Word origins

• let slideTo let go; to allow; to release; to pass over without action.
• letterlyBefitting or characterised by letters (posted messages).
• letters patentA type of legal document in the form of an open letter issued by an authority to direct that some action be taken; to grant a monopoly, right, status, or title to a person or organization; to record a contract.
• levefulAllowable; permissible; lawful.
• leveretA young hare less than one year old.
• lewthShelter.
• lichamThe human body, especially when living.
• lickerouslickerish; lecherous; eager; lustful.
• lickerousnessFondness for good fare; keen appetite or gluttonous desire.
• lickpotThe forefinger.
• liddenA noise or din.
• lidderonOne who is lazy, idle, or bad; rascal; scoundrel; a weakling.
• LiddesdaleThe valley of Liddel Water, a river in Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Roxburghshire.
• lieflywillingly; gladly
• liefsomeAgreeable; pleasing; delightful.
• liegemanA male vassal (subject of a sovereign or lord).
• lifedayA day of someone's life; chiefly in plural: a lifetime.
• lifelyOf, pertaining to, or endued with life; living; vital; essential.
• lifeyCharacteristic of life (all senses)
• ligeanceAn allegiance.
• light blueA pale blue colour: sky blue or similar.
• light-footedFast on one's feet, not plodding; nimble, agile.
• lightfulFull of light; bright.
• light-handedGentle; benign and with minimal intervention.
• lightlessLacking light; unilluminated; dark.
• lightlinessThe quality or condition of one who acts lightly; ease; facility.
• light orangeA light orange colour.
• lightsomeCharacterised by light; luminous; emitting or manifesting light; radiant.
• lightsomenessThe state or quality of being lightsome (luminous); luminosity; illumination, brightness.
• light-wittedHaving a feeble or weak intellect.
• -likeResembling, having some of the characteristics of (used to form adjectives from nouns).
• like a manBravely, decisively, and without complaining.
• likefulLikeable; pleasing; pleasant; agreeable.
• limbmealInto pieces; limb from limb.
• limerodA twig or stick smeared with birdlime
• limetwigA twig smeared with birdlime, used to catch or snare birds
• limeyardSynonym of limerod.
• -lingsmall, immature, miniature
• -lingsforming adverbs, generally of condition or situation
• lintwhiteA linnet.
• lirkTo jerk.
• lirtTo deceive; beguile.
• lissomFlexible and graceful in movement; lithe.
• lithenTo make lithe, soften; to ease, mitigate
• lithenessThe property of being lithe.
• lithesomeCharacterised or marked by litheness; pliant, limber, nimble, lissom.
• lithyEasy to bend; pliable.
• litsterA dyer.
• little fingerThe outermost and smallest finger of the hand, next to the ring finger, farthest from the thumb.
• little toeThe smallest toe of the human foot.
• littlingA little one; a child.
• lividityThe state or quality of being livid.
• livishSomewhat live or alive; lively.
• loadenTo charge or burden with a load; to burden or freight
• loaf sugarRefined sugar formed into a conical loaf (a sugar-loaf) in a mould. It was a common type of sugar until the 19th century.
• loathfulFull of loathing; hateful
• loathlyLoathsome; hideous.
• loathnessunwillingness; reluctance
• loathsomenessThe nature or property that gives rise to revulsion or inspires loathing.
• -lockAction or proceeding, practice, ritual
• LockittA surname transferred from the given name.
• lodemanagePilotage.
• lodesmanA pilot; navigator.
• LombardishOf or pertaining to the Lombards, a Germanic people who settled in Italy in the sixth century C.E., their language, customs, or culture.
• LondonishHaving to do with, like, or of London, a city in England.
• long fingerThe middle finger.
• long homeThe grave.
• long-livedHaving a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time.
• longnesslength, lengthiness
• long pepperThe flowering vine Piper longum in the genus Piper (pepper) of family Piperaceae, cultivated for its characteristically long fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning.
• longsomeMarked or characterised by longness or length; lengthy; long-lasting; protracted.
• longsomelyIn a longsome, long-lasting, or tedious manner; lengthily.
• longsomenessThe quality of being longsome; lengthiness.
• look likeTo resemble or have the appearance of being; to seem to be.
• lorddomThe authority, rule, jurisdiction, sovereignty, or domain of a lord
• lordfulHaving the manner or bearing of a lord; lordly; (by extension) authoritative; authoritarian; overbearing; bossy
• lordlessWithout a lord.
• lordlinessThe property of being lordly; the bearing or manner of a lord.
• lordlingAn unimportant or petty lord.
• lorefatherA male teacher
• loresmanAn instructor or teacher of traditional wisdom.
• losableThat can be lost.
• loselA worthless or despicable person, scoundrel.
• losengerA flatterer or deceiver.
• lotebyA lover, paramour; a concubine.
• lothlyIn a loth manner.
• loudeSound.
• louringThe act of one who, or that which, lours.
• lovefulFull of love; loving.
• love letterA letter written to express the author's love for the intended reader.
• lovelilyIn a manner to excite or inspire admiration or love; admirably, beautifully, wonderfully.
• lovesomeWorthy of love; having qualities that inspire love; lovable.
• lovesomenessQuality of being lovesome.
• love songA song about love; a song that expresses amorous feelings.
• lowliheadThe state of being lowly; meekness; humility.
• lucetA device for making braided cord.
• lucksomeMarked by luck; fortunate; characterised as lucky
• lumineTo illuminate.
• lumpishHaving an ill-defined or rough form or shape like a lump; lumplike.
• lurgyIdleness or laziness regarded as a medical condition; also, depression, especially resulting from a hangover.