3-Letter Words Starting With L

grant use or occupation of under a term of contract

an unofficial association of people or groups

the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system

assume a reclining position

no longer sufficient

a part of a forked or branching shape

United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)

a narrative poem of popular origin

a workplace for the conduct of scientific research

diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used

a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)

the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs

set afire or burning

the top edge of a vessel or other container

cut lumber, as in woods and forests

United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959)

headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim

a toilet in Britain

a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock

give a thrashing to; beat hard

flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes

lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

ancient Celtic god

the basic unit of money in Bulgaria

emptying easily or excessively

a unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square meter; 0.0929 foot candle

the basic unit of money in Albania

a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock

cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization

an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc

resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax

a broad flat muscle on either side of the back

a strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

a bluish translucent magnetic liquid obtained by compressing gaseous oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point; used as an oxidizer in rocket propellants

the basic unit of money in Moldova