English words: lock down to lodicular

300 English words, part 56 of 76 of the words starting with L, A to Z. 43 have a page of their own.

English words lock down to lodicular

lock down noun, verb: Alternative form of lockdown.
lock eyes verb: To stare into the eyes of someone who is staring back into your eyes.
lock-free adjective: Not requiring the acquisition of a mutex (or other kind of) lock for synchronizing with other threads.
lock gate noun: one of a pair of gates at each end of a lock chamber on a canal, or river with a weir.
lock horns verb: To come into conflict.
lock hospital noun: A hospital for the isolation and treatment of lepers.
lock in noun, verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To secure (someone or something) in a locked enclosure.
lock into verb: To firmly commit to (something or someone).
lock it in, Eddie phrase: Used to signal certainty, commitment.
lock key noun: Any of certain keys of a computer keyboard that switch between certain states, which may be represented by LEDs.
lock lips verb: To kiss on the lips; to engage in a French kiss.
lock off noun, verb: To stop talking to (someone); to cut (someone) out; to ghost (someone).
lock on noun, verb /ˌlɒk ˈɒn/: To begin tracking a target via an automated system.
lock out noun, verb: To inadvertently prevent (a person, particularly oneself) from entering a place, by leaving it locked.
lock pick noun, verb: Any device used to unlock a lock without the use of a key.
lock pick gun noun: Synonym of snap gun.
lock picking noun, verb: The act or practice of opening a lock by manipulating its internal components without using the original key intended for that lock.
lock picks noun, verb: Alternative spelling of lock picks.
lock ring noun: Alternative form of lockring
lock screen noun: A screen displayed by a computer or mobile device left unattended, requiring the user to perform a certain action to regain access.
lock someone up and throw away the key verb: To lock someone up in prison indefinitely.
lock step noun: Alternative spelling of lockstep.
lock stitch noun: Alternative spelling of lockstitch.
lock, stock and barrel adverb, noun: Entirely, completely.
lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen verb: Synonym of close the stable door after the horse has bolted.
lock the stable door after the horse has bolted verb: Synonym of close the stable door after the horse has bolted.
lock through verb: To travel through a lock, or a flight of locks, on a waterway.
lock time noun: The time, usually measured in milliseconds, from when the trigger is pulled until the firing pin strikes the primer.
lock under verb: To serve a life sentence in prison.
lock up noun, verb /ˌlɒk ˈʌp/: To imprison or incarcerate (someone).
lock-weir noun: A wasteweir for a canal, discharging into a lockchamber.
lockability noun: The state or quality of being lockable.
lockable adjective /ˈlɔ.kə.bəl/: Capable of being locked.
lockably adverb: So as to be able to lock in position.
lockage noun: Materials for locks in a canal.
Lockard proper noun: A surname.
lockaway noun: A long-term investment to be left alone until some future time.
lockback noun: A type of folding knife in which the blade locks in its extended position by means of a lock on the back of the handle that is released by pressing on a...
lockblade noun: A knife whose blade can be locked in position when fully extended.
lockbolt noun: A fastener in the form of a pin fitted with a collar placed over the locking bolt.
lockbox noun: A box with a built-in lock; usually, a portable one.
lockchamber noun: A section of a canal used to raise or lower vessels.
lockchester noun /ˈlɒk.tʃɛs.tə/: Synonym of woodlouse.
lockdown noun /ˈlɒkˌdaʊn/: 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...
lockdown browser noun: A software package, essentially a restricted web browser, that prevents users from navigating away from a particular online task, commonly used when holding...
lockdowner noun: A person who supports lockdown measures (especially during the COVID-19 pandemic).
lockdownism noun: An ideological stance that strongly advocates for strict lockdown measures, primarily in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
lockdownist noun: An advocate or supporter of lockdownism.
Lockean adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to John Locke (1632–1704), English physician and philosopher, regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers.
Lockeanism noun: Lockean philosophy.
locked adjective, verb /lɒkt/: Having undergone locking; secured by a lock.
locked and loaded adjective, verb: Of a weapon, ready and prepared.
locked fault noun: A fault that does not slip due to high friction. Such faults accumulate stress which is finally released as an earthquake.
locked groove noun: The inner groove on a vinyl record in the form of a closed loop, which traps the tonearm and needle, preventing it from entering the label area.
locked-in syndrome noun: A rare, severe physical disorder in which a person cannot speak and is paralyzed–with the possible exception of some voluntary eye movement–while their...
locked nucleic acid noun: a synthetic form of RNA, in which the ribose is modified to be locked into a specific conformation by adding extra chemical bonding.
locked out verb: simple past and past participle of lock out
locked-room mystery noun: A type of crime (typically a murder) in detective fiction that is committed in circumstances under which it appears impossible for the perpetrator to have...
locked rotor amp noun: A specification which indicates the current amperage being drawn by an electric motor when it is "locked up", i.e. not turning.
locked up adjective, verb: Imprisoned, incarcerated.
locken adjective, verb /lɒkən/: Locked.
locker noun /ˈlɒk.ə(ɹ)/: A type of storage compartment with a lock, usually used to store personal possessions for public use, such as in schools, railway stations, place of work,...
locker loop noun: A small band on the back of a shirt, by which it can be hung up.
locker room adjective, noun: A room attached to an athletic, recreational, or workplace facility, filled with lockers for storage of clothing and equipment; clothes are generally...
locker room humor noun: A type of humor involving jokes about crude and sexual topics.
locker room talk noun: A type of boastful, lurid, chauvinistic conversation that commonly takes place in all-male locker rooms, especially such conversation concerning sexual...
Lockerbie noun: A terrorist bomb attack on an aeroplane.
lockerbox noun: A lockable box used for storage of personal items
lockerman noun: A person in charge of a refrigerated storage locker.
lockerroom noun: Alternative spelling of locker room.
locket noun /ˈlɒkɪt/: A pendant that opens to reveal a space used for storing a photograph or other small item.
Lockett proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
Lockey proper noun: A surname.
lockfast adjective: Fastened or secured with a lock.
lockfile noun: A file whose existence, by convention, indicates that a particular resource is in use.
lockful noun: Enough water to fill a canal lock.
Lockhart proper noun: A surname.
Lockheed liberal noun: Someone who supports social liberalism as well as foreign military interventionism (often associated with being strongly in favour of military aid to...
lockhole noun: A keyhole (hole for inserting and turning a key to unlock something).
lockhouse noun: A house, often small, beside a canal or river lock, usually occupied by the lockkeeper (locktender) in centuries past, and in some places still so occupied...
Lockian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Lockean.
Lockianism noun: Alternative form of Lockeanism.
Lockie proper noun: A surname.
lockin noun: Alternative form of lock-in.
lockiness noun: The state or property of being locky.
locking noun, verb: gerund of lock: the act by which something is locked.
locking differential noun: A kind of automotive differential that provides increased traction by restricting each of the two wheels on an axle to the same rotational speed without...
locking frame noun: A frame for interlocking in a signal box, normally located in the locking room, which is operated by a lever frame in the operating room above it.
locking room noun: A room in a signal box, usually at ground level beneath the operating room, containing the interlocking mechanism for signals and points (track switches)...
locking shift noun: A state-dependent encoding mechanism used in data communication (such as GSM SMS) and character encoding standards to switch between different character...
Lockinge proper noun: A civil parish (served by Ardington and Lockinge Parish Council) in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, that includes the villages of East...
lockingly adverb: In such a way as to lock.
Lockington proper noun: A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9947).
Lockist noun: A Lockean.
lockjaw noun: A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria, causing muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.
lockjawed adjective: Rigidly humourless.
lockkeeper noun: A lockmaster; (sometimes) any locktender.
Locklear proper noun: An English surname also used by the Lumbee people in the United States.
lockless adjective: Without a lock.
locklet noun: A little lock of hair.
Lockley proper noun: A surname.
locklike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a lock (fastener opened by a key).
Locklin proper noun: A surname.
lockmaker noun: A manufacturer of locks.
lockmaking noun: The manufacture of locks.
lockman noun: A public executioner.
lockmaster noun: Someone who is in charge of a lock on a waterway.
locknit noun /ˈlɒkˌnɪt/: A warp-knitted fabric with an interlocking stitch that resists runs, offers good elasticity and has dimensional stability.
locknote noun: The last presentation in an academic or business conference with a broad thematic overview. Typically, the best-known speakers or scholars at a conference...
locknut noun: A nut with an inner ring made of a material with elastic properties to prevent it from slipping.
lockoff noun: Any of various mechanisms that prevent a device or circuit from operating under certain circumstances, typically as a safety feature.
lockout 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.
lockpan noun: A small metal holder on an old-style gun, holding the loose gunpowder used to light the main charge inside the weapon.
lockpick noun, verb: Alternative spelling of lock pick.
lockpicker noun: A person or device that lockpicks or picks locks.
lockpicking noun: Alternative form of lock picking.
lockpicks noun, verb: Alternative spelling of lock picks.
lockpin noun: A pin used to lock a mechanism and prevent it from moving.
lockplate noun: The plate that covers the lockwork of a gun.
Lockport proper noun: A community in the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews and Rural Municipality of St. Clements, Manitoba, Canada.
lockram noun: A type of rough fabric from Brittany.
Lockridge proper noun: A surname.
lockring noun: A textured or threaded washer used to prevent components from become loose during rotation. On bicycles they are found, for example, on a bottom bracket and...
locks noun, verb /lɒks/: A head of hair; tresses.
locks only keep honest people honest proverb: While locks may deter honest people from attempting to break in, they will do little to stop a prepared attacker
lockscreen noun: Alternative form of lock screen.
lockset noun /ˈlɒksɛt/: The hardware and components making up the locking or latching mechanism for a door, etc.
lockshield noun: A kind of radiator valve used to balance the system by restricting the flow of water on the return side.
lockside adjective, noun: Beside a lock (segment of a waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels).
Locksley proper noun: A locality in the Bathurst council area, central eastern New South Wales, Australia.
locksman noun: A man who operates a lock on a river or canal.
locksmith noun /ˈlɑksmɪθ/: One who practices locksmithing.
locksmithery noun: The work of a locksmith.
locksmithing noun /ˈlɒkˌsmɪθɪŋ/: The science and art of making and defeating locks.
locksmithy noun: The work of a locksmith.
lockspit noun, verb: A trench dug in the ground to mark a boundary or other imaginary line.
locksport noun: The hobby of cracking locks open, such as by lock picking.
LOCKSS phrase: Acronym of lots of copies keep stuff safe.
lockstep adjective, noun /ˈlɒkstɛp/: A step whereby the toe of one man is brought very close to the heel of the man in front.
lockstitch noun, verb /ˈlɑkstɪt͡ʃ/: A stitch made by a sewing machine in which two threads are interlocked.
lockstitcher noun: A sewing machine used to make lockstitches.
locktail noun: A cocktail partaken of by people in COVID-19 lockdown.
locktender noun: A tender of a lock on a waterway (e.g., canal or river).
lockup noun: A jail cell; a period of incarceration in such a cell; a facility containing such cells.
lockup house noun: A small house where people are kept in temporary custody after arrest, especially where debtors are held before transfer to a debtors' prison.
Lockwood proper noun: A civil parish in Redcar and Cleveland district, North Yorkshire, England.
lockwork noun: The assembly forming the firing mechanism of a gun.
locky adjective /ˈlɒki/: Having locks or tufts.
locky D noun /lɔki ˈdiː/: Lockdown in response to COVID-19.
Lockyer proper noun: A surname originating as an occupation.
locn noun: Abbreviation of location.
loco adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ˈləʊ.kəʊ/: A direction in written or printed music to be returning to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower.
loco moco noun: A traditional Hawaiian meal, usually of white rice topped with a hamburger patty, a fried egg, and gravy.
loco weed noun: Alternative spelling of locoweed.
locoablation noun: local ablation (as a therapy)
locoablative adjective: locally ablative (as a therapy)
locodescriptive adjective: Describing a place.
locoed adjective, verb: Intoxicated by eating locoweed.
locofoco noun: Short for locofoco match, a strike-anywhere phosphorus match.
Locofocoism noun: The political principles of the Locofocos.
locoism noun: locoweed poisoning, the central nervous system disorder of animals
locoman noun: Someone who works on a locomotive.
locomobile noun: A steam-powered automobile.
locomobility noun: The ability to locomote, or move one's body from one place to another.
locomote verb /ləʊkəˈməʊt/: To move or travel (from one location to another).
locomotility noun: Synonym of locomotivity.
locomotion noun /ləʊ.kəˈməʊ.ʃən/: The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
locomotive adjective, noun /ˌləʊkəˈməʊtɪv/: The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches or wagons.
locomotive engineer noun: Synonym of railroad engineer.
locomotive shed noun: Synonym of engine shed.
locomotive syndrome noun: A medical condition of decreased mobility due to disorders of the locomotor system.
locomotiveman noun: A driver of a locomotive.
locomotiveness noun: Alternative form of locomotivity.
locomotivity noun: The ability to move from one place to another independently; motility.
locomotor adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to movement or locomotion.
locomotor ataxia noun: Tabes dorsalis, or the difficulties with muscular movement that are characteristic of it.
locomotorily adverb: With regards to locomotion; in terms of locomotion.
locomotory adjective: Of or pertaining to locomotion.
locomutation noun: Change of place; moving from place to place.
locon noun: A localized vibration
loconym noun: A name (of a person, a language, etc.) derived from a placename.
loconymic adjective: Being or relating to a loconym.
locoregional adjective: Restricted to a certain limited area of the body (of a human, animal, or plant).
locoregionally adverb: In a locoregional manner.
locorestive adjective: Staying in one place.
locoshed noun: Clipped compound of locomotive shed.
locospotter noun: A railfan who is interested in locomotives, and notes down those that have been seen (spotted).
locospotting noun: The activity of a locospotter; trainspotting for locomotives.
locostatin noun: The drug 1-oxo-2-butenyl]-4-(phenylmethyl)-2-oxazolidinone that inhibits cell migration
locoum noun: Alternative form of lokum.
locoweed noun: Any of several plants indigenous to the western United States, of genus Oxytropis or Astragalus.
Locrian adjective /ˈləʊkɹiən/: Pertaining to the ancient Greek region of Locris.
Locrian mode noun: A mode whose scale is the same as a natural minor scale except with the second and fifth scale degrees lowered by one half step each, yielding the interval...
Locris proper noun: An ancient region of Greece, the homeland of the Locrians, made up of three distinct districts.
locsiton noun: A form of exciton that has only a local effect.
locsitonic adjective: Of or pertaining to locsitons
loctal adjective: Being or relating to a variant of the octal (eight-pin) tube socket base that also has a mechanical locking action.
loctician noun: A hairdresser who styles the hair into dreadlocks.
loculament noun: locule; loculus (compartment of the ovary where the seed is placed)
loculamentous adjective: Full of loculaments, or little cells.
locular adjective /ˈɒk.jə.lə/: Having or relating to a loculus or compartment.
locularity noun: The quality of being locular.
loculate adjective: Divided into loculi, cavities or compartments
loculated adjective: locular
loculation noun: The localized failure of a region to drain fluids, resulting in an enlarged mass.
locule noun: A little hollow; a loculus.
loculed adjective: Having (a specified kind or number of) locules.
loculicidal adjective: dehiscent through the middle of the back of each cell
loculicidally adverb: In a loculicidal manner.
loculoascomycete noun: An ascomycete fungus in which the asci, which are bitunicate and fissitunicate, develop in pre-formed locules.
loculoascomycetous adjective: Of or relating to the loculoascomycetes.
loculose adjective: Divided by locules (internal partitions inside cells).
loculous adjective: Alternative form of loculose.
loculus noun: A little place or space; a cell; a chamberlet.
locum noun /ˈləʊkəm/: Ellipsis of locum tenens.
locum tenency noun: The holding by a temporary substitute of a post.
locum tenens noun /ˌləʊkəm ˈtɛnɛns/: A professional person (such as a doctor or clergyman) who temporarily fulfills the duties of another.
locumship noun: The role or status of a locum tenens.
locundioside noun: A particular glycoside.
locuplete adjective: Possessing wealth; rich.
locura noun: A Latin-American culture-bound syndrome of severe chronic psychosis.
locus noun /ˈləʊkəs/: A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.
locus amoenus noun: A literary motif of an idealised place of safety or comfort, typically comprising a meadow, trees (for shade) and water; sometimes evoking connotations of...
locus classicus noun: An authoritative passage from a standard work that is often quoted as an illustration; a classic case or example.
locus coeruleus noun: A small nucleus, located bilaterally in the pons, which contains norepinephrine and has projections to most of the brain.
locus in quo noun: The scene of the event; the place where the cause of action arose.
locus of control noun: The extent to which one believes that one's personal outcomes depend on their own actions as opposed to external events beyond their control.
locus poenitentiae noun: The opportunity to withdraw from an ongoing process of committing oneself to an obligation, before such commitment is finalized; specifically, the...
locus standi noun: A right to appear in a court of law; legal standing.
locust noun, verb /ˈləʊ.kəst/: Any of the grasshoppers, often polyphenic and usually swarming, in the family Acrididae that are very destructive to crops and other vegetation, especially...
locust bean noun: A seed of the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua).
locust bean gum noun: A vegetable gum extracted from the seeds of the carob (locust beans) and used as a food additive; chemically, it is a galactomannan.
locust borer noun: A beetle, of species Megacyllene robiniae, that feeds as a larva on black locust trees in eastern North America.
locust stick noun: A type of truncheon formerly used by the New York City police force.
locust tree noun: A carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua).
locusta noun: The spikelet or flower cluster of grasses
locustal adjective: Of, or related to locusts.
locustberry noun: A tree or shrub of the genus Byrsonima, found in Central and South America.
locustella noun: A bird, the European cricket warbler.
locustelle noun: Alternative form of locustella.
locustellid adjective: Of or relating to the passerine family Locustellidae.
locustellid warbler noun: Any passerine bird of the family Locustellidae.
locustfinch noun: A bird of species Paludipasser locustella, the only species of genus Paludipasser, native to south-eastern Africa.
locustid noun: Any member of the Locustidae family, now included in subfamily Oedipodinae in family Acrididae.
locustlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a locust.
locute verb: To speak; to say; to utter.
locution noun /loʊ̯ˈkju.ʃn̩/: A phrase or expression peculiar to or characteristic of a given person or group of people.
locutional adjective: Synonym of locutionary.
locutionary adjective: Relating to, or characteristic of locution.
locutive adjective: Synonym of locutionary.
locutor noun: A speaker (one who talks).
locutorship noun: The state or business of a locutor.
locutory noun: A room for conversation; especially, a room in monasteries where the monks were allowed to converse.
lod noun: Initialism of logarithm of odds, a measure of likelihood calculated by taking the log of the ratio of the probability of a hypothesis being true given the...
Lodato proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Loday algebra noun: Synonym of Leibniz algebra.
LODD noun: Initialism of line of duty death.
lodde noun: the capelin (fish).
Loddon proper noun: A town and civil parish with a town council in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM3698).
lode noun /ləʊd/: A way or path; a road.
lodemanage noun: Pilotage.
loden adjective, noun /ˈləʊdən/: A thick waterproof cloth used for garments.
lodenosine noun: A failed experimental drug for the treatment of HIV.
Loder proper noun: A surname.
lodeship noun: A kind of boat in use in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, possibly a pilot boat.
lodesman noun: A pilot; navigator.
lodestar noun /ˈləʊd.stɑː(ɹ)/: A star used as a navigation reference, particularly a pole star such as Polaris.
lodestone noun /ˈloʊdˌstoʊn/: The mineral magnetite.
lodestuff noun: The material found in a lode, including gangue and ore.
lodge noun, verb /lɒd͡ʒ/: A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
lodge house noun: Alternative form of lodgehouse.
lodge pole noun: A pole used to support the covering of traditional temporary structures in the American West.
lodge solemn representation verb: A phrase for expressing diplomatic discontent.
lodgeable adjective: Capable of being lodged.
lodged adjective, verb /lɑd͡ʒd/: Lying down, with head raised; used of beasts of the chase (deer, etc), as couchant is used of beasts of prey (lions, etc).
lodgeful noun: Enough to fill a lodge.
lodgehouse noun: Synonym of lodge (“type of building”).
lodgekeeper noun: The keeper of a lodge (at the entrance to a larger property)
lodgelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a lodge.
lodgeman noun: A member of a Masonic lodge.
lodgemate noun: Someone who lives in the same lodge (in various senses) as someone else.
lodgement noun: Alternative spelling of lodgment.
lodgepole noun: A lodgepole pine or its wood.
lodgepole needle miner noun: The gelechiid moth Coleotechnites milleri, found in the western United States and Canada, the larvae of which mine the needles of lodgepole pine (causing...
lodgepole needleminer noun: Alternative spelling of lodgepole needle miner
lodgepole pine noun: A pine tree native to northwest America, Pinus contorta.
lodger noun /ˈlɑd͡ʒɚ/: A person who lodges in another's house (compare tenant).
lodgerdom noun: The world or sphere of lodgers.
lodgerless adjective: Without a lodger.
lodging noun, verb /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪŋ/: A place to live or lodge.
lodging house noun: A place where rooms can be rented, other than a hotel.
lodginghouse noun: Alternative form of lodging house.
lodgingless adjective: Without lodging; having no place to stay.
lodgings noun /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪŋz/: A room or set of rooms in another person's house where a person lodges.
lodgment noun /ˈlɑd͡ʒmənt/: An area used for lodging; a place in which a person or thing is or can be lodged.
Lodha noun: A member of a tribal group of India, inhabiting primarily West Bengal and Odisha.
Lodhi proper noun: A surname from Hindi.
Lodi proper noun /ˈloʊdi/: A province of Lombardy, Italy.
lodicula noun: Alternative form of lodicule.
lodicular adjective: Relating to the lodicule.

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.