4 Letter Words Starting With L
All 208 4-letter words that start with L, most common first, with pronunciation and meaning.
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208 words
- like/ˈɫaɪk/a kind of person
- look/ˈɫʊk/the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
- love/ˈɫəv/sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people
- life/ˈɫaɪf/living things collectively
- last/ˈɫæs/a person's dying act
- long/ˈɫɔŋ/desire strongly or persistently
- left/ˈɫɛft/a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east
- live/ˈɫaɪv/have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
- lost/ˈɫɔst/people who are destined to die soon
- late/ˈɫeɪt/being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
- lady/ˈɫeɪdi/a woman of refinement
- line/ˈɫaɪn/the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- lord/ˈɫɔɹd/terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
- lose/ˈɫuz/be set at a disadvantage
- luck/ˈɫək/an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- less/ˈɫɛs/(nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer
- land/ˈɫænd/agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life
- lead/ˈɫɛd/the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge
- list/ˈɫɪst/the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
- lots/ˈɫɑts/a large number or amount
- legs/ˈɫɛɡz/staying power
- lock/ˈɫɑk/any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
- lies/ˈɫaɪz/
- lied/ˈɫaɪd/a German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano
- loud/ˈɫaʊd/characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
- lift/ˈɫɪft/the act of raising something
- lake/ˈɫeɪk/a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
- loss/ˈɫɔs/the act of losing someone or something
- liar/ˈɫaɪɝ/a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
- lips/ˈɫɪps/
- laid/ˈɫeɪd/set down according to a plan
- load/ˈɫoʊd/goods carried by a large vehicle
- lily/ˈɫɪɫi/any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
- lack/ˈɫæk/the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
- lets/ˈɫɛts/
- loan/ˈɫoʊn/a word borrowed from another language
- laws/ˈɫɔz/the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit
- lion/ˈɫaɪən/large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
- lane/ˈɫeɪn/a narrow way or road
- link/ˈɫɪŋk/a fastener that serves to join or connect
- lend/ˈɫɛnd/give temporarily
- lads/ˈɫædz/
- lazy/ˈɫeɪzi/disinclined to work or exertion
- lamb/ˈɫæm/young sheep
- leak/ˈɫik/unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information
- lame/ˈɫeɪm/a fabric interwoven with threads of metal
- lean/ˈɫin/the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
- lamp/ˈɫæmp/an artificial source of visible illumination
- lung/ˈɫəŋ/either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates
- lick/ˈɫɪk/(boxing) a blow with the fist
- lust/ˈɫəst/self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- lawn/ˈɫɔn/a field of cultivated and mowed grass
- leap/ˈɫip/a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- leaf/ˈɫif/hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)
- loop/ˈɫup/a flight maneuver
- ling/ˈɫɪŋ/elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
- lure/ˈɫʊɹ/something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
- limo/ˈɫɪmoʊ/large luxurious car
- lone/ˈɫoʊn/
- lens/ˈɫɛnz/a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
- lent/ˈɫɛnt/a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
- lump/ˈɫəmp/a compact mass
- lang/ˈɫæŋ/
- labs/ˈɫæbz/
- lulu/ˈɫuˌɫu/a very attractive or seductive looking woman
- limb/ˈɫɪm/any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
- lava/ˈɫɑvə/rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos
- logs/ˈɫɔɡz/
- loft/ˈɫɔft/floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof
- lime/ˈɫaɪm/the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees
- lars/ˈɫɑɹz/
- lire/ˈɫɪɹə/
- loot/ˈɫut/goods or money obtained illegally
- lace/ˈɫeɪs/a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns
- limp/ˈɫɪmp/the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
- luna/ˈɫunə/(Roman mythology) the goddess of the Moon
- loaf/ˈɫoʊf/a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape
- lice/ˈɫaɪs/
- lair/ˈɫɛɹ/the habitation of wild animals
- lays/ˈɫeɪz/
- lass/ˈɫæs/a girl or young woman who is unmarried
- laps/ˈɫæps/
- logo/ˈɫoʊɡoʊ/a company emblem or device
- lest/ˈɫɛst/
- lark/ˈɫɑɹk/any carefree episode
- lama/ˈɫɑmə/llamas
- lira/ˈɫɪɹə/formerly the basic unit of money in Italy
- lobe/ˈɫoʊb/a rounded projection that is part of a larger structure
- lakhthe cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten
- loco/ˈɫoʊkoʊ/informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
- lobo/ˈɫoʊboʊ/
- lowe/ˈɫoʊ/
- lash/ˈɫæʃ/a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- lima/ˈɫaɪmə/capital and largest city and economic center of Peru
- lush/ˈɫəʃ/a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
- loch/ˈɫɑk/Scottish word for a lake
- lear/ˈɫɪɹ/the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters
- lard/ˈɫɑɹd/soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog
- lube/ˈɫub/a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery
- lutz/ˈɫəts/
4-letter words starting with L
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How many 4 letter words start with L?
There are 208 4-letter words starting with L in our dictionary.