Name Report For First Name LOVE:

LOVE

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

Rhymes with LOVE - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming LOVE

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES LOVE AS A WHOLE:

clover lovell

NAMES RHYMING WITH LOVE (According to last letters):

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

ya-akove ove synnove hargrove

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

neve agave narve gustave ahave chavive eve gwenevieve jenavieve jenevieve jennavieve maeve mave nieve nyneve olive sive zehave cleve clyve dave garve genevyeve herve reave reve steve reeve clive genevieve rive nineve octave geneve

NAMES RHYMING WITH LOVE (According to first letters):

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

lov lovisa

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

loc lochlain lochlann locke locklyn lockwood locrine lodema lodima lodyma loe loefel logan logen logestilla loghan logistilla lohengrin lohoot loiyan lojza lokelani lokni lola lola-jo loleta lolita lolitta lomahongva loman lomasi lomsky lomy lon lona lonato lonell loni lonn lonna lonnell lonnie lono lonyn lonzo lootah lora lorah loraina loraine loralee loralei loran lorance loranna lorant lorayne lorcan lorda lore loredana loreen loreene lorelai lorelei lorelie loren lorena lorence lorencz lorene lorenia lorenna lorenz lorenza lorenzo loreta loretta lorette lori loria lorian loriana loriann lorianne loriel lorilee lorilynn lorimar lorimer lorin lorinda lorineus loring loris lorita loritz lorna

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LOVE:

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 laraine laramie larcwide larie larine larisse larke larraine 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 leopoldine leotie leslee leslie lethe letje leucippe levane levene lexie lexine lezlie liane libuse lidoine liliane lilie lilike lillee lillie liluye lindie

English Words Rhyming LOVE

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES LOVE AS A WHOLE:

belovednoun (n.) One greatly loved.
 adjective (p. p. & a.) Greatly loved; dear to the heart.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Belove

clovenoun (n.) A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia, / Caryophullus, aromatica), a native of the Molucca Isles.
 noun (n.) One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic.
 noun (n.) A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds.
 verb (v. t.) A cleft; a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove.
  () of Cleave
  (imp.) Cleft.

clovenadjective (p. p. & a.) from Cleave, v. t.
  () of Cleave

clovernoun (n.) A plant of different species of the genus Trifolium; as the common red clover, T. pratense, the white, T. repens, and the hare's foot, T. arvense.

cloveredadjective (a.) Covered with growing clover.

drawglovesnoun (n. pl.) An old game, played by holding up the fingers.

footglovenoun (n.) A kind of stocking.

foxglovenoun (n.) Any plant of the genus Digitalis. The common English foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is a handsome perennial or biennial plant, whose leaves are used as a powerful medicine, both as a sedative and diuretic. See Digitalis.

glovenoun (n.) A cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a separate sheath for each finger. The latter characteristic distinguishes the glove from the mitten.
 noun (n.) A boxing glove.
 verb (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a glove.

glovernoun (n.) One whose trade it is to make or sell gloves.

ladylovenoun (n.) A sweetheart or mistress.

lovenoun (n.) A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preeminent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love of brothers and sisters.
 noun (n.) Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate affection for, one of the opposite sex.
 noun (n.) Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e., to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.
 noun (n.) Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to hate; often with of and an object.
 noun (n.) Due gratitude and reverence to God.
 noun (n.) The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing address.
 noun (n.) Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus.
 noun (n.) A thin silk stuff.
 noun (n.) A climbing species of Clematis (C. Vitalba).
 noun (n.) Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in counting score at tennis, etc.
 noun (n.) To have a feeling of love for; to regard with affection or good will; as, to love one's children and friends; to love one's country; to love one's God.
 noun (n.) To regard with passionate and devoted affection, as that of one sex for the other.
 noun (n.) To take delight or pleasure in; to have a strong liking or desire for, or interest in; to be pleased with; to like; as, to love books; to love adventures.
 verb (v. i.) To have the feeling of love; to be in love.

loveableadjective (a.) See Lovable.

loveenoun (n.) One who is loved.

lovefuladjective (a.) Full of love.

lovelessadjective (a.) Void of love; void of tenderness or kindness.
 adjective (a.) Not attracting love; unattractive.

lovelinessnoun (n.) The state or quality of being lovely.

lovelocknoun (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.

lovelornadjective (a.) Forsaken by one's love.

lovemongernoun (n.) One who deals in affairs of love.

lovernoun (n.) One who loves; one who is in love; -- usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex.
 noun (n.) A friend; one strongly attached to another; one who greatly desires the welfare of any person or thing; as, a lover of his country.
 noun (n.) One who has a strong liking for anything, as books, science, or music.
 noun (n.) Alt. of Lovery

loverynoun (n.) See Louver.

lovesomeadjective (a.) Lovely.

plovernoun (n.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family Charadridae, and especially those belonging to the subfamily Charadrinsae. They are prized as game birds.
 noun (n.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling, the true plovers, as the crab plover (Dromas ardeola); the American upland, plover (Bartramia longicauda); and other species of sandpipers.

slovennoun (n.) A man or boy habitually negligent of neathess and order; -- the correlative term to slattern, or slut.

slovenlinessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being slovenly.

slovennessnoun (n.) Slovenliness.

slovenrynoun (n.) Slovenliness.

truelovenoun (n.) One really beloved.
 noun (n.) A plant. See Paris.
 noun (n.) An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, meaning, perhaps, an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath.

unlovelyadjective (a.) Not lovely; not amiable; possessing qualities that excite dislike; disagreeable; displeasing; unpleasant.

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


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


alcovenoun (n.) A recessed portion of a room, or a small room opening into a larger one; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a library.
 noun (n.) A small ornamental building with seats, or an arched seat, in a pleasure ground; a garden bower.
 noun (n.) Any natural recess analogous to an alcove or recess in an apartment.

behoovenoun (n.) Advantage; behoof.
 verb (v. t.) To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; -- mostly used impersonally.
 verb (v. i.) To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due.

covenoun (n.) A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore.
 noun (n.) A strip of prairie extending into woodland; also, a recess in the side of a mountain.
 noun (n.) A concave molding.
 noun (n.) A member, whose section is a concave curve, used especially with regard to an inner roof or ceiling, as around a skylight.
 noun (n.) A boy or man of any age or station.
 verb (v. t.) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
 verb (v. t.) To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs.

dovenoun (n.) A pigeon of the genus Columba and various related genera. The species are numerous.
 noun (n.) A word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
  () of Dive

drovenoun (n.) A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body.
 noun (n.) Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove.
 noun (n.) A crowd of people in motion.
 noun (n.) A road for driving cattle; a driftway.
 noun (n.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
 noun (n.) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; -- called also drove chisel.
 noun (n.) The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; -- called also drove work.
 noun (n.) To drive, as cattle or sheep, esp. on long journeys; to follow the occupation of a drover.
 noun (n.) To finish, as stone, with a drove or drove chisel.
  (imp.) of Drive
  (imp.) of Drive.

govenoun (n.) A mow; a rick for hay.

groovenoun (n.) A furrow, channel, or long hollow, such as may be formed by cutting, molding, grinding, the wearing force of flowing water, or constant travel; a depressed way; a worn path; a rut.
 noun (n.) Hence: The habitual course of life, work, or affairs; fixed routine.
 noun (n.) A shaft or excavation.
 verb (v. t.) To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.

hoovenoun (n.) A disease in cattle consisting in inflammation of the stomach by gas, ordinarily caused by eating too much green food; tympany; bloating.

jovenoun (n.) The chief divinity of the ancient Romans; Jupiter.
 noun (n.) The planet Jupiter.
 noun (n.) The metal tin.

mangrovenoun (n.) The name of one or two trees of the genus Rhizophora (R. Mangle, and R. mucronata, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting muddy shores of tropical regions, where they spread by emitting aerial roots, which fasten in the saline mire and eventually become new stems. The seeds also send down a strong root while yet attached to the parent plant.
 noun (n.) The mango fish.

movenoun (n.) The act of moving; a movement.
 noun (n.) The act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of the game.
 noun (n.) An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as, the wind moves a vessel; the horse moves a carriage.
 verb (v. t.) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.
 verb (v. t.) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
 verb (v. t.) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion.
 verb (v. t.) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to adjourn.
 verb (v. t.) To apply to, as for aid.
 verb (v. i.) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another; as, a ship moves rapidly.
 verb (v. i.) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter.
 verb (v. i.) To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another.
 verb (v. i.) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.

removenoun (n.) The act of removing; a removal.
 noun (n.) The transfer of one's business, or of one's domestic belongings, from one location or dwelling house to another; -- in the United States usually called a move.
 noun (n.) The state of being removed.
 noun (n.) That which is removed, as a dish removed from table to make room for something else.
 noun (n.) The distance or space through which anything is removed; interval; distance; stage; hence, a step or degree in any scale of gradation; specifically, a division in an English public school; as, the boy went up two removes last year.
 noun (n.) The act of resetting a horse's shoe.
 verb (v. t.) To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to leave a person or thing; to cause to cease to be; to take away; hence, to banish; to destroy; to put an end to; to kill; as, to remove a disease.
 verb (v. t.) To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters.
 verb (v. i.) To change place in any manner, or to make a change in place; to move or go from one residence, position, or place to another.

ringdovenoun (n.) A European wild pigeon (Columba palumbus) having a white crescent on each side of the neck, whence the name. Called also wood pigeon, and cushat.

rovenoun (n.) A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.
 noun (n.) A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving.
 noun (n.) The act of wandering; a ramble.
 verb (v. t.) To draw through an eye or aperture.
 verb (v. t.) To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool.
 verb (v. t.) To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
 verb (v. i.) To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy.
 verb (v. i.) Hence, to wander; to ramble; to rauge; to go, move, or pass without certain direction in any manner, by sailing, walking, riding, flying, or otherwise.
 verb (v. i.) To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the point-blank range).
 verb (v. t.) To wander over or through.
 verb (v. t.) To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Reeve

shovenoun (n.) The act of shoving; a forcible push.
 verb (v. t.) To drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; to push; especially, to push (a body) so as to make it move along the surface of another body; as, to shove a boat on the water; to shove a table across the floor.
 verb (v. t.) To push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude manner; to jostle.
 verb (v. i.) To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling.
 verb (v. i.) To move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat; sometimes with off.
  () p. p. of Shove.

stockdovenoun (n.) A common European wild pigeon (Columba aenas), so called because at one time believed to be the stock of the domestic pigeon, or, according to some, from its breeding in the stocks, or trunks, of trees.

stovenoun (n.) A house or room artificially warmed or heated; a forcing house, or hothouse; a drying room; -- formerly, designating an artificially warmed dwelling or room, a parlor, or a bathroom, but now restricted, in this sense, to heated houses or rooms used for horticultural purposes or in the processes of the arts.
 noun (n.) An apparatus, consisting essentially of a receptacle for fuel, made of iron, brick, stone, or tiles, and variously constructed, in which fire is made or kept for warming a room or a house, or for culinary or other purposes.
 verb (v. t.) To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat; as, to stove orange trees.
 verb (v. t.) To heat or dry, as in a stove; as, to stove feathers.
  () of Stave
  () imp. of Stave.

turtledovenoun (n.) Any one of numerous species of pigeons belonging to Turtur and allied genera, native of various parts of the Old World; especially, the common European species (Turtur vulgaris), which is noted for its plaintive note, affectionate disposition, and devotion to its mate.
 noun (n.) Any one of several species of pigeons more or less resembling the true turtledoves, as the American mourning dove (see under Dove), and the Australian turtledove (Stictopelia cuneata).

undergrovenoun (n.) A grove of shrubs or low trees under taller ones.

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


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


lovableadjective (a.) Having qualities that excite, or are fitted to excite, love; worthy of love.

lovagenoun (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Levisticum officinale), sometimes used in medicine as an aromatic stimulant.

lovingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Love
 adjective (a.) Affectionate.
 adjective (a.) Expressing love or kindness; as, loving words.

lovingnessnoun (n.) Affection; kind regard.

lovyernoun (n.) A lover.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LOVE:

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.

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.

lastagenoun (n.) A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will.
 noun (n.) A tax on wares sold by the last.
 noun (n.) The lading of a ship; also, ballast.
 noun (n.) Room for stowing goods, as in a ship.