Words that start with L

A lamb is a baby sheep.

Lamborghini is a car manufacturer that is based in Italy.

Lamb's ears is a soft, fluffy, silver-grey ground cover. It grows tall spikes of purple flowers in the spring. It is quite frost and drought tolerant.

Lamb's ears is originally from the area around Turkey and Iran.

A lamington is a type of cake most often found in Australia. It is made from sponge cake cut into cubes, then dipped in chocolate, and then dipped in shredded coconut.

Lamingtons are easy to make and are often made for fundraisers.

A lamp is a light that typically has a stand. Smaller lamps are usually put on small tables, and lamps with longer stands called floor lamps are put on the ground. Some lamps can be mounted to a wall.

Lamps are most often seen inside, for decoration or for using as a small light source to read by.

A lance is a kind of spear designed to be held by riders on horseback. Lances were most often used in jousting.

Land is any part of the world that isn't covered with water. The opposite of land is the sea.

Land may also be used to describe the countryside or farming areas, as in "He works on the land". In this case, the opposite of the land is the city.

Something lands when it comes down from flying in the air and alights on the ground, or on water or similar. When you land, it is called a landing, for example "Look at the pilot landing her plane".

Landmine are explosive devices that are triggered when someone stands on them or a vehicle drives on them. An area that is studded with landmines is called a minefield. The mines are usually buried just under the ground so that people can't see them. They are used to keep people from going through an area during a war.

The problem with landmines is, after a war is over there may be thousands of landmines still left in the ground, and noone knows exactly where they are. So they kill people when they go to start a farm, or children who are exploring. Even the process of removing them is extremely dangerous as they can explode at the slightest touch.

A landscape is a wide view of scenery that is generally farmland or wilderness, not a cityscape. Paintings of landscapes are generally done with the paper or canvas wider than it is tall, which has given rise to the name landscape for any paper in the same format.

The opposite of landscape is portrait.