LANY

Name Report For First Name LANY:

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

Rhymes with LANY - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming LANY

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES LANY AS A WHOLE:

leilany slany

NAMES RHYMING WITH LANY (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (any) - Names That Ends with any:

czigany krany bethany brittany dany devany estefany siany tiffany anthany quany amany brettany

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

peony cerny silny zeleny anny bonny briony brittny bryony devenny devony ebony eny fanny genny ginny harmony jenny millenny nanny tawny uny adny anthony ballindeny benny conny danny denny donny johnny kenny kinny lanny lenny manny renny ronny shelny sonny stanbeny thieny tony voliny antony vollny cluny vanny penny sunny destiny jinny cony evony

NAMES RHYMING WITH LANY (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (lan) - Names That Begins with lan:

lan lana lanaia lancdon lance lancelin lancelot landa landen lander landers landis landmari landon landra landrada landrey landry lane lanette laney lang langdon lange langford langit langleah langley langston langundo lanh lani lanice lanie lanna lannie lansa lanston lanu

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (la) - Names That Begins with la:

labaan laban labeeb labhaoise labhruinn labib labid labreshia lace lacee lacene lacey lach lache lachesis lachie lachlan lachlann laci laciann lacie lacina laco lacramioara lacy lacyann lad lada ladbroc ladd ladde ladislav ladon laec laefertun lael laertes laestrygones laetitia lafayette lahab laheeb lahela lahthan lai laibrook laidley laidly laila laili lailie lailoken laina laine lainey lainie lair laird laire lairgnen lais

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LANY:

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

larry lavy lawley lawly lay leary leeroy leroy lesley levey lewy lexy ley libby liberty lilly lily lindley lindly lindsay lindsey lindy linley linly linsay linsey lomsky lomy lucky lucy lundy lyndsay lyndsey lynley lynsey lynzey

English Words Rhyming LANY

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES LANY AS A WHOLE:

castellany

noun (n.) The lordship of a castle; the extent of land and jurisdiction appertaining to a castle.

chapellany

noun (n.) A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate ecclesiastical foundation.

chatellany

noun (n.) Same as Castellany.

lanyard	noun (n.) A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds, stays, etc.
	noun (n.) A strong cord, about twelve feet long, with an iron hook at one end a handle at the other, used in firing cannon with a friction tube.

lanyer

noun (n.) See Lanier.

miscellany	noun (n.) A mass or mixture of various things; a medley; esp., a collection of compositions on various subjects.
	adjective (a.) Miscellaneous; heterogeneous.

vilany

noun (n.) Villainy.

villany

noun (n.) See Villainy.

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

Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (any) - English Words That Ends with any:

angelophany

noun (n.) The actual appearance of an angel to man.

any	noun (a. & pron.) One indifferently, out of an indefinite number; one indefinitely, whosoever or whatsoever it may be.
	noun (a. & pron.) Some, of whatever kind, quantity, or number; as, are there any witnesses present? are there any other houses like it?
	adverb (adv.) To any extent; in any degree; at all.

botany	noun (a. & n.) The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which are employed in their description and denomination. See Plant.
	noun (a. & n.) A book which treats of the science of botany.

cany

adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to cane or canes; abounding with canes.

christophany

noun (n.) An appearance of Christ, as to his disciples after the crucifixion.

colophany

noun (n.) See Colophony.

company	noun (n.) The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse.
	noun (n.) A companion or companions.
	noun (n.) An assemblage or association of persons, either permanent or transient.
	noun (n.) Guests or visitors, in distinction from the members of a family; as, to invite company to dine.
	noun (n.) Society, in general; people assembled for social intercourse.
	noun (n.) An association of persons for the purpose of carrying on some enterprise or business; a corporation; a firm; as, the East India Company; an insurance company; a joint-stock company.
	noun (n.) Partners in a firm whose names are not mentioned in its style or title; -- often abbreviated in writing; as, Hottinguer & Co.
	noun (n.) A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men.
	noun (n.) The crew of a ship, including the officers; as, a whole ship's company.
	noun (n.) The body of actors employed in a theater or in the production of a play.
	verb (v. t.) To accompany or go with; to be companion to.
	verb (v. i.) To associate.
	verb (v. i.) To be a gay companion.
	verb (v. i.) To have sexual commerce.

dissentany

adjective (a.) Dissentaneous; inconsistent.

dittany	noun (n.) A plant of the Mint family (Origanum Dictamnus), a native of Crete.
	noun (n.) The Dictamnus Fraxinella. See Dictamnus.
	noun (n.) In America, the Cunila Mariana, a fragrant herb of the Mint family.

epiphany	noun (n.) An appearance, or a becoming manifest.
	noun (n.) A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide.

gowany

adjective (a.) Having, abounding in, or decked with, daisies.

hemicrany

noun (n.) Hemicranis.

leany

adjective (a.) Lean.

litany

noun (n.) A solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter responding in alternate sentences. It is usually of a penitential character.

mahogany	noun (n.) A large tree of the genus Swietenia (S. Mahogoni), found in tropical America.
	noun (n.) The wood of the Swietenia Mahogoni. It is of a reddish brown color, beautifully veined, very hard, and susceptible of a fine polish. It is used in the manufacture of furniture.
	noun (n.) A table made of mahogany wood.

many	noun (n.) A retinue of servants; a household.
	noun (a. / pron.) Consisting of a great number; numerous; not few.
	adjective (a.) The populace; the common people; the majority of people, or of a community.
	adjective (a.) A large or considerable number.

momentany

adjective (a.) Momentary.

molokany

noun (n. pl.) See Raskolnik.

nymphomany

noun (n.) Same as Nymphomania.

organy

noun (n.) See Origan.

oriskany

adjective (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, certain beds, chiefly limestone, characteristic of the latest period of the Silurian age.

quiddany	noun (n.) A confection of quinces, in consistency between a sirup and marmalade.
	noun (n.) A confection of quinces, in consistency between a sirup and marmalade.

paleobotany

noun (n.) That branch of paleontology which treats of fossil plants.

polychoerany

noun (n.) A government by many chiefs, princes, or rules.

prytany

noun (n.) The period during which the presidency of the senate belonged to the prytanes of the section.

raphany

noun (n.) A convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, not uncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed to be caused by eating corn with which seeds of jointed charlock (Raphanus raphanistrum) had been mixed, but the condition is now known to be a form of ergotism.

ratany

noun (n.) Same as Rhatany.

rhatany

noun (n.) Alt. of Rhatanhy

romany	noun (n.) A gypsy.
	noun (n.) The language spoken among themselves by the gypsies.

satanophany

noun (n.) An incarnation of Satan; a being possessed by a demon.

strany

noun (n.) The guillemot.

subitany

adjective (a.) Subitaneous; sudden; hasty.

subterrany	noun (n.) A subterranean place.
	adjective (a.) Subterranean.

sultany

noun (n.) Sultanry.

tetany

noun (n.) A morbid condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished from it by being less severe and having intermittent spasms.

theophany

noun (n.) A manifestation of God to man by actual appearance, usually as an incarnation.

tiffany

noun (n.) A species of gause, or very silk.

tympany	noun (n.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites.
	noun (n.) Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness.

zany	noun (n.) A merry-andrew; a buffoon.
	verb (v. t.) To mimic.

wany	adjective (a.) Waning or diminished in some parts; not of uniform size throughout; -- said especially of sawed boards or timber when tapering or uneven, from being cut too near the outside of the log.
	adjective (a.) Spoiled by wet; -- said of timber.
	verb (v. i.) To wane.

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

Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (lan) - Words That Begins with lan:

lanarkite

noun (n.) A mineral consisting of sulphate of lead, occurring either massive or in long slender prisms, of a greenish white or gray color.

lanary

noun (n.) A place for storing wool.

lance	noun (n.) A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
	noun (n.) A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
	noun (n.) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
	noun (n.) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
	noun (n.) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
	verb (v. t.) To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
	verb (v. t.) To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.
	verb (v. t.) To throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch.

lancing

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lance

lancegay

noun (n.) Alt. of Lancegaye

lancegaye

noun (n.) A kind of spear anciently used. Its use was prohibited by a statute of Richard II.

lancelet

noun (n.) A small fishlike animal (Amphioxus lanceolatus), remarkable for the rudimentary condition of its organs. It is the type of the class Leptocardia. See Amphioxus, Leptocardia.

lancely

adjective (a.) Like a lance.

lanceolar

adjective (a.) Lanceolate.

lanceolate

adjective (a.) Alt. of Lanceolated

lanceolated

adjective (a.) Rather narrow, tapering to a point at the apex, and sometimes at the base also; as, a lanceolate leaf.

lancepesade

noun (n.) An assistant to a corporal; a private performing the duties of a corporal; -- called also lance corporal.

lancer	noun (n.) One who lances; one who carries a lance; especially, a member of a mounted body of men armed with lances, attached to the cavalry service of some nations.
	noun (n.) A lancet.
	noun (n.) A set of quadrilles of a certain arrangement.

lancet	noun (n.) A surgical instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc.
	noun (n.) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.

lancewood

noun (n.) A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family (Anonaseae).

lanching

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lanch

lanciferous

adjective (a.) Bearing a lance.

lanciform

adjective (a.) Having the form of a lance.

lancinating	noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lanciname
	adjective (a.) Piercing; seeming to pierce or stab; as, lancinating pains (i.e., severe, darting pains).

lancination

noun (n.) A tearing; laceration.

land	noun (n.) Urine. See Lant.
	noun (n.) The solid part of the surface of the earth; -- opposed to water as constituting a part of such surface, especially to oceans and seas; as, to sight land after a long voyage.
	noun (n.) Any portion, large or small, of the surface of the earth, considered by itself, or as belonging to an individual or a people, as a country, estate, farm, or tract.
	noun (n.) Ground, in respect to its nature or quality; soil; as, wet land; good or bad land.
	noun (n.) The inhabitants of a nation or people.
	noun (n.) The mainland, in distinction from islands.
	noun (n.) The ground or floor.
	noun (n.) The ground left unplowed between furrows; any one of several portions into which a field is divided for convenience in plowing.
	noun (n.) Any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever, as meadows, pastures, woods, etc., and everything annexed to it, whether by nature, as trees, water, etc., or by the hand of man, as buildings, fences, etc.; real estate.
	noun (n.) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; -- called also landing.
	noun (n.) In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, as the level part of a millstone between the furrows, or the surface of the bore of a rifled gun between the grooves.
	verb (v. t.) To set or put on shore from a ship or other water craft; to disembark; to debark.
	verb (v. t.) To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a fish.
	verb (v. t.) To set down after conveying; to cause to fall, alight, or reach; to bring to the end of a course; as, he landed the quoit near the stake; to be thrown from a horse and landed in the mud; to land one in difficulties or mistakes.
	verb (v. i.) To go on shore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to come to the end of a course.

landing	noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Land
	noun (n.) A going or bringing on shore.
	noun (n.) A place for landing, as from a ship, a carriage. etc.
	noun (n.) The level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.
	adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore.

landamman	noun (n.) A chief magistrate in some of the Swiss cantons.
	noun (n.) The president of the diet of the Helvetic republic.

landau

noun (n.) A four-wheeled covered vehicle, the top of which is divided into two sections which can be let down, or thrown back, in such a manner as to make an open carriage.

landaulet

noun (n.) A small landau.

landed	adjective (a.) Having an estate in land.
	adjective (a.) Consisting in real estate or land; as, landed property; landed security.
	(imp. & p. p.) of Land

lander	noun (n.) One who lands, or makes a landing.
	noun (n.) A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.

landfall	noun (n.) A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner.
	noun (n.) Sighting or making land when at sea.

landflood

noun (n.) An overflowing of land by river; an inundation; a freshet.

landgrave

noun (n.) A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in France.

landgraviate	noun (n.) The territory held by a landgrave.
	noun (n.) The office, jurisdiction, or authority of a landgrave.

landgravine

noun (n.) The wife of a landgrave.

landholder

noun (n.) A holder, owner, or proprietor of land.

landlady	noun (n.) A woman having real estate which she leases to a tenant or tenants.
	noun (n.) The mistress of an inn or lodging house.

landleaper

noun (n.) See Landlouper.

landless

adjective (a.) Having no property in land.

landlocked	adjective (a.) Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, by land.
	adjective (a.) Confined to a fresh-water lake by reason of waterfalls or dams; -- said of fishes that would naturally seek the sea, after spawning; as, the landlocked salmon.

landloper

noun (n.) Same as Landlouper.

landlord	noun (n.) The lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants.
	noun (n.) The master of an inn or of a lodging house.

landlordism

noun (n.) The state of being a landlord; the characteristics of a landlord; specifically, in Great Britain, the relation of landlords to tenants, especially as regards leased agricultural lands.

landlordry

noun (n.) The state of a landlord.

landlouper

noun (n.) A vagabond; a vagrant.

landlouping

adjective (a.) Vagrant; wandering about.

landlubber

noun (n.) One who passes his life on land; -- so called among seamen in contempt or ridicule.

landman	noun (n.) A man who lives or serves on land; -- opposed to seaman.
	noun (n.) An occupier of land.

landmark	noun (n.) A mark to designate the boundary of land; any , mark or fixed object (as a marked tree, a stone, a ditch, or a heap of stones) by which the limits of a farm, a town, or other portion of territory may be known and preserved.
	noun (n.) Any conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide; some prominent object, as a hill or steeple.

landowner

noun (n.) An owner of land.

landowning	noun (n.) The owning of land.
	adjective (a.) Having property in land; of or pertaining to landowners.

landreeve

noun (n.) A subordinate officer on an extensive estate, who acts as an assistant to the steward.

landscape	noun (n.) A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.
	noun (n.) A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc.
	noun (n.) The pictorial aspect of a country.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LANY:

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

lability

noun (n.) Liability to lapse, err, or apostatize.

laboratory

noun (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.

lachrymary

adjective (a.) Containing, or intended to contain, tears; lachrymal.

lachrymatory

noun (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.

lackadaisy	adjective (a.) Lackadaisical.
	(interj.) An expression of languor.

lactary	noun (n.) a dairyhouse.
	adjective (a.) Milky; full of white juice like milk.

lactory

adjective (a.) Lactiferous.

lady	noun (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.

laevorotatory

adjective (a.) Same as Levorotatory. Cf. Dextrorotatory.

laicality

noun (n.) The state or quality of being laic; the state or condition of a layman.

laidly

adjective (a.) Ugly; loathsome.

laity	adjective (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.

laky	adjective (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.

lamasery

noun (n.) A monastery or convent of lamas, in Thibet, Mongolia, etc.

lamellary

adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to lamella or to lamellae; lamellar.

laminability

noun (n.) The quality or state of being laminable.

laminary

adjective (a.) Laminar.

lampoonry

noun (n.) The act of lampooning; a lampoon, or lampoons.

lamprey

noun (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.

langarey

noun (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.

laniary	adjective (a.) Lacerating or tearing; as, the laniary canine teeth.
	adjective (a.) The shambles; a place of slaughter.
	adjective (a.) A laniary, or canine, tooth.

lanky

adjective (a.) Somewhat lank.

laparotomy

noun (n.) A cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as in the Caesarean section.

lapidary	noun (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.

laguay

noun (n.) A lackey.

laqueary

adjective (a.) Using a noose, as a gladiator.

larceny

noun (n.) The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal with intent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft. Cf. Embezzlement.

lardery

noun (n.) A larder.

lardry

noun (n.) A larder.

lardy

adjective (a.) Containing, or resembling, lard; of the character or consistency of lard.

larry

noun (n.) Same as Lorry, or Lorrie.

lary

noun (n.) A guillemot; -- called also lavy.

laryngology

noun (n.) Systematized knowledge of the action and functions of the larynx; in pathology, the department which treats of the diseases of the larynx.

laryngophony

noun (n.) The sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope when the latter is placed upon the larynx.

laryngoscopy

noun (n.) The art of using the laryngoscope; investigations made with the laryngoscope.

laryngotomy

noun (n.) The operation of cutting into the larynx, from the outside of the neck, for assisting respiration when obstructed, or for removing foreign bodies.

laryngotracheotomy

noun (n.) The operation of cutting into the larynx and the upper part of the trachea, -- a frequent operation for obstruction to breathing.

lasciviency

noun (n.) Lasciviousness; wantonness.

lastery

noun (n.) A red color.

latchkey

noun (n.) A key used to raise, or throw back, the latch of a door, esp. a night latch.

latency

noun (n.) The state or quality of being latent.

laterality

noun (n.) The state or condition of being lateral.

lathy

adjective (a.) Like a lath; long and slender.

latinity

noun (n.) The Latin tongue, style, or idiom, or the use thereof; specifically, purity of Latin style or idiom.

latitancy

noun (n.) Act or state of lying hid, or lurking.

latrociny

noun (n.) Theft; larceny.

laudability

noun (n.) Laudableness; praiseworthiness.

laudatory

adjective (a.) Of or pertaining praise, or to the expression of praise; as, laudatory verses; the laudatory powers of Dryden.

laughworthy

adjective (a.) Deserving to be laughed at.

laundry	noun (n.) A laundering; a washing.
	noun (n.) A place or room where laundering is done.

lavatory	noun (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.

lawny	adjective (a.) Having a lawn; characterized by a lawn or by lawns; like a lawn.
	adjective (a.) Made of lawn or fine linen.

lawyerly

adjective (a.) Like, or becoming, a lawyer; as, lawyerlike sagacity.

laxity

adjective (a.) The state or quality of being lax; want of tenseness, strictness, or exactness.

lay	noun (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

lazarly

adjective (a.) Full of sores; leprous.

leachy

adjective (a.) Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous; pervious; -- said of gravelly or sandy soils, and the like.

leady

adjective (a.) Resembling lead.

leasy

adjective (a.) Flimsy; vague; deceptive.

leathery

adjective (a.) Resembling leather in appearance or consistence; tough.

leavy

adjective (a.) Leafy.

lecanomancy

noun (n.) divination practiced with water in a basin, by throwing three stones into it, and invoking the demon whose aid was sought.

lechery	noun (n.) Free indulgence of lust; lewdness.
	noun (n.) Selfish pleasure; delight.

lectionary

noun (n.) A book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine service.

ledgy

adjective (a.) Abounding in ledges; consisting of a ledge or reef; as, a ledgy island.

leeway

noun (n.) The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.

legacy	noun (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.

legality	noun (n.) The state or quality of being legal; conformity to law.
	noun (n.) A conformity to, and resting upon, the letter of the law.

legatary

noun (n.) A legatee.

legendary	noun (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.

legerity

noun (n.) Lightness; nimbleness.

leggy

adjective (a.) Having long legs.

legibility

noun (n.) The quality of being legible; legibleness.

legionary	noun (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.

legionry

noun (n.) A body of legions; legions, collectively.

legitimacy

adjective (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.

leisurely	adjective (a.) Characterized by leisure; taking abundant time; not hurried; as, a leisurely manner; a leisurely walk.
	adverb (adv.) In a leisurely manner.

leniency

noun (n.) The quality or state of being lenient; lenity; clemency.

lenity

noun (n.) The state or quality of being lenient; mildness of temper or disposition; gentleness of treatment; softness; tenderness; clemency; -- opposed to severity and rigor.

l'envoy	noun (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.

leprosity

noun (n.) The state or quality of being leprous or scaly; also, a scale.

leprosy

noun (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.

lepry

noun (n.) Leprosy.

leptology

noun (n.) A minute and tedious discourse on trifling things.

letchy

adjective (a.) See Leachy.

lethality

noun (n.) The quality of being lethal; mortality.

lethargy	noun (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.

lethy

adjective (a.) Lethean.

letuary

noun (n.) Electuary.

leucopathy

noun (n.) The state of an albino, or of a white child of black parents.

leucophlegmacy

noun (n.) A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca; paleness, with viscid juices and cold sweats.

levity	noun (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.

levorotatory

adjective (a.) Turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left; levogyrate, as levulose, left-handed quartz crystals, etc.

levy	noun (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.

lexicography

noun (n.) The art, process, or occupation of making a lexicon or dictionary; the principles which are applied in making dictionaries.

lexicology

noun (n.) The science of the derivation and signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the signification and application of words.

lexigraphy

noun (n.) The art or practice of defining words; definition of words.

ley	noun (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.

liability	noun (n.) The state of being liable; as, the liability of an insurer; liability to accidents; liability to the law.
	noun (n.) That which one is under obligation to pay, or for which one is liable.
	noun (n.) the sum of one's pecuniary obligations; -- opposed to assets.

libatory

adjective (a.) Pertaining to libation.

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