Elementary Vocabulary
36,007 words and 29 expressions at the elementary level.
The twelfth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.
Initialism of labour and delivery: childbirth; a department for childbirth (in a hospital); the suite of rooms for that department.
Initialism of living and well.
Abbreviation of licensee.
plural of l
A visa granted to overseas employees of United States companies.
plural of L-1
Euphemistic form of Lord.
Latin
Alternative form of LA.
Alternative form of LB.
in the place cited
Abbreviation of Lord Justice.
Initialism of location number.
Initialism of Latinlocus sigilli (“place of the seal”).
Initialism of letter of credit.
Abbreviation of Liberal / National parties (coalition).
Abbreviation of letterpress.
Initialism of long sleeve.
A mother tongue; someone's native language; own language.
Abbreviation of localization.
plural of L1
A second language (a language being learned, as opposed to a mother tongue).
plural of L2
layer two tunnelling protocol
Abbreviation of Lagrange point 3, located 180 degrees away from the smaller object and slightly outside the smaller object's orbit around the larger object.
Initialism of low-profit limited liability company.
plural of L3C
Abbreviation of Lagrange point 4, located 60 degrees ahead of the smaller object along its orbit around the larger object.
Abbreviation of Lagrange point 5, located 60 degrees behind the smaller object along its orbit around the larger object.
plural of L7
Alternative form of l8r.
Initialism of left atrium.
Used in African-American female given names.
Abbreviation of Louisiana: a state of the United States.
Initialism of Legal Aid Agency.
Alternative form of larb (meat salad)
A barangay of Laak, Davao de Oro, Philippines.
A municipality of Davao de Oro, Philippines.
An unclassified language spoken in Chad.
The letter ل in the Arabic script.
wholesaler, especially of fresh food
Initialism of L-amino-acid oxidase.
Initialism of Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems.
Abbreviation of Labour.
Abbreviation of laboratory.
Initialism of long-acting beta-adrenoceptor agonist, a drug class used in the treatment of respiratory diseases.
A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
A barangay of Santa Cruz, Marinduque, Philippines.
Alternative spelling of labour.
A room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis.
plural of lab
A region of Guinea.
A resinous substance or lacquer produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect.
Abbreviation of London Area Control Centre.
To fasten (something) with laces.
A surname.
A surname from Old French, variant of Lacey
A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.
plural of lac
Abbreviation of leading aircraftwoman.
Made of lace or decorated with it.
Abbreviation of left anterior descending artery.
A female given name from Czech.
A surname.
To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
Acronym of local authority designated officer.
plural of lad
Of or related to the appearance or behaviour of a well-mannered woman.
Initialism of Lyman-alpha emitter.
A locality in the Shire of Northern Grampians and the Shire of Yarriambiack, central western Victoria, Australia.
plural of LAE
A diminutive of the male given name Lafayette.
Alternative spelling of laugh.
Water; any weak alcoholic beverage.
Waterlogged, marshy area around the perimeter of a (raised) bog, where water collects.
More, even more.
A surname.
plural of lag
Alternative spelling of la.
A surname from German.
A surname.
plural of lah
A member of an ethnic group that lives mainly in the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand.
A mostly North European medieval form of lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance, with stanzas that do not repeat.
A layperson as opposed to a cleric, i.e. not a member of the clergy.
Marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.
Alternative form of lake (“to play”).
A surname.
To conceal, keep quiet about.
plural of lai
To seek; search for; inquire.
Acronym of live attenuated influenza vaccine.
Pronunciation spelling of like, representing African-American Vernacular English.
Adjacent to a lake. Usually used to describe real estate.
One hundred thousand (10⁵): 100,000, that is, with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,000.
A mountain, a shield volcano in Iceland.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a lake.
A surname.
Abbreviation of FrenchLalande, abbreviated prefix for stars under Lalande designations.
Alternative form of ilala.
To speak with lallation.
baobab leaf powder, used to make soups in Western Africa.
Initialism of lookahead LR.
plural of Lal
The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet, ل (l). It is preceded by ك (k) and followed by م (m).
Abbreviation of Lamentations.
A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
A surname.
Alternative form of lameo.
The light emitted by a lamp.
A cover over a lamp to either diffuse the light or to block it in certain directions to avoid glare in the eyes.
plural of lam
An island and the historic town located on it in Kenya.
A surname.
A fabric made from gold or silver threads and silk, wool or cotton.
Acronym of local area network.
Abbreviation of Lancashire.
The tree Genipa americana.
lant; urine
To dispose of (garbage) by burying it at a landfill site.
An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.
A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.
Abbreviation of language
A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.
A female given name from Hawaiian.
plural of LAN
Aged urine, historically used by the Anglo-Saxons and others as fertilizer for high nitrogen content.
A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings.
A platter or dish for serving food in Ancient Rome.
A Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia.
A cathedral city, the capital of Aisne department, Hauts-de-France, France.
A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Capital: Vientiane.
An open structure in South Africa, typically a thatched roof supported by wooden poles.
Initialism of Los Angeles Police Department.
A surname.
An indigenous person from Lapland. One of the Sami people.
plural of lap
simple past and past participle of lap
singular of lares: a household god, particularly overseeing the family itself.
A suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia
A Laotian or Thai spicy salad with ground, chopped, or minced meat and vegetables.
Acronym of Long-acting reversible contraception.
Lore; learning.
Pronunciation spelling of laugh.
Obsolete spelling of large.
Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
Liberality; generosity.
The national currency of Georgia, divided into 100 tetri.
To learn.
Acronym of live-action roleplaying.
A male given name from Latin occasionally given to Anglophones.
An early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish.
A surname.
plural of la
Synonym of Lhasa (capital city of Tibet): the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
To use a laser beam on, as for cutting.
A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.
An Indo-Aryan language spoken in Balochistan, often considered a Sindhi dialect.
To have loose bowels; to suffer from diarrhoea.
A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses.
Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.
Persisting for an extended period of time.
Initialism of Los Angeles Times.
Abbreviation of Latin (language).
Alternative form of latah.
To close or lock as if with a latch.
Near the end of a period of time.
The state of being late.
The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
Initialism of local anesthetic transperineal: a kind of biopsy.
plural of lat: staves; pillars.
A surname from Tongan.
A surname from German.
To place upon; to put down onto.
A surname.
A barangay of Mexico, Pampanga, Philippines.
One who laughs.
Alternative spelling of laughing stock.
The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound.
Alternative form of lawks.
To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
A man who is in the business of laundering.
to jump
A municipality of Nueva Ecija, Philippines.
A surname.
Acronym of light armoured vehicle (a type of military armoured car).
One of the twin children of the Lord Rāma and his wife Sita in the Ramayana.
To bathe or wash (someone or something).
plural of lav
Lavish; liberal.
A tumulus of stones.
An ethnic group of Laos and northern Thailand.
Alternative form of Lord.
To cut off the claws and balls of (e.g. a dog's forefeet, to hinder it from hunting).
Alternative form of lawks.
Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.
A device used for cutting grass to a chosen height, typically of landscaped lawns of residences or institutions.
third-person singular simple present indicative of law
A male given name.
A town and municipality in Örebro County, Sweden.
A lake.
tempo in Indian music.
Obsolete spelling of laid.
Obsolete spelling of lay.
A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
A structure made up of layers.
Alternative spelling of leyn.
plural of lay
A Kartvelian language of Turkey and Caucasian Georgia, related to Georgian, Mingrelian, and Svan.
The Laz ethnic group.
The quality of being lazy
Archaic form of lasso.
Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
Abbreviation of pound (“unit of weight”).
Alternative form of lb: Abbreviation of pound (“unit of weight”).
Initialism of logical block addressing.
Initialism of light brown apple moth.
plural of LBA
Initialism of left bundle branch block.
Initialism of letter before claim.
plural of LBC
plural of LBD
Abbreviation of pound-force (“unit of force”).
Initialism of little brown fucking machine.
plural of LBH
Initialism of little brown job.
plural of LBJ
Linear Pottery culture; often used attributively.
Initialism of laminated bamboo lumber, a type of engineered dimensional lumber board, composed of laminated bamboo.
plural of LBL
Initialism of little brown mushroom: any of a large number of small, dull-coloured agaric species that are difficult to tell apart.
Initialism of London bullion market Association.
plural of LBM
Initialism of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Initialism of leveraged buyout.
plural of LBO
Initialism of lower back pain.
Abbreviation of light brown (hair color).
plural of lb; pounds
plural of lb.
Lesbian, bisexual, and/or transgender.
Initialism of luminous blue variable.
plural of LBV
Initialism of low birth weight.
Initialism of laser beat wave accelerator.
plural of LBW
Initialism of letter of credit.
Initialism of logic cell array.
Initialism of landing craft, air cushion.
Initialism of linear combination of atomic orbitals.
plural of LCA
Initialism of lactophenol cotton blue.
Initialism of Liquor Control Board of Ontario.
plural of LCB
Initialism of Library of Congress Classification.
Initialism of Library of Congress Control Number.
plural of LCC
Initialism of liquid crystal display.
Short for lambda cold dark matter (model)
Initialism of London, Chatham and Dover Railway.
plural of LCD
Initialism of Load-Carrying Equipment.
Initialism of long-chain fatty acid.
Initialism of Leicester City Football Club.
Initialism of low-carbon fuel standard.
Initialism of linear congruential generator.
plural of LCG
Initialism of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Initialism of low carb high fat.
Initialism of Lanao Chung Hua School.
Initialism of landing craft, infantry.
plural of LCI
Initialism of Lord Chief Justice.
plural of LCJ
The station code of Lai Chi Kok in Hong Kong.
Initialism of lateral collateral ligament.
Abbreviation of large-cell lung carcinoma.
plural of LCL
Initialism of least common multiple.
Initialism of Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.
Initialism of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus.
Initialism of levelized cost of energy / levellized cost of energy.
Initialism of low cost of living.
Initialism of licensed clinical professional counselor.
Initialism of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease.
Abbreviation of lance corporal.
Initialism of League Championship Series for each of the two leagues of Major League Baseball.
plural of LCS
Initialism of licensed clinical social worker.
A gene responsible for encoding lactase; mutations in this gene are responsible for adults' ability to digest lactose.
Initialism of less commonly taught language.
plural of LCT
Initialism of landing craft, utility
Initialism of light construction vessel
Abbreviation of left circumflex artery.
Initialism of liquor control zone.
plural of LCZ
Abbreviation of Lakshadweep: a union territory of India.
Abbreviation of Lord (as a person's title).
The amount of a substance required to kill half of a given population; a measure of toxicity.
Initialism of localizer type directional aid.
Initialism of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol.
Initialism of leak detection and repair.
plural of LDA
Initialism of least developed country.
Initialism of Landsat Data Continuity Mission, an enterprise for acquisition of satellite imagery of Earth, directed by NASA.
plural of LDC
Abbreviation of Londonderry.
Initialism of Longman Dictionary of the English Language.
Initialism of laser-directed energy weapon.
Initialism of low-density fibreboard.
plural of LDF
Abbreviation of lodge.
Initialism of lactate dehydrogenase.
Initialism of low dosage hydrate inhibitor.
Initialism of liability-driven investment.
LDAP data interchange format.
plural of LDI
Initialism of low-density lipoprotein.
plural of LDL
Initialism of Locale Data Markup Language, an XML format for the exchange of structured locale data.
Abbreviation of London.
Initialism of low drop out.
Abbreviation of last day of classes.
Initialism of limited driving privilege.
Initialism of low-density polyethylene.
plural of LDP
Initialism of light-dependent resistor.
plural of LDR
Initialism of Latter-day Saint.
Initialism of linkage disequilibrium score regression.
Initialism of Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (a reentry vehicle designed to test techniques for atmospheric entry on Mars).
plural of LDS
Initialism of local delivery unit (postal system code).
plural of LDU
Initialism of loss disguised as a win (as presented by gambling machines etc.)
plural of LDW
Next to, near (still used in some place names).
An open field, meadow, pasture.
To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
simple past and past participle of lead (to add lead to)
Any person who leads or directs.
The capacity of someone to lead others.
Covered with leaves.
Archaic spelling of league.
To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.
The elder daughter of Laban, sister to Rachel, and first wife of Jacob.
Leaky.
Somebody who leaks information.
Having leaks; not fully sealed.
Loyal, honest.
To gleam; shine; glow.
To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
To jump.
A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until they reach the front of the line, whereupon they also bend over. The process is then repeated.
Something learned; a lesson.
That can be learned.
One who is learning; one receiving instruction.
plural of lea
A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.
An artificial watercourse, canal, or aqueduct, but especially a millrace.
Made of leather.
The larva of certain crane flies.
To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
One who leaves.
Initialism of life expectancy at birth.
Abbreviation of Lebanon.
A Lebanese person, usually a Lebanese Australian.
plural of Leb
A coastal city and commune in Arauco province, Biobío region, Chile.
Abbreviation of local exchange carrier.
Acronym of lightweight expanded clay aggregate
The capstone of a cromlech.
A village and civil parish (served by Ireby with Leck Parish Council) in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6476).
plural of LEC
A specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect.
A person who gives lectures, especially as a profession.
Initialism of light-emitting diode.
The wife of Tyndareus and mother of Helen, Clytemnestra and Castor and Pollux hatched from eggs as a result of a seduction by Zeus in the guise of a swan
Initialism of less economically developed country.
A man; a person.
A surname.
plural of LED
A district of Haidong, Qinghai, China.
A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
Language; tongue.
Obsolete form of lief.
Alternative form of leam.
A surname.
Obsolete form of leap.
To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.
The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.
A portion or list, especially a list of candidates for an office; also the candidates themselves.
A surname.
Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←
Remaining; left behind; extra; odd; in reserve.
plural of leftover
Abbreviation of legislation.
A member of a polytheistic ethnic group of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
To allege; to assert.
To tell or narrate; to recount.
A surname transferred from the nickname.
Having legs of a certain specified type or number.
Alternative letter-case form of Lego.
Space to stretch the legs while seated.
plural of leg
A city, the co-capital of Ladakh, India.
A place in Biblical Judah, mentioned in Judges 15:9.
A surname.
A long oven or kiln, often having a moving belt, used for annealing glass.
plural of Leh
A garland of flowers in Hawaii.
Abbreviation of Leicestershire.
A female given name originating as a coinage.
University of Leicester, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
Initialism of Law Enforcement Information Network.
plural of lei
Dated spelling of Laois.
A surname.
An aggregation of male animals for the purposes of courtship and display.
A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Лех (Lex).
plural of lek
plural of lek
plural of lek
Initialism of lower explosive limit.
A female given name from Georgian ლელა (lela).
A Bantu language of the Bushoong group.
Originally Lunar Excursion Module, latterly Lunar Module.
The secretion of the tarsal glands of the eye.
A ray or glimmer of light; a gleam.
A municipality of South Karelia, Finland.
A surname.
A surname from German.
Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).
gun
To lengthen.
To make longer, to extend the length of.
A type of traditional fishing boat, typically hand-built, used in the Persian Gulf.
A type of weave used to make light, open cotton fabric used for window curtains.
Synonym for cold fusion (nuclear fusion near room temperature).
Alternative letter-case form of Lent.
A surname
A male given name from Latin, borne by numerous saints and 14 popes.
Alternative form of lede (“person, people”).
A male given name from Latin or Ancient Greek.
Panthera pardus, a large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia, especially the male of the species (in contrast to leopardess).
plural of Leo
A surname.
A butterfly or moth.
A surname.
Initialism of Low Exercise Price Option.
A surname.
One of a race of elves that can reveal hidden treasure to those who catch them.
plural of lep
simple past and past participle of leap
Alternative form of Lir.
A surname.
Acronym of locally extended, residually finite.
Pronunciation spelling of learn.
A sweet secretion, produced by the larvae of the family Psyllidae, that forms scales on eucalyptus leaves.
Initialism of launch escape system.
To lose.
The loin; flank.
comparative degree of little
To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
To instruct to teach.
For fear that; that not; in order to prevent something from happening; in case.
Leto, in Greek mythology, the mother of Apollo and Artemis.
plural of let
Synonym of Latvian.
present participle and gerund of letter
The unit of currency of Romania, equal to one hundred bani.
A Frankish vassal or tenant in the Early Middle Ages.
A municipality and district in Valais canton, Switzerland.
plural of LEU
The currency of Bulgaria from 1880 to 2025; divided into 100 stotinki.
Alternative form of levo-; denoting a levorotatory form. (before a vowel)
Abbreviation of Leviticus.
plural of lev
The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.
The third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
Clipping of levorotatory.
plural of lev
To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
A diminutive of the male given name Lewis.
A surname from Polish.
Pronunciation spelling of look, representing Northern England English.
plural of lew
A surname.
To perform lexical analysis; to convert a character stream to a token stream as a preliminary to parsing.
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
A diminutive of the female given names Alexa, Alexandra, Alexia, or Alexis, from Ancient Greek.
Arable land used temporarily for hay or grazing.
to read from a Torah scroll