3-letter words starting with l
- lds — Licentiate in Dentistry
- ldt — Logic Design Translator. Computer system design analysis.
- lea — Homer, 1876–1912, U.S. soldier and author: adviser 1911–12 to Sun Yat-sen in China.
- leb — a person from Lebanon or of Lebanese origin
- lec — local exchange carrier
- led — simple past tense and past participle of lead1 .
- lee — Ann, 1736–84, British mystic: founder of Shaker sect in U.S.
- leg — either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- lei — (in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- lek — a river in the central Netherlands, flowing W to the Meuse River; the N branch of the lower Rhine. 40 miles (64 km) long.
- lem — lunar excursion module.
- len — a male given name, form of Leonard.
- leo — (Giovanni Vincenzo Pecci) 1810–1903, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1878–1903.
- lep — A butterfly or moth.
- ler — the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- les — A lesbian.
- let — Archaic. to hinder, prevent, or obstruct.
- leu — a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- lev — a coin and monetary unit of Bulgaria, equal to 100 stotinki. Abbreviation: L., LV.
- lew — Alfred Russel [ruhs-uh l] /ˈrʌs əl/ (Show IPA), 1823–1913, English naturalist, explorer, and author.
- lex — law1 .
- ley — a pewter containing about 80 percent tin and 20 percent lead.
- lez — a contemptuous term used to refer to a lesbian.
- lgn — Linear Graph Notation
- lgr — Late Greek
- lgv — large goods vehicle
- lha — 1. (filename extension) The filename extension for a file produced by the shareware compression and archive software LHARC. 2. (tool) A compression program for MS-DOS. Output files have the extension ".lzh".
- lhc — Large Hadron Collider
- lhd — left-hand drive
- lhs — (filename extension) The filename extension for literate Haskell source files.
- lia — Leah (def 1).
- lib — something improvised in speech, music, etc.: Was that joke part of your speech or an ad lib?
- lid — a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- lie — Jonas, 1880–1940, U.S. painter, born in Norway.
- lif — The fibre by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made.
- lig — (intransitive, UK dialectal) To lie; be in a prostrate or recumbent position.
- lil — Alternative form of li'l.
- lim — linear (induction) motor
- lin — a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- lip — either of the two fleshy parts or folds forming the margins of the mouth and functioning in speech.
- lir — Ler.
- lis — a member of an aboriginal people of the island of Hainan in Southeastern China.
- lit — a simple past tense and past participle of light3 .
- liz — a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lka — Lan Kanal Adapter
- llb — Bachelor of Laws
- llc — Logical Link Control
- lld — Doctor of Laws
- llm — Master of Laws
- llp — Lower Layer Protocol