Words that start with L

Lis forLip

Your lips are the pink or red areas around your mouth. You use your lips to talk and to kiss.

Lis forLipizzaner

Lipizzaners, or Lipizzans, are a breed of white horse that is today used and bred at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna as a performing horse. Lipizzaners are trained over many years to perform complicated moves.

Horses

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Lis forLips

Lips is the plural of lip.

Plurals

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Lis forLipstick

Lipstick is a type of makeup that women put on their lips to make themselves look prettier. Lipstick is made mostly from wax with colors added. The most common color for lipstick is red, but today you can get lipstick in almost any color.

Cosmetics

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Lis forLiqueur

Liqueurs are alcoholic drinks that have something strongly flavoured added to them. Liqueurs are usually flavoured with fruit, herbs, spices, cream or even flowers. Liqueurs are quite sweet, and usually have extra sugar added to them.

Drinks

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Lis forLiquid

A liquid, or fluid, is something that has no shape of its own. It flows around and takes the shape of whatever container it is put into. Water is the liquid most of us are familiar with. When something solid like butter melts, it turns into a liquid.

Science

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Lis forLiquorice

Liquorice, or licorice, is the root of a plant native to southern Europe. In some countries, the root is chewed raw, and in other countries the liquorice flavour is used with sugar to make liquorice candies. Liquorice has a similar flavour to fennel and anise but is not related to either one of them. Some modern liquorice candies have more anise in them than liquorice.

Candy

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Lis forList

A list is a group of things written down in a way that makes sense. Lists of things tend to be related, and often have a particular order. A to-do list is a list of all the things you have to do. A shopping list is a list of things you need to buy. A member list is a list of all the people who are members of a club.

Types of communication, Instructions

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Lis forListen

To listen means to pay attention to sounds with your ears. You listen when someone talks, sings, or makes a noise. Listening often means trying to hear and understand what is being said.

Verbs

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Lis forLit

Lit is the past tense of light. It might be used to describe how good the light in a room is, for example "the room was brightly lit", or it might describe something that was set alight, "she lit the candle".

Past tense