lad
A boy or young man.
A hedonistic or irresponsible young man; A Jack the lad.
A familiar term of address for a young man.
A groom who works with horses.
The penis.
A scammer.

laddertron
A device, in the form of a series of metal bars joined by non-conducting links, used in electrostatic accelerators
A form of klystron that uses ladders

laddertrons
plural of laddertron

ladie
Obsolete spelling of lady.

ladies
plural of lady
genitive of lady
An initial hand consisting of a pair of queens.

ladlit
Alternative form of lad lit.

lads
plural of lad
A group of friends, regardless of gender. Often the lads.

lady
The mistress of a household.
A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority.
The feminine of lord, a lordess.
A title for someone married to a lord or gentleman.
A title that can be used instead of the formal terms of marchioness, countess, viscountess, or baroness.
A woman: an adult female human.
A polite reference or form of address to women.
Used to address a female.
A wife or girlfriend; a sweetheart.
A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound.
A queen (the playing card).
Who is a woman.
Alternative form of Lady.
gastric mill, the triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster, consisting of calcareous plates; so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure.
A five-pound note. (Rhyming slang, Lady Godiva for fiver.)
A woman’s breast.
A queen.

ladye
Obsolete spelling of lady.

ladyes
plural of ladye

ladyfriend
Alternative spelling of lady friend.

ladyfriends
plural of ladyfriend

ladylumps
Alternative form of lady lumps.

ladypalm
Alternative form of lady palm.

ladys
plural of lady
genitive of lady

laith
shed, barn

laithe
Alternative form of lathe (“A granary; a field barn”).

laithes
plural of laithe

laiths
plural of laith

lalo
baobab leaf powder, used to make soups in Western Africa.

laminarizator
A kind of diffuser, used to laminarize air.

laminarizators
plural of laminarizator

lampblack
An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks.

lampblacks
plural of lampblack

lampbrush
A form of brush, containing loops of material, used for dusting light fittings
Used attributively to refer to lampbrush chromosomes

lampbrushes
plural of lampbrush

lanameter
An instrument for measuring the fineness of wool (or other yarn).

lanameters
plural of lanameter

landmark
An object that marks the boundary of a piece of land (usually a stone, or a tree).
A recognizable natural or man-made feature used for navigation.
A notable location with historical, cultural, or geographical significance.
A major event or discovery.

landmarks
plural of landmark

landscraper
A building with a very large horizontal footprint; a horizontal megastructure.

landscrapers
plural of landscraper

landsite
A plot of land that may be used for construction.

landsites
plural of landsite

langrage
Scraps of metal used to fire at an enemy in naval warfare.

langrel
Langrage (scraps of metal used to fire at an enemy).

langridge
Alternative form of langrage.

languette
Alternative form of languet.
Alternative form of languet.
Synonym of lingula.
Synonym of lingula.
A tongue-shaped design used to decorate Ancient Greek pottery.
A type of decorative hood used on a woman's bodice in the seventeenth century.
The tongue of a reed on a harmonium.
An elongated samara that occurs alone.
A valve flap associated with the byssus of a mollusk.

languettes
plural of languette

lanier
A leather thong.
A strap used to secure armor.

laniers
plural of lanier

lannet
A bat with a slot to conceal a third coin which is used for cheating (that coin being either a jack or a gray).

lannets
plural of lannet

lanyer
Alternative form of lanier.

lanyers
plural of lanyer

laparoscope
A thin endoscope that may be inserted through a small incision in the abdominal wall.

laparoscopes
plural of laparoscope

lapatinib
A particular oral drug used to treat cancer.

lapphund
A type of spitz, traditionally used to herd reindeer

lapphunds
plural of lapphund

lapstone
A stone placed on a shoemaker's lap, used to beat leather.

lapstones
plural of lapstone

laptronica
Musical output made with a laptop computer combined with electronic devices, portable enough for live performances.

lardings
plural of larding

lardon
Meat strips used for larding, especially salted pork.
One of the strips.

lardons
plural of lardon

lardoon
Alternative form of lardon.

lardoons
plural of lardoon

laryngeoscope
Misspelling of laryngoscope.

laryngoscope
An instrument used for viewing the interior of the larynx.

laryngoscopes
plural of laryngoscope

laryngostroboscope
An instrument used to observe the vibration of the vocal chords during speech or singing

laryngostroboscopes
plural of laryngostroboscope

laster
A workman whose business it is to shape boots or shoes, or place leather smoothly, on lasts.
A tool for stretching leather on a last.
That which lasts or endures.

lasters
plural of laster

laterite
A red hard or gravel-like soil or subsoil formed in the tropics that has been leached of soluble minerals leaving insoluble iron and aluminium oxides and hydroxides; used to make bricks and roads.

laterites
plural of laterite

lateroflexor
Any muscle used for lateroflexion

lateroflexors
plural of lateroflexor

lateroscope
An endoscope in which the lens is placed on the side of the distal end of the device, to provide lateral vision

lateroscopes
plural of lateroscope

lath
A thin, narrow strip, fastened to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting a covering of tiles, plastering, etc.
Microscopic, needle-like crystals, usually of plagioclase feldspar, in a glassy groundmass
One of the sharp-edged, thick planks driven forward to hold back loose earth or mud when digging the way through for tunnelling or spiling. Also called a spill.

lathe
To invite; bid; ask.

lathed
simple past and past participle of lathe

lathekin
A tool used by glaziers making leaded windows and other stained glass items. It is a short piece of wood or plastic straight on one edge, with the other side indented or rounded. It is used for such purposes as applying metal to the edges of glass or cleaning excess cement.

lathekins
plural of lathekin

lathes
plural of lathe

lathing
Invitation.

lathings
plural of lathing

latigo
A strap used to tighten a cinch.

latigoes
plural of latigo

latigos
plural of latigo

lative
A case of verbs, found in the Uralic and Northern Caucasian languages, used to indicate motion to a location; in the Northern Caucasian languages, the lative also takes up functions of the dative case.

laton
Alternative form of latten.

latrine
An open trench or pit used for urination and defecation.
Any facility or device used for urination or defecation, whether toilet, lavatory, or outhouse.
A chamber pot.

latrines
plural of latrine

latten
An alloy of copper and tin, similar to bronze, with a sufficient portion of tin to make it a pewter-like color with yellowish tinge (rather than the brownish-gold color of bronze of higher copper content), once used in thin sheets and for domestic utensils and light-duty tools.
Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin.
Any metal in thin sheets.

lattens
plural of latten

latticinio
A variety of white glass threads or canes, used to make decorative articles.

latticinios
plural of latticinio

laughometer
A (non-scientific) device for measuring laughter.

laughometers
plural of laughometer

launcher
One who or that which launches. A device that throws something or the person who initiates a launch.
An application that launches another or others, often holding icons or menus for frequently used programs.

launchers
plural of launcher

launderometer
A device with rotating cylinders for measuring the cleanability or colorfastness of cloth in a given liquid.

launderometers
plural of launderometer