lenitive (en)

(adjective) alleviating pain or harshness; soothing

levigate (en)

(verb) polish smooth / (verb) to grind to a fine smooth powder while in moist condition / (verb) to separate (fine powder) from coarser material by suspending in a liquid

leximancical (en)

neologism? lexical + necromancical?

lianas (en)

(noun) any of various usually woody vines especially of tropical rain forests that root in the ground

lib-lab (en)

(British politics) a Lib–Lab pact; a working arrangement between the Liberal Democrats (formerly the Liberal Party) and the Labour Party

licentious (en)

promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters

liens (en)

(noun, plural) a right given to another by the owner of property to secure a debt, or one created by law in favor of certain creditors

lilliputian (en)

(adjective) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput / (adjective) small miniature / (adjective) petty / (noun) an inhabitant of Lilliput / (noun) one resembling a Lilliputian / (noun) an undersized individual

limicolous (en)

adjective. (of certain animals) living in mud or muddy regions

lineament (en)

(noun) an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face / (noun) a linear topographic feature (as of the earth) that reveals a characteristic (as a fault or the subsurface structure) / (noun) a distinguishing or characteristic feature

liquescent (en)

(adjective) being or tending to become liquid; melting

lisle (en)

a kind of lacy fabric

listed (en)

(verb) to tilt to one side

loggia (en)

(noun) a roofed open gallery especially at an upper story overlooking an open court

logy (en)

(adjective) sluggish groggy / (noun combining form) oral or written expression / (noun combining form) doctrine; theory; science

Long Telegram (en)

an 8,000-word telegram from George Kennan, an American official in the Moscow embassy, responding to a request from the State Department for an analysis of the Soviet position; Feb 1946.

lowing (en)

(verb) moo

lucubratory (en)

Composed by candlelight, or by night; of or pertaining to night studies; laborious or painstaking / a piece of writing, typically a pedantic or overelaborate one

lustration (en)

(verb) to purify ceremonially

luxated (en)

dislocated

Länder (de)

word for land/countries, plural

Maastricht Stability and Growth Pact (en)

an agreement, among the 28 Member states of the European Union, to facilitate and maintain the stability of the Economic and Monetary Union; its two regulations went into force in 98-99

MacGuffin (en)

an object or device in a movie or a book that serves merely as a trigger for the plot; popularised as a term by Alfred Hitchcock

machicolation (en)

(noun) an opening between the corbels of a projecting parapet or in the floor of a gallery or roof of a portal for discharging missiles upon assailants below / (noun) a gallery or parapet containing such openings / (noun) construction imitating medieval machicolation

macramé (en)

the art of knotting cord or string in patterns to make decorative articles