6-Letter Words Starting With L
Here's the list of all the 899 6-Letter Words Starting With L in the English Language.
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little | 1. a small amount or duration 2. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent More Definitions → |
latest | 1. the most recent news or development 2. up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date More Definitions → |
listed | 1. on a list More Definitions → |
living | 1. the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities 2. people who are still living More Definitions → |
length | 1. the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place 2. continuance in time More Definitions → |
letter | 1. a written message addressed to a person or organization 2. the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech More Definitions → |
larger | 1. large or big relative to something else More Definitions → |
likely | 1. has a good chance of being the case or of coming about 2. expected to become or be; in prospect More Definitions → |
longer | 1. a person with a strong desire for something 2. for more time More Definitions → |
listen | 1. hear with intention 2. listen and pay attention More Definitions → |
lowest | 1. lowest in rank or importance 2. in the lowest position; nearest the ground More Definitions → |
league | 1. an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members 2. an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action More Definitions → |
leader | 1. a person who rules or guides or inspires others 2. a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers More Definitions → |
logged | 1. enter into a log, as on ships and planes 2. cut lumber, as in woods and forests More Definitions → |
laptop | 1. a portable computer small enough to use in your lap More Definitions → |
lawyer | 1. a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice More Definitions → |
luxury | 1. something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity 2. the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive More Definitions → |
launch | 1. a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck 2. the act of propelling with force More Definitions → |
linear | 1. designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree 2. of or in or along or relating to a line; involving or having a single dimension More Definitions → |
linked | 1. connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks More Definitions → |
leaves | 1. the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty 2. permission to do something More Definitions → |
labour | 1. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages 2. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child More Definitions → |
liquid | 1. a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure 2. the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility More Definitions → |
lesson | 1. a unit of instruction 2. punishment intended as a warning to others More Definitions → |
legend | 1. a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events 2. brief description accompanying an illustration More Definitions → |
lounge | 1. sit or recline comfortably 2. be about a place without any apparent purpose More Definitions → |
layout | 1. a plan or design of something that is laid out 2. the act of laying out (as by making plans for something) More Definitions → |
losses | 1. something lost (especially money lost at gambling) More Definitions → |
latter | 1. the second of two or the second mentioned of two 2. referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several) More Definitions → |
lovely | 1. a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model 2. appealing to the emotions as well as the eye More Definitions → |
loaded | 1. (of weapons) charged with ammunition 2. filled with a great quantity More Definitions → |
locate | 1. discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining 2. determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey More Definitions → |
legacy | 1. (law) a gift of personal property by will More Definitions → |
liable | 1. at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant 2. subject to legal action More Definitions → |
lookup | 1. an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property More Definitions → |
loving | 1. feeling or showing love and affection More Definitions → |
lambda | 1. the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet 2. the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lamboid sutures of the skull More Definitions → |
lonely | 1. lacking companions or companionship 2. marked by dejection from being alone More Definitions → |
locale | 1. the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting) More Definitions → |
lender | 1. someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters More Definitions → |
lesser | 1. of less size or importance 2. smaller in size or amount or value More Definitions → |
lately | 1. in the recent past More Definitions → |
ladder | 1. steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down 2. ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress More Definitions → |
lining | 1. a protective covering that protects an inside surface 2. a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment More Definitions → |
liquor | 1. an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented 2. a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process More Definitions → |
laurel | 1. any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family 2. (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory More Definitions → |
lotion | 1. any of various cosmetic preparations that are applied to the skin 2. liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin More Definitions → |
laying | 1. the production of eggs (especially in birds) More Definitions → |
locker | 1. a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock 2. a fastener that locks or closes More Definitions → |
lumber | 1. move heavily or clumsily 2. cut lumber, as in woods and forests More Definitions → |
lifted | 1. held up in the air More Definitions → |
landed | 1. owning or consisting of land or real estate More Definitions → |
litter | 1. strew 2. make a place messy by strewing garbage around More Definitions → |
lively | 1. full of life and energy 2. full of zest or vigor More Definitions → |
laguna | 1. a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral More Definitions → |
lister | 1. assessor who makes out the tax lists 2. moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow More Definitions → |
lethal | 1. of an instrument of certain death More Definitions → |
lineup | 1. (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat 2. a line of persons arranged by police for inspection or identification More Definitions → |
leased | 1. hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers More Definitions → |
legion | 1. archaic terms for army 2. association of ex-servicemen More Definitions → |
ledger | 1. a record in which commercial accounts are recorded 2. an accounting journal as a physical object More Definitions → |
loader | 1. a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port 2. an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game More Definitions → |
lagoon | 1. a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral More Definitions → |
lawful | 1. according to custom or rule or natural law 2. having a legally established claim More Definitions → |
lizard | 1. relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail 2. a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him More Definitions → |
learnt | 1. gain knowledge or skills 2. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally More Definitions → |
lastly | 1. the item at the end More Definitions → |
latent | 1. potentially existing but not presently evident or realized 2. (pathology) not presently active More Definitions → |
linden | 1. soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork 2. any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber More Definitions → |
logger | 1. a person who fells trees More Definitions → |
lucent | 1. softly bright or radiant More Definitions → |
liking | 1. a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment More Definitions → |
larvae | 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 More Definitions → |
ligand | 1. a substance (an atom or molecule or radical or ion) that forms a complex around a central atom More Definitions → |
looney | 1. someone deranged and possibly dangerous More Definitions → |
loudly | 1. with relatively high volume 2. in manner that attracts attention More Definitions → |
lauder | 1. someone who communicates high praise More Definitions → |
legged | 1. having legs of a specified kind or number More Definitions → |
lesion | 1. any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part 2. an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) More Definitions → |
lessee | 1. a tenant who holds a lease More Definitions → |
licked | 1. having been got the better of More Definitions → |
locust | 1. migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae 2. hardwood from any of various locust trees More Definitions → |
lumbar | 1. of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones More Definitions → |
levied | 1. impose and collect 2. cause to assemble or enlist in the military More Definitions → |
lancet | 1. an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance 2. a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions More Definitions → |
lander | 1. a space vehicle that is designed to land on the moon or another planet More Definitions → |
lancer | 1. (formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance More Definitions → |
lessen | 1. decrease in size, extent, or range 2. make become smaller More Definitions → |
landau | 1. a four-wheel covered carriage with a roof divided into two parts (front and back) that can be let down separately More Definitions → |
lessor | 1. someone who grants a lease More Definitions → |
lavish | 1. expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns 2. very generous More Definitions → |
louvre | 1. one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain More Definitions → |
lament | 1. a cry of sorrow and grief 2. a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person More Definitions → |
libido | 1. (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire More Definitions → |
lingua | 1. a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity More Definitions → |
loosen | 1. make loose or looser 2. make less severe or strict More Definitions → |
larval | 1. relating to or typical of a larva 2. immature of its kind; especially being or characteristic of immature insects in the newly hatched wormlike feeding stage More Definitions → |
lysine | 1. an essential amino acid found in proteins; occurs especially in gelatin and casein More Definitions → |
lurker | 1. someone waiting in concealment More Definitions → |
luster | 1. a quality that outshines the usual 2. the visual property of something that shines with reflected light More Definitions → |
layoff | 1. the act of laying off an employee or a work force More Definitions → |
linger | 1. remain present although waning or gradually dying 2. be about a place without any apparent purpose More Definitions → |
lustre | 1. a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain 2. a quality that outshines the usual More Definitions → |
livery | 1. uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs 2. the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another More Definitions → |
layman | 1. someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person More Definitions → |
lemony | 1. tasting sour like a lemon More Definitions → |
lagged | 1. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. 2. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail More Definitions → |
lactic | 1. of or relating to or obtained from milk (especially sour milk or whey) More Definitions → |
locket | 1. a small ornamental case; usually contains a picture or a lock of hair and is worn on a necklace More Definitions → |
lifter | 1. an athlete who lifts barbells 2. a thief who steals goods that are in a store More Definitions → |
leaded | 1. treated or mixed with lead 2. (of panes of glass) fixed in place by means of thin strips of lead More Definitions → |
lodger | 1. a tenant in someone's house More Definitions → |
lichen | 1. any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks 2. any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc. More Definitions → |
lapsed | 1. no longer active or practicing More Definitions → |
lumina | 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 More Definitions → |
lading | 1. goods carried by a large vehicle More Definitions → |
lieder | 1. a German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano More Definitions → |
lackey | 1. a male servant (especially a footman) 2. a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage More Definitions → |
legato | 1. (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected 2. connecting the notes; in music More Definitions → |
liaise | 1. act between parties with a view to reconciling differences More Definitions → |
lacing | 1. a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage 2. a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment) More Definitions → |
leaved | 1. having leaves or leaves as specified; often used in combination More Definitions → |
loaves | 1. a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating 2. a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape More Definitions → |
larynx | 1. a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech More Definitions → |
lipase | 1. an enzyme secreted in the digestive tract that catalyzes the breakdown of fats into individual fatty acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream More Definitions → |
looted | 1. wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value More Definitions → |
lentil | 1. round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food 2. the fruit or seed of a lentil plant More Definitions → |
lariat | 1. a long noosed rope used to catch animals More Definitions → |
lepton | 1. 100 lepta equal 1 drachma in Greece 2. an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions; has a baryon number of 0 More Definitions → |
lunacy | 1. obsolete terms for legal insanity 2. foolish or senseless behavior More Definitions → |
loathe | 1. find repugnant More Definitions → |
litany | 1. any long and tedious address or recital More Definitions → |
larder | 1. a supply of food especially for a household 2. a small storeroom for storing foods or wines More Definitions → |
lockup | 1. jail in a local police station 2. the act of locking something up to protect it More Definitions → |
loafer | 1. person who does no work More Definitions → |
looper | 1. small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae More Definitions → |
litmus | 1. a coloring material (obtained from lichens) that turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutions; used as a very rough acid-base indicator More Definitions → |
levant | 1. run off without paying a debt More Definitions → |
leeway | 1. (of a ship or plane) sideways drift 2. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits More Definitions → |
legume | 1. an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae 2. the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case More Definitions → |
lamina | 1. a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral) More Definitions → |
lacuna | 1. a blank gap or missing part More Definitions → |
lutein | 1. yellow carotenoid pigments in plants and animal fats and egg yolks More Definitions → |
lectin | 1. any of several plant glycoproteins that act like specific antibodies but are not antibodies in that they are not evoked by an antigenic stimulus More Definitions → |
lazily | 1. in a slow and lazy manner 2. in an idle manner More Definitions → |
lignin | 1. a complex polymer; the chief constituent of wood other than carbohydrates; binds to cellulose fibers to harden and strengthen cell walls of plants More Definitions → |
lassie | 1. a girl or young woman who is unmarried More Definitions → |
lupine | 1. of or relating to or characteristic of wolves 2. any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers More Definitions → |
leaner | 1. (horseshoes) the throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake More Definitions → |
lather | 1. the froth produced by soaps or detergents 2. agitation resulting from active worry More Definitions → |
lazuli | 1. an azure blue semiprecious stone More Definitions → |
lipped | 1. having a lip or lips More Definitions → |
lyceum | 1. a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12 2. a public hall for lectures and concerts More Definitions → |
lector | 1. someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church 2. a public lecturer at certain universities More Definitions → |
lavage | 1. washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water More Definitions → |
lapped | 1. lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another 2. pass the tongue over More Definitions → |
leaver | 1. someone who leaves More Definitions → |
lineal | 1. arranged in a line 2. in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child More Definitions → |
lenten | 1. of or relating to or suitable for Lent More Definitions → |
looker | 1. a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind) 2. a very attractive or seductive looking woman More Definitions → |
limbic | 1. of or relating to or forming a limbus More Definitions → |
lidded | 1. having a lid 2. having or covered with a lid or lids; often used in combination More Definitions → |
levity | 1. feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness 2. a manner lacking seriousness More Definitions → |
loggia | 1. a roofed arcade or gallery with open sides stretching along the front or side of a building; often at an upper level More Definitions → |
labile | 1. (chemistry, physics, biology) readily undergoing change or breakdown 2. liable to change More Definitions → |
laxity | 1. the condition of being physiologically lax 2. the quality of being lax and neglectful More Definitions → |
leaven | 1. cause to puff up with a leaven 2. a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid More Definitions → |
lawman | 1. an officer of the law More Definitions → |
limber | 1. attach the limber 2. cause to become limber More Definitions → |
loaner | 1. someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters 2. a car that is lent as a replacement for one that is under repair More Definitions → |
linkup | 1. a fastener that serves to join or connect More Definitions → |
labial | 1. of or relating to the lips of the mouth 2. relating to or near the female labium More Definitions → |
luteal | 1. of or relating to the corpus luteum More Definitions → |
logjam | 1. any stoppage attributable to unusual activity 2. an immovable mass of logs blocking a river More Definitions → |
leaden | 1. made of lead 2. darkened with overcast More Definitions → |
lasher | 1. a driver who urges the animals on with lashes of a whip More Definitions → |
louver | 1. one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain More Definitions → |
lychee | 1. Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried More Definitions → |
linnet | 1. small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico 2. small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead More Definitions → |
laddie | 1. a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) More Definitions → |
leafed | 1. having leaves or leaves as specified; often used in combination More Definitions → |