| laud | (verb) praise, glorify, or honor | Synonyms: exalt, extol, glorify, proclaim |
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| laudability | (noun) the quality of being worthy of praise | Synonyms: laudableness, praiseworthiness |
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| laudable | (adjective) worthy of high praise | Synonyms: applaudable, commendable, praiseworthy |
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| laudableness | (noun) the quality of being worthy of praise | Synonyms: laudability, praiseworthiness |
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| laudably | (adverb) in an admirable manner | Synonyms: admirably, commendable, praiseworthily |
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| laudanum | (noun) narcotic consisting of an alcohol solution of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient | Synonyms: tincture of opium |
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| laudator | (noun) someone who communicates high praise | Synonyms: extoller, lauder |
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| laudatory | (adjective) full of or giving praise | Synonyms: praiseful, praising |
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| lauder | (noun) someone who communicates high praise | Synonyms: extoller, laudator |
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| laugh | (noun) the sound of laughing | Synonyms: laughter |
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| (noun) a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter | Synonyms: gag, jape, jest, joke |
| (noun) a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing | - |
| (verb) produce laughter | Synonyms: express joy, express mirth |
| laughable | (adjective) so unreasonable as to invite derision | Synonyms: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous |
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| (adjective) arousing or provoking laughter | Synonyms: amusing, comic, comical, funny, mirthful, risible |
| laughably | (adverb) so as to arouse or deserve laughter | Synonyms: ludicrously, preposterously, ridiculously |
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| laugher | (noun) an easy victory | Synonyms: blowout, romp, runaway, shoo-in, walkaway |
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| (noun) a person who is laughing or who laughs easily | - |
| laughing | (adjective) showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness | Synonyms: riant |
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| laughingly | (adverb) with laughter; while laughing | - |
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| laughingstock | (noun) a victim of ridicule or pranks | Synonyms: butt, goat, stooge |
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| laughter | (noun) the activity of laughing; the manifestation of joy or mirth or scorn | - |
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| (noun) the sound of laughing | Synonyms: laugh |
| lauhala | (noun) Polynesian screw pine | Synonyms: Pandanus tectorius, textile screw pine |
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| launce | (noun) very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches | Synonyms: sand eel, sand lance, sand launce |
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| launch | (noun) the act of propelling with force | Synonyms: launching |
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| (noun) a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck | - |
| (verb) begin with vigor | Synonyms: plunge |
| (verb) propel with force | - |
| (verb) launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage | - |
| (verb) get going; give impetus to | Synonyms: set in motion |
| (verb) smoothen the surface of | - |
| (verb) set up or found | Synonyms: establish, found, set up |
| launcher | (noun) armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket | Synonyms: rocket launcher |
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| (noun) a device that launches aircraft from a warship | Synonyms: catapult |
| launching | (noun) the act of propelling with force | Synonyms: launch |
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| (noun) the act of beginning something new | Synonyms: debut, entry, first appearance, introduction, unveiling |
| (noun) the act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time | - |
| launchpad | (noun) a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched | Synonyms: launch area, launch pad, launching pad, pad |
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| launder | (verb) convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones | - |
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| (verb) cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water | Synonyms: wash |
| launderette | (noun) a self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customers | Synonyms: Laundromat |
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| laundering | (noun) washing clothes and bed linens | - |
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| laundress | (noun) a working woman who takes in washing | Synonyms: laundrywoman, washerwoman, washwoman |
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| laundry | (noun) workplace where clothes are washed and ironed | - |
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| (noun) garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering | Synonyms: wash, washables, washing |
| laundryman | (noun) a man who operates an industrial washing machine | Synonyms: washerman |
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| laundrywoman | (noun) a working woman who takes in washing | Synonyms: laundress, washerwoman, washwoman |
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| laureate | (adjective) worthy of the greatest honor or distinction | - |
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| (noun) someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath | - |
| laurel | (noun) (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory | Synonyms: bay wreath, laurel wreath |
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| (noun) any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family | - |
| laureled | (adjective) crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory | Synonyms: crowned, laurelled |
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| laurelled | (adjective) crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory | Synonyms: crowned, laureled |
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| laurels | (noun) a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction | Synonyms: accolade, award, honor, honour |
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| (noun) the state of being honored | Synonyms: honor, honour |
| laurelwood | (noun) tropical American tree; valued for its hard durable wood | Synonyms: Calophyllum candidissimum, lancewood tree |
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