English Words Starting With L

• lower slobbovia

  nounLow
  /ˈləʊə ˈslɒbəʊvɪə/A fictional, impoverished, remote, or backward place; a metaphorical location symbolizing hopelessness, isolation, and extreme poverty.
• lower world

  nounLow
  /ˌləʊə ˈwɜːld/A realm or domain conceived as existing beneath the surface of the earth or beneath the world of the living; often associated with the underworld, the dead, or supernatural beings.
• lowercase

  adjectivenounverb-transitiveB2
  /ˌləʊ.ə ˈkeɪs/Small letters (like a, b, c) as opposed to capital letters (A, B, C).
• lowerclassman

  nounMedium
  /ˌləʊ.ə.ˈklɑːs.mən/A student in the first or second year of a four-year high school or university.
• lowes

  nounLow (as a common word); High (as a brand name)
  /ləʊz/The modern dictionary entry "lowes" primarily refers to LOWES, the name of a major American home improvement and hardware retail chain. As a common noun or verb, it is an archaic, dialectal, or rare variant of 'low'.
• lowest common denominator

  nounC1
  /ˌləʊ.ɪst ˌkɒm.ən dɪˈnɒm.ɪ.neɪ.tər/The smallest whole number that is a common multiple of all the denominators in a set of fractions.
• lowest common multiple

  nounC1
  /ˌləʊ.ɪst ˌkɒm.ən ˈmʌl.tɪ.pəl/The smallest positive integer that is divisible by each of two or more given integers without a remainder.
• lowest terms

  plural-nounLow
  /ˌləʊ.ɪst ˈtɜːmz/The simplest form of a fraction where the numerator and denominator have no common factors other than 1.
• lowestoft

  nounLow
  /ˈləʊɪstɒft/A town and port in the county of Suffolk, England; also refers to a type of delicate porcelain made there in the 18th century.
• lowland

  adjectivenounC1
  /ˈləʊlənd/An area of land that is low in relation to the surrounding country, typically flat and often agriculturally fertile.
• lowland gorilla

  nounC2
  /ˈləʊlənd ɡəˈrɪlə/A subspecies of gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) inhabiting the forests and swamps of Central Africa, west of the Congo River, characterized by a stocky build, dark brownish-grey hair, and a more gracile skull compared to the mountain gorilla.
• lowlander

  nounC2
  /ˈləʊləndə/A person who lives in or comes from a lowland area.
• lowlands

  plural-nounC1
  /ˈləʊləndz/An area of land that is lower and flatter than the land surrounding it, typically at a lower altitude than hills or mountains.
• lowlife

  nounC1
  /ˈləʊ.laɪf/A person who is considered disreputable, dishonest, or of very low moral character.
• lowlight

  nounC1/C2
  /ˈləʊ.laɪt/An unremarkable, disappointing, or least successful part of an event, period, or collection.
• lowlihead

  nounVery Low / Archaic
  /ˈləʊlɪhɛd/The state or condition of being lowly; humility, humbleness, or meekness.
• lowndes

  nounExtremely low (archaic/proper noun). Virtually never encountered outside proper names.
  /laʊndz/A rare English surname, potentially of Anglo-Saxon origin.
• lowp

  verbVery Low
  /laʊp/To jump, leap, or spring upward.
• lowrider

  nounLow (Specialized)
  /ˈləʊˌraɪ.də/A customized car, originally associated with Mexican-American culture, that has been modified with hydraulic or pneumatic systems to allow its chassis to be lowered, sometimes to the point of scraping the road.
• lowriding

  nounC2
  /ˈləʊˌraɪdɪŋ/The practice or culture of driving or modifying a car so that it rides very low to the ground.

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