4-letter words starting with l
- lerp — (uncountable) A sweet secretion, produced by the larvae of the family Psyllidae, that forms scales on eucalyptus leaves.
- lese — (obsolete) To lose.
- lesk — (dialectal) The loin, flank.
- less — not at all (used before a verb): He little knows what awaits him.
- lest — With the intention of preventing (something undesirable); to avoid the risk of.
- leta — a female given name, form of Latona.
- leto — the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- lets — Archaic. to hinder, prevent, or obstruct.
- lett — a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- leud — a vassal or tenant in the early Middle Ages.
- leva — a coin and monetary unit of Bulgaria, equal to 100 stotinki. Abbreviation: L., LV.
- levi — Carlo [kahr-law] /ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1902–75, Italian painter and writer.
- levo — levorotatory.
- levs — Plural form of lev.
- levy — an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
- lewd — inclined to, characterized by, or inciting to lust or lechery; lascivious.
- leys — a pewter containing about 80 percent tin and 20 percent lead.
- lfib — Label Forwarding Information Base
- lgbt — pertaining to gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgenders collectively.
- lgdf — Large-Grain DataFlow.
- lgen — A logic language for VLSI implementation by S.C. Johnson of Bell Labs.
- lgth — length
- lheb — Late Hebrew
- liao — a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- liar — MIT Scheme
- lias — Leah (def 1).
- libs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lib.
- lice — plural of louse.
- lich — the body; the trunk.
- lick — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
- lido — a fashionable beach resort.
- lids — Plural form of lid.
- lied — simple past tense and past participle of lie1 .
- lief — gladly; willingly: I would as lief go south as not.
- liek — (internet slang, nonstandard) deliberate misspelling of like.
- lien — the spleen.
- lier — a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lies — Plural form of lie.
- lieu — place; stead.
- life — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- lifo — stack
- lift — to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
- lige — (obsolete) To lie; to tell lies.
- like — in like manner with; similarly to; in the manner characteristic of: He works like a beaver.
- lila — a female given name, form of Leila.
- lili — a female given name.
- lill — (obsolete, dialect) To loll.
- lilo — An inflatable air mattress.
- lilt — rhythmic swing or cadence.
- lily — any scaly-bulbed plant of the genus Lilium, having showy, funnel-shaped or bell-shaped flowers. Compare lily family.