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lutenist |
Noun
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a musician who plays the lute |
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lyricist |
Noun
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a person who writes the words for songs |
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lockkeeper |
Noun
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a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal) |
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lyrist |
Noun
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a person who writes the words for songs |
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locksmith |
Noun
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someone who makes or repairs locks |
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locum tenens |
Noun
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someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession |
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locum |
Noun
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someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession |
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lodger |
Noun
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a tenant in someone's house |
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logical positivist |
Noun
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someone who maintains that any statement that cannot be verified empirically is meaningless |
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logician |
Noun
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a person skilled at symbolic logic |
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logistician |
Noun
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a person skilled at symbolic logic |
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logomach |
Noun
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someone given to disputes over words |
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logomachist |
Noun
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someone given to disputes over words |
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loiterer |
Noun
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someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place |
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lingerer |
Noun
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someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place |
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long-distance runner |
Noun
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someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons) |
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Lolita |
Noun
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a sexually precocious young girl |
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lollipop lady |
Noun
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a woman hired to help children cross a road safely near a school |
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lamenter |
Noun
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a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died) |
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left fielder |
Noun
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the person who plays left field |
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lord |
Noun
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a person who has general authority over others |
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lord |
Verb
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make a lord of someone |
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looker-on |
Noun
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someone who looks on |
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lens maker |
Noun
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a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision |
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labor organizer |
Noun
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someone who enlists workers to join a union |
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lampooner |
Noun
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mimics literary or musical style for comic effect |
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literary pirate |
Noun
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someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own |
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legal assistant |
Noun
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a person with specialized training who assists lawyers |
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lensman |
Noun
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someone who takes photographs professionally |
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limner |
Noun
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a painter or drawer of portraits |
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looter |
Noun
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someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) |
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lady of pleasure |
Noun
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a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money |
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lowlife |
Noun
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a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible |
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lecher |
Noun
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man with strong sexual desires |
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lech |
Noun
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man with strong sexual desires |
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letch |
Noun
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man with strong sexual desires |
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ladies' man |
Noun
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a man who takes advantage of women |
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lady killer |
Noun
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a man who takes advantage of women |
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lulu |
Noun
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a very attractive or seductive looking woman |
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looker |
Noun
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a very attractive or seductive looking woman |
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looker |
Noun
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a close observer |
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lapidator |
Noun
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an attacker who pelts the victim with stones, especially with intent to kill |
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longshoreman |
Noun
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a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port |
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left-winger |
Noun
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a person who belongs to the political left |
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livery driver |
Noun
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someone who drives a taxi for a living |
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litter-bearer |
Noun
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one who helps carry a stretcher |
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little terror |
Noun
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a very troublesome child |
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loan shark |
Noun
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someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest |
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lawbreaker |
Noun
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someone who violates the law |
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law offender |
Noun
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someone who violates the law |