4-letter words starting with l
- lonk — a breed of large mountain sheep having horns in both male and female, a trim even fleece, and black face and legs, found only in Lancashire and Derbyshire, England
- loob — (mining, dialect) The clay or slime washed from tin ore in dressing.
- loof — the tapering of a hull toward the stern.
- look — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- lool — A vessel used to receive the washings of metallic ores.
- loom — loon1 .
- loon — a crazy or simple-minded person.
- loop — a hot bloom of pasty consistency, to be worked under a hammer or in rolls.
- loos — Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- loot — spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- lope — to move or run with bounding steps, as a quadruped, or with a long, easy stride, as a person.
- lops — Plural form of lop.
- loq. — loquitur
- lord — a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- lore — the space between the eye and the bill of a bird, or a corresponding space in other animals, as snakes.
- lori — a feminine name
- lorn — forsaken, desolate, bereft, or forlorn.
- lory — any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- losh — (Scotland) Expressing surprise, wonder etc.
- loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
- lost — no longer possessed or retained: lost friends.
- lota — (in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote — lotus.
- loth — unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse: to be loath to admit a mistake.
- loti — a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- loto — Archaic form of lotto.
- lots — a river in S France, flowing W to the Garonne. 300 miles (480 km) long.
- loud — (of sound) strongly audible; having exceptional volume or intensity: loud talking; loud thunder; loud whispers.
- loue — Obsolete typography of love.
- louk — (transitive) To weed; pull up weeds.
- loun — loon2 .
- loup — a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- lour — lower2 .
- lout — an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- love — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- lowd — Obsolete form of loud.
- lowe — to burn; blaze.
- lowl — (language) The abstract machine for bootstrapping ML/1, developed by P.J. Brown of the University of Kent at Canterbury.
- lown — loon2 .
- lows — Plural form of low.
- loys — Plural form of loy.
- lozi — a Bantu language spoken in Barotseland, in western Zambia.
- lpac — 1. (audio, compression) Lossless Predictive Audio Compression. 2. London Parallel Applications Centre.
- lpga — Ladies Professional Golf Association
- lram — Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music
- lrcp — Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians
- lrcs — Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons
- lrsc — Licentiate of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- lsat — The LSAT is an examination which is often taken by students who wish to enter a law school. LSAT is an abbreviation for 'Law School Admission Test.'