3 Letter 3 Letter 9 Letter Dordle Words Starting With L

LAB (5) [noun] A laboratory. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) Laboratory experiment, test, investigation or result. | [noun] A Labrador retriever. | [noun] A telltale; a blabber. LAC (5) [noun] A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect. | [noun] One hundred thousand (commonly used in Pakistan and India). | [noun] Short for Cadillac. | [noun] Laceration. LAD (4) [noun] A boy or young man. | [noun] A Jack the lad; a boyo. | [noun] A familiar term of address for a young man. LAG (4) [noun] A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency. | [noun] Delay; latency. | [noun] One sentenced to transportation for a crime. LAM (5) [verb] To beat or thrash. | [verb] To flee or run away. | [noun] The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet, ل. It is preceded by ك and followed by م. LAP (5) [noun] The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron. | [noun] An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth. | [noun] The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered | [noun] The act or process of lapping. | [verb] To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue. | [adjective] Of, relating to, or using laparoscopy or a laparoscope. LAR (3) [noun] The lar gibbon. LAS (3) [noun] Plural of "la," the sixth note of the musical scale. | [noun] Plural of "la," a word used to express emphasis or dismissal. LAT (3) [noun] A staff, particularly one of an Indian kind. | [noun] A monumental pillar, particularly the Buddhist columns erected in East India. | [noun] (usually in the plural) A latrine: a rudimentary or military facility for urination and defecation. | [noun] The gold-backed monetary unit of Latvia from August 1922 until April 1941, when it was replaced by the Soviet ruble; it was typically pegged at about 25 to the British pound. | [noun] (usually in the plural) A latissimus dorsi muscle. | [noun] Latitude LAV (6) [noun] An item of jewellery consisting of a pendant, sometimes with one stone, suspended from a necklace. | [noun] A kind of microphone intended to clip onto the lapel at about the level of the pendant on a lavalier. | [noun] A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly: LAW (6) [noun] The body of binding rules and regulations, customs and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities. | [noun] A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way. | [noun] (more generally) A rule, such as: | [noun] A tumulus of stones. | [interjection] An exclamation of mild surprise; lawks. LAX (10) [noun] A salmon. | [adjective] Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict. | [adjective] Loose; not tight or taut. | [noun] Lacrosse. LAY (6) [noun] Arrangement or relationship; layout. | [noun] A share of the profits in a business. | [noun] A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance. | [noun] A lake. | [adjective] Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them. | [verb] To rest in a horizontal position on a surface. | [noun] A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung. | [noun] A meadow; a lea. | [noun] A law. | [verb] To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)). LEA (3) [noun] An open field, meadow. | [noun] Any of several measures of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards. | [noun] A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle. LED (4) [verb] (heading) To guide or conduct. | [verb] To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb. | [verb] (heading) To begin, to be ahead. LEE (3) [noun] A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind. | [noun] The side of the ship away from the wind. | [noun] A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind (see also leeside); shelter; protection. | [noun] Lees; dregs. LEG (4) [noun] A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion. | [noun] In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle. | [noun] The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle. | [adjective] Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking LEI (3) [noun] A garland of flowers in Hawaii. | [noun] The unit of currency of Romania, equal to one hundred bani. | [noun] The unit of currency of Moldova, equal to one hundred bani. LEK (7) [noun] An aggregation of male animals for the purposes of courtship and display | [verb] To take part in the courtship and display behaviour of a lek | [verb] To play | [noun] The currency unit of Albania, divided into 100 qindarka LET (3) [noun] The allowing of possession of a property etc. in exchange for rent. | [verb] To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to). | [verb] To leave. | [verb] To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to). LEU (3) [noun] The unit of currency of Romania, equal to one hundred bani. | [noun] The unit of currency of Moldova, equal to one hundred bani. LEV (6) [noun] The currency of Bulgaria, divided into 100 stotinki LEX (10) [noun] A system or body of laws. | [noun] The plural of "le," a musical note (variant of "la"). LEY (6) [noun] An open field, meadow. | [noun] A ley line. | [adjective] Fallow; unseeded. | [noun] An alkaline liquid made by leaching ashes (usually wood ashes). | [noun] Law. LEZ (12) [noun] (sometimes vulgar) Lesbian. LIB (5) [noun] Liberal | [noun] Liberation | [noun] Library | [noun] A potion; magic potion; charm. | [verb] To geld; castrate; emasculate (usually said of animals). LID (4) [noun] A thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye. | [noun] The top or cover of a container. | [noun] A cap or hat. LIE (3) [noun] The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck. | [noun] The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown. | [noun] The position of a fetus in the womb. | [verb] To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive. | [noun] An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood. LIN (3) [noun] The linden tree, a deciduous tree with heart-shaped leaves and fragrant flowers. | [noun] Flax fiber or linen fabric. LIP (5) [noun] Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth. | [noun] A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia. | [noun] (by extension) The projecting rim of an open container; a short open spout. LIS (3) [noun] Fleur-de-lis | [noun] The Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters). | [noun] The Korean mile, a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m. LIT (3) [verb] To start (a fire). | [verb] To set fire to; to set burning. | [verb] To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark. | [noun] Little. | [noun] Colour; blee; dye; stain. | [verb] To colour; dye. | [noun] The body of all written works. LOB (5) [noun] (ball sports) A pass or stroke which arches high into the air. | [verb] To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arch. | [verb] To throw. | [noun] A lump. | [noun] A fish, the European pollock. | [verb] To cob (chip off unwanted pieces of stone). LOG (4) [noun] The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches. | [noun] Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc. | [noun] A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree. | [noun] A logbook, or journal of a vessel (or aircraft)'s progress | [verb] To move to and fro; to rock. | [noun] A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about 1/3 liter). | [noun] Logarithm. LOO (3) [verb] (used with at, upon or infinitive) To urge on with cries of loo or by other shouting or outcry. | [interjection] A cry to urge on hunting dogs. | [noun] A meaningless chant or refrain. | [noun] A half-mask, particularly those velvet half-masks fashionable in the 17th century as a means of protecting women's complexion from the sun. | [noun] A hot dust-bearing wind found in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and the Punjab. | [noun] A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation. | [noun] Lieutenant. LOP (5) [noun] That which is lopped from anything, such as branches from a tree. | [verb] (usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone. | [verb] To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side. | [noun] A flea. | [noun] (usually offensive) A disabled person, a cripple. LOT (3) [noun] A large quantity or number; a great deal. | [noun] A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively. | [noun] One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items. LOW (6) [noun] Something that is low; a low point. | [noun] The minimum value attained by some quantity within a specified period. | [noun] A depressed mood or situation. | [verb] To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter. | [verb] To moo. | [noun] A flame; fire; blaze. | [noun] Barrow, mound, tumulus. LOX (10) [noun] Salmon cured in brine and then smoked in low temperature so that the flesh remains uncooked. | [noun] Liquid oxygen. LUG (4) [noun] The act of hauling or dragging. | [noun] That which is hauled or dragged. | [noun] Anything that moves slowly. LUM (5) [noun] A chimney. | [noun] A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a mine. | [noun] A woody valley. LUV (6) LUX (10) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of illuminance or illumination; one lumen per square metre. Symbol: lx | [verb] To put out of joint; to luxate. LYE (6) [noun] An alkaline liquid made by leaching ashes (usually wood ashes). | [noun] Potassium or sodium hydroxide (caustic soda). | [verb] To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

LABS (6) [noun] A laboratory. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) Laboratory experiment, test, investigation or result. | [noun] A Labrador retriever. LACE (6) [noun] A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread. Wp | [noun] A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly. Wp | [noun] A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net. | [verb] To fasten (something) with laces. LACK (10) [noun] A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy. | [noun] A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want. | [verb] To be without, to need, to require. LACS (6) [noun] A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect. | [noun] One hundred thousand (commonly used in Pakistan and India). | [noun] Short for Cadillac. LACY (9) [adjective] Made of lace or decorated with it. | [adjective] Looking like lace. LADE (5) [noun] A load. | [verb] To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment). | [verb] To weigh down, oppress, or burden. | [noun] The mouth of a river. LADS (5) [noun] A boy or young man. | [noun] A Jack the lad; a boyo. | [noun] A familiar term of address for a young man. LADY (8) [noun] An aristocratic title for a woman; the wife of a lord and/or a woman who holds the position in her own right; a title for a peeress, the wife of a peer or knight, and the daughters and daughters-in-law of certain peers. | [noun] A high priestess. | [noun] The mistress of a household. LAGS (5) [noun] A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency. | [noun] Delay; latency. | [noun] One sentenced to transportation for a crime. LAIC (6) [noun] A layperson, as opposed to a member of the clergy. | [adjective] Lay, relating to laypersons, as opposed to clerical. LAID (5) [adjective] (of paper) Marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould. | [verb] To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position. | [verb] To cause to subside or abate. LAIN (4) [verb] To rest in a horizontal position on a surface. | [verb] To be placed or situated. | [verb] To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition. | [verb] To conceal, keep quiet about. LAIR (4) [noun] A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground. | [noun] A shed or shelter for domestic animals. | [noun] A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain; a refuge, retreat, haven or hideaway. | [noun] A bog; a mire. | [noun] A person who dresses in a showy but tasteless manner and behaves in a vulgar and conceited way; a show-off. LAKE (8) [noun] A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain. | [noun] A large, landlocked stretch of water. | [noun] A large amount of liquid; as, a wine lake. | [noun] An offering, sacrifice, gift. | [noun] A kind of fine, white linen. | [noun] In dyeing and painting, an often fugitive crimson or vermillion pigment derived from an organic colorant (cochineal or madder, for example) and an inorganic, generally metallic mordant. LAKH (11) [numeral] (Sri Lanka) One hundred thousand; 100,000. Often used with units of money. LAKY (11) [adjective] Resembling or containing lakes; abounding in lakes. LALL (4) LAMA (6) [noun] A master of Tibetan Buddhism. | [noun] A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat. LAMB (8) [noun] A young sheep. | [noun] The flesh of a lamb or sheep used as food. | [noun] A person who is meek, docile and easily led. LAME (6) [noun] A stupid or undesirable person. | [verb] To cause (a person or animal) to become lame. | [adjective] Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs. | [noun] A lamina; a thin layer or plate of material, as in certain kinds of armor. | [verb] To shine. LAMP (8) [noun] A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb. | [noun] A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp. | [noun] A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets. LAMS (6) [verb] To beat or thrash. | [verb] To flee or run away. | [noun] The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet, ل. It is preceded by ك and followed by م. LAND (5) [noun] The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water. | [noun] Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings can be erected. | [noun] A country or region. | [noun] Lant; urine LANE (4) [noun] (used in street names) A road, street, or similar thoroughfare. | [noun] A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees. | [noun] A narrow road, as in the country. LANG (5) [noun] A language or dialect, especially Scots language. | [noun] A long rope or line used in fishing or nautical contexts. LANK (8) [verb] To become lank. | [adjective] Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean. | [adjective] Meagre, paltry, scant in quantity. LAPS (6) [noun] The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron. | [noun] An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth. | [noun] The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered LARD (5) [noun] Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy. | [noun] Fatty meat from a pig; bacon, pork. | [verb] To stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking. LARI (4) [noun] The national currency of Georgia, divided into 100 tetri. LARK (8) [noun] Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae. | [noun] Any of various similar-appearing birds, but usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark. | [noun] (by extension) One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks. | [noun] A romp, frolic, some fun. LARS (4) LASE (4) [verb] To use a laser beam on, as for cutting. | [verb] To operate as a laser, to release coherent light due to stimulation. LASH (7) [noun] The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given. | [noun] A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare. | [noun] A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough. | [verb] To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten. | [adjective] Remiss, lax. LASS (4) [noun] A young woman or girl. | [noun] (Mackem) A sweetheart. LAST (4) [adjective] Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind. | [adjective] Most recent, latest, last so far. | [adjective] Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely, or least preferable. | [verb] To perform, carry out. | [noun] A tool for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes. | [noun] A burden; load; a cargo; freight. LATE (4) [noun] A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place late in the day or at night. | [adjective] Near the end of a period of time. | [adjective] Specifically, near the end of the day. LATH (7) [noun] A thin, narrow strip, fastened to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting a covering of tiles, plastering, etc. | [verb] To cover or line with laths LATI (4) [noun] Plural of latus, a side of a triangle or other geometric figure. LATS (4) [noun] A staff, particularly one of an Indian kind. | [noun] A monumental pillar, particularly the Buddhist columns erected in East India. | [noun] (usually in the plural) A latrine: a rudimentary or military facility for urination and defecation. | [noun] Latrines: rudimentary or military facilities for urination and defecation. | [noun] A staff, particularly one of an Indian kind. | [noun] The latissimus dorsi muscles. | [noun] A staff, particularly one of an Indian kind. LAUD (5) [noun] Praise or glorification. | [noun] Hymn of praise. | [noun] (in the plural, also Lauds) A prayer service following matins. LAVA (7) [noun] The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides. | [noun] Magma. | [noun] A shade of red, named after the volcanic lava. LAVE (7) [verb] To pour or throw out, as water; lade out; bail; bail out. | [verb] To draw, as water; drink in. | [verb] To give bountifully; lavish. | [noun] (archaic or dialectal) The remainder, rest; that which is left, remnant; others. LAVS (7) [noun] An item of jewellery consisting of a pendant, sometimes with one stone, suspended from a necklace. | [noun] A kind of microphone intended to clip onto the lapel at about the level of the pendant on a lavalier. | [noun] A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly: LAWN (7) [noun] An open space between woods. | [noun] Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown. | [noun] An overgrown agar culture, such that no separation between single colonies exists. | [noun] A type of thin linen or cotton. LAWS (7) [noun] The body of binding rules and regulations, customs and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities. | [noun] A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way. | [noun] (more generally) A rule, such as: LAYS (7) [noun] Arrangement or relationship; layout. | [noun] A share of the profits in a business. | [noun] A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance. LAZE (13) [noun] An instance of lazing. | [noun] Laziness. | [verb] To be lazy, waste time. | [noun] Acidic steam created when super-hot lava contacts salt water. LAZY (16) [noun] A lazy person. | [noun] Sloth (animal). | [verb] To laze, act in a lazy manner. LEAD (5) [noun] A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum). | [noun] A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots. | [noun] A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing. | [noun] The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course LEAF (7) [noun] The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants. | [noun] Anything resembling the leaf of a plant. | [noun] A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin. LEAK (8) [noun] A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape. | [noun] The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture. | [noun] A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret. LEAL (4) [adjective] Loyal, honest. | [adjective] True, genuine. LEAN (4) [noun] (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical. | [verb] To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating. | [verb] To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc. | [noun] Meat with no fat on it. | [verb] To conceal. | [noun] A recreational drug based on codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup, popular in the hip hop community in the southeastern United States. LEAP (6) [noun] The act of leaping or jumping. | [noun] The distance traversed by a leap or jump. | [noun] A group of leopards. | [noun] A basket. LEAR (4) [noun] A king in Shakespeare's tragedy "King Lear," often used to refer to a foolish or senile old man. | [verb] To learn or teach (archaic). LEAS (4) [noun] An open field, meadow. | [noun] Any of several measures of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards. | [noun] A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle. LECH (9) [noun] A strong, lecherous desire or craving. | [noun] A lecher. | [verb] To behave lecherously | [noun] The capstone of a cromlech. LEEK (8) [noun] The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion. | [noun] Any of several species of Allium, broadly resembling the domesticated plant in appearance in the wild. LEER (4) [noun] A significant side glance; a glance expressive of some passion, as malignity, amorousness, etc.; a sly or lecherous look. | [noun] An arch or affected glance or cast of countenance. | [verb] To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent. | [noun] The cheek. | [adjective] Empty; unoccupied; clear. | [verb] To teach. | [noun] A long oven or kiln, often having a moving belt, used for annealing glass. LEES (4) [noun] The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit. | [noun] A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind. | [noun] The side of the ship away from the wind. LEET (4) [noun] A portion or list, especially a list of candidates for an office; also the candidates themselves. | [verb] To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to). | [verb] To leave. | [noun] A regular court, more specifically a court-leet, in which certain lords had jurisdiction over local disputes, or the physical area of this jurisdiction. | [noun] The European pollock. | [noun] An artificial watercourse, canal or aqueduct, but especially a millrace | [noun] Abbreviation of leetspeak. LEFT (7) [noun] The left side or direction. | [noun] The ensemble of left-wing political parties. Those holding left-wing views as a group. | [noun] The left hand or fist. | [verb] To have a consequence or remnant. | [verb] To have a consequence or remnant. LEGS (5) [noun] A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion. | [noun] In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle. | [noun] The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle. LEHR (7) [noun] A long oven or kiln, often having a moving belt, used for annealing glass. LEIS (4) [noun] A garland of flowers in Hawaii. LEKE (8) [noun] The basic monetary unit of Albania. LEKS (8) [noun] An aggregation of male animals for the purposes of courtship and display | [noun] The currency unit of Albania, divided into 100 qindarka LEKU (8) LEND (5) [noun] The lumbar region; loin. | [noun] (of a person or animal) The loins; flank; buttocks. | [verb] To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned. LENO (4) [noun] A type of weave used to make light, open cotton fabric used for window curtains. LENS (4) [noun] An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it. | [noun] A device which focuses or defocuses electron beams. | [noun] A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune. LENT (4) [noun] A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures. | [noun] The second term of the academic year at some British schools. | [verb] To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned. LEPT (6) LESS (4) [noun] A smaller amount or quantity. | [verb] To make less; to lessen. | [adverb] To a smaller extent or degree. | [conjunction] Unless LEST (4) [conjunction] For fear that; that not; in order to prevent something from happening; in case. | [conjunction] (after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension) that (without the negative particle; introduces the reason for an emotion.) LETS (4) [noun] The allowing of possession of a property etc. in exchange for rent. | [verb] To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to). | [verb] To leave. LEUD (5) [noun] A feudal vassal or retainer in medieval Germanic society. LEVA (7) [noun] The currency of Bulgaria, divided into 100 stotinki LEVO (7) [adjective] (of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the left, or anticlockwise. LEVY (10) [noun] The act of levying. | [noun] The tax, property or people so levied. | [verb] To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property. | [noun] The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence. LEWD (8) [verb] To get high on quaalude. | [verb] To express lust; to behave in a lewd manner. | [adjective] Lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude. LEYS (7) [noun] An open field, meadow. | [noun] A ley line. LIAR (4) [noun] One who tells lies. | [noun] A swabber responsible for cleaning the outside parts of the ship rather than the cabins, a role traditionally assigned to a person caught telling a lie the previous week. LIBS (6) [noun] Liberal | [noun] Liberation | [noun] Library LICE (6) [noun] A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea. | [noun] (not usually used in plural form) A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm. LICH (9) [noun] A fungal organism that grows on rocks and trees, consisting of a symbiotic combination of fungus and algae or cyanobacteria. | [noun] In fantasy fiction, a corpse or undead creature animated by magic. LICK (10) [noun] The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue. | [noun] The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick. | [noun] A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue. LIDO (5) [noun] Part of the sea by a beach sectioned off for swimming and other aquatic activities. | [noun] An outdoor swimming pool. LIDS (5) [noun] A thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye. | [noun] The top or cover of a container. | [noun] A cap or hat. LIED (5) [noun] An art song, sung in German and accompanied on the piano. | [verb] To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive. | [verb] To convey a false image or impression. LIEF (7) [adjective] Beloved, dear, agreeable. | [adjective] Ready, willing. | [adverb] Readily, willingly, rather. | [noun] The fibre by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made. LIEN (4) [noun] A tendon. | [noun] A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged. | [noun] (possibly obsolete) The spleen. LIER (4) [noun] One who lies down or reclines. | [noun] One who tells lies. LIES (4) [noun] The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck. | [noun] The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown. | [noun] The position of a fetus in the womb. LIEU (4) [noun] Place, stead; See in lieu or in lieu of LIFE (7) [noun] The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living. | [noun] The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc. | [noun] Lifeforms, generally or collectively. LIFT (7) [noun] An act of lifting or raising. | [noun] The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip. | [noun] Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator. | [noun] Air. LIKE (8) [noun] (usually in the plural) Something that a person likes (prefers). | [noun] An individual vote showing support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet. | [verb] To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of. | [noun] (sometimes as the likes of') Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort. | [verb] To be likely. LILT (4) [noun] Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness. | [noun] A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune. | [noun] A cheerful or melodious accent when speaking. LILY (7) [noun] Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species. | [noun] Any of several species of herbaceous flower which may or may not resemble the genus Lilium in some way, and which are not closely related to it or each other. | [noun] The flower used as a heraldic charge; also commonly used to describe the fleur-de-lis. LIMA (6) [noun] A large white bean commonly used in cooking. | [noun] The capital city of Peru. LIMB (8) [noun] A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing). | [noun] A branch of a tree. | [noun] The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip. | [noun] The apparent visual edge of a celestial body. LIME (6) [noun] Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime). | [noun] Any gluey or adhesive substance; something which traps or captures someone; sometimes a synonym for birdlime. | [verb] To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime). | [noun] A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia × europaea; the linden tree, or its wood. | [noun] Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon. | [verb] To hang out/socialize in an informal, relaxed environment, especially with friends, for example at a party or on the beach. | [noun] A leash. LIMN (6) [verb] To draw or paint; to delineate. | [verb] To illuminate, as a manuscript; to decorate with gold or some other bright colour. LIMO (6) [noun] An automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupe, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front. | [noun] An automobile with such a body. | [noun] A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. LIMP (8) [noun] An irregular, jerky or awkward gait. | [noun] A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve. | [verb] To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg. | [noun] A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging. | [verb] To happen; befall; chance. LIMY (9) [adjective] Containing, resembling, or covered with lime or birdlime. | [adjective] Sticky or glutinous in nature. LINE (4) [noun] A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight. | [noun] A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness. | [noun] A hose or pipe, of any size. | [noun] Flax; linen, particularly the longer fiber of flax. | [verb] (of a dog) To copulate with, to impregnate. LING (5) [noun] Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva, resembling the cod. | [noun] The common ling, Molva molva. | [noun] Any of various varieties of heather or broom. | [noun] Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva, resembling the cod. | [noun] The scientific study of language. LINK (8) [noun] Some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action. | [noun] (by extension) An address, URL, or program that defines a hyperlink's function. | [noun] A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas. | [noun] A torch, used to light dark streets. | [verb] To skip or trip along smartly; to go quickly. LINN (4) [noun] A pool of water, especially one below a waterfall. | [noun] A waterfall or cataract, or a ravine down which its water rushes. LINO (4) [noun] An inexpensive waterproof covering used especially for floors, made from solidified linseed oil over a burlap or canvas backing, or from its modern replacement, polyvinyl chloride. | [noun] An assistant referee. | [noun] A male line judge. LINS (4) [noun] Plural of lin, a linden tree. | [noun] Plural of lin, flax or linen fiber. LINT (4) [noun] A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds. | [noun] Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc. | [noun] The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant. | [verb] To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors. LINY (7) [adjective] Marked by or containing lines; resembling linen in texture or appearance. | [adjective] Thin and threadlike; having little flesh. LION (4) [noun] A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe. | [noun] (by extension) Any of various extant and extinct big cats, especially the mountain lion. | [noun] A Chinese foo dog. LIPS (6) [noun] Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth. | [noun] A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia. | [noun] (by extension) The projecting rim of an open container; a short open spout. LIRA (4) [noun] The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel. | [noun] The basic unit of currency in Turkey. | [noun] The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar) | [noun] A Ukrainian folk musical instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy. | [noun] Any of a set of fine ridges on the shells of some molluscs LIRE (4) [noun] Flesh, brawn, or muscle; the fleshy part of a person or animal in contradistinction to the bone and skin. | [noun] The fleshy part of a roast capon, etc. as distinguished from a limb or joint. | [noun] The cheek. | [noun] The Manx shearwater (bird). | [noun] The basic unit of currency in Turkey. LIRI (4) LISP (6) [noun] The habit or an act of lisping. | [verb] To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ/). This is a speech impediment common among children. | [verb] To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, such as a child learning to talk. LIST (4) [noun] A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth. | [noun] Material used for cloth selvage. | [noun] A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself. | [noun] Art; craft; cunning; skill. | [verb] To listen. | [noun] Desire, inclination. | [noun] A tilt to a building. LITE (4) [noun] Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation (light) in the wavelength range of about 400 to 750 nanometers. Nearby shorter and longer wavelength ranges, although not visible, are commonly called ultraviolet and infrared light. | [noun] A source of illumination. | [noun] Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information. | [noun] A little, bit. | [noun] The act of waiting; a wait. LITS (4) LITU (4) LIVE (7) [verb] To be alive; to have life. | [verb] To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside. | [verb] To survive; to persevere; to continue. | [noun] Life LOAD (5) [noun] A burden; a weight to be carried. | [noun] A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind. | [noun] A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time. LOAF (7) [noun] (also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking. | [noun] Any solid block of food, such as meat or sugar. | [noun] Shortened from "loaf of bread", the brain or the head (mainly in the phrase use one's loaf). | [verb] To do nothing, to be idle. LOAM (6) [noun] A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due. | [noun] A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern. | [verb] To cover, smear, or fill with loam. LOAN (4) [noun] An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use. | [noun] A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest). | [noun] The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan. | [noun] A lonnen. LOBE (6) [noun] Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form. | [noun] A clear division of an organ that can be determined at the gross anatomy level, especially one of the parts of the brain, liver or lung. | [noun] A semicircular pattern left on the ice as the skater travels across it. LOBO (6) [noun] A wolf. LOBS (6) [noun] (ball sports) A pass or stroke which arches high into the air. | [noun] A lump. | [noun] A country bumpkin; a yokel. LOCA (6) LOCH (9) [noun] A lake. | [noun] A bay or arm of the sea. | [noun] A medicine in a soft form taken by licking; a lambative, a linctus. LOCI (6) [noun] A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime. | [noun] The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition. | [noun] A fixed position on a chromosome that may be occupied by one or more genes. LOCK (10) [noun] Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination. | [noun] (by extension) A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource. | [noun] A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels. | [noun] A tuft or length of hair, wool etc. LOCO (6) [adverb] A direction in written or printed music to be returning to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower. | [noun] A certain species of Astragalus or Oxytropis, capable of causing locoism. | [verb] To poison with the loco plant; to affect with locoism. | [noun] A locomotive. LODE (5) [noun] A way or path; a road. | [noun] A watercourse. | [noun] A vein of metallic ore that lies within definite boundaries, or within a fissure. LOFT (7) [noun] (except in derivatives) air, the air; the sky, the heavens. | [noun] An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building. | [noun] The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure. LOGE (5) [noun] A booth or stall. | [noun] The lodge of a concierge. | [noun] An upscale seating region in a modern concert hall or sports venue, often in the back lower tier, or on a separate tier above the mezzanine. LOGO (5) [noun] A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization. | [noun] (by extension) An audio recording for the same purpose; a jingle. | [noun] A single graphic which contains one or more separate elements. LOGS (5) [noun] The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches. | [noun] Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc. | [noun] A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree. LOGY (8) [adjective] Slow to respond or react; lethargic. | [noun] A term formed with the -logy suffix. LOIN (4) [noun] The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips | [noun] Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal LOLL (4) [verb] To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease. | [verb] To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion. | [verb] To let (the tongue) hang from the mouth in this way. LONE (4) [adjective] Solitary; having no companion. | [adjective] Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship. | [adjective] Sole; being the only one of a type. LONG (5) [noun] A long vowel. | [noun] A long syllable. | [noun] A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve. | [adverb] Over a great distance in space. | [verb] To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true) | [verb] To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to. | [noun] Longitude | [verb] To belong. LOOF (7) LOOK (8) LOOM (6) [noun] A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general. | [noun] A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making. | [noun] The part of an oar which is between the grip or handle and the blade, the shaft. | [noun] Loon (bird of order Gaviiformes) | [noun] A distorted appearance of something as seen indistinctly or from afar. LOON (4) [noun] An idler, a lout. | [noun] A boy, a lad. | [noun] A harlot; mistress. | [noun] Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry. LOOP (6) [noun] A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening. | [noun] The opening so formed. | [noun] A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself. | [verb] To form something into a loop. LOOS (4) [noun] A half-mask, particularly those velvet half-masks fashionable in the 17th century as a means of protecting women's complexion from the sun. | [noun] A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation. | [noun] A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation. | [noun] Praise, fame, reputation. LOOT (4) [noun] A kind of scoop or ladle, chiefly used to remove the scum from brine-pans in saltworks. | [noun] The act of plundering. | [noun] Plunder, booty, especially from a ransacked city. LOPE (6) [noun] An easy pace with long strides. | [verb] To travel an easy pace with long strides. | [verb] To jump, leap. LOPS (6) [noun] That which is lopped from anything, such as branches from a tree. | [verb] (usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone. | [verb] To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side. LORD (5) [noun] The master of the servants of a household; the master of a feudal manor | [noun] One possessing similar mastery over others; any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler; in Scotland, a male member of the lowest rank of nobility (the equivalent rank in England is baron) | [noun] One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. as lord of ~) LORE (4) [noun] All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience. | [noun] The backstory created around a fictional universe. | [noun] Workmanship. | [noun] The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians. | [verb] To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons. LORN (4) [adjective] Doomed; lost. | [adjective] Abandoned, forlorn, lonely. LORY (7) [noun] Any of various small, brightly coloured, parrots native to Australasia. They are usually classified in the subfamily Loriinae. LOSE (4) [verb] To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons. | [verb] To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from. | [verb] To fail to win (a game, competition, trial, etc). | [noun] Fame, renown; praise. LOSS (4) [noun] The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement. | [noun] The destruction or ruin of an object. | [noun] Something that has been destroyed or ruined. LOST (4) [verb] To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons. | [verb] To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from. | [verb] To fail to win (a game, competition, trial, etc). LOTA (4) [noun] A spherical pot, specifically a water pot used for washing and ablution, typically made of brass. | [noun] A person who switches loyalties, especially from one political party to another. LOTH (7) [adjective] Averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling. | [adjective] Angry, hostile. | [adjective] Loathsome, unpleasant. | [noun] A measure of weight formerly used in Germany, the Netherlands and some other parts of Europe, equivalent to half of the local ounce. LOTI (4) [noun] A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae. | [noun] A water lily, genus Nymphaea, especially those of Egypt or India. | [noun] A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria. | [noun] The basic monetary unit of the currency of the Kingdom of Lesotho, introduced in 1980 to replace the South African rand as legal tender. LOTS (4) [noun] A large quantity or number; a great deal. | [noun] A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively. | [noun] One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items. LOUD (5) [noun] A loud sound or part of a sound. | [noun] High-quality marijuana. | [adjective] (of a sound) Of great intensity. | [adverb] Loudly. LOUP (6) [noun] A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls. LOUR (4) [noun] A frown, a scowl; an angry or sullen look. | [noun] Of the sky, the weather, etc.: a dark, gloomy, and threatening appearance. | [verb] To frown; to look sullen. LOUT (4) [noun] A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob. | [noun] A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin. | [verb] To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint. | [verb] To bend, bow, stoop. LOVE (7) [noun] Strong affection. | [noun] A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved. | [noun] A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings. | [verb] To praise; commend. | [noun] (racquet sports) Zero, no score. LOWE (7) [noun] A flame; fire; blaze. LOWN (7) LOWS (7) [noun] Something that is low; a low point. | [noun] The minimum value attained by some quantity within a specified period. | [noun] A depressed mood or situation. LUAU (4) [noun] An elaborate Hawaiian feast featuring traditional foods and entertainment. LUBE (6) [noun] Lubricant | [verb] To lubricate LUCE (6) [noun] The pike, Esox lucius, when fully grown. LUCK (10) [noun] Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence, especially a favourable one. | [noun] A superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success. | [noun] Success. LUDE (5) LUES (4) [verb] To sift using a sieve, particularly in mining tin or silver. LUFF (10) [noun] The vertical edge of a sail that is closest to the direction of the wind. | [noun] The act of sailing a ship close to the wind. | [noun] The roundest part of a ship's bow. LUGE (5) [noun] A racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back. | [noun] The sport of racing on luges. | [noun] A piece of ice, bone or other material with a channel down which a (usually alcoholic) drink can be poured into someone's mouth. LUGS (5) [noun] The act of hauling or dragging. | [noun] That which is hauled or dragged. | [noun] Anything that moves slowly. LULL (4) [noun] A period of rest or soothing. | [noun] A period of reduced activity; a respite | [noun] A period without waves or wind. LULU (4) [noun] A remarkable person, object or idea. | [noun] A very attractive or alluring person. | [noun] A very bad mistake or error. LUMP (8) [noun] Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape. | [noun] A group, set, or unit. | [noun] A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful. LUMS (6) [noun] A chimney. | [noun] A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a mine. | [noun] A woody valley. LUNA (4) LUNE (4) [noun] A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak. | [noun] A concave figure formed by the intersection of the arcs of two circles on a plane, or on a sphere the intersection between two great semicircles. | [noun] Anything crescent-shaped. | [noun] (hawking) A leash for a hawk. LUNG (5) [noun] A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood. | [noun] (plural) Capacity for exercise or exertion; breath. | [noun] That which supplies oxygen or fresh air, such as trees, parklands, forest, etc., to a place. LUNK (8) [noun] A fool; an idiot; a lunkhead. LUNT (4) LUNY (7) LURE (4) [noun] Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure | [noun] An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish | [noun] A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk | [noun] A trumpet with long curved tube, used for calling cattle, etc. LURK (8) [noun] The act of lurking. | [noun] A swindle. | [verb] To remain concealed in order to ambush. LUSH (7) [adjective] Juicy, succulent. | [adjective] Mellow; soft; (of ground or soil) easily turned; fertile. | [adjective] (of vegetation) Dense, teeming with life; luxuriant. | [noun] Drunkard, sot, alcoholic. LUST (4) [noun] A feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal. | [noun] A general want or longing, not necessarily sexual. | [noun] A delightful cause of joy, pleasure. LUTE (4) [noun] A fretted stringed instrument of European origin, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard. | [verb] To play on a lute, or as if on a lute. | [noun] Thick sticky clay or cement used to close up a hole or gap, especially to make something air-tight. LUTZ (13) [noun] A jump in which the skater takes off from the back outside edge of one skate, rotates counterclockwise and lands on the back outside edge of the other skate. LUVS (7) LUXE (11) [noun] Luxury LWEI (7) [noun] A monetary unit of Angola used from 1975-1990, one hundredth of a kwanza. LYES (7) LYNX (14) [noun] Any of several medium-sized wild cats, mostly of the genus Lynx. LYRE (7) [noun] An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke. | [noun] A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical. | [noun] A composer of lyric poetry. LYSE (7) [verb] To burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to induce lysis. | [verb] To break down molecularly into smaller molecules; to induce lysis.

LAARI (5) [noun] A monetary unit of the Maldives, equal to one hundredth of a rufiyaa. LABEL (7) [noun] A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached. | [noun] A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group. | [noun] A company that sells records. LABIA (7) [noun] The folds of tissue at the opening of the vulva, at either side of the vagina. | [noun] A liplike structure; especially one of the two pairs of folds of skin either side of the vulva. | [noun] The lip of a labiate corolla. LABOR (7) [noun] Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work. | [noun] That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort. | [noun] Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour. LABRA (7) [noun] The uppermost of the mouthparts (trophi) of a typical insect, such as a cockroach. Typically resembles an upper lip and forms part of the roof of the mouth in such insects. | [noun] Any of several lip-like projections. | [noun] A large basin of warm water, with an overhanging lip, in a Roman bath. LACED (8) [verb] To fasten (something) with laces. | [verb] To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink). | [verb] To interweave items. LACER (7) [noun] One who laces, particularly someone who fastens or tightens laces on shoes or garments. LACES (7) [noun] A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread. Wp | [noun] A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly. Wp | [noun] A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net. LACEY (10) [adjective] Resembling or made of lace; delicate and open in texture or pattern. LACKS (11) [noun] A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy. | [noun] A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want. | [verb] To be without, to need, to require. LADED (7) [verb] To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment). | [verb] To weigh down, oppress, or burden. | [verb] To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water). LADEN (6) [verb] To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment). | [verb] To weigh down, oppress, or burden. | [verb] To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water). LADER (6) LADES (6) [verb] To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment). | [verb] To weigh down, oppress, or burden. | [verb] To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water). LADLE (6) [noun] A deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle. | [noun] A container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal. | [noun] The float of a mill wheel; a ladle board. LAEVO (8) [adjective] Turning toward the left; counterclockwise. | [prefix] Left or on the left side. LAGAN (6) [noun] Goods or materials found or left on the sea floor, attached to a floating marker that indicates ownership. LAGER (6) [noun] A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast. | [verb] To store (lager beer) at a low temperature for maturing and clarification. | [noun] A defensive encampment encircled by wagons, especially by South African Boers. LAHAR (8) [noun] A volcanic mudflow. LAICH (10) [noun] A spawning ground or breeding place of fish, especially salmon. | [verb] To spawn or breed in a particular location. LAICS (7) [noun] A layperson, as opposed to a member of the clergy. LAIGH (9) [adjective] Low or lying low, used in Scottish English. | [noun] A low-lying place or hollow ground. LAIRD (6) [noun] The owner of a Scottish estate; a member of the landed gentry, a landowner. | [noun] Often in the form Laird of, followed by a patronymic: a Scottish clan chief. | [verb] Chiefly as laird it over: to behave like a laird, particularly to act haughtily or to domineer; to lord (it over). LAIRS (5) [noun] A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground. | [noun] A shed or shelter for domestic animals. | [noun] A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain; a refuge, retreat, haven or hideaway. LAITH (8) [adjective] Loath; unwilling or reluctant. | [adjective] Loathsome; disgusting or repugnant. LAITY (8) [noun] People of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics. | [noun] The common man or woman. | [noun] The unlearned, untrained or ignorant. LAKED (10) [adjective] Surrounded by or formed into a lake. | [verb] Past tense of "lake," meaning to cause to form a lake or to become laked (as in blood cells). LAKER (9) [noun] One engaged in sport; a player; an actor. | [noun] A wharfman who resides near a lake. | [noun] A ship used on the Great Lakes. LAKES (9) [noun] A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain. | [noun] A large, landlocked stretch of water. | [noun] A large amount of liquid; as, a wine lake. LAKHS (12) [noun] A unit of numbering in the Indian subcontinent equal to 100,000. LALLS (5) LAMAS (7) [noun] A master of Tibetan Buddhism. | [noun] A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat. LAMBS (9) [noun] A young sheep. | [noun] The flesh of a lamb or sheep used as food. | [noun] A person who is meek, docile and easily led. LAMBY (12) LAMED (8) [verb] To cause (a person or animal) to become lame. | [verb] To shine. | [noun] The twelfth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). LAMER (7) [adjective] Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs. | [adjective] Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect or temporary obstruction of a function. | [adjective] (by extension) Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect. LAMES (7) [verb] To cause (a person or animal) to become lame. | [verb] To shine. | [noun] Small steel plates combined so as to slide one upon other and form a piece of armour. LAMIA (7) [noun] A monster preying upon human beings and who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent. LAMPS (9) [noun] A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb. | [noun] A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp. | [noun] A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets. LANAI (5) [noun] (Florida) A Hawaiian-style roofed patio. LANCE (7) [noun] A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen. | [noun] A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour. | [noun] A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen. LANDS (6) [noun] The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water. | [noun] Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings can be erected. | [noun] A country or region. LANES (5) [noun] (used in street names) A road, street, or similar thoroughfare. | [noun] A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees. | [noun] A narrow road, as in the country. LANKY (12) [adjective] Tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward. LAPEL (7) [noun] Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between. LAPIN (7) [noun] A rabbit, especially in culinary contexts or in French-derived usage. LAPIS (7) [noun] Lapis lazuli. LAPSE (7) [noun] A temporary failure; a slip. | [noun] A decline or fall in standards. | [noun] A pause in continuity. LARCH (10) [noun] A coniferous tree, of genus Larix, having deciduous leaves, in fascicles. | [noun] The wood of the larch. LARDS (6) [verb] To stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking. | [verb] To smear with fat or lard. | [verb] To garnish or strew, especially with reference to words or phrases in speech and writing. LARDY (9) [adjective] Containing, resembling, or having the qualities of lard; fatty or greasy. LAREE (5) [noun] A monetary unit of the Maldives, equal to one hundredth of a rufiyaa. LARES (5) [noun] Roman household gods or spirits of the dead in ancient Roman religion, typically represented as small figurines kept in homes. LARGE (6) [noun] An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves. | [noun] Liberality, generosity. | [noun] (plural: large) A thousand dollars/pounds. LARGO (6) [noun] A very slow tempo | [noun] A musical piece or movement in such a tempo | [adjective] Strong and stately LARIS (5) [noun] The national currency of Georgia, divided into 100 tetri. LARKS (9) [verb] To catch larks (type of bird). | [verb] To sport, engage in harmless pranking. | [verb] To frolic, engage in carefree adventure. LARKY (12) [adjective] Playful, mischievous, or characterized by larks (pranks or jokes). LARUM (7) [noun] An alarm or a loud cry of warning. | [noun] A brisk, lively tune played on a trumpet or drum. LARVA (8) [noun] An early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish. | [noun] An animal in the aforementioned stage. | [noun] A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage. LASED (6) [verb] To use a laser beam on, as for cutting. | [verb] To operate as a laser, to release coherent light due to stimulation. LASER (5) [noun] A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light. | [noun] A beam of light produced by such a device; a laser beam. | [noun] A laser printer. | [noun] A gum resin obtained from certain umbelliferous plants. LASES (5) [verb] To use a laser beam on, as for cutting. | [verb] To operate as a laser, to release coherent light due to stimulation. LASSO (5) [noun] A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses. | [noun] An image-editing function allowing the user to capture an irregularly-shaped object by drawing an approximate outline. | [verb] To catch with a lasso. LASTS (5) [verb] To perform, carry out. | [verb] To endure, continue over time. | [verb] To hold out, continue undefeated or entire. LATCH (10) [verb] To close or lock as if with a latch. | [verb] To catch; lay hold of. | [noun] A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side. | [verb] To smear; to anoint. LATED (6) [adjective] Behind schedule or delayed in arrival or occurrence. LATEN (5) [verb] To become late or to delay. | [verb] To make late or cause to be delayed. LATER (5) [adjective] Near the end of a period of time. | [adjective] Specifically, near the end of the day. | [adjective] (usually not comparable) Associated with the end of a period. LATEX (12) [noun] A clear liquid believed to be a component of a humour or other bodily fluid (esp. plasma and lymph) | [noun] The milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used to make rubber. | [noun] An emulsion of rubber in water, used in adhesives and the like. LATHE (8) [verb] To invite; bid; ask. | [noun] An administrative division of the county of Kent, in England, from the Anglo-Saxon period until it fell entirely out of use in the early twentieth century. | [noun] A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool. LATHI (8) [noun] A heavy stick or club, usually used by policemen. | [noun] A martial art based on stick fighting originally practiced in India. LATHS (8) [noun] A thin, narrow strip, fastened to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting a covering of tiles, plastering, etc. LATHY (11) [adjective] Resembling or consisting of laths; thin and narrow like a lath. | [adjective] Tall and thin; lanky or skeletal in appearance. LATKE (9) [noun] A pancake fried in oil, usually made from potatoes and sometimes also onions, traditionally served on Hanukkah. LATTE (5) [noun] A drink of coffee made from espresso and steamed milk, generally topped with foam. | [noun] A similar drink, where the espresso is replaced with some other flavoring ingredient such as chai, maté or matcha (green tea). | [noun] A pillar capped by a hemispherical stone capital with the flat side facing up, used as building supports by the ancient Chamorro people and now used as a sign of Chamorro identity. LAUAN (5) [noun] A Philippine hardwood tree (Shorea almon) yielding timber used in construction and plywood. | [noun] The wood of this tree. LAUDS (6) [noun] Praise or glorification. | [noun] Hymn of praise. | [noun] (in the plural, also Lauds) A prayer service following matins. LAUGH (9) [noun] An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. | [noun] Something that provokes mirth or scorn. | [noun] A fun person. LAURA (5) LAVAS (8) [noun] The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides. | [noun] Magma. | [noun] A shade of red, named after the volcanic lava. LAVED (9) [verb] To pour or throw out, as water; lade out; bail; bail out. | [verb] To draw, as water; drink in. | [verb] To give bountifully; lavish. LAVER (8) [noun] A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable. | [noun] Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially: | [noun] One who laves: a washer. LAVES (8) [verb] To pour or throw out, as water; lade out; bail; bail out. | [verb] To draw, as water; drink in. | [verb] To give bountifully; lavish. LAWED (9) [verb] Past tense of "law," meaning to sue or prosecute in court; to bring legal action against. | [adjective] Subject to or governed by law; lawful. LAWNS (8) [noun] An open space between woods. | [noun] Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown. | [noun] An overgrown agar culture, such that no separation between single colonies exists. LAWNY (11) LAXER (12) [adjective] Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict. | [adjective] Loose; not tight or taut. | [adjective] Lacking care; neglectful, negligent. | [noun] Lacrosse player LAXLY (15) [adverb] In a lax manner; loosely or without strictness. LAYED (9) LAYER (8) [noun] A single thickness of some material covering a surface. | [noun] A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum. | [noun] One of the items in a hierarchy. | [noun] A person who lays things, such as tiles. LAYUP (10) [noun] A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the backboard from a few feet away. | [noun] A relatively easy task. | [noun] The state of being laid up. LAZAR (14) [noun] A sufferer of an infectious disease, especially leprosy. LAZED (15) [verb] To be lazy, waste time. | [verb] To pass time relaxing; to relax, lounge. LAZES (14) [noun] An instance of lazing. | [noun] Laziness. | [verb] To be lazy, waste time. LEACH (10) [noun] A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali. | [noun] A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc. | [noun] A jelly-like sweetmeat popular in the fifteenth century. | [verb] To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid. LEADS (6) [noun] A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum). | [noun] A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots. | [noun] A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing. LEADY (9) LEAFS (8) [verb] To produce leaves; put forth foliage. | [verb] To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves. LEAFY (11) [adjective] Covered with leaves | [adjective] Containing much foliage | [adjective] In the form of leaves (of some material) LEAKS (9) [noun] A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape. | [noun] The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture. | [noun] A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret. LEAKY (12) [adjective] Having leaks; not fully sealed. LEANS (5) [noun] (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical. | [verb] To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating. | [verb] To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc. LEANT (5) [verb] To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating. | [verb] To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc. | [verb] Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc. LEAPS (7) [noun] The act of leaping or jumping. | [noun] The distance traversed by a leap or jump. | [noun] A group of leopards. LEAPT (7) [verb] To jump. | [verb] To pass over by a leap or jump. | [verb] To copulate with (a female beast); to cover. LEARN (5) [noun] The act of learning something | [verb] To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something. | [verb] To attend a course or other educational activity. | [verb] To teach. LEARS (5) [noun] Plural of lear, meaning to learn or lore/knowledge (archaic). | [noun] Plural of lear, referring to the folds or wrinkles in fabric. LEARY (8) [adjective] Wary or suspicious of something; inclined to distrust. | [adjective] Showing signs of instability or danger. LEASE (5) [verb] (chiefly dialectal) To gather. | [verb] (chiefly dialectal) To pick, select, pick out; to pick up. | [verb] (chiefly dialectal) To glean. | [verb] To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate. | [noun] An open pasture or common. | [verb] To release; let go; unloose. | [noun] A contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified period in exchange for a specified rent. | [noun] The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom. LEASH (8) [noun] A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog. | [noun] A brace and a half; a tierce. | [noun] A set of three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general. LEAST (5) [noun] Something of the smallest possible extent; an indivisible unit. | [adverb] Used for forming superlatives of adjectives, especially those that do not form the superlative by adding -est. | [adverb] In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others. LEAVE (8) [verb] To have a consequence or remnant. | [verb] To depart; to separate from. | [verb] To transfer something. | [noun] The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball. | [noun] Permission to be absent; time away from one's work. | [verb] To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant. | [verb] To produce leaves or foliage. | [verb] To raise; to levy. LEAVY (11) [adjective] Containing or resembling leaves; leafy. LEBEN (7) [noun] A Middle Eastern fermented milk beverage, similar to yogurt. LEDGE (7) [noun] A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery. | [noun] A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks. | [noun] A layer or stratum. | [noun] A lege; a legend. | [noun] A provincial or territorial legislature building. LEDGY (10) [adjective] Having ledges or resembling a ledge; characterized by projecting or rocky outcrops. LEECH (10) [noun] An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis. | [noun] A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion. | [noun] A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum. | [noun] A physician. | [verb] To treat, cure or heal. | [noun] The vertical edge of a square sail. LEEKS (9) [noun] The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion. | [noun] Any of several species of Allium, broadly resembling the domesticated plant in appearance in the wild. LEERS (5) [noun] A significant side glance; a glance expressive of some passion, as malignity, amorousness, etc.; a sly or lecherous look. | [noun] An arch or affected glance or cast of countenance. | [verb] To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent. LEERY (8) [adjective] Cautious, suspicious, wary, hesitant, or nervous about something; having reservations or concerns. LEETS (5) [noun] An artificial watercourse, canal or aqueduct, but especially a millrace | [noun] A portion or list, especially a list of candidates for an office; also the candidates themselves. | [noun] A regular court, more specifically a court-leet, in which certain lords had jurisdiction over local disputes, or the physical area of this jurisdiction. LEFTS (8) [noun] The left side or direction. | [noun] The ensemble of left-wing political parties. Those holding left-wing views as a group. | [noun] The left hand or fist. LEFTY (11) [noun] One who is left-handed. | [noun] One who has left-wing political views. | [noun] One's left testicle. LEGAL (6) [noun] The legal department of a company. | [noun] Paper in sheets 8½ in × 14 in (215.9 mm × 355.6 mm). | [noun] A spy who is attached to, and ostensibly employed by, an embassy, military outpost, etc. LEGER (6) [adjective] Light in weight or thin in texture. | [noun] A book in which accounts are recorded; a ledger. LEGES (6) [noun] Plural of lex; laws or legal codes, especially in Roman law. LEGGY (10) [adjective] (chiefly of a woman) Having long, attractive legs; long-legged. | [adjective] (chiefly of a woman) Exposing the bare or pantyhose-clad legs, especially the thighs. | [adjective] Taller or longer than usual. LEGIT (6) [noun] A legitimate; a legitimate actor. | [noun] A legitimate child. | [adjective] Legitimate; legal; allowed by the rules; valid. LEHRS (8) [noun] A long oven or kiln, often having a moving belt, used for annealing glass. LEHUA (8) [noun] A Hawaiian tree (Metrosideros polymorpha) with clusters of bright red flowers, considered sacred in Hawaiian culture. LEMAN (7) [noun] One beloved; a lover, a sweetheart of either sex (especially a secret lover, gallant, or mistress). | [noun] (often negative) A paramour. LEMMA (9) [noun] A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition. | [noun] The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found as the headword in a dictionary, such as the nominative singular of a noun, the bare infinitive of a verb, etc. | [noun] (psycholinguistics) The theoretical abstract conceptual form of a word, representing a specific meaning, before the creation of a specific phonological form as the sounds of a lexeme, which may find representation in a specific written form as a dictionary or lexicographic word. | [noun] The outer shell of a fruit or similar body. LEMON (7) [noun] A yellowish citrus fruit. | [noun] A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits. | [noun] A taste or flavour/flavor of lemons. LEMUR (7) [noun] Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands. | [noun] Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta). | [noun] A loris (Lemur tardigradus, now Loris tardigradus), predating the 10th edition of Systema Naturæ. LENDS (6) [verb] To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned. | [verb] To make a loan. | [verb] To be suitable or applicable, to fit. LENES (5) [noun] Plural of "lenis," a type of consonant sound in phonetics that is pronounced with relatively weak muscular effort and little air pressure. LENIS (5) [noun] A lenis consonant. | [adjective] Weakly articulated (of a consonant), hence voiced; especially as compared to the others of a group of homorganic consonants. LENOS (5) [noun] A trough used in ancient winemaking. LENSE (5) [noun] A variant spelling of "lens," an optical device used to focus or disperse light. | [noun] In some contexts, a pouch or bag, particularly one worn at the side. LENTO (5) [noun] A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played very slowly. | [adjective] Very slow. | [adverb] Very slowly. LEONE (5) [noun] A unit of currency of Sierra Leone, divided into 100 cents. LEPER (7) [noun] A person who has leprosy. | [noun] A person who is shunned; a pariah. LEPTA (7) [noun] A coin used since ancient times in Greece, serving in modern times as one hundredth of a phoenix, a drachma, and a euro (as the Greek form of the Eurocent). | [noun] A small, bronze Judean coin from the 1st century B.C.E., considered by some to be the widow's mite. | [noun] An elementary particle that has a spin of 1/2 (i.e., is a fermion) and does not interact via the strong nuclear force; examples include the electron, the muon, the neutrino and the tauon. LETCH (10) [noun] Strong desire; passion. | [noun] A lecher. | [noun] A stream or pool in boggy land. | [noun] A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali. LETHE (8) [noun] In Greek mythology, the river of forgetfulness in the underworld whose waters cause loss of memory. | [noun] The state of forgetfulness or oblivion. LETUP (7) [noun] A pause or period of slackening. LEUDS (6) LEVEE (8) [noun] An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi. | [noun] The steep bank of a river. | [noun] The border of an irrigated field. | [noun] The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest. LEVEL (8) [noun] A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference. | [noun] A distance relative to a given reference elevation. | [noun] Degree or amount. LEVER (8) [noun] (except in generalized senses below) A crowbar. | [noun] A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion. | [noun] A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a button). | [adverb] Rather. | [noun] A levee. LEVIN (8) [noun] Lightning; a bolt of lightning; also, a bright flame or light. LEWIS (8) [noun] A cramp iron inserted into a cavity in order to lift heavy stones; used as a symbol of strength in Freemasonry. | [noun] (by extension) The son of a Freemason, envisaged as assisting his father in heavy work or in old age. | [noun] A kind of shears used in cropping woollen cloth. LEXES (12) [noun] Plural of lex, meaning laws or legal codes. | [noun] Plural of lex, a monetary unit formerly used in Romania. LEXIS (12) [noun] The set of all words and phrases in a language; any unified subset of words from a particular language. | [noun] (pedagogy, TEFL) Words, collocations, and common phrases in a language; vocabulary and word combinations. | [noun] The vocabulary used by a writer LEZZY (26) [noun] A lesbian. LIANA (5) [noun] A climbing woody vine, usually tropical. LIANE (5) [noun] A climbing woody vine, usually tropical. LIANG (6) [noun] A unit of weight used in East Asia, equal to about 50 grams or 1.33 ounces. LIARD (6) [noun] A small French coin, equivalent to a quarter of a sou. LIARS (5) [noun] One who tells lies. | [noun] A swabber responsible for cleaning the outside parts of the ship rather than the cabins, a role traditionally assigned to a person caught telling a lie the previous week. LIBEL (7) [noun] A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation. | [noun] The act or crime of displaying such a statement publicly. | [noun] Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire. LIBER (7) [noun] A book or literary work, especially in classical Latin contexts. | [noun] In ancient Rome, the inner bark of a tree, particularly of the linden tree. LIBRA (7) [noun] A Roman unit of weight equal to about 327 grams. | [noun] Any of various units of weight in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries approximately equal to 460 grams or a little more than a US or UK pound. | [noun] Alternative spelling of libbra, an Italian unit of weight. LIBRI (7) [noun] Plural of liber, a book or the inner bark of a tree. | [noun] In ancient Rome, the household gods or spirits. LICHI (10) [noun] A small subtropical fruit with a bumpy reddish skin, white translucent flesh, and a large seed, native to China. | [noun] The tree that bears this fruit. LICHT (10) LICIT (7) [adjective] Not forbidden by formal or informal rules. | [adjective] Explicitly established or constituted by law. LICKS (11) [noun] The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue. | [noun] The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick. | [noun] A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue. LIDAR (6) [noun] The optical analogue of radar, using intense pulses of laser light to measure the composition and structure of the atmosphere. LIDOS (6) [noun] Part of the sea by a beach sectioned off for swimming and other aquatic activities. | [noun] An outdoor swimming pool. LIEGE (6) [noun] A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign. | [noun] (in full liege lord) A king or lord. | [noun] The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman. LIENS (5) [noun] A tendon. | [noun] A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged. LIERS (5) [noun] Plural of lier, one who lies down or reclines. | [noun] Plural of lier, a legal term for one who has a right to bring an action. LIEUS (5) [noun] Plural of lieu, meaning instead of or in place of something else. LIEVE (8) LIFER (8) [noun] A prisoner sentenced to life in prison. | [noun] A prisoner sentenced to transportation for life. | [noun] A person with a singular career path, especially in the military. LIFTS (8) [noun] An act of lifting or raising. | [noun] The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip. | [noun] Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator. LIGAN (6) [noun] Goods or wreckage lying on the bed of the sea, sometimes with a buoy attached. LIGER (6) [noun] An animal born to a male lion and a tigress. LIGHT (9) [noun] Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation (light) in the wavelength range of about 400 to 750 nanometers. Nearby shorter and longer wavelength ranges, although not visible, are commonly called ultraviolet and infrared light. | [noun] A source of illumination. | [noun] Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information. | [verb] To start (a fire). | [adjective] Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure. | [noun] A stone that is not thrown hard enough. | [verb] To find by chance. LIKED (10) [verb] To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of. | [verb] To please. | [verb] To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something. LIKEN (9) [verb] (followed by to or unto) To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else). LIKER (9) [noun] One who likes something or someone. LIKES (9) [noun] (usually in the plural) Something that a person likes (prefers). | [noun] An individual vote showing support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet. | [verb] To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of. LILAC (7) [noun] A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink or purple flowers. | [noun] A flower of the lilac shrub. | [noun] (color) A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers. LILTS (5) [noun] Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness. | [noun] A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune. | [noun] A cheerful or melodious accent when speaking. LIMAN (7) [noun] A shallow inlet or lagoon, especially along the coasts of the Black Sea and Mediterranean. LIMAS (7) [noun] Plural of lima, referring to lima beans, which are large flat beans commonly used in cooking. | [noun] Plural of lima, a city in Peru. LIMBA (9) [noun] A large African tree, Terminalia superba, whose hard wood is used for furniture, table tennis paddles and musical instruments. LIMBI (9) [noun] A border of an anatomical part, such as the edge of the cornea. LIMBO (9) [noun] (Roman Catholic theology, since circa 400 A.D.) The place where innocent souls exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, notably those of the saints who died before the advent of Christ (limbus patruum) and those of unbaptized but innocent children (limbus infantum). | [noun] (by extension, since the 16th century) Any in-between place, state or condition of neglect or oblivion which results in an unresolved status, delay or deadlock. | [noun] A dance played by taking turns crossing under a horizontal bar or stick. The stick is lowered with each round, and the game is won by the player who passes under the bar in the lowest position. LIMBS (9) [noun] A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing). | [noun] A branch of a tree. | [noun] The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip. LIMBY (12) LIMED (8) [verb] To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime). | [verb] To smear with birdlime. | [verb] To apply limewash. LIMEN (7) [noun] A liminal point; the threshold of a physiological or psychological response. LIMES (7) [noun] A boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire. | [noun] Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime). | [noun] Any gluey or adhesive substance; something which traps or captures someone; sometimes a synonym for birdlime. LIMEY (10) [noun] An Englishman or other Briton, or a person of British descent. | [adjective] Resembling limes (the fruit); lime-like. | [adjective] Of, or pertaining to, limes (the fruit). LIMIT (7) [noun] A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go. | [noun] A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge). | [noun] Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit. | [verb] To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries. LIMNS (7) [verb] To draw or paint; to delineate. | [verb] To illuminate, as a manuscript; to decorate with gold or some other bright colour. LIMOS (7) [noun] An automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupe, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front. | [noun] An automobile with such a body. | [noun] A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. LIMPA (9) LIMPS (9) [noun] An irregular, jerky or awkward gait. | [noun] A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve. | [verb] To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg. LINAC (7) [noun] A linear particle accelerator. LINDY (9) [noun] A style of jazz music and dance that originated in the 1930s, characterized by energetic and acrobatic movements. | [noun] A person who dances the lindy hop. LINED (6) [verb] To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align. | [verb] To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify. | [verb] To form a line along. LINEN (5) [noun] Thread or cloth made from flax fiber. | [noun] Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, underclothes, etc., that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibers; linens. | [noun] A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed. LINER (5) [noun] Someone who fits a lining to something. | [noun] A removable cover or lining | [noun] The pamphlet which is contained inside an album of music or movie | [noun] A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner. LINES (5) [noun] A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight. | [noun] A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness. | [noun] A hose or pipe, of any size. LINEY (8) [adjective] Resembling or containing lines; marked with lines. | [adjective] Thin and elongated in appearance. LINGA (6) [noun] (Shaivism) The aniconic representation traditionally worshipped as a symbol of or in connection with Shiva. LINGO (6) [noun] Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect. LINGS (6) [noun] Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva, resembling the cod. | [noun] The common ling, Molva molva. | [noun] Any of various varieties of heather or broom. LINGY (9) LININ (5) [noun] A network of threads or fibers forming the framework of the nucleus in a cell, visible during cell division. LINKS (9) [noun] Some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action. | [noun] (by extension) An address, URL, or program that defines a hyperlink's function. | [noun] A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas. | [noun] A golf course, especially one situated on dunes by the sea. LINKY (12) [adjective] Of or pertaining to hyperlinks. LINNS (5) [noun] A pool of water, especially one below a waterfall. | [noun] A waterfall or cataract, or a ravine down which its water rushes. LINOS (5) [noun] An assistant referee. | [noun] A male line judge. | [noun] An official whose primary task is to watch the blue line and determine when there has been an offside. LINTS (5) [noun] Fibers or fluff that accumulate on fabric, clothing, or in a dryer. | [noun] Plural of lint, the fuzzy or downy fibers shed from cloth or other materials. LINTY (8) [adjective] Covered with or containing lint; fuzzy or fluffy. LINUM (7) [noun] A genus of plants that includes the common flax plant, known for its fibers used in making linen. LIONS (5) [noun] A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe. | [noun] (by extension) Any of various extant and extinct big cats, especially the mountain lion. | [noun] A Chinese foo dog. LIPID (8) [noun] Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water, and account for most of the fat present in the human body. LIPIN (7) [noun] A protein involved in lipid metabolism and fat storage in cells. LIPPY (12) [adjective] Having prominent lips. | [adjective] Having a tendency to talk back in a cheeky or impertinent manner. | [noun] Lip gloss or lipstick; a stick of this product. | [noun] An old dry measure amounting to one quarter of a peck (for goods sold by weight, 1¾ pounds or about four-fifths of a kilogram); also, a container of that capacity. LIRAS (5) [noun] Plural of lira, the former currency of Italy and Turkey. LIROT (5) [noun] Plural of lira, the former currency of Israel. LISLE (5) [noun] A type of strong cotton thread, or a cloth woven from such thread. LISPS (7) [noun] The habit or an act of lisping. | [verb] To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ/). This is a speech impediment common among children. | [verb] To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, such as a child learning to talk. LISTS (5) [noun] A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth. | [noun] Material used for cloth selvage. | [noun] A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself. LITAI (5) LITAS (5) [noun] The former currency or money of Lithuania, divided into 100 centai. LITER (5) [noun] The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbols: l, L, ℓ | [noun] A measure of volume equivalent to a litre. LITHE (8) [verb] To go. | [adjective] Mild; calm. | [adjective] Slim but not skinny. | [verb] To become calm. | [verb] To attend; listen, hearken. | [noun] Shelter. LITHO (8) [verb] To lithograph. | [adjective] Related to the method of lithography. LITRE (5) [noun] The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbols: l, L, ℓ | [noun] A measure of volume equivalent to a litre. LIVED (9) [verb] To be alive; to have life. | [verb] To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside. | [verb] To survive; to persevere; to continue. LIVEN (8) [verb] To cause to be more lively, or to become more lively. | [verb] To be alive; to have life. | [verb] To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside. LIVER (8) [noun] A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions. | [noun] This organ, as taken from animals used as food. | [noun] A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver. | [noun] Someone who lives (usually in a specified way). LIVES (8) LIVID (9) [adjective] Having a dark, bluish appearance. | [adjective] Pale, pallid. | [adjective] So angry that one turns pale; very angry; furious. LIVRE (8) LLAMA (7) [noun] A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat. LLANO (5) [noun] A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America. LOACH (10) [noun] A bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily or suborder Cobitoidea. | [noun] Acronym of light observation helicopter. LOADS (6) [noun] A burden; a weight to be carried. | [noun] A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind. | [noun] A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time. LOAFS (8) [verb] To do nothing, to be idle. | [verb] (Cockney rhyming slang) To headbutt, (from loaf of bread) LOAMS (7) LOAMY (10) [adjective] Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam. LOANS (5) [noun] An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use. | [noun] A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest). | [noun] The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan. LOATH (8) [adjective] Averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling. | [adjective] Angry, hostile. | [adjective] Loathsome, unpleasant. | [verb] To detest, hate, revile. LOBAR (7) [adjective] Of or relating to a lobe. LOBBY (12) [noun] An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor. | [noun] That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly. | [noun] A class or group of people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists. | [noun] Scouse (from lobscouse) LOBED (8) LOBES (7) [noun] Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form. | [noun] A clear division of an organ that can be determined at the gross anatomy level, especially one of the parts of the brain, liver or lung. | [noun] A semicircular pattern left on the ice as the skater travels across it. LOBOS (7) [noun] A wolf. LOCAL (7) [noun] A person who lives near a given place. | [noun] A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union. | [noun] A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones. LOCHS (10) [noun] A lake. | [noun] A bay or arm of the sea. | [noun] A medicine in a soft form taken by licking; a lambative, a linctus. LOCKS (11) [noun] Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination. | [noun] (by extension) A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource. | [noun] A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels. LOCOS (7) [noun] A certain species of Astragalus or Oxytropis, capable of causing locoism. | [verb] To poison with the loco plant; to affect with locoism. | [verb] (by extension) To render insane. LOCUM (9) [noun] Short for locum tenens. | [noun] A share in a Genoese trading vessel. LOCUS (7) [noun] A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime. | [noun] The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition. | [noun] A fixed position on a chromosome that may be occupied by one or more genes. LODEN (6) [noun] A thick waterproof cloth used for garments. | [noun] A dark green colour, like that of loden cloth. | [adjective] Of a dark green colour, like that of loden cloth. LODES (6) [noun] A way or path; a road. | [noun] A watercourse. | [noun] A vein of metallic ore that lies within definite boundaries, or within a fissure. LODGE (7) [noun] A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin. | [noun] Short for porter's lodge: a building or room near the entrance of an estate or building, especially as a college mailroom. | [noun] A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons. LOESS (5) [noun] Any sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian (wind-blown) origin LOFTS (8) [noun] (except in derivatives) air, the air; the sky, the heavens. | [noun] An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building. | [noun] The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure. LOFTY (11) [adjective] High, tall, having great height or stature | [adjective] Idealistic, implying over-optimism | [adjective] Extremely proud; arrogant; haughty LOGAN (6) [noun] A rocking or balanced stone. | [noun] A marsh. LOGES (6) [noun] A booth or stall. | [noun] The lodge of a concierge. | [noun] An upscale seating region in a modern concert hall or sports venue, often in the back lower tier, or on a separate tier above the mezzanine. LOGGY (10) LOGIA (6) [noun] A traditional saying of a religious leader. | [noun] (specifically) A saying that is attributed to Jesus in ancient or reconstructed texts that was (originally) handed down without narrative context. LOGIC (8) [noun] A method of human thought that involves thinking in a linear, step-by-step manner about how a problem can be solved. Logic is the basis of many principles including the scientific method. | [noun] The study of the principles and criteria of valid inference and demonstration. | [noun] The mathematical study of relationships between rigorously defined concepts and of mathematical proof of statements. LOGOI (6) LOGOS (6) [noun] A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses logic as the main argument. | [noun] Alternative letter-case form of Logos | [noun] A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization. LOINS (5) [noun] The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips | [noun] Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal | [noun] The pubic region. LOLLS (5) [verb] To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease. | [verb] To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion. | [verb] To let (the tongue) hang from the mouth in this way. LOLLY (8) [noun] A piece of hard candy on a stick; a lollipop. | [noun] Money. | [noun] Any confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a sweet, a piece of candy. | [noun] Snow or fine ice floating on water. LONER (5) [noun] One who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others. LONGE (6) [noun] A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a longe line, approximately 20-30 feet long, attached to the bridle, longeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and used to control the animal while longeing. | [noun] A lunge; a thrust. | [noun] The training ground for a horse. | [noun] A musical note equal to two or three breves, i.e. four or six whole notes. LONGS (6) [noun] A long vowel. | [noun] A long syllable. | [noun] A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve. LOOBY (10) LOOED (6) LOOEY (8) [noun] Lieutenant LOOFA (8) [noun] A tropical vine, of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd | [noun] The dried fibrous interior used as a sponge for bathing | [noun] Any bathing sponge LOOFS (8) LOOIE (5) [noun] Lieutenant. LOOKS (9) [noun] One's appearance or attractiveness. LOOMS (7) [noun] A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general. | [noun] A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making. | [noun] The part of an oar which is between the grip or handle and the blade, the shaft. LOONS (5) [noun] An idler, a lout. | [noun] A boy, a lad. | [noun] A harlot; mistress. LOONY (8) [noun] An insane or very foolish person. | [adjective] (of a person) Insane. | [adjective] (of a thing) Very silly, absurd. LOOPS (7) [noun] A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening. | [noun] The opening so formed. | [noun] A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself. LOOPY (10) [adjective] Having loops. | [adjective] Idiotic, crazy or drunk. LOOSE (5) [noun] The release of an arrow. | [noun] A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment. | [noun] All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs). LOOTS (5) [verb] To steal, especially as part of war, riot or other group violence. | [verb] To steal from. | [verb] To examine the corpse of a fallen enemy for loot. LOPED (8) [verb] To travel an easy pace with long strides. | [verb] To jump, leap. LOPER (7) LOPES (7) [noun] An easy pace with long strides. | [verb] To travel an easy pace with long strides. | [verb] To jump, leap. LOPPY (12) [adjective] Somewhat lop; inclined to lop. LORAL (5) LORAN (5) LORDS (6) [noun] The master of the servants of a household; the master of a feudal manor | [noun] One possessing similar mastery over others; any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler; in Scotland, a male member of the lowest rank of nobility (the equivalent rank in England is baron) | [noun] One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. as lord of ~) LORES (5) [noun] All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience. | [noun] The backstory created around a fictional universe. | [noun] Workmanship. LORIS (5) [noun] Any of several small, slow-moving primates, of the family Lorisidae, found in India and southeast Asia. LORRY (8) [noun] A motor vehicle for transporting goods, and in some cases people; a truck. | [noun] A barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations. | [noun] A small cart or wagon used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish. LOSEL (5) [noun] A worthless or despicable person. | [adjective] Worthless; wasteful. LOSER (5) [noun] A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive. | [noun] Something of poor quality. | [noun] A person who is frequently unsuccessful in life. LOSES (5) [verb] To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons. | [verb] To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from. | [verb] To fail to win (a game, competition, trial, etc). LOSSY (8) [adjective] Of a communication channel, subject to loss of signal strength. | [adjective] (power systems) Of an electricity transmission line, subject to various forms of power loss. | [adjective] (of an algorithm for converting or compressing data) Reducing the amount of information in data. LOTAH (8) LOTAS (5) [noun] A spherical pot, specifically a water pot used for washing and ablution, typically made of brass. | [noun] A person who switches loyalties, especially from one political party to another. LOTIC (7) [adjective] Characterised by flowing water; swiftly flowing; concerned with flowing rivers, streams, etc. | [adjective] Living in flowing water; adapted to life in flowing water. LOTOS (5) LOTTE (5) LOTTO (5) [noun] A game of chance similar to bingo | [noun] A lottery LOTUS (5) [noun] A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae. | [noun] A water lily, genus Nymphaea, especially those of Egypt or India. | [noun] A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria. LOUGH (9) [noun] A lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in Ireland. LOUIE (5) LOUIS (5) [noun] Any gold or silver coin issued by the French kings from Louis XIII to Louis XVI and bearing their image on the obverse side, particularly the gold louis d'ors, originally a French form of the Spanish doubloon but varying in value between 10 and 24 livres. | [noun] The louis d'or constitutionnel, a 24-livre gold coin issued by the First French Republic. | [noun] The franc germinal or napoleon, a similar gold coin issued by Napoleon and bearing his image on the obverse, worth 20 francs. LOUPE (7) [noun] A magnifying glass, usually mounted in an eyepiece, often used by jewellers and watchmakers. | [noun] A type of short-range binoculars used by surgeons and dentists. LOUPS (7) [noun] A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls. LOURS (5) [verb] To frown; to look sullen. | [verb] To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; of the sky: to be covered with dark and threatening clouds; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest. LOURY (8) LOUSE (5) [noun] A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea. | [noun] (not usually used in plural form) A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm. | [verb] To remove lice from. LOUSY (8) [adjective] Remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded; mean, contemptible. | [adjective] Infested with lice. | [adjective] (usually with with) Filled or packed (with something, usually bad). LOUTS (5) [noun] A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob. | [noun] A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin. | [verb] To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint. LOVAT (8) [noun] A dusty blue-green colour. | [adjective] Of a dusty blue-green colour. LOVED (9) [verb] (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, stative) To have a strong affection for (someone or something). | [verb] To need, thrive on. | [verb] To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like. LOVER (8) [noun] One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend or spouse. | [noun] A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair. | [noun] A person who loves something. | [noun] A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light. LOVES (8) [noun] Strong affection. | [noun] A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved. | [noun] A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings. LOWED (9) [verb] To depress; to lower. | [verb] To moo. | [verb] To burn; to blaze. LOWER (8) [adjective] Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty. | [adjective] Of less than normal height; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured. | [adjective] Not high in status, esteem or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.) | [verb] To frown; to look sullen. LOWES (8) [noun] A flame; fire; blaze. LOWLY (11) [adjective] Not high; not elevated in place; low. | [adjective] Low in rank or social importance. | [adjective] Not lofty or sublime; humble. LOWSE (8) LOXED (13) LOXES (12) LOYAL (8) [adjective] Having or demonstrating undivided and constant support for someone or something. | [adjective] Firm in allegiance to a person or institution. | [adjective] Faithful to a person or cause. LUAUS (5) [noun] An elaborate Hawaiian feast featuring traditional foods and entertainment. LUBES (7) [verb] To lubricate LUCES (7) LUCID (8) [noun] A lucid dream. | [adjective] Clear; easily understood | [adjective] Mentally rational; sane LUCKS (11) [noun] Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence, especially a favourable one. | [noun] A superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success. | [noun] Success. LUCKY (14) [adjective] (of people) Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune | [adjective] Producing, or resulting in, good fortune LUCRE (7) [noun] Money, riches, or wealth, especially when seen as having a corrupting effect or causing greed, or obtained in an underhanded manner. LUDES (6) LUDIC (8) [adjective] Of or pertaining to play; playful. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to games of chance. LUFFA (11) [noun] A tropical vine, of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd | [noun] The dried fibrous interior used as a sponge for bathing | [noun] Any bathing sponge LUFFS (11) [noun] The vertical edge of a sail that is closest to the direction of the wind. | [noun] The act of sailing a ship close to the wind. | [noun] The roundest part of a ship's bow. LUGED (7) [verb] To travel by luge; to ride a luge. LUGER (6) [noun] Someone who competes in the luge. LUGES (6) [noun] A racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back. | [noun] The sport of racing on luges. | [noun] A piece of ice, bone or other material with a channel down which a (usually alcoholic) drink can be poured into someone's mouth. LULLS (5) [noun] A period of rest or soothing. | [noun] A period of reduced activity; a respite | [noun] A period without waves or wind. LULUS (5) [noun] A remarkable person, object or idea. | [noun] A very attractive or alluring person. | [noun] A very bad mistake or error. LUMEN (7) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm. | [noun] The cavity or channel within a tube or tubular organ. | [noun] The cavity bounded by a plant cell wall. LUMPS (9) [noun] Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape. | [noun] A group, set, or unit. | [noun] A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful. LUMPY (12) [adjective] Full of lumps, not smooth. | [adjective] Of a water surface: covered in many small waves as a result of wind; choppy. LUNAR (5) [noun] The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus in the wrist, which is shaped like a half-moon. | [noun] An observation of a lunar distance, especially for establishing the longitude of a ship at sea. | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon (that is, Luna, the Earth's moon); Lunar. LUNAS (5) LUNCH (10) [noun] A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day. | [noun] A break in play between the first and second sessions. | [noun] (Minnesota) Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering. LUNES (5) [noun] A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak. | [noun] A concave figure formed by the intersection of the arcs of two circles on a plane, or on a sphere the intersection between two great semicircles. | [noun] Anything crescent-shaped. LUNET (5) LUNGE (6) [noun] A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword. | [noun] A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a lunge line, approximately 20–30 feet long, attached to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and used to control the animal while lungeing. | [noun] An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning to a standing position. LUNGI (6) [noun] A garment worn around the waist, especially by men, in Southern India, Bangladesh, Burma, and Pakistan. LUNGS (6) [noun] A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood. | [noun] (plural) Capacity for exercise or exertion; breath. | [noun] That which supplies oxygen or fresh air, such as trees, parklands, forest, etc., to a place. LUNKS (9) [noun] A fool; an idiot; a lunkhead. LUNTS (5) LUPIN (7) [noun] Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae. | [noun] A lupin bean, a yellow legume seed of a Lupinus plant (usually Lupinus luteus), used as feed for sheep and cattle and commonly eaten in the Mediterranean area and in Latin America although toxic if prepared improperly. LUPUS (7) [noun] Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus. LURCH (10) [noun] A sudden or unsteady movement. | [verb] To make such a sudden, unsteady movement. | [verb] To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up. | [noun] An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables. LURED (6) [verb] To attract by temptation etc.; to entice | [verb] To recall a hawk with a lure LURER (5) LURES (5) [noun] Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure | [noun] An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish | [noun] A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk LURID (6) [adjective] Shocking, horrifying. | [adjective] Melodramatic. | [adjective] Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance. LURKS (9) [verb] To remain concealed in order to ambush. | [verb] To remain unobserved. | [verb] To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself. LUSTS (5) [verb] (usually in the phrase "lust after") To look at or watch with a strong desire, especially of a sexual nature. LUSTY (8) [adjective] Exhibiting lust (in the obsolete sense meaning "vigor"); strong, healthy, robust; vigorous; full of sap or vitality. | [adjective] Hearty, merry, gleesome, enthusiastic, lively, stirring. | [adjective] Given to experiencing lust; enjoying physical sensations; lustful. LUSUS (5) LUTEA (5) LUTED (6) [verb] To play on a lute, or as if on a lute. | [verb] To fix or fasten something with lute. LUTES (5) [noun] A fretted stringed instrument of European origin, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard. | [verb] To play on a lute, or as if on a lute. | [noun] Thick sticky clay or cement used to close up a hole or gap, especially to make something air-tight. LUXES (12) LWEIS (8) LYARD (9) LYART (8) LYASE (8) [noun] Any of many classes of enzyme that catalyze the breaking of a specific form of bond LYCEA (10) LYCEE (10) [noun] A public secondary school in France. LYING (9) [verb] To rest in a horizontal position on a surface. | [verb] To be placed or situated. | [verb] To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition. | [verb] To rest in a horizontal position on a surface. LYMPH (15) [noun] (poetical) Pure water. | [noun] A colourless, watery bodily fluid, carried by the lymphatic system, that consists mainly of white blood cells. | [noun] Discharge from a sore, inflammation etc. LYNCH (13) [verb] To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob. | [noun] A ledge, a terrace; a right-angled projection; a lynchet. | [noun] An acclivity; a small hill or hillock. LYRES (8) [noun] An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke. | [noun] A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical. | [noun] A composer of lyric poetry. LYRIC (10) [noun] A lyric poem. | [noun] (also in plural) The words of a song or other vocal music. The singular form often refers to a part of the words, whereas the plural form can refer to all of the words. | [adjective] Of, or relating to a type of poetry (such as a sonnet or ode) that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style LYSED (9) [verb] To burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to induce lysis. | [verb] To break down molecularly into smaller molecules; to induce lysis. LYSES (8) [verb] To burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to induce lysis. | [verb] To break down molecularly into smaller molecules; to induce lysis. LYSIN (8) [noun] Any substance or antibody that can cause the destruction (by lysis) of blood cells, bacteria etc LYSIS (8) [noun] A gradual recovery from disease (opposed to crisis). | [noun] The disintegration or destruction of cells | [noun] The breakdown of molecules into constituent molecules LYSSA (8) LYTIC (10) [adjective] Of, relating to, or causing lysis | [adjective] Of or relating to lysin LYTTA (8)

LAAGER (7) [noun] A defensive encampment encircled by wagons, especially by South African Boers. | [noun] A temporary formation of armoured vehicles for resupply. | [verb] To arrange in a circular formation for defence. LABARA (8) LABELS (8) [noun] A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached. | [noun] A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group. | [noun] A company that sells records. LABIAL (8) [noun] A consonant articulated by the lips. | [noun] An organ pipe having a lip that influences its sound. | [noun] Any of the scales bordering the mouth opening of a reptile. LABILE (8) [adjective] Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize. | [adjective] Apt or likely to change. | [adjective] (of a compound or bond) Kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved (and possibly reformed). LABIUM (10) [noun] A liplike structure; especially one of the two pairs of folds of skin either side of the vulva. | [noun] The lip of a labiate corolla. | [noun] The lip against which pressured air is driven to produce sound in a recorder and in a pipe organ with flue pipes. LABORS (8) [noun] Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work. | [noun] That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort. | [noun] Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour. LABOUR (8) [noun] Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work. | [noun] That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort. | [noun] Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour. LABRET (8) [noun] A body piercing consisting of an adornment attached to the lip. LABRUM (10) [noun] The uppermost of the mouthparts (trophi) of a typical insect, such as a cockroach. Typically resembles an upper lip and forms part of the roof of the mouth in such insects. | [noun] Any of several lip-like projections. | [noun] A large basin of warm water, with an overhanging lip, in a Roman bath. LACERS (8) [noun] Plural of lacer, one who laces. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of the verb "to lace," meaning to fasten or tighten with laces. LACHES (11) [noun] An unreasonable delay in bringing a claim alleging a wrong, which means the person who waited shall not be permitted to seek an equitable remedy because the delay prejudiced the moving party. Sleeping on one's rights. LACIER (8) [adjective] Made of lace or decorated with it. | [adjective] Looking like lace. LACILY (11) [adverb] In a lacy manner; with a delicate, openwork pattern or quality. LACING (9) [verb] To fasten (something) with laces. | [verb] To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink). | [verb] To interweave items. LACKED (13) [verb] To be without, to need, to require. | [verb] To be short (of or for something). | [verb] To be in want. LACKER (12) [noun] One who lacks something. | [noun] A substance used as a coating or finish, typically a resinous material dissolved in a solvent. LACKEY (15) [noun] A footman, a liveried male servant. | [noun] A fawning, servile follower. | [verb] To attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously. LACTAM (10) [noun] Any of a class of cyclic amides that are the nitrogen analogs of lactones, formed by heating amino acids; the tautomeric enol forms are known as lactims. LACTIC (10) [adjective] Of, relating to, or derived from milk | [adjective] (of fermentation) That produces lactic acid LACUNA (8) [noun] A small opening; a small pit or depression. | [noun] A small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus. | [noun] An absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing, often referring to an ancient manuscript or similar. LACUNE (8) [noun] A small cavity, gap, or missing part in a structure or text. | [noun] In anatomy, a small space or cavity in bone or cartilage. LADDER (8) [noun] A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs (cross strips or rounds acting as steps). | [noun] A series of stages by which one progresses to a better position. | [noun] The hierarchy or ranking system within an organization, such as the corporate ladder. LADDIE (8) [noun] A small boy. LADENS (7) [verb] Third-person singular present tense of "laden," meaning to load cargo onto a ship or to burden with a heavy load. | [adjective] Heavily loaded or burdened. LADERS (7) [noun] Plural of lader, one who lades or loads cargo onto a ship. | [noun] Plural of lader, a device or implement used in loading. LADIES (7) [noun] An aristocratic title for a woman; the wife of a lord and/or a woman who holds the position in her own right; a title for a peeress, the wife of a peer or knight, and the daughters and daughters-in-law of certain peers. | [noun] A high priestess. | [noun] A ladies' room: a lavatory intended for use by women. LADING (8) [verb] To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment). | [verb] To weigh down, oppress, or burden. | [verb] To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water). LADINO (7) [noun] A person in Latin America whose culture or ancestry is a mixture of European Spanish and Native American, especially one who speaks Spanish; a mestizo. | [noun] (Southeastern US) A cunningly vicious, wild or unmanagable horse. | [noun] Trifolium repens (white clover). LADLED (8) [verb] To pour or serve something with a ladle. LADLER (7) [noun] One who ladles; a person who uses a ladle to serve or transfer liquids or semi-liquid substances. LADLES (7) [noun] A deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle. | [noun] A container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal. | [noun] The float of a mill wheel; a ladle board. LADRON (7) LAGANS (7) [noun] Goods or wreckage lying on the sea bed, especially those that are recoverable. | [noun] In Scottish law, items cast up on shore from the sea that belong to the crown. LAGEND (8) LAGERS (7) [noun] A defensive encampment encircled by wagons, especially by South African Boers. | [noun] A temporary formation of armoured vehicles for resupply. | [noun] A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast. LAGGED (9) [verb] To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind | [verb] To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material (referring to a time lag effect in thermal transfer) | [verb] To transport as a punishment for crime. LAGGER (8) [noun] One who lags or falls behind. | [noun] A person who plays a lag shot in billiards to determine playing order. | [noun] Insulation material used to wrap pipes or boilers. LAGOON (7) [noun] A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar. LAGUNA (7) [noun] A shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a barrier such as a reef or sandbank. | [noun] A blank space or gap in a manuscript or text. LAGUNE (7) [noun] A shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a barrier such as a reef or sandbank. | [noun] A shallow artificial pond or pool used in sewage treatment. LAHARS (9) [noun] A volcanic mudflow. LAICAL (8) [adjective] Relating to or denoting laypeople, as distinct from the clergy. | [adjective] Of or relating to laypeople in general, not specialists or professionals. LAICHS (11) LAIGHS (10) LAIRDS (7) [noun] The owner of a Scottish estate; a member of the landed gentry, a landowner. | [noun] Often in the form Laird of, followed by a patronymic: a Scottish clan chief. | [verb] Chiefly as laird it over: to behave like a laird, particularly to act haughtily or to domineer; to lord (it over). LAIRED (7) [verb] To rest; to dwell. | [verb] To lay down. | [verb] To bury. LAKERS (10) [noun] One engaged in sport; a player; an actor. | [noun] A wharfman who resides near a lake. | [noun] A ship used on the Great Lakes. LAKIER (10) [adjective] More resembling or containing lac; having a glossy or lacquered appearance. | [adjective] More flashy or showy in appearance. LAKING (11) [verb] The process of a fish's scales becoming separated or detached from its body, typically due to disease or injury. | [verb] The formation of cracks in a surface, causing it to flake or peel away in thin layers. LALLAN (6) LALLED (7) LAMBDA (11) [noun] The eleventh letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabet, the twelfth of the Old Greek alphabet. | [noun] Unit representation of wavelength. | [noun] The cosmological constant. LAMBED (11) [verb] Of a sheep, to give birth. | [verb] To assist (sheep) to give birth. LAMBER (10) LAMBIE (10) LAMEDH (12) [noun] The twelfth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. LAMEDS (9) [verb] Past tense of "lame," meaning to make lame or cause to limp. | [noun] Plural of "lamed," the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. LAMELY (11) [adverb] In a lame manner; weakly or without conviction. | [adverb] In a way that is unconvincing or feeble. LAMENT (8) [noun] An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret. | [noun] A song expressing grief. | [verb] To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn. LAMEST (8) [adjective] Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs. | [adjective] Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect or temporary obstruction of a function. | [adjective] (by extension) Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect. LAMIAE (8) [noun] A monster preying upon human beings and who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent. LAMIAS (8) [noun] A monster preying upon human beings and who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent. LAMINA (8) [noun] A very thin layer of material. | [noun] A thin plate or scale, such as the arch of a vertebra. | [noun] The flat part of a leaf or leaflet; the blade. LAMING (9) [noun] The act or process of rendering lame | [verb] To cause (a person or animal) to become lame. | [verb] To shine. LAMMED (11) [verb] To beat or thrash. | [verb] To flee or run away. LAMPAD (11) [noun] A nymph of the forests and glades in Greek mythology, typically depicted as a maiden attending Dionysus. LAMPAS (10) [noun] A type of luxury fabric with a background weft. | [noun] An inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the palate immediately behind the foreteeth in a horse. LAMPED (11) [verb] To hit, clout, belt, wallop. | [verb] To hunt at night using a lamp; see lamping. | [verb] To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular. LANAIS (6) [noun] (Florida) A Hawaiian-style roofed patio. LANATE (6) [adjective] Covered with or composed of wool or wool-like hair; woolly. LANCED (9) [verb] To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon. | [verb] To open with a lancet; to pierce | [verb] To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch. LANCER (8) [noun] A cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon LANCES (8) [noun] A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen. | [noun] A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour. | [noun] A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen. | [noun] A platter or dish for serving food in Ancient Rome. LANCET (8) [noun] A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc. | [noun] A small, sterile single-use needle used to draw a drop of blood for testing, as with a glucometer. | [noun] An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace. LANDAU (7) [noun] A type of lightweight, four-wheeled carriage in which the front and back passenger seats face each other. | [noun] (by extension) A style of automobile based around the design of landau carriages. LANDED (8) [verb] To descend to a surface, especially from the air. | [verb] To alight, to descend from a vehicle. | [verb] To come into rest. LANDER (7) [noun] One who lands, or who lands something. | [noun] A spacecraft, particularly a probe, designed to set down on the surface of another celestial body. | [noun] A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore. LANELY (9) LANGUE (7) [noun] Language as a system rather than language in use, including the formal rules, structures, and limitations of language. LANGUR (7) [noun] Any of the Old World monkeys of the subfamily Colobinae, in the genera Simias, Trachypithecus (lutungs), Presbytis, (surilis), and Semnopithecus, (gray langurs). | [noun] A gibbon of the genus Hoolock. LANKER (10) LANKLY (13) [adjective] In a lanky manner; with long slender limbs in a way that appears awkward or ungainly. LANNER (6) [noun] The lanner falcon, Falco biarmicus. LANOSE (6) [adjective] Covered with or resembling wool; woolly or fleecy. LANUGO (7) [noun] Soft down or fine hair, specifically that covering the human foetus or a tumorous area. LAPDOG (10) [noun] A small toy dog, kept as household pet, whose light weight and companionable temperament make it both suited and disposed to spend time resting in the comfort of its master's lap; a dog bred to behave in this manner. | [noun] (by extension) A person who behaves in a servile manner, such as a sycophantic employee or a fawning lover. LAPELS (8) [noun] Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between. LAPFUL (11) [noun] The quantity that a lap can hold; as much as can be held in one's lap. LAPINS (8) [noun] Plural of lapin, a rabbit or hare, especially as used in fur coats or clothing. LAPPED (11) [verb] To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish. | [verb] To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap. | [verb] To fold; to bend and lay over or on something. LAPPER (10) [noun] One who laps, such as a dog lapping water. | [noun] In racing, a competitor who is one or more laps behind the leader. | [noun] A tool or person that laps, used in finishing or polishing surfaces. LAPPET (10) [noun] A small decorative fold or flap, especially of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress. | [noun] A wattle or flap-like structure on the face. | [noun] A head-dress made with lappets for lace pendants. LAPSED (9) [verb] To fall away gradually; to subside. | [verb] To fall into error or heresy. | [verb] To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid. LAPSER (8) [noun] One who lapses; a person who allows a membership, subscription, or commitment to expire or lapse. LAPSES (8) [noun] A temporary failure; a slip. | [noun] A decline or fall in standards. | [noun] A pause in continuity. LAPSUS (8) [noun] A temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgment; a slip or lapse. | [noun] In law, a sudden and unguarded utterance or admission. LAPTOP (10) [noun] A laptop computer. LARDED (8) [verb] To stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking. | [verb] To smear with fat or lard. | [verb] To garnish or strew, especially with reference to words or phrases in speech and writing. LARDER (7) [noun] A cool room in a domestic house where food is stored, but larger than a pantry. | [noun] A food supply. LARDON (7) [noun] A meat strip used for larding, especially salted pork. LAREES (6) [noun] Plural of laree, a monetary unit formerly used in the Maldives, equal to one hundredth of a rufiyaa. LARGER (7) [adjective] Of considerable or relatively great size or extent. | [adjective] Abundant; ample. | [adjective] Full in statement; diffuse; profuse. LARGES (7) [noun] An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves. | [noun] Liberality, generosity. | [noun] (plural: large) A thousand dollars/pounds. LARGOS (7) [noun] A very slow tempo | [noun] A musical piece or movement in such a tempo LARIAT (6) [noun] A lasso. | [noun] A tether. | [noun] An attack where the wrestler runs towards an opponent, wraps his arm around their upper chest and neck and then forces them to the ground. LARINE (6) LARKED (11) [verb] To catch larks (type of bird). | [verb] To sport, engage in harmless pranking. | [verb] To frolic, engage in carefree adventure. LARKER (10) [noun] One who larks; a person who engages in playful or mischievous behavior. LARRUP (8) [noun] A blow or smack. | [noun] Backchat or rudeness | [verb] To beat or thrash LARUMS (8) [noun] Plural of larum, an archaic or poetic term for an alarm or a warning sound. | [noun] Loud sounds or cries of distress or warning. LARVAE (9) [noun] An early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish. | [noun] An animal in the aforementioned stage. | [noun] A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage. LARVAL (9) [adjective] Of or relating to a larva or larvae. | [adjective] Being a larva. | [adjective] Characteristic of larvae. LARVAS (9) [noun] Plural of larva; the immature form of an insect that undergoes metamorphosis. LARYNX (16) [noun] An organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus (or esophagus). It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, because it houses the vocal cords, sound production. LASCAR (8) [noun] A sailor, army servant or artilleryman from India or Southeast Asia. | [noun] Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genera Pantoporia and Lasippa. LASERS (6) [noun] A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light. | [noun] A beam of light produced by such a device; a laser beam. | [noun] A laser printer. LASHED (10) [verb] To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one. | [verb] To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash. | [verb] To throw out with a jerk or quickly. LASHER (9) [noun] One who lashes or whips. | [noun] Something that lashes, such as a whip or cord. LASHES (9) [noun] The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given. | [noun] A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare. | [noun] A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough. LASING (7) [verb] To use a laser beam on, as for cutting. | [verb] To operate as a laser, to release coherent light due to stimulation. | [noun] The application of a laser beam. LASSES (6) [noun] A young woman or girl. | [noun] (Mackem) A sweetheart. LASSIE (6) [noun] A young girl, a lass, especially one seen as a sweetheart. LASSOS (6) [noun] A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses. | [noun] An image-editing function allowing the user to capture an irregularly-shaped object by drawing an approximate outline. LASTED (7) [verb] To perform, carry out. | [verb] To endure, continue over time. | [verb] To hold out, continue undefeated or entire. LASTER (6) LASTLY (9) [adverb] (sequence) Used to mark the beginning of the last in a list of items or propositions. | [adverb] (discourse marker) Used to signal that the speaker is about to yield control of the conversation. LATEEN (6) [noun] A triangular fore-and-aft sail set on a boom in such way that the tack is attached to the hull of the vessel and the free end of the boom lifts the sail. LATELY (9) [adverb] Recently; not long ago; of late. LATENS (6) LATENT (6) [noun] (forensics) The residue left by a person's finger that can be made visible by a process such as powder dusting; a latent fingerprint. | [noun] An underlying cause that can be inferred from statistical correlations; factor. | [noun] Anything that is latent. LATEST (6) [adjective] Near the end of a period of time. | [adjective] Specifically, near the end of the day. | [adjective] (usually not comparable) Associated with the end of a period. LATHED (10) [verb] To invite; bid; ask. | [verb] To shape with a lathe. | [verb] To produce a three-dimensional model by rotating a set of points around a fixed axis. LATHER (9) [noun] The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water. | [noun] Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse. | [noun] A state of agitation. | [verb] To cover with lather. LATHES (9) [verb] To invite; bid; ask. | [noun] An administrative division of the county of Kent, in England, from the Anglo-Saxon period until it fell entirely out of use in the early twentieth century. | [noun] A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool. LATHIS (9) [noun] A heavy stick or club, usually used by policemen. | [noun] A martial art based on stick fighting originally practiced in India. LATIGO (7) [noun] A long whip, especially one used for herding cattle or horses in Spanish-speaking regions. LATINO (6) [noun] (chiefly US) A person, especially and usually (interpreted as) a male, from Latin America, a Hispanic person. (Compare Latina.) LATISH (9) [adjective] Somewhat late. LATKES (10) [noun] A pancake fried in oil, usually made from potatoes and sometimes also onions, traditionally served on Hanukkah. LATRIA (6) [noun] The highest form of worship, named adoration, properly given to the triune God alone LATTEN (6) [noun] An alloy of copper and tin, similar to bronze, with a sufficient portion of tin to make it a pewter-like color with yellowish tinge (rather than the brownish-gold color of bronze of higher copper content), once used in thin sheets and for domestic utensils and light-duty tools. | [noun] Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin sheets. LATTER (6) [adjective] Relating to or being the second of two items. | [adjective] Near (or nearer) to the end. | [adjective] In the past, but close (or closer) to the present time. LATTES (6) [noun] A drink of coffee made from espresso and steamed milk, generally topped with foam. | [noun] A similar drink, where the espresso is replaced with some other flavoring ingredient such as chai, maté or matcha (green tea). | [noun] A pillar capped by a hemispherical stone capital with the flat side facing up, used as building supports by the ancient Chamorro people and now used as a sign of Chamorro identity. LATTIN (6) LAUANS (6) [noun] Plural of lauan, a type of Philippine hardwood tree used for lumber and plywood. LAUDED (8) [verb] To praise, to glorify LAUDER (7) [noun] One who lauds; a person who praises. LAUGHS (10) [noun] An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. | [noun] Something that provokes mirth or scorn. | [noun] A fun person. LAUNCE (8) [noun] A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen. | [noun] A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour. | [noun] A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen. | [noun] A balance. LAUNCH (11) [noun] The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.) | [noun] The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.). | [noun] An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party. | [noun] The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch". LAURAE (6) [noun] Plural of laura, a monastic settlement consisting of a number of separate cells or huts grouped around a central church, particularly in early Christian monasticism. LAURAS (6) LAUREL (6) [noun] Laurus nobilis, an evergreen shrub having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils. | [noun] A crown of laurel. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) Honor, distinction, fame. LAVABO (11) [noun] A ritual involving the washing of one's hands at a church's offertory before handling the Eucharist. | [noun] The small towel used to dry the priest's hands following the ritual. | [noun] A washbasin, particularly the one in a church used in the ritual. LAVAGE (10) [noun] A washing. | [noun] A washing of a hollow organ. | [verb] To wash a hollow organ LAVEER (9) [verb] To sail close to the wind or to tack; to maneuver a sailing vessel by changing direction. | [verb] To move in a zigzag course or to evade. LAVERS (9) [noun] A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable. | [noun] Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially: | [noun] One who laves: a washer. LAVING (10) [verb] To pour or throw out, as water; lade out; bail; bail out. | [verb] To draw, as water; drink in. | [verb] To give bountifully; lavish. LAVISH (12) [verb] To give out extremely generously; to squander. | [verb] To give out to (somebody) extremely generously. | [adjective] Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal. LAWFUL (12) [noun] A character having a lawful alignment. | [adjective] Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society. | [adjective] Operating according to some law or fundamental principle. LAWINE (9) LAWING (10) [verb] Present participle of "law," meaning to prosecute or take legal action against someone. | [verb] To practice law or work as a lawyer. LAWMAN (11) [noun] A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law. | [noun] One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households. | [noun] The presiding justice of the supreme court. LAWMEN (11) [noun] A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law. | [noun] One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households. | [noun] The presiding justice of the supreme court. LAWYER (12) [noun] A professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to practice law, i.e. represent parties in lawsuits or trials and give legal advice. | [noun] (by extension) A legal layman who argues points of law. | [noun] The burbot. LAXEST (13) [adjective] Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict. | [adjective] Loose; not tight or taut. | [adjective] Lacking care; neglectful, negligent. LAXITY (16) [noun] The state of being lax; looseness, lack of tension. | [noun] Moral looseness; lack of rigorousness or strictness. LAYERS (9) [noun] A single thickness of some material covering a surface. | [noun] A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum. | [noun] One of the items in a hierarchy. LAYING (10) [verb] To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position. | [verb] To cause to subside or abate. | [verb] To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle). LAYMAN (11) [noun] Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy. | [noun] (by extension) Someone who is not a professional in a given field. | [noun] A common person. LAYMEN (11) [noun] Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy. | [noun] (by extension) Someone who is not a professional in a given field. | [noun] A common person. LAYOFF (15) [noun] (chiefly US) A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct). | [noun] A period of time when someone is unavailable for work. | [noun] A short pass that has been rolled in front of another player for them to kick. LAYOUT (9) [noun] A structured arrangement of items within certain limits. | [noun] A plan for such arrangement. | [noun] The act of laying out something. LAYUPS (11) [noun] A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the backboard from a few feet away. | [noun] A relatively easy task. | [noun] The state of being laid up. LAZARS (15) [noun] A sufferer of an infectious disease, especially leprosy. LAZIED (16) [verb] Past tense of "lazy," meaning to spend time in a relaxed or idle manner. | [verb] To move slowly or sluggishly. LAZIER (15) [adjective] Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion. | [adjective] Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely. | [adjective] Showing a lack of effort or care. LAZIES (15) [noun] Plural of lazy, referring to lazy people or things. | [noun] A rotating turntable or lazy Susan used for serving food. LAZILY (18) [adverb] In a lazy manner. LAZING (16) [verb] To be lazy, waste time. | [verb] To pass time relaxing; to relax, lounge. LAZULI (15) [noun] A deep-blue stone, used in making jewelry, and traditionally used to make the pigment ultramarine. | [noun] (color) A deep, bright blue, like that of the stone. LEACHY (14) LEADED (8) [verb] To cover, fill, or affect with lead | [verb] To place leads between the lines of. | [adjective] Held in place by strips of lead. LEADEN (7) [verb] To make or become dull or overcast. | [adjective] Made of lead. | [adjective] Pertaining to or resembling lead; grey, heavy, sluggish. LEADER (7) [noun] Any person that leads or directs | [noun] An animal that leads | [noun] Someone or something that leads or conducts LEAFED (10) [verb] To produce leaves; put forth foliage. | [verb] To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves. | [adjective] (chiefly in combination) Having a leaf or leaves (of the specified kind). LEAGUE (7) [noun] A group or association of cooperating members. | [noun] An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship. | [noun] (often in the negative) A class or type of people or things that are evenly matched or on the same level. | [noun] (measurement) The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers). LEAKED (11) [verb] To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed. | [verb] (of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed. | [verb] To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously. LEAKER (10) [noun] A person or thing that leaks. | [noun] A person who deliberately discloses secret or confidential information. LEALLY (9) [adverb] In a loyal or faithful manner; with loyalty and allegiance. LEALTY (9) LEANED (7) [verb] To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating. | [verb] To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc. | [verb] Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc. LEANER (6) [adjective] (of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy. | [adjective] (of meat) Having little fat. | [adjective] Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre. LEANLY (9) [adverb] In a lean manner; with little fat or excess; sparingly or meagerly. LEAPED (9) [verb] To jump. | [verb] To pass over by a leap or jump. | [verb] To copulate with (a female beast); to cover. LEAPER (8) [noun] One that leaps. | [noun] In chess, a piece that moves in an L-shaped pattern (knight). LEARNS (6) [verb] To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something. | [verb] To attend a course or other educational activity. | [verb] To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve. LEARNT (6) [verb] To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something. | [verb] To attend a course or other educational activity. | [verb] To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve. LEASED (7) [verb] (chiefly dialectal) To gather. | [verb] (chiefly dialectal) To pick, select, pick out; to pick up. | [verb] (chiefly dialectal) To glean. LEASER (6) [noun] One who leases; a person who grants a lease to another party. LEASES (6) [verb] (chiefly dialectal) To gather. | [verb] (chiefly dialectal) To pick, select, pick out; to pick up. | [verb] (chiefly dialectal) To glean. LEASTS (6) [noun] The plural of least, referring to the smallest amounts or degrees. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of "to least," though this usage is archaic or non-standard. LEAVED (10) [verb] To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant. | [verb] To produce leaves or foliage. | [verb] To raise; to levy. LEAVEN (9) [noun] Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods. | [noun] Anything that makes a general assimilating change in the mass. | [verb] To add a leavening agent. LEAVER (9) [noun] (UK politics) Someone who supports Brexit, the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union. | [noun] One who leaves. LEAVES (9) [noun] The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants. | [noun] Anything resembling the leaf of a plant. | [noun] A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin. LEBENS (8) LECHED (12) [verb] To behave lecherously LECHER (11) [noun] A lecherous person. | [verb] To practice lewdness. LECHES (11) [verb] To behave lecherously LECHWE (14) [noun] Kobus leche, an African antelope that inhabits marshy regions. LECTIN (8) [noun] Any of a class of proteins that bind specific carbohydrates. LECTOR (8) [noun] A lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service. | [noun] A public lecturer or reader at some universities. | [noun] (cigar industry) A person who reads aloud to workers to entertain them, appointed by a trade union. LEDGER (8) [noun] A book for keeping notes, especially one for keeping accounting records; a record book, a register. | [noun] A large, flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb. | [noun] A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits. LEDGES (8) [noun] A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery. | [noun] A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks. | [noun] A layer or stratum. LEERED (7) [verb] To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent. | [verb] To entice with a leer or leers. | [verb] To teach. LEEWAY (12) [noun] The drift of a ship or airplane in a leeward direction. | [noun] A varying degree or amount of freedom or flexibility; margin, latitude, elbowroom. | [noun] An adverse discrepancy or variation in a cumulative process, usually in the phrase make up leeway. LEFTER (9) LEGACY (12) [noun] Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will. | [noun] Something inherited from a predecessor or the past. | [noun] The descendant of an alumnus. LEGALS (7) [noun] Legal documents or papers, especially those relating to a case or transaction. | [noun] Plural of legal, referring to members of the legal profession or legal matters. LEGATE (7) [noun] A deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions. | [noun] An ambassador or messenger. | [noun] The deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome. LEGATO (7) [noun] A slur curve above or below a passage of notes indicating that they should be played in a legato manner. | [adverb] Smoothly, in a connected manner. LEGEND (8) [noun] An unrealistic story depicting past events. | [noun] A person related to a legend or legends. | [noun] A key to the symbols and color codes on a map, chart, etc. LEGERS (7) [noun] Plural of leger, a horizontal line in musical notation extending above or below the staff. | [noun] Plural of leger, a book or register for recording accounts or transactions. LEGGED (9) [noun] (in combinations) Someone or something having a certain number or type of legs | [adjective] Having legs, or a certain type or number of legs | [verb] To remove the legs from an animal carcass. LEGGIN (8) [noun] A leg covering or gaiter, typically extending from the ankle to the knee or thigh. | [noun] The act of one who legs (moves on legs). LEGION (7) [noun] The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops. | [noun] A combined arms major military unit featuring cavalry, infantry, and artillery | [noun] A large military or semi-military unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia. LEGIST (7) [noun] A person skilled in or knowledgeable about the law; a lawyer or legal expert. LEGITS (7) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "legit," meaning to make legitimate or to verify as genuine. | [noun] Plural of "legit," informal slang for legitimate or genuine things. LEGMAN (9) [noun] (originally United States) A person hired to carry out errands or (often) menial tasks, frequently requiring travel from place to place; an errand boy or errand girl, a runner. | [noun] (originally United States) A reporter who frequently travels to conduct research, interview witnesses, etc., and then conveys the information to a rewriteman who writes up the story. LEGMEN (9) [noun] (originally United States) A person hired to carry out errands or (often) menial tasks, frequently requiring travel from place to place; an errand boy or errand girl, a runner. | [noun] (originally United States) A reporter who frequently travels to conduct research, interview witnesses, etc., and then conveys the information to a rewriteman who writes up the story. LEGONG (8) LEGUME (9) [noun] The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food. | [noun] Any of a large family (Fabaceae, syn. Leguminosae) of dicotyledonous herbs, shrubs, and trees having fruits that are legumes or loments, bearing nodules on the roots that contain nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and including important food and forage plants (as peas, beans, or clovers). | [noun] A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea. LEHUAS (9) [noun] Plural of lehua, a Hawaiian tree (Metrosideros polymorpha) with bright red flowers, or its flower used in lei making. LEKVAR (13) [noun] A thick paste or spread made from prunes or other fruit, commonly used in Central and Eastern European cuisine. LEMANS (8) [noun] One beloved; a lover, a sweetheart of either sex (especially a secret lover, gallant, or mistress). | [noun] (often negative) A paramour. LEMMAS (10) [noun] A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition. | [noun] The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found as the headword in a dictionary, such as the nominative singular of a noun, the bare infinitive of a verb, etc. | [noun] (psycholinguistics) The theoretical abstract conceptual form of a word, representing a specific meaning, before the creation of a specific phonological form as the sounds of a lexeme, which may find representation in a specific written form as a dictionary or lexicographic word. LEMONS (8) [noun] A yellowish citrus fruit. | [noun] A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits. | [noun] A taste or flavour/flavor of lemons. LEMONY (11) [adjective] Resembling, containing, or flavored with lemon. | [adjective] Having a sour or bitter quality. LEMURS (8) [noun] Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands. | [noun] Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta). | [noun] A loris (Lemur tardigradus, now Loris tardigradus), predating the 10th edition of Systema Naturæ. LENDER (7) [noun] One who lends, especially money; specifically, a bank or other entity that specializes in granting loans. LENGTH (10) [noun] The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object. | [noun] Duration. | [noun] The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race. LENITY (9) [noun] Leniency | [noun] Mercy | [noun] Forgiveness LENSED (7) [verb] Past tense of lens, meaning to focus or shape light through a lens, or to examine closely as if through a lens. LENSES (6) [noun] An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it. | [noun] A device which focuses or defocuses electron beams. | [noun] A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune. LENTEN (6) [adjective] Relating to or denoting the period of fasting and penance observed by Christians before Easter. | [adjective] Meager or sparse in amount or quantity. LENTIC (8) [adjective] Of or pertaining to, or living in still waters (such as lakes, ponds, or wetlands). LENTIL (6) [noun] Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods. | [noun] The seed of these plants, used as food. LENTOS (6) [noun] A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played very slowly. LEONES (6) [noun] A unit of currency of Sierra Leone, divided into 100 cents. LEPERS (8) [noun] A person who has leprosy. | [noun] A person who is shunned; a pariah. LEPTON (8) [noun] A coin used since ancient times in Greece, serving in modern times as one hundredth of a phoenix, a drachma, and a euro (as the Greek form of the Eurocent). | [noun] A small, bronze Judean coin from the 1st century B.C.E., considered by some to be the widow's mite. | [noun] An elementary particle that has a spin of 1/2 (i.e., is a fermion) and does not interact via the strong nuclear force; examples include the electron, the muon, the neutrino and the tauon. LESION (6) [noun] A wound or injury. | [noun] An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such on a patch of skin. | [noun] Any compound formed from damage to a nucleic acid. LESSEE (6) [noun] An individual or a corporation who has the right of use of something of value, gained through a lease agreement with the real owner of the property. | [noun] The entity to whom a lease is given, or who takes an estate by lease. | [noun] Someone who is allowed to use a house, building, land etc. for a period of time in return for payment to the owner. LESSEN (6) [verb] To make less; to diminish; to reduce. | [verb] To become less. LESSER (6) [noun] A thing that is of smaller size, value, importance etc. | [adjective] Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the smaller in size (littler), in value, in importance etc. | [adjective] Small in size. LESSON (6) [noun] A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. | [noun] A learning task assigned to a student; homework. | [noun] Something learned or to be learned. LESSOR (6) [noun] The owner of property that is leased. LETHAL (9) [noun] Any weapon that causes death. | [noun] An allele that causes the death of the organism that carries it. | [adjective] Deadly; mortal; fatal. | [noun] One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. LETHES (9) [noun] Plural of lethe, referring to forgetfulness or oblivion, or to the river of forgetfulness in Greek mythology. | [noun] Plural of leth, an obsolete or rare term. LETTED (7) [verb] To hinder, prevent, impede, hamper, cumber; to obstruct (someone or something). | [verb] To prevent someone from doing something; also to prevent something from happening. | [verb] To tarry or delay. LETTER (6) [noun] A symbol in an alphabet. | [noun] A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note. | [noun] The literal meaning of something, as distinguished from its intended and remoter meaning (often contrasted with the spirit). | [noun] One who lets, or lets out. LETUPS (8) [noun] A pause or period of slackening. LEUCIN (8) [noun] An amino acid that is essential for protein synthesis in living organisms. LEUDES (7) [noun] Plural of leude, a feudal vassal or warrior in medieval Germanic kingdoms. | [noun] Members of a warrior class or retinue in early medieval Germanic societies. LEUKON (10) LEVANT (9) [noun] A disappearing or absconding after losing a bet. | [verb] To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts. | [adjective] Rising, of an animal. LEVEED (10) [verb] Past tense of "levee," meaning to provide with a levee (an embankment built to prevent flooding) or to hold a levee (a formal reception). LEVEES (9) [noun] An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi. | [noun] The steep bank of a river. | [noun] The border of an irrigated field. LEVELS (9) [noun] A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference. | [noun] A distance relative to a given reference elevation. | [noun] Degree or amount. LEVERS (9) [noun] (except in generalized senses below) A crowbar. | [noun] A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion. | [noun] A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a button). LEVIED (10) [verb] To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property. | [verb] To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority. | [verb] To draft someone into military service. LEVIER (9) LEVIES (9) [noun] The act of levying. | [noun] The tax, property or people so levied. | [verb] To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property. LEVINS (9) [noun] Plural of levin, an archaic or poetic term for lightning. LEVITY (12) [noun] Lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; lack of appropriate seriousness; inclination to make a joke of serious matters. | [noun] Lack of steadiness. | [noun] The state or quality of being light, buoyancy. LEWDER (10) [adjective] Lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude. | [adjective] Lay; not clerical. | [adjective] Uneducated. LEWDLY (13) [adverb] In a lewd or lustful manner; indecently or obscenely. LEXEME (15) [noun] A unit of lexical meaning, roughly corresponding to the set of inflected forms taken by a single word. | [noun] An individual instance of a continuous character sequence without spaces, used in lexical analysis (see token). LEXICA (15) [noun] Plural of lexicon; a collection of words and phrases in a language or field of study. LEZZES (24) [noun] Plural of lez; a slang term for lesbians. LEZZIE (24) [noun] A lesbian woman (informal or slang term). LIABLE (8) [adjective] Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable. | [adjective] Subject; susceptible. | [adjective] Exposed to a certain contingency or causality, more or less probable. LIAISE (6) [verb] To establish a liaison. | [verb] To act between parties with a view to reconciling differences. | [verb] To cooperate, consult and discuss in order to come to a common solution. LIANAS (6) [noun] A climbing woody vine, usually tropical. LIANES (6) [noun] A climbing woody vine, usually tropical. LIANGS (7) [noun] Plural of liang, a unit of weight used in East Asia, typically equal to about 50 grams. LIARDS (7) [noun] A small French coin, equivalent to a quarter of a sou. LIBBER (10) [noun] One who supports liberation for some group. LIBELS (8) [noun] A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation. | [noun] The act or crime of displaying such a statement publicly. | [noun] Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire. LIBERS (8) [noun] Plural of liber, a book or the inner bark of a tree. | [noun] In ancient Rome, household gods or spirits. LIBIDO (9) [noun] The fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body, commonly expressed as a percentage. | [noun] The whitish inner portion of the rind of citrus fruits that is a source of pectin, commonly referred to as the pith. | [noun] One of the four major stages of the magnum opus, involving purification of the prima materia. LIBLAB (10) LIBRAE (8) [noun] A Roman unit of weight equal to about 327 grams. | [noun] Any of various units of weight in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries approximately equal to 460 grams or a little more than a US or UK pound. | [noun] Alternative spelling of libbra, an Italian unit of weight. LIBRAS (8) [noun] Plural of libra, a unit of weight used in ancient Rome. | [noun] Plural of libra, a monetary unit formerly used in some countries. LICHEE (11) [noun] The Chinese tropical fruit tree Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family. | [noun] That tree's bright red oval fruit with a single stone surrounded by a fleshy white aril. | [noun] A soft pink-red colour, like that of a lychee rind (also called lychee red). LICHEN (11) [noun] Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow patches on old walls, etc. | [noun] Something which gradually spreads across something else, causing damage. LICHES (11) [noun] Plural of lich, an archaic or dialectal term for a corpse or dead body. | [noun] Plural of lich, referring to a lich gate (a roofed gateway at the entrance to a churchyard). LICHIS (11) [noun] Plural of lichi, a tropical fruit with a bumpy reddish skin and sweet white flesh, also spelled litchi or lychee. LICHTS (11) [noun] Plural of licht, a Scottish word for light or candle. LICKED (13) [verb] To stroke with the tongue. | [verb] To lap; to take in with the tongue. | [verb] To beat with repeated blows. LICKER (12) [noun] One who licks. | [noun] A person or animal that licks something. LICTOR (8) [noun] An officer in ancient Rome, attendant on a consul or magistrate, who bore the fasces and was responsible for punishing criminals. LIDARS (7) [noun] Plural of lidar, a detection system that uses laser light to measure distances and create three-dimensional maps of environments. LIDDED (9) [adjective] Having a lid or cover. | [verb] Past tense of lid, meaning to cover with a lid. LIEDER (7) [noun] An art song, sung in German and accompanied on the piano. LIEFER (9) LIEFLY (12) LIEGES (7) [noun] A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign. | [noun] (in full liege lord) A king or lord. | [noun] The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman. LIENAL (6) [adjective] Relating to or affecting the spleen. LIERNE (6) [noun] A cross-shaped rib of an ogival vault. LIEVER (9) LIFERS (9) [noun] A prisoner sentenced to life in prison. | [noun] A prisoner sentenced to transportation for life. | [noun] A person with a singular career path, especially in the military. LIFTED (10) [verb] To raise or rise. | [verb] To steal. | [verb] To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise. LIFTER (9) [noun] A person or device that lifts something. | [noun] A thief who steals by shoplifting or pickpocketing. LIGAND (8) [noun] An ion, molecule, or functional group that binds to another chemical entity to form a larger complex. | [noun] A letter that orthography requires to be ligated with one or more other letters. LIGANS (7) LIGASE (7) [noun] Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the binding of two molecules; synthetase. LIGATE (7) [verb] To bind with a ligature or bandage. | [verb] To connect text characters with a ligature. LIGERS (7) [noun] An animal born to a male lion and a tigress. LIGHTS (10) [noun] Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation (light) in the wavelength range of about 400 to 750 nanometers. Nearby shorter and longer wavelength ranges, although not visible, are commonly called ultraviolet and infrared light. | [noun] A source of illumination. | [noun] Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information. | [verb] To start (a fire). LIGNIN (7) [noun] A complex non-carbohydrate aromatic polymer present in all wood. LIGULA (7) [noun] A strap or strap-shaped object, especially such a development in plants or insects. LIGULE (7) [noun] A strap-shaped structure. | [noun] A portion of a leaf found at the base of the petiole, when present. | [noun] In many grasses (Poaceae) and some sedges (Cyperaceae), the membranous appendage or ring of hairs projecting from the inner side of a leaf at the junction between the blade and the sheath. LIGURE (7) LIKELY (13) [noun] Something or somebody considered likely. | [adjective] Probable; having a greater-than-even chance of occurring | [adjective] (as predicate, followed by to and infinitive) Reasonably to be expected; apparently destined, probable | [adverb] Similarly. LIKENS (10) [verb] (followed by to or unto) To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else). LIKERS (10) [noun] Plural of liker; people who like something or someone. LIKEST (10) [verb] Second person singular present tense of "like"; you like something. | [verb] Archaic or poetic form meaning "it pleases you" or "you prefer." LIKING (11) [verb] To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of. | [verb] To please. | [verb] To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something. | [noun] A like; a predilection. LIKUTA (10) [noun] A former unit of currency, one hundredth of a zaïre. LILACS (8) [noun] A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink or purple flowers. | [noun] A flower of the lilac shrub. | [noun] (color) A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers. LILIED (7) [adjective] Decorated with or containing lilies. | [adjective] Having the characteristics or appearance of a lily. LILIES (6) [noun] Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species. | [noun] Any of several species of herbaceous flower which may or may not resemble the genus Lilium in some way, and which are not closely related to it or each other. | [noun] The flower used as a heraldic charge; also commonly used to describe the fleur-de-lis. LILTED (7) [verb] To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music. | [verb] To sing cheerfully, especially in Gaelic. | [verb] To utter with spirit, animation, or gaiety; to sing with spirit and liveliness. LIMANS (8) [noun] Plural of liman; shallow lagoons or coastal inlets, especially those found along the northern coast of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov. LIMBAS (10) [noun] A large African tree, Terminalia superba, whose hard wood is used for furniture, table tennis paddles and musical instruments. LIMBED (11) [adjective] Having limbs; possessing arms or legs. | [verb] Past tense of limb, meaning to remove the limbs from something. LIMBER (10) [verb] To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant. | [adjective] Flexible, pliant, bendable. | [noun] A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece or caisson may be attached for transport. LIMBIC (12) [adjective] Relating to or denoting the limbic system, a complex system of nerves and networks in the brain involving emotions and survival instincts. LIMBOS (10) [noun] (Roman Catholic theology, since circa 400 A.D.) The place where innocent souls exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, notably those of the saints who died before the advent of Christ (limbus patruum) and those of unbaptized but innocent children (limbus infantum). | [noun] (by extension, since the 16th century) Any in-between place, state or condition of neglect or oblivion which results in an unresolved status, delay or deadlock. LIMBUS (10) [noun] A border of an anatomical part, such as the edge of the cornea. LIMENS (8) [noun] A liminal point; the threshold of a physiological or psychological response. LIMEYS (11) [noun] An Englishman or other Briton, or a person of British descent. LIMIER (8) LIMINA (8) [noun] A liminal point; the threshold of a physiological or psychological response. LIMING (9) [verb] To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime). | [verb] To smear with birdlime. | [verb] To apply limewash. LIMITS (8) [noun] A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go. | [noun] A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge). | [noun] Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit. LIMMER (10) [noun] A person of loose morals or a rogue; a scoundrel. | [noun] A limewash or coating of lime. LIMNED (9) [verb] To draw or paint; to delineate. | [verb] To illuminate, as a manuscript; to decorate with gold or some other bright colour. | [adjective] Described or represented in a lifelike manner LIMNER (8) [noun] Someone who limns. LIMNIC (10) [adjective] Relating to or inhabiting fresh water, especially lakes. LIMPAS (10) LIMPED (11) [verb] To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg. | [verb] (of a vehicle) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion. | [verb] To move or proceed irregularly. LIMPER (10) [adjective] Flaccid; flabby, like flesh. | [adjective] Lacking stiffness; flimsy | [adjective] (of a penis) not erect LIMPET (10) [noun] A small mollusc, of the family Patellidae with a conical shell found clinging to rocks in the intertidal zones of rocky shores. | [noun] Someone clingy or dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space. LIMPID (11) [adjective] Clear, transparent or bright. LIMPLY (13) [adverb] In a limp manner; without firmness or strength; weakly or flaccidly. LIMPSY (13) LIMULI (8) [noun] Plural of limulus, a genus of marine arthropods commonly known as horseshoe crabs. LINACS (8) [noun] A linear particle accelerator. LINAGE (7) [noun] Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage. | [noun] A number of lines of text in a column. LINDEN (7) [noun] Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia, having heart-shaped leaves. | [noun] The soft wood of such trees. | [adjective] Made of lime-wood. LINEAL (6) [adjective] (family) Of a family relationship that includes mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, grandparents, grandchildren, etc., but not siblings; as opposed to collateral. | [adjective] Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to). | [adjective] Composed of lines; delineated. LINEAR (6) [adjective] Having the form of a line; straight or roughly straight; following a direct course. | [adjective] Of or relating to lines. | [adjective] Made, or designed to be used, in a step-by-step, sequential manner. LINENS (6) [noun] Thread or cloth made from flax fiber. | [noun] Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, underclothes, etc., that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibers; linens. | [noun] A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed. LINENY (9) LINERS (6) [noun] Someone who fits a lining to something. | [noun] A removable cover or lining | [noun] The pamphlet which is contained inside an album of music or movie LINEUP (8) [noun] A physical or photographic queue of people allegedly involved in a crime, allowing a witness to identify them | [noun] A line of people or vehicles, in which the individual at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on, and in which newcomers join at the end; a queue. | [noun] Collectively, the members of a team. LINGAM (9) [noun] (Shaivism) The aniconic representation traditionally worshipped as a symbol of or in connection with Shiva. LINGAS (7) [noun] (Shaivism) The aniconic representation traditionally worshipped as a symbol of or in connection with Shiva. LINGER (7) [verb] To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so; to loiter. | [verb] To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually. | [verb] (often followed by on) To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion. LINGUA (7) [noun] A language or tongue. | [noun] In anatomy, a tongue-shaped structure or part. LINIER (6) LINING (7) [verb] To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align. | [verb] To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify. | [verb] To form a line along. LININS (6) [noun] Plural of linin, the network of fine protein filaments in the nucleus of a cell that forms the structural framework of chromatin. LINKED (11) [verb] To connect two or more things. | [verb] (of a Web page) To contain a hyperlink to another page. | [verb] To supply (somebody) with a hyperlink; to direct by means of a link. LINKER (10) [noun] That which links. | [noun] A computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program. | [noun] A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used to blunt the ends of sticky DNA segments. LINKUP (12) [noun] A connection. | [noun] The act of connecting. LINNET (6) [noun] A small passerine bird, the common linnet (Linaria cannabina, syn. Carduelis cannabina), in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. | [noun] A house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), of North America. LINSEY (9) [noun] A coarse fabric made of linen or cotton warp and woolen weft. LINTEL (6) [noun] A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above. LINTER (6) [noun] The short fibres that cling to cottonseeds after the first ginning. | [noun] A machine for removing these fibres. | [noun] A program or algorithm that performs linting. LINTOL (6) [noun] A horizontal structural member that spans an opening and supports the weight above it, such as a beam over a doorway or window; also spelled lintel. LINUMS (8) [noun] Plural of linum, a genus of plants including flax, or the fibers obtained from flax plants. LIPASE (8) [noun] Any of a group of enzymes which catalyses the hydrolysis of lipids. LIPIDE (9) [noun] A lipid; any of a class of organic compounds that are largely hydrophobic or amphipathic and include fats, oils, waxes, and sterols. LIPIDS (9) [noun] Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water, and account for most of the fat present in the human body. LIPINS (8) [noun] Plural of lipin, a type of phosphatidic acid phosphatase enzyme involved in lipid metabolism. LIPOID (9) [noun] A lipid or other substance resembling fat | [adjective] Of pertaining to fat. LIPOMA (10) [noun] A nonmalignant tumor comprising fat cells. LIPPED (11) [verb] To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something). | [verb] (of something inanimate) To touch lightly. | [verb] To wash against a surface, lap. LIPPEN (10) [verb] To trust or rely upon. | [verb] To expect or suppose. LIPPER (10) [noun] One who lips or touches with the lips. | [noun] In golf, a ball that touches the edge of the cup but doesn't go in. LIQUID (16) [noun] A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid. | [noun] A class of consonant sounds that includes l and r. | [adjective] Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure. LIQUOR (15) [noun] A liquid, a fluid. | [noun] A drinkable liquid. | [noun] A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both). LIROTH (9) LISLES (6) [noun] A type of strong cotton thread, or a cloth woven from such thread. LISPED (9) [verb] To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ/). This is a speech impediment common among children. | [verb] To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, such as a child learning to talk. | [verb] To speak hesitatingly and with a low voice, as if afraid. LISPER (8) [noun] One who lisps, or a person that speaks with a lisp. LISSOM (8) [adjective] Flexible and graceful in movement; lithe. LISTED (7) [verb] To create or recite a list. | [verb] To place in listings. | [verb] To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border. LISTEE (6) LISTEL (6) [noun] A narrow fillet or border. LISTEN (6) [noun] An instance of listening. | [verb] To pay attention to a sound or speech. | [verb] To expect or wait for a sound, such as a signal. LISTER (6) [noun] A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish. | [noun] One who, or that which, lists or produces a listing. | [noun] A person or organisation that creates or maintains lists. | [noun] A double-mouldboard plough that throws a deep furrow and at the same time plants and covers grain in the bottom of the furrow. LITANY (9) [noun] A ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a leader are alternated with responses from the congregation. | [noun] A prolonged or tedious list. LITCHI (11) [noun] The Chinese tropical fruit tree Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family. | [noun] That tree's bright red oval fruit with a single stone surrounded by a fleshy white aril. | [noun] A soft pink-red colour, like that of a lychee rind (also called lychee red). LITERS (6) [noun] The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbols: l, L, ℓ | [noun] A measure of volume equivalent to a litre. LITHER (9) [adjective] Mild; calm. | [adjective] Slim but not skinny. | [adjective] Capable of being easily bent; flexible. | [adjective] Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful; lazy. LITHIA (9) [noun] Lithium oxide, Li2O, used in the manufacture of ceramics and glass. LITHIC (11) [noun] A stone tool or projectile | [noun] A medicine that prevents stone in the bladder. | [noun] A lithic fragment: a piece of another rock eroded down to sand size. LITHOS (9) [verb] To lithograph. LITMUS (8) [noun] A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens, that changes color when exposed to pH levels greater than or less than certain critical levels. | [noun] A simple test of acidity in a liquid using litmus, usually in the form of litmus paper. | [noun] A simple test of any attribute; a litmus test. LITRES (6) [noun] The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbols: l, L, ℓ | [noun] A measure of volume equivalent to a litre. LITTEN (6) LITTER (6) [noun] A platform mounted on two shafts, or a more elaborate construction, designed to be carried by two (or more) people to transport one (in luxury models sometimes more) third person(s) or (occasionally in the elaborate version) a cargo, such as a religious idol. | [noun] (collective) The offspring of a mammal born in one birth. | [noun] Material used as bedding for animals. LITTLE (6) [noun] A small amount. | [adjective] Small in size. | [adjective] Insignificant, trivial. LIVELY (12) [noun] Term of address. | [adjective] Full of life; energetic. | [adjective] Bright, glowing, vivid; strong, vigorous. | [adverb] Vigorously. LIVENS (9) [verb] To cause to be more lively, or to become more lively. LIVERS (9) [noun] A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions. | [noun] This organ, as taken from animals used as food. | [noun] A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver. LIVERY (12) [noun] Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants. | [noun] The whole body of liverymen, members of livery companies. | [noun] The paint scheme of a vehicle or fleet of vehicles. | [adjective] Like liver. LIVEST (9) LIVIER (9) LIVING (10) [verb] To be alive; to have life. | [verb] To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside. | [verb] To survive; to persevere; to continue. LIVRES (9) LIVYER (12) LIZARD (16) [noun] Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake, usually having four legs, external ear openings, movable eyelids and a long slender body and tail. | [noun] (chiefly in attributive use) Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles. | [noun] An unctuous person. LLAMAS (8) [noun] A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat. LLANOS (6) [noun] A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America. LOADED (8) [verb] To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage). | [verb] To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage. | [verb] To put a load on something. LOADER (7) [noun] Agent noun of load; a person or device that loads. | [noun] A program that prepares other programs for execution. | [noun] A tractor with a scoop, for example: bucket loader, front-end loader, wheel loader, etc. LOAFED (10) [verb] To do nothing, to be idle. | [verb] (Cockney rhyming slang) To headbutt, (from loaf of bread) LOAFER (9) [noun] An idle person. | [noun] A shoe with no laces, resembling a moccasin. | [noun] A wolf, especially a grey or timber wolf. LOAMED (9) LOANED (7) [verb] To lend (something) to (someone). LOANER (6) LOATHE (9) [verb] To detest, hate, revile. LOAVES (9) [noun] (also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking. | [noun] Any solid block of food, such as meat or sugar. | [noun] Shortened from "loaf of bread", the brain or the head (mainly in the phrase use one's loaf). | [noun] An offer; choice; an opportunity; chance. LOBATE (8) [adjective] Lobed. | [adjective] Resembling a lobe. LOBBED (11) [verb] To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arch. | [verb] To throw. | [verb] To put, place LOBBER (10) LOBULE (8) [noun] A small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe. | [noun] In liverworts with bilobed leaves, the smaller of the two lobes, sometimes modified to form a sac. LOCALE (8) [noun] The place where something happens. | [noun] The set of settings related to the language and region in which a computer program executes. Examples are language, currency and time formats, character encoding etc. | [noun] A partially ordered set with the following additional axiomatic properties: any finite subset of it has a meet, any arbitrary subset of it has a join, and distributivity, which states that a binary meet distributes with respect to an arbitrary join. (Note: locales are just like frames except that the category of locales is opposite to the category of frames.) LOCALS (8) [noun] A person who lives near a given place. | [noun] A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union. | [noun] A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones. LOCATE (8) [verb] To place; to set in a particular spot or position. | [verb] To find out where something is located. | [verb] To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.) LOCHAN (11) [noun] A small loch. LOCHIA (11) [noun] Normal post-partum vaginal discharge; blood, mucus, and placental tissue that are discharged from a female's vagina (similar to menstruation) for several weeks after she has given birth. LOCKED (13) [verb] To become fastened in place. | [verb] To fasten with a lock. | [verb] To be capable of becoming fastened in place. LOCKER (12) [noun] A type of storage compartment with a lock, usually used to store clothing, equipment, or books. | [noun] One who locks something. | [noun] A locking differential. LOCKET (12) [noun] A pendant that opens to reveal a space used for storing a photograph or other small item. | [noun] The upper metallic cap of a sword’s scabbard. | [noun] A small white marking on a cat's coat. LOCKUP (14) [noun] A jail cell, or a period of incarceration. | [noun] A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage | [noun] A device for locking type into position for printing. LOCOED (9) LOCOES (8) LOCULE (8) [noun] A little hollow; a loculus. LOCULI (8) [noun] A little place or space; a cell; a chamberlet. | [noun] In ancient catacombs and tombs of some types, a small separate chamber or recess cut into the rock, for the reception of a body or urn. | [noun] One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa. LOCUMS (10) [noun] Short for locum tenens. LOCUST (8) [noun] Any of the grasshoppers, often polyphenic and usually swarming, in the family Acrididae that are very destructive to crops and other vegetation, (especially) the migratory locust (Locusta migratoria). | [noun] A fruit or pod of the carob tree. | [noun] Any of various often leguminous trees and shrubs, especially of the genera Robinia and Gleditsia; the locust tree. LODENS (7) LODGED (9) [verb] To be firmly fixed in a specified position. | [verb] To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady. | [verb] To stay in any place or shelter. LODGER (8) [noun] A person who lodges in another's house (compare tenant). LODGES (8) [noun] A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin. | [noun] Short for porter's lodge: a building or room near the entrance of an estate or building, especially as a college mailroom. | [noun] A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons. LOFTED (10) [verb] To propel high into the air. | [verb] To fly or travel through the air, as though propelled | [verb] To throw the ball erroneously through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface. LOFTER (9) [noun] An obsolete golf club, the predecessor of the niblick. LOGANS (7) [noun] A rocking or balanced stone. | [noun] A marsh. LOGGED (9) [verb] To cut trees into logs. | [verb] To cut down (trees). | [verb] To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood. LOGGER (8) [noun] A worker whose occupation is to harvest trees. | [noun] That which logs, such as a computer program to keep track of events. LOGGIA (8) [noun] A roofed, open gallery, usually on an upper level. LOGGIE (8) LOGICS (9) [noun] A method of human thought that involves thinking in a linear, step-by-step manner about how a problem can be solved. Logic is the basis of many principles including the scientific method. | [noun] The study of the principles and criteria of valid inference and demonstration. | [noun] The mathematical study of relationships between rigorously defined concepts and of mathematical proof of statements. LOGIER (7) [adjective] Slow to respond or react; lethargic. LOGILY (10) LOGION (7) [noun] A traditional saying of a religious leader. | [noun] (specifically) A saying that is attributed to Jesus in ancient or reconstructed texts that was (originally) handed down without narrative context. LOGJAM (16) [noun] An excess of logs being conveyed on a river, so that their motion halts. | [noun] A clog or such jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress. LOGWAY (13) LOITER (6) [verb] To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly. | [verb] To remain at a certain place instead of moving on. | [verb] For an aircraft to remain in the air near a target. LOLLED (7) [verb] To laugh out loud. | [verb] To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease. | [verb] To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion. LOLLER (6) LOLLOP (8) [verb] To walk or move with a bouncing or undulating motion and at an unhurried pace. | [verb] To act lazily, loll, lie around. LOMEIN (8) LOMENT (8) [noun] A type of modified legume that breaks apart at constrictions occurring between the segments of the seeds. LONELY (9) [adjective] Unhappy because of feeling isolated from contact with other people. | [adjective] (of a place or time) Unfrequented by people; desolate. | [adjective] (of a person) Without companions; solitary. LONERS (6) [noun] One who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others. LONGAN (7) [noun] An evergreen tree, Dimocarpus longan, of the Sapindaceae family, native to southern China. | [noun] The fruit from the longan tree. LONGED (8) [verb] To take a long position in. | [verb] To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true) | [verb] To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to. LONGER (7) [adjective] Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point (usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below). | [adjective] Having great duration. | [adjective] Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring. | [noun] One who longs or yearns for something. LONGES (7) [noun] A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a longe line, approximately 20-30 feet long, attached to the bridle, longeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and used to control the animal while longeing. | [noun] A lunge; a thrust. | [noun] The training ground for a horse. LONGLY (10) LOOEYS (9) [noun] Lieutenant LOOFAH (12) [noun] A tropical vine, of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd | [noun] The dried fibrous interior used as a sponge for bathing | [noun] Any bathing sponge LOOFAS (9) [noun] A tropical vine, of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd | [noun] The dried fibrous interior used as a sponge for bathing | [noun] Any bathing sponge LOOIES (6) [noun] Lieutenant. LOOING (7) LOOKED (11) LOOKER (10) [noun] One that looks or is actively looking; a watcher; an observer. | [noun] One having a specific look or appearance. | [noun] Someone or something who is remarkably good-looking. LOOKUP (12) [noun] An attempt to retrieve data. | [noun] The process of locating a term in a reference work. LOOMED (9) [verb] To appear indistinctly, eg. when seen on the horizon or through the murk. | [verb] To appear in an exaggerated or threatening form; to be imminent. | [verb] To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense. LOONEY (9) LOOPED (9) [verb] To form something into a loop. | [verb] To fasten or encircle something with a loop. | [verb] To fly an aircraft in a loop. LOOPER (8) [noun] An instrument or tool, such as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn or cord, etc. | [noun] A moth having a caterpillar which arches its body into a loop in order to bring the back part of the body forward as it walks due to having fewer prolegs, including inchworms or measuring worms in the family Geometridae and some species in the family Noctuidae. | [noun] A (usually electronic) tool for creating music loops. LOOSED (7) [verb] To let loose, to free from restraints. | [verb] To unfasten, to loosen. | [verb] To make less tight, to loosen. LOOSEN (6) [verb] To make loose. | [verb] To become loose. | [verb] To disengage (a device that restrains). LOOSER (6) [adjective] Not fixed in place tightly or firmly. | [adjective] Not held or packaged together. | [adjective] Not under control. | [noun] One who looses, who sets loose or frees. LOOSES (6) [noun] The release of an arrow. | [noun] A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment. | [noun] All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs). LOOTED (7) [verb] To steal, especially as part of war, riot or other group violence. | [verb] To steal from. | [verb] To examine the corpse of a fallen enemy for loot. LOOTER (6) [noun] One who loots, who steals during a general disturbance such as a riot or natural disaster. LOPERS (8) LOPING (9) [verb] To travel an easy pace with long strides. | [verb] To jump, leap. LOPPED (11) [verb] (usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone. | [verb] To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side. | [verb] To allow to hang down. LOPPER (10) [noun] A person who lops. | [noun] A gardening tool used for lopping. | [verb] To turn sour and coagulate from too long standing, as milk. LOQUAT (15) [noun] The Eriobotrya japonica tree. | [noun] The fruit of this tree. It is as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains four or five large seeds. LORANS (6) LORDED (8) [verb] Domineer or act like a lord. | [verb] To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord. LORDLY (10) [adjective] Of or relating to a lord. | [adjective] Having the qualities of a lord; lordlike; noble | [adjective] Appropriate for, or suitable to, a lord; glorious. LOREAL (6) LORICA (8) [noun] A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like. | [noun] Lute for protecting vessels from the fire. | [noun] The protective case or shell of a Loricifera, infusorian or rotifer LORIES (6) [noun] Any of various small, brightly coloured, parrots native to Australasia. They are usually classified in the subfamily Loriinae. LOSELS (6) [noun] A worthless or despicable person. LOSERS (6) [noun] A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive. | [noun] Something of poor quality. | [noun] A person who is frequently unsuccessful in life. LOSING (7) [verb] To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons. | [verb] To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from. | [verb] To fail to win (a game, competition, trial, etc). LOSSES (6) [noun] The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement. | [noun] The destruction or ruin of an object. | [noun] Something that has been destroyed or ruined. LOTAHS (9) LOTION (6) [noun] A low- to medium-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin. | [noun] A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of beautification. | [verb] To cover or treat with a lotion. LOTTED (7) [verb] To allot; to sort; to apportion. | [verb] To count or reckon (on or upon). | [adjective] Apportioned or decided by lot; allotted. LOTTES (6) LOTTOS (6) LOUCHE (11) [verb] To make (an alcoholic beverage, e.g. absinthe or ouzo) cloudy by mixing it with water, due to the presence of anethole. This is known as the ouzo effect. | [adjective] Of questionable taste or morality; decadent. | [adjective] Not reputable or decent. LOUDEN (7) [verb] To become louder. LOUDER (7) [adjective] (of a sound) Of great intensity. | [adjective] (of a person, thing, event, etc.) Noisy. | [adjective] (of a person, event, etc.) Not subtle or reserved, brash. LOUDLY (10) [adverb] In a loud manner; at a high volume. LOUGHS (10) [noun] A lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in Ireland. LOUIES (6) LOUNGE (7) [noun] A waiting room in an office, airport etc. | [noun] A domestic living room. | [noun] An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television. LOUNGY (10) LOUPED (9) LOUPEN (8) LOUPES (8) [noun] A magnifying glass, usually mounted in an eyepiece, often used by jewellers and watchmakers. | [noun] A type of short-range binoculars used by surgeons and dentists. LOURED (7) [verb] To frown; to look sullen. | [verb] To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; of the sky: to be covered with dark and threatening clouds; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest. LOUSED (7) [verb] To remove lice from. LOUSES (6) [noun] A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea. | [noun] (not usually used in plural form) A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm. | [verb] To remove lice from. LOUTED (7) LOUVER (9) [noun] A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light. | [noun] (chiefly in plural) A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc. | [noun] Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation. LOUVRE (9) [noun] A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light. | [noun] (chiefly in plural) A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc. | [noun] Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation. LOVAGE (10) [noun] A perennial Mediterranean herb, Levisticum officinale, with odor and flavor resembling celery. | [noun] A liquor made from this herb. | [noun] Various species in the genus Ligusticum (generally with an adjective to differentiate them from Levisticum) LOVATS (9) LOVELY (12) [noun] An attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty. | [noun] Term of fond address. | [noun] A lovely object. | [adjective] Worthy of praise. LOVERS (9) [noun] A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light. | [noun] (chiefly in plural) A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc. | [noun] Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation. LOVING (10) [verb] (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, stative) To have a strong affection for (someone or something). | [verb] To need, thrive on. | [verb] To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like. LOWBOY (14) [noun] A low chest of drawers. | [noun] Trucking A semi-trailer designed for hauling vehicles and other mobile equipment, with two drops in deck height: one right after the gooseneck and one right before the wheels; so named because the trailer's main deck is situated close to the ground for easy loading and unloading of vehicles and equipment. LOWERS (9) [verb] To frown; to look sullen. | [verb] To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; of the sky: to be covered with dark and threatening clouds; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest. | [verb] To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down LOWERY (12) LOWEST (9) [adjective] Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty. | [adjective] Of less than normal height; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured. | [adjective] Not high in status, esteem or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.) LOWING (10) [verb] To depress; to lower. | [verb] To moo. | [verb] To burn; to blaze. LOWISH (12) LOXING (14) LUBBER (10) [noun] A clumsy or lazy person. | [noun] An inexperienced or novice sailor; a landlubber. LUBRIC (10) LUCENT (8) [adjective] Emitting light; shining, luminous. | [adjective] Translucent; clear, lucid. LUCERN (8) [noun] A lamp. | [noun] Alfalfa. | [noun] A sort of hunting dog. LUCKED (13) [verb] To succeed by chance. | [verb] To rely on luck. | [verb] To carry out relying on luck. LUCKIE (12) LUCRES (8) LUETIC (8) LUFFAS (12) [noun] A tropical vine, of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd | [noun] The dried fibrous interior used as a sponge for bathing | [noun] Any bathing sponge LUFFED (13) [verb] (of a sail) To shake due to being trimmed improperly. | [verb] (of a boat) To alter course to windward so that the sails luff. (Alternatively luff up) | [verb] To let out (a sail) so that it luffs. LUGERS (7) [noun] Someone who competes in the luge. LUGGED (9) [verb] (sometimes figurative) To haul or drag along (especially something heavy); to carry; to pull. | [verb] To run at too slow a speed. | [verb] To carry an excessive amount of sail for the conditions prevailing. LUGGER (8) [noun] That which lugs in either literal or figurative senses. | [noun] One who lugs, especially one whose job entails pulling or moving heavy objects. | [noun] A conman. | [noun] A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails. | [noun] An Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie falcon. LUGGIE (8) LULLED (7) [verb] To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm | [verb] To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate. LUMBAR (10) [noun] The lumbar region. | [noun] A lumbar vertebra. | [adjective] Related to the lower back or loin, specifically the five vertebrae between the rib cage and the pelvis. LUMBER (10) [noun] Old furniture or other items that take up room, or are stored away. | [noun] Useless or cumbrous material. | [noun] A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn. LUMENS (8) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm. | [noun] The cavity or channel within a tube or tubular organ. | [noun] The cavity bounded by a plant cell wall. LUMINA (8) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm. | [noun] The cavity or channel within a tube or tubular organ. | [noun] The cavity bounded by a plant cell wall. LUMMOX (17) [noun] A clumsy, stupid person; an awkward bungler. LUMPED (11) [verb] To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items). | [verb] To bear a heavy or awkward burden; to carry something unwieldy from one place to another. | [verb] To hit or strike (a person). LUMPEN (10) [adjective] Of or relating to social outcasts. | [adjective] Of or relating to the lumpenproletariat. | [adjective] Plebeian. | [adjective] Lump-like. | [verb] To make or become like lumps; make or become lumpy LUMPER (10) [noun] The viviparous eelpout. | [noun] An extra laborer hired to assist in the loading or unloading of a truck or a ship. | [noun] A scientist in one of various fields who prefers to keep categories such as species or dialects together in larger groups. LUNACY (11) [noun] (of a person or group of people) The state of being mad, insanity | [noun] Something deeply misguided. LUNARS (6) LUNATE (6) [noun] A small stone artifact, probably an arrowhead, with a blunt straight edge and a sharpened, crescent-shaped back, especially characteristic of the Mesolithic Period | [noun] The lunate bone | [adjective] Shaped like a crescent. LUNETS (6) LUNGAN (7) LUNGED (8) [verb] To (cause to make) a sudden forward movement (present participle: lunging). | [verb] To longe or work a horse in a circle around a handler (present participle: lunging or lungeing). | [adjective] Having lungs (breathing organs). LUNGEE (7) LUNGER (7) LUNGES (7) [noun] A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword. | [noun] A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a lunge line, approximately 20–30 feet long, attached to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and used to control the animal while lungeing. | [noun] An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning to a standing position. LUNGIS (7) [noun] A garment worn around the waist, especially by men, in Southern India, Bangladesh, Burma, and Pakistan. | [noun] A lingerer; a dull, drowsy fellow. LUNGYI (10) LUNIER (6) LUNIES (6) LUNKER (10) [noun] Anything, especially a sport fish, that is especially large for its type; a whopper. LUNTED (7) LUNULA (6) [noun] Something shaped like a crescent or half-moon; especially the pale area at the base of the fingernail. LUNULE (6) [noun] Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula or lune. | [noun] A special area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells, sometimes shaped like a double crescent, but more often heart-shaped. LUPINE (8) [noun] Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae. | [noun] A lupin bean, a yellow legume seed of a Lupinus plant (usually Lupinus luteus), used as feed for sheep and cattle and commonly eaten in the Mediterranean area and in Latin America although toxic if prepared improperly. | [adjective] Of, or pertaining to, the wolf. LUPINS (8) [noun] Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae. | [noun] A lupin bean, a yellow legume seed of a Lupinus plant (usually Lupinus luteus), used as feed for sheep and cattle and commonly eaten in the Mediterranean area and in Latin America although toxic if prepared improperly. LUPOUS (8) LURDAN (7) [noun] A lazy, stupid person; a sluggard. LURERS (6) LURING (7) [verb] To attract by temptation etc.; to entice | [verb] To recall a hawk with a lure | [noun] Allurement LURKED (11) [verb] To remain concealed in order to ambush. | [verb] To remain unobserved. | [verb] To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself. LURKER (10) [noun] One who lurks. | [noun] A small fishing-boat. LUSHED (10) [verb] To drink (liquor) to excess. LUSHER (9) [adjective] Juicy, succulent. | [adjective] Mellow; soft; (of ground or soil) easily turned; fertile. | [adjective] (of vegetation) Dense, teeming with life; luxuriant. LUSHES (9) [noun] Drunkard, sot, alcoholic. | [noun] Intoxicating liquor. | [noun] (Pidgin) A person who enjoys talking about themselves LUSHLY (12) LUSTED (7) [verb] (usually in the phrase "lust after") To look at or watch with a strong desire, especially of a sexual nature. LUSTER (6) [noun] Shine, polish or sparkle. | [noun] By extension, brilliance, attractiveness or splendor. | [noun] Refinement, polish or quality. | [noun] A lustrum, quinquennium, a period of five years, originally the interval between Roman censuses. | [noun] One who lusts. LUSTRA (6) [noun] A ceremonial purification of all the people, performed every five years after the taking of the census; a lustration. | [noun] (by extension) A period of five years. LUSTRE (6) [noun] Shine, polish or sparkle. | [noun] By extension, brilliance, attractiveness or splendor. | [noun] Refinement, polish or quality. | [noun] Shine, polish or sparkle. LUTEAL (6) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the corpus luteum LUTEIN (6) [noun] A yellow carotenoid pigment, widely distributed in both plants and animals. LUTEUM (8) LUTING (7) [verb] To play on a lute, or as if on a lute. | [verb] To fix or fasten something with lute. | [noun] Lute (a kind of sticky clay or cement) LUTIST (6) [noun] One who plays the lute. LUTZES (15) [noun] A jump in which the skater takes off from the back outside edge of one skate, rotates counterclockwise and lands on the back outside edge of the other skate. LUXATE (13) [verb] To dislocate. | [adjective] Dislocated. LUXURY (16) [noun] Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings. | [noun] Something desirable but expensive. | [noun] Something that is pleasant but not necessary in life. LYASES (9) [noun] Any of many classes of enzyme that catalyze the breaking of a specific form of bond LYCEES (11) [noun] A public secondary school in France. LYCEUM (13) LYCHEE (14) [noun] The Chinese tropical fruit tree Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family. | [noun] That tree's bright red oval fruit with a single stone surrounded by a fleshy white aril. | [noun] A soft pink-red colour, like that of a lychee rind (also called lychee red). LYINGS (10) [noun] The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground. | [noun] An act of telling a lie or falsehood. LYMPHS (16) LYNXES (16) [noun] Any of several medium-sized wild cats, mostly of the genus Lynx. LYRATE (9) [adjective] Shaped like a lyre. | [adjective] (of leaves) Having a large terminal lobe and smaller rounded lobes toward its base. LYRICS (11) [noun] A lyric poem. | [noun] (also in plural) The words of a song or other vocal music. The singular form often refers to a part of the words, whereas the plural form can refer to all of the words. | [noun] The words to a song (or other vocal music). LYRISM (11) LYRIST (9) [noun] A person who plays the lyre. | [noun] Lyricist | [noun] A lyrical poet LYSATE (9) [noun] All the material formed by the lysis of cells. LYSINE (9) [noun] An essential amino acid, C6H14N2O2. LYSING (10) [verb] To burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to induce lysis. | [verb] To break down molecularly into smaller molecules; to induce lysis. LYSINS (9) [noun] Any substance or antibody that can cause the destruction (by lysis) of blood cells, bacteria etc LYSSAS (9) LYTTAE (9) LYTTAS (9)

LAAGERS (8) [noun] A defensive encampment encircled by wagons, especially by South African Boers. | [noun] A temporary formation of armoured vehicles for resupply. LABARUM (11) [noun] The Roman military standard adopted by Constantine I. The banner was known for its Christian chi-rho sign - ☧. LABELED (10) [verb] To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something). | [verb] (ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing. | [verb] To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell. LABELER (9) [noun] One who labels; a person or device that applies labels to objects. | [noun] In chemistry, an atom or molecule used to track or identify other substances in a reaction or process. LABELLA (9) [noun] The lower central petal of a flower (especially an orchid), usually developed to be showy and attract pollinators. | [noun] Part of the mouth of an insect, especially the sucking mouthparts of a fly. LABIALS (9) [noun] A consonant articulated by the lips. | [noun] An organ pipe having a lip that influences its sound. | [noun] Any of the scales bordering the mouth opening of a reptile. LABIATE (9) [noun] A plant of the mint family (Labiatae) | [verb] To labialize. | [adjective] Having lips or liplike parts. LABORED (10) [verb] To toil, to work. | [verb] To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc). | [verb] To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden. LABORER (9) [noun] One who uses body strength instead of intellectual power to earn a wage, usually hourly. LABOURS (9) [noun] Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work. | [noun] That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort. | [noun] Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour. LABRETS (9) [noun] A body piercing consisting of an adornment attached to the lip. LABROID (10) [adjective] Relating to or belonging to the fish family Labridae, which includes wrasses and parrotfishes. LABRUMS (11) [noun] Plural of labrum; cartilage structures that deepen and stabilize joints, particularly in the shoulder and hip. | [noun] The lip or liplike structure of various organisms, such as insects or mollusks. LACIEST (9) [adjective] Made of lace or decorated with it. | [adjective] Looking like lace. LACINGS (10) [noun] That with which something is laced. | [noun] The tied or threaded laces that form a netlike pattern. | [noun] A beating as punishment; a hiding. LACKERS (13) [noun] Plural of lacker; people who lack something. | [noun] Plural of lacker; a substance used for coating or finishing surfaces. LACKEYS (16) [noun] A footman, a liveried male servant. | [noun] A fawning, servile follower. LACKING (14) [verb] To be without, to need, to require. | [verb] To be short (of or for something). | [verb] To be in want. LACONIC (11) [adjective] Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise. LACQUER (18) [noun] A glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc. | [noun] A similar finish, baked onto the inside of cans. | [verb] To apply a lacquer to something or to give something a smooth, glossy finish. LACQUEY (21) [noun] A footman, a liveried male servant. | [noun] A fawning, servile follower. | [verb] To attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously. LACTAMS (11) [noun] Any of a class of cyclic amides that are the nitrogen analogs of lactones, formed by heating amino acids; the tautomeric enol forms are known as lactims. LACTARY (12) LACTASE (9) [noun] A β-galactosidase enzyme that is involved in the hydrolysis of the disaccharide lactose into constituent galactose and glucose monomers. LACTATE (9) [verb] To secrete or produce milk | [noun] Any salt or ester of lactic acid | [noun] Ellipsis of lactate ion LACTEAL (9) [noun] (chiefly in plural) Each of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the mesentery to the thoracic duct. | [noun] One of the lactiferous ducts or other components of milk-producing organs. | [adjective] Relating to milk. LACTEAN (9) [adjective] Relating to or resembling milk; milky. LACTONE (9) [noun] A cyclic intramolecular ester derived from a hydroxy acid. LACTOSE (9) [noun] The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C12H22O11, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds. LACUNAE (9) [noun] A small opening; a small pit or depression. | [noun] A small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus. | [noun] An absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing, often referring to an ancient manuscript or similar. LACUNAL (9) [adjective] Relating to or characterized by lacunae (small cavities, gaps, or missing parts). LACUNAR (9) [noun] A sunken panel or coffer in a ceiling or a soffit. | [noun] A ceiling containing panels of this kind. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a lacuna LACUNAS (9) [noun] A small opening; a small pit or depression. | [noun] A small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus. | [noun] An absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing, often referring to an ancient manuscript or similar. LACUNES (9) [noun] Plural of lacuna; small cavities, gaps, or missing parts in tissues, texts, or sequences. LADANUM (10) [noun] A sticky brown resin obtained from species of rockrose, used mainly in perfume. LADDERS (9) [noun] A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs (cross strips or rounds acting as steps). | [noun] A series of stages by which one progresses to a better position. | [noun] The hierarchy or ranking system within an organization, such as the corporate ladder. LADDIES (9) [noun] A small boy. LADENED (9) [adjective] Loaded or burdened with a heavy cargo or weight. LADINGS (9) [noun] The action of loading. | [noun] Shipment, cargo, freight. LADINOS (8) [noun] A person in Latin America whose culture or ancestry is a mixture of European Spanish and Native American, especially one who speaks Spanish; a mestizo. | [noun] (Southeastern US) A cunningly vicious, wild or unmanagable horse. | [noun] Trifolium repens (white clover). LADLERS (8) [noun] Plural of ladler; people or things that ladle, or implements used for ladling. LADLING (9) [verb] To pour or serve something with a ladle. LADRONE (8) [noun] A robber; a pirate; a rascal or rogue. LADRONS (8) [noun] Plural of ladron, a Spanish word for thief or robber, used in English historical contexts referring to bandits or outlaws in the American Southwest. LADYBUG (14) [noun] Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra. LADYISH (14) LADYKIN (15) LAGENDS (9) LAGERED (9) [verb] Past tense of lager, meaning to store beer in a cold place for aging and clarification, or to store goods in a warehouse. LAGGARD (10) [noun] One who lags behind; one who takes more time than is necessary or than the others in a group. | [adjective] Lagging behind; taking more time than the others in a group. | [adjective] (animal husbandry) Not growing as quickly as the rest of the flock or herd. LAGGERS (9) [noun] People or things that fall behind or move slowly. | [noun] In some games, players who determine the order of play by throwing objects toward a line. LAGGING (10) [verb] To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind | [verb] To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material (referring to a time lag effect in thermal transfer) | [verb] To transport as a punishment for crime. LAGOONS (8) [noun] A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar. LAGUNAS (8) [noun] Plural of laguna; shallow bodies of water separated from a larger body of water by a barrier such as a reef or sandbar. | [noun] Gaps or missing parts in a series or sequence. LAGUNES (8) [noun] Plural of lagune, an alternative spelling of lagoon; a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a barrier such as a reef or sandbar. LAICISE (9) [verb] To convert from church controlled to independent of the church; to secularize. | [verb] To reduce from clergy to layman. | [verb] To convert to lay status. LAICISM (11) [noun] The principle of separation of religious institutions and influence from civil affairs and public education. LAICIZE (18) [verb] To convert from church controlled to independent of the church; to secularize. | [verb] To reduce from clergy to layman. | [verb] To convert to lay status. LAIRDLY (11) LAIRING (8) [verb] To rest; to dwell. | [verb] To lay down. | [verb] To bury. LAITHLY (13) LAITIES (7) [noun] People of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics. | [noun] The common man or woman. | [noun] The unlearned, untrained or ignorant. LAKIEST (11) [adjective] Most resembling or characteristic of a lake; having the qualities or appearance of a lake. LAKINGS (12) LALLAND (8) LALLANS (7) [noun] The Scots language, especially in its literary form; the dialect of English spoken in the Lowlands of Scotland. LALLING (8) LAMBAST (11) [verb] To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly. | [verb] (dated in UK English but not US English) To give a thrashing to; to beat severely. LAMBDAS (12) [noun] The eleventh letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabet, the twelfth of the Old Greek alphabet. | [noun] Unit representation of wavelength. | [noun] The cosmological constant. LAMBENT (11) [adjective] Brushing or flickering gently over a surface. | [adjective] Glowing or luminous, but lacking heat. | [adjective] Exhibiting lightness or brilliance of wit; clever or witty without unkindness. LAMBERS (11) [verb] Third person singular of "lamber," which means to move clumsily or heavily. | [noun] Plural of "lamber," one who lambs or tends to lambing sheep. LAMBERT (11) [noun] A cgs unit of luminance; the brightness of a surface that emits one lumen per square centimetre LAMBIER (11) LAMBIES (11) LAMBING (12) [verb] Of a sheep, to give birth. | [verb] To assist (sheep) to give birth. | [noun] The act of a ewe giving birth to a lamb LAMBKIN (15) [noun] A young lamb, a very young sheep. | [noun] A term of endearment. LAMEDHS (13) LAMELLA (9) [noun] A thin, plate-like structure. | [noun] The gill of a mushroom. LAMENTS (9) [noun] An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret. | [noun] A song expressing grief. LAMINAE (9) [noun] A very thin layer of material. | [noun] A thin plate or scale, such as the arch of a vertebra. | [noun] The flat part of a leaf or leaflet; the blade. LAMINAL (9) [noun] Such a sound | [adjective] Laminar | [adjective] (of a sound) Produced with the blade of the tongue LAMINAR (9) [adjective] Of fluid motion, smooth and regular, flowing as though in different layers. | [adjective] In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers. LAMINAS (9) [noun] Plural of lamina; thin layers or plates of material, such as bone, tissue, or rock. | [noun] In anatomy, the thin flattened part of a vertebra forming the roof of the spinal canal. LAMMING (12) [verb] To beat or thrash. | [verb] To flee or run away. | [noun] A beating. LAMPADS (12) [noun] Plural of lampad, a nymph of the groves and glades in Greek mythology. LAMPERS (11) [noun] An inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the palate immediately behind the foreteeth in a horse. LAMPING (12) [verb] To hit, clout, belt, wallop. | [verb] To hunt at night using a lamp; see lamping. | [verb] To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular. LAMPION (11) [noun] A small oil lamp or light, especially one used for illumination or decoration. | [noun] A firework or pyrotechnic device that produces a bright light. LAMPOON (11) [noun] A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution. | [verb] To satirize or poke fun at. LAMPREY (14) [noun] Any long slender primitive eel-like freshwater and saltwater fish of the order Petromyzontiformes, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth but no jaw. LAMSTER (9) [noun] A person who flees or escapes, especially from the law; a fugitive. LANATED (8) [adjective] Covered with wool or wool-like hair; woolly. LANCERS (9) [noun] A cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon | [noun] A traditional dance for eight or sixteen couples, originating from a 19th century quadrille. | [noun] The music for a lancers. LANCETS (9) [noun] A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc. | [noun] A small, sterile single-use needle used to draw a drop of blood for testing, as with a glucometer. | [noun] An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace. LANCING (10) [verb] To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon. | [verb] To open with a lancet; to pierce | [verb] To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch. LANDAUS (8) [noun] A type of lightweight, four-wheeled carriage in which the front and back passenger seats face each other. | [noun] (by extension) A style of automobile based around the design of landau carriages. LANDERS (8) [noun] One who lands, or who lands something. | [noun] A spacecraft, particularly a probe, designed to set down on the surface of another celestial body. | [noun] A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore. LANDING (9) [verb] To descend to a surface, especially from the air. | [verb] To alight, to descend from a vehicle. | [verb] To come into rest. LANDLER (8) [noun] A slow Austrian or Bavarian dance in triple meter, popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. LANDMAN (10) [noun] Someone who lives or works on land, as opposed to a seaman. | [noun] In the United States, a person involved in determining, transferring, or managing mineral rights, to include oil (petroleum) and natural gas exploration, development, and production. LANDMEN (10) [noun] Someone who lives or works on land, as opposed to a seaman. | [noun] In the United States, a person involved in determining, transferring, or managing mineral rights, to include oil (petroleum) and natural gas exploration, development, and production. LANEWAY (13) [noun] A narrow roadway; a lane LANGLEY (11) LANGREL (8) LANGUES (8) LANGUET (8) [noun] A small tongue-shaped projection or strip, especially in anatomy or as a architectural ornament. | [noun] In music, the vibrating reed in a wind instrument. LANGUID (9) [adjective] Lacking enthusiasm, energy, or strength; drooping or flagging from weakness, fatigue, or lack of energy | [adjective] Heavy; dull; dragging; wanting spirit or animation; listless; apathetic. | [noun] A languet in an organ (musical instrument). LANGUOR (8) [noun] A state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid or weary feeling; lassitude; an instance of this. | [noun] Melancholy caused by lovesickness, sadness, etc.; an instance of this. | [noun] Dullness, sluggishness; lack of vigour; stagnation. | [verb] To languish. LANGURS (8) [noun] Any of the Old World monkeys of the subfamily Colobinae, in the genera Simias, Trachypithecus (lutungs), Presbytis, (surilis), and Semnopithecus, (gray langurs). | [noun] A gibbon of the genus Hoolock. LANIARD (8) [noun] A short rope used for fastening rigging. | [noun] A cord used to hold a small object such as a key, whistle, card, or knife, worn around the neck or wrist: a form of necklace or wristband. | [noun] A cord with a hook; once used to fire artillery. LANIARY (10) [adjective] Of or relating to a canine tooth, especially a fang or tusk. | [noun] A canine tooth or fang. LANITAL (7) [noun] A fabric made from a protein fiber derived from casein in milk. LANKEST (11) [adjective] Superlative form of lanky; extremely tall and thin or slender. LANKIER (11) [adjective] Tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward. LANKILY (14) [adverb] In a lanky manner; with long, slender, and awkwardly thin limbs or body. LANNERS (7) [noun] The lanner falcon, Falco biarmicus. LANOLIN (7) [noun] A greasy yellow substance chemically akin to wax that is secreted from wooly animals, with a variety of uses from rust prevention, lubrication and waterproofing to cosmetics and skin ointments. LANTANA (7) [noun] Any member of the genus Lantana of perennial verbenas with aromatic flower clusters. LANTERN (7) [noun] A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings. | [noun] Especially, a metal casing with lens used to illuminate a stage (e.g. spotlight, floodlight). | [noun] An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior. LANUGOS (8) [noun] Plural of lanugo; fine, soft hair that covers the body of a fetus or newborn infant. LANYARD (11) [noun] A short rope used for fastening rigging. | [noun] A cord used to hold a small object such as a key, whistle, card, or knife, worn around the neck or wrist: a form of necklace or wristband. | [noun] A cord with a hook; once used to fire artillery. LAPDOGS (11) [noun] A small toy dog, kept as household pet, whose light weight and companionable temperament make it both suited and disposed to spend time resting in the comfort of its master's lap; a dog bred to behave in this manner. | [noun] (by extension) A person who behaves in a servile manner, such as a sycophantic employee or a fawning lover. LAPELED (10) LAPFULS (12) [noun] Plural of lapful; the amount that can be held in one's lap. LAPIDES (10) [noun] Plural of lapis, a blue semi-precious stone used as a pigment and in jewelry, or relating to stone in medical contexts. LAPILLI (9) [noun] A fragment of lava ejected from a volcano. | [noun] One of the otoliths in finfish. LAPISES (9) [noun] Plural of lapis, referring to lapis lazuli, a deep blue semi-precious stone, or plural of lapis as used in phrases like "lapis lazuli." LAPPERS (11) [noun] Plural of lapper; animals or devices that lap up liquids. | [noun] In racing, competitors who complete one or more full laps behind the leader. LAPPETS (11) [noun] A small decorative fold or flap, especially of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress. | [noun] A wattle or flap-like structure on the face. | [noun] A head-dress made with lappets for lace pendants. LAPPING (12) [verb] To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish. | [verb] To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap. | [verb] To fold; to bend and lay over or on something. | [noun] A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers. LAPSERS (9) [noun] People who allow something to lapse or expire, or who revert to previous behavior. | [noun] Plural of lapser, one who lapses. LAPSING (10) [verb] To fall away gradually; to subside. | [verb] To fall into error or heresy. | [verb] To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid. LAPTOPS (11) [noun] A laptop computer. LAPWING (13) [noun] Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae within family Charadriidae. | [noun] The tewit (Vanellus cristatus) (which is a type of lapwing in the first sense). | [noun] A silly man. LARCENY (12) [noun] The unlawful taking of personal property as an attempt to deprive the legal owner of it permanently. | [noun] A larcenous act attributable to an individual. LARCHES (12) [noun] A coniferous tree, of genus Larix, having deciduous leaves, in fascicles. | [noun] The wood of the larch. LARDERS (8) [noun] A cool room in a domestic house where food is stored, but larger than a pantry. | [noun] A food supply. LARDIER (8) LARDING (9) [verb] To stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking. | [verb] To smear with fat or lard. | [verb] To garnish or strew, especially with reference to words or phrases in speech and writing. LARDONS (8) [noun] A meat strip used for larding, especially salted pork. LARDOON (8) [noun] A meat strip used for larding, especially salted pork. LARGELY (11) [adverb] In a widespread or large manner. | [adverb] For the most part; mainly or chiefly. | [adverb] On a large scale; amply. LARGESS (8) [noun] Generosity in the giving of gifts or money. | [noun] The gifts or money given in such a way. | [noun] A benevolent demeanor. LARGEST (8) [adjective] Of considerable or relatively great size or extent. | [adjective] Abundant; ample. | [adjective] Full in statement; diffuse; profuse. LARGISH (11) [adjective] Somewhat large; of considerable but not extreme size. LARIATS (7) [noun] A lasso. | [noun] A tether. | [noun] An attack where the wrestler runs towards an opponent, wraps his arm around their upper chest and neck and then forces them to the ground. LARKERS (11) [noun] People who engage in larking; those who play pranks or act foolishly. | [noun] Plural of larker, one who larks or fools around. LARKIER (11) [adjective] More lark-like in character; more playful, lighthearted, or mischievous. | [adjective] More resembling a lark (the bird) in appearance or behavior. LARKING (12) [verb] To catch larks (type of bird). | [verb] To sport, engage in harmless pranking. | [verb] To frolic, engage in carefree adventure. LARKISH (14) LARRUPS (9) [verb] To beat or thrash LASAGNA (8) [noun] A flat sheet of pasta. | [noun] An Italian baked dish comprising layers of such pasta with various ingredients (usually a meat ragù (chiefly Bolognese), a fish ragù or a vegetarian/vegetable ragù with bechamel sauce) LASAGNE (8) [noun] A flat sheet of pasta. | [noun] An Italian baked dish comprising layers of such pasta with various ingredients (usually a meat ragù (chiefly Bolognese), a fish ragù or a vegetarian/vegetable ragù with bechamel sauce) LASCARS (9) [noun] A sailor, army servant or artilleryman from India or Southeast Asia. | [noun] Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genera Pantoporia and Lasippa. LASHERS (10) [noun] People or things that lash or whip. | [noun] Plural of lasher, a type of fishing fly with a body that moves or undulates in water. LASHING (11) [verb] To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one. | [verb] To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash. | [verb] To throw out with a jerk or quickly. LASHINS (10) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "lashin," meaning to strike or whip forcefully. | [noun] Plural of "lashin," referring to strikes or whips. LASHKAR (14) [noun] An army or military force, particularly used in South Asian contexts; a group of armed soldiers or militia. LASSIES (7) [noun] A young girl, a lass, especially one seen as a sweetheart. LASSOED (8) [verb] To catch with a lasso. LASSOER (7) [noun] One who lassos; a person who uses a lasso to catch animals. LASSOES (7) [noun] A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses. | [noun] An image-editing function allowing the user to capture an irregularly-shaped object by drawing an approximate outline. | [verb] To catch with a lasso. LASTERS (7) [noun] Plural of laster, a person or device that shapes shoes or boots on a form called a last. | [noun] Things that last or endure longer than others. LASTING (8) [verb] To perform, carry out. | [verb] To endure, continue over time. | [verb] To hold out, continue undefeated or entire. LATAKIA (11) [noun] A type of dark, aromatic tobacco originally from Latakia, Syria, used in pipe smoking blends. LATCHED (13) [verb] To close or lock as if with a latch. | [verb] To catch; lay hold of. | [verb] To smear; to anoint. LATCHES (12) [verb] To close or lock as if with a latch. | [verb] To catch; lay hold of. | [noun] A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side. LATCHET (12) [noun] A small lever action crossbow with the cocking lever built into the top of the stock and a top mounted trigger. | [noun] A thong or cord, especially one used to fasten a shoe. LATEENS (7) [noun] A triangular fore-and-aft sail set on a boom in such way that the tack is attached to the hull of the vessel and the free end of the boom lifts the sail. LATENCY (12) [noun] The state of being latent. | [noun] A delay, a period between the initiation of something and the occurrence. | [noun] The delay between a stimulus and the response it triggers in an organism. LATENED (8) LATENTS (7) [noun] Things that are present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; hidden or dormant qualities or states. | [adjective] Present or potential but not visible, manifest, or actualized. LATERAD (8) LATERAL (7) [noun] An object, such as a passage or a protrusion, that is situated on the side of something else. | [noun] A sound produced through lateral pronunciation (such as /l/ in lateral). | [noun] A lateral pass. LATESTS (7) LATEXES (14) [noun] A clear liquid believed to be a component of a humour or other bodily fluid (esp. plasma and lymph) | [noun] The milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used to make rubber. | [noun] An emulsion of rubber in water, used in adhesives and the like. LATHERS (10) [verb] To cover with lather. | [verb] To beat or whip. | [verb] To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating. LATHERY (13) [adjective] Resembling or producing lather; foamy or soapy. LATHIER (10) [adjective] More lathy; more resembling or characterized by laths (thin strips of wood). | [adjective] Thin and tall; lanky. LATHING (11) [verb] To invite; bid; ask. | [verb] To shape with a lathe. | [verb] To produce a three-dimensional model by rotating a set of points around a fixed axis. LATICES (9) [noun] A clear liquid believed to be a component of a humour or other bodily fluid (esp. plasma and lymph) | [noun] The milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used to make rubber. | [noun] An emulsion of rubber in water, used in adhesives and the like. LATIGOS (8) [noun] Plural of latigo; long whips used especially in the southwestern United States. | [noun] Leather straps or thongs used as whips. LATINOS (7) [noun] (chiefly US) A person, especially and usually (interpreted as) a male, from Latin America, a Hispanic person. (Compare Latina.) LATOSOL (7) [noun] A type of soil formed in tropical regions, characterized by deep weathering and rich in iron and aluminum oxides, typically reddish in color. LATRIAS (7) LATRINE (7) [noun] An open trench or pit used for urination and defecation. | [noun] Any facility or device used for urination or defecation, whether toilet, lavatory, or outhouse. | [noun] A chamber pot. LATTENS (7) [noun] Plural of latten, a type of brass or brass-like alloy made from copper and calamine, historically used for decorative objects and church furnishings. LATTICE (9) [noun] A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis. | [noun] A bearing with vertical and horizontal bands that cross each other. | [noun] A regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points, often decorated with a motif. LATTINS (7) LAUDERS (8) [noun] Plural of lauder; those who praise or express approval of someone or something. LAUDING (9) [verb] To praise, to glorify | [noun] An act of giving praise. LAUGHED (12) [verb] To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter. | [verb] To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport. | [verb] (followed by "at") To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock. LAUGHER (11) [noun] One who laughs. | [noun] A variety of the domestic pigeon. LAUNCES (9) [noun] A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen. | [noun] A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour. | [noun] A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen. LAUNDER (8) [noun] A washerwoman or washerman. | [noun] A trough used by miners to receive powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus for comminuting (sorting) the ore. | [noun] A trough or channel carrying water to the wheel of a watermill. LAUNDRY (11) [noun] A laundering; a washing. | [noun] A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing. | [noun] That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered. LAURELS (7) [noun] Laurus nobilis, an evergreen shrub having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils. | [noun] A crown of laurel. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) Honor, distinction, fame. LAUWINE (10) LAVABOS (12) [noun] A ritual involving the washing of one's hands at a church's offertory before handling the Eucharist. | [noun] The small towel used to dry the priest's hands following the ritual. | [noun] A washbasin, particularly the one in a church used in the ritual. LAVAGES (11) [noun] A washing. | [noun] A washing of a hollow organ. LAVEERS (10) [verb] Third person singular of "laveer," meaning to work a sailing vessel to windward by alternate tacks. | [verb] To evade or escape from something. LAVROCK (16) [noun] A lark, especially the skylark; a playful prank or adventure. LAWBOOK (16) [noun] A book containing the laws or statutes of a country or jurisdiction. LAWINES (10) [noun] Plural of lawine, an avalanche or sudden rush of snow down a mountainside. LAWINGS (11) [noun] Plural of laving; the act of washing or bathing. | [noun] In Scottish dialect, strips of grass-covered ground left unplowed in fields. LAWLESS (10) [adjective] Not governed by any law. | [adjective] Prohibited by law; unlawful, illegal. | [adjective] Not restrained by the law or by discipline; disorderly, unruly. LAWLIKE (14) [adjective] Resembling or having the characteristics of a law; conforming to the pattern or regularity of a natural law. LAWSUIT (10) [noun] In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution. LAWYERS (13) [noun] A professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to practice law, i.e. represent parties in lawsuits or trials and give legal advice. | [noun] (by extension) A legal layman who argues points of law. | [noun] The burbot. LAXNESS (14) [noun] The quality or state of being lax; lack of strictness, rigor, or care. LAYAWAY (16) [noun] Things which have had a deposit placed on them and which the owner (generally a store) has agreed to hold for the customer and accept full payment at a later time. | [noun] The system of accepting a deposit and holding for a customer to complete purchase. | [verb] To place items on hold with a deposit at a merchant's. LAYERED (11) [verb] To cut or divide (something) into layers | [verb] To arrange (something) in layers. | [adjective] Formed of layers. LAYETTE (10) [noun] A complete set of clothing, bedding and toilet articles for a new baby. | [noun] A tray for carrying the powder in a powder mill. | [noun] A bin for storing equipment parts prior to their use. LAYOFFS (16) [noun] (chiefly US) A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct). | [noun] A period of time when someone is unavailable for work. | [noun] A short pass that has been rolled in front of another player for them to kick. LAYOUTS (10) [noun] A structured arrangement of items within certain limits. | [noun] A plan for such arrangement. | [noun] The act of laying out something. LAYOVER (13) [noun] A break between stages of a journey. LAZARET (16) [noun] A lazaretto. | [noun] A lazaretto. LAZIEST (16) [adjective] Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion. | [adjective] Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely. | [adjective] Showing a lack of effort or care. LAZULIS (16) LAZYING (20) [verb] Present participle of "laze," meaning to spend time relaxing or lounging lazily. LAZYISH (22) LEACHED (13) [verb] To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid. | [verb] To part with soluble constituents by percolation. LEACHER (12) [noun] One who leaches; a substance or device used in the leaching process. | [noun] A person who extracts or drains resources unfairly from others. LEACHES (12) [noun] A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali. | [noun] A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc. | [noun] A jelly-like sweetmeat popular in the fifteenth century. LEADERS (8) [noun] Any person that leads or directs | [noun] An animal that leads | [noun] Someone or something that leads or conducts LEADIER (8) [adjective] More leaden or resembling lead in appearance or quality. | [adjective] More likely to lead or having greater leadership qualities. LEADING (9) [verb] To cover, fill, or affect with lead | [verb] To place leads between the lines of. | [verb] (heading) To guide or conduct. | [noun] An act by which one is led or guided. | [noun] Vertical space added between lines; line spacing. LEADMAN (10) LEADMEN (10) [noun] Plural of leadman, a worker who supervises or leads a crew or team on a job site. | [noun] In printing or typesetting, plural of leadman, a person who handles lead type or leads. LEADOFF (14) [noun] The first batter in the batting order. | [noun] The first batter of an inning. | [noun] The short distance that a player stands away from their current base. LEAFAGE (11) [noun] The leaves of a tree or plant collectively. | [noun] A design or ornament resembling leaves. LEAFIER (10) [adjective] Covered with leaves | [adjective] Containing much foliage | [adjective] In the form of leaves (of some material) LEAFING (11) [verb] To produce leaves; put forth foliage. | [verb] To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves. | [noun] The act of one who leafs through something. LEAFLET (10) [noun] One of the components of a compound leaf. | [noun] A small plant leaf. | [noun] A small sheet of paper containing information, used for dissemination of said information, often an advertisement. LEAGUED (9) [verb] To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support. LEAGUER (8) [noun] A siege | [noun] The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general. | [noun] A measure of liquid. | [noun] (usually in compounds) A person in a league LEAGUES (8) [noun] A group or association of cooperating members. | [noun] An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship. | [noun] (often in the negative) A class or type of people or things that are evenly matched or on the same level. LEAKAGE (12) [noun] An act of leaking, or something that leaks | [noun] The amount lost due to a leak | [noun] An undesirable flow of electric current through insulation LEAKERS (11) [noun] People or things that leak. | [noun] Sources who reveal confidential information to the media or public. LEAKIER (11) [adjective] Having leaks; not fully sealed. LEAKILY (14) [adverb] In a manner that leaks or allows leakage; with leaks. LEAKING (12) [verb] To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed. | [verb] (of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed. | [verb] To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously. LEANERS (7) [noun] People or things that lean or incline toward something. | [noun] In construction, temporary supports or props used to hold structures in place during building. LEANEST (7) [verb] To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating. | [verb] To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc. | [verb] Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc. LEANING (8) [noun] A tendency or propensity. | [verb] To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating. | [verb] To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc. LEAPERS (9) [noun] Plural of leaper; animals or things that leap or jump. | [noun] In checkers, pieces that jump over opponent's pieces. LEAPING (10) [verb] To jump. | [verb] To pass over by a leap or jump. | [verb] To copulate with (a female beast); to cover. LEARIER (7) [adjective] More leery; more wary or suspicious. LEARNED (8) [adjective] Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated. | [adjective] A courteous description used in various ways to refer to lawyers or judges, including: | [adjective] Scholarly (exhibiting scholarship) | [verb] To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something. LEARNER (7) [noun] One who is learning. LEASERS (7) [noun] Plural of leaser; persons or entities that lease property or equipment to others. | [noun] Those who hold a lease; lessees. LEASHED (11) [verb] To fasten or secure with a leash. | [verb] To curb, restrain LEASHES (10) [noun] A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog. | [noun] A brace and a half; a tierce. | [noun] A set of three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general. LEASING (8) [noun] A lie; the act of lying, falsehood. | [verb] (chiefly dialectal) To gather. | [verb] (chiefly dialectal) To pick, select, pick out; to pick up. LEATHER (10) [noun] A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing. | [noun] A piece of the above used for polishing. | [noun] A cricket ball or football. LEAVENS (10) [noun] Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods. | [noun] Anything that makes a general assimilating change in the mass. | [verb] To add a leavening agent. LEAVERS (10) [noun] (UK politics) Someone who supports Brexit, the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union. | [noun] One who leaves. LEAVIER (10) LEAVING (11) [verb] To have a consequence or remnant. | [verb] To depart; to separate from. | [verb] To transfer something. LECHERS (12) [noun] A lecherous person. LECHERY (15) [noun] Inordinate indulgence in sexual activity. LECHING (13) [verb] To behave lecherously LECHWES (15) [noun] Plural of lechwe, a type of African antelope found in swampy areas. LECTERN (9) [noun] A stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service. | [noun] A similar stand to support a lecturer's notes. LECTINS (9) [noun] Any of a class of proteins that bind specific carbohydrates. LECTION (9) [noun] The act of reading. | [noun] A reading of a religious text; a lesson to be read in church etc. LECTORS (9) [noun] A lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service. | [noun] A public lecturer or reader at some universities. | [noun] (cigar industry) A person who reads aloud to workers to entertain them, appointed by a trade union. LECTURE (9) [noun] A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group. | [noun] (by extension) a class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1) [usually at college or university] | [noun] A berating or scolding. LECYTHI (15) [noun] Plural of lecythus, a narrow-necked ancient Greek oil jug or flask, typically used for storing oil or perfume. LEDGERS (9) [noun] A book for keeping notes, especially one for keeping accounting records; a record book, a register. | [noun] A large, flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb. | [noun] A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits. LEDGIER (9) [adjective] More ledgy; having more ledges or characterized by more ledge-like projections or formations. LEECHED (13) [verb] To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient. | [verb] To drain (resources) without giving back. | [verb] To treat, cure or heal. LEECHES (12) [noun] An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis. | [noun] A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion. | [noun] A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum. LEERIER (7) [adjective] Cautious, suspicious, wary, hesitant, or nervous about something; having reservations or concerns. LEERILY (10) [adverb] In a leery manner; with suspicion or wariness. LEERING (8) [verb] To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent. | [verb] To entice with a leer or leers. | [verb] To teach. LEEWARD (11) [adjective] On the side sheltered from the wind; in that direction. | [adverb] Away from the direction from which the wind is blowing; downwind. LEEWAYS (13) [noun] Plural of leeway; the amount of freedom to move or act that is allowed or available. | [noun] The lateral drift of a ship or aircraft from its intended course. LEFTEST (10) [adjective] Superlative form of "left," indicating the most left or leftmost position or direction. LEFTIES (10) [noun] One who is left-handed. | [noun] One who has left-wing political views. | [noun] One's left testicle. LEFTISH (13) [adjective] Somewhat left-leaning in political orientation or ideology. | [adjective] Positioned somewhat to the left. LEFTISM (12) [noun] Belief in the principles of left-wing politics. LEFTIST (10) [noun] A person who holds views associated with the political left. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the political left. LEGALLY (11) [adverb] As permitted by law; not contrary to law. | [adverb] From a legal perspective. LEGATED (9) [verb] Past tense of legate; to appoint as a legate or delegate. | [verb] To bequeath or leave by will. LEGATEE (8) [noun] One who receives a legacy. LEGATES (8) [noun] A deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions. | [noun] An ambassador or messenger. | [noun] The deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome. LEGATOR (8) [noun] A donor. LEGATOS (8) [noun] A slur curve above or below a passage of notes indicating that they should be played in a legato manner. LEGENDS (9) [noun] An unrealistic story depicting past events. | [noun] A person related to a legend or legends. | [noun] A key to the symbols and color codes on a map, chart, etc. LEGGIER (9) [adjective] (chiefly of a woman) Having long, attractive legs; long-legged. | [adjective] (chiefly of a woman) Exposing the bare or pantyhose-clad legs, especially the thighs. | [adjective] Taller or longer than usual. LEGGING (10) [verb] To remove the legs from an animal carcass. | [verb] To build legs onto a platform or stage for support. | [verb] To put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market. LEGGINS (9) [noun] Tight-fitting garments covering the leg from ankle to waist, typically made of stretchy fabric. | [noun] Protective coverings worn over the lower legs, historically worn by soldiers or hunters. LEGHORN (11) [noun] A type of dried plaited wheat straw fabric. | [noun] A hat made from that fabric. | [noun] A small white chicken of a hardy breed. LEGIBLE (10) [adjective] Clear enough to be read; readable, particularly of handwriting. LEGIBLY (13) [adverb] In a manner that is clear and easy to read or understand. LEGIONS (8) [noun] The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops. | [noun] A combined arms major military unit featuring cavalry, infantry, and artillery | [noun] A large military or semi-military unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia. LEGISTS (8) [noun] Plural of legist; persons who are learned in or practice law; lawyers or legal experts. LEGLESS (8) [adjective] Without legs. | [adjective] Too drunk to stand. LEGLIKE (12) [adjective] Resembling or having characteristics of a leg; leg-shaped. LEGONGS (9) LEGROOM (10) [noun] Space to stretch the legs while seated. | [noun] Space to move in. LEGUMES (10) [noun] The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food. | [noun] Any of a large family (Fabaceae, syn. Leguminosae) of dicotyledonous herbs, shrubs, and trees having fruits that are legumes or loments, bearing nodules on the roots that contain nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and including important food and forage plants (as peas, beans, or clovers). | [noun] A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea. LEGUMIN (10) [noun] A protein found in legume seeds, such as peas and beans, that serves as a storage protein. LEGWORK (15) [noun] Work, especially research or preparation, that involves significant walking, travel, or similar effort. | [noun] Skillful or vigorous use of the legs, as in dance or sports. LEHAYIM (15) [noun] A Hebrew toast meaning "to life," used as an exclamation when drinking. LEISTER (7) [noun] A spear armed with three or more barbed prongs for catching fish, particularly salmon. | [verb] To catch or spear (fish) with a leister. LEISURE (7) [noun] Freedom provided by the cessation of activities. | [noun] Free time, time free from work or duties. | [noun] Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease. LEKVARS (14) [noun] A thick fruit preserve or jam, especially plum jam, used in Central and Eastern European cuisine. LEKYTHI (17) [noun] Plural of lekythos, a narrow ancient Greek jug or flask used for holding oil or perfume. LEMMATA (11) [noun] A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition. | [noun] The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found as the headword in a dictionary, such as the nominative singular of a noun, the bare infinitive of a verb, etc. | [noun] (psycholinguistics) The theoretical abstract conceptual form of a word, representing a specific meaning, before the creation of a specific phonological form as the sounds of a lexeme, which may find representation in a specific written form as a dictionary or lexicographic word. LEMMING (12) [noun] A small Arctic and Subarctic rodent from any of six genera of similar rodents. | [noun] Any member of a group given to conformity or groupthink, especially a group poised to follow a leader off a cliff. LEMPIRA (11) [noun] The currency of Honduras, divided into 100 centavos. LEMURES (9) [noun] The spirits or ghosts of the dead in the Roman mythology, considered as troublesome unless exorcised or appeased. LENDERS (8) [noun] One who lends, especially money; specifically, a bank or other entity that specializes in granting loans. LENDING (9) [verb] To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned. | [verb] To make a loan. | [verb] To be suitable or applicable, to fit. LENGTHS (11) [noun] The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object. | [noun] Duration. | [noun] The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race. LENGTHY (14) [adjective] Having length; long and overextended, especially in time rather than dimension. | [adjective] Speaking or writing at length; long-winded. LENIENT (7) [noun] A lenitive; an emollient. | [adjective] Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation LENSING (8) [verb] The bending of light or other electromagnetic radiation as it passes through a medium or around a massive object. | [verb] The act of using a lens or lenses to focus or refract light. LENSMAN (9) [noun] A male photographer LENSMEN (9) [noun] A male photographer LENTIGO (8) [noun] A brown pigmented spot on the skin. LENTILS (7) [noun] Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods. | [noun] The seed of these plants, used as food. LENTISK (11) [noun] A tree, the lentiscus, Pistacia lentiscus. LENTOID (8) [adjective] Having the form of a lens; lens-shaped. LEONINE (7) [noun] A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and used in England as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I. | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion. | [noun] A kind of Latin verse, generally alternate hexameter and pentameter, rhyming at the middle and end. LEOPARD (10) [noun] Panthera pardus, a large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia, especially the male of the species (in contrast to leopardess). | [noun] (inexact) A similar-looking, large wild cat named after the leopard. | [noun] A lion passant guardant. LEOTARD (8) [noun] A one-piece skintight garment with or without sleeves and without legs (often worn by gymnasts, acrobats, wrestlers, female swimmers, etc.) LEPORID (10) [noun] A mammal of the family Leporidae, which includes rabbits and hares. LEPROSE (9) [adjective] Resembling or affected with leprosy; scaly or rough in appearance. LEPROSY (12) [noun] An infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae. | [noun] In the Bible, a disease of the skin not conclusively identified, which can also affect clothes and houses. LEPROUS (9) [adjective] Relating to or infected with one of the diseases known as leprosy. | [adjective] Morally infectious or infected. | [adjective] Appearing decayed, having the appearance of infection by leprosy. LEPTONS (9) [noun] A coin used since ancient times in Greece, serving in modern times as one hundredth of a phoenix, a drachma, and a euro (as the Greek form of the Eurocent). | [noun] A small, bronze Judean coin from the 1st century B.C.E., considered by some to be the widow's mite. | [noun] An elementary particle that has a spin of 1/2 (i.e., is a fermion) and does not interact via the strong nuclear force; examples include the electron, the muon, the neutrino and the tauon. LESBIAN (9) [noun] A homosexual woman, one who is mostly or exclusively sexually or romantically attracted to other women. | [noun] A homosexual female animal. | [adjective] (of a woman) Homosexual, gay; preferring mostly or exclusively women as romantic or sexual partners. LESIONS (7) [noun] A wound or injury. | [noun] An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such on a patch of skin. | [noun] Any compound formed from damage to a nucleic acid. LESSEES (7) [noun] An individual or a corporation who has the right of use of something of value, gained through a lease agreement with the real owner of the property. | [noun] The entity to whom a lease is given, or who takes an estate by lease. | [noun] Someone who is allowed to use a house, building, land etc. for a period of time in return for payment to the owner. LESSENS (7) [verb] To make less; to diminish; to reduce. | [verb] To become less. LESSONS (7) [noun] A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. | [noun] A learning task assigned to a student; homework. | [noun] Something learned or to be learned. LESSORS (7) [noun] The owner of property that is leased. LETCHED (13) [verb] To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid. | [verb] To part with soluble constituents by percolation. LETCHES (12) [noun] A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali. | [noun] A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc. | [noun] A jelly-like sweetmeat popular in the fifteenth century. LETDOWN (11) [noun] A disappointment or anticlimax. | [noun] The neurohormonal release of milk in dairy cows or in breastfeeding human mothers. LETHALS (10) [noun] Plural of lethal; things that are capable of causing death. | [adjective] Plural form used attributively to describe multiple deadly or fatal things. LETHEAN (10) [adjective] Of or relating to death or forgetfulness. LETTERS (7) [noun] A symbol in an alphabet. | [noun] A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note. | [noun] The literal meaning of something, as distinguished from its intended and remoter meaning (often contrasted with the spirit). LETTING (8) [verb] To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to). | [verb] To leave. | [verb] To allow the release of (a fluid). LETTUCE (9) [noun] An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green and/or purple leaves. | [noun] The leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc. | [noun] United States paper currency; dollars. LEUCINE (9) [noun] An essential amino acid, C6H13NO2, isomeric with isoleucine, found in most animal proteins; it is essential for growth in children. LEUCINS (9) [noun] Plural of leucin, an amino acid found in proteins. | [noun] Plural of leucine, an essential branched-chain amino acid important in protein synthesis and metabolism. LEUCITE (9) [noun] A mineral of silica-poor igneous, plutonic and volcanic rocks. Chemically, leucite is a potassium feldspar with insufficient silica to satisfy the chemical bonds. Because of the unfilled bonds, leucite weathers rapidly and can only be seen as inclusions in freshly broken rock. | [noun] A leucoplast. LEUCOMA (11) [noun] An opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye LEUKOMA (13) [noun] An opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye LEUKONS (11) LEVANTS (10) [noun] A disappearing or absconding after losing a bet. | [verb] To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts. LEVATOR (10) [noun] Lifting muscle | [noun] (specifically) The levator palpebrae superioris muscle. LEVELED (11) [verb] To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible. | [verb] To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze. | [verb] To progress to the next level. LEVELER (10) [adjective] The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground. | [adjective] At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with. | [adjective] Unvaried in frequency. LEVELLY (13) [adverb] In a level manner; evenly or smoothly. | [adverb] Without tilting or inclination; in a horizontal position. LEVERED (11) [verb] To move with a lever. | [verb] To use, operate or move (something) like a lever (physically). | [verb] To use (something) like a lever (in an abstract sense). LEVERET (10) [noun] A young hare. LEVIERS (10) [noun] Plural of levier, a variant spelling of lever; mechanical devices used to move or lift objects by applying force. LEVULIN (10) LEVYING (14) [verb] To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property. | [verb] To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority. | [verb] To draft someone into military service. LEWDEST (11) [adjective] Lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude. | [adjective] Lay; not clerical. | [adjective] Uneducated. LEWISES (10) [noun] A cramp iron inserted into a cavity in order to lift heavy stones; used as a symbol of strength in Freemasonry. | [noun] (by extension) The son of a Freemason, envisaged as assisting his father in heavy work or in old age. | [noun] A kind of shears used in cropping woollen cloth. LEXEMES (16) [noun] A unit of lexical meaning, roughly corresponding to the set of inflected forms taken by a single word. | [noun] An individual instance of a continuous character sequence without spaces, used in lexical analysis (see token). LEXEMIC (18) LEXICAL (16) [adjective] Concerning the vocabulary, words, sentences or morphemes of a language | [adjective] Concerning lexicography or a lexicon or dictionary | [adjective] Denoting a content word as opposed to a function word LEXICON (16) [noun] The vocabulary of a language. | [noun] A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes. | [noun] A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic. LEZZIES (25) [noun] A lesbian. LIAISED (8) [verb] To establish a liaison. | [verb] To act between parties with a view to reconciling differences. | [verb] To cooperate, consult and discuss in order to come to a common solution. LIAISES (7) [verb] To establish a liaison. | [verb] To act between parties with a view to reconciling differences. | [verb] To cooperate, consult and discuss in order to come to a common solution. LIAISON (7) [noun] Communication between two parties or groups. | [noun] Co-operation, working together. | [noun] A relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war. LIANOID (8) LIBBERS (11) [noun] One who supports liberation for some group. LIBELED (10) [verb] To defame someone, especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel. | [verb] To proceed against (a ship, goods, etc.) by filing a libel. LIBELEE (9) [noun] A person against whom a libel action is brought; a defendant in a libel suit. LIBELER (9) [noun] One who libels; a person who publishes a false and defamatory statement about another. LIBERAL (9) [noun] One with liberal views, supporting individual liberty (see Wikipedia's article on Liberalism). | [noun] Someone left-wing; one with a left-wing ideology. | [noun] A supporter of any of several liberal parties. LIBERTY (12) [noun] The condition of being free from control or restrictions. | [noun] The condition of being free from imprisonment, slavery or forced labour. | [noun] The condition of being free to act, believe or express oneself as one chooses. LIBIDOS (10) [noun] The fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body, commonly expressed as a percentage. | [noun] The whitish inner portion of the rind of citrus fruits that is a source of pectin, commonly referred to as the pith. | [noun] One of the four major stages of the magnum opus, involving purification of the prima materia. LIBLABS (11) LIBRARY (12) [noun] An institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or qualified people often lending them out, as well as providing various other services for its users. | [noun] (by extension) Any institution that lends out its goods for use by the public or a community. | [noun] A collection of books or other forms of stored information. LIBRATE (9) [noun] A piece of land having a value of one pound per year | [verb] To oscillate (like the beam of a balance) | [verb] To poise; to balance. LICENCE (11) [noun] A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit. | [noun] The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software. | [noun] Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech). LICENSE (9) [noun] A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit. | [noun] The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software. | [noun] Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech). LICENTE (9) LICHEES (12) [noun] The Chinese tropical fruit tree Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family. | [noun] That tree's bright red oval fruit with a single stone surrounded by a fleshy white aril. | [noun] A soft pink-red colour, like that of a lychee rind (also called lychee red). LICHENS (12) [noun] Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow patches on old walls, etc. | [noun] Something which gradually spreads across something else, causing damage. LICHTED (13) LICHTLY (15) LICITLY (12) [adverb] In a manner that is permitted by law or rules; lawfully. LICKERS (13) [noun] People or things that lick. | [noun] Plural of licker, a device or tool used for licking or applying liquid. LICKING (14) [verb] To stroke with the tongue. | [verb] To lap; to take in with the tongue. | [verb] To beat with repeated blows. LICTORS (9) [noun] An officer in ancient Rome, attendant on a consul or magistrate, who bore the fasces and was responsible for punishing criminals. LIDDING (10) [verb] Present participle of "lid," meaning to cover with a lid or to close something with a cover. LIDLESS (8) [adjective] Without a lid or cover. | [adjective] (of eyes) Open and unblinking, especially from surprise or fear. LIEFEST (10) [verb] Second person singular present tense of "lief," meaning to be willing or pleased to do something; archaic form meaning "rather" or "preferably." LIERNES (7) [noun] A cross-shaped rib of an ogival vault. LIEVEST (10) [verb] Second person singular present tense of "lie" (to recline or to tell an untruth). | [verb] Archaic second person singular form meaning "you lie" or "you recline." LIFEFUL (13) LIFEWAY (16) LIFTERS (10) [noun] People or things that lift. | [noun] Exercises or movements in which weight is lifted, as in weightlifting. LIFTING (11) [verb] To raise or rise. | [verb] To steal. | [verb] To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise. LIFTMAN (12) [noun] A person who operates an elevator or lift, particularly in British English. LIFTMEN (12) [noun] Plural of liftman; workers who operate or attend to lifts (elevators). LIFTOFF (16) [noun] The point in the launch of a rocket or an aircraft where it leaves contact with the ground. | [noun] The point at which a person or animal leaves the ground, as for example when jumping. LIGANDS (9) [noun] An ion, molecule, or functional group that binds to another chemical entity to form a larger complex. | [noun] A letter that orthography requires to be ligated with one or more other letters. LIGASES (8) [noun] Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the binding of two molecules; synthetase. LIGATED (9) [verb] To bind with a ligature or bandage. | [verb] To connect text characters with a ligature. LIGATES (8) [verb] To bind with a ligature or bandage. | [verb] To connect text characters with a ligature. LIGHTED (12) [verb] To start (a fire). | [verb] To set fire to; to set burning. | [verb] To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark. LIGHTEN (11) [verb] To make brighter or clearer; to illuminate. | [verb] To become brighter or clearer; to brighten. | [verb] To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to flash. | [verb] To alleviate; to reduce the burden of. | [verb] To descend; to light. LIGHTER (11) [adjective] Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure. | [adjective] Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma. | [adjective] (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream. | [noun] One who, or that which, lights. | [noun] A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats). | [adjective] Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure. LIGHTLY (14) [adverb] In a light manner. LIGNIFY (14) [verb] To become wood. | [verb] To develop woody tissue as a result of incrustation of lignin during secondary growth. | [verb] (by extension) To become rigid or fixed, like something made of wood. LIGNINS (8) [noun] Plural of lignin, a complex organic polymer found in plant cell walls that provides structural support and rigidity to plants. LIGNITE (8) [noun] A low-grade, brownish-black coal LIGROIN (8) [noun] A petroleum fraction boiling 75°-125°C used as a solvent and fuel. LIGULAE (8) [noun] A strap or strap-shaped object, especially such a development in plants or insects. LIGULAR (8) [adjective] Relating to or resembling a ligule, which is a strap-shaped structure found in plants or insects. LIGULAS (8) [noun] Plural of ligula; strap-shaped structures or appendages found in plants and insects, such as the elongated extension on the labium of certain insects or a strap-like leaf projection in grasses. LIGULES (8) [noun] A strap-shaped structure. | [noun] A portion of a leaf found at the base of the petiole, when present. | [noun] In many grasses (Poaceae) and some sedges (Cyperaceae), the membranous appendage or ring of hairs projecting from the inner side of a leaf at the junction between the blade and the sheath. LIGURES (8) LIKABLE (13) [adjective] Capable of being liked. | [adjective] (of a person) Having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable. LIKENED (12) [verb] (followed by to or unto) To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else). LIKINGS (12) [noun] A like; a predilection. | [noun] Approval. LILTING (8) [verb] To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music. | [verb] To sing cheerfully, especially in Gaelic. | [verb] To utter with spirit, animation, or gaiety; to sing with spirit and liveliness. LIMACON (11) [noun] A plane curve traced by a point on a line at a fixed distance from a fixed point on a circle, as the line rolls around the circle. LIMBATE (11) [adjective] Having a distinct border or edge of a different color or texture; bordered. LIMBECK (17) [noun] A limbeck is an alembic or distilling apparatus; a vessel used in distillation. LIMBERS (11) [verb] To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant. | [noun] A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece or caisson may be attached for transport. | [noun] (in the plural) The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. LIMBIER (11) [adjective] More limby; having more limbs or branch-like projections than something else. LIMBING (12) [verb] The act of removing limbs from a tree or animal. | [verb] The act of stretching or exercising to increase flexibility, especially before physical activity. LIMEADE (10) [noun] A citrus drink made from water, sugar, and the juice of limes. | [noun] A glass of this drink. | [noun] A variety of this drink. LIMIEST (9) [adjective] Containing the most lime or having the greatest amount of lime content. | [adjective] Most resembling or characteristic of lime in taste, smell, or appearance. LIMINAL (9) [adjective] Of or pertaining to an entrance or threshold. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a beginning or first stage of a process. LIMITED (10) [verb] To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries. | [verb] To have a limit in a particular set. | [verb] To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region. LIMITER (9) [noun] That which limits or confines. | [noun] A circuit that allows signals below a specified input threshold to pass unaffected while attenuating the peaks of stronger signals. | [noun] A friar who had a license to beg within certain bounds. LIMITES (9) LIMMERS (11) [noun] Plural of limmer, a Scottish term for a rogue, scoundrel, or disreputable person. | [noun] Plural of limmer, an archaic term for a portrait painter or limner. LIMNERS (9) [noun] Someone who limns. LIMNING (10) [verb] To draw or paint; to delineate. | [verb] To illuminate, as a manuscript; to decorate with gold or some other bright colour. | [noun] A depiction. LIMPERS (11) [noun] People or things that limp. | [noun] In poker, players who enter a pot by calling the minimum bet rather than raising. LIMPEST (11) [verb] To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg. | [verb] (of a vehicle) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion. | [verb] To move or proceed irregularly. LIMPETS (11) [noun] A small mollusc, of the family Patellidae with a conical shell found clinging to rocks in the intertidal zones of rocky shores. | [noun] Someone clingy or dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space. LIMPING (12) [verb] To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg. | [verb] (of a vehicle) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion. | [verb] To move or proceed irregularly. LIMPKIN (15) [noun] A large bird, Aramus guarauna, found in marshes in the Caribbean, Central America and southern Florida. LIMPSEY (14) LIMULUS (9) [noun] A horseshoe crab, a marine arthropod with a rounded shell and a long tail-like appendage. LINABLE (9) [adjective] Capable of being lined or fitted with a lining. LINAGES (8) [noun] Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage. | [noun] A number of lines of text in a column. LINALOL (7) [noun] A colorless liquid alcohol found in essential oils of plants like lavender and basil, used in perfumes and flavorings. LINDANE (8) [noun] The organochlorine insecticide 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane LINDENS (8) [noun] Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia, having heart-shaped leaves. | [noun] The soft wood of such trees. LINDIES (8) LINEAGE (8) [noun] Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage. | [noun] A number of lines of text in a column. LINEATE (7) [adjective] Marked with lines; having a linear pattern or striations. | [verb] To mark with lines; to make linear. LINECUT (9) LINEMAN (9) [noun] A person who installs and repairs overhead cables (either power or telephone); a linesman | [noun] A player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage LINEMEN (9) [noun] A person who installs and repairs overhead cables (either power or telephone); a linesman | [noun] A player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage LINEUPS (9) [noun] A physical or photographic queue of people allegedly involved in a crime, allowing a witness to identify them | [noun] A line of people or vehicles, in which the individual at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on, and in which newcomers join at the end; a queue. | [noun] Collectively, the members of a team. LINGAMS (10) [noun] (Shaivism) The aniconic representation traditionally worshipped as a symbol of or in connection with Shiva. LINGCOD (11) [noun] Ophiodon elongatus, a fish of the greenlings, of the family Hexagrammidae, native to the west coast of North America. LINGERS (8) [verb] To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so; to loiter. | [verb] To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually. | [verb] (often followed by on) To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion. LINGIER (8) LINGOES (8) [noun] Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect. LINGUAE (8) [noun] Plural of lingua, meaning tongues or languages, particularly used in anatomical or linguistic contexts. LINGUAL (8) [noun] A sound articulated with the tongue | [adjective] Related to the tongue | [adjective] Related to language or linguistics LINIEST (7) [adjective] Most resembling or containing lines; having the most pronounced linear characteristics. LININGS (8) [noun] A covering for the inside surface of something. | [noun] The material used for such a covering. | [noun] The act of attaching such a covering. LINKAGE (12) [noun] A mechanical device that connects things. | [noun] A connection or relation between things or ideas. | [noun] The property of genes of being inherited together. LINKBOY (16) [noun] A boy who carried a torch or link to light the way for pedestrians at night in former times. LINKERS (11) [noun] That which links. | [noun] A computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program. | [noun] A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used to blunt the ends of sticky DNA segments. LINKING (12) [verb] To connect two or more things. | [verb] (of a Web page) To contain a hyperlink to another page. | [verb] To supply (somebody) with a hyperlink; to direct by means of a link. LINKMAN (13) [noun] An adult linkboy; one bearing a torch or light. | [noun] A player who uses speed and dexterity to keep an attacking team's downfield progress fluid. | [noun] A man who acts as a link or connection. LINKMEN (13) [noun] An adult linkboy; one bearing a torch or light. | [noun] A player who uses speed and dexterity to keep an attacking team's downfield progress fluid. | [noun] A man who acts as a link or connection. LINKUPS (13) [noun] A connection. | [noun] The act of connecting. LINNETS (7) [noun] A small passerine bird, the common linnet (Linaria cannabina, syn. Carduelis cannabina), in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. | [noun] A house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), of North America. LINOCUT (9) [noun] A type of woodcut in which a block of linoleum is used for the relief surface; the design cut into the block. LINSANG (8) [noun] Any of the members of two catlike Asian animal species classified in the mammalian family Prionodontidae. | [noun] Any of the members of two superficially catlike African animal species classified in the mammalian family Viverridae. LINSEED (8) [noun] The seed of the flax plant, which yields linseed oil. LINSEYS (10) [noun] Plural of linsey, a coarse fabric made from linen and wool or cotton. LINTELS (7) [noun] A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above. LINTERS (7) [noun] The short fibres that cling to cottonseeds after the first ginning. | [noun] A machine for removing these fibres. | [noun] A program or algorithm that performs linting. LINTIER (7) [adjective] More covered with lint or more resembling lint; comparative form of linty. LINTOLS (7) [noun] Plural of lintol, an alternative spelling of lintel, which is a horizontal structural member spanning an opening such as a doorway or window. LINURON (7) [noun] A selective herbicide used to control weeds in various crops, particularly in corn and soybean fields. LIONESS (7) [noun] A female lion (animal). | [noun] A female lion (famous person regarded with interest and curiosity). | [noun] (Oxford University slang) A female visitor to a student at Oxford, especially during commemoration week. LIONISE (7) [verb] To treat (a person) as if they were important, or a celebrity. | [verb] To visit famous places in order to revere them. | [verb] To behave as a lion. LIONIZE (16) [verb] To treat (a person) as if they were important, or a celebrity. | [verb] To visit famous places in order to revere them. | [verb] To behave as a lion. LIPASES (9) [noun] Plural of lipase, enzymes that catalyze the breakdown of fats and lipids. LIPIDES (10) [noun] Plural of lipid; organic compounds that are largely hydrophobic or amphipathic in nature, including fats, oils, waxes, and steroids. LIPIDIC (12) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the lipids. LIPLESS (9) [adjective] Lacking lips or having no lips; without a lip or edge. LIPLIKE (13) [adjective] Resembling or having the characteristics of lips. LIPOIDS (10) [noun] Substances that resemble lipids in physical properties but differ in chemical composition; fatlike substances. LIPOMAS (11) [noun] A nonmalignant tumor comprising fat cells. LIPPENS (11) [verb] To trust or rely upon (Scottish dialect). | [verb] Third person singular present of "lippen," meaning to lean or incline. LIPPERS (11) [noun] Plural of lipper; things that lip or cover the lip of a container. | [noun] People or animals that lip or use their lips. LIPPIER (11) [adjective] Having prominent lips. | [adjective] Having a tendency to talk back in a cheeky or impertinent manner. LIPPING (12) [verb] To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something). | [verb] (of something inanimate) To touch lightly. | [verb] To wash against a surface, lap. LIQUATE (16) [verb] To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material. | [verb] To melt; to become liquid (liquefy) LIQUEFY (22) [verb] To make into a liquid. | [verb] To become liquid. | [verb] (image manipulation, especially Adobe Photoshop) To distort and warp an image. LIQUEUR (16) [noun] A flavoured alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol. Cordials are a type of liqueur manufactured using the infusion process as opposed to the essence and distillation processes. | [verb] To flavor or treat (wine) with a liqueur | [verb] To top up bottles of sparkling wine with a sugar solution LIQUIDS (17) [noun] A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid. | [noun] A class of consonant sounds that includes l and r. LIQUIFY (22) [verb] To make into a liquid. | [verb] To become liquid. | [verb] (image manipulation, especially Adobe Photoshop) To distort and warp an image. LIQUORS (16) [noun] A liquid, a fluid. | [noun] A drinkable liquid. | [noun] A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both). LISENTE (7) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Lesotho loti. LISPERS (9) [noun] Plural of lisper; people who speak with a lisp or pronounce the letter "s" as "th". LISPING (10) [verb] To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ/). This is a speech impediment common among children. | [verb] To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, such as a child learning to talk. | [verb] To speak hesitatingly and with a low voice, as if afraid. LISSOME (9) [adjective] Flexible and graceful in movement; lithe. LISTEES (7) [noun] People who are listed or registered on a list, such as those whose names appear in a directory or registry. LISTELS (7) [noun] A narrow fillet or border. LISTENS (7) [verb] To pay attention to a sound or speech. | [verb] To expect or wait for a sound, such as a signal. | [verb] To accept advice or obey instruction; to agree or assent. LISTERS (7) [noun] A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish. | [noun] One who, or that which, lists or produces a listing. | [noun] A person or organisation that creates or maintains lists. LISTING (8) [verb] To create or recite a list. | [verb] To place in listings. | [verb] To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border. LITCHIS (12) [noun] The Chinese tropical fruit tree Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family. | [noun] That tree's bright red oval fruit with a single stone surrounded by a fleshy white aril. | [noun] A soft pink-red colour, like that of a lychee rind (also called lychee red). LITERAL (7) [noun] (epigraphy) A misprint (or occasionally a scribal error) that affects a letter. | [noun] A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program. | [noun] A propositional variable or the negation of a propositional variable. Wp LITHELY (13) LITHEST (10) [adjective] Mild; calm. | [adjective] Slim but not skinny. | [adjective] Capable of being easily bent; flexible. LITHIAS (10) LITHIFY (16) [verb] To turn sediment into solid rock LITHIUM (12) [noun] The simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3. It is a soft, silvery metal. | [noun] A single atom of this element. | [noun] Lithium carbonate or other preparations of lithium metal used to treat manic depression and bipolar disorders. LITHOED (11) [verb] To lithograph. LITHOID (11) LITORAL (7) LITOTES (7) [noun] An ironic figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite, particularly the negation of a negative quality to say something positive. LITOTIC (9) LITTERS (7) [noun] A platform mounted on two shafts, or a more elaborate construction, designed to be carried by two (or more) people to transport one (in luxury models sometimes more) third person(s) or (occasionally in the elaborate version) a cargo, such as a religious idol. | [noun] (collective) The offspring of a mammal born in one birth. | [noun] Material used as bedding for animals. LITTERY (10) LITTLER (7) [adjective] Small in size. | [adjective] Insignificant, trivial. | [adjective] Very young. LITTLES (7) LITURGY (11) [noun] A predetermined or prescribed set of rituals that are performed, usually by a religion. | [noun] An official worship service of the Christian church. | [noun] In Ancient Greece, a form of personal service to the state. LIVABLE (12) [adjective] Endurable, survivable, suitable for living in, inhabitable. LIVENED (11) [verb] To cause to be more lively, or to become more lively. LIVENER (10) [noun] One who, or that which, livens. | [noun] An alcoholic drink. LIVIDLY (14) LIVIERS (10) LIVINGS (11) [noun] The state of being alive. | [noun] (plural, with "the", a demonstrative, or a possessive) Those who are alive. | [noun] Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood LIVYERS (13) LIXIVIA (17) LIZARDS (17) [noun] Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake, usually having four legs, external ear openings, movable eyelids and a long slender body and tail. | [noun] (chiefly in attributive use) Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles. | [noun] An unctuous person. LOACHES (12) [noun] Acronym of light observation helicopter. | [noun] A bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily or suborder Cobitoidea. LOADERS (8) [noun] Agent noun of load; a person or device that loads. | [noun] A program that prepares other programs for execution. | [noun] A tractor with a scoop, for example: bucket loader, front-end loader, wheel loader, etc. LOADING (9) [verb] To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage). | [verb] To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage. | [verb] To put a load on something. LOAFERS (10) [noun] An idle person. | [noun] A shoe with no laces, resembling a moccasin. | [noun] A wolf, especially a grey or timber wolf. LOAFING (11) [verb] To do nothing, to be idle. | [verb] (Cockney rhyming slang) To headbutt, (from loaf of bread) | [noun] The idle behaviour of somebody who loafs. LOAMIER (9) [adjective] Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam. LOAMING (10) LOANERS (7) LOANING (8) [verb] To lend (something) to (someone). | [noun] The action of, or an instance of the action of the verb to loan. | [noun] (Scottish and Northern English) A lane LOATHED (11) [verb] To detest, hate, revile. LOATHER (10) LOATHES (10) [verb] To detest, hate, revile. LOATHLY (13) [adjective] Loathsome; hideous. | [adverb] In a loathsome manner; disgustingly. | [adverb] Unwillingly; reluctantly. LOBATED (10) LOBBERS (11) LOBBIED (12) [verb] To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause. LOBBIES (11) [noun] An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor. | [noun] That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly. | [noun] A class or group of people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists. | [noun] A stew resembling scouse, using corned beef or tinned stewing steak. LOBBING (12) [verb] To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arch. | [verb] To throw. | [verb] To put, place LOBBYER (14) LOBEFIN (12) [noun] Any of the fish of the class Sarcopterygii. LOBELIA (9) [noun] A member of the genus Lobelia, flowering plants in the Lobelioideae subfamily pf family Campanulaceae, containing many species, some of which are garden plants. LOBSTER (9) [noun] A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood. | [noun] A crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws, which is used as a seafood. | [noun] A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform). LOBULAR (9) LOBULES (9) [noun] A small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe. | [noun] In liverworts with bilobed leaves, the smaller of the two lobes, sometimes modified to form a sac. LOBWORM (14) [noun] The lugworm. LOCALES (9) [noun] The place where something happens. | [noun] The set of settings related to the language and region in which a computer program executes. Examples are language, currency and time formats, character encoding etc. | [noun] A partially ordered set with the following additional axiomatic properties: any finite subset of it has a meet, any arbitrary subset of it has a join, and distributivity, which states that a binary meet distributes with respect to an arbitrary join. (Note: locales are just like frames except that the category of locales is opposite to the category of frames.) LOCALLY (12) [adverb] With respect to place; in place. | [adverb] In or from the local area. | [adverb] In a restricted part of the body. LOCATED (10) [verb] To place; to set in a particular spot or position. | [verb] To find out where something is located. | [verb] To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.) LOCATER (9) LOCATES (9) [verb] To place; to set in a particular spot or position. | [verb] To find out where something is located. | [verb] To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.) LOCATOR (9) [noun] One who, or that which, locates. | [noun] One who locates, or is entitled to locate, land or a mining claim. | [noun] (travel industry) The unique alphanumeric reference given to each travel booking. LOCHANS (12) [noun] A small loch. LOCHIAL (12) LOCKAGE (14) [noun] Materials for locks in a canal. | [noun] The works forming a canal lock or locks. | [noun] A toll paid for passing the locks of a canal. LOCKBOX (22) [noun] A box with a built-in lock; a safe. LOCKERS (13) [noun] A type of storage compartment with a lock, usually used to store clothing, equipment, or books. | [noun] One who locks something. | [noun] A locking differential. LOCKETS (13) [noun] A pendant that opens to reveal a space used for storing a photograph or other small item. | [noun] The upper metallic cap of a sword’s scabbard. | [noun] A small white marking on a cat's coat. LOCKING (14) [verb] To become fastened in place. | [verb] To fasten with a lock. | [verb] To be capable of becoming fastened in place. LOCKJAW (23) [noun] A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria. It causes muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation. LOCKNUT (13) [noun] A second nut, screwed down onto another in order to prevent it slipping. LOCKOUT (13) [noun] The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing. | [noun] The action of installing a lock to keep someone out of an area, such as eviction of a tenant by changing the lock. | [noun] (by extension) The exclusion of others from a certain place or situation. LOCKRAM (15) LOCKUPS (15) [noun] A jail cell, or a period of incarceration. | [noun] A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage | [noun] A device for locking type into position for printing. LOCOING (10) LOCOISM (11) LOCULAR (9) LOCULED (10) LOCULES (9) [noun] A little hollow; a loculus. LOCULUS (9) [noun] A little place or space; a cell; a chamberlet. | [noun] In ancient catacombs and tombs of some types, a small separate chamber or recess cut into the rock, for the reception of a body or urn. | [noun] One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa. LOCUSTA (9) LOCUSTS (9) [noun] Any of the grasshoppers, often polyphenic and usually swarming, in the family Acrididae that are very destructive to crops and other vegetation, (especially) the migratory locust (Locusta migratoria). | [noun] A fruit or pod of the carob tree. | [noun] Any of various often leguminous trees and shrubs, especially of the genera Robinia and Gleditsia; the locust tree. LODGERS (9) [noun] A person who lodges in another's house (compare tenant). LODGING (10) [verb] To be firmly fixed in a specified position. | [verb] To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady. | [verb] To stay in any place or shelter. LOESSAL (7) LOESSES (7) LOFTERS (10) [noun] An obsolete golf club, the predecessor of the niblick. LOFTIER (10) [adjective] High, tall, having great height or stature | [adjective] Idealistic, implying over-optimism | [adjective] Extremely proud; arrogant; haughty LOFTILY (13) LOFTING (11) [noun] An upper part; ceiling. | [noun] Lagging or longitudinal timber resting on caps to support the roof of a working. | [verb] To propel high into the air. LOGANIA (8) LOGBOOK (14) [noun] A book in which measurements from the ship's log are recorded, along with other salient details of the voyage. | [noun] (by extension) A book in which events are recorded; a journal, especially of travel. | [noun] A record of the ownership, and licensing of a motor car LOGGATS (9) LOGGERS (9) [noun] A worker whose occupation is to harvest trees. | [noun] That which logs, such as a computer program to keep track of events. LOGGETS (9) LOGGIAS (9) [noun] A roofed, open gallery, usually on an upper level. LOGGIER (9) LOGGING (10) [verb] To cut trees into logs. | [verb] To cut down (trees). | [verb] To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood. LOGICAL (10) [adjective] In agreement with the principles of logic. | [adjective] Reasonable. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to logic. LOGIEST (8) [adjective] Slow to respond or react; lethargic. LOGIONS (8) LOGJAMS (17) [noun] An excess of logs being conveyed on a river, so that their motion halts. | [noun] A clog or such jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress. LOGROLL (8) LOGWAYS (14) LOGWOOD (12) [noun] A tree, Haematoxylum campechianum, in the legume family, of great economic importance and growing throughout Central America. | [noun] Any of various trees of the genus Xylosma in the willow family. LOITERS (7) [verb] To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly. | [verb] To remain at a certain place instead of moving on. | [verb] For an aircraft to remain in the air near a target. LOLLERS (7) LOLLIES (7) [noun] A piece of hard candy on a stick; a lollipop. | [noun] Money. | [noun] Any confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a sweet, a piece of candy. | [noun] (Rhode Island) A type of undergarment worn by cheerleaders under their skirts in place of panties. LOLLING (8) [verb] To laugh out loud. | [verb] To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease. | [verb] To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion. LOLLOPS (9) [verb] To walk or move with a bouncing or undulating motion and at an unhurried pace. | [verb] To act lazily, loll, lie around. LOMEINS (9) LOMENTA (9) [noun] A type of modified legume that breaks apart at constrictions occurring between the segments of the seeds. LOMENTS (9) [noun] A type of modified legume that breaks apart at constrictions occurring between the segments of the seeds. LONGANS (8) [noun] An evergreen tree, Dimocarpus longan, of the Sapindaceae family, native to southern China. | [noun] The fruit from the longan tree. LONGBOW (13) [noun] A large bow that has a strong tension, and is usually more than 3 feet tall. The most famous longbows in history were the English longbows, which were crafted of yew. LONGERS (8) LONGEST (8) [verb] To take a long position in. | [adjective] Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point (usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below). | [adjective] Having great duration. LONGIES (8) LONGING (9) [verb] To take a long position in. | [verb] To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true) | [verb] To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to. | [noun] An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire. LONGISH (11) [adjective] Somewhat long. LOOBIES (9) LOOFAHS (13) [noun] A tropical vine, of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd | [noun] The dried fibrous interior used as a sponge for bathing | [noun] Any bathing sponge LOOKERS (11) [noun] One that looks or is actively looking; a watcher; an observer. | [noun] One having a specific look or appearance. | [noun] Someone or something who is remarkably good-looking. LOOKING (12) [noun] The act of one who looks; a glance. | [noun] The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance. LOOKOUT (11) [noun] A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area. | [noun] A session of watching for an approaching enemy, police, etc. | [noun] A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, danger, etc. LOOKUPS (13) [noun] An attempt to retrieve data. | [noun] The process of locating a term in a reference work. LOOMING (10) [verb] To appear indistinctly, eg. when seen on the horizon or through the murk. | [verb] To appear in an exaggerated or threatening form; to be imminent. | [verb] To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense. LOONEYS (10) LOONIER (7) [adjective] (of a person) Insane. | [adjective] (of a thing) Very silly, absurd. LOONIES (7) [noun] The Canadian dollar (both the coin and the monetary unit). | [noun] An insane or very foolish person. LOOPERS (9) [noun] An instrument or tool, such as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn or cord, etc. | [noun] A moth having a caterpillar which arches its body into a loop in order to bring the back part of the body forward as it walks due to having fewer prolegs, including inchworms or measuring worms in the family Geometridae and some species in the family Noctuidae. | [noun] A (usually electronic) tool for creating music loops. LOOPIER (9) [adjective] Having loops. | [adjective] Idiotic, crazy or drunk. LOOPING (10) [verb] To form something into a loop. | [verb] To fasten or encircle something with a loop. | [verb] To fly an aircraft in a loop. | [noun] The running together of ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination. LOOSELY (10) [adverb] In a loose manner. | [adverb] Not tightly. | [adverb] Approximately. LOOSENS (7) [verb] To make loose. | [verb] To become loose. | [verb] To disengage (a device that restrains). LOOSEST (7) [adjective] Not fixed in place tightly or firmly. | [adjective] Not held or packaged together. | [adjective] Not under control. LOOSING (8) [verb] To let loose, to free from restraints. | [verb] To unfasten, to loosen. | [verb] To make less tight, to loosen. LOOTERS (7) [noun] One who loots, who steals during a general disturbance such as a riot or natural disaster. LOOTING (8) [verb] To steal, especially as part of war, riot or other group violence. | [verb] To steal from. | [verb] To examine the corpse of a fallen enemy for loot. LOPPERS (11) [noun] Pruning shears with long handles, used for lopping | [verb] To turn sour and coagulate from too long standing, as milk. LOPPIER (11) LOPPING (12) [verb] (usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone. | [verb] To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side. | [verb] To allow to hang down. LOQUATS (16) [noun] The Eriobotrya japonica tree. | [noun] The fruit of this tree. It is as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains four or five large seeds. LORDING (9) [verb] Domineer or act like a lord. | [verb] To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord. | [noun] A lord. LORDOMA (10) LORGNON (8) LORICAE (9) [noun] A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like. | [noun] Lute for protecting vessels from the fire. | [noun] The protective case or shell of a Loricifera, infusorian or rotifer LORIMER (9) [noun] A person who makes the bits and other metal parts of a horse's bridle, and other small metal pieces. LORINER (7) [noun] A person who makes the bits and other metal parts of a horse's bridle, and other small metal pieces. LORISES (7) [noun] Any of several small, slow-moving primates, of the family Lorisidae, found in India and southeast Asia. LORRIES (7) [noun] A motor vehicle for transporting goods, and in some cases people; a truck. | [noun] A barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations. | [noun] A small cart or wagon used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish. LOSABLE (9) LOSINGS (8) LOTIONS (7) [noun] A low- to medium-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin. | [noun] A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of beautification. LOTOSES (7) LOTTERY (10) [noun] A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks. | [noun] An affair of chance. | [noun] (Shakespeare) Allotment; a thing allotted. LOTTING (8) [verb] To allot; to sort; to apportion. | [verb] To count or reckon (on or upon). LOTUSES (7) [noun] A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae. | [noun] A water lily, genus Nymphaea, especially those of Egypt or India. | [noun] A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria. LOUDENS (8) [verb] To become louder. LOUDEST (8) [adjective] (of a sound) Of great intensity. | [adjective] (of a person, thing, event, etc.) Noisy. | [adjective] (of a person, event, etc.) Not subtle or reserved, brash. LOUDISH (11) LOUNGED (9) [verb] To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner. LOUNGER (8) [noun] One who lounges; an idler. | [noun] A chair made for lounging. LOUNGES (8) [noun] A waiting room in an office, airport etc. | [noun] A domestic living room. | [noun] An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television. LOUPING (10) [noun] An enzootic and often fatal viral disease of sheep and other domestic animals, spread by ticks. It is characterized by muscular tremors and spasms, followed by more or less complete paralysis. The principal lesion is an inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. LOURING (8) [verb] To frown; to look sullen. | [verb] To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; of the sky: to be covered with dark and threatening clouds; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest. | [noun] The act of one who, or that which, lours. LOUSIER (7) [adjective] Remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded; mean, contemptible. | [adjective] Infested with lice. | [adjective] (usually with with) Filled or packed (with something, usually bad). LOUSILY (10) LOUSING (8) [verb] To remove lice from. LOUTING (8) LOUTISH (10) [adjective] Resembling a lout. LOUVERS (10) [noun] A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light. | [noun] (chiefly in plural) A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc. | [noun] Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation. LOUVRED (11) LOUVRES (10) [noun] A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light. | [noun] (chiefly in plural) A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc. | [noun] Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation. LOVABLE (12) [adjective] Inspiring or deserving love or affection. LOVABLY (15) LOVAGES (11) [noun] A perennial Mediterranean herb, Levisticum officinale, with odor and flavor resembling celery. | [noun] A liquor made from this herb. | [noun] Various species in the genus Ligusticum (generally with an adjective to differentiate them from Levisticum) LOVEBUG (13) LOVERLY (13) LOWBALL (12) [noun] The position of the ball on an American railroad ball signal that indicated Stop. | [noun] A form of poker in which the lowest-ranking poker hand wins the pot. Usually the ace is the lowest-ranking card, straights and flushes do not count making the best possible hand being A, 2, 3, 4, 5 regardless of suits (in contrast to deuce-to-seven lowball.) | [noun] A form of cribbage in which the first to score 121 (or 61) is the loser. LOWBORN (12) [adjective] Born in a family of low status. LOWBOYS (15) [noun] A low chest of drawers. | [noun] Trucking A semi-trailer designed for hauling vehicles and other mobile equipment, with two drops in deck height: one right after the gooseneck and one right before the wheels; so named because the trailer's main deck is situated close to the ground for easy loading and unloading of vehicles and equipment. LOWBRED (13) LOWBROW (15) [noun] Someone or something of low education or culture. | [adjective] Unsophisticated, not intended for an audience of intelligence, education or culture. LOWDOWN (14) [noun] The story or truth. | [adjective] Unfair; shameful. LOWERED (11) [verb] To frown; to look sullen. | [verb] To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; of the sky: to be covered with dark and threatening clouds; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest. | [verb] To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down LOWINGS (11) LOWLAND (11) [noun] Area which is lower than surrounding areas. LOWLIER (10) [adjective] Not high; not elevated in place; low. | [adjective] Low in rank or social importance. | [adjective] Not lofty or sublime; humble. LOWLIFE (13) [noun] An untrustworthy, despicable, or disreputable person, especially one suspected of being a criminal. LOWNESS (10) LOYALER (10) LOYALLY (13) [adverb] In a loyal manner, faithfully. LOYALTY (13) [noun] The state of being loyal; fidelity. | [noun] Faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation. LOZENGE (17) [noun] (shapes) A quadrilateral with sides of equal length (rhombus), having two acute and two obtuse angles. | [noun] A small tablet (originally diamond-shaped) or medicated sweet used to ease a sore throat. | [verb] To form into the shape of a lozenge. LUBBERS (11) [noun] A clumsy or lazy person. | [noun] An inexperienced or novice sailor; a landlubber. LUCARNE (9) LUCENCE (11) LUCENCY (14) LUCERNE (9) [noun] Alfalfa. LUCERNS (9) LUCIDLY (13) LUCIFER (12) [noun] A self-igniting match, ie. one which could be lit by striking on any surface (as opposed to safety matches which only light against the material on the side of the box). LUCKIER (13) [adjective] (of people) Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune | [adjective] Producing, or resulting in, good fortune LUCKIES (13) LUCKILY (16) [adverb] In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately. LUCKING (14) [verb] To succeed by chance. | [verb] To rely on luck. | [verb] To carry out relying on luck. LUETICS (9) LUFFING (14) [verb] (of a sail) To shake due to being trimmed improperly. | [verb] (of a boat) To alter course to windward so that the sails luff. (Alternatively luff up) | [verb] To let out (a sail) so that it luffs. LUGEING (9) LUGGAGE (10) [noun] The bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings. | [noun] The contents of such containers. | [noun] A specific bag or container holding a traveller's belongings. LUGGERS (9) [noun] That which lugs in either literal or figurative senses. | [noun] One who lugs, especially one whose job entails pulling or moving heavy objects. | [noun] A conman. LUGGIES (9) LUGGING (10) [verb] (sometimes figurative) To haul or drag along (especially something heavy); to carry; to pull. | [verb] To run at too slow a speed. | [verb] To carry an excessive amount of sail for the conditions prevailing. LUGSAIL (8) [noun] A quadrilateral sail bent upon a yard that crosses the mast obliquely; a lug. LUGWORM (13) [noun] Any of several species of large marine annelid worm of the genus Arenicola LULLABY (12) [noun] A cradlesong, a soothing song to calm children or lull them to sleep. | [verb] To sing a lullaby to. LULLING (8) [verb] To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm | [verb] To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate. LUMBAGO (12) [noun] Backache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disk. LUMBARS (11) LUMBERS (11) [verb] To move clumsily and heavily; to move slowly. | [verb] (with with) To load down with things, to fill, to encumber, to impose an unwanted burden on | [verb] To heap together in disorder. LUMENAL (9) LUMINAL (9) LUMPENS (11) LUMPERS (11) [noun] The viviparous eelpout. | [noun] An extra laborer hired to assist in the loading or unloading of a truck or a ship. | [noun] A scientist in one of various fields who prefers to keep categories such as species or dialects together in larger groups. LUMPIER (11) [adjective] Full of lumps, not smooth. | [adjective] Of a water surface: covered in many small waves as a result of wind; choppy. LUMPILY (14) LUMPING (12) [verb] To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items). | [verb] To bear a heavy or awkward burden; to carry something unwieldy from one place to another. | [verb] To hit or strike (a person). LUMPISH (14) [adjective] Shaped like a lump, lumpy, ill-defined in shape. | [adjective] Like lumps, lumpy, composed of unshaped or mismatched pieces. | [adjective] Like a lump, cloddish, dull, slow-witted. LUNATED (8) LUNATIC (9) [noun] An insane person. | [adjective] Crazed, mad, insane, demented. LUNCHED (13) [verb] To eat lunch. | [verb] To treat to lunch. LUNCHER (12) LUNCHES (12) [noun] A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day. | [noun] A break in play between the first and second sessions. | [noun] (Minnesota) Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering. LUNETTE (7) [noun] A small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape. | [noun] A crescent-shaped recess or void in the space above a window or door. | [noun] An image or other representation of a crescent moon. LUNGANS (8) LUNGEES (8) LUNGERS (8) LUNGFUL (11) LUNGING (9) [verb] To (cause to make) a sudden forward movement (present participle: lunging). | [verb] To longe or work a horse in a circle around a handler (present participle: lunging or lungeing). | [noun] The act of one who lunges; a lunge. LUNGYIS (11) LUNIEST (7) LUNKERS (11) [noun] Anything, especially a sport fish, that is especially large for its type; a whopper. LUNTING (8) LUNULAE (7) [noun] Something shaped like a crescent or half-moon; especially the pale area at the base of the fingernail. LUNULAR (7) LUNULES (7) [noun] Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula or lune. | [noun] A special area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells, sometimes shaped like a double crescent, but more often heart-shaped. LUPANAR (9) LUPINES (9) [noun] Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae. | [noun] A lupin bean, a yellow legume seed of a Lupinus plant (usually Lupinus luteus), used as feed for sheep and cattle and commonly eaten in the Mediterranean area and in Latin America although toxic if prepared improperly. LUPULIN (9) [noun] Small hairs obtained from the strobili of the hop plant. | [noun] The bitter aromatic principle of the hop. LUPUSES (9) LURCHED (13) [verb] To make such a sudden, unsteady movement. | [verb] To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up. | [verb] To leave someone in the lurch; to cheat. LURCHER (12) [noun] One who lurks or lies in wait; one who watches in order to rob or betray; a poacher. | [noun] A type of crossbreed dog ― a cross between a sighthound and any other breed or the offspring of such crosses. | [noun] A large nymphalid butterfly, Yoma sabina, of Australia and Asia. | [noun] A glutton; a gormandizer. LURCHES (12) [noun] A sudden or unsteady movement. | [verb] To make such a sudden, unsteady movement. | [verb] To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up. LURDANE (8) [noun] A lazy, stupid person; a sluggard. LURDANS (8) [noun] A lazy, stupid person; a sluggard. LURIDLY (11) LURKERS (11) [noun] One who lurks. | [noun] A small fishing-boat. LURKING (12) [verb] To remain concealed in order to ambush. | [verb] To remain unobserved. | [verb] To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself. LUSHEST (10) [adjective] Juicy, succulent. | [adjective] Mellow; soft; (of ground or soil) easily turned; fertile. | [adjective] (of vegetation) Dense, teeming with life; luxuriant. LUSHING (11) [verb] To drink (liquor) to excess. LUSTERS (7) [noun] Shine, polish or sparkle. | [noun] By extension, brilliance, attractiveness or splendor. | [noun] Refinement, polish or quality. LUSTFUL (10) [adjective] Full of lust; driven by lust. LUSTIER (7) [adjective] Exhibiting lust (in the obsolete sense meaning "vigor"); strong, healthy, robust; vigorous; full of sap or vitality. | [adjective] Hearty, merry, gleesome, enthusiastic, lively, stirring. | [adjective] Given to experiencing lust; enjoying physical sensations; lustful. LUSTILY (10) [adverb] In a lusty manner: vigorously, loudly, enthusiastically. LUSTING (8) [verb] (usually in the phrase "lust after") To look at or watch with a strong desire, especially of a sexual nature. | [noun] The act of one who lusts. LUSTRAL (7) [adjective] Of or pertaining to (ritual) purification. | [adjective] Of or relating to a lustrum, or period of five years. LUSTRED (8) [adjective] Having a lustre. LUSTRES (7) [noun] Shine, polish or sparkle. | [noun] By extension, brilliance, attractiveness or splendor. | [noun] Refinement, polish or quality. LUSTRUM (9) [noun] A ceremonial purification of all the people, performed every five years after the taking of the census; a lustration. | [noun] (by extension) A period of five years. LUSUSES (7) LUTEINS (7) LUTEOUS (7) [adjective] Yellowish | [adjective] Of or pertaining to mud. LUTHERN (10) [noun] A dormer window. LUTHIER (10) [noun] A person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instruments, such as lutes, violins, and guitars. LUTINGS (8) LUTISTS (7) [noun] One who plays the lute. LUXATED (15) [verb] To dislocate. LUXATES (14) [verb] To dislocate. LYCEUMS (14) LYCHEES (15) [noun] The Chinese tropical fruit tree Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family. | [noun] That tree's bright red oval fruit with a single stone surrounded by a fleshy white aril. | [noun] A soft pink-red colour, like that of a lychee rind (also called lychee red). LYCHNIS (15) [noun] Any of the genus Lychnis of flowering plants. LYCOPOD (15) [noun] A club moss. | [noun] Any member of the Lycopodiophyta. LYDDITE (12) [noun] An explosive consisting mostly of picric acid LYINGLY (14) LYNCEAN (12) LYNCHED (16) [verb] To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob. LYNCHER (15) LYNCHES (15) [verb] To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob. 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LAAGERED (10) [verb] To arrange in a circular formation for defence. | [verb] To camp in a circular formation. LABARUMS (12) [noun] Plural of labarum, an ornamental standard or banner used in ancient Rome, particularly the military standard adopted by Constantine bearing Christian symbols. LABDANUM (13) [noun] A sticky brown resin obtained from species of rockrose, used mainly in perfume. LABELERS (10) [noun] Plural of labeler; people or devices that apply labels to objects. | [noun] Those who assign labels or classifications to things. LABELING (11) [verb] To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something). | [verb] (ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing. | [verb] To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell. LABELLED (11) [verb] To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something). | [verb] (ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing. | [verb] To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell. LABELLER (10) [noun] One who labels; a person or device that applies labels to objects. | [noun] In British English, an alternative spelling of "labeler" (American English). LABELLUM (12) [noun] The lower central petal of a flower (especially an orchid), usually developed to be showy and attract pollinators. | [noun] Part of the mouth of an insect, especially the sucking mouthparts of a fly. LABIALLY (13) [adverb] In a manner relating to or involving the lips. LABIATED (11) [adjective] Having lips or lip-like structures; (in botany) having a corolla or calyx divided into two lips. LABIATES (10) [noun] A plant of the mint family (Labiatae) LABILITY (13) [noun] The quality or state of being liable or susceptible to change. | [noun] In chemistry, the tendency of a substance to readily undergo chemical change or reaction. LABORERS (10) [noun] One who uses body strength instead of intellectual power to earn a wage, usually hourly. LABORING (11) [noun] The act of one who labors; toil; work done. | [verb] To toil, to work. | [verb] To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc). LABORITE (10) [noun] A supporter of a labor movement | [noun] A member of a political party supporting labor LABOURED (11) [verb] To toil, to work. | [verb] To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc). | [verb] To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden. LABOURER (10) [noun] One who uses body strength instead of intellectual power to earn a wage, usually hourly. LABRADOR (11) [noun] A Labrador retriever. LABROIDS (11) [noun] A family of marine and freshwater fishes that includes wrasses, parrotfishes, and damselfish, characterized by fleshy lips and pharyngeal teeth. LABRUSCA (12) [noun] The fox grape (Vitis labrusca). LABURNUM (12) [noun] Any tree of genus Laburnum. They have bright yellow flowers and are poisonous. LACELESS (10) [adjective] Without laces or fastened without laces. LACELIKE (14) [adjective] Resembling or having the delicate, open pattern characteristic of lace. LACERATE (10) [verb] To tear, rip or wound. | [verb] To defeat thoroughly; to thrash. | [adjective] Jagged, as if torn or lacerated. LACERTID (11) [noun] Any lizard of the family Lacertidae. | [noun] A type of blazar (highly variable active galactic nucleus) that lacks spectral emission lines characteristic of quasars. LACEWING (14) [noun] Any of a number of gauzy-winged insects of certain families within the order Neuroptera. | [noun] Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cethosia. LACEWOOD (14) [noun] Any of several types of wood with a coarse texture, but especially that from several varieties of sycamore. LACEWORK (17) [noun] A piece or example of lace. LACINESS (10) [noun] The quality or state of being lacy; delicate openwork resembling lace. | [noun] The presence of lace-like patterns or textures. LACKADAY (18) [interjection] An expression of regret or grief. LACKERED (15) [verb] Past tense of lacquer; coated with lacquer or a glossy protective finish. LACKEYED (18) [verb] To attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously. | [verb] To toady, play the flunky. LACONISM (12) [noun] A concise and pithy style of speaking or writing, characteristic of the ancient Lacedaemonians or Spartans. | [noun] Brevity of speech; terseness. LACQUERS (19) [noun] A glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc. | [noun] A similar finish, baked onto the inside of cans. LACQUEYS (22) [noun] A footman, a liveried male servant. | [noun] A fawning, servile follower. LACRIMAL (12) [noun] A lachrymal or lachrymatory (vase intended for collecting tears). | [noun] The lacrimal bone. | [adjective] Of or relating to tears or the tear-secreting organs. LACROSSE (10) [noun] A sport played on a field between two opposing teams using sticks (crosses) and a ball, whereby one team defeats the other by achieving a higher score by scoring goals within the allotted time. LACTASES (10) [noun] Plural of lactase, an enzyme that breaks down lactose into glucose and galactose. LACTATED (11) [verb] To secrete or produce milk LACTATES (10) [noun] Any salt or ester of lactic acid | [noun] Ellipsis of lactate ion LACTEALS (10) [noun] (chiefly in plural) Each of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the mesentery to the thoracic duct. | [noun] One of the lactiferous ducts or other components of milk-producing organs. LACTEOUS (10) [adjective] Resembling or containing milk; of a milky nature or appearance. LACTONES (10) [noun] A cyclic intramolecular ester derived from a hydroxy acid. LACTONIC (12) [adjective] Relating to or containing a lactone, which is a cyclic ester formed by the intramolecular esterification of a hydroxy acid. LACTOSES (10) [noun] Plural of lactose, a natural sugar found in milk and dairy products. LACUNARS (10) [noun] A sunken panel or coffer in a ceiling or a soffit. | [noun] A ceiling containing panels of this kind. LACUNARY (13) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or having characteristics of a lacuna. LACUNATE (10) [adjective] Having small cavities or gaps; characterized by lacunae or blank spaces. LACUNOSE (10) [adjective] Having small cavities, depressions, or gaps; marked by lacunae or empty spaces. LADANUMS (11) LADDERED (11) [verb] To arrange or form into a shape of a ladder. | [verb] To ascend (a building, a wall, etc.) using a ladder. | [verb] Of a knitted garment: to develop a ladder as a result of a broken thread. LADENING (10) [verb] The present participle of "laden," meaning to load cargo onto a ship or to burden with a heavy load. LADLEFUL (12) [noun] The amount that a ladle can hold or carry. LADRONES (9) [noun] A robber; a pirate; a rascal or rogue. LADYBIRD (15) [noun] Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra. LADYBUGS (15) [noun] Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra. LADYFISH (18) [noun] A coastal dwelling fish (Elops saurus), found throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions. | [noun] The Spanish hogfish (Bodianus rufus) | [noun] Albula vulpes, one of the fish called bonefish. LADYHOOD (16) [noun] The state, condition, or qualities characteristic of being a lady; womanhood or genteel femininity. LADYKINS (16) LADYLIKE (16) [adjective] Of or related to the appearance or behaviour of a well-mannered woman. LADYLOVE (15) [noun] A woman who is loved by someone; an object of desire. LADYPALM (16) [noun] A tropical palm tree (Rhapis excelsa) with slender stems and fan-shaped leaves, commonly grown as an ornamental houseplant. LADYSHIP (17) [noun] Term of respect for a woman of the peerage without using her title. | [noun] (English and Commonwealth) Formal form of address for a lady judge (as opposed to the informal "judge"). LAETRILE (8) [noun] A drug, derived from the amygdalin of apricot kernels, once thought capable of destroying cancer cells by the release of cyanide but later banned in the United States by the FDA. LAGERING (10) [verb] The process of storing and maturing beer at cold temperatures to clarify and develop flavor. | [noun] Beer that has been aged using this cold storage method. LAGGARDS (11) [noun] One who lags behind; one who takes more time than is necessary or than the others in a group. LAGGINGS (11) [noun] Strips of material used to wrap around pipes for insulation. | [noun] The plural of lagging, referring to the act of falling behind or moving slowly. LAGNAPPE (13) [noun] A small gift given to a customer at the time of purchase. | [noun] Something given or obtained as an unexpected bonus or benefit. LAGOONAL (9) [adjective] Of, relating to, or resembling a lagoon; characterized by the presence of a lagoon or lagoons. LAICALLY (13) [adverb] In a manner relating to laypeople or the laity, as opposed to clergy or religious professionals. LAICISED (11) [verb] To convert from church controlled to independent of the church; to secularize. | [verb] To reduce from clergy to layman. | [verb] To convert to lay status. LAICISES (10) [verb] To convert from church controlled to independent of the church; to secularize. | [verb] To reduce from clergy to layman. | [verb] To convert to lay status. LAICISMS (12) [noun] Plural of laicism; the principles or practices of excluding religious influence from secular affairs and public institutions. LAICIZED (20) [verb] To convert from church controlled to independent of the church; to secularize. | [verb] To reduce from clergy to layman. | [verb] To convert to lay status. LAICIZES (19) [verb] To convert from church controlled to independent of the church; to secularize. | [verb] To reduce from clergy to layman. | [verb] To convert to lay status. LAITANCE (10) [noun] A milky substance consisting of cement and fine particles that rises to the surface of freshly placed concrete or mortar. LAKELIKE (16) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a lake; having the qualities or appearance of a lake. LAKEPORT (14) LAKESIDE (13) [noun] The ground near the edge of a lake; the land adjacent to a lake. | [adjective] By the side of a lake. LALLANDS (9) LALLYGAG (13) [noun] Horseplay, fooling around. | [noun] A layabout, one who lallygags. | [verb] (See lollygag.) To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort. LAMASERY (13) [noun] A monastery for lamas. LAMBASTE (12) [verb] To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly. | [verb] (dated in UK English but not US English) To give a thrashing to; to beat severely. LAMBASTS (12) [verb] To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly. | [verb] (dated in UK English but not US English) To give a thrashing to; to beat severely. LAMBDOID (14) [noun] The lambdoid suture. | [adjective] Shaped like the Greek letter lambda: LAMBENCY (17) [noun] A soft radiance or glow of light. | [noun] The quality of shining softly or glowing with a gentle light. LAMBERTS (12) [noun] A cgs unit of luminance; the brightness of a surface that emits one lumen per square centimetre LAMBIEST (12) [adjective] Superlative form of lamby; most resembling or characteristic of a lamb. LAMBKILL (16) [noun] A poisonous plant of the heath family (Kalmia angustifolia) with small pink flowers, also called sheep laurel or dwarf laurel. LAMBKINS (16) [noun] A young lamb, a very young sheep. | [noun] A term of endearment. LAMBLIKE (16) [adjective] Gentle, meek, or docile like a lamb. LAMBSKIN (16) [noun] The skin of a very young sheep, especially prepared with the fleece still attached. A very fine form of leather. | [noun] A kind of woollen cloth resembling this. LAMELLAE (10) [noun] A thin, plate-like structure. | [noun] The gill of a mushroom. LAMELLAR (10) [adjective] Composed of or arranged in thin layers or plates. LAMELLAS (10) [noun] Plural of lamella, thin plates or layers of bone, tissue, or other material, especially in biological structures. | [noun] In mycology, the gill-like structures on the underside of mushroom caps. LAMENESS (10) [noun] The state or quality of being lame; inability to walk normally due to injury or disability. | [noun] Lack of vigor, effectiveness, or interest; something considered weak or uncool. LAMENTED (11) [verb] To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn. | [verb] To feel great sorrow or regret; to bewail. | [adjective] Mourned for, or grieved for LAMENTER (10) [noun] One who laments; a person who expresses sorrow or regret. LAMINARY (13) LAMINATE (10) [noun] Material formed of thin sheets glued together. | [verb] To assemble from thin sheets glued together. | [verb] To cover something flat, usually paper, in adhesive protective plastic. LAMINOSE (10) [adjective] Composed of or arranged in laminae or thin layers; having a layered or laminated structure. LAMINOUS (10) LAMISTER (10) LAMPASES (12) [noun] Plural of lampass, a disease in horses characterized by inflammation of the soft palate and upper jaw. LAMPIONS (12) [noun] Small oil lamps or lights, typically used for illumination or decoration. | [noun] Fireworks or small explosive devices used for celebratory displays. LAMPOONS (12) [noun] A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution. LAMPPOST (14) [noun] The pole that holds up a light so it can illuminate a wide area, such as holds up a streetlight. LAMPREYS (15) [noun] Any long slender primitive eel-like freshwater and saltwater fish of the order Petromyzontiformes, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth but no jaw. LAMPYRID (16) [noun] A firefly or beetle of the family Lampyridae, characterized by bioluminescent abdominal organs used for mating signals. LAMSTERS (10) [noun] Plural of lamster; people who flee or escape, especially those evading the law. | [verb] Third person singular of "lam," meaning to flee hastily or escape. LANCELET (10) [noun] Any of a group of primitive marine animals, having a notochord instead of a backbone LANCETED (11) [adjective] Having a shape resembling a lance; characterized by a pointed, narrow form tapering to a point at each end. | [verb] Past tense of lancet, to make an incision with a lancet (a small surgical knife). LANCIERS (10) [noun] A soldier armed with a lance, or a member of a cavalry unit equipped with lances. | [noun] A type of quadrille dance or a set of figures in such a dance. LANDFALL (12) [noun] Arrival at the shore by ship. | [noun] The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land. | [noun] The first land discovered after a sea voyage. LANDFILL (12) [noun] A site at which refuse is buried under layers of earth. | [noun] The material so disposed of. | [verb] To dispose of (garbage) by burying it at a landfill site. LANDFORM (14) [noun] Any geological feature, such as a mountain or valley. LANDGRAB (12) [noun] A landrush. | [verb] To acquire land that one does not have a right to possess. LANDINGS (10) [noun] Corridor. | [noun] Coming to a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object. | [noun] A place on a shoreline where a boat lands. LANDLADY (13) [noun] A female landlord. LANDLERS (9) [noun] Plural of landler, a slow Austrian or Bavarian folk dance in triple meter that is a precursor to the waltz. LANDLESS (9) [adjective] Not owning land. | [adjective] Not containing any land. LANDLINE (9) [noun] A fixed telephone communications cable. | [noun] (by extension) A telephone connected by such a fixed wire, specifically not wireless/mobile. | [noun] That which is connected by such a fixed wire (telephone, internet etc.). LANDLORD (10) [noun] A person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo. | [noun] The owner or manager of a public house. | [noun] (with "the") A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided. LANDMARK (15) [noun] An object that marks the boundary of a piece of land (usually a stone, or a tree). | [noun] A recognizable natural or man-made feature used for navigation. | [noun] A notable location with historical, cultural, or geographical significance. LANDMASS (11) [noun] A large continuous area of land, either surrounded by sea or contiguous with another landmass. LANDSIDE (10) [noun] The flat bottom part of a plough. | [adjective] Inland, away from the sea | [adjective] In the publicly-accessible area of an airport (before security, passport and customs control) LANDSKIP (15) [noun] An archaic or variant spelling of "landscape," referring to a picture or view of scenery or terrain. LANDSLID (10) LANDSLIP (11) [noun] The sliding of a mass of land down a slope or cliff; a landslide LANDSMAN (11) [noun] The opposite of a seaman. A person who does not go to sea, who lacks the skills of a sailor or who is uncomfortable on ships or boats. | [noun] (oil and gas industry) A person who negotiates leases, contracts and other business deals between producers and landowners. | [noun] A fellow Jew who comes from the same district or town, especially in Eastern Europe LANDSMEN (11) [noun] The opposite of a seaman. A person who does not go to sea, who lacks the skills of a sailor or who is uncomfortable on ships or boats. | [noun] (oil and gas industry) A person who negotiates leases, contracts and other business deals between producers and landowners. | [noun] A fellow Jew who comes from the same district or town, especially in Eastern Europe LANDWARD (13) [noun] The side facing land. | [adjective] Located, facing or moving in the direction of the land, as opposed to the sea. | [adjective] Of the country as opposed to the city, rural; agricultural. LANEWAYS (14) [noun] A narrow roadway; a lane LANGLAUF (12) [noun] Cross-country skiing. | [noun] A langlauf run; a trip cross-country skiing. | [verb] To go cross-country skiing. LANGLEYS (12) [noun] Units of solar radiation equal to one gram calorie per square centimeter, used in measuring solar energy. LANGRAGE (10) LANGRELS (9) LANGSHAN (12) [noun] A breed of large black chicken with feathered legs, originating from China. LANGSYNE (12) [noun] A long time ago; days of old (Scottish). | [adverb] Long ago (Scottish). LANGUAGE (10) [noun] A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication. | [noun] The ability to communicate using words. | [noun] A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field. | [noun] A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ. LANGUETS (9) [noun] Small tongue-shaped anatomical structures or ornamental projections. | [noun] Narrow strips of leather or fabric used in garments or armor. LANGUISH (12) [verb] To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness. | [verb] To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness. | [verb] To live in miserable or disheartening conditions. LANGUORS (9) [noun] Plural of languor; states of physical or mental weariness, inactivity, or lack of energy. | [noun] Lack of vigor or vitality; listlessness or lethargy. LANIARDS (9) [noun] A short rope used for fastening rigging. | [noun] A cord used to hold a small object such as a key, whistle, card, or knife, worn around the neck or wrist: a form of necklace or wristband. | [noun] A cord with a hook; once used to fire artillery. LANITALS (8) LANKIEST (12) [adjective] Tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward. LANKNESS (12) [noun] The quality or state of being lank; leanness or lankiness. | [noun] Lack of fullness or thickness, especially of hair. LANNERET (8) [noun] A male lanner, smaller than the female. LANOLINE (8) [noun] A fatty substance extracted from sheep's wool and used in cosmetics, ointments, and other products. LANOLINS (8) [noun] Plural of lanolin, a fatty substance obtained from sheep's wool and used in cosmetics and lubricants. LANOSITY (11) [noun] The state or quality of being woolly or covered with soft hair or down. LANTANAS (8) [noun] Any member of the genus Lantana of perennial verbenas with aromatic flower clusters. LANTERNS (8) [noun] A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings. | [noun] Especially, a metal casing with lens used to illuminate a stage (e.g. spotlight, floodlight). | [noun] An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior. LANTHORN (11) [noun] A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings. | [noun] Especially, a metal casing with lens used to illuminate a stage (e.g. spotlight, floodlight). | [noun] An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior. LANYARDS (12) [noun] A short rope used for fastening rigging. | [noun] A cord used to hold a small object such as a key, whistle, card, or knife, worn around the neck or wrist: a form of necklace or wristband. | [noun] A cord with a hook; once used to fire artillery. LAPBOARD (13) [noun] A board designed to be held on the lap while working, typically used for writing, sewing, or other crafts. LAPELLED (11) [verb] Past tense of lapel, meaning to furnish with lapels or to grab by the lapel. LAPIDARY (14) [noun] A person who cuts, polishes, engraves, or deals in gems. | [noun] An expert in gems or precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work. | [noun] A treatise on precious stones. LAPIDATE (11) [verb] To stone to death; to pelt with stones. LAPIDIFY (17) [verb] To become stone or stony. | [verb] To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify. | [verb] To cause to become permanent; to solidify. LAPIDIST (11) [noun] A person who cuts, polishes, or engraves stones, especially precious gems. LAPILLUS (10) [noun] A small stone or pebble, especially one of the otoliths (ear stones) found in fish and other aquatic animals used for balance and hearing. LAPPERED (13) [verb] Past tense of "lapper," meaning to lap or overlap, or to drink by lapping. | [verb] Covered or wrapped with lapping (a thin protective covering). LAPPETED (13) [adjective] Having lappets; decorated with or consisting of lappets (flaps or folds of fabric or skin). LAPSABLE (12) [adjective] Capable of lapsing or coming to an end; subject to lapse. | [adjective] (Law) Able to be forfeited or lost through failure to exercise or claim within a specified time. LAPSIBLE (12) [adjective] Capable of lapsing or liable to lapse. | [adjective] (Law) Subject to forfeiture or reversion under certain conditions. LAPWINGS (14) [noun] Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae within family Charadriidae. | [noun] The tewit (Vanellus cristatus) (which is a type of lapwing in the first sense). | [noun] A silly man. LARBOARD (11) [noun] The left side of a ship, looking from the stern forward to the bow; port side. LARCENER (10) [noun] One who commits larceny, a thief. LARDIEST (9) [adjective] Superlative form of lardy; containing the most lard or having the most lard-like qualities. LARDLIKE (13) LARDOONS (9) [noun] A meat strip used for larding, especially salted pork. LARGANDO (10) LARGESSE (9) [noun] Generosity in the giving of gifts or money. | [noun] The gifts or money given in such a way. | [noun] A benevolent demeanor. LARIATED (9) [verb] Past tense of lariat, meaning to catch or rope with a lasso. LARKIEST (12) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a lark; playful, frolicsome, or lighthearted. | [adjective] Most lark-like in behavior or quality. LARKSOME (14) LARKSPUR (14) [noun] Any plant of the genera Delphinium or Consolida | [noun] In particular, a tall robust flowering plant with many purplish-blue flowers, Delphinium glaucum. LARRIGAN (9) [noun] A low leather boot or shoe, typically laced, worn especially in Canada and northern regions. | [noun] A type of heavy work shoe or boot with a flexible sole. LARRIKIN (12) [noun] A brash and impertinent, possibly violent, troublemaker, especially a youth; a hooligan. | [noun] A high-spirited person who playfully rebels against authority and conventional norms. | [adjective] Exhibiting the characteristics or behaviour of a larrikin; playfully rebellious against and contemptuous of authority and convention. LARRUPED (11) [verb] To beat or thrash | [adjective] Drunk; inebriated LARRUPER (10) LARYNGAL (12) [adjective] Relating to or produced by the larynx. LARYNGES (12) [noun] An organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus (or esophagus). It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, because it houses the vocal cords, sound production. LARYNXES (18) [noun] An organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus (or esophagus). It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, because it houses the vocal cords, sound production. LASAGNAS (9) [noun] A flat sheet of pasta. | [noun] An Italian baked dish comprising layers of such pasta with various ingredients (usually a meat ragù (chiefly Bolognese), a fish ragù or a vegetarian/vegetable ragù with bechamel sauce) LASAGNES (9) [noun] A flat sheet of pasta. | [noun] An Italian baked dish comprising layers of such pasta with various ingredients (usually a meat ragù (chiefly Bolognese), a fish ragù or a vegetarian/vegetable ragù with bechamel sauce) LASHINGS (12) [noun] Something used to tie something or lash it to something. | [noun] (in the form "lashings of"): plenty of | [noun] The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement. LASHKARS (15) [noun] Plural of lashkar; armed bands or military forces, particularly in Indian and Middle Eastern contexts. LASSOERS (8) [noun] Plural of lassoer; people who use a lasso to catch animals. LASSOING (9) [verb] To catch with a lasso. | [noun] The act of catching something with a lasso. LASTINGS (9) [noun] A durable woolen fabric with a cotton warp, traditionally used for shoe uppers and other applications. | [noun] Plural of lasting, referring to the wooden or metal forms over which shoe uppers are shaped during manufacture. LATAKIAS (12) [noun] A type of Turkish tobacco, traditionally grown in the Latakia region of Syria, known for its dark color and distinctive flavor. | [noun] Plural of latakia, referring to multiple varieties or quantities of this tobacco. LATCHETS (13) [noun] A small lever action crossbow with the cocking lever built into the top of the stock and a top mounted trigger. | [noun] A thong or cord, especially one used to fasten a shoe. LATCHING (14) [verb] To close or lock as if with a latch. | [verb] To catch; lay hold of. | [verb] To smear; to anoint. LATCHKEY (20) [noun] A key, especially to an outside door. | [noun] A child who is given a key to the home and is expected to remain at home alone (without adult supervision until the parents return from work). | [adjective] Equipped with a key; generally in the phrase latchkey child. LATEENER (8) LATENESS (8) [noun] The property of being late. LATENING (9) LATENTLY (11) [adverb] In a latent manner; in a way that is present but not visible, apparent, or actualized. LATERALS (8) [noun] An object, such as a passage or a protrusion, that is situated on the side of something else. | [noun] A sound produced through lateral pronunciation (such as /l/ in lateral). | [noun] A lateral pass. LATERITE (8) [noun] A red hard or gravel-like soil or subsoil formed in the tropics that has been leached of soluble minerals leaving insoluble iron and aluminium oxides and hydroxides; used to make bricks and roads. LATERIZE (17) [verb] To convert into laterite, a type of weathered soil or rock rich in iron and aluminum oxides. LATEWOOD (12) [noun] The dense wood formed in the later part of the annual growth ring of a tree, typically darker and harder than earlywood. LATHERED (12) [verb] To cover with lather. | [verb] To beat or whip. | [verb] To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating. LATHERER (11) [noun] One who lathers; a person or thing that produces or applies lather. LATHIEST (11) [adjective] Superlative form of lathy; resembling or containing laths, or characterized by being thin and narrow like a lath. LATHINGS (12) [noun] Plural of lathing; thin strips of wood or metal fastened to a surface to provide a base for plaster, tiles, or other finishing materials. LATHWORK (18) [noun] A framework or structure made of laths (thin strips of wood), typically used as a base for plaster or as latticework in construction. LATIGOES (9) [noun] Plural of latigo, a long whip used in South America. LATINITY (11) [noun] The quality or state of being Latin; Latin language, style, or characteristics. | [noun] A Latin word, phrase, or expression used in English. LATINIZE (17) [verb] To translate something into the Latin language; or make a word similar in appearance or form to a Latin word. | [verb] To transliterate something into the characters of the Latin script; to Romanize | [verb] To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in. LATITUDE (9) [noun] The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point. | [noun] An imaginary line (in fact a circumference) around a planet running parallel to the planet's equator. | [noun] The relative freedom from restrictions; scope to do something. LATOSOLS (8) [noun] Plural of latosol, a type of reddish tropical soil formed from weathering of rocks in humid climates. LATRINES (8) [noun] An open trench or pit used for urination and defecation. | [noun] Any facility or device used for urination or defecation, whether toilet, lavatory, or outhouse. | [noun] A chamber pot. LATTERLY (11) [adverb] Recently; to have occurred a short time before. LATTICED (11) [verb] To make a lattice of. | [verb] To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a lattice. | [adjective] Provided with latticework; having a pattern of fretwork. LATTICES (10) [noun] A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis. | [noun] A bearing with vertical and horizontal bands that cross each other. | [noun] A regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points, often decorated with a motif. LAUDABLE (11) [adjective] Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable | [adjective] Healthy; salubrious; having a disposition to promote healing LAUDABLY (14) [adverb] In a manner deserving praise or commendation; commendably. LAUDANUM (11) [noun] A tincture of opium, once widely used for various medical purposes and as a recreational drug. | [verb] To add laudanum to (a drink or the like). | [verb] To cause (a person) to be high on laudanum. LAUDATOR (9) [noun] One who praises; a praiser or flatterer. LAUGHERS (12) [noun] One who laughs. | [noun] A variety of the domestic pigeon. LAUGHING (13) [verb] To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter. | [verb] To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport. | [verb] (followed by "at") To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock. LAUGHTER (12) [noun] The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound. | [noun] A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the laughing face, particularly of the lips, and of the whole body, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs. | [noun] A reason for merriment. LAUNCHED (14) [verb] To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force. | [verb] To pierce with, or as with, a lance. | [verb] To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat. LAUNCHER (13) [noun] One who or that which launches. A device that throws something or the person who initiates a launch. | [noun] An application that launches another or others, often holding icons or menus for frequently used programs. LAUNCHES (13) [noun] The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.) | [noun] The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.). | [noun] An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party. LAUNDERS (9) [noun] A washerwoman or washerman. | [noun] A trough used by miners to receive powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus for comminuting (sorting) the ore. | [noun] A trough or channel carrying water to the wheel of a watermill. LAUREATE (8) [noun] One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate. | [noun] A graduate of a university. | [verb] To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at English universities. LAURELED (9) [verb] To decorate with laurel, especially with a laurel wreath. | [verb] To enwreathe. | [verb] To award top honours to. LAUWINES (11) LAVABOES (13) [noun] Plural of lavabo, a basin or washbasin, especially one used for washing hands before religious ceremonies. LAVALAVA (14) [noun] A wrap-around skirt or garment worn in Pacific Island cultures, particularly in Samoa and other Polynesian regions. LAVALIER (11) [noun] A pendant or ornament worn on a chain around the neck. | [noun] A small decorative pin or brooch. LAVALIKE (15) LAVATION (11) [noun] The act of washing or bathing, especially as a religious or ritual practice. LAVATORY (14) [noun] A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly: | [noun] Handwashing, particularly | [noun] A liquid used in washing; a lotion; a wash; a rinse. LAVEERED (12) LAVENDER (12) [noun] Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family. | [noun] A pale purple colour, like that of the lavender flower. | [verb] To decorate or perfume with lavender. LAVEROCK (17) [noun] A lark, especially the skylark; a songbird. LAVISHED (15) [verb] To give out extremely generously; to squander. | [verb] To give out to (somebody) extremely generously. LAVISHER (14) [noun] One who lavishes; one who gives or bestows generously. | [adjective] More lavish in nature or quality. LAVISHES (14) [verb] To give out extremely generously; to squander. | [verb] To give out to (somebody) extremely generously. LAVISHLY (17) [adverb] In a lavish manner, expending profusely. LAVROCKS (17) LAWBOOKS (17) [noun] Books containing the laws and statutes of a country or jurisdiction. | [noun] Reference materials that compile legal codes and regulations. LAWFULLY (17) [adverb] Conforming to the law; legally LAWGIVER (15) [noun] One who provides laws to a society. | [noun] Any lawmaker. LAWMAKER (17) [noun] One who makes or enacts laws. LAWSUITS (11) [noun] In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution. LAWYERED (15) [verb] To practice law. | [verb] To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer. | [verb] To make legalistic arguments. LAWYERLY (17) [adjective] In the manner or style characteristic of a lawyer; befitting or resembling a lawyer's professional demeanor or approach. LAXATION (15) [noun] The act of loosening or relaxing, particularly the relaxation of muscles or tissues. | [noun] In medicine, the state of being loose or slack, especially referring to bowel movements or laxness. LAXATIVE (18) [noun] Any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect. | [adjective] Having the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation. LAXITIES (15) [noun] Plural of laxity; the quality or state of being lax, loose, or negligent. | [noun] Instances or examples of lack of strictness or moral looseness. LAYABOUT (13) [noun] A lazy person. LAYAWAYS (17) [noun] Things which have had a deposit placed on them and which the owner (generally a store) has agreed to hold for the customer and accept full payment at a later time. | [noun] The system of accepting a deposit and holding for a customer to complete purchase. LAYERAGE (12) LAYERING (12) [verb] To cut or divide (something) into layers | [verb] To arrange (something) in layers. | [noun] A structure made up of layers. LAYETTES (11) [noun] A complete set of clothing, bedding and toilet articles for a new baby. | [noun] A tray for carrying the powder in a powder mill. | [noun] A bin for storing equipment parts prior to their use. LAYOVERS (14) [noun] A break between stages of a journey. LAYWOMAN (16) [noun] A woman who is a layperson, one who has not taken a religious oath (such as becoming a nun). | [noun] By analogy, a woman who is not a professional in a given field LAYWOMEN (16) [noun] A woman who is a layperson, one who has not taken a religious oath (such as becoming a nun). | [noun] By analogy, a woman who is not a professional in a given field LAZARETS (17) [noun] A lazaretto. | [noun] A lazaretto. LAZINESS (17) [noun] The quality of being lazy LAZULITE (17) [noun] A blue mineral consisting of magnesium aluminum phosphate hydroxide, used as a gemstone and pigment. LAZURITE (17) [noun] A mineral of metamorphosed limestones. Lazurite forms the gemstone lapis lazuli, and crushed lazurite provided the ultramarine color in artists' paint of the Old Masters. Sodalite and lazurite form the sodalite group of silicate minerals. Chemical composition: Sodium aluminum silicate with sulphur, Na4-5Al3Si3O12S. LEACHATE (13) [noun] The liquid produced when water percolates through any permeable material LEACHERS (13) [noun] Plural of leacher; people or things that leach, or those who obtain something by begging or parasitic means. | [noun] Plural of lecher; people who behave lecherously or with lustful intentions. LEACHIER (13) [adjective] More inclined to leach; having a greater tendency to seep or percolate through soil or other material. LEACHING (14) [verb] To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid. | [verb] To part with soluble constituents by percolation. | [noun] The process by which something is leached. LEADENLY (12) [adverb] In a leaden manner; heavily, slowly, or with a dull, sluggish quality. LEADIEST (9) [adjective] Superlative form of leaden; most resembling lead in appearance, weight, color, or sluggishness. LEADINGS (10) [noun] Strips of lead used to join pieces of glass in stained glass windows. | [noun] The spacing between lines of printed text. LEADLESS (9) [adjective] Without a leader or leadership; lacking direction or guidance. | [adjective] (of ammunition or solder) not containing lead. LEADOFFS (15) [noun] The first batter in a baseball lineup or the first play in a game. | [noun] The opening moves or initial actions in a process or competition. LEADSMAN (11) [noun] A sailor who uses a lead line to measure the depth of water beneath a ship. LEADSMEN (11) [noun] Plural of leadsman; sailors who use a lead line to measure water depth. LEADWORK (16) [noun] Decorative or functional work made from lead, such as lead piping, lead sheeting, or leaded glass windows. LEADWORT (12) [noun] Any of various maritime herbs of the genus Plumbago, some of which have lead-coloured spots on the leaves or nearly lead-coloured flowers. LEAFAGES (12) [noun] The plural of leafage; foliage or the leaves of a plant or tree collectively. LEAFIEST (11) [adjective] Covered with leaves | [adjective] Containing much foliage | [adjective] In the form of leaves (of some material) LEAFLESS (11) [adjective] Having no leaves; stripped of leaves or naturally without foliage. LEAFLETS (11) [noun] One of the components of a compound leaf. | [noun] A small plant leaf. | [noun] A small sheet of paper containing information, used for dissemination of said information, often an advertisement. LEAFLIKE (15) [adjective] Resembling or having the characteristics of a leaf in shape, texture, or appearance. LEAFWORM (16) [noun] A caterpillar or larva that feeds on the leaves of plants, particularly cotton plants or other crops. LEAGUERS (9) [noun] A siege | [noun] The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general. | [noun] A measure of liquid. LEAGUING (10) [verb] To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support. LEAKAGES (13) [noun] An act of leaking, or something that leaks | [noun] The amount lost due to a leak | [noun] An undesirable flow of electric current through insulation LEAKIEST (12) [adjective] Having leaks; not fully sealed. LEAKLESS (12) LEALTIES (8) [noun] Plural of loyalty; devotion or allegiance to a person, group, cause, or country. | [noun] In feudal contexts, the obligations owed by a vassal to a lord. LEANINGS (9) [noun] A tendency or propensity. LEANNESS (8) [noun] The quality or state of being lean; thinness or lack of fat. | [noun] The quality of being meager or scanty in resources or substance. LEAPFROG (14) [noun] (games) A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until he or she reaches the front of the line, whereupon he also bends over. The process is then repeated. | [noun] (usually attributive) The process by which a case is appealed or allowed to be appealed directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court. | [verb] To jump over some obstacle, as in the game of leapfrog. LEARIEST (8) [adjective] Superlative form of leary; most wary, suspicious, or reluctant. | [adjective] Most inclined to avoid or be distrustful of something. LEARNERS (8) [noun] One who is learning. LEARNING (9) [verb] To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something. | [verb] To attend a course or other educational activity. | [verb] To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve. LEASABLE (10) [adjective] Able to be leased or rented out. LEASHING (12) [verb] To fasten or secure with a leash. | [verb] To curb, restrain LEASINGS (9) [noun] Plural of leasing; agreements or contracts in which a lessor grants use of property to a lessee for a specified period in exchange for payment. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of lease; to grant or obtain the use of property under a lease agreement. LEATHERN (11) [adjective] Made of leather. LEATHERS (11) [noun] A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing. | [noun] A piece of the above used for polishing. | [noun] A cricket ball or football. LEATHERY (14) [adjective] Having the consistency, feel, or texture of leather. LEAVENED (12) [verb] To add a leavening agent. | [verb] To cause to rise by fermentation. | [verb] To temper an action or decision. LEAVIEST (11) [adjective] Superlative form of "leavy," meaning most full of leaves or most leafy. LEAVINGS (12) [noun] A worthless and incidental residuum, such as scraps from a meal, or shavings or sawdust from wood. LECHAYIM (18) [interjection] A Hebrew toast meaning "to life," used to express good wishes or celebration. LECHERED (14) [verb] Past tense of "lecher," meaning to behave lecherously or to engage in lechery; to pursue sexual gratification in a lewd manner. LECITHIN (13) [noun] The principal phospholipid in animals; it is particularly abundant in egg yolks, and is extracted commercially from soy. It is a major constituent of cell membranes, and is commonly used as a food additive (as an emulsifier). LECTERNS (10) [noun] A stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service. | [noun] A similar stand to support a lecturer's notes. LECTIONS (10) [noun] The act of reading. | [noun] A reading of a religious text; a lesson to be read in church etc. LECTURED (11) [verb] To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic. | [verb] To preach, to berate, to scold. LECTURER (10) [noun] A person who gives lectures, especially as a profession. | [noun] A member of a university or college below the rank of assistant professor or reader. | [noun] A member of the Church of England clergy whose main task was to deliver sermons (lectures) in the afternoons and evenings. LECTURES (10) [noun] A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group. | [noun] (by extension) a class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1) [usually at college or university] | [noun] A berating or scolding. LECYTHIS (16) [noun] A narrow-necked ancient Greek jug or flask, typically used for holding oils or perfumes. LECYTHUS (16) [noun] A small ancient Greek oil jug or flask with a narrow neck, typically used for holding perfume or oil. LEDGIEST (10) [adjective] Superlative form of ledgy; most characterized by ledges or having prominent ledges. LEEBOARD (11) [noun] A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a sailboat to lessen its leeway. LEECHING (14) [verb] To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient. | [verb] To drain (resources) without giving back. | [verb] To treat, cure or heal. LEERIEST (8) [adjective] Cautious, suspicious, wary, hesitant, or nervous about something; having reservations or concerns. LEEWARDS (12) [noun] Islands or regions situated on the lee side, away from the wind; the direction toward which the wind is blowing. | [adjective] Of or relating to the lee side; away from the wind. LEFTISMS (13) [noun] Plural of leftism; political or social ideologies and movements that favor egalitarianism, progressive reform, and the interests of working-class people, typically associated with the left side of the political spectrum. LEFTISTS (11) [noun] A person who holds views associated with the political left. LEFTOVER (14) [noun] Something left behind; an excess or remainder. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural, usually of food) Remaining after a meal is complete or eaten for a later meal or snack. | [adjective] Remaining; left behind; extra; in reserve. LEFTWARD (15) [adjective] To or from the left. | [adverb] To or from the left. LEFTWING (15) [noun] The more left-wing faction of a group or party. | [noun] The left-hand side of a sports field. | [noun] The offensive player who plays to the center's left. LEGACIES (11) [noun] Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will. | [noun] Something inherited from a predecessor or the past. | [noun] The descendant of an alumnus. LEGALESE (9) [noun] Technical jargon common in the legal profession, the argot of lawyers. | [noun] Wordy, ostentatious talk or writing that resembles legal writing, especially when confusing to laypeople; bureaucratese; officialese. LEGALISE (9) [verb] To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it. LEGALISM (11) [noun] A philosophy of focusing on the text of written law to the exclusion of the intent of law, elevating strict adherence to law over justice, mercy, grace and common sense. | [noun] A doctrine of salvation by strictly adhering to the requirements of divine law. | [noun] A legal axiom, term or rule. LEGALIST (9) [noun] A person who advocates strict adherence to law or legal formalism. | [noun] A follower of legalism, a Chinese philosophical school emphasizing strict laws and punishments. LEGALITY (12) [noun] Lawfulness. LEGALIZE (18) [verb] To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it. LEGATEES (9) [noun] One who receives a legacy. LEGATINE (9) [adjective] Belonging to a legate. | [adjective] Headed by a legate. | [adjective] Enacted by a legate. LEGATING (10) [verb] Present participle of legate; to bequeath or leave by will, or to send as a legate (diplomatic representative). LEGATION (9) [noun] The post or office of a legate; a legateship. | [noun] A diplomatic mission. | [noun] The official residence of a diplomat. LEGATORS (9) [noun] A donor. LEGENDRY (13) [noun] Stories, tales, or narrative traditions, especially those of a legendary or mythical nature. | [noun] The body of legends associated with a particular person, place, or thing. LEGERITY (12) [noun] Quickness and lightness of movement or action; agility. | [noun] Lack of seriousness; frivolity or levity. LEGGIERO (10) LEGGIEST (10) [adjective] (chiefly of a woman) Having long, attractive legs; long-legged. | [adjective] (chiefly of a woman) Exposing the bare or pantyhose-clad legs, especially the thighs. | [adjective] Taller or longer than usual. LEGGINGS (11) [noun] A covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle. | [noun] Tight fitting leg coverings worn, for example, to gym. | [noun] One of the legs of a pair of trousers. LEGHORNS (12) [noun] A type of dried plaited wheat straw fabric. | [noun] A hat made from that fabric. | [noun] A small white chicken of a hardy breed. LEGROOMS (11) [noun] The space in front of a seat (as in a car or airplane) where a person's legs can be extended. LEGUMINS (11) [noun] Plural of legumin, a protein found in legume seeds such as beans and peas. LEGWORKS (16) [noun] Legwork is the physical work or travel involved in doing something, such as the groundwork or fieldwork required to complete a task or investigation. | [noun] The use of one's legs in dancing or physical activity. LEHAYIMS (16) [noun] Plural of lehayim, a Hebrew toast meaning "to life," used in English to express good wishes or celebrate. LEISTERS (8) [noun] A spear armed with three or more barbed prongs for catching fish, particularly salmon. LEISURED (9) [adjective] Having leisure time. | [adjective] Leisurely, filled with leisure. LEISURES (8) [noun] Plural of leisure; periods of free time or opportunities for relaxation and recreational activities. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of the verb "leisure," meaning to spend time in a leisurely manner. LEKYTHOI (18) [noun] Plural of lekythos, a narrow-necked ancient Greek jug or flask used for holding oil or perfume. LEKYTHOS (18) [noun] An ancient Greek oil jug or flask, typically narrow-necked and used for holding oil or perfume. LEKYTHUS (18) [noun] An ancient Greek oil flask or jug, typically tall and narrow with a small mouth, used for storing oil or perfume. LEMMINGS (13) [noun] A small Arctic and Subarctic rodent from any of six genera of similar rodents. | [noun] Any member of a group given to conformity or groupthink, especially a group poised to follow a leader off a cliff. LEMNISCI (12) [noun] Plural of lemniscus, a anatomical term referring to a band or bundle of nerve fibers in the brain or spinal cord. | [noun] In mathematics, a figure-eight shaped curve. LEMONADE (11) [noun] A flavoured beverage consisting of water, lemon, and sweetener, sometimes ice, served mainly as a refreshment. | [noun] A clear, usually carbonated, beverage made from lemon or artificial lemon flavouring, water, and sugar. | [noun] Recreational drugs of poor or weak quality, especially heroin. LEMONISH (13) LEMPIRAS (12) [noun] The currency of Honduras, divided into 100 centavos. LEMURINE (10) [adjective] Of, relating to, or resembling a lemur or lemurs. LEMUROID (11) [adjective] Of, relating to, or resembling a lemur or the lemur family (Lemuridae). LENDABLE (11) [adjective] Able to be lent or loaned. LENGTHEN (12) [verb] To make longer, to extend the length of. | [verb] To become longer. LENIENCE (10) [noun] Leniency: mercy or forgiveness in the assignment of punishment. LENIENCY (13) [noun] The quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case. | [noun] An act of being lenient. LENITIES (8) [noun] Plural of lenity; the quality of being lenient or merciful; mildness in punishment or judgment. LENITION (8) [noun] A weakening of articulation causing a consonant to become lenis (soft). LENITIVE (11) [noun] An analgesic or other source of relief from pain | [noun] A laxative. | [adjective] Analgesic, able to reduce pain or suffering. LENSLESS (8) [adjective] Without a lens or lenses; lacking optical lenses. LENTANDO (9) [adjective] Slackening; becoming slower (used as a musical direction). LENTICEL (10) [noun] One of the small, oval, rounded spots upon the stem or branch of a plant, from which the underlying tissues may protrude or roots may issue, either in the air, or more commonly when the stem or branch is covered with water or earth. | [noun] A small, lens-shaped gland on the underside of some leaves. LENTISKS (12) [noun] A tree, the lentiscus, Pistacia lentiscus. LEOPARDS (11) [noun] Panthera pardus, a large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia, especially the male of the species (in contrast to leopardess). | [noun] (inexact) A similar-looking, large wild cat named after the leopard. | [noun] A lion passant guardant. LEOTARDS (9) [noun] A one-piece skintight garment with or without sleeves and without legs (often worn by gymnasts, acrobats, wrestlers, female swimmers, etc.) LEPIDOTE (11) [adjective] Covered with small scales or scale-like structures, particularly used in botany to describe plants with lepidote leaves or surfaces. LEPORIDS (11) [noun] Members of the family Leporidae, which includes rabbits and hares. LEPORINE (10) [adjective] Of, relating to, or resembling a hare or rabbit. LEPROTIC (12) LEPTONIC (12) [adjective] Of or relating to leptons, a class of elementary particles in physics. LESBIANS (10) [noun] A homosexual woman, one who is mostly or exclusively sexually or romantically attracted to other women. | [noun] A homosexual female animal. LESIONED (9) [adjective] Having sustained a lesion or injury; damaged or impaired by a wound or pathological change. | [verb] Past tense of lesion; to cause a lesion or injury to. LESSENED (9) [verb] To make less; to diminish; to reduce. | [verb] To become less. | [adjective] Having been lessened. LESSONED (9) [verb] To give a lesson to; to teach. LETCHING (14) [verb] To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid. | [verb] To part with soluble constituents by percolation. LETDOWNS (12) [noun] A disappointment or anticlimax. | [noun] The neurohormonal release of milk in dairy cows or in breastfeeding human mothers. LETHALLY (14) [adverb] In a lethal manner, in manner which is or will be fatal. LETHARGY (15) [noun] A condition characterized by extreme fatigue or drowsiness, or prolonged sleep patterns. | [noun] A state of extreme torpor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion or interest; loosely, sluggishness, laziness. LETTERED (9) [verb] To print, inscribe, or paint letters on something. | [verb] (scholastic) To earn a varsity letter (award). | [adjective] Marked with letters. LETTERER (8) [noun] A person who writes or draws letters, especially one who specializes in lettering for signs, documents, or artistic purposes. LETTUCES (10) [noun] An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green and/or purple leaves. | [noun] The leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc. | [noun] United States paper currency; dollars. LEUCEMIA (12) [noun] A malignant disease of the blood-forming organs characterized by an abnormal increase of white blood cells. LEUCEMIC (14) [adjective] Relating to or affected by leukemia, a disease characterized by abnormal production of white blood cells. LEUCINES (10) [noun] Plural of leucine, an amino acid that is essential for protein synthesis and muscle metabolism in living organisms. LEUCITES (10) [noun] Plural of leucite, a white or gray mineral consisting of potassium aluminum silicate, commonly found in volcanic rocks. LEUCITIC (12) [adjective] Relating to or containing leucite, a type of potassium aluminum silicate mineral found in certain volcanic rocks. LEUCOMAS (12) [noun] An opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye LEUKEMIA (14) [noun] A type of malignancy affecting the blood cells or blood-forming tissues. | [noun] Any specific form or type of cancer of the blood-forming tissues. LEUKEMIC (16) [adjective] Relating to or affected by leukemia, a type of blood cancer characterized by abnormal white blood cell production. LEUKOMAS (14) [noun] An opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye LEUKOSES (12) [noun] Plural of leukosis, a disease characterized by abnormal increase of white blood cells in blood and tissues. LEUKOSIS (12) [noun] An abnormally large number of leukocytes, or the tissue that produces them LEUKOTIC (14) LEVANTED (12) [verb] To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts. LEVANTER (11) [noun] An Easterly wind that blows from the Mediterranean, through the straits of Gibraltar to the Atlantic. | [noun] One who levants, or absconds to avoid paying a debt. LEVATORS (11) [noun] Lifting muscle | [noun] (specifically) The levator palpebrae superioris muscle. LEVEEING (12) [verb] Present participle of "levee," meaning to build or reinforce a levee (an embankment constructed to prevent flooding), or to hold a levee (a formal reception or gathering). LEVELERS (11) [noun] A person or thing that levels. | [noun] A person holding a political opinion in favor of eliminating disparities between the haves and the have nots. LEVELING (12) [verb] To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible. | [verb] To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze. | [verb] To progress to the next level. LEVELLED (12) [verb] To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible. | [verb] To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze. | [verb] To progress to the next level. LEVELLER (11) [adjective] The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground. | [adjective] At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with. | [adjective] Unvaried in frequency. LEVERAGE (12) [noun] A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot; see torque. | [noun] By extension, any influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage. | [noun] The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability of a business to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk. LEVERETS (11) [noun] A young hare. LEVERING (12) [verb] To move with a lever. | [verb] To use, operate or move (something) like a lever (physically). | [verb] To use (something) like a lever (in an abstract sense). LEVIABLE (13) [adjective] Capable of being levied or subject to being levied (as a tax or fine). LEVIGATE (12) [verb] To make smooth or polish | [verb] To make into a smooth paste or fine powder | [verb] To separate finer grains from coarser ones by suspension in a liquid LEVIRATE (11) [noun] A marriage between a widow and her deceased husband's brother or, sometimes, heir. | [noun] The institution of levirate marriage. | [adjective] Having to do with one's husband's brother. LEVITATE (11) [verb] To cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity. | [verb] To be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity. LEVITIES (11) [noun] Lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; lack of appropriate seriousness; inclination to make a joke of serious matters. | [noun] Lack of steadiness. | [noun] The state or quality of being light, buoyancy. LEVODOPA (14) [noun] The levorotatory form of dopa, used to treat Parkinson's disease. LEVOGYRE (15) [adjective] Rotating or twisting toward the left; counterclockwise, especially in reference to the plane of polarized light. LEVULINS (11) [noun] Plural of levulin, a polysaccharide found in plants that is similar to inulin and can be hydrolyzed into levulose (fructose). LEVULOSE (11) [noun] D-fructose, the left-rotating stereoisomer of fructose LEWDNESS (12) [noun] The quality or state of being lewd; indecent or obscene behavior or language. | [noun] An act or instance of lewd conduct. LEWISITE (11) [noun] An organoarsenic compound used as a chemical weapon. LEWISSON (11) LEXICONS (17) [noun] The vocabulary of a language. | [noun] A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes. | [noun] A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic. LIAISING (9) [verb] To establish a liaison. | [verb] To act between parties with a view to reconciling differences. | [verb] To cooperate, consult and discuss in order to come to a common solution. LIAISONS (8) [noun] Communication between two parties or groups. | [noun] Co-operation, working together. | [noun] A relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war. LIBATION (10) [noun] The act of pouring a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity. | [noun] The wine or liquid thus poured out. | [noun] A beverage, especially an alcoholic one. LIBECCIO (14) [noun] A southwest wind. LIBELANT (10) [noun] A person who brings a libel suit; a plaintiff in a libel case. LIBELEES (10) [noun] Plural of libelee; persons who are the subjects of a libel or defamatory statement. LIBELERS (10) [noun] Plural of libeler; people who publish false statements that damage someone's reputation. LIBELING (11) [verb] To defame someone, especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel. | [verb] To proceed against (a ship, goods, etc.) by filing a libel. LIBELIST (10) LIBELLED (11) [verb] To defame someone, especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel. | [verb] To proceed against (a ship, goods, etc.) by filing a libel. LIBELLEE (10) [noun] A person against whom a libel action is brought; a defendant in a libel case. LIBELLER (10) [noun] A person who publishes a libel; one who makes defamatory statements. LIBELOUS (10) [adjective] Defamatory, libeling, referring to something that causes harm to someone's reputation especially with malice or disregard. | [adjective] Meeting the legal standards for libel. LIBERALS (10) [noun] One with liberal views, supporting individual liberty (see Wikipedia's article on Liberalism). | [noun] Someone left-wing; one with a left-wing ideology. | [noun] A supporter of any of several liberal parties. LIBERATE (10) [verb] To set free, to make or allow to be free, particularly | [verb] To acquire from an enemy during wartime, used especially of cities, regions, and other population centers. | [verb] To acquire from another by theft or force: to steal, to rob. LIBRATED (11) [verb] To oscillate (like the beam of a balance) | [verb] To poise; to balance. LIBRATES (10) [noun] A piece of land having a value of one pound per year | [verb] To oscillate (like the beam of a balance) | [verb] To poise; to balance. LIBRETTI (10) [noun] The text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera. | [noun] A book containing such a text. LIBRETTO (10) [noun] The text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera. | [noun] A book containing such a text. LICENCED (13) [verb] To give a formal (usually written) authorization. | [verb] Authorize officially. | [adjective] (of a person or enterprise) having been issued with a licence (by the required authority) LICENCEE (12) [noun] A person or organization that is granted a license to use, operate, or sell something owned by another party. LICENCER (12) [noun] A person or entity that grants a license to another party. LICENCES (12) [noun] A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit. | [noun] The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software. | [noun] Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech). LICENSED (11) [verb] To give a formal (usually written) authorization. | [verb] Authorize officially. | [adjective] (of a person or enterprise) having been issued with a licence (by the required authority) LICENSEE (10) [noun] A person to whom a license is granted | [noun] A publican LICENSER (10) [noun] A person or entity that grants a license to another party. | [noun] One who licenses; a licensor. LICENSES (10) [noun] A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit. | [noun] The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software. | [noun] Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech). LICENSOR (10) [noun] A person or entity that grants a license to another party to use their property, rights, or intellectual property. LICHENED (14) [adjective] Covered with or affected by lichen. LICHENIN (13) [noun] A polysaccharide found in lichens that is used in various industrial applications and as a thickening agent. LICHTING (14) LICKINGS (15) [noun] An act of licking. | [noun] A severe beating. | [noun] A great loss or defeat. LICKSPIT (16) [noun] A servile flatterer; a sycophant or toady. LICORICE (12) [noun] The plant Glycyrrhiza glabra, or sometimes in North America the related American Licorice plant Glycyrrhiza lepidota. | [noun] A type of candy made from that plant's dried root or its extract. | [noun] A black colour, named after the licorice. LIEGEMAN (11) [noun] A male liege (subject of a sovereign or lord). LIEGEMEN (11) [noun] A male liege (subject of a sovereign or lord). LIENABLE (10) [adjective] Capable of being subject to a lien; able to have a legal claim placed against it as security for a debt. LIENTERY (11) [noun] A form of diarrhea in which food passes through the body with little or no digestion. LIFEBOAT (13) [noun] A boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress at sea (either launched from the shore with a crew, or else carried on board a larger ship) | [noun] An emergency vehicle carried aboard a spaceship | [verb] To rescue; to carry to safety LIFELESS (11) [adjective] Inanimate; having no life | [adjective] Dead; having lost life | [adjective] Uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life LIFELIKE (15) [adjective] Like a living being, resembling life, giving an accurate representation LIFELINE (11) [noun] A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling. | [noun] (by extension) A source of salvation in a crisis. | [noun] A means or route for transporting indispensable supplies. LIFELONG (12) [adjective] Extending for the entire duration of life. LIFETIME (13) [noun] The duration of the life of someone or something. | [noun] A long period of time. LIFEWAYS (17) [noun] The customs, practices, and ways of living characteristic of a person, group, or culture. LIFEWORK (18) [noun] The main occupation or vocation of a person's life. LIFTABLE (13) [adjective] Capable of being lifted or raised. LIFTGATE (12) [noun] A hinged or motorized gate at the rear of a vehicle that lowers to facilitate loading and unloading of cargo. LIFTOFFS (17) [noun] The point in the launch of a rocket or an aircraft where it leaves contact with the ground. | [noun] The point at which a person or animal leaves the ground, as for example when jumping. LIGAMENT (11) [noun] A band of strong tissue that connects bones to other bones. | [noun] That which binds or acts as a ligament. LIGATING (10) [verb] To bind with a ligature or bandage. | [verb] To connect text characters with a ligature. LIGATION (9) [noun] Something that ties, a ligature. | [noun] The act of tying, of applying a ligature. | [noun] The state of having a ligature, of being tied. LIGATIVE (12) [adjective] Serving to bind or connect; relating to or functioning as a ligature. LIGATURE (9) [noun] The act of tying or binding something. | [noun] A cord or similar thing used to tie something; especially the thread used in surgery to close a vessel or duct. | [noun] A thread or wire used to remove tumours, etc. LIGHTENS (12) [verb] To make brighter or clearer; to illuminate. | [verb] To become brighter or clearer; to brighten. | [verb] To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to flash. LIGHTERS (12) [noun] One who, or that which, lights. | [noun] A small, reusable handheld device for creating fire, especially for lighting cigarettes. | [noun] A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats). LIGHTEST (12) [verb] To start (a fire). | [verb] To set fire to; to set burning. | [verb] To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark. LIGHTFUL (15) LIGHTING (13) [verb] To start (a fire). | [verb] To set fire to; to set burning. | [verb] To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark. LIGHTISH (15) [adjective] Somewhat light in weight, color, or intensity. LIGNEOUS (9) [adjective] Of, or resembling wood; woody. | [adjective] Containing lignin or xylem. LIGNITES (9) [noun] A low-grade, brownish-black coal LIGNITIC (11) [adjective] Of, relating to, or containing lignite, a type of soft brownish coal. LIGROINE (9) [noun] A volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixture used as a solvent and in dry cleaning, also called ligroin. LIGROINS (9) [noun] A volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixture distilled from petroleum, used as a solvent and in cleaning. | [noun] Plural of ligroin. LIGULATE (9) [adjective] Shaped like a strap or long tongue | [adjective] Having a ligule LIGULOID (10) LIKEABLE (14) [adjective] Capable of being liked. | [adjective] (of a person) Having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable. LIKELIER (12) [adjective] Probable; having a greater-than-even chance of occurring | [adjective] (as predicate, followed by to and infinitive) Reasonably to be expected; apparently destined, probable | [adjective] Appropriate, suitable; believable; having a good potential LIKENESS (12) [noun] The state or quality of being like or alike | [noun] Appearance or form; guise. | [noun] That which closely resembles; a portrait. LIKENING (13) [verb] (followed by to or unto) To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else). | [noun] The act by which things are likened; a comparison. LIKEWISE (15) [adverb] (manner) In a similar manner. | [adverb] Also; moreover; too. | [adverb] The same to you; used as a response. LILLIPUT (10) LILYLIKE (15) LIMACINE (12) [adjective] Of, relating to, or resembling a slug or slugs. LIMACONS (12) [noun] Plural of limacon, a type of plane curve in mathematics generated by tracing a point on a circle as it rolls around another circle. LIMBECKS (18) LIMBERED (13) [verb] To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant. | [verb] To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.) LIMBERER (12) [noun] One who limbers; something that limbers or makes limber. | [noun] A detachable front part of a gun carriage that carries ammunition. LIMBERLY (15) LIMBIEST (12) [adjective] Superlative form of limby; having the most limbs or resembling limbs most prominently. LIMBLESS (12) [adjective] Without limbs; having no arms or legs. LIMBUSES (12) [noun] Plural of limbus, a border or edge of a body part, especially the junction between the cornea and sclera of the eye. | [noun] In anatomy, marginal zones or borders of various structures. LIMEADES (11) [noun] A citrus drink made from water, sugar, and the juice of limes. | [noun] A glass of this drink. | [noun] A variety of this drink. LIMEKILN (14) [noun] A furnace used to produce lime from limestone. | [noun] A burning sensation. LIMELESS (10) [adjective] Without lime or lacking lime. | [adjective] Without a fixed or specified time limit. LIMERICK (16) [noun] A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having a 9–9–6–6–9 cadence. LIMINESS (10) [noun] The quality or state of being limy; containing or resembling lime. | [noun] The state of being sticky or viscous, as with birdlime. LIMITARY (13) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a limit or boundary. | [adjective] That limits or restricts. | [adjective] Confined within limits; limited in extent, authority, power, etc. LIMITEDS (11) [noun] Plural of limited; things that are restricted in quantity or scope, particularly limited edition products or shares in a limited company. LIMITERS (10) [noun] That which limits or confines. | [noun] A circuit that allows signals below a specified input threshold to pass unaffected while attenuating the peaks of stronger signals. | [noun] A friar who had a license to beg within certain bounds. LIMITING (11) [verb] To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries. | [verb] To have a limit in a particular set. | [verb] To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region. LIMNETIC (12) [adjective] Relating to or inhabiting the open water of a lake, away from the shore. LIMONENE (10) [noun] A monoterpene hydrocarbon 1-methyl-4-prop-1-en-2-yl-cyclohexene found in the essential oils of oranges, lemons and similar fruit, and mainly responsible for their fragrance LIMONITE (10) [noun] Any of several natural hydrous iron oxides; often a mixture of goethite and hemite with clays and manganese oxide LIMPIDLY (16) [adverb] In a clear, transparent, or easily understood manner. LIMPKINS (16) [noun] A large bird, Aramus guarauna, found in marshes in the Caribbean, Central America and southern Florida. LIMPNESS (12) [noun] The quality or state of being limp; lacking firmness or stiffness. | [noun] A lack of vigor or energy; weakness. LIMPSIER (12) [adjective] Comparative form of limp, meaning more lacking in firmness, stiffness, or vigor; or more characterized by a halting gait or movement. LIMULOID (11) LINALOLS (8) [noun] Plural of linalol, a colorless liquid alcohol found in essential oils of plants such as lavender and basil, used in perfumes and flavorings. LINALOOL (8) [noun] A colorless liquid alcohol found in essential oils of plants like lavender and basil, used in perfumes and flavorings. LINCHPIN (15) [noun] A pin inserted through holes at the end of an axle or shaft, so as to secure a wheel or shaft-mounted device. | [noun] A central cohesive source of stability and security; a person or thing that is critical to a system or organisation. LINDANES (9) [noun] Plural of lindane, a synthetic insecticide formerly used to treat crops and lice infestations. LINEABLE (10) [adjective] Capable of being lined or marked with lines. LINEAGES (9) [noun] Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage. | [noun] A number of lines of text in a column. LINEALLY (11) [adverb] In a direct line of descent; in a manner relating to or consisting of a line or lines. | [adverb] Directly; in a straight line. LINEARLY (11) [adverb] In a linear manner. | [adverb] In a straight line. | [adverb] Sequentially in time; chronologically. LINEATED (9) [adjective] Marked with lines or having a linear pattern. | [verb] Past tense of lineate; to mark with lines. LINEBRED (11) [adjective] Bred from a single line of ancestry over multiple generations, particularly in animal breeding to emphasize or concentrate certain traits. LINECUTS (10) LINELESS (8) LINELIKE (12) [adjective] Resembling or having the characteristics of a line; elongated and narrow. LINESMAN (10) [noun] An assistant referee. | [noun] A male line judge. | [noun] An official whose primary task is to watch the blue line and determine when there has been an offside. LINESMEN (10) [noun] An assistant referee. | [noun] A male line judge. | [noun] An official whose primary task is to watch the blue line and determine when there has been an offside. LINGCODS (12) [noun] Plural of lingcod, a large marine fish found in the North Pacific Ocean with greenish flesh and a elongated body. LINGERED (10) [verb] To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so; to loiter. | [verb] To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually. | [verb] (often followed by on) To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion. LINGERER (9) [noun] One who lingers; a person who stays or remains in a place longer than expected. | [noun] Something that persists or remains. LINGERIE (9) [noun] Women's underwear or nightclothes, now especially when lacy or designed to be seductive. | [noun] Linen goods collectively. LINGIEST (9) [adjective] Most resembling or containing ling (a type of fish or heather plant). | [adjective] Most inclined to linger or dwell. LINGUALS (9) [adjective] Relating to or involving the tongue or language. | [noun] Plural of lingual, referring to things related to the tongue or linguistic matters. LINGUINE (9) [noun] Ribbons of pasta, cut from a sheet, not as wide as tagliatelle. LINGUINI (9) [noun] Ribbons of pasta, cut from a sheet, not as wide as tagliatelle. LINGUIST (9) [noun] One who studies linguistics. | [noun] A person skilled in languages. | [noun] A human translator; an interpreter, especially in the armed forces. LINIMENT (10) [noun] A topical medical preparation intended to be rubbed into the skin with friction, as for example to relieve symptoms of arthritis. | [verb] To apply liniment to. LINKABLE (14) [adjective] Capable of being linked. LINKAGES (13) [noun] A mechanical device that connects things. | [noun] A connection or relation between things or ideas. | [noun] The property of genes of being inherited together. LINKBOYS (17) [noun] Boys or men who carried torches or lights to illuminate the streets at night, historically employed in London and other cities. LINKSMAN (14) [noun] A golfer, especially one who plays on a golf links course. LINKSMEN (14) [noun] Plural of linksman; golfers who play on a links course, or people who wear links (a type of chain armor). LINKWORK (19) [noun] A fabric made from linked pieces of metal. | [noun] A mechanism of linked components. LINOCUTS (10) [noun] A type of woodcut in which a block of linoleum is used for the relief surface; the design cut into the block. LINOLEUM (10) [noun] An inexpensive waterproof covering used especially for floors, made from solidified linseed oil over a burlap or canvas backing, or from its modern replacement, polyvinyl chloride. LINSANGS (9) [noun] Any of the members of two catlike Asian animal species classified in the mammalian family Prionodontidae. | [noun] Any of the members of two superficially catlike African animal species classified in the mammalian family Viverridae. LINSEEDS (9) [noun] The seed of the flax plant, which yields linseed oil. LINSTOCK (14) [noun] A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon. LINTIEST (8) [adjective] Superlative form of linty; having the most lint or resembling lint most closely. LINTLESS (8) [adjective] Free from lint; not producing or covered with lint. LINURONS (8) [noun] Plural of linuron, a selective herbicide used to control weeds in various crops. LIONFISH (14) [noun] A venomous marine fish of the scorpionfish family, characterized by venomous spines and feathery pectoral fins, found in Indo-Pacific waters. LIONISED (9) [verb] To treat (a person) as if they were important, or a celebrity. | [verb] To visit famous places in order to revere them. | [verb] To behave as a lion. LIONISER (8) [verb] To treat or regard (someone) as a celebrity or important person. | [verb] To give a lion-like quality to something. LIONISES (8) [verb] To treat (a person) as if they were important, or a celebrity. | [verb] To visit famous places in order to revere them. | [verb] To behave as a lion. LIONIZED (18) [verb] To treat (a person) as if they were important, or a celebrity. | [verb] To visit famous places in order to revere them. | [verb] To behave as a lion. LIONIZER (17) [verb] To treat someone as a celebrity or person of great importance; to lionize. LIONIZES (17) [verb] To treat (a person) as if they were important, or a celebrity. | [verb] To visit famous places in order to revere them. | [verb] To behave as a lion. LIONLIKE (12) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a lion in appearance, behavior, or qualities such as courage and strength. LIPOCYTE (15) [noun] A fat cell that stores lipids in the body; an adipocyte. LIPOIDAL (11) [adjective] Relating to or resembling fat LIPOMATA (12) [noun] A nonmalignant tumor comprising fat cells. LIPOSOME (12) [noun] An aqueous compartment enclosed by a bimolecular membrane, typically of phospholipid; a lipid vesicle. LIPPENED (13) [verb] Past tense of "lippen," meaning to trust, rely upon, or depend on (chiefly Scottish). LIPPERED (13) LIPPIEST (12) [adjective] Having prominent lips. | [adjective] Having a tendency to talk back in a cheeky or impertinent manner. LIPPINGS (13) [noun] The plural of lipping, which refers to the edges or rims of objects, or in golf, the action of a ball touching the rim of a cup without going in. LIPSTICK (16) [noun] Makeup for the lips. | [noun] A stick of this make-up. | [verb] To apply lipstick to; to paint with lipstick. LIQUATED (18) [verb] To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material. | [verb] To melt; to become liquid (liquefy) LIQUATES (17) [verb] To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material. | [verb] To melt; to become liquid (liquefy) LIQUEURS (17) [noun] A flavoured alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol. Cordials are a type of liqueur manufactured using the infusion process as opposed to the essence and distillation processes. | [verb] To flavor or treat (wine) with a liqueur | [verb] To top up bottles of sparkling wine with a sugar solution LIQUIDLY (21) [adverb] In a liquid manner; with the quality or characteristics of a liquid. | [adverb] In a smooth, flowing, or fluent way. LIQUORED (18) [verb] To drink liquor, usually to excess. | [verb] To cause someone to drink liquor, usually to excess. | [verb] To grease. LIRIPIPE (12) [noun] A pendent part of the old clerical tippet. | [noun] A tippet; a scarf; worn also by doctors, learned men, etc. | [noun] Acuteness; smartness LISSOMLY (13) [adverb] In a lissom manner; with grace, flexibility, and suppleness of movement. LISTABLE (10) [adjective] Capable of being listed or included in a list. LISTENED (9) [verb] To pay attention to a sound or speech. | [verb] To expect or wait for a sound, such as a signal. | [verb] To accept advice or obey instruction; to agree or assent. LISTENER (8) [noun] Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast. | [noun] (chiefly Java) A function that runs in response to an event; an event handler. | [noun] A person's ear. LISTINGS (9) [noun] The action of the verb to list. | [noun] An entry in a list or directory. | [noun] A printout of a program or data set. LISTLESS (8) [adjective] Lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness. LITANIES (8) [noun] A ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a leader are alternated with responses from the congregation. | [noun] A prolonged or tedious list. LITERACY (13) [noun] The ability to read and write. | [noun] Understanding of something (ex. computer literacy). LITERALS (8) [noun] (epigraphy) A misprint (or occasionally a scribal error) that affects a letter. | [noun] A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program. | [noun] A propositional variable or the negation of a propositional variable. Wp LITERARY (11) [adjective] Relating to literature. | [adjective] Relating to writers, or the profession of literature. | [adjective] Knowledgeable of literature or writing. LITERATE (8) [noun] A person who is able to read and write. | [noun] A person who was educated but had not taken a university degree; especially a candidate to take holy orders. | [adjective] Able to read and write; having literacy. LITERATI (8) [noun] Well-educated, literary people; intellectuals who are interested in literature. LITHARGE (12) [noun] Lead monoxide (PbO) a toxic solid formed from the oxidisation of lead in air, and used as a pigment. LITHEMIA (13) LITHEMIC (15) LITHIUMS (13) LITHOING (12) [verb] To lithograph. LITHOSOL (11) [noun] Orthent LITIGANT (9) [noun] A party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit. | [adjective] Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit. LITIGATE (9) [verb] (construed with on) To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit. | [verb] To contest in law. | [verb] (transferred sense) To dispute; to fight over. LITMUSES (10) LITTERED (9) [verb] To drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles). | [verb] To scatter carelessly about. | [verb] To strew (a place) with scattered articles. LITTERER (8) [noun] One who litters. LITTLEST (8) [adjective] Small in size. | [adjective] Insignificant, trivial. | [adjective] Very young. LITTLISH (11) LITTORAL (8) [noun] A shore. | [noun] The zone of a coast between high tide and low tide levels. | [adjective] Of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore. LITURGIC (11) LIVEABLE (13) [adjective] Endurable, survivable, suitable for living in, inhabitable. LIVELIER (11) [adjective] Full of life; energetic. | [adjective] Bright, glowing, vivid; strong, vigorous. | [adjective] Endowed with or manifesting life; living. LIVELILY (14) LIVELONG (12) [noun] The orpine, Sedum telephium | [adjective] Total, complete, whole | [adjective] Lasting; durable. 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LOBOTOMY (15) [noun] A surgical operation on the frontal lobe of the brain intent on treating certain mental illnesses. | [noun] The severing of the prefrontal cortex from the thalamic region of the brain. | [noun] The severing of the sympathetic nerve trunk. LOBSTERS (10) [noun] A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood. | [noun] A crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws, which is used as a seafood. | [noun] A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform). LOBSTICK (16) LOBULATE (10) [adjective] Made up of, or divided into, lobules LOBULOSE (10) LOBWORMS (15) [noun] The lugworm. LOCALISE (10) [verb] To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place. | [verb] To adapt a product for use in a particular country or region, typically by translating text into the language of that country and modifying currencies, date formats, etc. | [verb] To determine where something takes place or is to be found. LOCALISM (12) [noun] A linguistic feature that is unique to a locality | [noun] Attachment to a particular local place; feelings or policies which emphasize local phenomena LOCALIST (10) LOCALITE (10) LOCALITY (13) [noun] The fact or quality of having a position in space. | [noun] The features or surroundings of a particular place. | [noun] The condition of being local. LOCALIZE (19) [verb] To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place. | [verb] To adapt a product for use in a particular country or region, typically by translating text into the language of that country and modifying currencies, date formats, etc. | [verb] To determine where something takes place or is to be found. LOCATERS (10) LOCATING (11) [verb] To place; to set in a particular spot or position. | [verb] To find out where something is located. | [verb] To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.) LOCATION (10) [noun] A particular point or place in physical space. | [noun] An act of locating. | [noun] An apartheid-era urban area populated by non-white people; township. LOCATIVE (13) [noun] (grammar) The locative case. | [adjective] (grammar) Indicating place, or the place where, or wherein. LOCATORS (10) [noun] One who, or that which, locates. | [noun] One who locates, or is entitled to locate, land or a mining claim. | [noun] (travel industry) The unique alphanumeric reference given to each travel booking. LOCKABLE (16) LOCKAGES (15) LOCKDOWN (18) [noun] The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g. in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g. in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or pandemic, etc. | [noun] A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting. LOCKJAWS (24) LOCKNUTS (14) [noun] A second nut, screwed down onto another in order to prevent it slipping. LOCKOUTS (14) [noun] The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing. | [noun] The action of installing a lock to keep someone out of an area, such as eviction of a tenant by changing the lock. | [noun] (by extension) The exclusion of others from a certain place or situation. LOCKRAMS (16) LOCKSTEP (16) [noun] A step whereby the toe of one man is brought very close to the heel of the man in front. | [noun] Close connection, unison, rigid synchronization. | [noun] An inflexible, rigid or stifling pattern. LOCOFOCO (15) LOCOISMS (12) LOCOMOTE (12) [verb] To move or travel (from one location to another). LOCOWEED (14) [noun] Any of several plants indigenous to the western United States, of genus Oxytropis or Astragalus. LOCULATE (10) LOCUSTAE (10) LOCUSTAL (10) LOCUTION (10) [noun] A phrase or expression connected to an individual or a group of individuals through repeated usage. | [noun] The use of a word or phrase in an unusual or specialized way. | [noun] A supernatural revelation where a religious figure, statue or icon speaks, usually to a saint. LOCUTORY (13) LODESTAR (9) [noun] A star used as a navigation reference, particularly a pole star such as Polaris. | [noun] A guiding tenet or principle. | [noun] A calculated amount to award as attorney's fees derived by multiplying the reasonable number of hours spent working on a case by the reasonable hourly billing rate. LODGINGS (11) [noun] A place to live or lodge. | [noun] Sleeping accommodation. | [noun] (in the plural) Furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation. 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LOITERED (9) [verb] To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly. | [verb] To remain at a certain place instead of moving on. | [verb] For an aircraft to remain in the air near a target. LOITERER (8) LOLLIPOP (12) [noun] An item of confectionery consisting of a piece of candy/sweet attached to a stick. LOLLOPED (11) [verb] To walk or move with a bouncing or undulating motion and at an unhurried pace. | [verb] To act lazily, loll, lie around. LOLLYGAG (13) [noun] Silliness, nonsense. | [verb] To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort. | [verb] (19th-20th centuries) To fool around, especially sexually. LOLLYPOP (15) LOMENTUM (12) [noun] A type of modified legume that breaks apart at constrictions occurring between the segments of the seeds. LONELIER (8) [adjective] Unhappy because of feeling isolated from contact with other people. | [adjective] (of a place or time) Unfrequented by people; desolate. | [adjective] (of a person) Without companions; solitary. LONELILY (11) LONENESS (8) LONESOME (10) [noun] Oneself alone. | [adjective] Unhappy due to being alone; lonely. LONGBOAT (11) [noun] Among the boats carried by a ship the largest, thus the most capable of boats carried on a ship. LONGBOWS (14) [noun] A large bow that has a strong tension, and is usually more than 3 feet tall. The most famous longbows in history were the English longbows, which were crafted of yew. LONGEING (10) [verb] To work (a horse) in a circle at the end of a long line or rope. LONGERON (9) [noun] A thin strip of wood or metal, to which the skin of an aircraft is fastened. LONGHAIR (12) [noun] A person with hair longer than the norm, especially someone viewed as bohemian, non-conventional or a hippie. | [noun] A person with a deep interest in the classical arts, especially music. | [noun] A person considered to have excessively refined taste for the arts. LONGHAND (13) [noun] The written characters used in the common method of writing; opposed to shorthand, or typing or printing; handwriting. | [adverb] Written by hand in normal characters, as opposed to shorthand. | [adverb] Written by hand (with pen or pencil), rather than printed out; handwritten. LONGHEAD (13) LONGHORN (12) [noun] A breed of beef cattle, having long horns, bred in Texas and other parts of southwest United States. 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