L - English meaning

abbreviation

(giving position or direction) left.

Usage examples:

L to r: gordon, anthony, and mark

abbreviation

(chiefly in horse racing) length(s).

Usage examples:

Distances 5 l, 3 l

abbreviation

(in textual references) line.

Usage examples:

L. 648

abbreviation

Liquid.

abbreviation

Litre(s).

abbreviation

Pound(s).

Usage examples:

A salary of 4l. a week

abbreviation

(in tables of sports results) games lost.

abbreviation

Laevorotatory.

Usage examples:

L-tryptophan

abbreviation

Lake, loch, or lough (chiefly on maps).

Usage examples:

L. ontario

abbreviation

Large (as a clothes size).

abbreviation

(on a motor vehicle) learner driver.

abbreviation

Linnaeus (as the source of names of animal and plant species).

Usage examples:

Swallowtail butterfly papilio machaon (l., 1758)

abbreviation

Lire.

Usage examples:

The san paolo deal should raise around l1,500bn

abbreviation

Luxembourg (international vehicle registration).

noun

The twelfth letter of the alphabet.

noun

A shape like that of a capital l.

Usage examples:

An l-shaped building

noun

The roman numeral for 50.

noun

A loss, setback, or failure.

Usage examples:

Some folks just don't know how to take an l, do they?

noun

A metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of water under standard conditions, now equal to 1,000 cubic centimetres (about 1.75 pints).

Usage examples:

A litre bottle of wine

Avogadro's constant.

Inductance.

(in mathematical formulae) length.