5-Letter Nouns Starting With L

1. a golf course that is built on sandy ground near a shore

1. public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops

2. anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body

1. a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

2. a relative position or degree of value in a graded group

1. a garment size for a large person

1. (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation

2. any device serving as a source of illumination

1. something that is of no importance

1. the lower of two berths

1. the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty

2. permission to do something

1. a characteristic state or mode of living

2. the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

1. a brief description given for purposes of identification

2. trade name of a company that produces musical recordings

1. the greatest possible degree of something

2. final or latest limiting point

1. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

2. productive work (especially physical work done for wages)

1. an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light

1. single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance

2. a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another

1. the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference

2. reasoned and reasonable judgment

1. a formal association of people with similar interests

2. small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener

1. a midday meal

1. property that is leased or rented out or let

2. a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment

1. large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes

2. liver of an animal used as meat

1. a milky exudate from certain plants that coagulates on exposure to air

2. a water-base paint that has a latex binder

1. the sound of laughing

2. a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing

1. native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers

2. white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians

1. a person who loves someone or is loved by someone

2. an ardent follower and admirer

1. a large number or amount

1. yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh

2. a strong yellow color

1. the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

1. the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number

2. a short poem of songlike quality

1. a large entrance or reception room or area

2. the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest

1. the basic unit of money in Sierra Leone; equal to 100 cents

1. a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

2. an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

1. a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant

2. a high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish

1. a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition

2. the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae

1. (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter

2. a protective covering that protects an inside surface

1. a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum

2. a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum

1. a Buddhist who has attained nirvana

1. a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards

1. the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)

2. the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome

1. a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)

1. an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates)

1. a contestant who loses the contest

2. a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently

1. a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)

1. (music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner

1. a thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle; is conveyed to the blood stream by lymphatic vessels

1. spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key

2. catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove

1. any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers

1. a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)

1. any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease

1. the process of leaching

1. a mistake resulting from inattention

2. a break or intermission in the occurrence of something

1. restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal

2. the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

1. a linear unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of buttons

1. qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward

2. anything that serves as an enticement

1. a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water

1. lap at the front of a coat; continuation of the coat collar

1. machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool

1. a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

1. all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function

1. a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons

2. a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September

1. wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump

1. a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right

2. a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand

1. a landowner

1. a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person

2. the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief he seeks

1. the state of being disregarded or forgotten

2. an imaginary place for lost or neglected things

1. a veranda or roofed patio often furnished and used as a living room

1. strong espresso coffee with a topping of frothed steamed milk

1. a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)

2. a pier that provides a landing place on a river

1. a liplike structure that bounds a bodily orifice (especially any of the four labiate folds of a woman's vulva)

1. a popular brand of jeans

1. a unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions

2. a cavity or passage in a tubular organ

1. carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end

2. a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

1. an energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s (probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh)

1. a fabric woven with lisle thread

2. a strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton)

1. a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord

2. a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service

1. a long noosed rope used to catch animals

1. a large low horse-drawn wagon without sides

2. a large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides

1. any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers

1. a record in which commercial accounts are recorded

1. the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose

1. the basic unit of money in Lithuania

1. a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images

1. a measuring system that detects and locates objects on the same principle as radar but uses light from a laser; a potential technology for detecting air turbulence that can affect aircraft

1. a long narrow (nearly landlocked) cove in Ireland

2. Irish word for a lake

1. recuperation in which the symptoms of an acute disease gradually subside

2. (biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria

1. a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another

1. in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy

1. ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path

1. a person afflicted with leprosy

1. someone deranged and possibly dangerous

1. an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America)

1. the lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs

2. the region of the hips and groin and lower abdomen

1. large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails

1. someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession

1. wood of a larch tree

2. any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves

1. a person who avoids the company or assistance of others

1. informal terms for money

2. ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick

1. fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey

1. edible red seaweeds

2. seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds

1. someone who races the luge

1. an unsteady uneven gait

2. a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)

1. a person afflicted with leprosy

2. a pariah who is avoided by others

1. the act of moving forward suddenly

2. (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward

1. a woody climbing usually tropical plant

1. wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals

2. a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

1. small magnifying glass (usually set in an eyepiece) used by jewelers and horologists

1. slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes

1. the fur of a rabbit

2. castrated male rabbit

1. a fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind

1. a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment

1. a man of English descent

1. offspring of a male lion and a female tiger

1. goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered