5-letter words starting with lo
- loser — a person, team, nation, etc., that loses: The visiting team was the loser in the series.
- loses — 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.
- losey — Joseph. 1909–84, US film director, in Britain from 1952. His films include The Servant (1963), The Go-Between (1971), and Don Giovanni (1979)
- lossy — (of a material or transmission line) causing appreciable loss or dissipation of energy.
- lotah — Alternative spelling of lota (Indian water-pot).
- lotas — (in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lotic — pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- lotis — LOgic, TIming, Sequencing. A language which describes a computer via its data flow.
- lotos — Language Of Temporal Ordering Specification
- lotsa — Eye dialect of lots of.
- lotta — a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- lotte — angler (def 3).
- lotto — a game of chance in which a leader draws numbered disks at random from a stock and the players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards, the winner being the first to cover a complete row.
- lotus — a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- lotze — Rudolf Hermann [roo-dolf hur-muh n;; German roo-dawlf her-mahn] /ˈru dɒlf ˈhɜr mən;; German ˈru dɔlf ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1817–81, German philosopher.
- loude — (obsolete) Sound.
- louer — Obsolete typography of lover.
- loues — Plural form of loue.
- lough — a lake.
- louhi — a sorceress, the mistress of Pohjola and an enemy of the Finns, eventually defeated by Vainamoinen.
- louie — a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- louis — louis d'or.
- loupe — any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
- loups — Plural form of loup.
- loure — a slow dance of French origin
- lours — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lour.
- loury — lowery.
- louse — any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- lousy — infested with lice.
- louth — a county in Leinster province, in the NE Republic of Ireland. 317 sq. mi. (820 sq. km). County seat: Dunkalk.
- louts — an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- louys — Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1870–1925, French poet and novelist.
- lovat — a grayish blend of colors, especially of green, used in textiles, as for plaids.
- loved — held in deep affection; cherished: loved companions; much-loved friends.
- lovee — One who is loved; a recipient of love.
- lover — Samuel, 1797–1868, Irish novelist, painter, and songwriter.
- loves — Plural form of love.
- lovey — sweetheart; dear: used as a term of endearment.
- lowan — mallee fowl.
- lowed — to burn; blaze.
- lower — to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
- lowes — John Livingston, 1867–1945, U.S. scholar, critic, and teacher.
- lowly — humble in station, condition, or nature: a lowly cottage.
- lowns — loon2 .
- lowry — (Clarence) Malcolm (Boden) [bohd-n] /ˈboʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1909–57, U.S. novelist, born in England.
- lowse — loose
- lowth — (UK dialectal, Northern England) Lowness.
- loyal — faithful to one's sovereign, government, or state: a loyal subject.
- lozen — a rhombus-shaped pattern