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3,347 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

lieu d'aisance: toilet
lieu de culte: place of worship
lieu de mémoire: a symbolic element of the memorial heritage of any community
lieu de travail: workplace
lieu géométrique: locus
lieu jaune: European pollock (Pollachius pollachius)
lieu noir: coalfish; coley (Pollachius virens)
lieu-dit: the smallest geographical area bearing a traditional name; lieu-dit (smallest piece of land which has a traditional vineyard name)
lieue: league (distance)
lieuité: placeness
lieutenance: lieutenancy
lieutenant: lieutenant; deputy, right-hand man, second-in-command
lieutenant criminel: A judge overseeing criminal prosecutions, particularly the chief such magistrate in Paris, France, under the Ancien Regime.
lieutenant de vaisseau: Highest junior officer rank in some Francophone navies; ship of the line lieutenant, lieutenant
lieutenant général: (Belgium) (Burundi) (DRC) lieutenant general
lieutenant-colonel: lieutenant colonel; commander; wing commander
lieutenant-gouverneur: lieutenant governor
lieutenant-général: alternative spelling of lieutenant général
life: life
lift: lift attendant (UK), elevator attendant (US); topspin
lifter: to give a facelift to; to lift the ball (over an opponent)
liftier: lift attendant
lifting: facelift
liftrage: liftering
ligablo: kiosk, (small) shop
ligament: ligament
ligamentaire: ligamentary
ligamenteux: ligamentous
ligand: ligand
ligase: ligase
ligature: a tie; the action of tying; a binding, notably in horticulture; ligature; a character that combines multiple letters; logotype
ligaturer: to ligate (tie up with a ligature)
lige: liege
light: light, slight; diet, low-fat, fat-free, light
ligie: sea slater; sea roach (Ligia oceanica)
lignage: lineage (all senses); descent
ligne: line; route, course, service, line; cable; row (in a table); figure
ligne claire: Ligne claire.
ligne d'arrivée: finish line
ligne d'eau: lane rope; lane, swim lane (lengthwise division of a swimming pool or other swimming arena); water line
ligne d'horizon: skyline
ligne de bataille: line of battle
ligne de changement de date: International Date Line
ligne de commande: command line
ligne de conduite: a conduct; an attitude, a course of action, a line of thought, occupation or policy
ligne de crédit: line of credit (credit facility under which a bank or other lender agrees to provide a client with loans of money up to an approved limit during a predefined period)
ligne de crête: ridgeline, crest line (of a mountain)
ligne de désir: desire path, desire line
ligne de faille: fault line
ligne de flottaison: waterline; above the fold
ligne de fond: baseline
ligne de force: line of force
ligne de front: frontline
ligne de fuite: convergence line (line converging with other lines at vanishing point)
ligne de mire: line of sight
ligne de montage: assembly line
ligne de partage des eaux: watershed (boundary between adjacent catchment basins)
ligne de production: production line
ligne de tir: line of fire
ligne de touche: touchline