| English words | Meanings |
| lady | another word for a woman |
| lad | a boy |
| ladybird | a tiny flying beetle, usually red with black spots |
| landlady | a woman who owns a house or flat where other people pay to live |
| late | behind time; not early |
| lathe | a machine for cutting and shaping pieces of wood and metal while they are being turned round |
| latitude | scope, laxity, breadth, width |
| lead | (rhymes with seed) to be first, before everyone else |
| lead | (rhymes with bed) a heavy soft grey metal |
| let | to agree that someone may do something; to give permission |
| lid | the top which can be taken off something, such as a box or saucepan |
| load | all that can be carried at one time, like a load of bricks or a load of bananas, the same word also means to put bullets into a gun, ready for shooting |
| loathe | to hate or despise bitterly |
| lot | a large number; a great many |
| loud | noisy; easily heard or to be heard |
