l
Multiple Entries:l L fifty litre
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
l
▶abbreviation
- 1 left.
- 2 (in horse racing) length(s).
- 3 (l.) line.
- 4 Chemistry liquid.
- 5 litre(s).
- 6 (l.) archaic pound(s).
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
L1 (also l)
▶noun (pl. Ls or L's)
- 1 the twelfth letter of the alphabet.
- 2 denoting the next after K in a set of items, categories, etc.
- 3 the Roman numeral for 50.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
L2
▶abbreviation
- 1 Chemistry laevorotatory.
- 2 (L.) Lake, Loch, or Lough.
- 3 large (as a clothes size).
- 4 Brit. (on a motor vehicle) learner driver.
- 5 (L.) Linnaeus (as the source of names of animal and plant species).
- 6 lire.
- 7 (in tables of sports results) lost.
- 8 Luxembourg (international vehicle registration).
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fifty/ˈfɪfti/
▶cardinal number (pl. fifties) the number equivalent to the product of five and ten; half of one hundred; 50. (Roman numeral: l or L)
– derivatives
fiftieth ordinal number,
fiftyfold adjective & adverb.
fiftieth ordinal number,
fiftyfold adjective & adverb.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
litre /ˈliːtə(r)/ (US liter) (abbrev.: l)
▶noun a metric unit of capacity, formerly the volume of one kilogram of water under standard conditions, now equal to 1,000 cubic centimetres (about 1.75 pints).
– derivatives
litreage /ˈliːt(ə)rɪdʒ/ noun.
litreage /ˈliːt(ə)rɪdʒ/ noun.
– origin C18: from Fr., alt. of litron (an obs. measure of capacity), via med. L. from Gk litra, a Sicilian monetary unit.
'l' also found in these Oxford entries:
a
- a-
- -a
- AB
- ab-
- abacus
- abandon
- abase
- abate
- abbacy
- abbatial
- abbé
- abbey
- abbot
- abbreviate
- abdicate
- abdomen
- abdominal
- abducens nerves
- abduct
- abelia
- Aberdonian
- aberration
- abet
- abhor
- ability
- -ability
- ab initio
- abject
- abjure
- ablation
- ablative
- able
- -able
- ablution
- abnegate
- abnormal
- abolish
- abomasum
- abominable
- aboral
- aboriginal
- aborigine
- abort
- abortus fever
- abound
- ab ovo
- abracadabra
- abrade
- abrasive

