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1. [**leviathan**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/leviathan.md) noun (a leviathan, leviathans; Leviathan) A huge sea monster described in the Bible, in books such as Job, Psalms and Isaiah.
2. [**levite**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/levite.md) noun (a Levite, Levites) A member of the Israelite tribe of Levi, whose men served in the Temple, helping the priests, singing and caring for holy things.
3. [**levy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/levy.md) noun (a levy, levies); verb (levy, levies, levied, levying) A levy is a tax or charge that people or companies must pay.
4. [**lewd**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lewd.md) adjective (lewder, lewdest) Lewd means rude and crude about sex, in a way that is not decent and not suitable for children.
5. [**lewdly**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lewdly.md) adverb In a shameful, indecent way, especially about sex.
6. [**lewdness**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lewdness.md) noun Shameful or sinful behaviour in sexual matters.
7. [**li**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/li.md) fragment or name; noun (li, li — a Chinese unit, rare in English) "Li" is not a usual English word; it is most often a piece of a longer word or a short form.
8. [**liability**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/liability.md) noun (a liability, liabilities; liability, uncountable) Liability is being legally responsible for something, especially for paying for damage or harm.
9. [**liar**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/liar.md) noun (a liar, liars) A liar is a person who tells lies, saying things they know are not true to trick someone.
10. [**liberal**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/liberal.md) adjective (liberal, more liberal, most liberal); noun (a liberal, liberals; a Liberal) Respecting people's freedom and willing to accept ideas and ways of life different from your own.
11. [**liberally**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/liberally.md) adverb Liberally means in a generous way, giving a lot or giving freely.
12. [**liberty**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/liberty.md) noun (liberty, liberties) Liberty is freedom: the right to live, speak and act as you choose without being controlled or imprisoned unfairly.
13. [**libra**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/libra.md) noun The seventh sign of the zodiac, shown as scales.
14. [**library**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/library.md) noun (library, libraries) A library is a place with many books, and often films and computers, that people can borrow or use.
15. [**libyan**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/libyan.md) adjective Of or from Libya, a country in North Africa.
16. [**license**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/license.md) noun (plural licences in British English); verb (licenses, licensed, licensing) 1) A license is a written paper that says someone is allowed to do something, such as drive a car or keep a dog; in Britain the noun is…
17. [**lick**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lick.md) verb (lick, licks, licked, licking); noun (a lick, licks) To lick something means to move your tongue over it, to taste it, eat it or wet it.
18. [**lid**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lid.md) noun (a lid, lids) A lid is a cover on top of a box, pot, jar or bin that you can lift or take off.
19. [**lie**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lie.md) verb (lie, lies, lay, lain, lying = rest flat); verb (lie, lies, lied, lying = say what is false); noun (a lie, lies) To lie is to rest or be flat on something, like a bed or the ground.
20. [**lien**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lien.md) noun A mistaken printing of a name or word in an old scanned book; here it stands for "Rabbi" or a name such as "Ben" before Sira.
21. [**life**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/life.md) noun (a life, lives — uncountable in the general sense) Being alive: what people, animals and plants have and stones do not (they grow, feed, breathe, reproduce).
22. [**lifeblood**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lifeblood.md) noun The blood that carries life in a body, or the thing a person's life depends on.
23. [**lifeless**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lifeless.md) adjective (lifeless) Lifeless means dead, or never having had life.
24. [**lifetime**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lifetime.md) noun (a lifetime, lifetimes) The whole time that a person or animal is alive.
25. [**lift**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lift.md) verb (lift, lifts, lifted, lifting); noun (a lift, lifts) 1) To lift is to pick something up and raise it. 2) A lift is a machine that carries people up and down in a building; Americans call it…
26. [**light**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/light.md) noun (light, lights); adjective (light, lighter, lightest); verb (light, lights, lit or lighted, lighting) Light is what lets us see; it comes from the Sun, lamps and fire.
27. [**lighten**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lighten.md) verb (lighten, lightens, lightened, lightening) To lighten something is to make it less heavy: lighten your bag.
28. [**lighter**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lighter.md) noun (a lighter, lighters); adjective, comparative (light, lighter, lightest) A small device that makes a flame, used to light candles, cigarettes, stoves or fires.
29. [**lightly**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lightly.md) adverb Lightly means with little force or weight: «tap lightly».
30. [**lightness**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lightness.md) noun (lightness, uncountable) 1) Lightness is being not heavy. 2) Lightness is being bright or pale in colour. 3) Lightness is a gentle, cheerful, easy feeling or way…
31. [**lightning**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lightning.md) noun (lightning — uncountable; a flash/bolt of lightning) The bright flash of light in the sky during a storm, made by a huge spark of electricity between clouds or between a cloud and the ground.
32. [**lii**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lii.md) noun A mistaken printing of letters in an old scanned book; here it stands for the word "his".
33. [**like**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/like.md) verb (like, likes, liked, liking); preposition (like); conjunction (like — informal); noun (likes); adverb and filler (like — casual) To like something is to enjoy it or think it is good.
34. [**likely**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/likely.md) adjective (likely, more likely/likelier, most likely/likeliest); adverb (likely — probably) Probably going to happen or be true: "It's likely to rain.".
35. [**liken**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/liken.md) verb (liken, likens, likened, likening) 1) To say that one thing is like another; to compare them. 2) Used with «to»: «liken A to B» means say A is similar to B.
36. [**likeness**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/likeness.md) noun (a likeness, likenesses) 1) Being alike or similar; how much one thing looks like another. 2) A picture, drawing or statue that looks like a real person.
37. [**likewise**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/likewise.md) adverb (likewise) Likewise means in the same way: «Watch me and do likewise.».
38. [**lily**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lily.md) noun (a lily, lilies); also a girl's name (Lily) A tall plant grown from a bulb, with large trumpet-shaped flowers, often white, orange or pink.
39. [**limb**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/limb.md) noun (limb, limbs) 1) A limb is an arm or a leg. 2) A limb is a large branch of a tree. 3) «Out on a limb» means alone, with an idea others do not support.
40. [**lime**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lime.md) noun (a lime, limes; lime — uncountable for the chemical and the colour); adjective (lime green) A small round green citrus fruit with sour juice.
41. [**limit**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/limit.md) noun (a limit, limits); verb (limit, limits, limited, limiting) A limit is the greatest (or smallest) amount that is allowed or possible: a speed limit.
42. [**limitation**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/limitation.md) noun (a limitation, limitations; limitation, uncountable) A limitation is something that limits what a person or thing can do: «The robot has some limitations».
43. [**limp**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/limp.md) verb (limp, limps, limped, limping); noun (a limp); adjective (limp, limper, limpest) To limp is to walk unevenly because one leg or foot is hurt or stiff.
44. [**line**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/line.md) noun (line, lines); verb (line, lines, lined, lining) A line is a row of people or things one behind another.
45. [**linear**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/linear.md) adjective Made of lines, or in the form of straight lines rather than pictures.
46. [**linen**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/linen.md) noun (linen, uncountable) Linen is a strong, cool cloth made from the flax plant.
47. [**ling**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ling.md) noun (a ling, ling or lings — fish; ling, uncountable — plant); (Mandarin, pinyin) líng / lǐng / lìng A ling is a long sea fish of the cod family, caught for food in the North Atlantic and around Australia and New Zealand.
48. [**linger**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/linger.md) verb (linger, lingers, lingered, lingering) To linger is to stay somewhere longer than usual or than needed, because you do not want to leave.
49. [**lingual**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lingual.md) adjective Having to do with the tongue.
50. [**linguist**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/linguist.md) noun A person who studies languages.
51. [**linguistic**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/linguistic.md) adjective (linguistic) 1) To do with language or languages. 2) To do with linguistics, the science that studies how languages work.
52. [**linguistically**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/linguistically.md) adverb In a way that has to do with language.
53. [**link**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/link.md) noun (a link, links); verb (link, links, linked, linking) A connection between two things, people or ideas: there is a link between sugar and tooth decay.
54. [**lintel**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lintel.md) noun The beam across the top of a door or window, resting on the side posts.
55. [**lion**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lion.md) noun (lion, lions; female lioness, lionesses) A lion is a big wild cat with golden fur that lives mostly in Africa.
56. [**lioness**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lioness.md) noun (a lioness, lionesses) 1) A female lion. 2) (figurative) A brave, strong woman who protects her family or team.
57. [**lip**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lip.md) noun (a lip, lips) Your lips are the two soft edges around your mouth.
58. [**liquor**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/liquor.md) noun (plural liquors) Liquor is a strong alcoholic drink, such as whisky or rum.
59. [**list**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/list.md) noun (list, lists); verb (list, lists, listed, listing) A list is a set of words, names or numbers written one after another, often one under another.
60. [**listen**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/listen.md) verb (listen, listens, listened, listening) To listen is to pay attention to sounds or words so that you hear them: listen to music.
61. [**lit**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lit.md) verb form (past of light: light, lights, lit, lighting); adjective (lit, lit up); slang adjective (lit — exciting, informal) 1) Lit is the past form of «light», as in to make something start burning (lit a candle) or to give light to a place (the room was lit by…
62. [**literal**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/literal.md) adjective (literal) Taking words in their most basic, exact meaning, not as a joke or figure of speech.
63. [**literally**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/literally.md) adverb (literally) Literally means exactly as the words say, not as a figure of speech.
64. [**literary**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/literary.md) adjective (literary, more literary) Literary means to do with literature: books, poems, plays and stories, and the people who write them.
65. [**literati**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/literati.md) noun People who are well educated and know a lot about books and writing.
66. [**literature**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/literature.md) noun (literature — uncountable) Written works such as novels, poems and plays, especially ones thought to be good or important.
67. [**litter**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/litter.md) noun (litter, uncountable; a litter, litters); verb (litter, litters, littered, littering) Litter is rubbish like paper, cans and wrappers left lying on the ground in a public place.
68. [**little**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/little.md) adjective (little, littler, littlest — usually smaller, smallest); determiner, pronoun (little, less, least; a little); adverb 1) Little means small in size: a little house. 2) Little means young: my little brother. 3) «A little» means a small amount, some: a…
69. [**liturgy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/liturgy.md) noun The set words, prayers and songs used in a religious service.
70. [**liv**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/liv.md) fragment / abbreviation; proper noun (Liv) A short form of «living», as in «liv rm» for living room in house adverts or notes.
71. [**live**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/live.md) verb (live, lives, lived, living) [rhymes with give]; adjective (live) [rhymes with five]; adverb (live) 1) To live is to be alive. 2) To live somewhere is to have your home there. 3) To live a certain way is to spend your life like that: live…
72. [**lively**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lively.md) adjective (lively, livelier, liveliest) Lively means full of energy, fun and activity.
73. [**liver**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/liver.md) noun (a liver, livers; liver — uncountable as food) The liver is a large organ in your body, under your ribs on the right, that cleans the blood, stores energy and helps digest food.
74. [**livestock**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/livestock.md) noun (livestock — uncountable, used with a plural or singular verb) 1) Animals kept on a farm for food, milk, wool or work, such as cows, sheep, pigs, goats and chickens.
75. [**lizard**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lizard.md) noun (a lizard, lizards) 1) A lizard is a reptile with scaly skin, four short legs and a long tail, such as a gecko or iguana.
76. [**load**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/load.md) noun (a load, loads); verb (load, loads, loaded, loading) A load is something heavy that is carried, for example by a truck, a person or a washing machine.
77. [**loaf**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/loaf.md) noun (loaf, loaves); verb (loaf, loafs, loafed, loafing — to be lazy) A loaf is bread baked in one big piece, before it is cut into slices.
78. [**loam**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/loam.md) noun (loam — uncountable) 1) Loam is rich, dark soil made of a good mix of sand, silt and clay, with rotting plants in it; it is very good for growing things.
79. [**loan**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/loan.md) noun (a loan, loans); verb (loan, loans, loaned, loaning) A loan is money that someone borrows and must pay back, often with extra money called interest.
80. [**loath**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/loath.md) adjective (also loth) Loath means unwilling, not wanting to do something: loath to go.
81. [**loathe**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/loathe.md) verb To hate something and feel disgusted by it.
82. [**loathsome**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/loathsome.md) adjective (more loathsome, most loathsome) Loathsome means so nasty or disgusting that people hate it.
83. [**loathsomeness**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/loathsomeness.md) noun The state of being disgusting or hateful to look at or think about.
84. [**lobe**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lobe.md) noun (a lobe, lobes) An earlobe (lobe) is the soft round part at the bottom of your ear.
85. [**locality**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/locality.md) noun (a locality, localities) An area or neighbourhood; the place around a particular point.
86. [**lock**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lock.md) noun (a lock, locks); verb (lock, locks, locked, locking) A lock is a device on a door, box or bike that keeps it closed so it can only be opened with a key, code or card.
87. [**loco**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/loco.md) noun Latin for "in the place" or "position" (as in "in the second place").
88. [**locum**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/locum.md) noun Latin for "place"; a "locum" is a person who stands in for another for a time.
89. [**locust**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/locust.md) noun (a locust, locusts) A large kind of grasshopper that sometimes gathers in huge swarms that fly far and eat all the crops.
90. [**lodge**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lodge.md) noun (a lodge, lodges); verb (lodge, lodges, lodged, lodging) A small house or cabin in the country, mountains or a park, used for holidays, hunting or skiing.
91. [**lodging**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lodging.md) noun (lodging, lodgings — often plural in UK); also the -ing form of the verb lodge A place to stay for a short time, such as a room in someone's house or an inn.
92. [**loftily**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/loftily.md) adverb (no change) Loftily means in a proud, grand way, as if you think you are better than others.
93. [**loftiness**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/loftiness.md) noun The quality of being very high or proud.
94. [**lofty**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lofty.md) adjective (lofty, loftier, loftiest) 1) Very high or tall: lofty mountains. 2) Very grand, noble or ambitious: lofty ideas. 3) Proud and acting as if better than others: a…
95. [**log**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/log.md) noun (log, logs); verb (log, logs, logged, logging) A log is a thick piece of a tree trunk or big branch that has been cut down.
96. [**logic**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/logic.md) noun (logic; uncountable) Logic is careful, clear thinking where each step follows from the one before, so you reach a sensible answer.
97. [**logically**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/logically.md) adverb In a way that follows clear reasoning.
98. [**loin**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/loin.md) noun (a loin, loins) Loin is a cut of meat from the back of an animal, between the ribs and the hips: pork loin, lamb loin.
99. [**long**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/long.md) adjective (long, longer, longest); adverb; verb (long, longs, longed — to wish) Long tells how much length something has from one end to the other: «14 metres long».
100. [**longer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/longer.md) adjective, adverb (comparative of long) Longer means having more length than something else.

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