Bryson•s Dictionary for Writers and Editors

Lord’s Cricket Ground, London.
Lorenz, Konrad. (1903–1989) Austrian zoologist.
Lord’s Cricket Ground / luxuriant, luxurious � 209
losable.
Los Alamitos Race Course, Los Angeles.
Louis Roederer champagne.
Louis Vuitton. French luxury goods company.
Lourenço Marques. Former name of Maputo, capital of Mozam -
bique.
Louvain. French and English spelling of Belgian university town
known as Leuven in Flemish.
louver. A type of slatted cover.
Love’s Labour’s Lost. Comedy by Shakespeare. There may also have
been a companion play, now lost, called Love’s Labour’s Won.
LPG. Liquefied petroleum gas.
luau. Hawaiian feast.
lubricous is generally the preferred spelling for the word meaning
slippery or lewd, but most dictionaries also accept lubricious.
Luddite. A worker opposed to technological change.
Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Lufthansa. German national airline.
Luftwaffe. German air force.
luge. Type of sled.
luminesce, luminescence.
lumpenproletariat. Bottom of the working class.
Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of. In French, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg;
the capital is also Luxembourg (or Luxembourg City, for
clarity).
Luxemburg, Rosa. (1871–1919) Political activist.
lux mundi. (Lat.) “Light of the world.”
luxuriant, luxurious. The words are not interchangeable, though the
meanings sometimes overlap. Luxuriant indicates profusion
(“luxuriant hair”). Luxurious means sumptuous and expensive