littoral (en)

(adjective) of, relating to, or situated or growing on or near a shore especially of the sea / (noun) a coastal region / (noun) the shore zone between high tide and low tide points

liturgy (en)

(noun) a eucharistic rite / (noun) a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship / (noun) a customary repertoire of ideas, phrases, or observances / (noun) the eucharistic rite of Eastern churches

localism (en)

a range of political philosophies which prioritize the local (production and consumption of goods, government, history, culture, etc)

locution (en)

(noun) a particular form of expression or a peculiarity of phrasing / (noun) a word or expression characteristic of a region, group, or cultural level / (noun) style of discourse; phraseology

loggia (en)

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

logocentric (en)

referent-based signification; truth-centric

logolatry (en)

the worship of words

logorrhoea (en)

a tendency to extreme loquacity

logotherapy (en)

an existential theory developed by Viktor Frankl, founded on the belief that human nature is motivated by the search for a life purpose

logy (en)

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

London Debt Agreement (en)

a debt relief treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and creditor nations; signed in London on February 27, 1953, and came into force on September 16, 1953

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.

louche (en)

disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way

Louvre Accord (en)

an agreement, signed on February 22, 1987 in Paris, that aimed to stabilize the international currency markets and halt the continued decline of the US Dollar caused by the Plaza Accord; signed by France, West Germany, Japan, Canada, the US and the UK

lowing (en)

(verb) moo

lubricious (en)

(adjective) marked by wantonness; lecherous / (adjective) salacious / (adjective) having a smooth or slippery quality

lucent (en)

(adjective) glowing with light; luminous / (adjective) marked by clarity or translucence; clear

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

ludic (en)

(adjective) of, relating to, or characterized by play; playful

lugubrious (en)

(adjective) mournful / (adjective) exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful / (adjective) dismal

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

Maastricht Treaty (en)

treay for creating the EU; signed on 7 February 1992 by the members of the European Community in Maastricht, Netherlands