Words in english starting with L

• Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides — Noun – English ～ a butcherbird of western North America; grey with white underparts
• Ludwig Boltzmann — Noun – English ～ Austrian physicist who contributed to the kinetic theory of gases (1844-1906)
• lues — Noun – English ～ a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
• Lufengpithecus — Noun – English ～ a genus of Hominidae
• luff — Noun – English ～ (nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast
• luff — Noun – English ～ the act of sailing close to the wind
• luff — Verb – English ～ sail close to the wind
• luff — Verb – English ～ flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides; "the sails luffed"
• Luffa cylindrica — Noun – English ～ the loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit
• Luffa acutangula — Noun – English ～ loofah of Pakistan; widely cultivated throughout tropics
• luffa — Noun – English ～ any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits; grown commercially for the mature fruit's dried fibrous interior that is used as a sponge
• luffa — Noun – English ～ the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer
• lufkin — Noun – English ～ a town in eastern Texas
• luftwaffe — Noun – English ～ the German airforce
• lug — Noun – English ～ marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait
• lug — Noun – English ～ a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast
• lug — Noun – English ～ ancient Celtic god
• lug — Noun – English ～ a projecting piece that is used to lift or support or turn something
• lug — Verb – English ～ carry with difficulty; "You'll have to lug this suitcase"
• lug — Verb – English ～ obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked"

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