Name Report For First Name LINE:

LINE

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

Rhymes with LINE - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming LINE

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES LƯNE AS A WHOLE:

linette aceline jacqueline adeline evangeline cymbeline cymbelline aline angeline arline aveline carmeline caroline cateline catline celine charline coraline darline earline ediline emeline emmeline erline evaline eveline faline jackeline jacqualine jaqueline joceline joline josceline joyceline karline karoline kateline khrystalline lurline madeline marceline michaeline micheline pascaline pauline hline opaline oline edeline apolline marline emmaline

NAMES RHYMING WITH LƯNE (According to last letters):

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

ankine lucine eguskine jensine larine nielsine petrine alaine albertine alexandrine ermengardine marjolaine alfonsine ambrosine celandine lexine nerine columbine turquine uwaine locrine adine aelfwine aethelwine aine alastrine alexine alhertine alphonsine ardine arthurine avelaine berdine bernadine bettine birdine carmine catharine catherine celestine charlaine charmaine charmine cherine christine claudine clementine conradine corrine cristine davine delcine delphine dorine dukine edine egbertine elaine elbertine ellaine elvine elwine emestine engelbertine ernestine fantine fifine francine garabine garbine georgine geraldine gerhardine germaine guilaine helaine hermoine igraine irmine jaine janine jasmine jaxine jazmaine jeanine jeannine jenine jennine jeraldine joaquine josephine justine katherine kathrine katrine kristine laraine larraine leopoldine loraine

NAMES RHYMING WITH LƯNE (According to first letters):

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

lin lina lincoln lind linda lindael lindberg linddun lindeberg lindel lindell linden lindi lindie lindisfarne lindiwe lindl lindleigh lindley lindly lindsay lindsey lindy linford linh link linka linleah linley linly linn linne linnea linnette linsay linsey lintang linton lintun linus linwood

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

lia liam liana liane lianna libby liberty libuse lichas licia lidia lidio lidmann lidoine liealia lien liesbet liesheth liesl lieu liezel lifton ligia liisa liko lil lila lilah lili lilia lilian liliana liliane lilianna lilibet lilibeth lilie lilike lilis lilith lilium lillee lilli lillian lilliana lillie lillis lilly lillyana lilo liluye lily lilyanna lilybell lilybeth lion lionel lionell liora

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LƯNE:

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

labhaoise lace lacee lacene lache lachie lacie ladde lafayette lailie laine lainie laire lajeune lalage lamandre lance lane lanette lange lanice lanie lannie laoghaire larae laramie larcwide larie larisse larke larue lasalle lashae lasse lassie laudegrance laudine lauraine lauralee laurelle laurence laurene laurenne laurette laurie lausanne laverne lawe lawrence laycie laylie layne lea-que leandre leane leanne lee leeanne legarre leighanne leilanie lele lenae lenee lennie lenore leocadie leodegrance leodegraunce leonce leone leonelle leonie leonore leontyne leotie leslee leslie lethe letje leucippe levane levene lexie lezlie liriene lirienne lisabette lise liselle lisette lisle lissette livingstone lizette locke loe lonnie loralee lorance

English Words Rhyming LINE

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES LƯNE AS A WHOLE:

acaulineadjective (a.) Same as Acaulescent.

acervulineadjective (a.) Resembling little heaps.

alineationnoun (n.) See Allineation.
 noun (n.) Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun.

alinementnoun (n.) Same as Alignment.

alinernoun (n.) One who adjusts things to a line or lines or brings them into line.

alkalineadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an alkali.

allineationnoun (n.) Alt. of Alineation

amygdalineadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, almonds.

anilinenoun (n.) An organic base belonging to the phenylamines. It may be regarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced by the radical phenyl. It is a colorless, oily liquid, originally obtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made.
 adjective (a.) Made from, or of the nature of, aniline.

animalculineadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, animalcules.

antalkalinenoun (n.) Anything that neutralizes, or that counteracts an alkaline tendency in the system.
 adjective (a.) Of power to counteract alkalies.

aquilineadjective (a.) Belonging to or like an eagle.
 adjective (a.) Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; -- applied particularly to the nose

anticlinenoun (n.) A structure of bedded rocks in which the beds on both sides of an axis or axial plane dip away from the axis; an anticlinal.

baculineadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the rod or punishment with the rod.

bandolinenoun (n.) A glutinous pomatum for the fair.

beastlinessnoun (n.) The state or quality of being beastly.

beggarlinessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness.

benzolinenoun (n.) Same as Benzole.
 noun (n.) Same as Amarine.

beryllineadjective (a.) Like a beryl; of a light or bluish green color.

bilinearadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or included by, two lines; as, bilinear coordinates.

bodilinessnoun (n.) Corporeality.

bowlinenoun (n.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled.

bristlinessnoun (n.) The quality or state of having bristles.

brotherlinessnoun (n.) The state or quality of being brotherly.

bubalineadjective (a.) Resembling a buffalo.

buntlinenoun (n.) One of the ropes toggled to the footrope of a sail, used to haul up to the yard the body of the sail when taking it in.

burlinessnoun (n.) Quality of being burly.

butcherlinessnoun (n.) Butchery quality.

caballinenoun (n.) Caballine aloes.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a horse.

cappelinenoun (n.) A hood-shaped bandage for the head, the shoulder, or the stump of an amputated limb.

capitolineadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Capitol in Rome.

capreolineadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the roebuck.

carlinenoun (n.) Alt. of Caroline
 noun (n.) Alt. of Carling

carolinenoun (n.) A silver coin once current in some parts of Italy, worth about seven cents.
 noun (n.) A coin. See Carline.

caulineadjective (a.) Growing immediately on a caulis; of or pertaining to a caulis.

centrolineadnoun (n.) An instrument for drawing lines through a point, or lines converging to a center.

centrolinealadjective (a.) Converging to a center; -- applied to lines drawn so as to meet in a point or center.

chillinessnoun (n.) A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness.
 noun (n.) A moderate degree of coldness; disagreeable coldness or rawness; as, the chilliness of the air.
 noun (n.) Formality; lack of warmth.

chinolinenoun (n.) See Quinoline.

cholinenoun (n.) See Neurine.

chrysanilinenoun (n.) A yellow substance obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of rosaniline. It dyes silk a fine golden-yellow color.

churchlinessnoun (n.) Regard for the church.

cinnolinenoun (n.) A nitrogenous organic base, C8H6N2, analogous to quinoline, obtained from certain complex diazo compounds.

circulineadjective (a.) Proceeding in a circle; circular.

cleanlinessnoun (n.) State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress.

clerklinessnoun (n.) Scholarship.

clotheslinenoun (n.) A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.

collinenoun (n.) A small hill or mount.

collineationnoun (n.) The act of aiming at, or directing in a line with, a fixed object.

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


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


abietinenoun (n.) A resinous obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether.

acacinenoun (n.) Gum arabic.

acalycineadjective (a.) Alt. of Acalysinous

acanthineadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus.

acarineadjective (a.) Of or caused by acari or mites; as, acarine diseases.

accipitrineadjective (a.) Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.

acolyctinenoun (n.) An organic base, in the form of a white powder, obtained from Aconitum lycoctonum.

aconitinenoun (n.) An intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite.

adamantineadjective (a.) Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains.
 adjective (a.) Like the diamond in hardness or luster.

adulterinenoun (n.) An illegitimate child.
 adjective (a.) Proceeding from adulterous intercourse. Hence: Spurious; without the support of law; illegal.

agatineadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or like, agate.

alabastrineadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, alabaster; as alabastrine limbs.

alaninenoun (n.) A white crystalline base, C3H7NO2, derived from aldehyde ammonia.

aldineadjective (a.) An epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics) which proceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his family, of Venice, for the most part in the 16th century and known by the sign of the anchor and the dolphin. The term has also been applied to certain elegant editions of English works.

alexandrinenoun (n.) A kind of verse consisting in English of twelve syllables.
 adjective (a.) Belonging to Alexandria; Alexandrian.

algerinenoun (n.) A native or one of the people of Algiers or Algeria. Also, a pirate.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Algiers or Algeria.

almandinenoun (n.) The common red variety of garnet.

almondinenoun (n.) See Almandine

alpestrineadjective (a.) Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains; as, Alpestrine diseases, etc.
 adjective (a.) Growing on the elevated parts of mountains, but not above the timbe/ line; subalpine.

alphonsineadjective (a.) Of or relating to Alphonso X., the Wise, King of Castile (1252-1284).

alpineadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Alps, or to any lofty mountain; as, Alpine snows; Alpine plants.
 adjective (a.) Like the Alps; lofty.

altheinenoun (n.) Asparagine.

aluminenoun (n.) Alumina.

alvineadjective (a.) Of, from, in, or pertaining to, the belly or the intestines; as, alvine discharges; alvine concretions.

amandinenoun (n.) The vegetable casein of almonds.
 noun (n.) A kind of cold cream prepared from almonds, for chapped hands, etc.

amanitinenoun (n.) The poisonous principle of some fungi.

amaranthineadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to amaranth.
 adjective (a.) Unfading, as the poetic amaranth; undying.
 adjective (a.) Of a purplish color.

amarinenoun (n.) A characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil of bitter almonds.

amethystineadjective (a.) Resembling amethyst, especially in color; bluish violet.
 adjective (a.) Composed of, or containing, amethyst.

aminenoun (n.) One of a class of strongly basic substances derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms by a basic atom or radical.

anatineadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the ducks; ducklike.

andesinenoun (n.) A kind of triclinic feldspar found in the Andes.

andineadjective (a.) Andean; as, Andine flora.

angevinenoun (n.) A native of Anjou.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Anjou in France.

anguineadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent.

annotinenoun (n.) A bird one year old, or that has once molted.

anserineadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to the Anseres.

antifebrinenoun (n.) Acetanilide.

antilopineadjective (a.) Of or relating to the antelope.

antipyrinenoun (n.) An artificial alkaloid, believed to be efficient in abating fever.

antitoxinenoun (n.) A substance (sometimes the product of a specific micro-organism and sometimes naturally present in the blood or tissues of an animal), capable of producing immunity from certain diseases, or of counteracting the poisonous effects of pathogenic bacteria.

apennineadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the Apennines, a chain of mountains extending through Italy.

apomorphinenoun (n.) A crystalline alkaloid obtained from morphia. It is a powerful emetic.

aquamarinenoun (n.) A transparent, pale green variety of beryl, used as a gem. See Beryl.

ardassinenoun (n.) A very fine sort of Persian silk.

argentinenoun (n.) A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
 noun (n.) White metal coated with silver.
 noun (n.) A fish of Europe (Maurolicus Pennantii) with silvery scales. The name is also applied to various fishes of the genus Argentina.
 noun (n.) A citizen of the Argentine Republic.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South America.

aricinenoun (n.) An alkaloid, first found in white cinchona bark.

armozinenoun (n.) A thick plain silk, generally black, and used for clerical.

arnicinenoun (n.) An alkaloid obtained from the arnica plant.

arpinenoun (n.) An arpent.

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


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


linnoun (n.) A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a fall of water.
 noun (n.) A waterfall, or cataract; as, a roaring lin.
 noun (n.) A steep ravine.
 verb (v. i.) To yield; to stop; to cease.
 verb (v. t.) To cease from.

linagenoun (n.) See Lineage.

linamentnoun (n.) Lint; esp., lint made into a tent for insertion into wounds or ulcers.

linaritenoun (n.) A hydrous sulphate of lead and copper occurring in bright blue monoclinic crystals.

linchnoun (n.) A ledge; a right-angled projection.

linchinoun (n.) An esculent swallow.

linchpinnoun (n.) A pin used to prevent the wheel of a vehicle from sliding off the axletree.

lincturenoun (n.) Alt. of Linctus

linctusnoun (n.) Medicine taken by licking with the tongue.

lindnoun (n.) The linden. See Linden.

lindennoun (n.) A handsome tree (Tilia Europaea), having cymes of light yellow flowers, and large cordate leaves. The tree is common in Europe.
 noun (n.) In America, the basswood, or Tilia Americana.

lindianoun (n.) A peculiar genus of rotifers, remarkable for the absence of ciliated disks. By some zoologists it is thought to be like the ancestral form of the Arthropoda.

lindiformadjective (a.) Resembling the genus Lindia; -- said of certain apodous insect larvae.

linenoun (n.) Flax; linen.
 noun (n.) The longer and finer fiber of flax.
 noun (n.) A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline.
 noun (n.) A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line.
 noun (n.) The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the place is remote from lines of travel.
 noun (n.) Direction; as, the line of sight or vision.
 noun (n.) A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column.
 noun (n.) A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend.
 noun (n.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure.
 noun (n.) Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
 noun (n.) That which has length, but not breadth or thickness.
 noun (n.) The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline.
 noun (n.) A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark.
 noun (n.) Lineament; feature; figure.
 noun (n.) A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers.
 noun (n.) A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings.
 noun (n.) A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; as, a line of stages; an express line.
 noun (n.) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
 noun (n.) The equator; -- usually called the line, or equinoctial line; as, to cross the line.
 noun (n.) A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline.
 noun (n.) A measuring line or cord.
 noun (n.) That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
 noun (n.) Instruction; doctrine.
 noun (n.) The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of line.
 noun (n.) The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad.
 noun (n.) A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to column.
 noun (n.) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.
 noun (n.) A trench or rampart.
 noun (n.) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.
 noun (n.) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
 noun (n.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
 noun (n.) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
 noun (n.) A series of various qualities and values of the same general class of articles; as, a full line of hosiery; a line of merinos, etc.
 noun (n.) The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name.
 noun (n.) The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver.
 noun (n.) A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch.
 verb (v. t.) To cover the inner surface of; as, to line a cloak with silk or fur; to line a box with paper or tin.
 verb (v. t.) To put something in the inside of; to fill; to supply, as a purse with money.
 verb (v. t.) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding anything; to fortify; as, to line works with soldiers.
 verb (v. t.) To impregnate; -- applied to brute animals.
 verb (v. t.) To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines; as, to line a copy book.
 verb (v. t.) To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
 verb (v. t.) To read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn.
 verb (v. t.) To form into a line; to align; as, to line troops.

liningnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Line
 noun (n.) The act of one who lines; the act or process of making lines, or of inserting a lining.
 noun (n.) That which covers the inner surface of anything, as of a garment or a box; also, the contents of anything.

lineagenoun (n.) Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.

linealadjective (a.) Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to collateral; as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant.
 adjective (a.) Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).
 adjective (a.) Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs.
 adjective (a.) In the direction of a line; of or pertaining to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear; as, lineal magnitude.

linealitynoun (n.) The quality of being lineal.

lineamentnoun (n.) One of the outlines, exterior features, or distinctive marks, of a body or figure, particularly of the face; feature; form; mark; -- usually in the plural.

linearadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction; lineal.
 adjective (a.) Like a line; narrow; of the same breadth throughout, except at the extremities; as, a linear leaf.

linearensateadjective (a.) Having the form of a sword, but very long and narrow.

linearyadjective (a.) Linear.

lineateadjective (a.) Alt. of Lineated

lineatedadjective (a.) Marked with lines.
 adjective (a.) Marked longitudinally with depressed parallel lines; as, a lineate leaf.

lineationnoun (n.) Delineation; a line or lines.

lineaturenoun (n.) Anything having outline.

linemannoun (n.) One who carries the line in surveying, etc.
 noun (n.) A man employed to examine the rails of a railroad to see if they are in good condition; also, a man employed to repair telegraph lines.

linennoun (n.) Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.
 noun (n.) Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
 noun (n.) Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc.
 noun (n.) Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times, chiefly made of linen.

linenernoun (n.) A dealer in linen; a linen draper.

lineolateadjective (a.) Marked with little lines.
 adjective (a.) Marked longitudinally with fine lines.

linernoun (n.) One who lines, as, a liner of shoes.
 noun (n.) A vessel belonging to a regular line of packets; also, a line-of-battle ship; a ship of the line.
 noun (n.) A thin piece placed between two parts to hold or adjust them, fill a space, etc.; a shim.
 noun (n.) A lining within the cylinder, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket.
 noun (n.) A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.
 noun (n.) A ball which, when struck, flies through the air in a nearly straight line not far from the ground.

lingnoun (n.) Heather (Calluna vulgaris).
 adjective (a.) A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food fish and is largely salted and dried. Called also drizzle.
 adjective (a.) The burbot of Lake Ontario.
 adjective (a.) An American hake of the genus Phycis.
 adjective (a.) A New Zealand food fish of the genus Genypterus. The name is also locally applied to other fishes, as the cultus cod, the mutton fish, and the cobia.

linganoun (n.) Alt. of Lingam

lingamnoun (n.) The phallic symbol under which Siva is principally worshiped in his character of the creative and reproductive power.

lingelnoun (n.) A shoemaker's thread.
 noun (n.) A little tongue or thong of leather; a lacing for belts.

lingencenoun (n.) A linctus.

lingeringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Linger
 adjective (a.) Delaying.
 adjective (a.) Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease.

lingeradjective (a.) To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.
 verb (v. t.) To protract; to draw out.
 verb (v. t.) To spend or pass in a lingering manner; -- with out; as, to linger out one's days on a sick bed.

lingerernoun (n.) One who lingers.

lingetnoun (n.) An ingot.

lingismnoun (n.) A mode of treating certain diseases, as obesity, by gymnastics; -- proposed by Pehr Henrik Ling, a Swede. See Kinesiatrics.

linglenoun (n.) See Lingel.

lingonoun (n.) Language; speech; dialect.

lingotnoun (n.) A linget or ingot; also, a mold for casting metals. See Linget.

linguanoun (n.) A tongue.
 noun (n.) A median process of the labium, at the under side of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.

linguaciousadjective (a.) Given to the use of the tongue; loquacious.

linguadentalnoun (n.) An articulation pronounced by the aid or use of the tongue and teeth.
 adjective (a.) Formed or uttered by the joint use of the tongue and teeth, or rather that part of the gum just above the front teeth; dentolingual, as the letters d and t.

lingualnoun (n.) A consonant sound formed by the aid of the tongue; -- a term especially applied to certain articulations (as those of t, d, th, and n) and to the letters denoting them.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter.

lingualitynoun (n.) The quality of being lingual.

linguatulidanoun (n. pl.) Same as Linguatulina.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LƯNE:

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

labiatenoun (n.) A plant of the order Labiatae.
 adjective (a.) Having the limb of a tubular corolla or calyx divided into two unequal parts, one projecting over the other like the lips of a mouth, as in the snapdragon, sage, and catnip.
 adjective (a.) Belonging to a natural order of plants (Labiatae), of which the mint, sage, and catnip are examples. They are mostly aromatic herbs.
 verb (v. t.) To labialize.

labileadjective (a.) Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.

labioseadjective (a.) Having the appearance of being labiate; -- said of certain polypetalous corollas.

laborsomeadjective (a.) Made with, or requiring, great labor, pains, or diligence.
 adjective (a.) Likely or inclined to roll or pitch, as a ship in a heavy sea; having a tendency to labor.

labradoritenoun (n.) A kind of feldspar commonly showing a beautiful play of colors, and hence much used for ornamental purposes. The finest specimens come from Labrador. See Feldspar.

labroseadjective (a.) Having thick lips.

laburninenoun (n.) A poisonous alkaloid found in the unripe seeds of the laburnum.

labyrinthineadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or like, a labyrinth; labyrinthal.

laccolitenoun (n.) Alt. of Laccolith

lacenoun (n.) That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt, etc.
 noun (n.) A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
 noun (n.) A fabric of fine threads of linen, silk, cotton, etc., often ornamented with figures; a delicate tissue of thread, much worn as an ornament of dress.
 noun (n.) Spirits added to coffee or some other beverage.
 verb (v. t.) To fasten with a lace; to draw together with a lace passed through eyelet holes; to unite with a lace or laces, or, figuratively. with anything resembling laces.
 verb (v. t.) To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material; as, cloth laced with silver.
 verb (v. t.) To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
 verb (v. t.) To add spirits to (a beverage).
 verb (v. i.) To be fastened with a lace, or laces; as, these boots lace.
 verb (v. t.) To twine or draw as a lace; to interlace; to intertwine.

lacerableadjective (a.) That can be lacerated or torn.

lacerateadjective (p. a.) Alt. of Lacerated
 verb (v. t.) To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart.

lacerativeadjective (a.) Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate; as, lacerative humors.

lacertineadjective (a.) Lacertian.

lachenoun (n.) Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; delay to assert a claim.

lachrymableadjective (a.) Lamentable.

lachrymoseadjective (a.) Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful.

laciniateadjective (a.) Alt. of Laciniated

laciniolateadjective (a.) Consisting of, or abounding in, very minute laciniae.

lacklustrenoun (n.) A want of luster.
 adjective (a.) Wanting luster or brightness.

lacrossenoun (n.) A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, called a "crosse". The ball is not handled but caught with the crosse and carried on it, or tossed from it, the object being to carry it or throw it through one of the goals placed at opposite ends of the field.

lactagenoun (n.) The produce of animals yielding milk; milk and that which is made from it.

lactamidenoun (n.) An acid amide derived from lactic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance having a neutral reaction. It is metameric with alanine.

lactarenenoun (n.) A preparation of casein from milk, used in printing calico.

lactatenoun (n.) A salt of lactic acid.

lactescencenoun (n.) The state or quality of producing milk, or milklike juice; resemblance to milk; a milky color.
 noun (n.) The latex of certain plants. See Latex.

lactidenoun (n.) A white, crystalline substance, obtained from also, by extension, any similar substance.

lactifugenoun (n.) A medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to dispel a supposed accumulation of milk in any part of the body.

lactimidenoun (n.) A white, crystalline substance obtained as an anhydride of alanine, and regarded as an imido derivative of lactic acid.

lactonenoun (n.) One of a series of organic compounds, regarded as anhydrides of certain hydroxy acids. In general, they are colorless liquids, having a weak aromatic odor. They are so called because the typical lactone is derived from lactic acid.

lactoscopenoun (n.) An instrument for estimating the amount of cream contained in milk by ascertaining its relative opacity.

lactosenoun (n.) Sugar of milk or milk sugar; a crystalline sugar present in milk, and separable from the whey by evaporation and crystallization. It has a slightly sweet taste, is dextrorotary, and is much less soluble in water than either cane sugar or glucose. Formerly called lactin.
 noun (n.) See Galactose.

lactuconenoun (n.) A white, crystalline, tasteless substance, found in the milky sap of species of Lactuca, and constituting an essential ingredient of lactucarium.

lacunenoun (n.) A lacuna.

lacunoseadjective (a.) Alt. of Lacunous

lacustrineadjective (a.) Found in, or pertaining to, lakes or ponds, or growing in them; as, lacustrine flowers.

laddienoun (n.) A lad; a male sweetheart.

ladenoun (n.) The mouth of a river.
 noun (n.) A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
 verb (v. t.) To load; to put a burden or freight on or in; -- generally followed by that which receives the load, as the direct object.
 verb (v. t.) To throw in out. with a ladle or dipper; to dip; as, to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern.
 verb (v. t.) To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table.
 verb (v. t.) To draw water.
 verb (v. t.) To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc.

ladronenoun (n.) A robber; a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal.

ladylikeadjective (a.) Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred.
 adjective (a.) Becoming or suitable to a lady; as, ladylike manners.
 adjective (a.) Delicate; tender; feeble; effeminate.

ladylovenoun (n.) A sweetheart or mistress.

laevigateadjective (a.) Having a smooth surface, as if polished.

laevulosenoun (n.) See Levulose.

lafayettenoun (n.) The dollar fish.
 noun (n.) A market fish, the goody, or spot (Liostomus xanthurus), of the southern coast of the United States.

lagunenoun (n.) See Lagoon.

lainerenoun (n.) See Lanier.

lakenoun (n.) A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with aluminium hydrate; as, madder lake; Florentine lake; yellow lake, etc.
 noun (n.) A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use.
 noun (n.) A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area.
 verb (v. i.) To play; to sport.

lakkenoun (n. & v.) See Lack.

lamaitenoun (n.) One who believes in Lamaism.

lambalenoun (n.) A feast at the time of shearing lambs.

lambativenoun (n.) A medicine taken by licking with the tongue; a lincture.
 adjective (a.) Taken by licking with the tongue.

lamblikeadjective (a.) Like a lamb; gentle; meek; inoffensive.

lamellateadjective (a.) Alt. of Lamellated

lamellibranchiatenoun (n.) One of the Lamellibranchia.
 adjective (a.) Having lamellar gills; belonging to the Lamellibranchia.

lamelloseadjective (a.) Composed of, or having, lamellae; lamelliform.

lamentableadjective (a.) Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance.
 adjective (a.) Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; as, a lamentable misfortune, or error.
 adjective (a.) Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense.

laminableadjective (a.) Capable of being split into laminae or thin plates, as mica; capable of being extended under pressure into a thin plate or strip.

laminaritenoun (n.) A broad-leafed fossil alga.

laminateadjective (a.) Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.
 verb (v. t.) To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.
 verb (v. i.) To separate into laminae.

lampadromenoun (n.) A race run by young men with lighted torches in their hands. He who reached the goal first, with his torch unextinguished, gained the prize.

lampatenoun (n.) A supposed salt of lampic acid.

lampyrinenoun (n.) An insect of the genus Lampyris, or family Lampyridae. See Lampyris.

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

lancenoun (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.

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

lanceolateadjective (a.) Alt. of Lanceolated

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

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

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

landgravinenoun (n.) The wife of a landgrave.

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

landscapenoun (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.

landslidenoun (n.) The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc.
 noun (n.) The land which slips down.

lanenoun (n.) A passageway between fences or hedges which is not traveled as a highroad; an alley between buildings; a narrow way among trees, rocks, and other natural obstructions; hence, in a general sense, a narrow passageway; as, a lane between lines of men, or through a field of ice.
 adjective (a.) Alone.

langatenoun (n.) A linen roller used in dressing wounds.

langragenoun (n.) Alt. of Langrel

langridgenoun (n.) See Langrage.

langsynenoun (adv. & n.) Long since; long ago.

languagenoun (n.) Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, articulated by the organs of the throat and mouth.
 noun (n.) The expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality.
 noun (n.) The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation.
 noun (n.) The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style.
 noun (n.) The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.
 noun (n.) The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers.
 noun (n.) The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology.
 noun (n.) A race, as distinguished by its speech.
 verb (v. t.) To communicate by language; to express in language.

lanificenoun (n.) Anything made of wool.

lanthanitenoun (n.) Hydrous carbonate of lanthanum, found in tabular while crystals.

lanthopinenoun (n.) An alkaloid found in opium in small quantities, and extracted as a white crystalline substance.

lanuginoseadjective (a.) Alt. of Lanuginous

laparocelenoun (n.) A rupture or hernia in the lumbar regions.

lapicidenoun (n.) A stonecutter.

lapidescencenoun (n.) The state or quality of being lapidescent.
 noun (n.) A hardening into a stone substance.
 noun (n.) A stony concretion.

lapsableadjective (a.) Lapsible.

lapsenoun (n.) A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses.
 noun (n.) A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.
 noun (n.) The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege.
 noun (n.) A fall or apostasy.
 verb (v. i.) To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses.
 verb (v. i.) To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake.
 verb (v. i.) To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc.
 verb (v. i.) To become ineffectual or void; to fall.
 verb (v. t.) To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass.
 verb (v. t.) To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender.

lapsibleadjective (a.) Liable to lapse.

lapstonenoun (n.) A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers beat leather.

lapstrakeadjective (a.) Made with boards whose edges lap one over another; clinker-built; -- said of boats.

larenoun (n.) Lore; learning.
 noun (n.) Pasture; feed. See Lair.
 verb (v. t.) To feed; to fatten.

largenoun (n.) A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves.
 superlative (superl.) Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; -- opposed to small; as, a large horse; a large house or room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large vineyard; a large army; a large city.
 superlative (superl.) Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions.
 superlative (superl.) Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.
 superlative (superl.) Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; -- said of the mind and heart.
 superlative (superl.) Free; unembarrassed.
 superlative (superl.) Unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language.
 superlative (superl.) Prodigal in expending; lavish.
 superlative (superl.) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.
 adverb (adv.) Freely; licentiously.

largesseadjective (a.) Liberality; generosity; bounty.
 adjective (a.) A present; a gift; a bounty bestowed.

larineadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Gull family (Laridae).

larvenoun (n.) A larva.

larungoscopenoun (n.) An instrument, consisting of an arrangement of two mirrors, for reflecting light upon the larynx, and for examining its image.

laryngotomenoun (n.) An instrument for performing laryngotomy.

lassienoun (n.) A young girl; a lass.

lassitudenoun (n.) A condition of the body, or mind, when its voluntary functions are performed with difficulty, and only by a strong exertion of the will; languor; debility; weariness.