| Meaning | Explication | As a source | As a target | Taxon | ||
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| <localization> | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| lacking in smth | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| ladle | deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lady | noble woman | 1 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| lady's slipper (Cypripedium) | orchid of the subfamily Cypripedioideae, distinguished by their slipper-shaped pouches which trap insects to improve pollination rates | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| ladybird | beetle of the Coccinellidae family, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra | 1 | 18 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| lair | place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lake | large, landlocked stretch of water | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lamb | young sheep | 8 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lame | 5 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lamp | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| lamprey (Petromyzontidae) | 6 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| Lampropeltis triangulum | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| land (vs. sea) | 4 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| language | 3 | 5 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lap | upper legs of a seated person | 3 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| lapwing (Vanellus) | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| larch | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| larva | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| larynx | hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lasso | long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| last | 3 | 4 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| late | 2 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| latitude | angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lattice, grid | widely-spaced crossed thin strips | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| laurel | evergreen shrub of species Laurus nobilis, having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lavish, generous | 2 | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| law (body of rules) | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| law, jurisprudence | a set of moral norms, rules of conduct, laws and state regulations established and protected by the state that regulate social relations between people | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| laxative | having the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lay, secular | opposite to clerical, religious | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| layer | 1 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| layman | someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| laziness | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| lazy | 3 | 10 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lazy person | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| lead, plumbum | 8 | 8 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| leaf | 27 | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| leaf (of door, window) | one of the movably attached, opening and closing parts or halves of a door, window | 1 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| leaf spring | spring in the form of a curved length(s) of steel, used in the suspension of wheeled vehicles | 1 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| lean, thin (of a person) | 7 | 9 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| leapfrog | children's game, in which one player stands hunched over with his hands resting on his knees, and the others jump over him | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| leaves of root vegetables | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| leech | 3 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| leek | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| leeward | on the side sheltered from the wind | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| left (political) | favoring political and social equality | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| left (vs. right) | sinister; designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the opposite of right | 13 | 6 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| left-handed | using one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| leg (furniture) | supporting protrusion of an inanimate object, mostly furniture | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| legume | the fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lemming | small rodent form the subfamily Arvicolinae, usually found in or near the Arctic in tundra biomes | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lemon | 4 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lemon balm (Melissa) | Melissa officinalis, perennial herbaceous plant in the mint family | 8 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| length | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| lenient | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| lens | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| lens (of an eye), crystalline lens | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| Lent | A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures. In Eastern Christianity the 40 days preceding Lazarus Saturday, the Saturday preceding Holy Week. In Roman Catholicism the 46 days preceding Easter, reckoned as 40 days by excluding Sundays | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lenten (fare) | 1 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lentil | plant Lens culinaris, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods. | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| Leo (constellation) | constellation of the zodiac, shaped approximately like a lion and containing the stars Regulus and Denebola | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| leper | 1 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| leprosy | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| lesbian | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| letter (character) | 2 | 4 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| letter (text) | 1 | 6 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lettuce | edible plant, Lactuca sativa | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| level | distance relative to a given reference elevation | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| Libra | constellation of the zodiac, supposedly shaped like a set of scales | 1 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| lichen | any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow-to-blue–green patches on rocks, old walls, etc. | 1 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| lichen (medicine) | any of several skin diseases characterized by the eruptions of flat papules (Merriam-Webster) | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lie (n.), untruth | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| lier | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| life | 8 | 5 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lifetime | duration of the life of someone | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lifting machine | 1 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| light (n.) | 9 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| light (vs. heavy) | 13 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| light, bright, clear | 17 | 5 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| light-headed | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| lightning | flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth | 6 | 7 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| likeness, similarity | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| lilac | shrub of the genus Syringa | 8 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lily | any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis) | flowering plant, Convallaria majalis, with richly fragrant pendant bells | 1 | 6 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| limb | major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing) | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| limit | 1 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| linden | any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia, having heart-shaped leaves | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| line | 8 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| line (in poetry) | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| lineage | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| lingonberry | shrub Vaccinium vitis-idaea | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| link of a chain | one element of a chain | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lion (Panthera leo) | big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe | 10 | 4 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| lip | either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth | 9 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
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| liquid (adj.) | 6 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| liquid food | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| listener | someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| literacy | ability to read and write | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| literally | Word for word, exactly as stated; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| literate | able to read and write | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| Little Dipper (Ursa Minor) | bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a ladle or cart. It is part of the constellation Ursa Minor and includes the northern pole star Polaris | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| little finger | the outermost and smallest finger of the hand, next to the ring finger, farthest from the thumb | 2 | 9 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| little, small | 18 | 5 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| live-in son-in-law | man who marries and lives with his wife's family | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| livelihood | means of providing the necessities of life for oneself | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lively person | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| liver | large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile | 19 | 5 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| livestock | cattle, horses, and similar animals kept for domestic use especially on a farm | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lizard | any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or part of Mosasauria — typically characterised by a rounded torso, a short neck with an elevated head, four limbs and a long tail, although some species are legless | 4 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| loach (fish, Misgurnus) | bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily or suborder Cobitoidea | 1 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| load, cargo | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| lock (n.) | something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination | 3 | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| lock (of hair) | length of hair | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| locked | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| locust | any of the grasshoppers, often polyphenic and usually swarming, in the family Acrididae that are very destructive to crops and other vegetation, (especially) the migratory locust (Locusta migratoria) | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| log | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| loincloth | NEW: a cloth worn about the loins often as the sole article of clothing in warm climates | 2 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| loins | 3 | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lonely | unhappy due to feeling isolated from contact with other people | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| long (size) | 7 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| long (time) | 4 | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| long ago | 1 | 5 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| long-armed | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| long-fibred flax (Linum usitatissimum) | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| long-fingered | having long fingers | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| longhorn beetle | any beetle from the Cerambycidae family, notable for their extremely long antennae. | 4 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| longitude | angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| look (n.) | 2 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| loop, mesh | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| lord, master | someone who has control over something or someone | 10 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| lost | in an unknown location; unable to be found |
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| lot | anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lotus | kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae | 4 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| loud | 1 | 9 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| loud sound | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| louse | 5 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| love | 3 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| low (location) | 19 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| low (size) | 2 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| low (social) | 1 | 5 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lower part | 5 | 6 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lower part of a tree | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| lower reach (of river) | part of the river close to the mouth and adjacent area | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| luck | 1 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| luff (of a ship) | the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail (Merriam-Webster) | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lump | hardened, compressed piece of some substance | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lunch, midday meal | 2 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lung | 6 | 10 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lynx | 2 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| lyre | 1 | Show shifts | Show map |