link

limn

limit

list

lift

lift-off

listen

lint

linkage

luster

low

lower (I wonder if I "glowered" for G?)

loan

lean

lien

leitmotif

legacy

Lincoln

logs

Lincoln logs

lips 

lip service

(I am the) Lorax (I speak for the trees)

lend

lent

left

leftie

languish

leverage

locate

location

locution

(Picasso at the ) lapin (agile)

labia

laboratory

labor

lable

lariat

lasso

linguistics

linguica (If you haven't tried it, do.)

language

late

later

latent

loam

lunge

lug

....48! ... a great first pass....

....luckily (I might add.)

logistics

logic

literature

LITERARY.

That'll do. Thank God.

I have this fun idea that once I manage "Z" I'll cycle back through, and require myself to make sentences and stories using some set number of words from each letter. I'm just happy I ended on literary.  Gives a thirsty man hope.