8-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| laughing | 13 | showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness | laughing children |
| language | 10 | a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols | he taught foreign languages |
| laughter | 12 | the sound of laughing | - |
| location | 10 | a determination of the place where something is | - |
| learning | 9 | the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge | - |
| lifetime | 13 | the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) | - |
| lighting | 13 | having abundant light or illumination | as long as the lighting was good |
| lipstick | 16 | makeup that is used to color the lips | - |
| landlord | 10 | a landowner who leases to others | - |
| lemonade | 11 | sweetened beverage of diluted lemon juice | - |
| likewise | 15 | in like or similar manner | some people have little power to do good, and have likewise little strength to resist evil |
| literary | 11 | appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing | when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style |
| lordship | 14 | a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge | - |
| lingerie | 9 | women's underwear and nightclothes | - |
| liberate | 10 | grant freedom to | The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university |
| lonesome | 10 | marked by dejection from being alone | lonesome when her husband is away |
| leverage | 12 | the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever | - |
| landlady | 13 | a landlord who is a woman | - |
| lifelong | 12 | continuing through life | a lifelong friend |
| listener | 8 | someone who listens attentively | - |
| lockdown | 18 | the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot) | - |
| lifeless | 11 | deprived of life; no longer living | a lifeless body |
| luckiest | 14 | - | - |
| lavender | 12 | of a pale purple color | - |
| licensed | 11 | given official approval to act | licensed pharmacist |
| lovingly | 15 | with fondness; with love | - |
| lollipop | 12 | ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick | - |
| launcher | 13 | armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket | - |
| lifeline | 11 | a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live | - |
| leftover | 14 | a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists | - |
| lowering | 12 | the act of causing something to move to a lower level | - |
| likeness | 12 | similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things | man created God in his own likeness |
| leukemia | 14 | malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer | - |
| landmark | 15 | an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend | - |
| lecturer | 10 | a public lecturer at certain universities | - |
| latitude | 9 | an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator | - |
| luscious | 10 | having strong sexual appeal | - |
| lawfully | 17 | by law; conforming to the law | we are lawfully wedded now |
| loathing | 12 | hate coupled with disgust | - |
| lavatory | 14 | a room or building equipped with one or more toilets | - |
| luncheon | 13 | a midday meal | - |
| lacrosse | 10 | a game invented by American Indians; now played by two teams who use long-handled rackets to catch and carry and throw the ball toward the opponents' goal | - |
| ladyship | 17 | a title used to address any peeress except a duchess | - |
| landfill | 12 | a low area that has been filled in | - |
| lifeboat | 13 | a strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship | - |
| licorice | 12 | deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots | - |
| luminous | 10 | softly bright or radiant | a sky luminous with stars |
| loosened | 9 | straightened out | - |
| lifespan | 13 | the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) | - |
| locating | 11 | a determination of the place where something is | - |
| laxative | 18 | a mild cathartic | - |
| longtime | 11 | having existed or persisted or continued in a particular role or state for a long time | a longtime friend |
| literate | 8 | a person who can read and write | - |
| lukewarm | 17 | moderately warm | he hates lukewarm coffee |
| landline | 9 | a telephone line that travels over terrestrial circuits | - |
| lodgings | 11 | temporary living quarters | - |
| littered | 9 | filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish | the storm left the drivewaylittered with sticks nd debris |
| lectured | 11 | - | - |
| lobbying | 16 | - | - |
| labrador | 11 | the mainland part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in the eastern part of the large Labrador-Ungava Peninsula in northeastern Canada | - |
| loophole | 13 | an ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation | - |
| lengthen | 12 | become long or longer | In Spring, the days lengthen |
| likeable | 14 | (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings | - |
| lamppost | 14 | a metal post supporting an outdoor lamp (such as a streetlight) | - |
| labelled | 11 | bearing or marked with a label or tag | - |
| limiting | 11 | restricting the scope or freedom of action | - |
| lobbyist | 15 | someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer | - |
| lovesick | 17 | languishing because of love | strong men behaving like lovesick boys |
| loveless | 11 | receiving no love | a loveless childhood |
| literacy | 13 | the ability to read and write | - |
| lobotomy | 15 | surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes | - |
| lunching | 14 | the act of eating lunch | - |
| laziness | 17 | apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) | - |
| lovelier | 11 | - | - |
| linguini | 9 | pasta in long slender flat strips | - |
| levitate | 11 | be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity | The guru claimed that he could levitate |
| legalize | 18 | make legal | Marijuana should be legalized |
| leniency | 13 | lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers | - |
| lifelike | 15 | evoking lifelike images within the mind | a lifelike portrait |
| lovelorn | 11 | unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love | - |
| lonelier | 8 | - | - |
| lucidity | 14 | free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression | - |
| laudanum | 11 | narcotic consisting of an alcohol solution of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient | - |
| ligature | 9 | the act of tying or binding things together | - |
| loveable | 13 | having characteristics that attract love or affection | - |
| lopsided | 12 | turned or twisted toward one side | - |
| lynching | 17 | putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law | - |
| littlest | 8 | - | - |
| labourer | 10 | someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor | - |
| ligament | 11 | any connection or unifying bond | - |
| ladylike | 16 | befitting a woman of good breeding | ladylike manners |
| linoleum | 10 | a floor covering | - |
| locality | 13 | a surrounding or nearby region | it is a rugged locality |
| limerick | 16 | a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba | - |
| listless | 8 | marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm | reacted to the crisis with listless resignation |
| legality | 12 | lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute | - |
| lamented | 11 | mourned or grieved for | the imprint of our wise and lamented friend |
| levelled | 12 | - | - |
| livelier | 11 | - | - |
| leapfrog | 14 | advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors | the company still believes the chip is a leapfrog in integration and will pay huge dividends |
| labeling | 11 | - | - |
| lustrous | 8 | reflecting light | lustrous auburn hair |
| ladybird | 15 | small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests | - |
| linguist | 9 | a specialist in linguistics | - |
| lymphoma | 20 | a neoplasm of lymph tissue that is usually malignant; one of the four major types of cancer | - |
| laureate | 8 | someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath | - |
| lyricist | 13 | a person who writes the words for songs | - |
| lounging | 10 | - | - |
| lateness | 8 | quality of coming late or later in time | - |
| lakeside | 13 | the shore of a lake | - |
| lessened | 9 | impaired by diminution | - |
| laboured | 11 | lacking natural ease | - |
| libretto | 10 | the words of an opera or musical play | - |
| leveling | 12 | the act of making equal or uniform | - |
| logistic | 11 | of or relating to logistics | logistic requirements |
| laboring | 11 | doing arduous or unpleasant work | the bent backs of laboring slaves picking cotton |
| languish | 12 | have a desire for something or someone who is not present | - |
| lollypop | 15 | - | - |
| lewdness | 12 | the trait of behaving in an obscene manner | - |
| lowlands | 12 | the southern part of Scotland that is not mountainous | - |
| lividity | 15 | unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) | - |
| laminate | 10 | a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers | - |
| landfall | 12 | the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water) | - |
| longboat | 11 | the largest boat carried by a merchant sailing vessel | - |
| lavishly | 17 | in a wasteful manner | the United States, up to the 1920s, used fuel lavishly, mainly because it was so cheap |
| lethargy | 15 | weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy | - |
| layabout | 13 | person who does no work | - |
| leotards | 9 | skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls | - |
| longhand | 13 | rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper | - |
| localize | 19 | restrict something to a particular area | - |
| linesman | 10 | a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines | - |
| lashings | 12 | a large number or amount | - |
| longhorn | 12 | long-horned beef cattle formerly common in southwestern United States | - |
| leavings | 12 | - | - |
| leathery | 14 | resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable | - |
| landsman | 11 | an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage | - |
| lethally | 14 | - | - |
| larboard | 11 | the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose | - |
| livelong | 12 | perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers | - |
| linguine | 9 | pasta in long slender flat strips | - |
| lakeview | 18 | - | - |
| lowliest | 11 | - | - |
| lothario | 11 | a successful womanizer; a man who behaves selfishly in his sexual relationships with women | - |
| laudable | 11 | worthy of high praise | applaudable efforts to save the environment |
| linchpin | 15 | pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on | - |
| lifebelt | 13 | - | - |
| lunkhead | 16 | a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | - |
| liniment | 10 | a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain | - |
| landless | 9 | owning no land | the landless peasantry |
| latchkey | 20 | key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an outside door | - |
| loyalist | 11 | a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt) | - |
| lousiest | 8 | - | - |
| latching | 14 | - | - |
| legation | 9 | the post or office of legate | - |
| leftwing | 15 | - | - |
| layering | 12 | - | - |
| landmass | 11 | a large continuous extent of land | - |
| literati | 8 | the literary intelligentsia | - |
| lyricism | 15 | the property of being suitable for singing | - |
| lifebuoy | 16 | - | - |
| luminary | 13 | a celebrity who is an inspiration to others | - |
| libation | 10 | a serving (of wine) poured out in honor of a deity | - |
| loveseat | 11 | small sofa that seats two people | - |
| lenience | 10 | lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers | - |
| litigate | 9 | institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against | - |
| liveable | 13 | fit or suitable to live in or with | - |
| leggings | 11 | - | - |
| legalise | 9 | make legal | - |
| lawmaker | 17 | a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws | - |
| lockstep | 16 | a manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead | the prisoner's ankles were so chained together that they could only march in lockstep |
| likening | 13 | the act of comparing similarities | - |
| lambskin | 16 | skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on | - |
| lameness | 10 | disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet | - |
| lovebird | 14 | small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors | - |
| lettered | 9 | highly educated; having extensive information or understanding | - |
| listeria | 8 | any species of the genus Listeria | - |
| legalese | 9 | a style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law | - |
| leafless | 11 | having no leaves | - |
| limbless | 12 | having no limbs | a snake is a limbless reptile |
| lacerate | 10 | irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn | lacerate leaves |
| ligation | 9 | (surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery) | - |
| ladleful | 12 | - | - |
| libelous | 10 | (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | - |
| loudness | 9 | tasteless showiness | - |
| lordosis | 9 | an abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column | - |
| larkspur | 14 | any of numerous cultivated plants of the genus Delphinium | - |
| longhair | 12 | - | - |
| lollygag | 13 | be about | - |
| leaching | 14 | the process of leaching | - |
| likelier | 12 | - | - |
| lynchpin | 18 | pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on | - |
| linearly | 11 | in a linear manner | linearly polarized radiation |
| licensee | 10 | someone to whom a license is granted | - |
| licenced | 13 | given official approval to act | - |
| linoleic | 10 | - | - |
| luckless | 14 | having or bringing misfortune | - |
| linotype | 13 | a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that casts an entire line as a single slug of metal | - |
| leveller | 11 | a radical who advocates the abolition of social distinctions | - |
| langrage | 10 | - | - |
| lossless | 8 | characterized by or causing no dissipation of energy | - |
| largesse | 9 | liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit | - |
| lassoing | 9 | - | - |
| latticed | 11 | having a pattern of fretwork or latticework | - |
| logotype | 14 | a company emblem or device | - |
| locution | 10 | a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations | - |
| lecithin | 13 | a yellow phospholipid essential for the metabolism of fats; found in egg yolk and in many plant and animal cells; used commercially as an emulsifier | - |
| leavened | 12 | made light by aerating, as with yeast or baking powder; often used as a combining form | leavened bread |
| leaflike | 15 | resembling a leaf | - |
| loftless | 11 | - | - |
| limation | 10 | - | - |
| limbecks | 18 | - | - |
| limbered | 13 | - | - |
| limberer | 12 | - | - |
| limberly | 15 | - | - |
| limbiest | 12 | - | - |
| limbmeal | 14 | - | - |
| limboing | 13 | - | - |
| limbuses | 12 | - | - |
| limeades | 11 | - | - |
| limekiln | 14 | a kiln used to reduce naturally occurring forms of calcium carbonate to lime | - |
| limeless | 10 | - | - |
| limepits | 12 | - | - |
| limewash | 16 | - | - |
| liminess | 10 | - | - |
| limitary | 13 | - | - |
| limiteds | 11 | - | - |
| limiters | 10 | - | - |
| limnaeid | 11 | - | - |
| limnetic | 12 | - | - |
| limonene | 10 | a liquid terpene with a lemon odor; found in lemons and oranges and other essential oils | - |
| limonite | 10 | a widely occurring iron oxide ore; a mixture of goethite and hematite and lepidocrocite | - |
| limonium | 12 | sea lavender | - |
| limpidly | 16 | in a clear and lucid manner | - |
| limpings | 13 | - | - |
| limpkins | 16 | - | - |
| limpness | 12 | a flabby softness | - |
| limpsier | 12 | - | - |
| limuloid | 11 | - | - |
| linalols | 8 | - | - |
| linalool | 8 | a colorless fragrant liquid found in many essential oils | - |
| linchets | 13 | - | - |
| lincture | 10 | - | - |
| lindanes | 9 | - | - |
| lindworm | 14 | - | - |
| lindying | 13 | - | - |
| lineable | 10 | - | - |
| lineages | 9 | - | - |
| lineally | 11 | by an unbroken line of descent | she is related lineally to the Royal Family |
| lineated | 9 | - | - |
| linebred | 11 | - | - |
| linecuts | 10 | - | - |
| lineless | 8 | - | - |
| linelike | 12 | resembling a line | - |
| linemate | 10 | - | - |
| linenier | 8 | - | - |
| linesmen | 10 | - | - |
| lingcods | 12 | - | - |
| lingered | 10 | - | - |
| lingerer | 9 | someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place | - |
| lingiest | 9 | - | - |
| lingster | 9 | - | - |
| linguals | 9 | - | - |
| linguica | 11 | a highly seasoned Portuguese pork sausage flavored with garlic and onions | - |
| linguisa | 9 | - | - |
| lingulae | 9 | - | - |
| lingular | 9 | - | - |
| lingulas | 9 | - | - |
| linished | 12 | - | - |
| linisher | 11 | - | - |
| linishes | 11 | - | - |
| linkable | 14 | - | - |
| linkages | 13 | - | - |
| linkboys | 17 | - | - |
| linkiest | 12 | - | - |
| linkrots | 12 | - | - |
| linksman | 14 | someone who plays the game of golf | - |
| linksmen | 14 | - | - |
| linkspan | 14 | - | - |
| linkster | 12 | - | - |
| linkwork | 19 | - | - |
| linocuts | 10 | - | - |
| linsangs | 9 | - | - |
| linseeds | 9 | - | - |
| linstock | 14 | a stick about a meter long with a point on one end (to stick in the ground) and a forked head on the other end (to hold a lighted match); formerly used to fire cannons | - |
| linteled | 9 | - | - |
| lintiest | 8 | - | - |
| lintings | 9 | - | - |
| lintless | 8 | - | - |
| lintseed | 9 | - | - |
| linurons | 8 | - | - |
| lioncels | 10 | - | - |
| lionfish | 14 | brightly striped fish of the tropical Pacific having elongated spiny fins | - |
| lionhead | 12 | - | - |
| lionised | 9 | - | - |
| lioniser | 8 | - | - |
| lionises | 8 | - | - |
| lionisms | 10 | - | - |
| lionized | 18 | - | - |
| lionizer | 17 | - | - |
| lionizes | 17 | - | - |
| lionlier | 8 | - | - |
| lionlike | 12 | - | - |
| lipaemia | 12 | presence of excess lipids in the blood | - |
| liparite | 10 | - | - |
| lipemias | 12 | - | - |
| lipgloss | 11 | - | - |
| lipliner | 10 | - | - |
| lipocyte | 15 | - | - |
| lipogram | 13 | a text that excludes a particular letter or particular letters of the alphabet | - |
| lipoidal | 11 | - | - |
| lipomata | 12 | - | - |
| liposome | 12 | an artificially made microscopic vesicle into which nucleic acids can be packaged; used in molecular biology as a transducing vector | - |
| liposuck | 16 | - | - |
| lippened | 13 | - | - |
| lippered | 13 | - | - |
| lippiest | 12 | - | - |
| lippings | 13 | - | - |
| lipreads | 11 | - | - |
| lipsalve | 13 | - | - |
| lipurias | 10 | - | - |
| liquable | 19 | - | - |
| liquated | 18 | - | - |
| liquates | 17 | - | - |
| liquesce | 19 | - | - |
| liqueurs | 17 | - | - |
| liquidly | 21 | - | - |
| liquidus | 18 | - | - |
| liquitab | 19 | - | - |
| liquored | 18 | - | - |
| liriopes | 10 | - | - |
| liripipe | 12 | - | - |
| liripoop | 12 | - | - |
| lispings | 11 | - | - |
| lispound | 11 | - | - |
| lispunds | 11 | - | - |
| lissomly | 13 | - | - |
| listable | 10 | - | - |
| listened | 9 | - | - |
| listicle | 10 | - | - |
| listings | 9 | - | - |
| listserv | 11 | - | - |
| litanies | 8 | - | - |
| liteness | 8 | - | - |
| literals | 8 | - | - |
| literato | 8 | - | - |
| literose | 8 | - | - |
| litharge | 12 | - | - |
| lithates | 11 | - | - |
| lithemia | 13 | - | - |
| lithemic | 15 | - | - |
| litherly | 14 | - | - |
| lithites | 11 | - | - |
| lithiums | 13 | - | - |
| lithoing | 12 | - | - |
| lithosol | 11 | - | - |
| litigant | 9 | (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation | plaintiffs and defendants are both litigants |
| litmuses | 10 | - | - |
| litreage | 9 | - | - |
| litterer | 8 | a person who litters public places with refuse | - |
| littlies | 8 | - | - |
| littling | 9 | - | - |
| littlins | 8 | - | - |
| littlish | 11 | - | - |
| littoral | 8 | the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean | - |
| liturgic | 11 | - | - |
| lituuses | 8 | - | - |
| liveblog | 14 | - | - |
| livelily | 14 | - | - |
| livelods | 12 | - | - |
| livelood | 12 | - | - |
| liveners | 11 | - | - |
| liveness | 11 | the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life | - |
| livening | 12 | - | - |
| liveried | 12 | wearing livery | liveried footmen stood on the palace steps |
| liveries | 11 | - | - |
| livering | 12 | - | - |
| liverish | 14 | suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress | - |
| livetrap | 13 | - | - |
| liveware | 14 | - | - |
| livewell | 14 | - | - |
| liveyere | 14 | - | - |
| liveyers | 14 | - | - |
| lividest | 12 | - | - |
| livingly | 15 | - | - |
| lixivial | 18 | - | - |
| lixivium | 20 | - | - |
| llaneros | 8 | - | - |
| loadable | 11 | - | - |
| loadened | 10 | - | - |
| loadings | 10 | - | - |
| loadstar | 9 | something that serves as a model or guide | - |
| loafings | 12 | - | - |
| loamiest | 10 | - | - |
| loamless | 10 | having no loam | a stony loamless yard |
| loanable | 10 | - | - |
| loanback | 16 | - | - |
| loanings | 9 | - | - |
| loanword | 12 | a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English | - |
| loathers | 11 | - | - |
| loathest | 11 | - | - |
| loathful | 14 | - | - |
| lobately | 13 | - | - |
| lobation | 10 | - | - |
| lobbyers | 15 | - | - |
| lobbygow | 19 | - | - |
| lobbyism | 17 | the practice of lobbying; the activities of a lobbyist | - |
| lobefins | 13 | - | - |
| lobeless | 10 | - | - |
| lobelets | 10 | - | - |
| lobelias | 10 | - | - |
| lobelike | 14 | - | - |
| lobeline | 10 | - | - |
| loblolly | 13 | thick gruel | - |
| lobsters | 10 | - | - |
| lobstick | 16 | - | - |
| lobtails | 10 | - | - |
| lobulate | 10 | - | - |
| lobulose | 10 | - | - |
| lunettes | 8 | - | - |
| lousings | 9 | - | - |
| louvered | 12 | supplied with louvers for ventilation | a louvered door |
| loveably | 16 | - | - |
| lovebite | 13 | - | - |
| lovebugs | 14 | - | - |
| lovefest | 14 | - | - |
| lovelies | 11 | - | - |
| lovelily | 14 | - | - |
| lovelock | 17 | - | - |
| lovesome | 13 | having or displaying warmth or affection | - |
| lovevine | 14 | - | - |
| lowballs | 13 | - | - |
| lowbrows | 16 | - | - |
| lowdowns | 15 | - | - |
| lowerier | 11 | - | - |
| lowlifer | 14 | - | - |
| lowlifes | 14 | - | - |
| lowlight | 15 | - | - |
| lowlives | 14 | - | - |
| lownding | 13 | - | - |
| lowrider | 12 | - | - |
| lowvelds | 15 | - | - |
| loxygens | 19 | - | - |
| loyalest | 11 | - | - |
| loyalism | 13 | - | - |
| loyaller | 11 | - | - |
| lozenged | 19 | - | - |
| lozenges | 18 | - | - |
| lubbards | 13 | - | - |
| lubberly | 15 | inexperienced in seamanship | of all landlubbers the most lubberly |
| lubrical | 12 | - | - |
| lucarnes | 10 | - | - |
| lucences | 12 | - | - |
| lucently | 13 | - | - |
| lucernes | 10 | - | - |
| lucidest | 11 | - | - |
| lucifers | 13 | - | - |
| lucigens | 11 | - | - |
| luculent | 10 | (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable | a luculent oration |
| luderick | 15 | - | - |
| ludships | 14 | - | - |
| lugeings | 10 | - | - |
| luggable | 12 | - | - |
| luggages | 11 | - | - |
| lugholes | 12 | - | - |
| lugsails | 9 | - | - |
| lugworms | 14 | - | - |
| lulibubs | 12 | - | - |
| lumbagos | 13 | - | - |
| lumbangs | 13 | - | - |
| lumbered | 13 | - | - |
| lumberer | 12 | - | - |
| lumberly | 15 | - | - |
| lumbrici | 14 | - | - |
| luminant | 10 | - | - |
| lumining | 11 | - | - |
| luminism | 12 | an artistic movement in the United States that was derived from the Hudson River school; active from 1850 to 1870; painted realistic landscapes in a style that pictured atmospheric light and the use of aerial perspective | - |
| luminist | 10 | - | - |
| lummiest | 12 | - | - |
| lummoxes | 19 | - | - |
| lumpenly | 15 | - | - |
| lumpfish | 18 | clumsy soft thick-bodied northern Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker; edible roe used for caviar | - |
| lumpiest | 12 | - | - |
| lumpkins | 16 | - | - |
| lunacies | 10 | - | - |
| lunanaut | 8 | - | - |
| lunarian | 8 | - | - |
| lunaries | 8 | - | - |
| lunarist | 8 | - | - |
| lunately | 11 | - | - |
| lunatics | 10 | - | - |
| lunation | 8 | the period between successive new moons (29.531 days) | - |
| lunchbox | 22 | - | - |
| lunchers | 13 | - | - |
| lykewalk | 22 | - | - |
| lycopods | 16 | - | - |
| lycopsid | 16 | - | - |
| lyddites | 13 | - | - |
| lykewake | 22 | - | - |
| lymphads | 19 | - | - |
| lymphous | 18 | - | - |
