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English words: last chance saloon to lateromedially

300 English words, part 15 of 76 of the words starting with L, A to Z. 23 have a page of their own.

English words last chance saloon to lateromedially

  1. last chance saloon noun /ˌlɑːs(t)tʃɑːns səˈluːn/: A saloon located at the end of a road or the outskirts of a town.
  2. last chicken in the shop noun: The penis.
  3. last common ancestor noun: Synonym of cenancestor.
  4. last dance noun: A last run, suggesting a sense of nostalgia.
  5. last day adverb: yesterday
  6. last ditch adjective /ˈlɑːs(t)dɪt͡ʃ/: Alternative form of last-ditch.
  7. last-ditcher noun: A person who is prepared to make a last-ditch effort; one very committed to a cause.
  8. last eight noun: A quarterfinal; the players in a quarterfinal
  9. last four noun: The semifinal.
  10. last frontier noun: Synonym of outer space.
  11. last full measure noun: A person's life, when lost through death in service to a nation or cause, particularly as a member of a military force in war or a semi-militarized...
  12. last gasp adjective, noun: Happening at the very end of an event.
  13. last hired, first fired phrase: The most recently hired employees in a business are likely to be the first to be sacked if the business needs to downsize.
  14. last honors noun: Funeral rites; obsequies.
  15. last honours noun: Alternative form of last honors.
  16. last hoorah noun: Alternative spelling of last hurrah.
  17. last hurrah noun /læst həˈɹɑː/: A final act (by a politician, etc.) or performance (by an actor, etc.) that marks the end of a career.
  18. last I checked phrase: Alternative form of last time I checked.
  19. last I heard phrase: Ellipsis of the last I heard.
  20. last in first out adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to any situation where the last to arrive is the first to go, or a data structure where the most recently added item is the first to be...
  21. last kilometre noun: Synonym of last mile.
  22. last known good phrase: The most recent configuration that works properly, used to roll back changes that might later prove problematic.
  23. last last adjective: Relating to the preceding time before the previous time.
  24. last man standing noun: The final person remaining in a battle or competition after everyone else has been eliminated.
  25. last meal noun: A final meal that a prisoner may choose before being executed.
  26. last-mentioned adjective: The last of a number of things or people mentioned, e.g. in the preceding text.
  27. last mile noun /ˌlɑːst ˈmaɪl/: The final stage of delivery of goods, etc., from a distribution centre to the consumer, often involving greater effort or expense.
  28. last mile school noun: A school geographically isolated or in a disadvantaged or conflict area.
  29. last minute adjective, noun: An arbitrary (non-specific) point in time, too close to a deadline to reasonably begin a critical task.
  30. last moment noun: Synonym of last minute.
  31. last nail in the coffin noun: Alternative form of final nail in the coffin.
  32. last name noun, verb: Synonym of surname, a person's family name.
  33. last-named adjective, verb: The last person or thing named, e.g. in the preceding text.
  34. last-nameless adjective: Without a last name.
  35. last night adverb, noun: The evening or night immediately before the present. (This entry is a translation hub.)
  36. last of the big spenders noun: Someone who does not spend much money.
  37. last of the big-time spenders noun: Alternative form of last of the big spenders.
  38. last orders noun: A short period of time, which is usually announced by ringing a bell and is between five and fifteen minutes long, just before closing time. This is...
  39. last out verb: To survive or endure.
  40. last parsec problem noun: Synonym of final parsec problem
  41. last photon orbit noun: Synonym of photon sphere.
  42. last post noun: The sounding of a bugle, signalling the evening hour to bed down, also used at military funerals and remembrance services.
  43. last quarter noun: The waning lunar phase halfway between full moon and new moon.
  44. last refuge noun: Synonym of last resort.
  45. last resort noun: The only remaining, often least desirable, option when all others have been excluded.
  46. last respects noun: Final visit to a person nearing death, or to a person who has just died.
  47. last rites noun: Final treatment of a dead man.
  48. last roundup noun: A final gathering of people or items; the final event in a series of events involving a group or organization.
  49. last scattering surface noun: The horizon in the distant past of the universe at which photons ceased scattering from matter and were able to travel unimpeded to be observed in the...
  50. last sixteen noun: The round in a knockout competition before the quarterfinal, in which sixteen teams or competitors remain.
  51. last stand noun /lɑːst stænd/: A military encounter, especially against (often greatly) superior odds, generally as a last resort, whether to save another army or city, or as a last act...
  52. last straw noun: A small addition to an already heavy burden which causes it to exceed the capacity.
  53. Last Supper noun: An artistic representation of this event.
  54. last survivor adjective: Describing a joint life insurance policy that pays out in the event that both of the lives assured have died (not necessarily at the same time).
  55. last thing adverb: late in the day
  56. last thing one needs noun: Something not wanted by someone, who is already burdened.
  57. last time adjective, adverb, noun: The ultimate occurrence.
  58. last time I checked phrase: As I last remember; last I recall.
  59. last to last adjective: Second-most recent; immediately prior to the latest.
  60. last trump noun: The moment of God's final judgement on Earth.
  61. last trumpet noun: Alternative form of last trump.
  62. last universal ancestor noun: Synonym of cenancestor.
  63. last universal common ancestor noun: Synonym of cenancestor.
  64. last will noun: Synonym of testament.
  65. last will and testament noun: Alternative form of last will.
  66. last word noun: The finest, highest, or ultimate representative of some class of objects.
  67. last-wordism noun: A tendency or attempt to have the last word in any argument, decision, or endeavor.
  68. last words noun: The final remarks uttered by a person before death.
  69. lastability noun: The degree to which something will last or endure.
  70. lastable adjective: Capable of lasting or enduring.
  71. lastage noun: A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will.
  72. lastborn adjective, noun /ˈlɑːstˌbɔː(ɹ)n/: The youngest child of a family.
  73. laster noun: A workman whose business it is to shape boots or shoes, or place leather smoothly, on lasts.
  74. lasthit noun, verb: to deal the final hitpoint of damage, usually to a basic enemy
  75. lasting adjective, noun, verb /ˈlɑːstɪŋ/: Persisting for an extended period of time.
  76. lastingly adverb: In a lasting manner, in a way that persists.
  77. lastingness noun /ˈlɑːstɪŋnɪs/: The property of lasting; duration, permanence.
  78. lastling noun: Someone or something that is last.
  79. lastly adverb /ˈlɑːstli/: Used to mark the beginning of the last in a list of items or propositions.
  80. lastmaker noun: A manufacturer of lasts for shoemaking.
  81. lastmaking noun: The manufacture of lasts for shoemaking.
  82. lastminute.com adjective: Synonym of last minute (“close to a deadline”).
  83. lastminutitis noun: The tendency to leave the completion of tasks to the last minute.
  84. lastness noun: The quality of being or coming last; finality.
  85. lastol noun: A form of polyolefin where the olefin units are cross-linked synthetic polymers with low but significant crystallinity, composed of at least 95% by mass of...
  86. Lastra proper noun: A surname.
  87. lastrile noun: A kind of elastic fiber made from a co-polymer composed of a diene and of not more than 50 per cent but not less than 10 per cent by mass of acrylonitrile...
  88. Laswell proper noun: A surname.
  89. lasya noun: A kind of Indian dance performed by women.
  90. Laszlo proper noun: A male given name from Hungarian.
  91. lat adjective, noun /lɑːt/: Initialism of lowest astronomical tide.
  92. lat. dorsi noun: Clipped compound of latissimus dorsi.
  93. lat/lon noun: latitude and longitude
  94. lat pulldown noun [læt ˈpʊldaʊ̯n]: An exercise performed by pulling a bar, attached to a weighted cable machine, toward one's upper chest.
  95. lat sahib noun: Lord sahib.
  96. lata noun: Alternative form of latah.
  97. latae sententiae adjective: Of a penalty, coming into force as soon as a law is broken, by force of the law itself (such as excommunication for various specified offences).
  98. Latagnon noun: Alternative form of Ratagnon.
  99. latah noun /ˈlɑːtə/: A condition found in Malaysia and nearby areas characterised by extreme suggestibility; also, a person suffering from this malady.
  100. latakia noun /latəˈkiːə/: A type of pungent Turkish tobacco.
  101. Latakian adjective, noun: Of, from, or pertaining to Latakia
  102. Latam proper noun: Latin America
  103. latamoxef noun: A particular oxacephem antibiotic
  104. latanoprost noun: A prostaglandin analogue used for controlling the progression of glaucoma or ocular hypertension by reducing intraocular pressure.
  105. Latanya proper noun: A female given name of African-American usage.
  106. Latasha proper noun: A female given name of African-American usage
  107. latasian adjective, noun: Encompassing both Latin American and Asian (particularly East/South and Southeast Asian) ancestry.
  108. Latavia proper noun: A female given name.
  109. latch noun, verb /læt͡ʃ/: To close or lock as if with a latch.
  110. latch key noun: Alternative form of latchkey.
  111. latch-key child noun: Alternative form of latchkey child.
  112. latch on verb: To grasp firmly; to become attached to.
  113. latch onto verb: To obtain, acquire or get and keep hold of something.
  114. latch-up noun: A kind of short circuit caused by the inadvertent creation of a low-impedance path between the power supply rails of a MOSFET circuit.
  115. latchable adjective: Capable of being fastened with a latch.
  116. latchbolt noun: A spring-loaded part of a lock that extends from the front of the lock and into a hole in the door frame, or strike, in order to hold the door closed.
  117. latcher noun: One who or that which latches.
  118. latchet noun: A small lever action crossbow with the cocking lever built into the top of the stock and a top mounted trigger.
  119. Latchford proper noun: A town in Ontario, Canada.
  120. latching adjective, noun, verb: That latches.
  121. latchkey adjective, noun, verb /ˈlæt͡ʃˌki/: A key, especially to an outside door.
  122. latchkey child noun: Synonym of latchkey kid.
  123. latchkey kid noun: A schoolchild who carries keys to their residence because there is usually no parent home when school finishes.
  124. latchkey program noun: A childcare service that provides a supervised environment for elementary school-aged children before and after school, while their parents are working;...
  125. latchless adjective: Without a latch.
  126. latchman noun: A person employed to run in front of a locomotive and open the latch to turn it into a siding for trams to pass.
  127. latchpan noun: Synonym of dripping pan.
  128. latchstring noun: A string attached to a latch allowing it to be disengaged from the opposite side.
  129. latchup noun: Alternative form of latch-up.
  130. latd. noun: Abbreviation of latitude.
  131. late adjective, adverb, noun /leɪt/: Near the end of a period of time.
  132. late antique adjective: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see late, antique.
  133. late binding noun: Dynamic binding.
  134. late blight noun: Synonym of potato blight.
  135. late bloomer noun: A person who reaches puberty or who matures comparatively later than is typical.
  136. late-blooming adjective: Being a late bloomer; attaining maturity or success comparatively late in life.
  137. late-bound adjective: Subject to late binding.
  138. late-breaking adjective: Occurring very shortly before publication on the topic.
  139. Late Bronze Age noun: The final period of the Bronze Age.
  140. late capitalism noun: The most recent or current form of capitalism, especially as characterized by monopoly, globalization, exploitation, and excess.
  141. late capitalist adjective: Characteristic of late capitalism.
  142. late effect noun: A condition that appears after the acute phase of an earlier, causal condition has run its course.
  143. late fee noun: A fee charged by a library for the late return of an item
  144. late harvest noun: The grapes left on the vine for several weeks past peak ripeness; this extended time dehydrates the grapes, concentrating their sugars and acids, resulting...
  145. late in the day adjective: Too late, or almost too late; belated.
  146. late in the game phrase: Very late in the course of an event, so as to have diminished relevance, importance, etc.
  147. late innings noun: The seventh, eighth, and ninth innings of a game.
  148. late lamented adjective, noun: Sadly missed due to death.
  149. late model adjective: Recently designed or fabricated; new.
  150. late modern adjective: of or pertaining to late modernity
  151. late modernity noun: The current time period, perceived as an ongoing part of modernity rather than a separate postmodern.
  152. late night adjective, noun /ˌleɪt ˈnaɪt/: Of, or related to the late night time.
  153. late on adverb: at a late stage of something
  154. late pass noun: A slip or piece of paper notifying that a student's lateness is excused
  155. late position noun: The position of the last players to play the current hand, usually not counting the blinds, such as: BTN (button), CO (cutoff).
  156. late riser noun: Someone who gets up late in the morning.
  157. late stage capitalism noun: Alternative form of late capitalism.
  158. late tackle noun: A mistimed attempt to take the ball of an opposing player that results in the tackler making contact with the player and not the ball
  159. late talker noun: A toddler experiencing a delay in language onset with no other diagnosed disabilities (LLE).
  160. late-term adjective: In, pertaining to, or occurring during an advanced stage, especially of pregnancy.
  161. late-to-bedder noun: A person who goes to bed late.
  162. late to the ball adjective: Synonym of late to the party.
  163. late to the game adjective: Synonym of late to the party.
  164. late to the party adjective: Late in taking an action or adopting an idea.
  165. late-type star noun: a star of spectral type K or M
  166. late unpleasantness noun: A recent war, especially (historical) the American Civil War.
  167. late-wake noun: lich-wake
  168. latebra noun: The cavity in the foodyolk of a meroblastic ovum.
  169. latebricole adjective /ləˈtɛ.bɹəˌkoʊl/: Of an animal, especially a spider: living concealed in a hole.
  170. latecomer noun /ˈleɪtˌkʌm.ə/: One who has arrived comparatively recently.
  171. latecoming adjective: Arriving late.
  172. lated adjective: Belated; too late; also, overtaken by night; delayed.
  173. Lateef proper noun: A male given name from Arabic.
  174. lateen noun /ləˈtiːn/: 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.
  175. lateened adjective: Having lateen sails.
  176. lateener noun /læˈtiːnə/: A ship with a lateen rig.
  177. lateish adjective, adverb /ˈleɪtɪʃ/: Quite late
  178. lately adverb /ˈleɪt.li/: Recently; not long ago; of late; not long since.
  179. laten verb: To grow late; become later.
  180. latency noun /ˈleɪ.tən.si/: Concealment; the state of being latent; the state of being hidden.
  181. latency time noun: A time delay between the cause and effect of a physical change in a system that is being observed.
  182. lateness noun /ˈleɪt.nɪs/: The state of being late.
  183. latenight adjective: Alternative form of late-night.
  184. latensification noun: The uniform pre-exposure of a photographic film.
  185. latent adjective, noun /ˈleɪ.tənt/: Existing or present, but concealed or inactive.
  186. latent fingerprint noun: A fingerprint that is not fully visible or analyzable but can be developed in laboratory conditions.
  187. latent heat noun: The heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of a phase.
  188. latent news noun: A surrealist game in which a newspaper article is cut into individual words or phrases and rapidly reassembled.
  189. latent print noun: Alternative form of latent fingerprint.
  190. latent space noun: A multidimensional spatial representation of latent variables, where related concepts are positioned closer to one another.
  191. latent time noun: Synonym of reaction time.
  192. latent value noun: Synonym of eigenvalue.
  193. latent variable noun: A variable that is not directly measured but is inferred by means of a mathematical model from one or more directly observed variables.
  194. latent vector noun: An eigenvector.
  195. latently adverb: In a latent manner
  196. latentness noun: The quality of being latent.
  197. lateover noun: Synonym of sleepunder.
  198. later adjective, adverb, interjection, suffix /ˈleɪ.tə/: comparative form of late: more late
  199. later-day adjective: Synonym of latter-day.
  200. later, gator interjection: Goodbye, see you later.
  201. later on adverb, interjection /lɛjtəˈɹɔn/: At some time in the future; subsequently; later.
  202. later, skater interjection: Goodbye, see you later.
  203. later, tater phrase: Au revoir, see you soon.
  204. laterad adverb: Toward the side of the body; away from the mesial plane.
  205. lateral adjective, noun, verb /ˈlæt(ə)ɹəl/: Situated on one side or other of the body or of an organ, especially in the region furthest from the median plane.
  206. lateral aberration noun /ˈlæt.ɚ.l̩ ˌæb.əˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩/: Deviation from the correct point of focus measured perpendicular to the axis.
  207. lateral area noun: The sum of the areas of the lateral (vertical) faces of a cylinder, cone, frustum, or the like.
  208. lateral canthus noun: The outer corner of the eye.
  209. lateral cricoarytenoid muscle noun: A muscle of the larynx that arises from the upper margin of the arch of the cricoid cartilage, inserts into the front of the process of the arytenoid...
  210. lateral cuneiform bone noun: One of the three cuneiform bones of the foot.
  211. lateral flow test noun: Any of various simple tests for the presence of a substance in a body fluid.
  212. lateral fricative noun: A fricative pronounced by directing the airstream around the sides of the tongue.
  213. lateral gene transfer noun: Horizontal gene transfer.
  214. lateral geniculate nucleus noun: The nucleus of the thalamus which receives input from the optic tract.
  215. lateral hood noun: Synonym of dorsal hood.
  216. lateral line noun: A sense organ of a fish running lengthwise down each of its sides from the vicinity of the operculum to the base of the tail, used to detect movement and...
  217. lateral mal noun: Lateral malleolus.
  218. lateral malleolus noun: The prominence on the outer side of the ankle, formed by the lower end of the fibula.
  219. lateral mark noun: A buoy or other navigational mark denoting the port or starboard edge of a channel
  220. lateral meningocele syndrome noun: A rare skeletal disorder with facial anomalies, hypotonia, and meningocele-related neurologic dysfunction.
  221. lateral meristem noun: Meristem forming a cylinder within some plants' organs (primarily stems, branches and roots) and allowing them to increase in girth (lateral growth).
  222. lateral moraine noun: Moraine of eroded debris carried along the edge of the glacier.
  223. lateral pass noun: a pass thrown laterally and that counts as a hand-off
  224. lateral pectoral nerve noun: A nerve that branches from the lateral cord and innervates the pectoralis major muscle.
  225. lateral pontine syndrome noun: A brain-stem stroke syndrome of the lateral aspect of the pons.
  226. lateral pterygoid muscle noun: A muscle that arises from the greater wing of the sphenoid bone and from the outer surface of the lateral pterygoid plate, is inserted into the condyle of...
  227. lateral pterygoid nerve noun: A branch of the mandibular nerve that is distributed to the lateral pterygoid muscle.
  228. lateral pterygoid plate noun: A broad thin plate that forms the lateral part of the pterygoid process and gives attachment to the lateral pterygoid muscle on its lateral surface and to...
  229. lateral raise noun: A shoulder exercise in which the arm is raised and lowered against resistance – such as through use of a dumbbell, cable, or resistance band –, isolating...
  230. lateral rectus noun: The longest of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises by two heads from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the...
  231. lateral scale noun: One of the scales along the midside that spans from the rear edge of the gill cover to the base of the caudal fin of a fish, usually along a lateral line.
  232. lateral sclerosis noun: name of a number of chronic, progressive nervous diseases.
  233. lateral sinus noun: Synonym of transverse sinus.
  234. lateral stratum noun: The area of divergent hyphae which is on either side of the central zone (mediostratum).
  235. lateral sulcus noun: Synonym of sylvian fissure.
  236. lateral surface noun: All of the sides of the object, excluding its base and top (when they exist).
  237. lateral thinker noun: One who uses lateral thinking.
  238. lateral thinking noun: The use of reasoned thought in a nonstandard, or nonlinear logical way to find a solution to a problem.
  239. lateral transfer noun: The movement of an employee from his/her current post to a different position without noticeable benefits.
  240. lateralisation noun: Alternative spelling of lateralization.
  241. lateralise verb: Alternative form of lateralize.
  242. lateralism noun: An organizational structure in which competing interests of equal power negotiate with each other.
  243. lateralist adjective, noun: Characteristic of lateralism; pertaining to the interactions of opposing interests of equal power.
  244. laterality noun: the state or quality of being lateral
  245. lateralization noun: Localization of a function, such as speech, to the right or left side of the brain.
  246. lateralize verb: To localize a function to either the left or right side of the brain
  247. lateralizing adjective, verb: That lateralizes
  248. laterally adverb /ˈlæ.tə.ɹə.li/: Done in a lateral manner.
  249. lateralmost adjective: Most lateral
  250. lateraloccipital adjective: lateral and occipital
  251. lateralward adverb: In a lateral direction; towards the side of the body.
  252. Lateran proper noun: A church and palace in Rome; used attributively to describe several councils and treaties.
  253. laterborn adjective: That was born later than another
  254. latericeous adjective: Alternative form of lateritious.
  255. latericious adjective: Alternative form of lateritious.
  256. latericorn noun: One of several horny pieces on the sides of a bird's upper beak below the culminicorn.
  257. latericumbent adjective: laterally recumbent (lying on its side)
  258. lateriflexion noun: Alternative form of lateroflexion.
  259. laterifolious adjective: Growing on the side of a leaf at the base.
  260. laterigrade adjective /ˈlædərɪˌɡreɪd/: Having a mode of locomotion involving sideways movement.
  261. laterisation noun: Alternative form of laterization.
  262. laterise verb: Alternative form of laterize.
  263. laterite noun /ˈlatəɹʌɪt/: 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...
  264. lateritic adjective /ˌlætəˈɹɪtɪk/: Of or pertaining to laterite.
  265. lateritious adjective /ˌlæt əˈrɪʃ əs/: Of the reddish color of bricks.
  266. lateriversion noun: Alternative form of lateroversion.
  267. laterizable adjective: Capable of being laterized, or converted to laterite.
  268. laterization noun: The weathering process by which rock is changed to laterite.
  269. laterize verb: To convert to laterite.
  270. laterly adverb: Synonym of later.
  271. laternulid noun: Any clam in the family Laternulidae.
  272. latero- prefix: Relating to the side of something.
  273. lateroanterior adjective: lateral and anterior
  274. laterobasal adjective: lateral and basal
  275. laterobasally adverb: In a laterobasal manner or direction
  276. laterocaudal adjective: lateral and caudal
  277. laterocaudally adverb: In a laterocaudal manner.
  278. lateroccipital adjective: Alternative form of laterooccipital.
  279. laterocervical adjective: lateral and cervical
  280. laterocidin noun: A cyclodecapeptide antibiotic present in Bacillus laterosporus
  281. laterocollis noun: The tilting of the head from side to side.
  282. laterocone noun: A small pointed cusp on the lateral side of the incisors of some plesiadapiforms
  283. laterocranial adjective: At the side of the cranium
  284. laterocytic adjective: Having (a particular type of) cells on the side
  285. laterodistal adjective: At the side and away from the body
  286. laterodistally adverb: In a laterodistal manner or direction
  287. laterodorsal adjective: Both lateral and dorsal
  288. laterodorsally adverb: In a laterodorsal direction
  289. lateroduction noun: Movement (of a limb or eye) away from the midline.
  290. laterofixation noun: lateral fixation (of a body part)
  291. lateroflexion noun: Lateral flexion (bending to one side).
  292. lateroflexive adjective: Relating to, or exhibiting, lateroflexion.
  293. lateroflexor noun: Any muscle used for lateroflexion
  294. laterofrontal adjective: lateral and frontal
  295. lateroinferior adjective: lateral and inferior
  296. laterolateral adjective: side-to-side
  297. laterolingual adjective: lateral and lingual
  298. laterolingually adverb: In a laterolingual manner or direction
  299. lateromedial adjective: mediolateral
  300. lateromedially adverb: In a lateromedial direction

Part 14 · Part 16 · English words: L

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under L: 22,765 words, in 76 parts.