is not a standard, independent word but is recognized as the plural of the German-origin noun 'Lage', meaning 'layers' or 'strata' (particularly in geological/scientific contexts). In everyday English, it is most commonly encountered as the past participle of the obsolete or dialectal verb 'lay' (to put down), meaning 'laid' or 'placed'.
• lagena

  nounVery low
  /ləˈdʒiːnə/A thin, flask-shaped structure; specifically, in comparative anatomy, the primitive auditory structure in certain fish and reptiles that evolved into the cochlea of mammals.
• lager

  nounverb-transitiveB2
  /ˈlɑːɡə/A type of light, effervescent, golden-coloured beer that is brewed using bottom-fermenting yeast and stored at low temperatures.
• lager lout

  nounMedium
  /ˈlɑːɡə laʊt/A person, typically a young man, who behaves in a loud, aggressive, and anti-social manner, especially after drinking large amounts of lager beer.
• lager top

  nounC1
  /ˈlɑːɡə ˌtɒp/A pint of lager with a small amount of a lemonade or lemon-lime soda (often specifically lemonade) added to the top.
• lagerfeld

  nounLow frequency (proper noun; used mainly in fashion, arts, and culture contexts).
  /ˈlɑːɡəfɛlt/The surname of Karl Lagerfeld (1933–2019), a highly influential German fashion designer, creative director, photographer, and stylist, primarily associated with the French fashion house Chanel and his own eponymous label.
• lagerkvist

  nounVery Low
  /ˈlɑːɡəkvɪst/A proper noun referring to a Swedish surname, most famously associated with Pär Lagerkvist (1891–1974), the Nobel Prize-winning Swedish author and playwright.
• lagerlof

  nounVery Low
  /ˈlɑːɡəlɜːf/A Swedish surname, most famously that of Selma Lagerlöf, the first female Nobel laureate in Literature (1909).
• laggard

  adjectivenounLow to medium frequency; more common in formal, business, or literary contexts.
  /ˈlæɡəd/A person or thing that falls behind others in progress, speed, or development.
• laggen

  nounVery Low
  /ˈlaɡən/Relating to the outward-curving part at the bottom of a wooden barrel, cask, or dish.

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