laundryman
A man who is in the business of laundering.

laundrymen
plural of laundryman

laundryowner
The owner of a laundry.

laundryowners
plural of laundryowner

laundrywoman
A woman employed to wash clothes.

laundrywomen
plural of laundrywoman

laver
A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.
Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially
Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially:

lavers
plural of laver

laverwort
Synonym of laver (“type of seaweed”).

lavishers
plural of lavisher

lavvu
A temporary dwelling used by the Sami people of Northern Europe, similar in design to Native American tipis but less vertical and more stable in high winds.

lavvus
plural of lavvu

lawbreaker
One who breaks (violates) the law, a criminal.

lawbreakers
plural of lawbreaker

lawburrows
A writ requiring a person to give security against doing violence to another.

lawcraft
The art or skill of a lawyer; knowledge of the law.

lawfare
The bringing of legal proceedings against an opponent, often only to attack, harass, or intimidate.

lawgiver
One who provides laws to a society.
Any lawmaker.

lawgivers
plural of lawgiver

lawmaker
One who makes or enacts laws.

lawmakers
plural of lawmaker

lawner
The sport of lawn tennis.
A player of lawn tennis.

lawners
plural of lawner

lawrightman
A lay judge in Orkney.

lawrightmen
plural of lawrightman

lawspeaker
An official in Scandinavia whose duties included memorizing laws as well as presiding over, and reciting the laws at, regional Things or the Althing.

lawspeakers
plural of lawspeaker

lawyeress
A female lawyer.

lawyeresses
plural of lawyeress

lawyerling
A young or insignificant lawyer.

lawyerlings
plural of lawyerling

layabout
A lazy person.

layabouts
plural of layabout

layer
A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.
One of the items in a hierarchy.
One in a stack of (initially transparent) drawing surfaces that comprise an image; used to keep elements of an image separate so that they can be modified independently from one another.
One of the seven network switch pieces in the Open Systems Interconnection model: application, presentation, session, transport, network, data link, and physical.
An alternative keymap accessed through a modifier key or toggle.

layercake
Alternative form of layer cake.

layered
Formed of layers.

layers
plural of layer

layfolk
laypeople

layfolks
laypeople

laypeople
plural of layperson

layperson
A person who is not a cleric.
One who is not intimately familiar with a given subject or activity.

laypersons
plural of layperson

laywoman
A woman who is a layperson, one who has not taken a religious oath (such as becoming a nun).
A woman who is not a professional in a given field.

laywomen
plural of laywoman

lazer
One who lazes.

lazers
plural of lazer

lazybones
A person who is lazy.

lazyboots
A lazy person.

lazybutt
A lazy person.

lazybutts
plural of lazybutt

leaderene
A female leader (especially an autocratic one)

leaderenes
plural of leaderene

leaderess
A female leader.

leaderesses
plural of leaderess

leaderfag
A person, especially a member of the hacktivist group Anonymous, who acts bossy or unilaterally declares themselves to be in control of something.

leaderfags
plural of leaderfag

leaderine
Alternative form of leaderene.

leaderines
plural of leaderine

leaderism
A political policy directed at the affirmation of one person in the role of indisputable or infallible leader.

leadfeet
plural of leadfoot

leadfoot
One who drives quickly or without subtlety, one who often engages in and/or is fond of slamming and flooring the accelerator often.
A driver who does not compensate the throttle position of the vehicle for road conditions or terrain, invariably slowing down while going uphill and speeding up while going downhill.

leadfoots
plural of leadfoot

leadhand
A supervising worker.

leadhands
plural of leadhand

leadlighter
A person or company that makes leadlight windows.

leadlighters
plural of leadlighter

leadsman
lodesman (a leader or guide)

leadsmen
plural of leadsman

leadworker
A metalworker who works with lead.

leadworkers
plural of leadworker.

leafer
One who leafs.
One who visits a place to see the falling leaves in autumn.

leafers
plural of leafer

leafleteer
A person who writes, prints or distributes leaflets.

leafleteers
plural of leafleteer

leafleter
A person who distributes leaflets.

leafleters
plural of leafleter

leafletter
Alternative form of leafleter.

leafletters
plural of leafletter.

leaguer
A siege.
The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general.

leaguerer
A besieger.

leaguerers
plural of leaguerer

leaguers
plural of leaguer

leakee
One about whom information is leaked.

leakees
plural of leakee

leaker
Somebody who leaks information.
Anything that leaks.

leakers
plural of leaker

leaktivist
Someone who advocates for a political cause by leaking secret information to the public; a person who practices leaktivism.

leaktivists
plural of leaktivist

leaners
plural of leaner

leaper
One who leaps.
A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.
A piece, like the knight, which moves a fixed distance, and ignores pieces in the way.
Synonym of jumper (“person who attempts suicide by jumping from a height”).
A person whose birthday falls on 29 February, and thus only occurs in leap years.

leapers
plural of leaper

leapfrogger
One who leapfrogs.

leapfroggers
plural of leapfrogger

learner
One who is learning; one receiving instruction.
A scholar.

learners
plural of learner

learnfare
A welfare system in which a person must attend college etc. in order to receive payment.

learnling
One who learns; pupil; student; apprentice

learnlings
plural of learnling

leasee
A person who leases something from a lessor; lessee.

leasees
plural of leasee

leasehand
An entry-level worker on an oil rig, responsible for general labour and maintenance.

leasehands
plural of leasehand

leaseholder
A person who is tenant by holding a lease; a lessee.

leaseholders
plural of leaseholder

leasemonger
One who leases property at extortionate rates.

leasemongers
plural of leasemonger

leaser
One who leases or gleans; lessor.
Leaseman.

leasers
plural of leaser

leatherboy
A young or submissive member of the leatherman subculture.

leatherboys
plural of leatherboy

leathercrafter
One who crafts articles from leather; a leatherworker.

leathercrafters
plural of leathercrafter

leatherer
A manufacturer of leather.

leatherers
plural of leatherer

leatherette
A type of fabric, often plastic, made to imitate the appearance of leather.

leatherettes
plural of leatherette

leathermaker
A manufacturer of leather.

leathermakers
plural of leathermaker

leatherneck
A soldier.
Specifically, a marine.

leathernecks
plural of leatherneck

leatherperson
A leatherman or leatherwoman.

leathersellers
plural of leatherseller

leatherworker
A person who makes things from leather.

leatherworkers
plural of leatherworker

leatwright
A person skilled at constructing leats.

leatwrights
plural of leatwright

leaver
One who leaves.
Alternative letter-case form of Leaver.
Synonym of schoolie (“senior student”).

leavers
plural of leaver
Clipping of leavers week

lecanomancer
A diviner who carries out lecanomancy.

lecanomancers
plural of lecanomancer

lectinologist
One who studies lectinology.

lectinologists
plural of lectinologist

lectotype
A biological specimen or illustration later selected to serve as definitive type example of a species or subspecies when the original author of the name did not designate a holotype.

lectotypes
plural of lectotype

lecturee
One who listens to a lecture.

lecturees
plural of lecturee