Name Report For First Name LENA:
LENA
First name LENA's origin is English. LENA means "name suffix". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with LENA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of lena.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with LENA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with LENA - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming LENA
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES LENA AS A WHOLE:
celena yalena kalena allena elena marilena jelena alena analena angellena arlena charlena cholena collena dalena darlena earlena eilena ellena galena helena ilena jolena kolena kristalena lenae madalena maddalena madelena magdalena marlena selena olena melena orlena lenardNAMES RHYMING WITH LENA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ena) - Names That Ends with ena:
abena makena zena zwena alhena nena bozena methena athena irena philomena polyxena pyrena rena adena jardena meena filomena kwabena serena aghadreena aleena almundena andena arleena ashleena asucena aurkena autena azucena azusena bena birdena breena buena charleena christeena christena correena cullodena cyrena daena darena darleena deena defena dena doreena dreena duena eleena elvena ena fineena francena jaena jeena jena jimena jonathena jovena judeena kareena kathleena kemena kristeena kristena larena laurena leena lorena lucena madena magena maitena marteena nareena noreena raena robena rowena siena sirena skena virgena zuwena ameena clymena arena verena galiena queena luvena cadena sakeena alzena gwendoloena lavena ksena sheenaNAMES RHYMING WITH LENA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (len) - Names That Begins with len:
len lenci lendall lendell lenee leng lenmana lenn lennard lennell lennie lenno lennon lennox lenny lenora lenore lenutaRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (le) - Names That Begins with le:
lea lea-que leachlainn leah leal leala lealia leaman leamhnach lean leana leander leandra leandre leandro leane leanian leann leanna leannan leanne lear leary leathan leathlobhair leax leb lebna lecia leda lee leeann leeanne leela leeland leeroy leesa legarre legaya legget leia leianna leicester leigb leigh leigh-ann leighanne leighton leiko leil leila leilah leilana leilani leilanie leilany leiloni leira leisha leith leitha leitis leksi lela leland lele lelia lema leman lemuel lemuela leo leoc leocadie leod leoda leodegan leodegrance leodegraunce leof leola leomaNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LENA:
First Names which starts with 'l' and ends with 'a':
labreshia lacina lacramioara lada laetitia lahela laila laina lajila lakeisha lakesha lakeshia lakiesha lakisha lakishia lakya lala lalia lalima lama lamba lamia lampetia lana lanaia landa landra landrada lanna lansa laodamia laqueta laquisha lara lareina laria larina larissa larunda lashea latasha lateefa lateisha latesha latia laticia latisha latoya laura laurana laurencia laurentia lauretta laurinda laurita laverna lavernia lavina lavinia layla leona leonarda leonda leondra leondrea leonela leonora leontina leopolda leopoldina leota leppa lera leta letha lethia letitia letizia letya leucothea leucothia leunta levia levina levyna lewanna lexandra lexina leya leyla leza lia liana lianna licia lidia liealia ligia liisa lilaEnglish Words Rhyming LENA
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES LENA AS A WHOLE:
| cantilena | noun (n.) See Cantabile. |
| galena | noun (n.) A remedy or antidose for poison; theriaca. |
| noun (n.) Lead sulphide; the principal ore of lead. It is of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, and is cubic in crystallization and cleavage. |
| helena | noun (n.) See St. Elmo's fire, under Saint. |
| lena | noun (n.) A procuress. |
| melena | noun (n.) See Melaena. |
| mesitylenate | noun (n.) A salt of mesitylenic acid. |
| millenarian | noun (n.) One who believes that Christ will personally reign on earth a thousand years; a Chiliast. |
| adjective (a.) Consisting of a thousand years; of or pertaining to the millennium, or to the Millenarians. |
| millenarianism | noun (n.) Alt. of Millenarism |
| millenarism | noun (n.) The doctrine of Millenarians. |
| millenary | noun (n.) The space of a thousand years; a millennium; also, a Millenarian. |
| adjective (a.) Consisting of a thousand; millennial. |
| plenal | adjective (a.) Full; complete; as, a plenal view or act. |
| plenariness | noun (n.) Quality or state of being plenary. |
| plenarty | noun (n.) The state of a benefice when occupied. |
| plenary | noun (n.) Decisive procedure. |
| adjective (a.) Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license; plenary authority. |
| pollenarious | adjective (a.) Consisting of meal or pollen. |
| selenate | noun (n.) A salt of selenic acid; -- formerly called also seleniate. |
| solenacean | noun (n.) Any species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the family Solenidae. |
| solenaceous | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the solens or family Solenidae. |
| splenalgia | noun (n.) Pain over the region of the spleen. |
| villenage | noun (n.) Villanage. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH LENA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ena) - English Words That Ends with ena:
| amphisbaena | noun (n.) A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way. |
| noun (n.) A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form, without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| antilegomena | noun (n. pl.) Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena. |
| arena | noun (n.) The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered with sand. |
| noun (n.) Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life. | |
| noun (n.) "Sand" or "gravel" in the kidneys. |
| avena | noun (n.) A genus of grasses, including the common oat (Avena sativa); the oat grasses. |
| catena | noun (n.) A chain or series of things connected with each other. |
| coralligena | noun (n. pl.) Same as Anthozoa. |
| dracaena | noun (n.) A genus of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers. |
| dreissena | noun (n.) A genus of bivalve shells of which one species (D. polymorpha) is often so abundant as to be very troublesome in the fresh waters of Europe. |
| homologoumena | noun (n. pl.) Those books of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church; -- distinguished from antilegomena. |
| hyaena | noun (n.) Same as Hyena. |
| hyena | noun (n.) Any carnivorous mammal of the family Hyaenidae, of which three living species are known. They are large and strong, but cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are nocturnal in their habits. |
| ingena | noun (n.) The gorilla. |
| lagena | noun (n.) The terminal part of the cochlea in birds and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the cochlea, in fishes and amphibians. |
| marena | noun (n.) A European whitefish of the genus Coregonus. |
| melaena | noun (n.) A discharge from the bowels of black matter, consisting of altered blood. |
| modena | noun (n.) A certain crimsonlike color. |
| molybdena | noun (n.) See Molybdenite. |
| muraena | noun (n.) A genus of large eels of the family Miraenidae. They differ from the common eel in lacking pectoral fins and in having the dorsal and anal fins continuous. The murry (Muraena Helenae) of Southern Europe was the muraena of the Romans. It is highly valued as a food fish. |
| ozena | noun (n.) A discharge of fetid matter from the nostril, particularly if associated with ulceration of the soft parts and disease of the bones of the nose. |
| patena | noun (n.) A paten. |
| noun (n.) A grassy expanse in the hill region of Ceylon. |
| phagedena | noun (n.) A canine appetite; bulimia. |
| noun (n.) Spreading, obstinate ulceration. |
| phalaena | noun (n.) A linnaean genus which included the moths in general. |
| philopena | noun (n.) A present or gift which is made as a forfeit in a social game that is played in various ways; also, the game itself. |
| pyrena | noun (n.) A nutlet resembling a seed, or the kernel of a drupe. |
| scena | noun (n.) A scene in an opera. |
| noun (n.) An accompanied dramatic recitative, interspersed with passages of melody, or followed by a full aria. |
| subpena | noun (n. & v. t.) See Subpoena. |
| subpoena | noun (n.) A writ commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty; the process by which a defendant in equity is commanded to appear and answer the plaintiff's bill. |
| verb (v. t.) To serve with a writ of subpoena; to command attendance in court by a legal writ, under a penalty in case of disobedience. |
| vena | noun (n.) A vein. |
| verbena | noun (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH LENA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (len) - Words That Begins with len:
| lending | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lend |
| noun (n.) The act of one who lends. | |
| noun (n.) That which is lent or furnished. |
| lendable | adjective (a.) Such as can be lent. |
| lender | noun (n.) One who lends. |
| lendes | noun (n. pl.) See Lends. |
| lends | noun (n. pl.) Loins. |
| lene | noun (n.) The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis). |
| noun (n.) Any one of the lene consonants, as p, k, or t (or Gr. /, /, /). | |
| adjective (a.) Smooth; as, the lene breathing. | |
| adjective (a.) Applied to certain mute consonants, as p, k, and t (or Gr. /, /, /). | |
| verb (v. t.) To lend; to grant; to permit. |
| lenger | adjective (a.) Alt. of Lengest |
| length | adjective (a.) The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its sides; as, the length of a church, or of a ship; the length of a rope or line. |
| adjective (a.) A portion of space or of time considered as measured by its length; -- often in the plural. | |
| adjective (a.) The quality or state of being long, in space or time; extent; duration; as, some sea birds are remarkable for the length of their wings; he was tired by the length of the sermon, and the length of his walk. | |
| adjective (a.) A single piece or subdivision of a series, or of a number of long pieces which may be connected together; as, a length of pipe; a length of fence. | |
| adjective (a.) Detail or amplification; unfolding; continuance as, to pursue a subject to a great length. | |
| adjective (a.) Distance. | |
| verb (v. t.) To lengthen. |
| lengthening | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lengthen |
| lengthful | adjective (a.) Long. |
| lengthiness | noun (n.) The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity. |
| lenience | noun (n.) Alt. of Leniency |
| leniency | noun (n.) The quality or state of being lenient; lenity; clemency. |
| lenient | noun (n.) A lenitive; an emollient. |
| adjective (a.) Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of. | |
| adjective (a.) Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence. |
| leniment | noun (n.) An assuasive. |
| lenitive | noun (n.) A medicine or application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of irritants. |
| noun (n.) A mild purgative; a laxative. | |
| noun (n.) That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative. | |
| adjective (a.) Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient. |
| lenitiveness | noun (n.) The quality of being lenitive. |
| lenitude | noun (n.) The quality or habit of being lenient; lenity. |
| lenity | noun (n.) The state or quality of being lenient; mildness of temper or disposition; gentleness of treatment; softness; tenderness; clemency; -- opposed to severity and rigor. |
| leno | noun (n.) A light open cotton fabric used for window curtains. |
| lenocinant | adjective (a.) Given to lewdness. |
| lens | noun (n.) A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, and commonly used, either singly or combined, in optical instruments, for changing the direction of rays of light, and thus magnifying objects, or otherwise modifying vision. In practice, the curved surfaces are usually spherical, though rarely cylindrical, or of some other figure. |
| lent | noun (n.) A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches as commemorative of the fast of our Savior. |
| adjective (a.) Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats. | |
| adjective (a.) See Lento. | |
| (imp. & p. p.) of Lend | |
| () imp. & p. p. of Lend. |
| lentando | adjective (a.) Slackening; retarding. Same as Rallentando. |
| lenten | noun (n.) Lent. |
| noun (n.) Of or pertaining to the fast called Lent; used in, or suitable to, Lent; as, the Lenten season. | |
| noun (n.) Spare; meager; plain; somber; unostentatious; not abundant or showy. |
| lententide | noun (n.) The season of Lenten or Lent. |
| lenticel | noun (n.) One of the small, oval, rounded spots upon the stem or branch of a plant, from which the underlying tissues may protrude or roots may issue, either in the air, or more commonly when the stem or branch is covered with water or earth. |
| noun (n.) A small, lens-shaped gland on the under side of some leaves. |
| lenticellate | adjective (a.) Producing lenticels; dotted with lenticels. |
| lenticelle | noun (n.) Lenticel. |
| lenticula | noun (n.) A kind of eruption upon the skin; lentigo; freckle. |
| noun (n.) A lens of small size. | |
| noun (n.) A lenticel. |
| lenticular | adjective (a.) Resembling a lentil in size or form; having the form of a double-convex lens. |
| lentiform | adjective (a.) Lenticular. |
| lentiginose | adjective (a.) Bearing numerous dots resembling freckles. |
| lentiginous | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to lentigo; freckly; scurfy; furfuraceous. |
| lentigo | noun (n.) A freckly eruption on the skin; freckles. |
| lentil | noun (n.) A leguminous plant of the genus Ervum (Ervum Lens), of small size, common in the fields in Europe. Also, its seed, which is used for food on the continent. |
| lentiscus | noun (n.) Alt. of Lentisk |
| lentisk | noun (n.) A tree; the mastic. See Mastic. |
| lentitude | adjective (a.) Slowness; sluggishness. |
| lentoid | adjective (a.) Having the form of a lens; lens-shaped. |
| lentor | adjective (a.) Tenacity; viscidity, as of fluids. |
| adjective (a.) Slowness; delay; sluggishness. |
| lentous | adjective (a.) Viscid; viscous; tenacious. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LENA:
English Words which starts with 'l' and ends with 'a':
| labia | noun (n. pl.) See Labium. |
| (pl. ) of Labium |
| labyrinthodonta | noun (n. pl.) An extinct order of Amphibia, including the typical genus Labyrinthodon, and many other allied forms, from the Carboniferous, Permian, and Triassic formations. By recent writers they are divided into two or more orders. See Stegocephala. |
| lacerta | noun (n.) A fathom. |
| noun (n.) A genus of lizards. See Lizard. | |
| noun (n.) The Lizard, a northern constellation. |
| lacertilia | noun (n. pl.) An order of Reptilia, which includes the lizards. |
| lacinia | noun (n.) One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers. |
| noun (n.) A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf. | |
| noun (n.) The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxillae of insects. |
| lacinula | noun (n.) A diminutive lacinia. |
| lactuca | noun (n.) A genus of composite herbs, several of which are cultivated foe salad; lettuce. |
| lacuna | noun (n.) A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus. |
| noun (n.) A small opening; a small depression or cavity; a space, as a vacant space between the cells of plants, or one of the spaces left among the tissues of the lower animals, which serve in place of vessels for the circulation of the body fluids, or the cavity or sac, usually of very small size, in a mucous membrane. |
| laemodipoda | noun (n. pl.) A division of amphipod Crustacea, in which the abdomen is small or rudimentary and the legs are often reduced to five pairs. The whale louse, or Cyamus, and Caprella are examples. |
| lagemorpha | noun (n. pl.) A group of rodents, including the hares. They have four incisors in the upper jaw. Called also Duplicidentata. |
| lagophthalmia | noun (n.) Alt. of Lagophthalmos |
| lama | noun (n.) See Llama. |
| noun (n.) In Thibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief called Lamaism. |
| lambda | noun (n.) The name of the Greek letter /, /, corresponding with the English letter L, l. |
| noun (n.) The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull. |
| lamella | noun (n.) a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of which certain shells are composed. |
| lamellibranchia | noun (n. pl.) Alt. of Lamellibranchiata |
| lamellibranchiata | noun (n. pl.) A class of Mollusca including all those that have bivalve shells, as the clams, oysters, mussels, etc. |
| lamellicornia | noun (n. pl.) A group of lamellicorn, plant-eating beetles; -- called also Lamellicornes. |
| lametta | noun (n.) Foil or wire made of gold, silver, or brass. |
| lamia | noun (n.) A monster capable of assuming a woman's form, who was said to devour human beings or suck their blood; a vampire; a sorceress; a witch. |
| lamina | noun (n.) A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals. |
| noun (n.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower. | |
| noun (n.) A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather. |
| laminaria | noun (n.) A genus of great seaweeds with long and broad fronds; kelp, or devil's apron. The fronds commonly grow in clusters, and are sometimes from thirty to fifty feet in length. See Illust. of Kelp. |
| lamnunguia | noun (n. pl.) Same as Hyracoidea. |
| langaha | noun (n.) A curious colubriform snake of the genus Xyphorhynchus, from Madagascar. It is brownish red, and its nose is prolonged in the form of a sharp blade. |
| langya | noun (n.) One of several species of East Indian and Asiatic fresh-water fishes of the genus Ophiocephalus, remarkable for their power of living out of water, and for their tenacity of life; -- called also walking fishes. |
| larva | noun (n.) Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several times, and may change its form or color each time. The larvae of many insects are much like the adults in form and habits, but have no trace of wings, the rudimentary wings appearing only in the pupa stage. In other groups of insects the larvae are totally unlike the parents in structure and habits, and are called caterpillars, grubs, maggots, etc. |
| noun (n.) The early, immature form of any animal when more or less of a metamorphosis takes place, before the assumption of the mature shape. |
| larvalia | noun (n. pl.) An order of Tunicata, including Appendicularia, and allied genera; -- so called because certain larval features are retained by them through life. Called also Copelata. See Appendicularia. |
| latakia | noun (n.) A superior quality of Turkish smoking tobacco, so called from the place where produced, the ancient Laodicea. |
| latria | noun (n.) The highest kind of worship, or that paid to God; -- distinguished by the Roman Catholics from dulia, or the inferior worship paid to saints. |
| laura | noun (n.) A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior. |
| lava | noun (n.) The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its top or fissured sides. It flows out in streams sometimes miles in length. It also issues from fissures in the earth's surface, and forms beds covering many square miles, as in the Northwestern United States. |
| lavolta | noun (n.) An old dance, for two persons, being a kind of waltz, in which the woman made a high spring or bound. |
| lawsonia | noun (n.) An Asiatic and North African shrub (Lawsonia inermis), with smooth oval leaves, and fragrant white flowers. Henna is prepared from the leaves and twigs. In England the shrub is called Egyptian privet, and in the West Indies, Jamaica mignonette. |
| lea | noun (n.) A measure of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay. |
| noun (n.) A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle. | |
| noun (n.) A meadow or sward land; a grassy field. |
| lecama | noun (n.) The hartbeest. |
| lectica | noun (n.) A kind of litter or portable couch. |
| legatura | noun (n.) A tie or brace; a syncopation. |
| leipoa | noun (n.) A genus of Australian gallinaceous birds including but a single species (Leipoa ocellata), about the size of a turkey. Its color is variegated, brown, black, white, and gray. Called also native pheasant. |
| lemma | noun (n.) A preliminary or auxiliary proposition demonstrated or accepted for immediate use in the demonstration of some other proposition, as in mathematics or logic. |
| lemniscata | noun (n.) Alt. of Lemniscate |
| lemuria | noun (n.) A hypothetical land, or continent, supposed by some to have existed formerly in the Indian Ocean, of which Madagascar is a remnant. |
| lemuroidea | noun (n. pl.) A suborder of primates, including the lemurs, the aye-aye, and allied species. |
| lepidoptera | noun (n. pl.) An order of insects, which includes the butterflies and moths. They have broad wings, covered with minute overlapping scales, usually brightly colored. |
| lepidosauria | noun (n. pl.) A division of reptiles, including the serpents and lizards; the Plagiotremata. |
| lepisma | noun (n.) A genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongated flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by seven unequal bristles. A common species (Lepisma saccharina) is found in houses, and often injures books and furniture. Called also shiner, silver witch, silver moth, and furniture bug. |
| lepra | noun (n.) Leprosy. |
| leptocardia | noun (n. pl.) The lowest class of Vertebrata, including only the Amphioxus. The heart is represented only by a simple pulsating vessel. The blood is colorless; the brain, renal organs, and limbs are wanting, and the backbone is represented only by a simple, unsegmented notochord. See Amphioxus. |
| leptostraca | noun (n. pl.) An order of Crustacea, including Nebalia and allied forms. |
| lernaea | noun (n.) A Linnaean genus of parasitic Entomostraca, -- the same as the family Lernaeidae. |
| lernaeacea | noun (n. pl.) A suborder of copepod Crustacea, including a large number of remarkable forms, mostly parasitic on fishes. The young, however, are active and swim freely. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| leuchaemia | noun (n.) See Leucocythaemia. |
| leucocythaemia | noun (n.) Alt. of Leucocythemia |
| leucocythemia | noun (n.) A disease in which the white corpuscles of the blood are largely increased in number, and there is enlargement of the spleen, or the lymphatic glands; leuchaemia. |
| leucoma | noun (n.) A white opacity in the cornea of the eye; -- called also albugo. |
| leucorrhoea | noun (n.) A discharge of a white, yellowish, or greenish, viscid mucus, resulting from inflammation or irritation of the membrane lining the genital organs of the female; the whites. |
| leukaemia | noun (n.) Leucocythaemia. |
| levana | noun (n.) A goddess who protected newborn infants. |
| liana | noun (n.) A luxuriant woody plant, climbing high trees and having ropelike stems. The grapevine often has the habit of a liane. Lianes are abundant in the forests of the Amazon region. |
| li bella | noun (n.) A small balance. |
| noun (n.) A level, or leveling instrument. |
| libra | noun (n.) The Balance; the seventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the autumnal equinox in September, marked thus / in almanacs, etc. |
| noun (n.) A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio. |
| ligula | noun (n.) See Ligule. |
| noun (n.) The central process, or front edge, of the labium of insects. It sometimes serves as a tongue or proboscis, as in bees. | |
| noun (n.) A tongue-shaped lobe of the parapodia of annelids. See Parapodium. |
| lima | noun (n.) The capital city of Peru, in South America. |
| limacina | noun (n.) A genus of small spiral pteropods, common in the Arctic and Antarctic seas. It contributes to the food of the right whales. |
| lim naea | noun (n.) A genus of fresh-water air-breathing mollusks, abundant in ponds and streams; -- called also pond snail. |
| limuloidea | noun (n. pl.) An order of Merostomata, including among living animals the genus Limulus, with various allied fossil genera, mostly of the Carboniferous period. Called also Xiphosura. |
| lindia | noun (n.) A peculiar genus of rotifers, remarkable for the absence of ciliated disks. By some zoologists it is thought to be like the ancestral form of the Arthropoda. |
| linga | noun (n.) Alt. of Lingam |
| lingua | noun (n.) A tongue. |
| noun (n.) A median process of the labium, at the under side of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue. |
| linguatulida | noun (n. pl.) Same as Linguatulina. |
| linguatulina | noun (n. pl.) An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also Pentastomida. |
| lingula | noun (n.) A tonguelike process or part. |
| noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of brachiopod shells belonging to the genus Lingula, and related genera. See Brachiopoda, and Illustration in Appendix. |
| lipaemia | noun (n.) A condition in which fat occurs in the blood. |
| lipocephala | noun (n. pl.) Same as Lamellibranchia. |
| lipoma | noun (n.) A tumor consisting of fat or adipose tissue. |
| lira | noun (n.) An Italian coin equivalent in value to the French franc. |
| lirella | noun (n.) A linear apothecium furrowed along the middle; the fruit of certain lichens. |
| lissencephala | noun (n. pl.) A general name for all those placental mammals that have a brain with few or no cerebral convolutions, as Rodentia, Insectivora, etc. |
| lithaemia | noun (n.) A condition in which uric (lithic) acid is present in the blood. |
| lithia | noun (n.) The oxide of lithium; a strong alkaline caustic similar to potash and soda, but weaker. See Lithium. |
| littorina | noun (n.) A genus of small pectinibranch mollusks, having thick spiral shells, abundant between tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts. They feed on seaweeds. The common periwinkle is a well-known example. See Periwinkle. |
| liza | noun (n.) The American white mullet (Mugil curema). |
| llama | noun (n.) A South American ruminant (Auchenia llama), allied to the camels, but much smaller and without a hump. It is supposed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco. It was formerly much used as a beast of burden in the Andes. |
| lobelia | noun (n.) A genus of plants, including a great number of species. Lobelia inflata, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America, whose leaves contain a poisonous white viscid juice, of an acrid taste. It has often been used in medicine as an emetic, expectorant, etc. L. cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color of its flowers. |
| lobosa | noun (n. pl.) An order of Rhizopoda, in which the pseudopodia are thick and irregular in form, as in the Amoeba. |
| lochia | noun (n. pl.) The discharge from the womb and vagina which follows childbirth. |
| locusta | noun (n.) The spikelet or flower cluster of grasses. |
| locustella | noun (n.) The European cricket warbler. |
| loggia | noun (n.) A roofed open gallery. It differs from a veranda in being more architectural, and in forming more decidedly a part of the main edifice to which it is attached; from a porch, in being intended not for entrance but for an out-of-door sitting-room. |
| loma | noun (n.) A lobe; a membranous fringe or flap. |
| longicornia | noun (n. pl.) A division of beetles, including a large number of species, in which the antennae are very long. Most of them, while in the larval state, bore into the wood or beneath the bark of trees, and some species are very destructive to fruit and shade trees. See Apple borer, under Apple, and Locust beetle, under Locust. |
| lophopoda | noun (n. pl.) Same as Phylactolemata. |
| lorcha | noun (n.) A kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having the hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a Chinese junk. |
| lorica | noun (n.) A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like. |
| noun (n.) Lute for protecting vessels from the fire. | |
| noun (n.) The protective case or shell of an infusorian or rotifer. |
| loricata | noun (n. pl.) A suborder of edentates, covered with bony plates, including the armadillos. |
| noun (n. pl.) The crocodilia. |
| lucernaria | noun (n.) A genus of acalephs, having a bell-shaped body with eight groups of short tentacles around the margin. It attaches itself by a sucker at the base of the pedicel. |
| lucernarida | noun (n. pl.) A division of acalephs, including Lucernaria and allied genera; -- called also Calycozoa. |
| noun (n. pl.) A more extensive group of acalephs, including both the true lucernarida and the Discophora. |
| lucuma | noun (n.) An American genus of sapotaceous trees bearing sweet and edible fruits. |
| lumachella | noun (n.) A grayish brown limestone, containing fossil shells, which reflect a beautiful play of colors. It is also called fire marble, from its fiery reflections. |
| luna | noun (n.) The moon. |
| noun (n.) Silver. |
| lunula | noun (n.) Same as Lunule. |
| lupercalia | noun (n. pl.) A feast of the Romans in honor of Lupercus, or Pan. |
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