English Words Starting With L

• lake charles

  nounLow
  /leɪk ˈtʃɑːlz/A proper noun referring to a specific city in the state of Louisiana, USA, located on Lake Charles and the Calcasieu River.
• lake district

  nounB2
  /ˈleɪk ˌdɪs.trɪkt/A specific region in northwest England known for its scenic lakes, mountains, and literary associations.
• lake dweller

  nounC1/C2
  /ˈleɪk ˌdwel.ər/A person whose home is built on stilts or piles over a lake or marsh.
• lake dwelling

  nounlow
  /ˈleɪk ˌdwɛlɪŋ/A house built on stilts or piles over a lake or marsh, especially prehistoric ones.
• lake effect

  nounC1
  /ˈleɪk ɪˌfekt/A meteorological phenomenon where large bodies of water modify weather, particularly by generating heavy snowfall downwind.
• lake forest

  nounLow
  /leɪk ˈfɒr.ɪst/A proper noun referring to a specific place name, most commonly a city in Illinois, USA, or a descriptive term for a forested area adjacent to a lake.
• lake havasu city

  nounLow
  /leɪk həˈvɑːsuː ˈsɪti/A specific city in Mohave County, Arizona, USA, founded in 1964 and known for its location on Lake Havasu and for being home to the relocated London Bridge.
• lake herring

  nounC2
  /leɪk ˈhɛrɪŋ/A freshwater fish species (Coregonus artedi) native to North America, also known as cisco, found in cold, deep lakes.
• lake isle of innisfree, the

  nounLow (but recognized as a literary/cultural reference)
  /ðə ˈleɪk ˌaɪl əv ˈɪnɪsfriː/The title of a famous 1888 lyric poem by William Butler Yeats, expressing a longing for a peaceful, simple life in a natural setting.
• lake jackson

  nounLow
  /leɪk ˈdʒæksən/A proper noun referring primarily to specific place names, most commonly a city in Texas, USA, or a geological feature such as a lake that periodically drains (e.g., Lake Jackson in Florida).
• lake of the woods

  nounLow
  /ˌleɪk əv ðə ˈwʊdz/A specific, large freshwater lake located in the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. states of Minnesota and Manitoba.
• lake placid

  nounC2
  /leɪk ˈplæs.ɪd/A proper noun referring to a village and lake in New York, USA, famous as a winter sports resort and host of the Winter Olympics.
• lake poets

  plural-nounC1/C2
  /ˈleɪk ˌpəʊ.ɪts/A historical group of English Romantic poets who lived and worked in the Lake District of England in the early 19th century.
• lake salmon

  nounB2/C1
  /leɪk ˈsæmən/A general term for various species of salmon, most notably the sockeye salmon (*Oncorhynchus nerka*), that spend a significant part of their life cycle in large freshwater lakes before migrating to the sea or spawning in rivers connected to those lakes.
• lake school

  nounC2
  /ˈleɪk ˌskuːl/A group of early 19th-century English Romantic poets, notably William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Robert Southey, who lived in the Lake District of northwest England.
• lake station

  nounRare
  /leɪk ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n/A place for boarding or alighting from trains that serves a lake or lake district; a railway station located by a lake.
• lake sturgeon

  nounLow (Specialist/Topic-Specific)
  /leɪk ˈstɜː.dʒən/A large, bottom-feeding freshwater fish (Acipenser fulvescens) native to North American lakes and river systems.
• lake success

  nounVery Low
  /leɪk səkˈsɛs/A proper noun referring to a specific village located in the town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, USA.
• lake trout

  nounC1
  /ˈleɪk ˌtraʊt/A large freshwater fish of the char genus (Salvelinus namaycush) native to cold, deep lakes in northern North America, valued as a game and food fish.
• lake whitefish

  nounLow
  /leɪk ˈwaɪtfɪʃ/A freshwater fish species (Coregonus clupeaformis) native to North American lakes, valued for food and sport fishing.

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