L

Words beginning with the letter L

22 words

Luftmensch

looft-mensh

n. A dreamer or impractical person.

Lumus

loo-muhs

n. The poignant humanness beneath the spectacle of society.

Lutalica

loo-tal-i-kuh

n. The sense that you're more than the categories that society puts you in.

adj. Feeling a sense of loss upon finishing a good book.

adj. Feeling lonely in a crowd; unable to communicate with anonymous faces.

Lacuna

lah koo-nuh

n. A twinge of sadness that there's no frontier left.

Liberosis

lib-er-oh-sis

n. The desire to care less about things and hold life loosely and playfully.

La Gaudiére

lah gou-dee-yair

n. A glint of goodness you notice in someone unexpectedly.

n. The shock of meeting someone and realizing your mental image of them is outdated.

Ludiosis

loo-dee-oh-sis

n. The sense of improvisation in your actions without a clear explanation.

n. The sudden realization of being over someone.

Los Vidados

lohs vee-dah-dohs

n. The half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago.

Licotic

lahy-kot-ic

adj. Anxiously excited to introduce a friend to something you think is amazing, only to cringe when flaws become apparent.

Latigo

lat-i-goh

n. A dizzying sense of awe at the sheer scale of modern society.

Lyssamania

lis-uh-mey-nee-uh

n. The irrational fear that someone you know is angry at you, leading to a frenzy of outrage.

n. The age at which you become older than your parents were when you were born.

n. An abrupt collapse of trust in yourself, resetting expectations and making it harder to guarantee your word's value.

n. The atmosphere of camaraderie when people are stuck together in a certain place.

Lachesism

lahk-uh-siz-uhm

n. Longing for the clarity of disaster.

Leidenfreude

lahyd-n-froi-duh

n. A sense of paradoxical relief when something bad happens to you.

Lisolia

lih-soh-lee-uh

n. The satisfaction of things worn down by time.

Lilo

lahy-loh

n. A friendship that can lie dormant for years only to pick right back up instantly.

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