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  • noun. The 12th letter of the modern English alphabet.
  • noun. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter l.
  • noun. The 12th in a series.
  • noun. Something shaped like the letter L.
  • abbreviation. length
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Used colloquially for el., an abbreviation of elevated, shortened from elevated railway.
  • An abbreviation of the Latin Legum Baccalaureus, Bachelor of Laws.
  • noun. An abbreviation
  • noun. in printing, of lower case (that is, small letters, as opposed to capitals);
  • noun. of the Latin loco citato, in the place cited: used to avoid repetition of a citation or reference already given.
  • noun. An abbreviation of limiting limen.
  • noun. An abbreviation of Licentiate in Medicine;
  • noun. of Licentiate in Midwifery;
  • noun. of long meter.
  • noun. An abbreviation of Linnean Society;
  • noun. of left side.
  • noun. An abbreviation of lira Turca, the Turkish pound;
  • noun. of long ton.
  • noun. In musical notation, an abbreviation for left hand.
  • The twelfth letter and ninth consonant of the English alphabet.
  • A symbol
  • in chem., for lithium: also Li;
  • in Roman numerals, for 50, and with a line drawn above it (L) for 50,000.
  • An abbreviation.
  • [lowercase] in music, of la (in solmization);
  • of Laiin;
  • in stage-directions, of left;
  • [lowercase] of liber, a book, as a division of a literary work;
  • [lowercase or cap.] of libra, pound sterling, when written after the figures (when before the figures, it has the conventional form £): as, 100l. = £100;
  • [lowercase] in a ship's log-book, of lightning;
  • [lowercase] in references, of line: as, Milton, Lycidas, l. 72;
  • [lowercase] of logarithm;
  • [lowercase] in astronomy, of longitude (l denoting the heliocentric and λ the geocentric longitude);
  • [lowercase] of lege;
  • [cap. or lowercase] in anatomy, of lumbar: used in vertebral formulæ.
  • noun. abbreviation
  • noun. An abbreviation of Life Guards;
  • noun. of Low German (often Low German).
  • noun. An abbreviation of Liberal Union;
  • noun. of Liberal-Unionist.
  • noun. A part of a house or other structure projecting at a right angle from the main body, so as to form with it the figure of the letter L: as, the building has an L of 20 feet.
  • noun. A rectangularly bent pipe-connection. Also ell in both senses.
  • noun. An abbreviation of the Latin (New Latin) Baccalaureus Litterarum, Bachelor of Letters.
  • An abbreviation of Latin locus sigilli, ‘place of the seal’: usually inserted within brackets in copies of documents to indicate the position of the seal in the originals.
  • noun. An abbreviation of letter of credit.
  • noun. An abbreviation of Literate in Arts.
  • noun. An abbreviation of Light Infantry;
  • noun. of Licentiate of Instruction;
  • noun. of Long Island.
  • A symbol:
  • Word Usage
    "On the outside is represented an open shed, _m_, for carts and wagons to remain under cover, thirty feet by fifteen, while _l l l l l l_ are bins for vegetables, to be filled through scuttles from the floor of the story above, and surrounded by solid walls."
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    Equivalent
    cardinal  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adel  Adele  Bel  Bell  Belle  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ^  apposition  augm  b  createquery  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    elevated  
    variant
    el  ell