L - UIL S&V

Lacedaemon

(las-i-DEE-muhn)

laetrile

(LAY-i-tril, -truhl)

Lag b'Omer

(LAHG BOH-muhr, lahg buh-OH-mer)

lamasery

(LAH-muh-ser-ee)

lambda

(LAM-duh)

lancinating

(LAN-suh-nay-ting)

landau

(LAN-daw, -dou)

Laotian

(lay-OH-shuhn, LOU-shuhn)

laparoscopy

(lap-uh-RAHS-kuh-pee)

lares and penates

(LAIR-eez uhnd puh-NAY-teez, LAHR-)

laryngeal

(luh-RIN-jee-uhl, -juhl, lar-uhn-JEE-uhl)

laser printer

(LAY-zuhr PRIN-tuhr)

lavaliere

(lav-uh-LIR)

lazulite

(LAZ-yooh-lit, LAZ-uh-, LAZH-uh-)

lebenstaum

(LA Y-buhns-roum)

lecithinase

(LES-uh-thuh-nays, -nayz)

legerdemain

(lej-uhr-duh-MA YN)

leguminous

(luh-GYOO-muh-nuhs)

lentando

(len-TAHN-doh)

leporine

(LEP-uh-riin, -uhr-in)

Lesser Antilles

(LES-uhr an-TIL-eez)

levanter, Levanter

(luh-VAN-tuhr)

levitate

(LEV-i-tayt)

lexicon

(LEK-si-kahn)

liberality

(lib-uh-RAL-i-tee)

libertine

(LIB-uhr-teen)

libretto

(li-BRET-oh)

licentious

(lii-SEN-shuhs)

lieutenant governor

(loo-TEN-uhnt GUV-uhr-nuhr)

lima bean

(LIl-muh been)

limicoline

(li-MIK-uh-lin, -lin)

Lincolnesque

(ling-kuh-NESK)

lineolate

(LIN-ee-uh-layt)

linoleum

(li-NOH-lee-uhm)

lionize

(LIl-uh-niiz)

liquid-crystal display

(LIK-wid-KRIS-tuhl di-SPLAY)

lithophyte

(LITH-uh-fit)

lithostratigraphy

(lith-oh-struh-TIG-ruh-fee)

littérateur, litterateur

(lit-uhr-uh-TUR, lit-ruh-)

loathe

(lohth)

lobster thermidor

(LAHB-stuhr THUR-mi-dawr)

locavore

(LOH-kuh-vawr)

locum tenens

(LOH-kuhm TEE-nenz, TEN-uhnz)

logogriph

(LA W-guh-grif, LAHG-uh-)

loose-leaf

(LOOS-leef)

Lorelei

(LA WR-uh-li)

Lou Gehrig's disease

(LOO GER-igz di-ZEEZ)

lozenge

(LAHZ-inj

Luddite

(LUD-iit)

luge

(loozh)

lumpectomy

(lum-PEK-tuh-mee)

lunulate

(LOON-yuh-layt, -lit)

Lusitania

(loo-si-TA Y-nee-uh)

lyricist

(LIR-I-sist)