English Words Starting With L

• laudanum

  nounC1/C2
  /ˈlɔːdənəm/An alcoholic tincture containing opium, historically used as a painkiller, sedative, and recreational drug.
• laudation

  nounLow
  /lɔːˈdeɪ.ʃən/an act of praising or commending; high praise.
• lauded

  adjectiveverbC1-C2
  /ˈlɔːdɪd/praised highly or extravagantly, especially in public.
• lauder

  nounVery Low
  /ˈlɔː.də/One who lauds, praises, or extols; a praiser.
• lauderdale lakes

  nounLow (proper noun of a specific, non-major location)
  /ˈlɔː.də.deɪl ˈleɪks/A proper noun, the name of a city located in Broward County, Florida, United States.
• lauderhill

  nounVery Low
  /ˈlɔːdəhɪl/A proper noun referring to a specific city in the U.S. state of Florida.
• laudian

  adjectivenounVery Low
  /ˈlɔː.di.ən/Relating to or characteristic of William Laud (1573–1645), Archbishop of Canterbury, or his policies, especially his emphasis on ritual, ceremony, and episcopal authority in the Church of England.
• laudianism

  nounLow
  /ˈlɔː.dɪ.ə.nɪ.zəm/The religious policies and theological principles associated with Archbishop William Laud (1573–1645), which emphasized High Church ritual, ceremonialism, clerical authority, and the divine right of kings.
• lauds

  nounLow
  /lɔːdz/The second canonical hour of the Divine Office, traditionally prayed at daybreak, or morning prayer in Christian liturgy.
• laue

  nounVery Low (Limited to scientific/technical contexts)
  /ˈlaʊə/Not applicable — 'Laue' is not a standard English word. It is recognized as a proper noun referring to the German physicist Max von Laue (1879–1960), who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1914 for the discovery of X-ray diffraction in crystals.
• laue diagram

  nounC2
  /ˈlaʊə ˌdaɪəɡræm/A photographic or digital image showing the diffraction pattern produced when X-rays are scattered by a crystal.
• lauenburg

  nounVery Low
  /ˈlaʊənbɜːɡ/A proper noun referring to several historical regions, towns, and noble houses in Northern Germany, historically centered around a duchy in what is now part of Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony.
• laugh

  nounverbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveA1
  /lɑːf/To make the spontaneous sounds and movements of the face and body that are the instinctive expressions of lively amusement and sometimes also of derision.
• laugh away

  verbB2
  /ˈlɑːf əˈweɪ/to respond to something serious or negative by laughing, often in an attempt to dismiss or minimize it.
• laugh down

  verbLow
  /ˌlɑːf ˈdaʊn/To dismiss, silence, or discourage someone or their idea, proposal, or statement by laughing at them in a scornful or mocking way.
• laugh line

  nounMedium
  /ˈlɑːf ˌlaɪn/A wrinkle or crease in the skin, typically at the outer corner of the eye, caused by repeated smiling or laughing.
• laugh off

  verbB2
  /ˈlɑːf ɒf/to dismiss or treat (something negative, such as criticism, embarrassment, or pain) as unimportant by laughing or joking about it.
• laugh track

  nounC1
  /ˈlɑːf træk/Pre-recorded laughter added to a television or radio comedy programme to simulate a live audience reaction.
• laugher

  nounUncommon
  /ˈlɑːfə/A person who laughs; someone who is laughing.
• laughing

  adjectivenounA1
  /ˈlɑːfɪŋ/The physical and vocal expression of amusement, joy, or scorn.

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