Words beginning with L

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A flavored alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol.

To make (a sound) less harsh.

The act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash.

The state or property of being liquid.

A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).

Any of the plants of the genus Liriope used as a groundcover in landscaping and gardening

A notice of pending litigation against a property.

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A sweet, light-coloured wine from Portugal.

A female given name from French.

A commune in Calvados department, Normandy, France.

A drug of the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor class (trademark Prinivil, Zestril), primarily used in the treatment of hypert…

A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.

Any rod-shaped, gram-positive bacterium, of the genus Listeria, especially those responsible for the bacterial infection listeriosis…

An antiseptic mouthwash.

The state of being listless; apathetic indifference; lethargy.

simple past and past participle of light (“illuminate; start a fire; etc”)

Alternative form of litre, one cubic decimeter.

Without overstatement or understatement, or false or misleading words.

Well-educated, erudite, literary people; intellectuals who are interested in literature.

The body of all written works.

A pagan holiday and Wiccan Sabbat

Slim but not skinny.

The simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of …

A country in northeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Lithuania. Capital: Vilnius.

A party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit.

The conduct of a lawsuit.