11-letter words starting with L
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter L. This section showcases how L at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with L, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| legislation | 12 | the act of making or enacting laws | - |
| loudspeaker | 18 | electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance | - |
| lightweight | 22 | someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous | - |
| landscaping | 17 | working as a landscape gardener | - |
| liposuction | 15 | lipectomy (especially for cosmetic purposes) in which excess fatty tissue is removed from under the skin by suction | - |
| legislature | 12 | persons who make or amend or repeal laws | - |
| legislative | 15 | relating to a legislature or composed of members of a legislature | legislative council |
| lawlessness | 14 | a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government) | - |
| liquidation | 21 | the act of exterminating | - |
| liabilities | 13 | anything that is owed to someone else | - |
| linguistics | 14 | the humanistic study of language and literature | - |
| lubrication | 15 | an application of a lubricant to something | - |
| lighthouses | 18 | - | - |
| lightheaded | 20 | weak and likely to lose consciousness | - |
| libertarian | 13 | an advocate of libertarianism | - |
| lubricating | 16 | - | - |
| languishing | 16 | - | - |
| legionaries | 12 | - | - |
| lengthening | 16 | the act of prolonging something | - |
| launderette | 12 | a self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customers | - |
| lamentation | 13 | the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief | - |
| leatherhead | 18 | - | - |
| lithosphere | 19 | the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle | - |
| luminescent | 15 | emitting light not caused by heat | - |
| laboriously | 16 | in a laborious manner | their lives were spent in committee making decisions for others to execute on the basis of data laboriously gathered for them |
| leatherette | 14 | fabric made to look like leather | - |
| legionnaire | 12 | a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion) | - |
| legitimized | 24 | - | - |
| luxuriously | 21 | in a rich manner | - |
| lamplighter | 19 | (when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights | - |
| lectureship | 18 | the post of lecturer | - |
| lilliputian | 13 | (informal) small and of little importance | our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war |
| lithography | 23 | a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface | - |
| ludicrously | 17 | so as to arouse or deserve laughter | - |
| langoustine | 12 | caught in European waters; slenderer than American lobster | - |
| lickspittle | 19 | - | - |
| liquidating | 22 | - | - |
| lycanthrope | 21 | a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again | - |
| leaseholder | 15 | a tenant who holds a lease | - |
| legislating | 13 | the act of making or enacting laws | - |
| lymphocytic | 28 | of or relating to lymphocytes | lymphocytic leukemia |
| languidness | 13 | - | - |
| latticework | 20 | framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal | - |
| leatherback | 22 | wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle | - |
| legendarily | 16 | - | - |
| levelheaded | 19 | exercising or showing good judgment | - |
| limitlessly | 16 | - | - |
| literalized | 21 | - | - |
| labefaction | 18 | - | - |
| labialising | 14 | - | - |
| labialities | 13 | - | - |
| labializing | 23 | - | - |
| labiodental | 14 | a consonant whose articulation involves the lips and teeth | - |
| labionasals | 13 | - | - |
| labiovelars | 16 | - | - |
| laboredness | 14 | - | - |
| laborsaving | 17 | designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor | laborsaving devices like washing machines |
| labouringly | 17 | - | - |
| labradoodle | 15 | - | - |
| labradorite | 14 | - | - |
| labyrinthal | 19 | - | - |
| labyrinthic | 21 | - | - |
| laccolithic | 20 | - | - |
| lacemakings | 20 | - | - |
| lacerations | 13 | - | - |
| lacertilian | 13 | of or relating to lizards | - |
| lachrymator | 21 | a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds | - |
| laciniation | 13 | - | - |
| lacklusters | 17 | - | - |
| lacklustres | 17 | - | - |
| laconically | 18 | in a dry laconic manner | - |
| laconicisms | 17 | - | - |
| lacquerings | 23 | - | - |
| lacquerware | 25 | a decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals | - |
| lacquerwork | 29 | - | - |
| lacrimaries | 15 | - | - |
| lacrimation | 15 | shedding tears | - |
| lacrimators | 15 | - | - |
| lacrimatory | 18 | relating to or prompting tears | - |
| lacrymators | 18 | - | - |
| lacrymatory | 21 | - | - |
| lactalbumin | 17 | albumin occurring in milk | - |
| lactational | 13 | - | - |
| lactescence | 17 | - | - |
| lactiferous | 16 | - | - |
| lactifluous | 16 | - | - |
| lactoflavin | 19 | a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss | - |
| lactometers | 15 | - | - |
| lactoscopes | 17 | - | - |
| lactosurias | 13 | - | - |
| ladderbacks | 21 | - | - |
| ladderproof | 18 | - | - |
| laddishness | 16 | - | - |
| ladieswears | 15 | - | - |
| ladyfingers | 19 | - | - |
| laevigating | 16 | - | - |
| laevogyrate | 18 | - | - |
| laevorotary | 17 | - | - |
| lagerphones | 17 | - | - |
| laggardlier | 14 | - | - |
| laggardness | 14 | - | - |
| lagomorphic | 21 | - | - |
| laicisation | 13 | - | - |
| laicization | 22 | - | - |
| lalapalooza | 22 | - | - |
| lallygagged | 18 | - | - |
| lallygagger | 17 | - | - |
| lambdacisms | 20 | - | - |
| lambrequins | 24 | - | - |
| lamebrained | 16 | - | - |
| lamellately | 16 | - | - |
| lamellation | 13 | - | - |
| lamellicorn | 15 | - | - |
| lamelliform | 18 | - | - |
| lamellosity | 16 | - | - |
| lamentingly | 17 | - | - |
| lamestreams | 15 | - | - |
| laminarians | 13 | - | - |
| laminarised | 14 | - | - |
| laminarises | 13 | - | - |
| laminarized | 23 | - | - |
| laminarizes | 22 | - | - |
| laminations | 13 | - | - |
| laminectomy | 20 | surgical removal of the bony arches on one or more vertebrae | - |
| laminitises | 13 | - | - |
| lammergeier | 16 | the largest Eurasian bird of prey; having black feathers hanging around the bill | - |
| lammergeyer | 19 | the largest Eurasian bird of prey; having black feathers hanging around the bill | - |
| lampadaries | 16 | - | - |
| lampblacked | 24 | - | - |
| lampholders | 19 | - | - |
| lampoonists | 15 | - | - |
| lamprophyre | 23 | - | - |
| lanceolated | 14 | - | - |
| lancinating | 14 | painful as if caused by a sharp instrument | lancinating pain |
| lancination | 13 | - | - |
| landammanns | 16 | - | - |
| landaulette | 12 | - | - |
| landdamning | 16 | - | - |
| landfilling | 16 | - | - |
| landgravate | 16 | - | - |
| landgravine | 16 | - | - |
| landholders | 16 | - | - |
| landholding | 17 | a holding in the form of land | - |
| landlordism | 15 | - | - |
| landlubbers | 16 | - | - |
| landlubbing | 17 | - | - |
| landmarking | 19 | - | - |
| landminings | 15 | - | - |
| landownings | 16 | - | - |
| landscapers | 16 | - | - |
| landscapist | 16 | someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively | - |
| landskipped | 21 | - | - |
| landsknecht | 21 | - | - |
| landslidden | 14 | - | - |
| landsliding | 14 | - | - |
| landwaiters | 15 | - | - |
| langbeinite | 14 | a mineral consisting of potassium magnesium double sulphate; used as a fertilizer | - |
| langlaufers | 15 | - | - |
| langostinos | 12 | - | - |
| languescent | 14 | - | - |
| languishers | 15 | - | - |
| lankinesses | 15 | - | - |
| lansquenets | 20 | - | - |
| lanternists | 11 | - | - |
| lanthanides | 15 | - | - |
| lanthanoids | 15 | - | - |
| lanzknechts | 29 | - | - |
| laparoscope | 17 | a slender endoscope inserted through an incision in the abdominal wall in order to examine the abdominal organs or to perform minor surgery | - |
| laparoscopy | 20 | laparotomy performed with a laparoscope that makes a small incision to examine the abdominal cavity (especially the ovaries and Fallopian tubes) | - |
| lapidarists | 14 | - | - |
| lapidations | 14 | - | - |
| lapidescent | 16 | - | - |
| lapidifying | 21 | - | - |
| lapilliform | 18 | - | - |
| larcenously | 16 | - | - |
| largemouths | 17 | - | - |
| largenesses | 12 | - | - |
| larkinesses | 15 | - | - |
| larkishness | 18 | - | - |
| larrikinism | 17 | - | - |
| larviciding | 18 | - | - |
| larviparous | 16 | - | - |
| laryngeally | 18 | - | - |
| laryngismus | 17 | laryngeal spasm caused by the sudden contraction of laryngeal muscles | - |
| laryngology | 19 | - | - |
| laryngotomy | 20 | - | - |
| lastingness | 12 | permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force | - |
| latchstring | 17 | opener consisting of a string that can be passed through a hole in a door for raising the latch from outside | - |
| lateralised | 12 | - | - |
| lateralises | 11 | - | - |
| lateralized | 21 | - | - |
| lateralizes | 20 | - | - |
| lateralling | 12 | - | - |
| laterigrade | 13 | - | - |
| lateritious | 11 | - | - |
| latescences | 15 | - | - |
| latifundios | 15 | - | - |
| latifundium | 17 | - | - |
| latirostral | 11 | - | - |
| latiseptate | 13 | - | - |
| latitancies | 13 | - | - |
| latitations | 11 | - | - |
| latitudinal | 12 | of or relating to latitudes north or south | - |
| latrocinies | 13 | - | - |
| latrocinium | 15 | - | - |
| lattermaths | 16 | - | - |
| laudability | 17 | the quality of being worthy of praise | - |
| laudatories | 12 | - | - |
| laughworthy | 24 | - | - |
| launcegayes | 17 | - | - |
| launderings | 13 | - | - |
| laundresses | 12 | - | - |
| laundrettes | 12 | - | - |
| laundromats | 14 | - | - |
| laurdalites | 12 | - | - |
| laureations | 11 | - | - |
| laurustines | 11 | - | - |
| laurustinus | 11 | - | - |
| laurvikites | 18 | - | - |
| lavallieres | 14 | - | - |
| lavendering | 16 | - | - |
| laverbreads | 17 | - | - |
| laverocking | 21 | - | - |
| lavishments | 19 | - | - |
| lawbreakers | 20 | - | - |
| lawbreaking | 21 | - | - |
| lawrenciums | 18 | - | - |
| lawyerliest | 17 | - | - |
| laymanising | 17 | - | - |
| laymanizing | 26 | - | - |
| leaderboard | 15 | - | - |
| leaderettes | 12 | - | - |
| leaderships | 17 | - | - |
| leafcutters | 16 | - | - |
| leafhoppers | 21 | - | - |
| leafinesses | 14 | - | - |
| leafleteers | 14 | - | - |
| leafletting | 15 | - | - |
| leafrollers | 14 | - | - |
| leakinesses | 15 | - | - |
| leapfrogged | 19 | - | - |
| learinesses | 11 | - | - |
| learnedness | 12 | profound scholarly knowledge | - |
| leatheriest | 14 | - | - |
| leatherings | 15 | - | - |
| leatherleaf | 17 | stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib | - |
| leatherlike | 18 | resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable | - |
| leatherneck | 20 | a member of the United States Marine Corps | - |
| leatherwood | 18 | shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage | - |
| leatherwork | 21 | work made of leather | - |
| lebensraums | 15 | - | - |
| lecherously | 19 | - | - |
| lecithinase | 16 | - | - |
| lectorships | 18 | - | - |
| leechcrafts | 21 | - | - |
| leerinesses | 11 | - | - |
| legateships | 17 | - | - |
| legationary | 15 | - | - |
| legatissimo | 14 | - | - |
| legendaries | 13 | - | - |
| legendising | 14 | - | - |
| legendizing | 23 | - | - |
| legerdemain | 15 | an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | - |
| legginesses | 13 | - | - |
| legibleness | 14 | - | - |
| legionellae | 12 | - | - |
| legionellas | 12 | - | - |
| legislators | 12 | - | - |
| legitimated | 15 | - | - |
| legitimates | 14 | - | - |
| legitimator | 14 | - | - |
| legitimised | 15 | - | - |
| legitimiser | 14 | - | - |
| legitimises | 14 | - | - |
| legitimisms | 16 | - | - |
| legitimists | 14 | - | - |
| legitimizer | 23 | - | - |
| legitimizes | 23 | - | - |
| leglessness | 12 | - | - |
| leiomyomata | 18 | - | - |
| leishmaniae | 16 | - | - |
| leishmanial | 16 | - | - |
| leishmanias | 16 | - | - |
| leisurelier | 11 | - | - |
| leisurewear | 14 | - | - |
| lemmatising | 16 | - | - |
| lemmatizing | 25 | - | - |
| lemminglike | 20 | - | - |
| lemniscates | 15 | - | - |
| lemonfishes | 19 | - | - |
| lengtheners | 15 | - | - |
| lengthiness | 15 | amount or degree or range to which something extends | - |
| lenociniums | 15 | - | - |
| lenticulars | 13 | - | - |
| lentiginose | 12 | relating to or covered with or resembling freckles | - |
| lentiginous | 12 | relating to or covered with or resembling freckles | - |
| leopardskin | 18 | - | - |
| lepidolites | 14 | - | - |
| lepidoptera | 16 | moths and butterflies | - |
| lepidosiren | 14 | - | - |
| leprechauns | 18 | - | - |
| leprechawns | 21 | - | - |
| lepromatous | 15 | - | - |
| leprosarium | 15 | - | - |
| leproseries | 13 | - | - |
| leprosities | 13 | - | - |
| leprousness | 13 | - | - |
| leptocercal | 17 | - | - |
| leptodactyl | 19 | - | - |
| leptokurtic | 19 | - | - |
| leptophoses | 18 | - | - |
| leptorrhine | 16 | having a long narrow nose | - |
| leptospiral | 15 | - | - |
| leptospires | 15 | - | - |
| lesbianisms | 15 | - | - |
| lesseeships | 16 | - | - |
| lethalities | 14 | - | - |
| lethargical | 17 | - | - |
| lethargised | 16 | - | - |
| lethargises | 15 | - | - |
| lethargized | 25 | - | - |
| lethargizes | 24 | - | - |
| lethiferous | 17 | - | - |
| letterbombs | 17 | - | - |
| letterboxed | 21 | - | - |
| letterboxes | 20 | - | - |
| letterforms | 16 | - | - |
| letterheads | 15 | - | - |
| letterpress | 13 | printing from a plate with raised characters | - |
| letterspace | 15 | - | - |
| leucaemogen | 16 | - | - |
| leuchaemias | 18 | - | - |
| leucoblasts | 15 | - | - |
| leucocidins | 16 | - | - |
| leucocratic | 17 | - | - |
| leucodermal | 16 | - | - |
| leucodermas | 16 | - | - |
| leucodermia | 16 | - | - |
| leucodermic | 18 | - | - |
| leucomaines | 15 | - | - |
| leucopenias | 15 | - | - |
| leucoplakia | 19 | - | - |
| leucoplakic | 21 | - | - |
| leucoplasts | 15 | - | - |
| leucorrheas | 16 | - | - |
| leucorrhoea | 16 | - | - |
| leucotomies | 15 | - | - |
| leukaemogen | 18 | - | - |
| leukemogens | 18 | - | - |
| leukoblasts | 17 | - | - |
| leukocidins | 18 | - | - |
| leukodermal | 18 | - | - |
| leukodermas | 18 | - | - |
| leukodermic | 20 | - | - |
| leukopenias | 17 | - | - |
| leukoplakia | 21 | - | - |
| leukoplakic | 23 | - | - |
| leukorrheal | 18 | - | - |
| leukorrheas | 18 | - | - |
| leukotomies | 17 | - | - |
| leukotriene | 15 | - | - |
| levamisoles | 16 | - | - |
| levelnesses | 14 | - | - |
| levigations | 15 | - | - |
| leviratical | 16 | - | - |
| levirations | 14 | - | - |
| levitations | 14 | - | - |
| levitically | 19 | - | - |
| lexicalised | 21 | expressed by a word | - |
| lexicalises | 20 | - | - |
| lexicalized | 30 | expressed by a word | - |
| lexicalizes | 29 | - | - |
| lexigraphic | 26 | - | - |
| lherzolites | 23 | - | - |
| libationary | 16 | - | - |
| libellously | 16 | - | - |
| liberalised | 14 | - | - |
| liberaliser | 13 | - | - |
| liberalises | 13 | - | - |
| liberalisms | 15 | - | - |
| liberalists | 13 | - | - |
| liberalized | 23 | - | - |
| liberalizer | 22 | - | - |
| liberalizes | 22 | - | - |
| liberalness | 13 | the trait of being generous in behavior and temperament | - |
| liberations | 13 | - | - |
| liberticide | 16 | - | - |
| libertinage | 14 | - | - |
| libertinism | 15 | - | - |
| libidinally | 17 | - | - |
| libidinists | 14 | - | - |
| librational | 13 | - | - |
| librettists | 13 | - | - |
| licentiates | 13 | - | - |
| lichenology | 20 | - | - |
| licitnesses | 13 | - | - |
| lickerishly | 23 | - | - |
| lickpennies | 19 | - | - |
| lienholders | 15 | - | - |
| lieutenancy | 16 | the position of a lieutenant | - |
| lieutenants | 11 | - | - |
| lifeboatman | 18 | - | - |
| lifeboatmen | 18 | - | - |
| lifeguarded | 17 | - | - |
| lifehackers | 23 | - | - |
| lifehacking | 24 | - | - |
| lifemanship | 21 | - | - |
| lifesavings | 18 | - | - |
| lifestylers | 17 | - | - |
| ligamentary | 17 | - | - |
| ligamentous | 14 | - | - |
| lightenings | 16 | - | - |
| lighterages | 16 | - | - |
| lightnesses | 15 | - | - |
| lightninged | 17 | - | - |
| lightplanes | 17 | - | - |
| lightsomely | 20 | in a light-hearted manner | - |
| lightspeeds | 18 | - | - |
| lignicolous | 14 | - | - |
| lignivorous | 15 | - | - |
| lignocaines | 14 | - | - |
| likableness | 17 | - | - |
| likeability | 20 | - | - |
| likelihoods | 19 | - | - |
| liltingness | 12 | - | - |
| limburgites | 16 | - | - |
| limelighted | 18 | - | - |
| limelighter | 17 | - | - |
| limitarians | 13 | - | - |
| limitations | 13 | - | - |
| limitedness | 14 | - | - |
| limnologies | 14 | - | - |
| limnologist | 14 | a specialist in the study of freshwater ponds and lakes | - |
| limpidities | 16 | - | - |
| lincomycins | 20 | - | - |
| linealities | 11 | - | - |
| lineamental | 13 | - | - |
| linearising | 12 | - | - |
| linearities | 11 | - | - |
| linearizing | 21 | - | - |
| linebackers | 19 | - | - |
| linebacking | 20 | - | - |
| linecasters | 13 | - | - |
| linecasting | 14 | - | - |
| linerboards | 14 | - | - |
| lingberries | 14 | - | - |
| lingeringly | 16 | in a slow, leisurely or prolonged way | her voice was swift, yet ever the last words fell lingeringly |
| lingonberry | 17 | tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller | - |
| linguisters | 12 | - | - |
| linocutting | 14 | - | - |
| lionhearted | 15 | extraordinarily courageous | - |
| lionisation | 11 | - | - |
| lionization | 20 | - | - |
| lipectomies | 17 | - | - |
| lipidoplast | 16 | - | - |
| lipochromes | 20 | - | - |
| lipogeneses | 14 | - | - |
| lipogenesis | 14 | - | - |
| lipomatoses | 15 | - | - |
| lipomatosis | 15 | pathology in which fat accumulates in lipomas in the body | - |
| lipoprotein | 15 | a conjugated protein having a lipid component; the principal means for transporting lipids in the blood | - |
| liposucking | 20 | - | - |
| lipotropies | 15 | - | - |
| lipotropins | 15 | - | - |
| lippinesses | 15 | - | - |
| lipreadings | 15 | - | - |
| lipsticking | 20 | - | - |
| liquefiable | 25 | capable of being liquefied | - |
| liquescence | 24 | - | - |
| liquescency | 27 | - | - |
| liquidambar | 25 | aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree | - |
| liquidators | 21 | - | - |
| liquidisers | 21 | - | - |
| liquidising | 22 | - | - |
| liquidities | 21 | - | - |
| liquidizers | 30 | - | - |
| liquidizing | 31 | - | - |
| liquifiable | 25 | capable of being liquefied | - |
| liquorishly | 26 | - | - |
| liriodendra | 13 | - | - |
| lissomeness | 13 | the gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple | - |
| listerioses | 11 | - | - |
| listeriosis | 11 | an infectious disease of animals and humans (especially newborn or immunosuppressed persons) caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes; in sheep and cattle the infection frequently involves the central nervous system and causes various neurological symptoms | - |
| literalised | 12 | - | - |
| literaliser | 11 | - | - |
| literalises | 11 | - | - |
| literalisms | 13 | - | - |
| literalists | 11 | - | - |
| literalizer | 20 | - | - |
| literalizes | 20 | - | - |
| literalness | 11 | adhereing to the concrete construal of something | - |
| literaryism | 16 | - | - |
| literations | 11 | - | - |
| literatured | 12 | - | - |
| literatures | 11 | - | - |
| lithenesses | 14 | - | - |
| lithochromy | 24 | - | - |
| lithoclasts | 16 | - | - |
| lithodomous | 17 | - | - |
| lithogenous | 15 | - | - |
