List of acronyms: L

This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends  that begin with the letter L.

For the purposes of this list:

  • acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome, pronounced to rhyme with cars
  • initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee
  • pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
(a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS – (a) severe acute respiratory syndrome
(i) = initialism, e.g.: CD – (i) compact disc
(p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
(s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – Megahertz)

(Main list of acronyms)

  • L – (s) Fifty (in Roman numerals) – (i) Label – Lap – Large – Laser (US military aircraft basic mission designation) – Latin – Left – (s) Litre – (i) Low (transmissions)

LA

LB

LC
  • LC – (i) Line of Contact – (s) Saint Lucia (ISO 3166 digram)
  • LC2IEDM or LC2IEDM – (i) Land C2IEDM (q.v.)
  • LCA – (s) Saint Lucia (ISO 3166 trigram)
  • LCC – (i) Land Component Commander
  • LCCP – (i) Light Contingency Communications Package
  • LCD – (i) Liquid Crystal Display
  • LCE – (i) Leaving Certificate Examination – Load Carrying Equipment – London Commodity Exchange
  • LCM – (i) Least/Lowest Common Multiple
  • LCol – (s) Lieutenant-Colonel (Canada, UK)
  • LCS - League of Legends Championship Series

LD

LE
  • LE – (s) Lebanon (FIPS 10-4 country code)
  • LEC – (i) Local Exchange Carrier
  • LED – (i) Light-Emitting Diode
  • Legs – (a) level emotion gad speed
  • LEGAD – (p) Legal Advice
  • LEMOSS – (p) Long-Endurance MObile Submarine Simulator
  • LEN – (i) Large Extension Node
  • LEO – (a) Low Earth orbit
  • LEP – (a) Large Electron-Positron collider
  • LER – (i) Loss-Exchange Ratio
  • LEU – (i) Low-Enriched Uranium

LF

LG

LH
  • LH – (s) Lithuania (FIPS 10-4 country code) – (i) Luteinising Hormone
  • LHC – (i) Large Hadron Collider
  • LHD
    • (i) litterarum humaniorum doctor (Latin, "doctor of humane letters (humanities)")
    • Left-Hand Drive (automobile)
  • LHS – (i) Left Hand Side

LI

LJ

LK

LL
  • l. l. – loco laudato (Latin: "in the place quoted")
  • LL – (i) Land Line (telephone) – Last Log – Late Latin – Left Limit – Lex Luthor (Superman character) – Light Line – Limited Liability – Linked List – Little League
  • LLAD – (i) Low Level Air Defence
  • LLB – (i) Legum Baccalaureus (Latin: Bachelor of Laws)
  • LLC – (i) Limited Liability Company
  • LLGC – (i) Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru (National Library of Wales) – London Lesbian and Gay Centre
  • LLLTV – (i) Low-Light Level Television
  • LLNL – (i) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • LLP – (i) Limited Liability Partnership
  • LLTI – (i) Limiting Long-Term Illness – Long Lead Time Item
  • LLTR – (i) Low-Level Transit Route

LM
  • LMAO – (i) Laughing My Ass Off (Internet shorthand)
  • LMFAO – (i) Laughing My F**king Ass Off (Internet shorthand, electro-hop duo)
  • LMB – (i) Lick My Balls
  • LMN – (a/i) Lifetime Movie Network
  • LMS – (i) London Mathematical Society – London, Midland and Scottish (Railway)
  • LMS – (i) Like My Status (Internet shorthand)
  • LMV - () Light Motor Vehicle

LN
  • ln
  • LNB
    • (i) Liga Nacional de Básquet (Rioplatense Spanish, "National Basketball League"; top Argentine league)
    • Ligue Nationale de Basketball (French, "National Basketball League"; the organization that operates France's top two leagues, and the unrelated top league of Switzerland)
    • Low-Noise Block (Satellite dish)
  • LNER – (i) London and North Eastern Railway railway operator from 1923 until 1947 in the United Kingdom
(i) London North Eastern Railway railway operator established in 2018 in the United Kingdom

LO

LP
  • LP
    • (i) Linkin Park
    • Linkup Point
    • Listening Post
    • Long Playing (record)
    • Louisiana Pacific (cf. LP Field, a former name of the sports venue now known as Nissan Stadium)
  • LPC – (i) Linear Predictive Coding
  • LPD
  • LPG – (i) Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cf. LNG)
  • LPI – (i) Low Probability of Intercept
  • LPS

LQ

LR
  • Lr – (s) Lawrencium
  • LR – (s) Liberia (ISO 3166 digram)
  • LRAD – (i) Long Range Acoustic Device ("ell-rad")
  • LRAS3 or LRAS3 – (i) Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System
  • LR-ATGW – (i) Long-Range Anti-Tank Guided Weapon
  • LRC – (i) Logistics Readiness Center
  • LRD – (s) Liberian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
  • LRF – (p) Laser rangefinder – (i) Low Readiness Forces
  • LRGW – (i) Long-Range Guided Weapon
  • LRICBM – (i) Limited Range ICBM
  • LRIP – (i) Low Rate Initial Production
  • LRP – (i) Logistics Release Point
  • LRPE – (i) Long-Range Planning Element
  • LRS – (i) Long Range Surveillance
  • LRU – (i) Line-Replaceable Unit

LS

LT
  • lt – (s) Lithuanian language (ISO 639-1 code)
  • Lt – (s) Lieutenant
  • LtC – (s) Lieutenant-Colonel (U.S.)
  • LT – (s) Lesotho (FIPS 10-4 country code) – Lithuania (ISO 3166 digram)
  • LTC – (i) Long-Term Costing
  • Ltd – (s) Limited
  • LTDP – (i) Long-Term Defence Plan
  • LTG – (s) Lieutenant General – (i) Lightning (METAR Code)
  • LTI – (i) Linear Time-Invariant
  • LTL – (s) Lithuanian litas (ISO 4217 currency code)
  • LTM – (i) Acronym for Laughing To Myself
  • LTO - (i) Long Term Occasional (substitute teachers)
  • LTP – (i) Long-Term Potentiation
  • LTU – (s) Lithuania (ISO 3166 trigram)
  • ltz – (s) Luxembourgish language (ISO 639-2 code)

LU
  • lu – (s) Tshiluba language (ISO 639-1 code)
  • Lu – (s) Lutetium
  • LU – (s) Acronym Love You
  • LU – Loonatics Unleashed
  • lub – (s) Tshiluba language (ISO 639-2 code)
  • LUCA – (a) Last Universal Common Ancestor
  • lug – (s) Luganda (ISO 639-2 code)
  • LUG – (i) Linux User Group
  • LULU – (a) Locally Unwanted Land Use (urbanism)
  • LUT – (i) Limited User Test (ing) – Local User Terminal
  • LUVW – (i) Light Utility Vehicle, Wheeled
  • LUX – (s) Luxembourg (ISO 3166 trigram)

LV
  • lv – (s) Latvian language (ISO 639-1 code)
  • LV
    • (i) Las Vegas
    • (s) Latvia (ISO 3166 digram)
    • (i) Launch Vehicle
    • Leading Vehicle
    • (s) Leave
    • (i) Left Ventricle
    • Level Valve
    • Linking Verb
    • Liverpool Victoria
  • LVA – (s) Latvia (ISO 3166 trigram)
  • LVAD
    • (i) Left Ventricular Assist Device
    • (p) Low-Velocity Airdrop
  • LVEF – (i) Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
  • LVL – (s) Latvian lats (ISO 4217 currency code)

LW
  • Lw – (s) Lawrencium (obsolete 1963)
  • LW – (i) Land Warrior – Low Water (nautical charts)
  • LWR – (i) Laser warning receiver
  • LWRC – (i) Land Warfare Resources Corporation
  • LWS – (i) Land Warrior System

LX

LY

LZ

References
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