LINN
First name LINN's origin is English. LINN means "a cascade". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with LINN below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of linn.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with LINN and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
First Names Rhyming LINN
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES LƯNN AS A WHOLE:
aislinn alinn ashlinn caitlinn kaitlinn linne linnea linnette flinn katelinnNAMES RHYMING WITH LƯNN (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (inn) - Names That Ends with inn:
caolabhuinn labhruinn martainn bebhinn inghinn nighinn abhainn amhuinn bairrfhoinn cuinn finn flainn floinn kevinn leachlainn maeleachlainn muirfinn ogilhinn quinn winn breanainn vinnRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (nn) - Names That Ends with nn:
caoilfhionn fynn cynn corann tuireann ceannfhionn eachann lachlann mazonn addilynn adelynn aislynn alynn angelynn annalynn aoibheann ashelynn ashlynn avlynn bethann brendalynn brilynn brooklynn brynn caitlynn caoilfhinnn carolann carolynn carynn charlynn cherilynn chrysann crisann daelynn dalynn danylynn davynn deann deeann diahann doireann dyann edlynn elynn erynn evelynn fionn geralynn gracelynn gwendalynn gwenn gwynn jacklynn jadalynn jaecilynn jaelynn jaimelynn jaslynn jaylynn jazlynn jazmynn jenalynn jennyann jerilynn jeslynn joann jonalynn jordynn josalynn joshlynn joycelynn jozzlynn kadalynn kaelynn kaitlynn kalynn katelynn kathrynnNAMES RHYMING WITH LƯNN (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (lin) - Names That Begins with lin:
lin lina lincoln lind linda lindael lindberg linddun lindeberg lindel lindell linden lindi lindie lindisfarne lindiwe lindl lindleigh lindley lindly lindsay lindsey lindy line linette linford linh link linka linleah linley linly linsay linsey lintang linton lintun linus linwoodRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (li) - Names That Begins with li:
lia liam liana liane lianna libby liberty libuse lichas licia lidia lidio lidmann lidoine liealia lien liesbet liesheth liesl lieu liezel lifton ligia liisa liko lil lila lilah lili lilia lilian liliana liliane lilianna lilibet lilibeth lilie lilike lilis lilith lilium lillee lilli lillian lilliana lillie lillis lilly lillyana lilo liluye lily lilyanna lilybell lilybeth lion lionel lionell liora lioslaith liosliathNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LƯNN:
First Names which starts with 'l' and ends with 'n':
labaan laban lachlan laciann lacyann ladon laefertun lahthan lailoken lairgnen laken lamaan lamarion lan lancdon lancelin landen landon langdon langston lanston laochailan laocoon laodegan laomedon laren larson laryn laughlin lauralyn laureen laurelynn lauren laurian lauryn lavan lavern lawson lawton layden layken layton leaman lean leanian leann leannan leathan leeann leigh-ann leighton leman len lenn lennon leodegan leon leron leverton lexann leyman lishan litton livingston lizann llewelyn lochlain lochlann locklyn logan logen loghan lohengrin loiyan loman lon lonn lonyn loran lorcan loreen loren lorian loriann lorilynn lorin lorren lorrin loryn louden louellen loughlin lucan lucian lucien lufian lukman lun lunden lunnEnglish Words Rhyming LINN
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES LƯNN AS A WHOLE:
inclinnation | noun (n.) The act of inclining, or state of being inclined; a leaning; as, an inclination of the head. |
noun (n.) A direction or tendency from the true vertical or horizontal direction; as, the inclination of a column, or of a road bed. | |
noun (n.) A tendency towards another body or point. | |
noun (n.) The angle made by two lines or planes; as, the inclination of the plane of the earth's equator to the plane of the ecliptic is about 23¡ 28'; the inclination of two rays of light. | |
noun (n.) A leaning or tendency of the mind, feelings, preferences, or will; propensity; a disposition more favorable to one thing than to another; favor; desire; love. | |
noun (n.) A person or thing loved or admired. | |
noun (n.) Decantation, or tipping for pouring. |
inclinnometer | noun (n.) An apparatus to determine the inclination of the earth's magnetic force to the plane of the horizon; -- called also inclination compass, and dip circle. |
linnaean | adjective (a.) Alt. of Linnean |
linnean | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Linnaeus, the celebrated Swedish botanist. |
linnaeite | noun (n.) A mineral of pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, occurring in isometric crystals, and also massive. It is a sulphide of cobalt containing some nickel or copper. |
linne | noun (n.) Flax. See Linen. |
linnet | noun (n.) Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species (L. cannabina), which, in full summer plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown, tipped with crimson. Called also gray linnet, red linnet, rose linnet, brown linnet, lintie, lintwhite, gorse thatcher, linnet finch, and greater redpoll. The American redpoll linnet (Acanthis linaria) often has the crown and throat rosy. See Redpoll, and Twite. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH LƯNN (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (inn) - English Words That Ends with inn:
finn | adjective (a.) A native of Finland; one of the Finn/ in the ethnological sense. See Finns. |
inn | noun (n.) A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode. |
noun (n.) A house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers or wayfarers; a tavern; a public house; a hotel. | |
noun (n.) The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person; as, Leicester Inn. | |
noun (n.) One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers; as, the Inns of Court; the Inns of Chancery; Serjeants' Inns. | |
verb (v. i.) To take lodging; to lodge. | |
verb (v. t.) To house; to lodge. | |
verb (v. t.) To get in; to in. See In, v. t. |
jinn | noun (n.) See Jinnee. |
(pl. ) of Jinnee |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH LƯNN (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (lin) - Words That Begins with lin:
lin | noun (n.) A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a fall of water. |
noun (n.) A waterfall, or cataract; as, a roaring lin. | |
noun (n.) A steep ravine. | |
verb (v. i.) To yield; to stop; to cease. | |
verb (v. t.) To cease from. |
linage | noun (n.) See Lineage. |
linament | noun (n.) Lint; esp., lint made into a tent for insertion into wounds or ulcers. |
linarite | noun (n.) A hydrous sulphate of lead and copper occurring in bright blue monoclinic crystals. |
linch | noun (n.) A ledge; a right-angled projection. |
linchi | noun (n.) An esculent swallow. |
linchpin | noun (n.) A pin used to prevent the wheel of a vehicle from sliding off the axletree. |
lincture | noun (n.) Alt. of Linctus |
linctus | noun (n.) Medicine taken by licking with the tongue. |
lind | noun (n.) The linden. See Linden. |
linden | noun (n.) A handsome tree (Tilia Europaea), having cymes of light yellow flowers, and large cordate leaves. The tree is common in Europe. |
noun (n.) In America, the basswood, or Tilia Americana. |
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. |
lindiform | adjective (a.) Resembling the genus Lindia; -- said of certain apodous insect larvae. |
line | noun (n.) Flax; linen. |
noun (n.) The longer and finer fiber of flax. | |
noun (n.) A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline. | |
noun (n.) A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line. | |
noun (n.) The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the place is remote from lines of travel. | |
noun (n.) Direction; as, the line of sight or vision. | |
noun (n.) A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column. | |
noun (n.) A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend. | |
noun (n.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure. | |
noun (n.) Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity. | |
noun (n.) That which has length, but not breadth or thickness. | |
noun (n.) The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline. | |
noun (n.) A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark. | |
noun (n.) Lineament; feature; figure. | |
noun (n.) A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers. | |
noun (n.) A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings. | |
noun (n.) A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; as, a line of stages; an express line. | |
noun (n.) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map. | |
noun (n.) The equator; -- usually called the line, or equinoctial line; as, to cross the line. | |
noun (n.) A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline. | |
noun (n.) A measuring line or cord. | |
noun (n.) That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode. | |
noun (n.) Instruction; doctrine. | |
noun (n.) The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of line. | |
noun (n.) The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad. | |
noun (n.) A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to column. | |
noun (n.) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc. | |
noun (n.) A trench or rampart. | |
noun (n.) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy. | |
noun (n.) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections. | |
noun (n.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed. | |
noun (n.) A number of shares taken by a jobber. | |
noun (n.) A series of various qualities and values of the same general class of articles; as, a full line of hosiery; a line of merinos, etc. | |
noun (n.) The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name. | |
noun (n.) The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver. | |
noun (n.) A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch. | |
verb (v. t.) To cover the inner surface of; as, to line a cloak with silk or fur; to line a box with paper or tin. | |
verb (v. t.) To put something in the inside of; to fill; to supply, as a purse with money. | |
verb (v. t.) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding anything; to fortify; as, to line works with soldiers. | |
verb (v. t.) To impregnate; -- applied to brute animals. | |
verb (v. t.) To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines; as, to line a copy book. | |
verb (v. t.) To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray. | |
verb (v. t.) To read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn. | |
verb (v. t.) To form into a line; to align; as, to line troops. |
lining | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Line |
noun (n.) The act of one who lines; the act or process of making lines, or of inserting a lining. | |
noun (n.) That which covers the inner surface of anything, as of a garment or a box; also, the contents of anything. |
lineage | noun (n.) Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage. |
lineal | adjective (a.) Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to collateral; as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant. |
adjective (a.) Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to). | |
adjective (a.) Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs. | |
adjective (a.) In the direction of a line; of or pertaining to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear; as, lineal magnitude. |
lineality | noun (n.) The quality of being lineal. |
lineament | noun (n.) One of the outlines, exterior features, or distinctive marks, of a body or figure, particularly of the face; feature; form; mark; -- usually in the plural. |
linear | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction; lineal. |
adjective (a.) Like a line; narrow; of the same breadth throughout, except at the extremities; as, a linear leaf. |
linearensate | adjective (a.) Having the form of a sword, but very long and narrow. |
lineary | adjective (a.) Linear. |
lineate | adjective (a.) Alt. of Lineated |
lineated | adjective (a.) Marked with lines. |
adjective (a.) Marked longitudinally with depressed parallel lines; as, a lineate leaf. |
lineation | noun (n.) Delineation; a line or lines. |
lineature | noun (n.) Anything having outline. |
lineman | noun (n.) One who carries the line in surveying, etc. |
noun (n.) A man employed to examine the rails of a railroad to see if they are in good condition; also, a man employed to repair telegraph lines. |
linen | noun (n.) Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking. |
noun (n.) Resembling linen cloth; white; pale. | |
noun (n.) Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc. | |
noun (n.) Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times, chiefly made of linen. |
linener | noun (n.) A dealer in linen; a linen draper. |
lineolate | adjective (a.) Marked with little lines. |
adjective (a.) Marked longitudinally with fine lines. |
liner | noun (n.) One who lines, as, a liner of shoes. |
noun (n.) A vessel belonging to a regular line of packets; also, a line-of-battle ship; a ship of the line. | |
noun (n.) A thin piece placed between two parts to hold or adjust them, fill a space, etc.; a shim. | |
noun (n.) A lining within the cylinder, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket. | |
noun (n.) A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding. | |
noun (n.) A ball which, when struck, flies through the air in a nearly straight line not far from the ground. |
ling | noun (n.) Heather (Calluna vulgaris). |
adjective (a.) A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food fish and is largely salted and dried. Called also drizzle. | |
adjective (a.) The burbot of Lake Ontario. | |
adjective (a.) An American hake of the genus Phycis. | |
adjective (a.) A New Zealand food fish of the genus Genypterus. The name is also locally applied to other fishes, as the cultus cod, the mutton fish, and the cobia. |
linga | noun (n.) Alt. of Lingam |
lingam | noun (n.) The phallic symbol under which Siva is principally worshiped in his character of the creative and reproductive power. |
lingel | noun (n.) A shoemaker's thread. |
noun (n.) A little tongue or thong of leather; a lacing for belts. |
lingence | noun (n.) A linctus. |
lingering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Linger |
adjective (a.) Delaying. | |
adjective (a.) Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease. |
linger | adjective (a.) To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate. |
verb (v. t.) To protract; to draw out. | |
verb (v. t.) To spend or pass in a lingering manner; -- with out; as, to linger out one's days on a sick bed. |
lingerer | noun (n.) One who lingers. |
linget | noun (n.) An ingot. |
lingism | noun (n.) A mode of treating certain diseases, as obesity, by gymnastics; -- proposed by Pehr Henrik Ling, a Swede. See Kinesiatrics. |
lingle | noun (n.) See Lingel. |
lingo | noun (n.) Language; speech; dialect. |
lingot | noun (n.) A linget or ingot; also, a mold for casting metals. See Linget. |
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. |
linguacious | adjective (a.) Given to the use of the tongue; loquacious. |
linguadental | noun (n.) An articulation pronounced by the aid or use of the tongue and teeth. |
adjective (a.) Formed or uttered by the joint use of the tongue and teeth, or rather that part of the gum just above the front teeth; dentolingual, as the letters d and t. |
lingual | noun (n.) A consonant sound formed by the aid of the tongue; -- a term especially applied to certain articulations (as those of t, d, th, and n) and to the letters denoting them. |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter. |
linguality | noun (n.) The quality of being lingual. |
linguatulida | noun (n. pl.) Same as Linguatulina. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LƯNN:
English Words which starts with 'l' and ends with 'n':
labefaction | noun (n.) The act of labefying or making weak; the state of being weakened; decay; ruin. |
labialization | noun (n.) The modification of an articulation by contraction of the lip opening. |
labyrinthian | adjective (a.) Intricately winding; like a labyrinth; perplexed; labyrinthal. |
labyrinthodon | noun (n.) A genus of very large fossil amphibians, of the Triassic period, having bony plates on the under side of the body. It is the type of the order Labyrinthodonta. Called also Mastodonsaurus. |
laccin | noun (n.) A yellow amorphous substance obtained from lac. |
lacedaemonian | noun (n.) A Spartan. |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Lacedaemon or Sparta, the chief city of Laconia in the Peloponnesus. |
laceman | noun (n.) A man who deals in lace. |
laceration | noun (n.) The act of lacerating. |
noun (n.) A breach or wound made by lacerating. |
lacertian | noun (n.) One of the Lacertilia. |
adjective (a.) Like a lizard; of or pertaining to the Lacertilia. |
lacertilian | noun (a. & n.) Same as Lacertian. |
lachrymation | noun (n.) The act of shedding tears; weeping. |
lackbrain | noun (n.) One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person. |
laconian | noun (n.) An inhabitant of Laconia; esp., a Spartan. |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Laconia, a division of ancient Greece; Spartan. |
lactation | noun (n.) A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland. |
lactean | adjective (a.) Milky; consisting of, or resembling, milk. |
adjective (a.) Lacteal; conveying chyle. |
lactin | noun (n.) See Lactose. |
lactoabumin | noun (n.) The albumin present on milk, apparently identical with ordinary serum albumin. It is distinct from the casein of milk. |
lactoprotein | noun (n.) A peculiar albuminous body considered a normal constituent of milk. |
lactucin | noun (n.) A white, crystalline substance, having a bitter taste and a neutral reaction, and forming one of the essential ingredients of lactucarium. |
lademan | noun (n.) One who leads a pack horse; a miller's servant. |
laden | adjective (p. & a.) Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart. |
ladin | noun (n.) A Romansch dialect spoken in some parts of Switzerland and the Tyrol. |
noun (n.) A person speaking Ladin as a mother tongue. |
ladkin | noun (n.) A little lad. |
ladykin | noun (n.) A little lady; -- applied by the writers of Queen Elizabeth's time, in the abbreviated form Lakin, to the Virgin Mary. |
lagan | noun (n. & v.) See Ligan. |
lagenian | adjective (a.) Like, or pertaining to, Lagena, a genus of Foraminifera having a straight, chambered shell. |
lagoon | noun (n.) A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; as, the lagoons of Venice. |
noun (n.) A lake in a coral island, often occupying a large portion of its area, and usually communicating with the sea. See Atoll. |
lakin | noun (n.) See Ladykin. |
lallation | noun (n.) An imperfect enunciation of the letter r, in which it sounds like l. |
lamantin | noun (n.) The manatee. |
lamarckian | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or involved in, the doctrines of Lamarckianism. |
lambkin | noun (n.) A small lamb. |
lambrequin | noun (n.) A kind of pendent scarf or covering attached to the helmet, to protect it from wet or heat. |
noun (n.) A leather flap hanging from a cuirass. | |
noun (n.) A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging, pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window, hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like. |
lambskin | noun (n.) The skin of a lamb; especially, a skin dressed with the wool on, and used as a mat. Also used adjectively. |
noun (n.) A kind of woolen. |
lamellicorn | noun (n.) A lamellicorn insect. |
adjective (a.) Having antennae terminating in a group of flat lamellae; -- said of certain coleopterous insects. | |
adjective (a.) Terminating in a group of flat lamellae; -- said of antennae. |
lamentation | noun (n.) The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning. |
noun (n.) A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents. |
lamentin | noun (n.) See Lamantin. |
laminarian | adjective (a.) Pertaining to seaweeds of the genus Laminaria, or to that zone of the sea (from two to ten fathoms in depth) where the seaweeds of this genus grow. |
lamination | noun (n.) The process of laminating, or the state of being laminated. |
lampern | noun (n.) The river lamprey (Ammocoetes, / Lampetra, fluviatilis). |
lampoon | noun (n.) A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress. |
verb (v. t.) To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon. |
lampron | noun (n.) See Lamprey. |
lacasterian | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the monitorial system of instruction followed by Joseph Lancaster, of England, in which advanced pupils in a school teach pupils below them. |
lancination | noun (n.) A tearing; laceration. |
landamman | noun (n.) A chief magistrate in some of the Swiss cantons. |
noun (n.) The president of the diet of the Helvetic republic. |
landman | noun (n.) A man who lives or serves on land; -- opposed to seaman. |
noun (n.) An occupier of land. |
landsman | noun (n.) One who lives on the land; -- opposed to seaman. |
noun (n.) A sailor on his first voyage. |
laniation | noun (n.) A tearing in pieces. |
lanolin | noun (n.) A peculiar fatlike body, made up of cholesterin and certain fatty acids, found in feathers, hair, wool, and keratin tissues generally. |
lantern | noun (n.) Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc. ; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed, as the glazed inclosure of a street light, or of a lighthouse light. |
noun (n.) An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior. | |
noun (n.) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns. | |
noun (n.) A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral. | |
noun (n.) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below). | |
noun (n.) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc. ; -- called also lantern brass. | |
noun (n.) A perforated barrel to form a core upon. | |
noun (n.) See Aristotle's lantern. | |
verb (v. t.) To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse. |
lanthorn | noun (n.) See Lantern. |
laocoon | noun (n.) A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.) |
noun (n.) A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laocoon, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil. |
laodicean | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Laodicea, a city in Phrygia Major; like the Christians of Laodicea; lukewarm in religion. |
lapidarian | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to stone; inscribed on stone; as, a lapidarian record. |
lapidation | noun (n.) The act of stoning. |
lapidification | noun (n.) The act or process of lapidifying; fossilization; petrifaction. |
lapillation | noun (n.) The state of being, or the act of making, stony. |
lapponian | adjective (a.) Alt. of Lapponic |
laputan | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in Gulliver's Travels as the home of chimerical philosophers. Hence, fanciful; preposterous; absurd in science or philosophy. |
larchen | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the larch. |
lardacein | noun (n.) A peculiar amyloid substance, colored blue by iodine and sulphuric acid, occurring mainly as an abnormal infiltration into the spleen, liver, etc. |
lardon | noun (n.) Alt. of Lardoon |
lardoon | noun (n.) A bit of fat pork or bacon used in larding. |
laryngean | adjective (a.) See Laryngeal. |
lateen | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a peculiar rig used in the Mediterranean and adjacent waters, esp. on the northern coast of Africa. See below. |
lateran | noun (n.) The church and palace of St. John Lateran, the church being the cathedral church of Rome, and the highest in rank of all churches in the Catholic world. |
latian | adjective (a.) Belonging, or relating, to Latium, a country of ancient Italy. See Latin. |
latin | noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Latium; a Roman. |
noun (n.) The language of the ancient Romans. | |
noun (n.) An exercise in schools, consisting in turning English into Latin. | |
noun (n.) A member of the Roman Catholic Church. | |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Latium, or to the Latins, a people of Latium; Roman; as, the Latin language. | |
adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or composed in, the language used by the Romans or Latins; as, a Latin grammar; a Latin composition or idiom. | |
verb (v. t.) To write or speak in Latin; to turn or render into Latin. |
latinization | noun (n.) The act or process of Latinizing, as a word, language, or country. |
lation | noun (n.) Transportation; conveyance. |
latitation | noun (n.) A lying in concealment; hiding. |
latitudinarian | noun (n.) One who is moderate in his notions, or not restrained by precise settled limits in opinion; one who indulges freedom in thinking. |
noun (n.) A member of the Church of England, in the time of Charles II., who adopted more liberal notions in respect to the authority, government, and doctrines of the church than generally prevailed. | |
noun (n.) One who departs in opinion from the strict principles of orthodoxy. | |
adjective (a.) Not restrained; not confined by precise limits. | |
adjective (a.) Indifferent to a strict application of any standard of belief or opinion; hence, deviating more or less widely from such standard; lax in doctrine; as, latitudinarian divines; latitudinarian theology. | |
adjective (a.) Lax in moral or religious principles. |
laton | noun (n.) Alt. of Latoun |
latoun | noun (n.) Latten, 1. |
latration | noun (n.) A barking. |
latten | noun (n.) A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses, etc.; -- called also latten brass. |
noun (n.) Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin sheets; as, gold latten. |
latterkin | noun (n.) A pointed wooden tool used in glazing leaden lattice. |
laundryman | noun (n.) A man who follows the business of laundering. |
laureation | noun (n.) The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title. |
laurentian | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or near, the St. Lawrence River; as, the Laurentian hills. |
laurin | noun (n.) A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of the bay (Laurus nobilis), and consisting of a complex mixture of glycerin ethers of several organic acids. |
lavation | noun (n.) A washing or cleansing. |
lawn | noun (n.) An open space between woods. |
noun (n.) Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown. |
laxation | noun (n.) The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened. |
layman | noun (n.) One of the people, in distinction from the clergy; one of the laity; sometimes, a man not belonging to some particular profession, in distinction from those who do. |
noun (n.) A lay figure. See under Lay, n. (above). |
leaden | adjective (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. |
leadman | noun (n.) One who leads a dance. |
leadsman | noun (n.) The man who heaves the lead. |
lean | noun (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. |
leathern | adjective (a.) Made of leather; consisting of. leather; as, a leathern purse. |
leaven | noun (n.) Any substance that produces, or is designed to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a portion of fermenting dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of dough, produces a general change in the mass, and renders it light; yeast; barm. |
noun (n.) Anything which makes a general assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass. | |
verb (v. t.) To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment. | |
verb (v. t.) To imbue; to infect; to vitiate. |
leban | noun (n.) Alt. of Lebban |
lebban | noun (n.) Coagulated sour milk diluted with water; -- a common beverage among the Arabs. Also, a fermented liquor made of the same. |
lecanorin | noun (n.) See Lecanoric. |
lecithin | noun (n.) A complex, nitrogenous phosphorized substance widely distributed through the animal body, and especially conspicuous in the brain and nerve tissue, in yolk of eggs, and in the white blood corpuscles. |
lectern | noun (n.) See Lecturn. |
lection | noun (n.) A lesson or selection, esp. of Scripture, read in divine service. |
noun (n.) A reading; a variation in the text. |
lecturn | noun (n.) A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read; hence, a reading desk. [Written also lectern and lettern.] |
leden | noun (n.) Alt. of Ledden |
ledden | noun (n.) Language; speech; voice; cry. |