English Words Starting With L

• laggen-gird

  nounExtremely rare/Obsolete
  /ˈlæɡən ɡɜːd/A term referring to a girder or frame, often made of iron, used in certain industrial constructions.
• lagger

  nounLow
  /ˈlæɡə(r)/A person or thing that lags; specifically, someone who falls behind others in progress or development.
• laggin

  nounC1
  /ˈlaɡɪŋ/Material used to insulate pipes, boilers, or walls to reduce heat loss or prevent freezing.
• lagging

  adjectivenounB2
  /ˈlæɡ.ɪŋ/Falling behind in progress, development, or pace; moving or developing more slowly than others.
• laghouat

  nounExtremely Low
  /ləˈɡuː.ɑːt/A proper noun referring to the name of a city in Algeria.
• lagniappe

  nounLow
  /lanˈjap/A small gift given to a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase; something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure.
• lago de nicaragua

  nounC1
  /ˌleɪk ˌnɪk.əˈræɡ.jʊə/The largest lake in Central America, located in the country of Nicaragua.
• lagom

  nounVery low / Niche (Increasing as a cultural loanword)
  /ˈlɑːɡɒm/A Swedish concept describing the principle of 'just the right amount'; not too much and not too little; adequate, sufficient, and balanced.
• lagomorph

  nounC2
  /ˈlaɡə(ʊ)mɔːf/A mammal of the order Lagomorpha, which includes rabbits, hares, and pikas, characterized by two pairs of upper incisor teeth, one behind the other, and a strictly herbivorous diet.
• lagoon

  nounB2
  /ləˈɡuːn/A shallow body of water separated from a larger sea or ocean by sandbars, barrier reefs, or other narrow landforms.
• lagoon islands

  plural-nounLow. A specialized geographical term, more common in descriptive and scientific contexts than in everyday conversation.
  /ləˈɡuːn ˈaɪləndz/A collective noun phrase referring to islands that are formed within or around a lagoon, typically a shallow body of water separated from the ocean by a reef, sandbank, or barrier island.
• lagos

  nounB1
  /ˈleɪɡɒs/The largest city and commercial capital of Nigeria, located in the southwest of the country on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea. A major financial and cultural hub in Africa.
• lagrange

  nounLow / Highly Technical
  /ləˈɡrɑːnʒ/ or /ləˈɡrɒnʒ/An eponym for concepts or objects named after Joseph-Louis Lagrange, an 18th-century Italian-French mathematician and astronomer.
• lagrange's method

  nounVery low
  /ləˈɡrɒnʒɪz ˌmɛθəd/A mathematical procedure for finding the stationary points (maxima, minima) of a function subject to equality constraints.
• lagrange's theorem

  nounC2
  /ləˈɡrɑːnʒɪz ˈθɪərəm/A fundamental result in group theory stating that for any finite group G, the order (number of elements) of any subgroup H of G divides the order of G.
• lagrangian function

  nounVery Low
  /ləˈɡræn.dʒi.ən ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/A mathematical function, typically denoted as L, that summarizes the dynamics of a physical system in terms of its kinetic and potential energies. It is central to Lagrangian mechanics, providing an alternative formulation to Newtonian mechanics.
• lagrangian point

  nounC2
  /ləˈɡræn.dʒi.ən ˌpɔɪnt/One of five positions in space where the gravitational forces of two large bodies (like Earth and the Moon) balance the centrifugal force felt by a much smaller third body, allowing it to maintain a stable position relative to the larger bodies.
• lagting

  nounVery Low
  /ˈlɑːɡtɪŋ/A historical upper house or legislative assembly, especially referring to the upper house of the parliament of Norway until 2009.
• laguerre

  nounC2 (Very Rare)
  /ləˈɡɛə/A French mathematician's surname, Edmond Laguerre (1834–1886), used as an eponym to denote concepts in mathematics and physics.
• laguna

  nounC1
  /ləˈɡuːnə/A shallow body of water, especially a coastal saltwater lake or pond, separated from the sea by a narrow barrier like a sandbank, coral reef, or barrier island.

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