-II-
-l-, -ll-
lab, Lab
labor, labour !! German Labor 'laboratory, lab'
laborer !! German Laborant 'laboratory technician'
laboratory, lavatory
labour
lack !! German Lack 'varnish, paint, lacquer, nail polish'
lack
lacuna
lad, lass
lade
laden
LADINO
lady
lady-in-waiting
lag
laid-back
lama, llama
lament
lamentable
lampoon
land !! German 'Land county, state'
landward, landwards
LANGUAGE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE OF BASEBALL
LANGUAGE OF BASKETBALL
large, largely
largeness
large-scale, small-scale
larva
larynx
lass
last few, next few [mdm]
last three
last, latest
lastly
late
late
later on, later
latest
LATIN PLURALS
LATINATE VOCABULARY VERSUS ANGLO-SAXON WORDS
latter
laudable, laudatory
laugh
lavatory
lawman
lawyer, attorney, attorney-at-law, barrister, counsel, counselor, counselor-at-law, solicitor
lay / lie
lay hold of
lay of the land
lay, lie
lead
leader
leading edge
leading question
leaf
lean
leap
learn, teach
learned
leary
lease, rent, let
leastways, leastwise
leave / let
leave, let, leave (me) alone, let (me) alone
lectern
lecture
led
leery, leary
leeward
leeway
left bank (of a river)
legend
legend, myth, legendary, mythical
legible
legislative intent
legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize
leisure, leisurely
lemon !! German Limone 'lime'
lend, loan
length, lengthily, lengthy
lengthwise, lengthways
lengthy
lesbian
lèse-majesté, lese majesty
less, fewer
lessee, lessor
lesser
lessor
lest
let
let (me) alone
let alone
let, don’t let’s, let’s, let’s don’t, let’s not
let’s, let’s don’t, let’s not
levee, levy
level
LEVELS OF USAGE; USAGE LEVELS IN STANDARD AMERICAN ENGLISH
levy
LEXICON
liable
liable / apt / likely
liaise
liaison
liar, lyre
libel
liberal arts
LIBERAL USAGE
LIBERALS IN LANGUAGE MATTERS
libertarian, libertine
library
libretto
license, licence
licensed
licorice, liquorice
lie
lie of the land, lay of the land
life
lifestyle
LIGATURES
light
lighted, lit
lightening, lightning
light-year
likable, likeable
like
like
like + infinitive vs. participle [mdm]
like 1
like 2, as, as if, as though
like crazy
like for
like mad
like to, liked to
likeable
liked to
likelihood
likely
likely
liken
likes of, like of
limit, delimit, delimitate
lineament, liniment
lingerie
LINGUA FRANCA
LINGUIST, LINGUISTICS; PHILOLOGIST, PHILOLOGY
LINGUISTIC CHANGE
LINGUISTIC VARIATION
liniment
LINKED GENITIVES, LINKED POSSESSIVES
LINKING OR COPULATIVE VERBS
lion’s share
liqueur, liquor
liquorice
list !! German List 'cunning, trick'
listeners
lit
litany, liturgy
liter, litre
literal, figurative
literally, figuratively
LITERARY
literature
litmus test
LITOTES
liturgy
lived
lively
livid
living room, drawing room, lounge, parlor, sitting room
llama
loaf
loan
LOAN WORDS
loaner
loath, loth, loathe, nothing loath
local !! German Lokal'pub, bar, restaurant, meeting place'
locate
-log, -logue
lonely
loner, loaner
LONG S, ROUND S
long-lived
look
loom
loose, loosen, lose
loosely related sentences [loose] [mdm]
loss leader
lost
LOST POSITIVES
lot
loth
lots of, a lot of
loud, loudly
lounge
love
lovely
lover
LOWER HUDSON VALLEY REGIONAL DIALECT
luck out, luck into, push one’s luck
luggage
lugubrious, lugubriety, lugubriosity, lugubriousness
lunch, luncheon
lust, lustful, lusty, !! German Lust 'pleasure, joy, inclination'
luster, lustre
lusty
luxuriant, luxurious
-ly as adjective suffix [mdm]
-ly as adverb suffix [mdm]
-ly, -ally, -ily
lyre