L

lacks does not have

lax loose discipline
lain past tense of lay

lane narrow road
lam headlong flight

lamb baby sheep
lay to recline

lei a flower necklace
lays to recline

laze to recline with extreme prejudice

leis several flower necklaces
lea a meadow

lee downwind

li about one-third of a mile in China
leach washing action

leech sucking parasite
lead heavy metal

led guided
leak accidental escape of liquid

leek variety of onion
lean angle of repose

lien a claim on property
leas more than one meadow

lees the dregs
leased rented

least the minimum
lends allows to borrow

lens convex glass
lessen to reduce

lesson a segment of learning
liar tells falsehoods

lyre stringed instrument
lichen a fungus among us

liken to compare
lie an untruth

lye a caustic
lieu instead

loo British toilet

Lou short for Louis
lightening removing weight or darkness

lightning static electricity from the sky
limb tree branch

limn delineate
limbs arms or legs

limns to illuminate, as in a manuscript
links pieces of chain

lynx feral cat
literal taking words in their primary sense

littoral having to do with the shore
lo interjection

low not high
load cargo

lode mineral vein
load what is carried

lowed a cow mooed
loan allow to borrow

lone by itself
loch a lake

lock a security device
lochs more than one lake

locks more than one security device

lox salmon jerky
loon a water fowl

lune a crescent shape
loop a circular pattern

loupe a jeweler's monocular magnifier
loos several British toilets

lose fail to win
loot ill-gotten gains

lute stringed instrument
lumbar lower back

lumber dimensional wood