Name Report For First Name LARK:
LARK
First name LARK's origin is Other. LARK means "lark". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with LARK below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of lark.(Brown names are of the same origin (Other) with LARK and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with LARK - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming LARK
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES LARK AS A WHOLE:
larke clark clarkeNAMES RHYMING WITH LARK (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ark) - Names That Ends with ark:
mark roark ruark spark parkRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (rk) - Names That Ends with rk:
afework kevork york birk dirk kerk kirk kyrk berkNAMES RHYMING WITH LARK (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (lar) - Names That Begins with lar:
lar lara larae laraine laramie larcwide lareina laren larena larenzo laria larie larina larine larissa larisse larnell larraine larry lars larson larue larunda laryn larzRhyming 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 laius lajeune lajila lakeisha lakeland laken lakesha lakeshia lakiesha lakinzi lakisha lakishia lakshmi lakyaNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LARK:
First Names which starts with 'l' and ends with 'k':
lamorak link ludwik lukEnglish Words Rhyming LARK
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES LARK AS A WHOLE:
| larking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lark |
| lark | noun (n.) Any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus Alauda and allied genera (family Alaudidae). They mostly belong to Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. In America they are represented by the shore larks, or horned by the shore larks, or horned larks, of the genus Otocoris. The true larks have holaspidean tarsi, very long hind claws, and usually, dull, sandy brown colors. |
| verb (v. i.) A frolic; a jolly time. | |
| verb (v. i.) To sport; to frolic. | |
| verb (v. i.) To catch larks; as, to go larking. |
| larker | noun (n.) A catcher of larks. |
| noun (n.) One who indulges in a lark or frolic. |
| larkspur | noun (n.) A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Delphinium), having showy flowers, and a spurred calyx. They are natives of the North Temperate zone. The commonest larkspur of the gardens is D. Consolida. The flower of the bee larkspur (D. elatum) has two petals bearded with yellow hairs, and looks not unlike a bee. |
| skylark | noun (n.) A lark that mounts and sings as it files, especially the common species (Alauda arvensis) found in Europe and in some parts of Asia, and celebrated for its melodious song; -- called also sky laverock. See under Lark. |
| skylarking | noun (n.) The act of running about the rigging of a vessel in sport; hence, frolicking; scuffing; sporting; carousing. |
| titlark | noun (n.) Any one of numerous small spring birds belonging to Anthus, Corydalla, and allied genera, which resemble the true larks in color and in having a very long hind claw; especially, the European meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis). |
| twitlark | noun (n.) The meadow pipit. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH LARK (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ark) - English Words That Ends with ark:
| ark | noun (n.) A chest, or coffer. |
| noun (n.) The oblong chest of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, which supported the mercy seat with its golden cherubs, and occupied the most sacred place in the sanctuary. In it Moses placed the two tables of stone containing the ten commandments. Called also the Ark of the Covenant. | |
| noun (n.) The large, chestlike vessel in which Noah and his family were preserved during the Deluge. Gen. vi. Hence: Any place of refuge. | |
| noun (n.) A large flatboat used on Western American rivers to transport produce to market. |
| baresark | noun (n.) A Berserker, or Norse warrior who fought without armor, or shirt of mail. Hence, adverbially: Without shirt of mail or armor. |
| bark | noun (n.) The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals. |
| noun (n.) Alt. of Barque | |
| verb (v. t.) To strip the bark from; to peel. | |
| verb (v. t.) To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel. | |
| verb (v. t.) To girdle. See Girdle, v. t., 3. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut. | |
| verb (v. i.) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; -- said of some animals, but especially of dogs. | |
| verb (v. i.) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries. |
| birthmark | noun (n.) Some peculiar mark or blemish on the body at birth. |
| bookmark | noun (n.) Something placed in a book to guide in finding a particular page or passage; also, a label in a book to designate the owner; a bookplate. |
| boshvark | noun (n.) The bush hog. See under Bush, a thicket. |
| bulwark | noun (n.) A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork. |
| noun (n.) That which secures against an enemy, or defends from attack; any means of defense or protection. | |
| noun (n.) The sides of a ship above the upper deck. | |
| verb (v. t.) To fortify with, or as with, a rampart or wall; to secure by fortification; to protect. |
| cark | noun (n.) A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry. |
| verb (v. i.) To be careful, anxious, solicitous, or troubles in mind; to worry or grieve. | |
| verb (v. t.) To vex; to worry; to make by anxious care or worry. |
| chark | noun (n.) Charcoal; a cinder. |
| verb (v. t.) To burn to a coal; to char. |
| commark | noun (n.) The frontier of a country; confines. |
| countermark | noun (n.) A mark or token added to those already existing, in order to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special mark put upon a package of goods belonging to several persons, that it may not be opened except in the presence of all; a mark added to that of an artificer of gold or silver work by the Goldsmiths' Company of London, to attest the standard quality of the gold or silver; a mark added to an ancient coin or medal, to show either its change of value or that it was taken from an enemy. |
| noun (n.) An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age. | |
| verb (v. t.) To apply a countermark to; as, to countermark silverware; to countermark a horse's teeth. |
| dark | noun (n.) Absence of light; darkness; obscurity; a place where there is little or no light. |
| noun (n.) The condition of ignorance; gloom; secrecy. | |
| noun (n.) A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, or the like; as, the light and darks are well contrasted. | |
| adjective (a.) Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion. | |
| adjective (a.) Not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through; obscure; mysterious; hidden. | |
| adjective (a.) Destitute of knowledge and culture; in moral or intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant. | |
| adjective (a.) Evincing black or foul traits of character; vile; wicked; atrocious; as, a dark villain; a dark deed. | |
| adjective (a.) Foreboding evil; gloomy; jealous; suspicious. | |
| adjective (a.) Deprived of sight; blind. | |
| verb (v. t.) To darken to obscure. |
| earmark | noun (n.) A mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by cropping or slitting. |
| noun (n.) A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark. | |
| verb (v. t.) To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear. |
| footmark | noun (n.) A footprint; a track or vestige. |
| 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. |
| lugmark | noun (n.) A mark cut into the ear of an animal to identify it; an earmark. |
| mark | noun (n.) A license of reprisals. See Marque. |
| noun (n.) An old weight and coin. See Marc. | |
| noun (n.) The unit of monetary account of the German Empire, equal to 23.8 cents of United States money; the equivalent of one hundred pfennigs. Also, a silver coin of this value. | |
| noun (n.) A visible sign or impression made or left upon anything; esp., a line, point, stamp, figure, or the like, drawn or impressed, so as to attract the attention and convey some information or intimation; a token; a trace. | |
| noun (n.) A character or device put on an article of merchandise by the maker to show by whom it was made; a trade-mark. | |
| noun (n.) A character (usually a cross) made as a substitute for a signature by one who can not write. | |
| noun (n.) A fixed object serving for guidance, as of a ship, a traveler, a surveyor, etc.; as, a seamark, a landmark. | |
| noun (n.) A trace, dot, line, imprint, or discoloration, although not regarded as a token or sign; a scratch, scar, stain, etc.; as, this pencil makes a fine mark. | |
| noun (n.) An evidence of presence, agency, or influence; a significative token; a symptom; a trace; specifically, a permanent impression of one's activity or character. | |
| noun (n.) That toward which a missile is directed; a thing aimed at; what one seeks to hit or reach. | |
| noun (n.) Attention, regard, or respect. | |
| noun (n.) Limit or standard of action or fact; as, to be within the mark; to come up to the mark. | |
| noun (n.) Badge or sign of honor, rank, or official station. | |
| noun (n.) Preeminence; high position; as, particians of mark; a fellow of no mark. | |
| noun (n.) A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential. | |
| noun (n.) A number or other character used in registring; as, examination marks; a mark for tardiness. | |
| noun (n.) Image; likeness; hence, those formed in one's image; children; descendants. | |
| noun (n.) One of the bits of leather or colored bunting which are placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps." | |
| verb (v. t.) To put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to make recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box or bale of merchandise; to mark clothing. | |
| verb (v. t.) To be a mark upon; to designate; to indicate; -- used literally and figuratively; as, this monument marks the spot where Wolfe died; his courage and energy marked him for a leader. | |
| verb (v. t.) To leave a trace, scratch, scar, or other mark, upon, or any evidence of action; as, a pencil marks paper; his hobnails marked the floor. | |
| verb (v. t.) To keep account of; to enumerate and register; as, to mark the points in a game of billiards or cards. | |
| verb (v. t.) To notice or observe; to give attention to; to take note of; to remark; to heed; to regard. | |
| verb (v. i.) To take particular notice; to observe critically; to note; to remark. |
| park | noun (n.) A piece of ground inclosed, and stored with beasts of the chase, which a man may have by prescription, or the king's grant. |
| noun (n.) A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like. | |
| noun (n.) A piece of ground, in or near a city or town, inclosed and kept for ornament and recreation; as, Hyde Park in London; Central Park in New York. | |
| noun (n.) A space occupied by the animals, wagons, pontoons, and materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, hospital stores, provisions, etc., when brought together; also, the objects themselves; as, a park of wagons; a park of artillery. | |
| noun (n.) A partially inclosed basin in which oysters are grown. | |
| noun (n.) Any place where vehicles are assembled according to a definite arrangement; also, the vehicles. | |
| verb (v. t.) To inclose in a park, or as in a park. | |
| verb (v. t.) To bring together in a park, or compact body; as, to park the artillery, the wagons, etc. | |
| verb (v. t.) To bring together in a park, or compact body; as, to park artillery, wagons, automobiles, etc. | |
| verb (v. t.) In oyster culture, to inclose in a park. | |
| verb (v. i.) To promenade or drive in a park; also, of horses, to display style or gait on a park drive. |
| pockmark | noun (n.) A mark or pit made by smallpox. |
| postmark | noun (n.) The mark, or stamp, of a post office on a letter, giving the place and date of mailing or of arrival. |
| verb (v. t.) To mark with a post-office stamp; as, to postmark a letter or parcel. |
| remark | noun (n.) To mark in a notable manner; to distinquish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to piont out. |
| noun (n.) To take notice of, or to observe, mentally; as, to remark the manner of a speaker. | |
| noun (n.) To express in words or writing, as observed or noticed; to state; to say; -- often with a substantive clause; as, he remarked that it was time to go. | |
| noun (n.) Act of remarking or attentively noticing; notice or observation. | |
| noun (n.) The expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; the mention of that which is worthy of attention or notice; hence, also, a casual observation, comment, or statement; as, a pertinent remark. | |
| verb (v. i.) To make a remark or remarks; to comment. | |
| () A small design etched on the margin of a plate and supposed to be removed after the earliest proofs have been taken; also, any feature distinguishing a particular stage of the plate. | |
| () A print or proof so distinguished; -- commonly called a Remarque proof. |
| sark | noun (n.) A shirt. |
| verb (v. t.) To cover with sarking, or thin boards. |
| seamark | noun (n.) Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners; a beacon; a landmark visible from the sea, as a hill, a tree, a steeple, or the like. |
| shagbark | noun (n.) A rough-barked species of hickory (Carya alba), its nut. Called also shellbark. See Hickory. |
| noun (n.) The West Indian Pithecolobium micradenium, a legiminous tree with a red coiled-up pod. |
| shellbark | noun (n.) A species of hickory (Carya alba) whose outer bark is loose and peeling; a shagbark; also, its nut. |
| spark | noun (n.) A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is emitted by a body in combustion. |
| noun (n.) A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle. | |
| noun (n.) That which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle. | |
| noun (n.) A brisk, showy, gay man. | |
| noun (n.) A lover; a gallant; a beau. | |
| verb (v. i.) To sparkle. | |
| verb (v. i.) To play the spark, beau, or lover. | |
| verb (v. i.) To produce, or give off, sparks, as a dynamo at the commutator when revolving under the collecting brushes. |
| stark | noun (n.) Stiff; rigid. |
| noun (n.) Complete; absolute; full; perfect; entire. | |
| noun (n.) Strong; vigorous; powerful. | |
| noun (n.) Severe; violent; fierce. | |
| noun (n.) Mere; sheer; gross; entire; downright. | |
| adverb (adv.) Wholly; entirely; absolutely; quite; as, stark mind. | |
| verb (v. t.) To stiffen. |
| surmark | noun (n.) A mark made on the molds of a ship, when building, to show where the angles of the timbers are to be placed. |
| swanmark | noun (n.) A mark of ownership cut on the bill or swan. |
| vark | noun (n.) The bush hog, or boshvark. |
| wark | noun (n.) Work; a building. |
| watermark | noun (n.) A mark indicating the height to which water has risen, or at which it has stood; the usual limit of high or low water. |
| noun (n.) A letter, device, or the like, wrought into paper during the process of manufacture. | |
| noun (n.) See Water line, 2. |
| waymark | noun (n.) A mark to guide in traveling. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH LARK (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (lar) - Words That Begins with lar:
| lar | noun (n.) A tutelary deity; a deceased ancestor regarded as a protector of the family. The domestic Lares were the tutelar deities of a house; household gods. Hence, Eng.: Hearth or dwelling house. |
| noun (n.) A species of gibbon (Hylobates lar), found in Burmah. Called also white-handed gibbon. |
| larboard | noun (n.) The left-hand side of a ship to one on board facing toward the bow; port; -- opposed to starboard. |
| adjective (a.) On or pertaining to the left-hand side of a vessel; port; as, the larboard quarter. |
| larcener | noun (n.) Alt. of Larcenist |
| larcenist | noun (n.) One who commits larceny. |
| larcenous | adjective (a.) Having the character of larceny; as, a larcenous act; committing larceny. |
| 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. |
| larch | noun (n.) A genus of coniferous trees, having deciduous leaves, in fascicles (see Illust. of Fascicle). |
| larchen | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the larch. |
| lard | noun (n.) Bacon; the flesh of swine. |
| noun (n.) The fat of swine, esp. the internal fat of the abdomen; also, this fat melted and strained. | |
| noun (n.) To stuff with bacon; to dress or enrich with lard; esp., to insert lardons of bacon or pork in the surface of, before roasting; as, to lard poultry. | |
| noun (n.) To fatten; to enrich. | |
| noun (n.) To smear with lard or fat. | |
| noun (n.) To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard. | |
| verb (v. i.) To grow fat. |
| larding | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lard |
| lardacein | noun (n.) A peculiar amyloid substance, colored blue by iodine and sulphuric acid, occurring mainly as an abnormal infiltration into the spleen, liver, etc. |
| lardaceous | adjective (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, lard. |
| larder | noun (n.) A room or place where meat and other articles of food are kept before they are cooked. |
| larderer | noun (n.) One in charge of the larder. |
| lardery | noun (n.) A larder. |
| lardon | noun (n.) Alt. of Lardoon |
| lardoon | noun (n.) A bit of fat pork or bacon used in larding. |
| lardry | noun (n.) A larder. |
| lardy | adjective (a.) Containing, or resembling, lard; of the character or consistency of lard. |
| lare | noun (n.) Lore; learning. |
| noun (n.) Pasture; feed. See Lair. | |
| verb (v. t.) To feed; to fatten. |
| lares | noun (n. pl.) See 1st Lar. |
| (pl. ) of Lar |
| large | noun (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. |
| largeness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being large. |
| largess | adjective (a.) Alt. of Largesse |
| largesse | adjective (a.) Liberality; generosity; bounty. |
| adjective (a.) A present; a gift; a bounty bestowed. |
| larget | noun (n.) A sport piece of bar iron for rolling into a sheet; a small billet. |
| largifical | adjective (a.) Generous; ample; liberal. |
| largifluous | adjective (a.) Flowing copiously. |
| largiloquent | adjective (a.) Grandiloquent. |
| largish | adjective (a.) Somewhat large. |
| largo | noun (n.) A movement or piece in largo time. |
| adverb (a. & adv.) Slow or slowly; -- more so than adagio; next in slowness to grave, which is also weighty and solemn. |
| lariat | noun (n.) A long, slender rope made of hemp or strips of hide, esp. one with a noose; -- used as a lasso for catching cattle, horses, etc., and for picketing a horse so that he can graze without wandering. |
| verb (v. t.) To secure with a lariat fastened to a stake, as a horse or mule for grazing; also, to lasso or catch with a lariat. |
| lariating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lariat |
| larine | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Gull family (Laridae). |
| larixinic | adjective (a.) Of, or derived from, the larch (Larix); as, larixinic acid. |
| larmier | noun (n.) See Tearpit. |
| laroid | adjective (a.) Like or belonging to the Gull family (Laridae). |
| larruping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Larrup |
| larry | noun (n.) Same as Lorry, or Lorrie. |
| larum | noun (n.) See Alarum, and Alarm. |
| larva | noun (n.) Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several times, and may change its form or color each time. The larvae of many insects are much like the adults in form and habits, but have no trace of wings, the rudimentary wings appearing only in the pupa stage. In other groups of insects the larvae are totally unlike the parents in structure and habits, and are called caterpillars, grubs, maggots, etc. |
| noun (n.) The early, immature form of any animal when more or less of a metamorphosis takes place, before the assumption of the mature shape. |
| larval | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a larva. |
| larvalia | noun (n. pl.) An order of Tunicata, including Appendicularia, and allied genera; -- so called because certain larval features are retained by them through life. Called also Copelata. See Appendicularia. |
| larvated | adjective (a.) Masked; clothed as with a mask. |
| larve | noun (n.) A larva. |
| larviform | adjective (a.) Having the form or structure of a larva. |
| larviparous | adjective (a.) Depositing living larvae, instead of eggs; -- said of certain insects. |
| lary | noun (n.) A guillemot; -- called also lavy. |
| laryngeal | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the larynx; adapted to operations on the larynx; as, laryngeal forceps. |
| laryngean | adjective (a.) See Laryngeal. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LARK:
English Words which starts with 'l' and ends with 'k':
| lack | noun (n.) Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense. |
| noun (n.) Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food. | |
| verb (v. t.) To blame; to find fault with. | |
| verb (v. t.) To be without or destitute of; to want; to need. | |
| verb (v. i.) To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc. | |
| verb (v. i.) To be in want. | |
| (interj.) Exclamation of regret or surprise. |
| lacwork | noun (n.) Ornamentation by means of lacquer painted or carved, or simply colored, sprinkled with gold or the like; -- said especially of Oriental work of this kind. |
| ladyclock | noun (n.) See Ladyrird. |
| lampblack | noun (n.) The fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke of carbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as in the flame of a smoking lamp. It consists of finely divided carbon, with sometimes a very small proportion of various impurities. It is used as an ingredient of printers' ink, and various black pigments and cements. |
| langdak | noun (n.) A wolf (Canis pallipes), found in India, allied to the jackal. |
| lapstreak | adjective (a.) Alt. of Lapstrake |
| lapwork | noun (n.) Work in which one part laps over another. |
| lask | noun (n.) A diarrhea or flux. |
| lathwork | noun (n.) Same as Lathing. |
| latticework | noun (n.) Same as Lattice, n., 1. |
| laughingstock | noun (n.) An object of ridicule; a butt of sport. |
| laverock | noun (n.) The lark. |
| lavrock | noun (n.) Same as Laverock. |
| lazyback | noun (n.) A support for the back, attached to the seat of a carriage. |
| leafstalk | noun (n.) The stalk or petiole which supports a leaf. |
| 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. |
| leatherback | noun (n.) A large sea turtle (Sphargis coriacea), having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds; -- called also leather turtle, leathery turtle, leather-backed tortoise, etc. |
| leatherneck | noun (n.) The sordid friar bird of Australia (Tropidorhynchus sordidus). |
| leek | noun (n.) A plant of the genus Allium (A. Porrum), having broadly linear succulent leaves rising from a loose oblong cylindrical bulb. The flavor is stronger than that of the common onion. |
| lentisk | noun (n.) A tree; the mastic. See Mastic. |
| leverock | noun (n.) A lark. |
| lick | noun (n.) A slap; a quick stroke. |
| verb (v. t.) To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand. | |
| verb (v. t.) To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk. | |
| verb (v.) A stroke of the tongue in licking. | |
| verb (v.) A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue; as, to put on colors with a lick of the brush. Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied. | |
| verb (v.) A place where salt is found on the surface of the earth, to which wild animals resort to lick it up; -- often, but not always, near salt springs. | |
| verb (v. t.) To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter. |
| link | noun (n.) A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like. |
| noun (n.) A single ring or division of a chain. | |
| noun (n.) Hence: Anything, whether material or not, which binds together, or connects, separate things; a part of a connected series; a tie; a bond. | |
| noun (n.) Anything doubled and closed like a link; as, a link of horsehair. | |
| noun (n.) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained. | |
| noun (n.) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (Steam Engine), the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion. | |
| noun (n.) The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length. Cf. Chain, n., 4. | |
| noun (n.) A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; -- applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction. | |
| noun (n.) Sausages; -- because linked together. | |
| noun (n.) A hill or ridge, as a sand hill, or a wooded or turfy bank between cultivated fields, etc. | |
| noun (n.) A winding of a river; also, the ground along such a winding; a meander; -- usually in pl. | |
| noun (n.) Sand hills with the surrounding level or undulating land, such as occur along the seashore, a river bank, etc. | |
| noun (n.) Hence, any such piece of ground where golf is played. | |
| verb (v. t.) To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join; to attach; to unite; to couple. | |
| verb (v. i.) To be connected. |
| linkwork | noun (n.) A fabric consisting of links made of metal or other material fastened together; also, a chain. |
| noun (n.) Mechanism in which links, or intermediate connecting pieces, are employed to transmit motion from one part to another. |
| linstock | noun (n.) A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon. |
| lobcock | noun (n.) A dull, sluggish person; a lubber; a lob. |
| lock | noun (n.) A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair. |
| noun (n.) Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the thing fastened. | |
| noun (n.) A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable. | |
| noun (n.) A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock. | |
| noun (n.) The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal. | |
| noun (n.) An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to another; -- called also lift lock. | |
| noun (n.) That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc. | |
| noun (n.) A device for keeping a wheel from turning. | |
| noun (n.) A grapple in wrestling. | |
| verb (v. t.) To fasten with a lock, or as with a lock; to make fast; to prevent free movement of; as, to lock a door, a carriage wheel, a river, etc. | |
| verb (v. t.) To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by fastening the lock or locks of; -- often with up; as, to lock or lock up, a house, jail, room, trunk. etc. | |
| verb (v. t.) To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to lock up the prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to lock intruders out of the house; to lock money into a vault; to lock a child in one's arms; to lock a secret in one's breast. | |
| verb (v. t.) To link together; to clasp closely; as, to lock arms. | |
| verb (v. t.) To furnish with locks; also, to raise or lower (a boat) in a lock. | |
| verb (v. t.) To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him. | |
| verb (v. i.) To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing; as, the door locks close. |
| logcock | noun (n.) The pileated woodpecker. |
| lohock | noun (n.) See Loch, a medicine. |
| lok | noun (n.) Alt. of Loki |
| longbeak | noun (n.) The American redbellied snipe (Macrorhamphus scolopaceus); -- called also long-billed dowitcher. |
| look | noun (n.) The act of looking; a glance; a sight; a view; -- often in certain phrases; as, to have, get, take, throw, or cast, a look. |
| noun (n.) Expression of the eyes and face; manner; as, a proud or defiant look. | |
| noun (n.) Hence; Appearance; aspect; as, the house has a gloomy look; the affair has a bad look. | |
| verb (v. i.) To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; -- with various prepositions, often in a special or figurative sense. See Phrases below. | |
| verb (v. i.) To direct the attention (to something); to consider; to examine; as, to look at an action. | |
| verb (v. i.) To seem; to appear; to have a particular appearance; as, the patient looks better; the clouds look rainy. | |
| verb (v. i.) To have a particular direction or situation; to face; to front. | |
| verb (v. i.) In the imperative: see; behold; take notice; take care; observe; -- used to call attention. | |
| verb (v. i.) To show one's self in looking, as by leaning out of a window; as, look out of the window while I speak to you. Sometimes used figuratively. | |
| verb (v. i.) To await the appearance of anything; to expect; to anticipate. | |
| verb (v. t.) To look at; to turn the eyes toward. | |
| verb (v. t.) To seek; to search for. | |
| verb (v. t.) To expect. | |
| verb (v. t.) To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence as, to look down opposition. | |
| verb (v. t.) To express or manifest by a look. |
| louk | noun (n.) An accomplice; a "pal." |
| lovelock | noun (n.) A long lock of hair hanging prominently by itself; an earlock; -- worn by men of fashion in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. |
| lowk | noun (n.) See Louk. |
| luck | noun (n.) That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed casual; a course or series of such events regarded as occurring by chance; chance; hap; fate; fortune; often, one's habitual or characteristic fortune; as, good, bad, ill, or hard luck. Luck is often used for good luck; as, luck is better than skill. |
| lusk | noun (n.) A lazy fellow; a lubber. |
| adjective (a.) Lazy; slothful. | |
| verb (v. i.) To be idle or unemployed. |
| luwack | noun (n.) See Paradoxure. |
| lightstruck | adjective (a.) Damaged by accidental exposure to light; light-fogged; -- said of plates or films. |
| limerick | noun (n.) A nonsense poem of five anapestic lines, of which lines 1, 2, and 5 are of there feet, and rime, and lines 3 and 4 are of two feet, and rime; as --There was a young lady, Amanda,/Whose Ballades Lyriques were quite fin de/Si/cle, I deem/But her Journal Intime/Was what sent her papa to Uganda.// |
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