English Wordbook/L

Staff L of the English Wordbook.

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laborious1 adj slogsome laborious2 adj hardworking, worksome labo(u)r vb swink, work, slog labo(u)r1 n (hard) work, slog labo(u)r2 n childbirth labo(u)rer n worker labyrinth n maze lacerate vb cut lake n mere, water lament vb moan, wail, weep, yammer lambaste vb taw lamp n light, crusie language n tongue, speech, leid lanolin n wool wax, wool fat lapidary n gem-cutter, stone-cutter, gem-shaper, stone-shaper lapse n oversight large adj big, broad largely adj mostly -latry suf. -worship lascivious adj lustful, wanton launch vb fire launder vb wash, clean laundrette n washinghouse, washhouse laundry n washing laxitive1 n loosener laxitive2 adj loosensome leash n lead, tether lecture n reading lecturer n lorespeaker, reader lederhosen n leatherhose legacy n bequest legal adj law, lawful legalise vb make lawful legend n folktale legible adj readable legislator n lawmaker legitimate adj (of birth) fullborn lethal adj deadly lethargic adj sluggish, listless lethargy n listlessness, sluggishness letter1 n errandwrit letter2 n staff, stave leverage n swape leveret n hareling liable adj likely liberal adj free-hearted, open-handed liberate vb free, loose liberty n freedom library n bookhouse, bookhoard, bookshelf lieutenant n steadholder limerence n crush ligature n belt, binding, strap, string, strip, strop, thong, tie, thread, twine, wire, withe, withy, swaddling, swath, stitch; bond, fetter, shackle, yoke limit vb & n bound, threshold (n) linear adj lineways, linewise, straight lingerie n knickerwear, women's underwear lingua franca n shared tung linguistics n speechlore liquid n bree, wettock, flowstuff liquid adj flowsome lithography n stone-printing literary adj written literature n booklore, bookcraft locality n shire, bystead, neighbourhood locate vb find, (by chance) happen upon location, approx. n whereabouts lodge n inn, guesthouse, bed & breakfast longitude n length loquacious adj talkative, feather-tongued lounge n living room, sitting room loyal adj true-hearted, trothen, true loyalist n stalwart loyalty n true-heartedness, fayful lumpenproleteriat, the n the rabble, the underrabble, the ragamuffins lunacy n moonmadness, mad lunar adj moon lunatic n madman, moonmad lycanthropy n werewolf-sickness, shapeshifter-sickness