Name Report For First Name LYN:
LYN
First name LYN's origin is English. LYN means "waterfall". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with LYN below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of lyn.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with LYN and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with LYN - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming LYN
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES LYN AS A WHOLE:
edlyn heilyn mlynar roslyn lynceus polynices aaralyn adalyn addilynn adelynn aislynn alynn angelyn angelynn annalynn arlyn arlyne ashelynn ashlyn ashlynn ashlynne avelyn avlynn braelyn brandelyn brandilyn brendalynn brendolyn brilynn brookelyn brooklyn brooklynn brooklynne cailyn caitlyn caitlynn calynda caralyn carilyn carilynne carolyn carolyne carolynn catelyn catlyn charlyn charlynn cherilyn cherilynn cherylyn coralyn daelyn daelynn dailyn dalynn danylynn darolyn darrellyn darylyn desilyn eathelyn edlynn edlynne ellyn elynn emlyn evalyn evelyne evelynn evelynne fallyn falyn gaelyn geralyn geralynn gerrilyn gislyne gracelyn gracelynn gwendalynn gwendolyn hartlyn ivalyn jacalyn jacelyn jacklynn jaclyn jacquelyn jacquelyne jacquelynne jadalynn jadelyn jaecilynn jaelyn jaelynn jailyn jaimelynn jaklyn jamilyn jaslynn jaylynn jazalyn jazlyn jazlynn jenalyn jenalynn jennilyn jenralyn jeralyn jerelyn jerilyn jerilynn jerrilyn jeslyn jeslynn jocelyn jocelyne jonalyn jonalynn josalynn joscelyne joshlynn josslyn joycelyn joycelynn jozzlynn kadalynn kaelyn kaelynn kailyn kailynne kaitelyn kaitlyn kaitlyne kaitlynn kaitlynne kalyn kalynn kamlyn katelyn katelynn katilyn katlyn katlynn kaylynn kaytlyn keelyn kelyn kerilyn kimberlynn kinlyn kitlyn kristalyn krystalyn krystalynn lauralyn laurelynn locklyn lorilynn lynda lyndall lyndee lyndi lyndsay lynee lynet lynette lynn lynna lynne lynsey lynzee lynzey lynzie madalyn madalyne madalynn maddalyn maddielynn madelynn madilynn maelynn maggie-lyn makaylyn mandalyn marilyn marlyn marlynn marylyn marylynn maslynn matilyn melynda michaelyn nailynn odelyn odelyna phalyn raelynn reylynn richlynn rilynn rondalyn scotlyn shaelynn shaylynn shealyn tara-lynne taralynn terilynn tylyn allyn berlyn collyn dalyn devlyn eadlyn flyn flynn flynt franklyn garlyn glyn glynn jenilynn katlyne kaylyn kirklyn kollyn lynd lynford mackaillyn macklyn malyn merlyn newlyn nolyn roselyn rosselyn weylyn galyn lyndon lynnette lynett evelyn hlynn llewelyn amberlyn amberlynn courtlyn jazzalyn jennalyn jocelynn josalyn joscelyn josilyn joslyn jozlyn katlynne lyndsey lyndsie lynelle lynessa lynley lynnet maralyn marilynn colyn sterlyn emmalyn karlyn kathlynnNAMES RHYMING WITH LYN (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (yn) - Names That Ends with yn:
husayn godewyn alicyn aliyn ashtyn ayn braedyn branwyn brittyn bronwyn cameryn camryn caryn catheryn cathryn cheryn christyn cristyn eryn faeryn farryn faryn ferryn jadyn jaedyn jaidyn jasmyn joeliyn jordyn jorryn kadyn kamdyn kameryn kamryn karyn katheryn kathryn kayiyn keiyn kierstyn laryn lauryn lonyn loryn mabyn madisyn masyn merryn oldwyn olwyn paityn prydwyn ravyn tamryn terryn teryn adkyn aescwyn aldwyn alvyn alwyn ariyn arwyn ashwyn baldwyn bernardyn bevyn bowdyn bowyn bradyn brandyn brendyn camdyn chaseyn colwyn comyn corwyn cowyn darryn darwyn derwyn devyn drudwyn durwyn dustyn eadwyn edwyn eldwyn elvyn elwyn erwyn ethyn ewyn frewyn galvyn garadyn garvyn garwyn gavyn gawynNAMES RHYMING WITH LYN (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (ly) - Names That Begins with ly:
lyall lyam lyani lycaon lycomedes lycoris lycurgus lydea lydell lydia lyel lyfing lyla lylah lyle lylia lyman lyones lyonesse lyonet lyonette lyonors lyra lyric lyriel lyrika lyris lysander lysandra lysanor lyssa lyubov lyvia lyza lyzbethNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LYN:
First Names which starts with 'l' and ends with 'n':
labaan laban labhruinn lachlan lachlann laciann lacyann ladon laefertun lahthan lailoken lairgnen laken lamaan lamarion lan lancdon lancelin landen landon langdon langston lanston laochailan laocoon laodegan laomedon laren larson laughlin laureen lauren laurian lavan lavern lawson lawton layden layken layton leachlainn leaman lean leanian leann leannan leathan leeann leigh-ann leighton leman len lenn lennon leodegan leon leron leverton lexann leyman lidmann lien lifton lilian lillian lin lincoln linddun linden linn linton lintun lion lishan litton livingston lizann lochlain lochlann logan logen loghan lohengrin loiyan loman lon lonn loran lorcan loreen loren lorian loriann lorin lorren lorrin louden louellen loughlin lucanEnglish Words Rhyming LYN
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES LYN AS A WHOLE:
eucalyn | noun (n.) An unfermentable sugar, obtained as an uncrystallizable sirup by the decomposition of melitose; also obtained from a Tasmanian eucalyptus, -- whence its name. |
glyn | noun (n.) Alt. of Glynne |
glynne | noun (n.) A glen. See Glen. [Obs. singly, but occurring often in locative names in Ireland, as Glen does in Scotland.] |
homelyn | noun (n.) The European sand ray (Raia maculata); -- called also home, mirror ray, and rough ray. |
lyn | noun (n.) A waterfall. See Lin. |
lyncean | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the lynx. |
lynching | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lynch |
lyncher | noun (n.) One who assists in lynching. |
lynde | noun (n.) Alt. of Lynden |
lynden | noun (n.) See Linden. |
lyne | noun (n.) Linen. |
lynx | noun (n.) Any one of several species of feline animals of the genus Felis, and subgenus Lynx. They have a short tail, and usually a pencil of hair on the tip of the ears. |
noun (n.) One of the northern constellations. |
maselyn | noun (n.) A drinking cup. See 1st Maslin, 2. |
polyneme | noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of tropical food fishes of the family Polynemidae. They have several slender filaments, often very long, below the pectoral fin. Some of them yield isinglass of good quality. Called also threadfish. |
polynemoid | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the polynemes, or the family Polynemidae. |
polynesian | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Polynesia (the islands of the eastern and central Pacific), or to the Polynesians. |
polynesians | noun (n. pl.) The race of men native in Polynesia. |
polynia | noun (n.) The open sea supposed to surround the north pole. |
polynomial | noun (n.) An expression composed of two or more terms, connected by the signs plus or minus; as, a2 - 2ab + b2. |
adjective (a.) Containing many names or terms; multinominal; as, the polynomial theorem. | |
adjective (a.) Consisting of two or more words; having names consisting of two or more words; as, a polynomial name; polynomial nomenclature. |
polynuclear | adjective (a.) Containing many nuclei. |
polynucleolar | adjective (a.) Having more than one nucleolus. |
semicylyndrical | adjective (a.) Half cylindrical. |
slyness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being sly. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH LYN (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (yn) - English Words That Ends with yn:
albyn | noun (n.) Scotland; esp. the Highlands of Scotland. |
chesteyn | noun (n.) The chestnut tree. |
gladwyn | noun (n.) See Gladen. |
hypogyn | noun (n.) An hypogynous plant. |
monogyn | noun (n.) One of the Monogynia. |
payn | noun (n.) Bread. Having |
polygyn | noun (n.) A plant of the order Polygynia. |
reyn | noun (n.) Rain or rein. |
sexteyn | noun (n.) A sacristan. |
thamyn | noun (n.) An Asiatic deer (Rucervus Eldi) resembling the swamp deer; -- called also Eld's deer. |
trigyn | noun (n.) Any one of the Trigynia. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH LYN (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (ly) - Words That Begins with ly:
lying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lie |
noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lie | |
noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lie, to tell a falsehood. | |
noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lie, to be supported horizontally. |
lyam | noun (n.) A leash. |
lycanthrope | noun (n.) A human being fabled to have been changed into a wolf; a werewolf. |
noun (n.) One affected with lycanthropy. |
lycanthropia | noun (n.) See Lycanthropy, 2. |
lycanthropic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to lycanthropy. |
lycanthropist | noun (n.) One affected by the disease lycanthropy. |
lycanthropous | adjective (a.) Lycanthropic. |
lycanthropy | noun (n.) The supposed act of turning one's self or another person into a wolf. |
noun (n.) A kind of erratic melancholy, in which the patient imagines himself a wolf, and imitates the actions of that animal. |
lyceum | noun (n.) A place of exercise with covered walks, in the suburbs of Athens, where Aristotle taught philosophy. |
noun (n.) A house or apartment appropriated to instruction by lectures or disquisitions. | |
noun (n.) A higher school, in Europe, which prepares youths for the university. | |
noun (n.) An association for debate and literary improvement. |
lyche | adjective (a.) Like. |
lychee | noun (n.) See Litchi. |
lychnis | noun (n.) A genus of Old World plants belonging to the Pink family (Caryophyllaceae). Most of the species have brilliantly colored flowers and cottony leaves, which may have anciently answered as wicks for lamps. The botanical name is in common use for the garden species. The corn cockle (Lychnis Githago) is a common weed in wheat fields. |
lychnobite | noun (n.) One who labors at night and sleeps in the day. |
lychnoscope | noun (n.) Same as Low side window, under Low, a. |
lycine | noun (n.) A weak base identical with betaine; -- so called because found in the boxthorn (Lycium barbarum). See Betaine. |
lycoperdon | noun (n.) A genus of fungi, remarkable for the great quantity of spores, forming a fine dust, which is thrown out like smoke when the plant is compressed or burst; puffball. |
lycopod | noun (n.) A plant of the genus Lycopodium. |
lycopode | noun (n.) Same as Lycopodium powder. See under Lycopodium. |
lycopodiaceous | adjective (a.) Belonging, or relating, to the Lycopodiaceae, an order of cryptogamous plants (called also club mosses) with branching stems, and small, crowded, one-nerved, and usually pointed leaves. |
lycopodite | noun (n.) An old name for a fossil club moss. |
lycopodium | noun (n.) A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order Lycopodiaceae; club moss. |
lycotropous | adjective (a.) Campylotropous. |
lyden | noun (n.) See Leden. |
lydian | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Lydia, a country of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants; hence, soft; effeminate; -- said especially of one of the ancient Greek modes or keys, the music in which was of a soft, pathetic, or voluptuous character. |
lydine | noun (n.) A violet dye derived from aniline. |
lye | noun (n.) A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making soap, etc. |
noun (n.) A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding. | |
noun (n.) A falsehood. |
lyencephala | noun (n. pl.) A group of Mammalia, including the marsupials and monotremes; -- so called because the corpus callosum is rudimentary. |
lyencephalous | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Lyencephala. |
lyerman | noun (n.) The cicada. |
lygodium | noun (n.) A genus of ferns with twining or climbing fronds, bearing stalked and variously-lobed divisions in pairs. |
lym | noun (n.) Alt. of Lymhound |
lymhound | noun (n.) A dog held in a leam; a bloodhound; a limehound. |
lymail | noun (n.) See Limaille. |
lymph | noun (n.) A spring of water; hence, water, or a pure, transparent liquid like water. |
noun (n.) An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic ducts into the great veins near the heart. | |
noun (n.) A fibrinous material exuded from the blood vessels in inflammation. In the process of healing it is either absorbed, or is converted into connective tissue binding the inflamed surfaces together. | |
noun (n.) A fluid containing certain products resulting from the growth of specific microorganisms upon some culture medium, and supposed to be possessed of curative properties. |
lymphadenitis | noun (n.) Inflammation of the lymphatic glands; -- called also lymphitis. |
lymphadenoma | noun (n.) See Lymphoma. |
lymphangeitis | noun (n.) Inflammation of the lymphatic vessels. |
lymphangial | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the lymphatics, or lymphoid tissue; lymphatic. |
lymphate | adjective (a.) Alt. of Lymphated |
lymphated | adjective (a.) Frightened into madness; raving. |
lymphatic | noun (n.) One of the lymphatic or absorbent vessels, which carry lymph and discharge it into the veins; lymph duct; lymphatic duct. |
noun (n.) A mad enthusiast; a lunatic. | |
adjective (a.) pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph. | |
adjective (a.) Madly enthusiastic; frantic. |
lymphitis | noun (n.) See Lymphadenitis. |
lymphogenic | adjective (a.) Connected with, or formed in, the lymphatic glands. |
lymphography | noun (n.) A description of the lymphatic vessels, their origin and uses. |
lymphoid | adjective (a.) Resembling lymph; also, resembling a lymphatic gland; adenoid; as, lymphoid tissue. |
lymphoma | noun (n.) A tumor having a structure resembling that of a lymphatic gland; -- called also lymphadenoma. |
lymphy | adjective (a.) Containing, or like, lymph. |
lyonnaise | adjective (a.) Applied to boiled potatoes cut into small pieces and heated in oil or butter. They are usually flavored with onion and parsley. |
lyopomata | noun (n. pl.) An order of brachiopods, in which the valves of shell are not articulated by a hinge. It includes the Lingula, Discina, and allied forms. |
lyra | noun (n.) A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyrae, or Vega. |
noun (n.) The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; -- so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LYN:
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. |