Name Report For First Name LEY:

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First name LEY's origin is English. LEY means "meadow". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with LEY below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of ley.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with LEY and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with LEY - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming LEY

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES LEY AS A WHOLE:

shelley ashley sibley ackerley ainsley ansley ardley arley bartley bromley buckley burley farnley hadley ransley stockley bailey culley dooley leyati aaleyah ailey aleyece amberley athaleyah beverley brinley cailey carley gormley hailey haisley haley halley hayley-jade kaeley kailey kaley karley kayley keeley kelley kieley kiley kimberley leya marley mckinley miley presley shailey shirley whitley zaley ackley aekerley aekley aisley audley auley bayley berkeley bocley bradley bramley caley cauley cawley charley chesley coley conley cooley crowley cyneley daley everley foley grantley heathley henley hurley kinsley leyman leyti lindley mackinley maduley oakley pfesssley quigley raley rangley rawley redley reilley riley sceley sealey shanley sinley sorley suthley torley weirley wessley westley wickley wiley leyla gilley tulley skelley yardley woodley wesley webley warley wardley wakeley towley thornley thorley stanley smedley shepley shandley rowley ridley ridgeley radley pressley penley oxley moreley manley linley lawley langley laidley kirkley kenley huxley huntley hawley harley hanley hagley greeley farley dunley crosley cranley brockley brawley brantley blakeley birley bentley tearley lesley ripley hayley denley dudley hartley kingsley rexley risley rutley sedgeley shipley wadley wheatley aleyn adley lynley berkley brentley corley ryley

NAMES RHYMING WITH LEY (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ey) - Names That Ends with ey:

abey bassey koofrey kosey harvey ransey whitney key abbey audrey betsey britney brittaney brittney cailsey carey casey chelsey chesney cidney cydney daisey daney daveney desirey devaney dorcey dorsey etney ivey jacey jamey janey kacey kasey kelcey kellsey kloey kortniey lacey lainey laney lindsey lynsey lynzey macey tawney teirney torey torrey zoey acey addney amey averey avrey bamey barney birkey blaeey blainey blayney bradey burney cacey cagney camey chancey chaney chauncey colbey cooey cooney corey courtney covey davey delaney denney dewey elvey fahey gaffney garvey geoffrey godfrey grey hickey huey inerney jeffrey jessey joey kearney kenney kinney korey landrey levey mahoney

NAMES RHYMING WITH LEY (According to first letters):

Rhyming 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 leena 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 len lena lenae lenard lenci lendall lendell lenee leng lenmana lenn lennard lennell lennie lenno lennon lennox lenny lenora lenore lenuta leo leoc leocadie leod leoda leodegan leodegrance

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LEY:

First Names which starts with 'l' and ends with 'y':

lacy laidly landry lanny lany larry lavy lawly lay leroy lewy lexy libby liberty lilly lily lindly lindsay lindy linly linsay linsey lomsky lomy lucky lucy lundy lyndsay lyndsey

English Words Rhyming LEY

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES LEY AS A WHOLE:

alleynoun (n.) A narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way.
 noun (n.) A narrow passage or way in a city, as distinct from a public street.
 noun (n.) A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
 noun (n.) Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.
 noun (n.) The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.
 noun (n.) A choice taw or marble.
alleyedadjective (a.) Furnished with alleys; forming an alley.
alleywaynoun (n.) An alley.
baileynoun (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle.
 noun (n.) The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
 noun (n.) A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester.
barleynoun (n.) A valuable grain, of the family of grasses, genus Hordeum, used for food, and for making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale, and whisky.
barleybrakenoun (n.) Alt. of Barleybreak
barleybreaknoun (n.) An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal.
barleycornnoun (n.) A grain or "corn" of barley.
 noun (n.) Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch.
bleymenoun (n.) An inflammation in the foot of a horse, between the sole and the bone.
boleynoun (n.) Alt. of Bolye
chisleyadjective (a.) Having a large admixture of small pebbles or gravel; -- said of a soil.
colleynoun (n.) See Collie.
diableynoun (n.) Devilry; sorcery or incantation; a diabolical deed; mischief.
galleynoun (n.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not
 noun (n.) A large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century.
 noun (n.) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars.
 noun (n.) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
 noun (n.) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
 noun (n.) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
 noun (n.) An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
 noun (n.) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.
 noun (n.) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
gleyrenoun (n.) See Glair.
kyleynoun (n.) A variety of the boomerang.
leynoun (n.) Law.
 noun (n.) See Lye.
 noun (n.) Grass or meadow land; a lea.
 adjective (a.) Fallow; unseeded.
 verb (v. t. & i.) To lay; to wager.
leysernoun (n.) Leisure.
maleylnoun (n.) A hypothetical radical derived from maleic acid.
medleynoun (n.) A mixture; a mingled and confused mass of ingredients, usually inharmonious; a jumble; a hodgepodge; -- often used contemptuously.
 noun (n.) The confusion of a hand to hand battle; a brisk, hand to hand engagement; a melee.
 noun (n.) A composition of passages detached from several different compositions; a potpourri.
 noun (n.) A cloth of mixed colors.
 adjective (a.) Mixed; of mixed material or color.
 adjective (a.) Mingled; confused.
moolleynoun (n.) Same as Mulley.
 noun (n.) A mulley or polled animal.
 noun (n.) A cow.
 adjective (a.) Destitute of horns, although belonging to a species of animals most of which have horns; hornless; polled; as, mulley cattle; a mulley (or moolley) cow.
motleynoun (n.) Composed of different or various parts; heterogeneously made or mixed up; discordantly composite; as, motley style.
 noun (n.) A combination of distinct colors; esp., the party-colored cloth, or clothing, worn by the professional fool.
 noun (n.) Hence, a jester, a fool.
 adjective (a.) Variegated in color; consisting of different colors; dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat.
 adjective (a.) Wearing motley or party-colored clothing. See Motley, n., 1.
muleynoun (n.) A stiff, long saw, guided at the ends but not stretched in a gate.
 noun (n.) See Mulley.
mulleynoun (n.) Alt. of Moolley
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Moolley
nobleynoun (n.) The body of nobles; the nobility.
 noun (n.) Noble birth; nobility; dignity.
parleynoun (n.) Mutual discourse or conversation; discussion; hence, an oral conference with an enemy, as with regard to a truce.
 verb (v. i.) To speak with another; to confer on some point of mutual concern; to discuss orally; hence, specifically, to confer orally with an enemy; to treat with him by words, as on an exchange of prisoners, an armistice, or terms of peace.
parleyingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Parley
parsleynoun (n.) An aromatic umbelliferous herb (Carum Petroselinum), having finely divided leaves which are used in cookery and as a garnish.
pleynoun (v. & n.) See Play.
 adjective (a.) Full See Plein.
pleytnoun (n.) An old term for a river boat.
podleynoun (n.) A young coalfish.
poleynoun (n.) See Poly.
 adjective (a.) Without horns; polled.
pusleynoun (n.) Purslane.
rolleynoun (n.) A small wagon used for the underground work of a mine.
shirleynoun (n.) The bullfinch.
sleynoun (n.) The number of ends per inch in the cloth, provided each dent in the reed in which it was made contained as equal number of ends.
 verb (v. t.) A weaver's reed.
 verb (v. t.) A guideway in a knitting machine.
 verb (v. t.) To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed; -- a term used by weavers. See Sleave, and Sleid.
tidleynoun (n.) The wren.
 noun (n.) The goldcrest.
tomaleynoun (n.) The liver of the lobster, which becomes green when boiled; -- called also tomalline.
trolleynoun (n.) Alt. of Trolly
valleynoun (n.) The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively.
 noun (n.) The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a reentrant angle.
 noun (n.) The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof.
vileynsadjective (a.) Villainous.
volleynoun (n.) A flight of missiles, as arrows, bullets, or the like; the simultaneous discharge of a number of small arms.
 noun (n.) A burst or emission of many things at once; as, a volley of words.
 noun (n.) A return of the ball before it touches the ground.
 noun (n.) A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket.
 verb (v. t.) To discharge with, or as with, a volley.
 verb (v. i.) To be thrown out, or discharged, at once; to be discharged in a volley, or as if in a volley; to make a volley or volleys.
 verb (v. i.) To return the ball before it touches the ground.
 verb (v. i.) To send the ball full to the top of the wicket.
volleyingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Volley
volleyedadjective (a.) Discharged with a sudden burst, or as if in a volley; as, volleyed thunder.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Volley
yowleynoun (n.) The European yellow-hammer.
wesleyannoun (n.) One who adopts the principles of Wesleyanism; a Methodist.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Wesley or Wesleyanism.
wesleyanismnoun (n.) The system of doctrines and church polity inculcated by John Wesley (b. 1703; d. 1791), the founder of the religious sect called Methodist; Methodism. See Methodist, n., 2.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH LEY (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (ey) - English Words That Ends with ey:


abbeynoun (n.) A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildings.
 noun (n.) The church of a monastery.
alderneynoun (n.) One of a breed of cattle raised in Alderney, one of the Channel Islands. Alderneys are of a dun or tawny color and are often called Jersey cattle. See Jersey, 3.
archiereynoun (n.) The higher order of clergy in Russia, including metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops.
attorneynoun (n.) A substitute; a proxy; an agent.
 noun (n.) One who is legally appointed by another to transact any business for him; an attorney in fact.
 noun (n.) A legal agent qualified to act for suitors and defendants in legal proceedings; an attorney at law.
 verb (v. t.) To perform by proxy; to employ as a proxy.
bedkeynoun (n.) An instrument for tightening the parts of a bedstead.
beynoun (n.) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of Tunis.
blarneynoun (n.) Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery.
 verb (v. t.) To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney.
blickeynoun (n.) A tin dinner pail.
blueyadjective (a.) Bluish.
 adjective (a.) A bushman's blanket; -- named from its color.
 adjective (a.) A bushman's bundle; a swag; -- so called because a blanket is sometimes used as the outside covering.
bockeynoun (n.) A bowl or vessel made from a gourd.
bogeynoun (n.) A goblin; a bugbear. See Bogy.
 noun (n.) A goblin; a bugbear.
 noun (n.) A given score or number of strokes, for each hole, against which players compete; -- said to be so called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary first-rate player called Colonel Bogey.
bridgeyadjective (a.) Full of bridges.
carneynoun (n.) A disease of horses, in which the mouth is so furred that the afflicted animal can not eat.
causeynoun (n.) A way or road raised above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground.
chimneynoun (n.) A fireplace or hearth.
 noun (n.) That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft.
 noun (n.) A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion.
 noun (n.) A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein.
choky chokeyadjective (a.) Tending to choke or suffocate, or having power to suffocate.
 adjective (a.) Inclined to choke, as a person affected with strong emotion.
chutneynoun (n.) Alt. of Chutnee
clayeyadjective (a.) Consisting of clay; abounding with clay; partaking of clay; like clay.
cockneynoun (n.) An effeminate person; a spoilt child.
 noun (n.) A native or resident of the city of London; -- used contemptuously.
 adjective (a.) Of or relating to, or like, cockneys.
comfreynoun (n.) A rough, hairy, perennial plant of several species, of the genus Symphytum.
coneynoun (n.) A rabbit. See Cony.
 noun (n.) A fish. See Cony.
cooeynoun (n.) Alt. of Cooee
 noun (n.) Alt. of Cooee
 verb (v. i.) Alt. of Cooee
cookeynoun (n.) Alt. of Cookie
coseyadjective (a.) See Cozy.
courseynoun (n.) A space in the galley; a part of the hatches.
coveynoun (n.) A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of young; hence, a small flock or number of birds together; -- said of game; as, a covey of partridges.
 noun (n.) A company; a bevy; as, a covey of girls.
 noun (n.) A pantry.
 verb (v. i.) To brood; to incubate.
culverkeynoun (n.) A bunch of the keys or samaras of the ash tree.
 noun (n.) An English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill (Scilla nutans).
cumfreynoun (n.) See Comfrey.
chanteynoun (n.) A sailor's song.
deynoun (n.) A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.
 noun (n.) The governor of Algiers; -- so called before the French conquest in 1830.
dickeynoun (n.) Alt. of Dicky
  () A hat; esp., in U. S., a stiff hat or derby; in Eng., a straw hat.
  () One of various animals
  () A donkey.
  () Any small bird; -- called also dickey bird.
  () The hedge sparrow.
  () The haddock.
  () A seat for the driver; -- called also dickey box.
  () A seat at the back for servants.
dingeynoun (n.) Alt. of Dinghy
donkeynoun (n.) An ass; or (less frequently) a mule.
 noun (n.) A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass.
dreynoun (n.) A squirrel's nest. See Dray.
druxeyadjective (a.) Alt. of Druxy
dipseynoun (n.) Alt. of Dipsy
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Dipsy
dopeyadjective (a.) Affected by "dope"; esp., sluggish or dull as though under the influence of a narcotic.
feynoun (n.) Faith.
 adjective (a.) Fated; doomed.
 verb (v. t.) To cleanse; to clean out.
flueyadjective (a.) Downy; fluffy.
fo'geynoun (n.) See Fogy.
froweyadjective (a.) Working smoothly, or without splitting; -- said of timber.
garganeynoun (n.) A small European duck (Anas querquedula); -- called also cricket teal, and summer teal.
glueyadjective (a.) Viscous; glutinous; of the nature of, or like, glue.
goldneynoun (n.) See Gilthead.
greyadjective (a.) See Gray (the correct orthography).
gypseynoun (n.) A gypsy. See Gypsy.
hackneynoun (n.) A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony.
 noun (n.) A horse or pony kept for hire.
 noun (n.) A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.
 noun (n.) A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
 adjective (a.) Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors.
 verb (v. t.) To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation.
 verb (v. t.) To carry in a hackney coach.
hawkeynoun (n.) See Hockey.
heyadjective (a.) High.
  (interj.) An exclamation of joy, surprise, or encouragement.
  (interj.) A cry to set dogs on.
hockeynoun (n.) A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals.
 noun (n.) The stick used by the players.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH LEY (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (le) - Words That Begins with le:


leanoun (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.
leachnoun (n.) See 3d Leech.
 noun (n.) A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
 noun (n.) A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
 noun (n.) See Leech, a physician.
 verb (v. t.) To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee.
 verb (v. t.) To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes.
 verb (v. i.) To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
leachingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leach
leachyadjective (a.) Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous; pervious; -- said of gravelly or sandy soils, and the like.
leadnoun (n.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L. Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena, lead sulphide.
 noun (n.) An article made of lead or an alloy of lead
 noun (n.) A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.
 noun (n.) A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
 noun (n.) Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs; hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
 noun (n.) A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in pencils.
 noun (n.) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction; as, to take the lead; to be under the lead of another.
 noun (n.) precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; as, the white horse had the lead; a lead of a boat's length, or of half a second.
 noun (n.) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played; as, your partner has the lead.
 noun (n.) An open way in an ice field.
 noun (n.) A lode.
 noun (n.) The course of a rope from end to end.
 noun (n.) The width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
 noun (n.) the distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
 noun (n.) The action of a tooth, as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
 noun (n.) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
 noun (n.) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
 noun (n.) In an internal-combustion engine, the distance, measured in actual length of piston stroke or the corresponding angular displacement of the crank, of the piston from the end of the compression stroke when ignition takes place; -- called in full lead of the ignition. When ignition takes place during the working stroke the corresponding distance from the commencement of the stroke is called negative lead.
 noun (n.) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
 noun (n.) In spiral screw threads, worm wheels, or the like, the amount of advance of any point in the spiral for a complete turn.
 noun (n.) A conductor conveying electricity, as from a dynamo.
 noun (n.) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
 noun (n.) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
 noun (n.) A r/le for a leading man or leading woman; also, one who plays such a r/le.
 verb (v. t.) To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.
 verb (v. t.) To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead a page; leaded matter.
 verb (v. t.) To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection; as, a father leads a child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man.
 verb (v. t.) To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, esp. by going with or going in advance of. Hence, figuratively: To direct; to counsel; to instruct; as, to lead a traveler; to lead a pupil.
 verb (v. t.) To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a search; to lead a political party.
 verb (v. t.) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages.
 verb (v. t.) To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to lead one to espouse a righteous cause.
 verb (v. t.) To guide or conduct one's self in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).
 verb (v. t.) To begin a game, round, or trick, with; as, to lead trumps; the double five was led.
 verb (v. i.) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; -- used in most of the senses of lead, v. t.
 verb (v. t.) To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place; as, the path leads to the mill; gambling leads to other vices.
leadingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lead
 noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lead
 noun (n.) The act of guiding, directing, governing, or enticing; guidance.
 noun (n.) Suggestion; hint; example.
 adjective (a.) Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example.
leadedadjective (a.) Fitted with lead; set in lead; as, leaded windows.
 adjective (a.) Separated by leads, as the lines of a page.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Lead
leadenadjective (a.) Made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball.
 adjective (a.) Like lead in color, etc. ; as, a leaden sky.
 adjective (a.) Heavy; dull; sluggish.
leadernoun (n.) One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.
 noun (n.) One who goes first.
 noun (n.) One having authority to direct; a chief; a commander.
 noun (n.) A performer who leads a band or choir in music; also, in an orchestra, the principal violinist; the one who plays at the head of the first violins.
 noun (n.) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.
 noun (n.) The principal wheel in any kind of machinery.
 noun (n.) A horse placed in advance of others; one of the forward pair of horses.
 noun (n.) A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor.
 noun (n.) A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc. ; also, a line of gut, to which the snell of a fly hook is attached.
 noun (n.) A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.
 noun (n.) The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article.
 noun (n.) A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.
 noun (n.) a row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.
leadershipnoun (n.) The office of a leader.
leadhillitenoun (n.) A mineral of a yellowish or greenish white color, consisting of the sulphate and carbonate of lead; -- so called from having been first found at Leadhills, Scotland.
leadmannoun (n.) One who leads a dance.
leadsmannoun (n.) The man who heaves the lead.
leadwortnoun (n.) A genus of maritime herbs (Plumbago). P. Europaea has lead-colored spots on the leaves, and nearly lead-colored flowers.
leadyadjective (a.) Resembling lead.
leafnoun (n.) A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively constitute its foliage.
 noun (n.) A special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril.
 noun (n.) Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc. (c) The movable side of a table. (d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf. (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
 verb (v. i.) To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May.
leafingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leaf
leafagenoun (n.) Leaves, collectively; foliage.
leafcupnoun (n.) A coarse American composite weed (Polymnia Uvedalia).
leafedadjective (a.) Having (such) a leaf or (so many) leaves; -- used in composition; as, broad-leafed; four-leafed.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Leaf
leafetnoun (n.) A leaflet.
leafinessnoun (n.) The state of being leafy.
leaflessadjective (a.) Having no leaves or foliage; bearing no foliage.
leafletnoun (n.) A little leaf; also, a little printed leaf or a tract.
 noun (n.) One of the divisions of a compound leaf; a foliole.
 noun (n.) A leaflike organ or part; as, a leaflet of the gills of fishes.
leafstalknoun (n.) The stalk or petiole which supports a leaf.
leaguenoun (n.) A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5.280 feet each, and used (as a land measure) chiefly on the continent of Europe, and in the Spanish parts of America. The marine league of England and the United States is equal to three marine, or geographical, miles of 6080 feet each.
 noun (n.) A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
 noun (n.) An alliance or combination of two or more nations, parties, or persons, for the accomplishment of a purpose which requires a continued course of action, as for mutual defense, or for furtherance of commercial, religious, or political interests, etc.
 verb (v. i.) To unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support; to confederate.
 verb (v. t.) To join in a league; to cause to combine for a joint purpose; to combine; to unite; as, common interests will league heterogeneous elements.
leaguingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of League
leaguernoun (n.) The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general.
 noun (n.) A siege or beleaguering.
 verb (v. t.) To besiege; to beleaguer.
leaguerernoun (n.) A besieger.
leaknoun (n.) To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks.
 noun (n.) To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice, etc. ; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; -- usually with in or out.
 noun (n.) A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation; also, the point at which such loss occurs.
 adjective (a.) Leaky.
 verb (v.) A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe.
 verb (v.) The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps.
leakingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leak
leakagenoun (n.) A leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking.
 noun (n.) An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking.
 noun (n.) A leak; also; the quantity of electricity thus wasted.
leakinessnoun (n.) The quality of being leaky.
lealadjective (a.) Faithful; loyal; true.
leamnoun (n. & v. i.) See Leme.
 noun (n.) A cord or strap for leading a dog.
leamernoun (n.) A dog held by a leam.
leaningnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lean
 noun (n.) The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism.
leannoun (n.) That part of flesh which consist principally of muscle without the fat.
 noun (n.) Unremunerative copy or work.
 verb (v. t.) To conceal.
 verb (v. i.) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column.
 verb (v. i.) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; -- with to, toward, etc.
 verb (v. i.) To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; -- with on, upon, or against.
 verb (v. i.) To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.
 verb (v. i.) Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle.
 verb (v. i.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages.
 verb (v. i.) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type.
leannessnoun (n.) The condition or quality of being lean.
leanyadjective (a.) Lean.
leapnoun (n.) A basket.
 noun (n.) A weel or wicker trap for fish.
 noun (n.) The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.
 noun (n.) Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
 noun (n.) A fault.
 noun (n.) A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals.
 verb (v. i.) To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a horse.
 verb (v. i.) To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.
 verb (v. t.) To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.
 verb (v. t.) To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
leapingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leap
 noun (a. & n.) from Leap, to jump.
leapernoun (n.) One who, or that which, leaps.
 noun (n.) A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.
leapfrognoun (n.) A play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former.
leapfulnoun (n.) A basketful.
learnoun (n.) Lore; lesson.
 noun (n.) An annealing oven. See Leer, n.
 adjective (a.) See Leer, a.
 verb (v. t.) To learn. See Lere, to learn.
learningnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Learn
 noun (n.) The acquisition of knowledge or skill; as, the learning of languages; the learning of telegraphy.
 noun (n.) The knowledge or skill received by instruction or study; acquired knowledge or ideas in any branch of science or literature; erudition; literature; science; as, he is a man of great learning.
learnableadjective (a.) Such as can be learned.
learnedadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite; well-informed; as, a learned scholar, writer, or lawyer; a learned book; a learned theory.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Learn
learnernoun (n.) One who learns; a scholar.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LEY:

English Words which starts with 'l' and ends with 'y':

labilitynoun (n.) Liability to lapse, err, or apostatize.
laboratorynoun (n.) The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to experiments in any branch of natural science; as, a chemical, physical, or biological laboratory. Hence, by extension, a place where something is prepared, or some operation is performed; as, the liver is the laboratory of the bile.
lachrymaryadjective (a.) Containing, or intended to contain, tears; lachrymal.
lachrymatorynoun (n.) A "tear-bottle;" a narrow-necked vessel found in sepulchers of the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former notion that the tears of the deceased person's friends were collected in it. Called also lachrymal or lacrymal.
lackadaisyadjective (a.) Lackadaisical.
  (interj.) An expression of languor.
lactarynoun (n.) a dairyhouse.
 adjective (a.) Milky; full of white juice like milk.
lactoryadjective (a.) Lactiferous.
ladynoun (n.) A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household.
 noun (n.) A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of lord.
 noun (n.) A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart.
 noun (n.) A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by right.
 noun (n.) A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; -- the feminine correlative of gentleman.
 noun (n.) A wife; -- not now in approved usage.
 noun (n.) The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster; -- so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure. It consists of calcareous plates.
 adjective (a.) Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike.
  () The day of the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, March 25. See Annunciation.
laevorotatoryadjective (a.) Same as Levorotatory. Cf. Dextrorotatory.
laicalitynoun (n.) The state or quality of being laic; the state or condition of a layman.
laidlyadjective (a.) Ugly; loathsome.
laityadjective (a.) The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of the people not in orders.
 adjective (a.) The state of a layman.
 adjective (a.) Those who are not of a certain profession, as law or medicine, in distinction from those belonging to it.
lakyadjective (a.) Pertaining to a lake.
 adjective (a.) Transparent; -- said of blood rendered transparent by the action of some solvent agent on the red blood corpuscles.
lamaserynoun (n.) A monastery or convent of lamas, in Thibet, Mongolia, etc.
lamellaryadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to lamella or to lamellae; lamellar.
laminabilitynoun (n.) The quality or state of being laminable.
laminaryadjective (a.) Laminar.
lampoonrynoun (n.) The act of lampooning; a lampoon, or lampoons.
lampreynoun (n.) An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus Petromyzon, and allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of Cyclostomi). There are seven small branchial openings on each side.
lanarynoun (n.) A place for storing wool.
lancegaynoun (n.) Alt. of Lancegaye
lancelyadjective (a.) Like a lance.
landladynoun (n.) A woman having real estate which she leases to a tenant or tenants.
 noun (n.) The mistress of an inn or lodging house.
landlordrynoun (n.) The state of a landlord.
langareynoun (n.) One of numerous species of long-winged, shrikelike birds of Australia and the East Indies, of the genus Artamus, and allied genera; called also wood swallow.
laniaryadjective (a.) Lacerating or tearing; as, the laniary canine teeth.
 adjective (a.) The shambles; a place of slaughter.
 adjective (a.) A laniary, or canine, tooth.
lankyadjective (a.) Somewhat lank.
laparotomynoun (n.) A cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as in the Caesarean section.
lapidarynoun (n.) An artificer who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones; hence, a dealer in precious stones.
 noun (n.) A virtuoso skilled in gems or precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the art of cutting stones, or engraving on stones, either gems or monuments; as, lapidary ornamentation.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to monumental inscriptions; as, lapidary adulation.
laguaynoun (n.) A lackey.
laquearyadjective (a.) Using a noose, as a gladiator.
larcenynoun (n.) The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal with intent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft. Cf. Embezzlement.
larderynoun (n.) A larder.
lardrynoun (n.) A larder.
lardyadjective (a.) Containing, or resembling, lard; of the character or consistency of lard.
larrynoun (n.) Same as Lorry, or Lorrie.
larynoun (n.) A guillemot; -- called also lavy.
laryngologynoun (n.) Systematized knowledge of the action and functions of the larynx; in pathology, the department which treats of the diseases of the larynx.
laryngophonynoun (n.) The sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope when the latter is placed upon the larynx.
laryngoscopynoun (n.) The art of using the laryngoscope; investigations made with the laryngoscope.
laryngotomynoun (n.) The operation of cutting into the larynx, from the outside of the neck, for assisting respiration when obstructed, or for removing foreign bodies.
laryngotracheotomynoun (n.) The operation of cutting into the larynx and the upper part of the trachea, -- a frequent operation for obstruction to breathing.
lasciviencynoun (n.) Lasciviousness; wantonness.
lasterynoun (n.) A red color.
latchkeynoun (n.) A key used to raise, or throw back, the latch of a door, esp. a night latch.
latencynoun (n.) The state or quality of being latent.
lateralitynoun (n.) The state or condition of being lateral.
lathyadjective (a.) Like a lath; long and slender.
latinitynoun (n.) The Latin tongue, style, or idiom, or the use thereof; specifically, purity of Latin style or idiom.
latitancynoun (n.) Act or state of lying hid, or lurking.
latrocinynoun (n.) Theft; larceny.
laudabilitynoun (n.) Laudableness; praiseworthiness.
laudatoryadjective (a.) Of or pertaining praise, or to the expression of praise; as, laudatory verses; the laudatory powers of Dryden.
laughworthyadjective (a.) Deserving to be laughed at.
laundrynoun (n.) A laundering; a washing.
 noun (n.) A place or room where laundering is done.
lavatorynoun (n.) A place for washing.
 noun (n.) A basin or other vessel for washing in.
 noun (n.) A wash or lotion for a diseased part.
 noun (n.) A place where gold is obtained by washing.
 adjective (a.) Washing, or cleansing by washing.
lawnyadjective (a.) Having a lawn; characterized by a lawn or by lawns; like a lawn.
 adjective (a.) Made of lawn or fine linen.
lawyerlyadjective (a.) Like, or becoming, a lawyer; as, lawyerlike sagacity.
laxityadjective (a.) The state or quality of being lax; want of tenseness, strictness, or exactness.
laynoun (n.) The laity; the common people.
 noun (n.) A meadow. See Lea.
 noun (n.) Faith; creed; religious profession.
 noun (n.) A law.
 noun (n.) An obligation; a vow.
 noun (n.) That which lies or is laid or is conceived of as having been laid or placed in its position; a row; a stratum; a layer; as, a lay of stone or wood.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother.
 adjective (a.) Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.
 adjective (a.) Not belonging to, or emanating from, a particular profession; unprofessional; as, a lay opinion regarding the nature of a disease.
 adjective (a.) A song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad.
 adjective (a.) A melody; any musical utterance.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to lie down, to be prostrate, or to lie against something; to put or set down; to deposit; as, to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave; a shower lays the dust.
 verb (v. t.) To place in position; to establish firmly; to arrange with regularity; to dispose in ranks or tiers; as, to lay a corner stone; to lay bricks in a wall; to lay the covers on a table.
 verb (v. t.) To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.
 verb (v. t.) To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to lie dead or dying.
 verb (v. t.) To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk.
 verb (v. t.) To bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs.
 verb (v. t.) To apply; to put.
 verb (v. t.) To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land.
 verb (v. t.) To impute; to charge; to allege.
 verb (v. t.) To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on one.
 verb (v. t.) To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one.
 verb (v. t.) To state; to allege; as, to lay the venue.
 verb (v. t.) To point; to aim; as, to lay a gun.
 verb (v. t.) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them; as, to lay a cable or rope.
 verb (v. t.) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
 verb (v. t.) To place (new type) properly in the cases.
 verb (v. i.) To produce and deposit eggs.
 verb (v. i.) To take a position; to come or go; as, to lay forward; to lay aloft.
 verb (v. i.) To lay a wager; to bet.
 verb (v. t.) A wager.
 verb (v. t.) A job, price, or profit.
 verb (v. t.) A share of the proceeds or profits of an enterprise; as, when a man ships for a whaling voyage, he agrees for a certain lay.
 verb (v. t.) A measure of yarn; a lea. See 1st Lea (a).
 verb (v. t.) The lathe of a loom. See Lathe, 3.
 verb (v. t.) A plan; a scheme.
  (imp.) of Lie, to recline.
  (imp.) of Lie
lazarlyadjective (a.) Full of sores; leprous.
leasyadjective (a.) Flimsy; vague; deceptive.
leatheryadjective (a.) Resembling leather in appearance or consistence; tough.
leavyadjective (a.) Leafy.
lecanomancynoun (n.) divination practiced with water in a basin, by throwing three stones into it, and invoking the demon whose aid was sought.
lecherynoun (n.) Free indulgence of lust; lewdness.
 noun (n.) Selfish pleasure; delight.
lectionarynoun (n.) A book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine service.
ledgyadjective (a.) Abounding in ledges; consisting of a ledge or reef; as, a ledgy island.
leewaynoun (n.) The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.
legacynoun (n.) A gift of property by will, esp. of money or personal property; a bequest. Also Fig.; as, a legacy of dishonor or disease.
 noun (n.) A business with which one is intrusted by another; a commission; -- obsolete, except in the phrases last legacy, dying legacy, and the like.
legalitynoun (n.) The state or quality of being legal; conformity to law.
 noun (n.) A conformity to, and resting upon, the letter of the law.
legatarynoun (n.) A legatee.
legendarynoun (n.) A book of legends; a tale or narrative.
 noun (n.) One who relates legends.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends; consisting of legends; like a legend; fabulous.
legeritynoun (n.) Lightness; nimbleness.
leggyadjective (a.) Having long legs.
legibilitynoun (n.) The quality of being legible; legibleness.
legionarynoun (n.) A member of a legion.
 adjective (a.) Belonging to a legion; consisting of a legion or legions, or of an indefinitely great number; as, legionary soldiers; a legionary force.
legionrynoun (n.) A body of legions; legions, collectively.
legitimacyadjective (a.) The state, or quality, of being legitimate, or in conformity with law; hence, the condition of having been lawfully begotten, or born in wedlock.
leisurelyadjective (a.) Characterized by leisure; taking abundant time; not hurried; as, a leisurely manner; a leisurely walk.
 adverb (adv.) In a leisurely manner.
leniencynoun (n.) The quality or state of being lenient; lenity; clemency.
lenitynoun (n.) The state or quality of being lenient; mildness of temper or disposition; gentleness of treatment; softness; tenderness; clemency; -- opposed to severity and rigor.
l'envoynoun (n.) One or more detached verses at the end of a literary composition, serving to convey the moral, or to address the poem to a particular person; -- orig. employed in old French poetry.
 noun (n.) A conclusion; a result.
leprositynoun (n.) The state or quality of being leprous or scaly; also, a scale.
leprosynoun (n.) A cutaneous disease which first appears as blebs or as reddish, shining, slightly prominent spots, with spreading edges. These are often followed by an eruption of dark or yellowish prominent nodules, frequently producing great deformity. In one variety of the disease, anaesthesia of the skin is a prominent symptom. In addition there may be wasting of the muscles, falling out of the hair and nails, and distortion of the hands and feet with destruction of the bones and joints. It is incurable, and is probably contagious.
leprynoun (n.) Leprosy.
leptologynoun (n.) A minute and tedious discourse on trifling things.
letchyadjective (a.) See Leachy.
lethalitynoun (n.) The quality of being lethal; mortality.
lethargynoun (n.) Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which a person can scarcely be awaked.
 noun (n.) A state of inaction or indifference.
 verb (v. t.) To lethargize.
lethyadjective (a.) Lethean.
letuarynoun (n.) Electuary.
leucopathynoun (n.) The state of an albino, or of a white child of black parents.
leucophlegmacynoun (n.) A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca; paleness, with viscid juices and cold sweats.
levitynoun (n.) The quality of weighing less than something else of equal bulk; relative lightness, especially as shown by rising through, or floating upon, a contiguous substance; buoyancy; -- opposed to gravity.
 noun (n.) Lack of gravity and earnestness in deportment or character; trifling gayety; frivolity; sportiveness; vanity.
 noun (n.) Lack of steadiness or constancy; disposition to change; fickleness; volatility.
levorotatoryadjective (a.) Turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left; levogyrate, as levulose, left-handed quartz crystals, etc.
levynoun (n.) A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d.
 noun (n.) The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc.
 noun (n.) That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc.
 noun (n.) The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution.
 verb (v. t.) To raise, as a siege.
 verb (v. t.) To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc.
 verb (v. t.) To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.
 verb (v. t.) To gather or exact; as, to levy money.
 verb (v. t.) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up; as, to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc.
 verb (v. t.) To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.
 verb (v. i.) To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods.
lexicographynoun (n.) The art, process, or occupation of making a lexicon or dictionary; the principles which are applied in making dictionaries.
lexicologynoun (n.) The science of the derivation and signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the signification and application of words.
lexigraphynoun (n.) The art or practice of defining words; definition of words.
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