| load factor |
the amount or weight of the maximum load a vehicle, airplane, or vessel can carry. [2 definitions] |
| loading |
the burdens placed on a person or thing. [2 definitions] |
| loadstar |
variant of lodestar. |
| loadstone |
variant of lodestone. |
| loaf1 |
a usu. oblong or rectangular mass of bread or cake, shaped and baked in that form. [2 definitions] |
| loaf2 |
to spend time in a lazy, aimless manner; idle (sometimes fol. by "around"). [2 definitions] |
| loafer |
a person who is lazy or idle. [2 definitions] |
| loam |
a rich, easily crumbled soil made up of silt, sand, clay, and organic matter. [2 definitions] |
| loan |
that which is lent or borrowed. [5 definitions] |
| loanable |
combined form of loan. |
| loaner |
one who lends something. [2 definitions] |
| loan shark |
(informal) one who lends money at unreasonably high and sometimes illegal rates of interest, esp. one who is supported by gangsters; usurer. |
| loanshift |
a change or addition in the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word. [2 definitions] |
| loanword |
a word that one language has adopted from another and at least partly naturalized. |
| loath |
extremely reluctant; unwilling. |
| loathe |
to dislike extremely; hate; abhor. |
| loathing |
very strong dislike; hatred; abhorrence. |
| loathsome |
extremely unpleasant or disagreeable; disgusting; abhorrent. |
| loaves |
pl. of loaf1. |
| lob |
to hit or throw (a ball or the like) in a high, often slow arc. [2 definitions] |
| Lobamba |
one of the capital cities of Eswatini, along with Mbabane. |