(p. 922) lā3 (used in familiarity or contempt by women amongst themselves) hullo, ei, oi, I say etc. 79)

(p. 927) licu litchi or leechee, Litchi chinensis. 37)

(p. 927) lēpaka one who applies a coating or wash; one who smears. 87)

(p. 921) laṅkā capsicum, chillies, red pepper. ̃বাটা n. paste of chillies prepared by pounding them with water. ̃মরিচ same as লংকা । 3)

(p. 922) lapta a stretch. এক লপ্তে at a stretch. 45)

(p. 922) laghu not heavy, light; easily digestible and moderate; not serious, venial; small; frivolous, easy, carefree; swift or nimble yet noiseless; easily understood, easy, light (লঘুপাঠ); low, vile, inferior; contemptible; slighted; worthless, trivial; subtle; liquid, watery; (gr.) short. ̃কায় a. light-bodied; slim-bodied; short-statured. ̃গামী a. nimbly and yet noiselessly moving; light-moving. ̃গুণক n. (math.) reduction factor. ̃চিত্ত, ̃চেতা a. light-headed; lighthearted; flippant, frivolous. ̃জ্ঞান n. disregard, contempt; slight. ̃জ্ঞান করা v. to think lighty of; to treat with contempt; to slight, to look down upon. ̃নির্মাণ n. minor works. ̃পথ্য n. light diet, (cp.) sick diet. ̃পাক a. easily digested or digestible, light. ̃পাচ্য a. easily digestible. লঘু পাপ a venial sin; a trivial offence. লঘুপাপে গুরুদন্ড heavy punishment for a venial or trivial offence. ̃পায়ে adv. light-footedly. ̃প্রকৃতি same as ̃চিত্ত । ̃বন্ধনী n. the sign of parenthesis, the first bracket. ̃বৃত্ত n. a small circle. ̃ভাবে adv. lightly. ̃ভোজন n. a light and easily digestible meal. ̃মস্তিষ্ক a. light-headed; incapable of serious thinking; dullheaded. n. the cerebellum. ̃সংগীত n. light music. ̃স্বর n. a low or soft voice, (gr.) a short vowel. ̃হস্ত a. light-handed; dexterous. 12)

(p. 921) lakalaka expressing; lolling (as of the tongue); dangling or brandishing (as of a cane); flashing (as of a flame of fire). লকলকে a. lolling; dangling; flashing. 6)

(p. 922) laghūkaraṇa lightening; simplification; (math.) reduction; (chem.) dilution; attenuation; commutation. 14)

(p. 921) lakṣādhika more than a hundred thousand or lakh. 14)

(p. 922) lahanā dues, amount outstanding. 72)

(p. 922) lalita beautitful, pleasant, charming; (of speech) suave, bland. n. dance or artistic gestures of women; pleasure and enjoyment; an Indian musical mode. ̃কলা n. (collec.) fine arts; (distr.) any branch of fine arts. fem. a. ললিতা । 68)

(p. 922) lalāṭa the forehead, the front; the temple; fate; luck; destiny. ̃ভূষণ n. an ornament for the forehead. ̃রেখা n. a line on the forehead (esp. one indicating one's destiny). ̃লিখন, ̃লিপি n. one's destiny as indicated by the lines on one's forehead. ললাটিকা n. a holy mark of sandal-paste, clay etc. put on the forehead; an ornament for the forehead. 66)

(p. 927) lu a very hot wave of summer wind that blows sometimes in a tropical region or in a desert; simoom. 50)

(p. 933) lyāmbōṭa a longboat; (inc. but pop.) a slow-moving cargo-boat; (sarcas.) a constant companion or follower esp. one who impedes movement or progress; a drag, an encumbrance. 24)

(p. 921) lakaṭa the loquat tree, loquat. 7)