Return to Book List Grade 2     Glossary   Choose a Letter | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | List of words for Letter 'L' Click on    to hear the word and definition. Click on the picture to see a bigger picture. Some are animations. landslide a sudden movement of soil down a hill  A landslide can destroy homes. larva the stage in the life cycle of a butterfly when the insect is a caterpillar  A caterpillar is a larva. leaves plant part that makes food  Leaves make food for a plant. lever a simple machine made of a bar that rests on a fixed point  You can make a lever with two pencils. life cycle shows how a living thing grows, lives, and dies  A bear's life cycle shows how a bear grows. light a kind of energy that lets us see  We use electric light to help us see indoors. liquid matter that flows and takes the shape of what you pour it in  Water is a liquid. living thing something that grows, changes, and makes other living things like itself  A plant is a living thing. lungs body parts used to breathe  All birds breathe with lungs. Leave Glossary