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- loir-et-cher/ˌlwɑːr eɪ ˈʃeər/The name of a French department.nounLow
- loire/ˈlwɑː(r)/A major river in central France, flowing into the Atlantic Ocean. It is the longest river wholly within France.nounC1
- loire-atlantique/ˌlwɑːr ətˌlɒ̃ˈtiːk/A French department (administrative division) in the Pays de la Loire region of western France, named after the Loire River and its position on the Atlantic coast.nounC1
- loiret/ˈlwɑːreɪ/A proper noun referring to a specific administrative department in north-central France, named after the Loiret river, a tributary of the Loire.nounC2 (Very Low Frequency)
- lois/ˈləʊ.ɪs/A proper noun; primarily a female given name (French origin).nounRare
- loiter/ˈlɔɪtə(r)/To stand or wait around somewhere, typically in a public place, without an obvious purpose, and often in a way that causes annoyance or suspicion.verbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveMedium (C1)
- loitering/ˈlɔɪ.tər.ɪŋ/The act of standing or waiting around idly without apparent purpose, often in a public place.adjectivenounC1
- loja/ˈlɒʒə/A room or building where goods are sold directly to customers; a retail establishment. In Portuguese: a shop or store.nounC2 (Extremely low frequency in English; a foreign word used only in specific cultural/geographic contexts)
- lok sabha/ˌləʊk ˈsʌbə/The lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, directly elected by the people.nounC2
- lokacara/ˌləʊkəˈtʃɑːrə/A person who walks, travels, or behaves in a way that is considered worldly, secular, or focused on mundane life. Originates from Pali/Sanskrit: 'loka' (world) + 'cara' (moving, walking, behaving).nounVery Low / Specialized
- lokayata/ˌləʊkəˈjɑːtə/An ancient Indian system of materialist philosophy that rejects supernaturalism and emphasises direct perception as the only valid source of knowledge.nounVery Low
- lokayatika/ˌləʊkəˈjɑːtɪkə/A follower or adherent of the ancient Indian materialist philosophy known as Lokayata or Charvaka.nounExtremely Low
- loki/ˈləʊ.ki/A trickster god in Norse mythology known for his cunning, mischief, and shape-shifting abilities.nounLow
- lol/ˌɛl.əʊˈɛl/An initialism for 'laughing out loud' or 'laugh out loud', used primarily in digital communication to indicate amusement.abbreviationinterjectionverb-intransitiveVery High (in informal digital contexts)
- lola/ˈləʊ.lə/An informal term of address for a young woman, sometimes specifically implying an attractive but perhaps frivolous or flighty character.nounLow/Medium
- lolcat/ˈlɒlkat/A humorous internet image macro (a photo of a cat with a deliberately grammatically incorrect, idiosyncratic, or misspelled caption written in a kind of pidgin language, often using 'lolspeak')nounC1/C2 (Highly specific cultural/internet lexicon)
- loliginid/ləʊˈlɪdʒɪnɪd/Any squid belonging to the family Loliginidae, commonly known as pencil squids or inshore squids.nounVery rare (Specialized)
- lolita/lə(ʊ)ˈliːtə/A sexually precocious young girl or young woman.nounLow (C2).
- loll/lɒl/To hang or lie in a relaxed, lazy, or ungainly way.nounverbverb-intransitive+1C1
- lollage/ˈlɒl.ɪdʒ/The act or state of lolling; lazy, relaxed, or indolent behaviour.nounExtremely Rare/Obsolete
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