LEON
First name LEON's origin is Other. LEON means "lion". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with LEON below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of leon.(Brown names are of the same origin (Other) with LEON and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
First Names Rhyming LEON
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES LEON AS A WHOLE:
cleonie eleonora eleonore leona leonarda leonda leondra leondrea leonela leonelle leonie leonor leonora leontina leontyne cleon leonardo leonce leonel leonides napoleon leone caerleon leonore leonardNAMES RHYMING WITH LEON (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (eon) - Names That Ends with eon:
acteon alcmaeon creon dameon daveon dayveon deveon gideon jamarreon keon keveon simeon symeon taveon theon traveon gedeon actaeon teon deonRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (on) - Names That Ends with on:
afton carnation aedon solon strephon sidon cihuaton nijlon sokanon odion sion accalon dudon hebron pendragon antton erromon gotzon txanton zorion celyddon eburacon mabon bendision alston alton benton burton carelton fenton hamilton harrison histion kenton pierson preston ralston rawson remington rexton sexton stanton weston aymon ganelon vernon glendon lon anton acheron aeson agamemnon amphion amphitryon andraemon arion bellerophon biton cadmon cenon cercyon charon chiron corydon daemon demogorgon demophon deucalion echion endymion erysichthon euryton geryon haemon hyperion iasion iason ion ixion jasonNAMES RHYMING WITH LEON (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (leo) - Names That Begins with leo:
leo leoc leocadie leod leoda leodegan leodegrance leodegraunce leof leola leoma leop leopold leopolda leopoldina leopoldine leopoldo leota leotieRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (le) - Names That Begins with le:
lea lea-que leachlainn leah leal leala lealia leaman leamhnach lean leana leander leandra leandre leandro leane leanian leann leanna leannan leanne lear leary leathan leathlobhair leax leb lebna lecia leda lee leeann leeanne leela leeland leena leeroy leesa legarre legaya legget leia leianna leicester leigb leigh leigh-ann leighanne leighton leiko leil leila leilah leilana leilani leilanie leilany leiloni leira leisha leith leitha leitis leksi lela leland lele lelia lema leman lemuel lemuela len lena lenae lenard lenci lendall lendell lenee lengNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LEON:
First Names which starts with 'l' and ends with 'n':
labaan laban labhruinn lachlan lachlann laciann lacyann ladon laefertun lahthan lailoken lairgnen laken lamaan lamarion lan lancdon lancelin landen landon langdon langston lanston laochailan laocoon laodegan laomedon laren larson laryn laughlin lauralyn laureen laurelynn lauren laurian lauryn lavan lavern lawson lawton layden layken layton lenn lennon leron leverton lexann leyman lidmann lien lifton lilian lillian lin lincoln linddun linden linn linton lintun lion lishan litton livingston lizann llewelyn lochlain lochlann locklyn logan logen loghan lohengrin loiyan loman lonn lonyn loran lorcan loreen loren lorian loriann lorilynn lorin lorren lorrin loryn louden louellen loughlin lucan lucian lucien lufian lukman lun lundenEnglish Words Rhyming LEON
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES LEON AS A WHOLE:
cameleon | noun (n.) See Chaceleon. |
chameleon | noun (n.) A lizardlike reptile of the genus Chamaeleo, of several species, found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The skin is covered with fine granulations; the tail is prehensile, and the body is much compressed laterally, giving it a high back. |
galleon | noun (n.) A sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often having three or four decks, and used for war or commerce. The term is often rather indiscriminately applied to any large sailing vessel. |
heracleonite | noun (n.) A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church. |
leon | noun (n.) A lion. |
leonced | adjective (a.) See Lionced. |
leonese | noun (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Leon. |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Leon, in Spain. |
leonid | noun (n.) One of the shooting stars which constitute the star shower that recurs near the fourteenth of November at intervals of about thirty-three years; -- so called because these shooting stars appear on the heavens to move in lines directed from the constellation Leo. |
leonine | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the lion; as, a leonine look; leonine rapacity. |
leontodon | noun (n.) A genus of liguliflorous composite plants, including the fall dandelion (L. autumnale), and formerly the true dandelion; -- called also lion's tooth. |
magdaleon | noun (n.) A medicine in the form of a roll, a esp. a roll of plaster. |
napoleon | noun (n.) A French gold coin of twenty francs, or about $3.86. |
noun (n.) A game in which each player holds five cards, the eldest hand stating the number of tricks he will bid to take, any subsequent player having the right to overbid him or a previous bidder, the highest bidder naming the trump and winning a number of points equal to his bid if he makes so many tricks, or losing the same number of points if he fails to make them. | |
noun (n.) A bid to take five tricks at napoleon. It is ordinarily the highest bid; but sometimes bids are allowed of wellington, or of blucher, to take five tricks, or pay double, or treble, if unsuccessful. | |
noun (n.) A Napoleon gun. | |
noun (n.) A kind of top boot of the middle of the 19th century. | |
noun (n.) A shape and size of cigar. It is about seven inches long. |
napoleonic | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Napoleon I., or his family; resembling, or having the qualities of, Napoleon I. |
napoleonist | noun (n.) A supporter of the dynasty of the Napoleons. |
oleone | noun (n.) An oily liquid, obtained by distillation of calcium oleate, and probably consisting of the ketone of oleic acid. |
paleontographical | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the description of fossil remains. |
paleontography | noun (n.) The description of fossil remains. |
paleontological | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to paleontology. |
paleontologist | noun (n.) One versed in paleontology. |
paleontology | noun (n.) The science which treats of the ancient life of the earth, or of fossils which are the remains of such life. |
pleonasm | noun (n.) Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes. |
pleonast | noun (n.) One who is addicted to pleonasm. |
pleonaste | noun (n.) A black variety of spinel. |
pleonastic | adjective (a.) Alt. of Pleonastical |
pleonastical | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to pleonasm; of the nature of pleonasm; redundant. |
pompoleon | noun (n.) See Pompelmous. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH LEON (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (eon) - English Words That Ends with eon:
aeon | noun (n.) A period of immeasurable duration; also, an emanation of the Deity. See Eon. |
noun (n.) An immeasurable or infinite space of time; eternity; a long space of time; an age. | |
noun (n.) One of the embodiments of the divine attributes of the Eternal Being. |
badigeon | noun (n.) A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface. |
noun (n.) A cement or distemper paste (as of plaster and powdered freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, etc. |
bludgeon | noun (n.) A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier that the other, used as an offensive weapon. |
chirurgeon | noun (n.) A surgeon. |
clergeon | noun (n.) A chorister boy. |
curmudgeon | noun (n.) An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl. |
dudgeon | noun (n.) The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made. |
noun (n.) The haft of a dagger. | |
noun (n.) A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger. | |
noun (n.) Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure. | |
adjective (a.) Homely; rude; coarse. |
dungeon | noun (n.) A close, dark prison, common/, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons. |
verb (v. t.) To shut up in a dungeon. |
eon | noun (n.) Alt. of Aeon |
escocheon | noun (n.) Escutcheon. |
escutcheon | noun (n.) The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base (see Chiff, and Field.). That side of the escutcheon which is on the right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm is called dexter, and the other side sinister. |
noun (n.) A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It is esteemed an index of milking qualities. | |
noun (n.) That part of a vessel's stern on which her name is written. | |
noun (n.) A thin metal plate or shield to protect wood, or for ornament, as the shield around a keyhole. | |
noun (n.) The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area. |
goodgeon | noun (n.) Same as Gudgeon, 5. |
gudgeon | noun (n.) A small European freshwater fish (Gobio fluviatilis), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and often used for food and for bait. In America the killifishes or minnows are often called gudgeons. |
noun (n.) What may be got without skill or merit. | |
noun (n.) A person easily duped or cheated. | |
noun (n.) The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge, but esp. the end journal of a horizontal. | |
noun (n.) A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to receive the pintle of the rudder. | |
verb (v. t.) To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose upon. |
gyropigeon | noun (n.) A flying object simulating a pigeon in flight, when projected from a spring trap. It is used as a flying target in shooting matches. |
habergeon | noun (n.) Properly, a short hauberk, but often used loosely for the hauberk. |
haubergeon | noun (n.) See Habergeon. |
inescutcheon | noun (n.) A small escutcheon borne within a shield. |
letheon | noun (n.) Sulphuric ether used as an anaesthetic agent. |
lophosteon | noun (n.) The central keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds. |
luncheon | noun (n.) A lump of food. |
noun (n.) A portion of food taken at any time except at a regular meal; an informal or light repast, as between breakfast and dinner. | |
verb (v. i.) To take luncheon. |
malacosteon | noun (n.) A peculiar disease of the bones, in consequence of which they become softened and capable of being bent without breaking. |
melodeon | noun (n.) A kind of small reed organ; -- a portable form of the seraphine. |
noun (n.) A music hall. |
metosteon | noun (n.) The postero-lateral ossification in the sternum of birds; also, the part resulting from such ossification. |
mezereon | noun (n.) A small European shrub (Daphne Mezereum), whose acrid bark is used in medicine. |
melungeon | noun (n.) One of a mixed white and Indian people living in parts of Tennessee and the Carolinas. They are descendants of early intermixtures of white settlers with natives. In North Carolina the Croatan Indians, regarded as descended from Raleigh's lost colony of Croatan, formerly classed with negroes, are now legally recognized as distinct. |
nickelodeon | noun (n.) A place of entertainment, as for moving picture exhibition, charging a fee or admission price of five cents. |
odeon | noun (n.) A kind of theater in ancient Greece, smaller than the dramatic theater and roofed over, in which poets and musicians submitted their works to the approval of the public, and contended for prizes; -- hence, in modern usage, the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances. |
paeon | noun (n.) A foot of four syllables, one long and three short, admitting of four combinations, according to the place of the long syllable. |
pantheon | noun (n.) A temple dedicated to all the gods; especially, the building so called at Rome. |
noun (n.) The collective gods of a people, or a work treating of them; as, a divinity of the Greek pantheon. |
peon | noun (n.) See Poon. |
noun (n.) A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger. | |
noun (n.) A day laborer; a servant; especially, in some of the Spanish American countries, debtor held by his creditor in a form of qualified servitude, to work out a debt. | |
noun (n.) See 2d Pawn. |
pheon | noun (n.) A bearing representing the head of a dart or javelin, with long barbs which are engrailed on the inner edge. |
pigeon | noun (n.) Any bird of the order Columbae, of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world. |
noun (n.) An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull. | |
verb (v. t.) To pluck; to fleece; to swindle by tricks in gambling. |
pigwidgeon | noun (n.) A cant word for anything petty or small. It is used by Drayton as the name of a fairy. |
pleurosteon | noun (n.) The antero-lateral piece which articulates the sternum of birds. |
puncheon | noun (n.) A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc. |
noun (n.) A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud. | |
noun (n.) A split log or heavy slab with the face smoothed; as, a floor made of puncheons. | |
noun (n.) A cask containing, sometimes 84, sometimes 120, gallons. |
sconcheon | noun (n.) A squinch. |
scutcheon | noun (n.) An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield. |
noun (n.) A small plate of metal, as the shield around a keyhole. See Escutcheon, 4. |
sturgeon | noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid fishes belonging to Acipenser and allied genera of the family Acipenseridae. They run up rivers to spawn, and are common on the coasts and in the large rivers and lakes of North America, Europe, and Asia. Caviare is prepared from the roe, and isinglass from the air bladder. |
surgeon | noun (n.) One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders (such as wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual operation, or by medication and constitutional treatment. |
noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of chaetodont fishes of the family Teuthidae, or Acanthuridae, which have one or two sharp lancelike spines on each side of the base of the tail. Called also surgeon fish, doctor fish, lancet fish, and sea surgeon. |
tampeon | noun (n.) See Tampion. |
truncheon | noun (n.) A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear. |
noun (n.) A baton, or military staff of command. | |
noun (n.) A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth. | |
verb (v. t.) To beat with a truncheon. |
urosteon | noun (n.) A median ossification back of the lophosteon in the sternum of some birds. |
widgeon | noun (n.) Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially those belonging to the subgenus Mareca, of the genus Anas. The common European widgeon (Anas penelope) and the American widgeon (A. Americana) are the most important species. The latter is called also baldhead, baldpate, baldface, baldcrown, smoking duck, wheat, duck, and whitebelly. |
wigeon | noun (n.) A widgeon. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH LEON (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (leo) - Words That Begins with leo:
leo | noun (n.) The Lion, the fifth sign of the zodiac, marked thus [/] in almanacs. |
noun (n.) A northern constellation east of Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus at the end of the handle of the Sickle. |
leod | noun (n.) People; a nation; a man. |
leopard | noun (n.) A large, savage, carnivorous mammal (Felis leopardus). It is of a yellow or fawn color, with rings or roselike clusters of black spots along the back and sides. It is found in Southern Asia and Africa. By some the panther (Felis pardus) is regarded as a variety of leopard. |
leopardwood | noun (n.) See Letterwood. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LEON:
English Words which starts with 'l' and ends with 'n':
labefaction | noun (n.) The act of labefying or making weak; the state of being weakened; decay; ruin. |
labialization | noun (n.) The modification of an articulation by contraction of the lip opening. |
labyrinthian | adjective (a.) Intricately winding; like a labyrinth; perplexed; labyrinthal. |
labyrinthodon | noun (n.) A genus of very large fossil amphibians, of the Triassic period, having bony plates on the under side of the body. It is the type of the order Labyrinthodonta. Called also Mastodonsaurus. |
laccin | noun (n.) A yellow amorphous substance obtained from lac. |
lacedaemonian | noun (n.) A Spartan. |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Lacedaemon or Sparta, the chief city of Laconia in the Peloponnesus. |
laceman | noun (n.) A man who deals in lace. |
laceration | noun (n.) The act of lacerating. |
noun (n.) A breach or wound made by lacerating. |
lacertian | noun (n.) One of the Lacertilia. |
adjective (a.) Like a lizard; of or pertaining to the Lacertilia. |
lacertilian | noun (a. & n.) Same as Lacertian. |
lachrymation | noun (n.) The act of shedding tears; weeping. |
lackbrain | noun (n.) One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person. |
laconian | noun (n.) An inhabitant of Laconia; esp., a Spartan. |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Laconia, a division of ancient Greece; Spartan. |
lactation | noun (n.) A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland. |
lactean | adjective (a.) Milky; consisting of, or resembling, milk. |
adjective (a.) Lacteal; conveying chyle. |
lactin | noun (n.) See Lactose. |
lactoabumin | noun (n.) The albumin present on milk, apparently identical with ordinary serum albumin. It is distinct from the casein of milk. |
lactoprotein | noun (n.) A peculiar albuminous body considered a normal constituent of milk. |
lactucin | noun (n.) A white, crystalline substance, having a bitter taste and a neutral reaction, and forming one of the essential ingredients of lactucarium. |
lademan | noun (n.) One who leads a pack horse; a miller's servant. |
laden | adjective (p. & a.) Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart. |
ladin | noun (n.) A Romansch dialect spoken in some parts of Switzerland and the Tyrol. |
noun (n.) A person speaking Ladin as a mother tongue. |
ladkin | noun (n.) A little lad. |
ladykin | noun (n.) A little lady; -- applied by the writers of Queen Elizabeth's time, in the abbreviated form Lakin, to the Virgin Mary. |
lagan | noun (n. & v.) See Ligan. |
lagenian | adjective (a.) Like, or pertaining to, Lagena, a genus of Foraminifera having a straight, chambered shell. |
lagoon | noun (n.) A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; as, the lagoons of Venice. |
noun (n.) A lake in a coral island, often occupying a large portion of its area, and usually communicating with the sea. See Atoll. |
lakin | noun (n.) See Ladykin. |
lallation | noun (n.) An imperfect enunciation of the letter r, in which it sounds like l. |
lamantin | noun (n.) The manatee. |
lamarckian | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or involved in, the doctrines of Lamarckianism. |
lambkin | noun (n.) A small lamb. |
lambrequin | noun (n.) A kind of pendent scarf or covering attached to the helmet, to protect it from wet or heat. |
noun (n.) A leather flap hanging from a cuirass. | |
noun (n.) A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging, pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window, hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like. |
lambskin | noun (n.) The skin of a lamb; especially, a skin dressed with the wool on, and used as a mat. Also used adjectively. |
noun (n.) A kind of woolen. |
lamellicorn | noun (n.) A lamellicorn insect. |
adjective (a.) Having antennae terminating in a group of flat lamellae; -- said of certain coleopterous insects. | |
adjective (a.) Terminating in a group of flat lamellae; -- said of antennae. |
lamentation | noun (n.) The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning. |
noun (n.) A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents. |
lamentin | noun (n.) See Lamantin. |
laminarian | adjective (a.) Pertaining to seaweeds of the genus Laminaria, or to that zone of the sea (from two to ten fathoms in depth) where the seaweeds of this genus grow. |
lamination | noun (n.) The process of laminating, or the state of being laminated. |
lampern | noun (n.) The river lamprey (Ammocoetes, / Lampetra, fluviatilis). |
lampoon | noun (n.) A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress. |
verb (v. t.) To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon. |
lampron | noun (n.) See Lamprey. |
lacasterian | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the monitorial system of instruction followed by Joseph Lancaster, of England, in which advanced pupils in a school teach pupils below them. |
lancination | noun (n.) A tearing; laceration. |
landamman | noun (n.) A chief magistrate in some of the Swiss cantons. |
noun (n.) The president of the diet of the Helvetic republic. |
landman | noun (n.) A man who lives or serves on land; -- opposed to seaman. |
noun (n.) An occupier of land. |
landsman | noun (n.) One who lives on the land; -- opposed to seaman. |
noun (n.) A sailor on his first voyage. |
laniation | noun (n.) A tearing in pieces. |
lanolin | noun (n.) A peculiar fatlike body, made up of cholesterin and certain fatty acids, found in feathers, hair, wool, and keratin tissues generally. |
lantern | noun (n.) Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc. ; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed, as the glazed inclosure of a street light, or of a lighthouse light. |
noun (n.) An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior. | |
noun (n.) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns. | |
noun (n.) A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral. | |
noun (n.) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below). | |
noun (n.) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc. ; -- called also lantern brass. | |
noun (n.) A perforated barrel to form a core upon. | |
noun (n.) See Aristotle's lantern. | |
verb (v. t.) To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse. |
lanthorn | noun (n.) See Lantern. |
laocoon | noun (n.) A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.) |
noun (n.) A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laocoon, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil. |
laodicean | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Laodicea, a city in Phrygia Major; like the Christians of Laodicea; lukewarm in religion. |
lapidarian | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to stone; inscribed on stone; as, a lapidarian record. |
lapidation | noun (n.) The act of stoning. |
lapidification | noun (n.) The act or process of lapidifying; fossilization; petrifaction. |
lapillation | noun (n.) The state of being, or the act of making, stony. |
lapponian | adjective (a.) Alt. of Lapponic |
laputan | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in Gulliver's Travels as the home of chimerical philosophers. Hence, fanciful; preposterous; absurd in science or philosophy. |
larchen | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the larch. |
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. |
lardon | noun (n.) Alt. of Lardoon |
lardoon | noun (n.) A bit of fat pork or bacon used in larding. |
laryngean | adjective (a.) See Laryngeal. |
lateen | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a peculiar rig used in the Mediterranean and adjacent waters, esp. on the northern coast of Africa. See below. |
lateran | noun (n.) The church and palace of St. John Lateran, the church being the cathedral church of Rome, and the highest in rank of all churches in the Catholic world. |
latian | adjective (a.) Belonging, or relating, to Latium, a country of ancient Italy. See Latin. |
latin | noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Latium; a Roman. |
noun (n.) The language of the ancient Romans. | |
noun (n.) An exercise in schools, consisting in turning English into Latin. | |
noun (n.) A member of the Roman Catholic Church. | |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Latium, or to the Latins, a people of Latium; Roman; as, the Latin language. | |
adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or composed in, the language used by the Romans or Latins; as, a Latin grammar; a Latin composition or idiom. | |
verb (v. t.) To write or speak in Latin; to turn or render into Latin. |
latinization | noun (n.) The act or process of Latinizing, as a word, language, or country. |
lation | noun (n.) Transportation; conveyance. |
latitation | noun (n.) A lying in concealment; hiding. |
latitudinarian | noun (n.) One who is moderate in his notions, or not restrained by precise settled limits in opinion; one who indulges freedom in thinking. |
noun (n.) A member of the Church of England, in the time of Charles II., who adopted more liberal notions in respect to the authority, government, and doctrines of the church than generally prevailed. | |
noun (n.) One who departs in opinion from the strict principles of orthodoxy. | |
adjective (a.) Not restrained; not confined by precise limits. | |
adjective (a.) Indifferent to a strict application of any standard of belief or opinion; hence, deviating more or less widely from such standard; lax in doctrine; as, latitudinarian divines; latitudinarian theology. | |
adjective (a.) Lax in moral or religious principles. |
laton | noun (n.) Alt. of Latoun |
latoun | noun (n.) Latten, 1. |
latration | noun (n.) A barking. |
latten | noun (n.) A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses, etc.; -- called also latten brass. |
noun (n.) Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin sheets; as, gold latten. |
latterkin | noun (n.) A pointed wooden tool used in glazing leaden lattice. |
laundryman | noun (n.) A man who follows the business of laundering. |
laureation | noun (n.) The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title. |
laurentian | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or near, the St. Lawrence River; as, the Laurentian hills. |
laurin | noun (n.) A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of the bay (Laurus nobilis), and consisting of a complex mixture of glycerin ethers of several organic acids. |
lavation | noun (n.) A washing or cleansing. |
lawn | noun (n.) An open space between woods. |
noun (n.) Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown. |
laxation | noun (n.) The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened. |
layman | noun (n.) One of the people, in distinction from the clergy; one of the laity; sometimes, a man not belonging to some particular profession, in distinction from those who do. |
noun (n.) A lay figure. See under Lay, n. (above). |
leaden | adjective (a.) Made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball. |
adjective (a.) Like lead in color, etc. ; as, a leaden sky. | |
adjective (a.) Heavy; dull; sluggish. |
leadman | noun (n.) One who leads a dance. |
leadsman | noun (n.) The man who heaves the lead. |
lean | noun (n.) That part of flesh which consist principally of muscle without the fat. |
noun (n.) Unremunerative copy or work. | |
verb (v. t.) To conceal. | |
verb (v. i.) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column. | |
verb (v. i.) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; -- with to, toward, etc. | |
verb (v. i.) To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; -- with on, upon, or against. | |
verb (v. i.) To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest. | |
verb (v. i.) Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle. | |
verb (v. i.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages. | |
verb (v. i.) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type. |
leathern | adjective (a.) Made of leather; consisting of. leather; as, a leathern purse. |
leaven | noun (n.) Any substance that produces, or is designed to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a portion of fermenting dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of dough, produces a general change in the mass, and renders it light; yeast; barm. |
noun (n.) Anything which makes a general assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass. | |
verb (v. t.) To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment. | |
verb (v. t.) To imbue; to infect; to vitiate. |
leban | noun (n.) Alt. of Lebban |
lebban | noun (n.) Coagulated sour milk diluted with water; -- a common beverage among the Arabs. Also, a fermented liquor made of the same. |
lecanorin | noun (n.) See Lecanoric. |
lecithin | noun (n.) A complex, nitrogenous phosphorized substance widely distributed through the animal body, and especially conspicuous in the brain and nerve tissue, in yolk of eggs, and in the white blood corpuscles. |
lectern | noun (n.) See Lecturn. |
lection | noun (n.) A lesson or selection, esp. of Scripture, read in divine service. |
noun (n.) A reading; a variation in the text. |
lecturn | noun (n.) A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read; hence, a reading desk. [Written also lectern and lettern.] |
leden | noun (n.) Alt. of Ledden |
ledden | noun (n.) Language; speech; voice; cry. |