lanes
bowling alley
Dictionary · English 321
Vocabulary ranked by real-world frequency — start with the 1,000 most common words. Definitions adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), review in progress.
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licence
UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Singapore standard spelling of license.
lightly
In a light manner.
linking
Serving to connect other things together.
licensing
A giving of license to do something; sanction.
limiting
A limitation.
locker
A type of storage compartment with a lock, usually used to store personal possessions for public use, such as in schools, railway stations, place of work, gyms, sports centers.
lance
A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
leap
To jump.
locate
To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
locks
A head of hair; tresses.
lynch
To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob.
lb
leg bye
Leicester
A sheep of an English breed, valued for its meat and fleece.
litigation
The conduct of a lawsuit.
leisure
Freedom provided by the cessation of activities.
lend
To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
luckily
In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately.
labeled
Having a label, tagged.
liberation
The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
likelihood
The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state or degree of being probable.
lone
Solitary; having no companion.
lad
A boy or young man.
last-ditch
Made in a final, desperate attempt to succeed
literacy
The ability to read and write.
landmark
An object that marks the boundary of a piece of land (usually a stone, or a tree).
leaning
A tendency or propensity.
liable
Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
lining
A covering for the inside surface of something.
lending
The action of, or an instance of the action of the verb to lend.
lads
A group of friends, regardless of gender. Often the lads.
legion
Numerous; vast; very great in number.
lethal
Of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal.
lime
Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
lively
Full of life; energetic, vivacious.
logistics
The process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, services and related information from their point of origin to point of consumption for the purpose of satisfying customer requirements.
lengthy
Having length; long and overextended, especially in time rather than dimension.
Lego
Any of several small, coloured, plastic bricks, often made by the Lego Company, that can be made to join together and be taken apart, used to construct toy buildings, vehicles, etc.
livestock
Farm animals; animals domesticated for cultivation.
lin
To desist, to stop, to cease.
luggage
The bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings.
Latino
Of Latin American descent, Hispanic.
loudly
In a loud manner; at a high volume.
lightweight
A particular weight class, or member of such, as prescribed by the rules, between that of the heavier welterweight and the lighter featherweight. See Wikipedia for the specifics of each sport.
lowering
The act of something being lowered.
literal
Exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation; according to the letter; not figurative or metaphorical; following the letter or exact words; not taking liberties; etymonic rather than idiomatic.
lunar
Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon (that is, Luna, the Earth's moon).
locking
The use of a lock or a mutex to restrict access to a part of the code to at most one process.
logging
An act or instance of logging (cutting down trees).
lateral
To the side; of or pertaining to the side. — Situated on one side or other of the body or of an organ, especially in the region furthest from the median plane.
Lent
A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.
lib
liberal
lifelong
Extending for the entire duration of life.
limestone
An abundant rock of marine and freshwater sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO₃); and occurring in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.
laden
Weighed down with a load, burdened.
lambert
a cgs unit of luminance; the brightness of a surface that emits one lumen per square centimetre
lava
The molten rock ejected by a volcano from a vent such as a crater or fissure; magma that has breached the surface of the earth.
longtime
Having endured for a long period of time.
Lebanese
Of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon or the Lebanese people.
lecturer
A person who gives lectures, especially as a profession.