| lotion |
A lotion is a liquid that people use on their skin to protect or heal it. |
| lottery |
A lottery is a kind of game that takes a lot of luck to win. Usually, many people play at the same time. Each person chooses a number and is given a ticket with that number on it. Nowadays, a machine picks a random number out of all the numbers, and the person who has that number is the winner. They often win a lot of money as their prize. |
| lotus |
A lotus is a kind of flowering plant that grows in water, like in a pond or lake. The lotus flower is often white, pink, red, purple, yellow, or blue. Some kinds of waterlilies are lotuses. |
| loud |
When a noise or sound is loud, it is big. It is not soft or quiet. The sound of a fire alarm in school is loud. [3 definitions] |
| loudspeaker |
A loudspeaker is an electronic device that makes sound louder and sends the sound out into a room or other place. |
| Louisiana |
Louisiana is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. A short way to write Louisiana is LA. |
| lounge |
to spend one's time relaxing. [5 definitions] |
| louse |
a very small insect without wings that lives on the bodies of people, birds, and other animals. Lice suck blood from animals, and some kinds can spread disease. |
| lousy |
covered with lice. [3 definitions] |
| lovable |
having a nature that attracts love. |
| love |
When you have love for someone, you have strong feelings of liking and caring about them. [4 definitions] |
| lovely |
When someone or something is lovely, they are charming and beautiful in the way they look. [3 definitions] |
| loving |
A loving person feels love and usually acts in a way that shows their love. Something that is loving, like a loving smile, is something that shows a feeling of love. |
| low1 |
When something is low, it is close to the ground or to the bottom of something. It is not high. [10 definitions] |
| lower1 |
When you lower something, you move it down to the ground or down toward the ground. Sometimes when you lower something, you move it so that it is below something else or below where it was before. [4 definitions] |
| lower case |
Letters that are not capitals. In printing, the tray that holds these letters is called the lower case. |
| low tide |
the tide at its lowest water level, or the time when this happens. |
| loyal |
When you are loyal to someone, you support them and stay with them even when things are bad. |
| loyalty |
When someone shows loyalty, they are faithful or true to you. They stand by your side. |
| lozenge |
a small piece of hard candy that contains medicine. A lozenge is held in the mouth and sucked to ease a sore throat or cough. |
| lubricate |
to coat or supply with grease, oil, or another slippery substance. |