English Words Starting With L

• leavitt

  nounRare
  /ˈlɛvɪt/An English surname of topographic origin, referring to someone who lived by a gate or gap in a fence.
• leawood

  nounVery Low
  /ˈliːwʊd/A proper noun, typically used as a surname or a place name.
• leb

  nounVery Low
  /lɛb/(Informal, chiefly UK, school slang) A shortening of 'Lebanese', used to refer to a person of Lebanese origin or to things associated with Lebanon.
• lebanese

  adjectivenounB1
  /ˌleb.əˈniːz/Relating to Lebanon, its people, or their culture.
• lebanon

  nounC1
  /ˈleb.ə.nən/A proper noun referring to a specific country in the Middle East, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea.
• lebanon mountains

  nounplural-nounLow (primarily appears in geographical, historical, or cultural contexts)
  /ˈlɛb.ə.nən ˈmaʊn.tɪnz/The mountain range that runs along the length of the country of Lebanon.
• lebbek

  nounVery Low
  /ˈlɛbɛk/A tropical tree species of the genus Albizia, native to South Asia and Australia.
• leben

  nounA1
  /lɪv/to be alive; to exist; to have life.
• lebensraum

  nounC2 (Very Low Frequency / Specialised)
  /ˈleɪbənzˌraʊm/Physical space or territory required for a nation, people, or community to live, develop, and thrive.
• lebes

  nounLow (Specialist)
  /ˈliːbiːz/An ancient Greek cauldron or bowl used for mixing wine and water, typically made of bronze or pottery, and used in religious and ceremonial contexts.
• lebesgue

  nounLow
  /ləˈbɛɡ/A French surname, most famously associated with Henri Lebesgue (1875–1941), a French mathematician.
• lebesgue integral

  nounVery Rare / Technical
  /ləˌbɛɡ ˈɪntɪɡrəl/A mathematical construction that extends the concept of integration to a wider class of functions than the traditional Riemann integral, defining the integral based on measure theory.
• lebkuchen

  nounC1
  /ˈleɪbˌkuːxən/A traditional German gingerbread or spiced cookie, often heart-shaped and elaborately decorated with icing, associated with Christmas markets.
• leblanc

  nounLow
  /lə ˈblɑ̃/A proper noun, typically a French surname, meaning "the white".
• lebowa

  nounVery Low
  /lɛˈbəʊ.wə/A historical region, political entity, or designated territory, often referring specifically to the former Bantustan or homeland in apartheid-era South Africa.
• lebrun

  nounRare
  /ləˈbrʌn/A French surname, most famously associated with the 17th-century painter and art theorist Charles Le Brun.
• lecce

  nounC2
  /ˈlɛtʃeɪ/A city in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Lecce in the Apulia region.
• leccy

  nounC2
  /ˈlɛki/An informal British abbreviation for 'electricity'.
• lech

  nounverbC1/C2
  /lɛtʃ/A man whose behaviour shows they are strongly or excessively interested in sex, especially in a crude, unsubtle way.
• lechaim

  interjectionnounLow
  /ləˈxɑːɪm/A traditional Hebrew and Yiddish toast meaning 'to life', used when drinking, especially wine, often in Jewish contexts.

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