| Meaning | Explication | As a source | As a target | Taxon | |
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| ladle | deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle | 3 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| lady | noble woman | 1 | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts |
| lady's slipper (Cypripedium) | orchid of the subfamily Cypripedioideae, distinguished by their slipper-shaped pouches which trap insects to improve pollination rates | 1 | Plants | Show all shifts | |
| ladybird | beetle of the Coccinellidae family, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra | 1 | 13 | N/a | Show all shifts |
| lair | place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| lake | large, landlocked stretch of water | 1 | Natural objects | Show all shifts | |
| lamb | young sheep | 8 | Physical effect | Show all shifts | |
| lame | 5 | 2 | Other physical | Show all shifts | |
| lamp | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| lamprey (Petromyzontidae) | 1 | Animals | Show all shifts | ||
| Lampropeltis triangulum | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| land (vs. sea) | 4 | 2 | Natural objects | Show all shifts | |
| language | 1 | 5 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts | |
| lap | 3 | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| lap (of clothes) | loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely | 1 | Evaluation | Show all shifts | |
| lapwing (Vanellus) | 2 | Animals | Show all shifts | ||
| larch | 2 | Plants | Show all shifts | ||
| large quantity | 1 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts | ||
| larva | 3 | Animals | Show all shifts | ||
| 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 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| last | 3 | 4 | Non-physical | Show all shifts | |
| late | 2 | 1 | Time | Show all shifts | |
| latitude | angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| lattice, grid | widely-spaced crossed thin strips | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| lavish, generous | None | 2 | 3 | Non-physical | Show all shifts |
| law (body of rules) | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| law, jurisprudence | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| laxative | having the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| layer | 1 | 1 | Space | Show all shifts | |
| layman | someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| laziness | 2 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts | ||
| laziness | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| lazy | 3 | 9 | Evaluation | Show all shifts | |
| lazy person | 2 | Human being | Show all shifts | ||
| lead, plumbum | 8 | 8 | Natural objects | Show all shifts | |
| leaf | 27 | 2 | Plants | Show all shifts | |
| leaf (of door, window) | one of the movably attached, opening and closing parts or halves of a door, window | 3 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| leaf spring | spring in the form of a curved length(s) of steel, used in the suspension of wheeled vehicles | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| leafy tops of root vegetables | 1 | Natural objects | Show all shifts | ||
| lean, thin (of a person) | None | 7 | 9 | Other physical | Show all shifts |
| leaves of root vegetables | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| leech | 3 | 2 | Animals | Show all shifts | |
| leek | 1 | Plants | Show all shifts | ||
| leeward | on the side sheltered from the wind | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| left | sinister; designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the opposite of right | 13 | 4 | Non-physical | Show all shifts |
| left (political) | favoring political and social equality | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| left-handed | using one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| leg (furniture) | supporting protrusion of an inanimate object, mostly furniture | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| lemming | small rodent form the subfamily Arvicolinae, usually found in or near the Arctic in tundra biomes | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| lemon | 4 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| lemon balm (Melissa) | Melissa officinalis, perennial herbaceous plant in the mint family | 8 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| length | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| lenient | 1 | Evaluation | Show all shifts | ||
| lens | 3 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| 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 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| lenten (fare) | 1 | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| lentil | plant Lens culinaris, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods. | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| Leo (constellation) | constellation of the zodiac, shaped approximately like a lion and containing the stars Regulus and Denebola | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| leper | 1 | Physiology | Show all shifts | ||
| leprosy | 3 | Human being | Show all shifts | ||
| lesbian | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| letter (character) | 2 | 3 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts | |
| letter (text) | 1 | 6 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | |
| lettuce | edible plant, Lactuca sativa | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| level | distance relative to a given reference elevation | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| Libra | constellation of the zodiac, supposedly shaped like a set of scales | 1 | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts |
| 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 | N/a | Show all shifts |
| lichen (medicine) | any of several skin diseases characterized by the eruptions of flat papules (Merriam-Webster) | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| lie (n.), untruth | 3 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| lier | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| life | 7 | 5 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts | |
| lifetime | duration of the life of someone | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| lifting machine | 1 | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| ligament (anat.) | 1 | 1 | Body parts | Show all shifts | |
| light (n.) | 7 | Natural objects | Show all shifts | ||
| light (of weight) | 13 | Other physical | Show all shifts | ||
| light, bright, clear | None | 17 | 5 | Light and Colour | Show all shifts |
| light-headed | 2 | Non-physical | Show all shifts | ||
| lightning | 6 | 7 | Natural objects | Show all shifts | |
| lilac | shrub of the genus Syringa | 8 | Physiologic processes and states | Show all shifts | |
| lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis) | 1 | 6 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| limit | 1 | 1 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts | |
| linden | any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia, having heart-shaped leaves | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| line | 5 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts | ||
| line (in poetry) | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| lineage | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| lingonberry | shrub Vaccinium vitis-idaea | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| lion (Panthera leo) | 8 | 4 | Animals | Show all shifts | |
| lip | 8 | Body parts | Show all shifts | ||
| liquid | 1 | Natural objects | Show all shifts | ||
| liquid (adj.) | 6 | 1 | Tactile quality | Show all shifts | |
| liquid food | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| listener | 1 | Human being | Show all shifts | ||
| literacy | ability to read and write | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| literally | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| literate | able to read and write | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| Little Dipper (Ursa Minor) | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| little finger | 2 | 9 | Body parts | Show all shifts | |
| little, small | 18 | 5 | Size | Show all shifts | |
| live-in son-in-law | man who marries and lives with his wife's family | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| livelihood | means of providing the necessities of life for oneself | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| lively person | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| liver | 16 | 5 | Body parts | Show all shifts | |
| lizard | 4 | 1 | Animals | Show all shifts | |
| loach (fish, Misgurnus) | 1 | 1 | Animals | Show all shifts | |
| load, cargo | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| location of emotions | 10 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts | ||
| lock (n.) | 3 | 3 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | |
| lock (of hair) | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| locked | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| 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) | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| log | 1 | Natural objects | Show all shifts | ||
| loins | 3 | 3 | Body parts | Show all shifts | |
| long (period of time) | 4 | 2 | Time | Show all shifts | |
| long (size) | 7 | 2 | Size | Show all shifts | |
| long ago | 1 | 5 | Time | Show all shifts | |
| long-armed | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| long-fibred flax (Linum usitatissimum) | 1 | Plants | Show all shifts | ||
| longitude | angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| look (n.) | 2 | 1 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts | |
| loop | 1 | Artifacts | Show all shifts | ||
| lord, master | someone who has control over something or someone | 9 | Human being | Show all shifts | |
| lose weight | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| lost | in an unknown location; unable to be found | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| lot | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| lotus | kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae | 4 | 1 | Plants | Show all shifts |
| loud | 1 | 10 | Other physical | Show all shifts | |
| loud sound | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| louse | 4 | 1 | Animals | Show all shifts | |
| love | 3 | 2 | Abstract entities | Show all shifts | |
| low (location) | 20 | Space | Show all shifts | ||
| low (size) | 2 | 2 | Size | Show all shifts | |
| low (social) | None | 1 | 3 | Non-physical | Show all shifts |
| lower part | 6 | 5 | Space | Show all shifts | |
| lower part of a tree | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| lower reach (of river) | part of the river close to the mouth and adjacent area | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| luck | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | ||
| luff (of a ship) | the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail (Merriam-Webster) | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| lump | hardened, compressed piece of some substance | 3 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| lumpen | 3 | Human being | Show all shifts | ||
| lunch, midday meal | 2 | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| lung | 6 | 10 | Body parts | Show all shifts | |
| lusty | having indecent sexual desire | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| lynx | 1 | 2 | N/a | Show all shifts | |
| lyre | 1 | N/a | Show all shifts |