Name Report For First Name LEW:
LEW
First name LEW's origin is English. LEW means "shelter". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with LEW below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of lew.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with LEW and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with LEW - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming LEW
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES LEW AS A WHOLE:
glewlwyd llew lewi lewis lewy llewelyn lewannaNAMES RHYMING WITH LEW (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ew) - Names That Ends with ew:
nittawosew daniachew getachew andrew baerhloew barhloew drew kendrew macandrew makkapitew matchitehew mathew matthew thurhloew bartholomew mayhew carew hwithloew cardewNAMES RHYMING WITH LEW (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (le) - Names That Begins with le:
lea lea-que leachlainn leah leal leala lealia leaman leamhnach lean leana leander leandra leandre leandro leane leanian leann leanna leannan leanne lear leary leathan leathlobhair leax leb lebna lecia leda lee leeann leeanne leela leeland leena leeroy leesa legarre legaya legget leia leianna leicester leigb leigh leigh-ann leighanne leighton leiko leil leila leilah leilana leilani leilanie leilany leiloni leira leisha leith leitha leitis leksi lela leland lele lelia lema leman lemuel lemuela len lena lenae lenard lenci lendall lendell lenee leng lenmana lenn lennard lennell lennie lenno lennon lennox lenny lenora lenore lenuta leo leoc leocadie leod leoda leodegan leodegranceNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LEW:
First Names which starts with 'l' and ends with 'w':
law ludlow luiginwEnglish Words Rhyming LEW
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES LEW AS A WHOLE:
| alew | noun (n.) Halloo. |
| alewife | noun (n.) A woman who keeps an alehouse. |
| noun (n.) A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is locally applied to other related species. |
| angleworm | noun (n.) A earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. See Earthworm. |
| boulework | noun (n.) Same as Buhl, Buhlwork. |
| bugleweed | noun (n.) A plant of the Mint family and genus Lycopus; esp. L. Virginicus, which has mild narcotic and astringent properties, and is sometimes used as a remedy for hemorrhage. |
| candlewaster | noun (n.) One who consumes candles by being up late for study or dissipation. |
| castleward | noun (n.) Same as Castleguard. |
| clew | noun (n.) Alt. of Clue |
| noun (n.) To direct; to guide, as by a thread. | |
| noun (n.) To move of draw (a sail or yard) by means of the clew garnets, clew lines, etc.; esp. to draw up the clews of a square sail to the yard. |
| clewing | noun (imp. & p. p. & vb. n.) of Clew |
| colewort | noun (n.) A variety of cabbage in which the leaves never form a compact head. |
| noun (n.) Any white cabbage before the head has become firm. |
| constablewick | noun (n.) The district to which a constable's power is limited. |
| costlewe | adjective (a.) Costly. |
| crackleware | noun (n.) See Crackle, n., 3. |
| curlew | noun (n.) A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its long, slender, curved bill. |
| dronkelewe | adjective (a.) Given to drink; drunken. |
| eaglewood | noun (n.) A kind of fragrant wood. See Agallochum. |
| fiddlewood | noun (n.) The wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genus Citharexylum. |
| flewed | adjective (a.) Having large flews. |
| flews | noun (n. pl.) The pendulous or overhanging lateral parts of the upper lip of dogs, especially prominent in hounds; -- called also chaps. See Illust. of Bloodhound. |
| gentlewoman | noun (n.) A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar. |
| noun (n.) A woman who attends a lady of high rank. |
| glew | noun (n.) See Glue. |
| hurdlework | noun (n.) Work after manner of a hurdle. |
| lew | adjective (a.) Lukewarm; tepid. |
| lewdster | noun (n.) A lewd person. |
| lewis | noun (n.) Alt. of Lewisson |
| lewisson | noun (n.) An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large stones, etc. |
| noun (n.) A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth. |
| molewarp | noun (n.) See Moldwarp. |
| mulewort | noun (n.) A fern of the genus Hemionitis. |
| needlewoman | noun (n.) A woman who does needlework; a seamstress. |
| needlework | noun (n.) Work executed with a needle; sewed work; sewing; embroidery; also, the business of a seamstress. |
| noun (n.) The combination of timber and plaster making the outside framework of some houses. |
| nipplewort | noun (n.) A yellow-flowered composite herb (Lampsana communis), formerly used as an external application to the nipples of women; -- called also dock-cress. |
| noblewoman | noun (n.) A female of noble rank; a peeress. |
| paddlewood | noun (n.) The light elastic wood of the Aspidosperma excelsum, a tree of Guiana having a fluted trunk readily split into planks. |
| pileworm | noun (n.) The teredo. |
| pilewort | noun (n.) A plant (Ranunculus Ficaria of Linnaeus) whose tuberous roots have been used in poultices as a specific for the piles. |
| polewig | noun (n.) The European spotted goby (Gobius minutus); -- called also pollybait. |
| purflew | noun (n.) A hem, border., or trimming, as of embroidered work. |
| noun (n.) A border of any heraldic fur. |
| purplewood | noun (n.) Same as Purpleheart. |
| rattleweed | noun (n.) Any plant of the genus Astragalus. See Milk vetch. |
| rattlewings | noun (n.) The golden-eye. |
| rattlewort | noun (n.) Same as Rattlebox. |
| rubblework | noun (n.) Masonry constructed of unsquared stones that are irregular in size and shape. |
| salework | noun (n.) Work or things made for sale; hence, work done carelessly or slightingly. |
| shufflewing | noun (n.) The hedg sparrow. |
| sicklewort | noun (n.) A plant of the genus Coronilla (C. scorpioides); -- so named from its curved pods. |
| noun (n.) The healall (Brunella vulgaris). |
| slewed | adjective (a.) Somewhat drunk. |
| slewth | noun (n.) Sloth; idleness. |
| spindleworm | noun (n.) The larva of a noctuid mmoth (Achatodes zeae) which feeds inside the stalks of corn (maize), sometimes causing much damage. It is smooth, with a black head and tail and a row of black dots across each segment. |
| slew | noun (n.) A wet place; a river inlet. |
| verb (v. t.) See Slue. | |
| (imp.) of Slay | |
| () imp. of Slay. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH LEW (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (ew) - English Words That Ends with ew:
| bottlescrew | noun (n.) A corkscrew. |
| brew | noun (n.) The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. |
| verb (v. t.) To boil or seethe; to cook. | |
| verb (v. t.) To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation. | |
| verb (v. t.) To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct. | |
| verb (v. t.) To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief. | |
| verb (v. i.) To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer. | |
| verb (v. i.) To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering; as, a storm brews in the west. |
| cadew | noun (n.) Alt. of Cadeworm |
| cashew | noun (n.) A tree (Anacardium occidentale) of the same family which the sumac. It is native in tropical America, but is now naturalized in all tropical countries. Its fruit, a kidney-shaped nut, grows at the extremity of an edible, pear-shaped hypocarp, about three inches long. |
| chew | noun (n.) That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud. |
| verb (v. t.) To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate. | |
| verb (v. t.) To ruminate mentally; to meditate on. | |
| verb (v. i.) To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth; to ruminate; to meditate. |
| concrew | adjective (a.) To grow together. |
| corkscrew | noun (n.) An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing corks from bottles. |
| verb (v. t.) To press forward in a winding way; as, to corkscrew one's way through a crowd. |
| counterview | noun (n.) An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other. |
| noun (n.) A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast. |
| crew | noun (n.) The Manx shearwater. |
| noun (n.) A company of people associated together; an assemblage; a throng. | |
| noun (n.) The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the company belonging to a vessel or a boat. | |
| noun (n.) In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a purpose; a gang; as (Naut.), the carpenter's crew; the boatswain's crew. | |
| () imp. of Crow | |
| (imp.) of Crow |
| curfew | noun (n.) The ringing of an evening bell, originally a signal to the inhabitants to cover fires, extinguish lights, and retire to rest, -- instituted by William the Conqueror; also, the bell itself. |
| noun (n.) A utensil for covering the fire. |
| dew | noun (n.) Moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces, particularly at night. |
| noun (n.) Figuratively, anything which falls lightly and in a refreshing manner. | |
| noun (n.) An emblem of morning, or fresh vigor. | |
| noun (a. & n.) Same as Due, or Duty. | |
| verb (v. t.) To wet with dew or as with dew; to bedew; to moisten; as with dew. |
| emew | noun (n.) See Emu. |
| eschew | adjective (a.) To shun; to avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling of distaste; to keep one's self clear of. |
| adjective (a.) To escape from; to avoid. |
| feverfew | noun (n.) A perennial plant (Pyrethrum, / Chrysanthemum, Parthenium) allied to camomile, having finely divided leaves and white blossoms; -- so named from its supposed febrifugal qualities. |
| finew | noun (n.) Moldiness. |
| fitchew | noun (n.) The European polecat (Putorius foetidus). See Polecat. |
| grandnephew | noun (n.) The grandson of one's brother or sister. |
| hebrew | noun (n.) An appellative of Abraham or of one of his descendants, esp. in the line of Jacob; an Israelite; a Jew. |
| noun (n.) The language of the Hebrews; -- one of the Semitic family of languages. | |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Hebrews; as, the Hebrew language or rites. |
| heronsew | noun (n.) A heronshaw. |
| hew | noun (n.) Destruction by cutting down. |
| noun (n.) Hue; color. | |
| noun (n.) Shape; form. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off. | |
| verb (v. t.) To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack. |
| honeydew | noun (n.) A sweet, saccharine substance, found on the leaves of trees and other plants in small drops, like dew. Two substances have been called by this name; one exuded from the plants, and the other secreted by certain insects, esp. aphids. |
| noun (n.) A kind of tobacco moistened with molasses. |
| interview | noun (n.) A mutual sight or view; a meeting face to face; usually, a formal or official meeting for consultation; a conference; as, the secretary had an interview with the President. |
| noun (n.) A conservation, or questioning, for the purpose of eliciting information for publication; the published statement so elicited. | |
| verb (v. t.) To have an interview with; to question or converse with, especially for the purpose of obtaining information for publication. |
| jackscrew | noun (n.) A jack in which a screw is used for lifting, or exerting pressure. See Illust. of 2d Jack, n., 5. |
| jew | noun (n.) Originally, one belonging to the tribe or kingdom of Judah; after the return from the Babylonish captivity, any member of the new state; a Hebrew; an Israelite. |
| killigrew | noun (n.) The Cornish chough. See under Chough. |
| mew | noun (n.) A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb. |
| noun (n.) A cage for hawks while mewing; a coop for fattening fowls; hence, any inclosure; a place of confinement or shelter; -- in the latter sense usually in the plural. | |
| noun (n.) A stable or range of stables for horses; -- compound used in the plural, and so called from the royal stables in London, built on the site of the king's mews for hawks. | |
| noun (n.) The common cry of a cat. | |
| verb (v. t.) To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers. | |
| verb (v. i.) To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance. | |
| verb (v. t.) To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure. | |
| verb (v. i.) To cry as a cat. |
| mildew | noun (n.) A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances. |
| verb (v. t.) To taint with mildew. | |
| verb (v. i.) To become tainted with mildew. |
| morphew | noun (n.) A scurfy eruption. |
| verb (v. t.) To cover with a morphew. |
| mortrew | noun (n.) A dish of meats and other ingredients, cooked together; an ollapodrida. |
| naphew | noun (n.) See Navew. |
| navew | noun (n.) A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica campestris. See Brassica. |
| nephew | noun (n.) A grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant. |
| noun (n.) A cousin. | |
| noun (n.) The son of a brother or a sister, or of a brother-in-law or sister-in-law. |
| nevew | noun (n.) Nephew. |
| orsedew | noun (n.) Alt. of Orsedue |
| overview | noun (n.) An inspection or overlooking. |
| pew | noun (n.) One of the compartments in a church which are separated by low partitions, and have long seats upon which several persons may sit; -- sometimes called slip. Pews were originally made square, but are now usually long and narrow. |
| noun (n.) Any structure shaped like a church pew, as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in theater; a pen; a sheepfold. | |
| verb (v. t.) To furnish with pews. |
| purview | noun (n.) The body of a statute, or that part which begins with " Be it enacted, " as distinguished from the preamble. |
| noun (n.) The limit or scope of a statute; the whole extent of its intention or provisions. | |
| noun (n.) Limit or sphere of authority; scope; extent. |
| review | noun (n.) To view or see again; to look back on. |
| noun (n.) To go over and examine critically or deliberately. | |
| noun (n.) To reconsider; to revise, as a manuscript before printing it, or a book for a new edition. | |
| noun (n.) To go over with critical examination, in order to discover exellences or defects; hence, to write a critical notice of; as, to review a new novel. | |
| noun (n.) To make a formal or official examination of the state of, as troops, and the like; as, to review a regiment. | |
| noun (n.) To reexamine judically; as, a higher court may review the proceedings and judgments of a lower one. | |
| noun (n.) To retrace; to go over again. | |
| noun (n.) A second or repeated view; a reexamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review of one's studies; a review of life. | |
| noun (n.) An examination with a view to amendment or improvement; revision; as, an author's review of his works. | |
| noun (n.) A critical examination of a publication, with remarks; a criticism; a critique. | |
| noun (n.) A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc. | |
| noun (n.) An inspection, as of troops under arms or of a naval force, by a high officer, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of discipline, equipments, etc. | |
| noun (n.) The judicial examination of the proceedings of a lower court by a higher. | |
| noun (n.) A lesson studied or recited for a second time. | |
| verb (v. i.) To look back; to make a review. |
| rew | noun (n.) A row. |
| screw | noun (n.) A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female screw, or, more usually, the nut. |
| noun (n.) Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver. Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; -- called also wood screws, and screw nails. See also Screw bolt, below. | |
| noun (n.) Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a screw. See Screw propeller, below. | |
| noun (n.) A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller. | |
| noun (n.) An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard. | |
| noun (n.) An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor. | |
| noun (n.) A small packet of tobacco. | |
| noun (n.) An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and commonly of good appearance. | |
| noun (n.) A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th Pitch, 10 (b)). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis. | |
| noun (n.) An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw (Caprella). See Sand screw, under Sand. | |
| verb (v. t.) To turn, as a screw; to apply a screw to; to press, fasten, or make firm, by means of a screw or screws; as, to screw a lock on a door; to screw a press. | |
| verb (v. t.) To force; to squeeze; to press, as by screws. | |
| verb (v. t.) Hence: To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions. | |
| verb (v. t.) To twist; to distort; as, to screw his visage. | |
| verb (v. t.) To examine rigidly, as a student; to subject to a severe examination. | |
| verb (v. i.) To use violent mans in making exactions; to be oppressive or exacting. | |
| verb (v. i.) To turn one's self uneasily with a twisting motion; as, he screws about in his chair. |
| sew | noun (n.) Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy. |
| verb (v. t.) To follow; to pursue; to sue. | |
| verb (v. t.) To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread. | |
| verb (v. t.) To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip. | |
| verb (v. t.) To inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag. | |
| verb (v. i.) To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread. | |
| verb (v. t.) To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish. |
| shew | noun (n.) Show. |
| verb (v. t. & i.) See Show. |
| shrew | adjective (a.) Wicked; malicious. |
| adjective (a.) Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold. | |
| adjective (a.) Any small insectivore of the genus Sorex and several allied genera of the family Sorecidae. In form and color they resemble mice, but they have a longer and more pointed nose. Some of them are the smallest of all mammals. | |
| adjective (a.) To beshrew; to curse. |
| sinew | noun (n.) A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon. |
| noun (n.) Muscle; nerve. | |
| noun (n.) Fig.: That which supplies strength or power. | |
| verb (v. t.) To knit together, or make strong with, or as with, sinews. |
| skew | noun (n.) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place. |
| adjective (a.) Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; -- chiefly used in technical phrases. | |
| adverb (adv.) Awry; obliquely; askew. | |
| verb (v. i.) To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely. | |
| verb (v. i.) To start aside; to shy, as a horse. | |
| verb (v. i.) To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously. | |
| adverb (adv.) To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position. | |
| adverb (adv.) To throw or hurl obliquely. |
| smew | noun (n.) small European merganser (Mergus albellus) which has a white crest; -- called also smee, smee duck, white merganser, and white nun. |
| noun (n.) The hooded merganser. |
| spew | noun (n.) That which is vomited; vomit. |
| verb (v. t.) To eject from the stomach; to vomit. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cast forth with abhorrence or disgust; to eject. | |
| verb (v. i.) To vomit. | |
| verb (v. i.) To eject seed, as wet land swollen with frost. |
| sprew | noun (n.) Thrush. |
| stew | noun (n.) A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium. |
| noun (n.) An artificial bed of oysters. | |
| verb (v. t.) To boil slowly, or with the simmering or moderate heat; to seethe; to cook in a little liquid, over a gentle fire, without boiling; as, to stew meat; to stew oysters; to stew apples. | |
| verb (v. i.) To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture. | |
| verb (v. t.) A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse. | |
| verb (v. t.) A brothel; -- usually in the plural. | |
| verb (v. t.) A prostitute. | |
| verb (v. t.) A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons. | |
| verb (v. t.) A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew. |
| sundew | noun (n.) Any plant of the genus Drosera, low bog plants whose leaves are beset with pediceled glands which secrete a viscid fluid that glitters like dewdrops and attracts and detains insects. After an insect is caught, the glands curve inward like tentacles and the leaf digests it. Called also lustwort. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH LEW (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (le) - Words That Begins with le:
| lea | noun (n.) A measure of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay. |
| noun (n.) A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle. | |
| noun (n.) A meadow or sward land; a grassy field. |
| leach | noun (n.) See 3d Leech. |
| noun (n.) A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali. | |
| noun (n.) A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc. | |
| noun (n.) See Leech, a physician. | |
| verb (v. t.) To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee. | |
| verb (v. t.) To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes. | |
| verb (v. i.) To part with soluble constituents by percolation. |
| leaching | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leach |
| 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. |
| lead | noun (n.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L. Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena, lead sulphide. |
| noun (n.) An article made of lead or an alloy of lead | |
| noun (n.) A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea. | |
| noun (n.) A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing. | |
| noun (n.) Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs; hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates. | |
| noun (n.) A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in pencils. | |
| noun (n.) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction; as, to take the lead; to be under the lead of another. | |
| noun (n.) precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; as, the white horse had the lead; a lead of a boat's length, or of half a second. | |
| noun (n.) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played; as, your partner has the lead. | |
| noun (n.) An open way in an ice field. | |
| noun (n.) A lode. | |
| noun (n.) The course of a rope from end to end. | |
| noun (n.) The width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke. | |
| noun (n.) the distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment. | |
| noun (n.) The action of a tooth, as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet. | |
| noun (n.) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts. | |
| noun (n.) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others. | |
| noun (n.) In an internal-combustion engine, the distance, measured in actual length of piston stroke or the corresponding angular displacement of the crank, of the piston from the end of the compression stroke when ignition takes place; -- called in full lead of the ignition. When ignition takes place during the working stroke the corresponding distance from the commencement of the stroke is called negative lead. | |
| noun (n.) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft. | |
| noun (n.) In spiral screw threads, worm wheels, or the like, the amount of advance of any point in the spiral for a complete turn. | |
| noun (n.) A conductor conveying electricity, as from a dynamo. | |
| noun (n.) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles. | |
| noun (n.) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it. | |
| noun (n.) A r/le for a leading man or leading woman; also, one who plays such a r/le. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle. | |
| verb (v. t.) To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead a page; leaded matter. | |
| verb (v. t.) To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection; as, a father leads a child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man. | |
| verb (v. t.) To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, esp. by going with or going in advance of. Hence, figuratively: To direct; to counsel; to instruct; as, to lead a traveler; to lead a pupil. | |
| verb (v. t.) To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a search; to lead a political party. | |
| verb (v. t.) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages. | |
| verb (v. t.) To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to lead one to espouse a righteous cause. | |
| verb (v. t.) To guide or conduct one's self in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course). | |
| verb (v. t.) To begin a game, round, or trick, with; as, to lead trumps; the double five was led. | |
| verb (v. i.) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; -- used in most of the senses of lead, v. t. | |
| verb (v. t.) To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place; as, the path leads to the mill; gambling leads to other vices. |
| leading | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lead |
| noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lead | |
| noun (n.) The act of guiding, directing, governing, or enticing; guidance. | |
| noun (n.) Suggestion; hint; example. | |
| adjective (a.) Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example. |
| leaded | adjective (a.) Fitted with lead; set in lead; as, leaded windows. |
| adjective (a.) Separated by leads, as the lines of a page. | |
| (imp. & p. p.) of Lead |
| 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. |
| leader | noun (n.) One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor. |
| noun (n.) One who goes first. | |
| noun (n.) One having authority to direct; a chief; a commander. | |
| noun (n.) A performer who leads a band or choir in music; also, in an orchestra, the principal violinist; the one who plays at the head of the first violins. | |
| noun (n.) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places. | |
| noun (n.) The principal wheel in any kind of machinery. | |
| noun (n.) A horse placed in advance of others; one of the forward pair of horses. | |
| noun (n.) A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor. | |
| noun (n.) A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc. ; also, a line of gut, to which the snell of a fly hook is attached. | |
| noun (n.) A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one. | |
| noun (n.) The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article. | |
| noun (n.) A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face. | |
| noun (n.) a row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number. |
| leadership | noun (n.) The office of a leader. |
| leadhillite | noun (n.) A mineral of a yellowish or greenish white color, consisting of the sulphate and carbonate of lead; -- so called from having been first found at Leadhills, Scotland. |
| leadman | noun (n.) One who leads a dance. |
| leadsman | noun (n.) The man who heaves the lead. |
| leadwort | noun (n.) A genus of maritime herbs (Plumbago). P. Europaea has lead-colored spots on the leaves, and nearly lead-colored flowers. |
| leady | adjective (a.) Resembling lead. |
| leaf | noun (n.) A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively constitute its foliage. |
| noun (n.) A special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril. | |
| noun (n.) Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc. (c) The movable side of a table. (d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf. (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small. | |
| verb (v. i.) To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May. |
| leafing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leaf |
| leafage | noun (n.) Leaves, collectively; foliage. |
| leafcup | noun (n.) A coarse American composite weed (Polymnia Uvedalia). |
| leafed | adjective (a.) Having (such) a leaf or (so many) leaves; -- used in composition; as, broad-leafed; four-leafed. |
| (imp. & p. p.) of Leaf |
| leafet | noun (n.) A leaflet. |
| leafiness | noun (n.) The state of being leafy. |
| leafless | adjective (a.) Having no leaves or foliage; bearing no foliage. |
| leaflet | noun (n.) A little leaf; also, a little printed leaf or a tract. |
| noun (n.) One of the divisions of a compound leaf; a foliole. | |
| noun (n.) A leaflike organ or part; as, a leaflet of the gills of fishes. |
| leafstalk | noun (n.) The stalk or petiole which supports a leaf. |
| league | noun (n.) A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5.280 feet each, and used (as a land measure) chiefly on the continent of Europe, and in the Spanish parts of America. The marine league of England and the United States is equal to three marine, or geographical, miles of 6080 feet each. |
| noun (n.) A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league. | |
| noun (n.) An alliance or combination of two or more nations, parties, or persons, for the accomplishment of a purpose which requires a continued course of action, as for mutual defense, or for furtherance of commercial, religious, or political interests, etc. | |
| verb (v. i.) To unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support; to confederate. | |
| verb (v. t.) To join in a league; to cause to combine for a joint purpose; to combine; to unite; as, common interests will league heterogeneous elements. |
| leaguing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of League |
| leaguer | noun (n.) The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general. |
| noun (n.) A siege or beleaguering. | |
| verb (v. t.) To besiege; to beleaguer. |
| leaguerer | noun (n.) A besieger. |
| leak | noun (n.) To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks. |
| noun (n.) To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice, etc. ; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; -- usually with in or out. | |
| noun (n.) A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation; also, the point at which such loss occurs. | |
| adjective (a.) Leaky. | |
| verb (v.) A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe. | |
| verb (v.) The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps. |
| leaking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leak |
| leakage | noun (n.) A leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking. |
| noun (n.) An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking. | |
| noun (n.) A leak; also; the quantity of electricity thus wasted. |
| leakiness | noun (n.) The quality of being leaky. |
| leal | adjective (a.) Faithful; loyal; true. |
| leam | noun (n. & v. i.) See Leme. |
| noun (n.) A cord or strap for leading a dog. |
| leamer | noun (n.) A dog held by a leam. |
| leaning | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lean |
| noun (n.) The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism. |
| 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. |
| leanness | noun (n.) The condition or quality of being lean. |
| leany | adjective (a.) Lean. |
| leap | noun (n.) A basket. |
| noun (n.) A weel or wicker trap for fish. | |
| noun (n.) The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound. | |
| noun (n.) Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast. | |
| noun (n.) A fault. | |
| noun (n.) A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals. | |
| verb (v. i.) To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a horse. | |
| verb (v. i.) To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig. | |
| verb (v. t.) To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch. | |
| verb (v. t.) To copulate with (a female beast); to cover. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch. |
| leaping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leap |
| noun (a. & n.) from Leap, to jump. |
| leaper | noun (n.) One who, or that which, leaps. |
| noun (n.) A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage. |
| leapfrog | noun (n.) A play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former. |
| leapful | noun (n.) A basketful. |
| lear | noun (n.) Lore; lesson. |
| noun (n.) An annealing oven. See Leer, n. | |
| adjective (a.) See Leer, a. | |
| verb (v. t.) To learn. See Lere, to learn. |
| learning | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Learn |
| noun (n.) The acquisition of knowledge or skill; as, the learning of languages; the learning of telegraphy. | |
| noun (n.) The knowledge or skill received by instruction or study; acquired knowledge or ideas in any branch of science or literature; erudition; literature; science; as, he is a man of great learning. |
| learnable | adjective (a.) Such as can be learned. |
| learned | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite; well-informed; as, a learned scholar, writer, or lawyer; a learned book; a learned theory. |
| (imp. & p. p.) of Learn |
| learner | noun (n.) One who learns; a scholar. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LEW:
English Words which starts with 'l' and ends with 'w':
| law | noun (n.) In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts. |
| noun (n.) In morals: The will of God as the rule for the disposition and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to righteousness; the rule of action as obligatory on the conscience or moral nature. | |
| noun (n.) The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture where it is written, in distinction from the gospel; hence, also, the Old Testament. | |
| noun (n.) An organic rule, as a constitution or charter, establishing and defining the conditions of the existence of a state or other organized community. | |
| noun (n.) Any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute, resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or recognized, and enforced, by the controlling authority. | |
| noun (n.) In philosophy and physics: A rule of being, operation, or change, so certain and constant that it is conceived of as imposed by the will of God or by some controlling authority; as, the law of gravitation; the laws of motion; the law heredity; the laws of thought; the laws of cause and effect; law of self-preservation. | |
| noun (n.) In matematics: The rule according to which anything, as the change of value of a variable, or the value of the terms of a series, proceeds; mode or order of sequence. | |
| noun (n.) In arts, works, games, etc.: The rules of construction, or of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry, of architecture, of courtesy, or of whist. | |
| noun (n.) Collectively, the whole body of rules relating to one subject, or emanating from one source; -- including usually the writings pertaining to them, and judicial proceedings under them; as, divine law; English law; Roman law; the law of real property; insurance law. | |
| noun (n.) Legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity; applied justice. | |
| noun (n.) Trial by the laws of the land; judicial remedy; litigation; as, to go law. | |
| noun (n.) An oath, as in the presence of a court. | |
| verb (v. t.) Same as Lawe, v. t. | |
| (interj.) An exclamation of mild surprise. |
| leasow | noun (n.) A pasture. |
| lockjaw | noun (n.) A contraction of the muscles of the jaw by which its motion is suspended; a variety of tetanus. |
| longbow | noun (n.) The ordinary bow, not mounted on a stock; -- so called in distinction from the crossbow when both were used as weapons of war. Also, sometimes, such a bow of about the height of a man, as distinguished from a much shorter one. |
| low | noun (n.) The calling sound ordinarily made by cows and other bovine animals. |
| noun (n.) A hill; a mound; a grave. | |
| noun (n.) Fire; a flame; a light. | |
| noun (n.) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn. | |
| superlative (superl.) Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; as, low ground; a low flight. | |
| superlative (superl.) Not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature; a low fence. | |
| superlative (superl.) Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in winter, and six in summer. | |
| superlative (superl.) Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide. | |
| superlative (superl.) Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low price of corn; low wages. | |
| superlative (superl.) Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound. | |
| superlative (superl.) Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low note. | |
| superlative (superl.) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; as, / (/m), / (all). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 10, 11. | |
| superlative (superl.) Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the low northern latitudes. | |
| superlative (superl.) Numerically small; as, a low number. | |
| superlative (superl.) Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as, low spirits; low in spirits. | |
| superlative (superl.) Depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low condition; the lower classes. | |
| superlative (superl.) Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low mind; a low trick or stratagem. | |
| superlative (superl.) Not elevated or sublime; not exalted or diction; as, a low comparison. | |
| superlative (superl.) Submissive; humble. | |
| superlative (superl.) Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse; made low by sickness. | |
| superlative (superl.) Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a low temperature; a low fever. | |
| superlative (superl.) Smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low estimate. | |
| superlative (superl.) Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple; as, a low diet. | |
| verb (v. i.) To make the calling sound of cows and other bovine animals; to moo. | |
| verb (v. i.) To burn; to blaze. | |
| adverb (adv.) In a low position or manner; not aloft; not on high; near the ground. | |
| adverb (adv.) Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply; as, he sold his wheat low. | |
| adverb (adv.) In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly. | |
| adverb (adv.) In time approaching our own. | |
| adverb (adv.) With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently; as, to speak low. | |
| adverb (adv.) With a low musical pitch or tone. | |
| adverb (adv.) In subjection, poverty, or disgrace; as, to be brought low by oppression, by want, or by vice. | |
| adverb (adv.) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; -- said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution; as, the moon runs low, that is, is comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian. | |
| verb (v. t.) To depress; to lower. | |
| () strong imp. of Laugh. |
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