English words: longhead to look at oneself in the mirror

300 English words, part 61 of 76 of the words starting with L, A to Z. 36 have a page of their own.

English words longhead to look at oneself in the mirror

longhead noun: Any of various animals and fishes having a relatively long head.
longheaded adjective: Having unusual foresight or sagacity.
longheadedly adverb: In a longheaded manner.
longheadedness noun: The quality of being longheaded.
longheld adjective: Alternative spelling of long-held.
Longhope proper noun /ˈlɒŋhəʊp/: A village and civil parish in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6818).
longhorn noun /ˈlɔŋhɔɹn/: A breed of beef cattle, having long horns, bred in Texas and other parts of southwest United States.
longhorn beetle noun: Any beetle from the Cerambycidae family, notable for their extremely long antennae.
longhorn forestfly noun: Prostoia similis, a species of spring stonefly.
longhorned adjective: Having long horns.
longhorned tick noun: Any tick of species Haemaphysalis longicornis, native to the Old World, a disease vector among many mammals.
longhouse noun: A long communal housing of the Iroquois and some other American Indians, the Malaysians, the Indonesians, the Vikings, and many other peoples.
Longhua proper noun: A county of Chengde, Hebei, China.
longhunter noun: An 18th-century hunter and explorer of the American frontier, especially in the Ohio River basin area.
Longhurst proper noun: A surname.
longi noun /ˈlɔŋˌɡaɪ/: Alternative form of lungi (“cloth worn around the waist”).
longibornane noun: A sequiterpene derived by reduction of longiborneol. IUPAC name (1R,2S,7S,8S,9R)-2,6,6,9-tetramethyltricyclo[5.4.0.0^(2,9)]undecane
longiborneol noun: The tetracyclic sesquiterpenoid alcohol 2,6,6,9-tetramethyltricyclo[5.4.0.0^(2,9)]undecan-8-ol
longicaudal adjective: Having a long tail.
longicaudate adjective: Having a long tail.
longicaudoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
longicidal adjective: Describing dehiscence via longitudinal slits
longicone noun: A long, thin, conic shell, as of some Paleozoic cephalopods.
longiconic adjective: Relating to, having the form of, or composed of, longicone(s).
longicorn adjective, noun: Long-horned.
longidome adjective, noun: A longidomic mollusc.
longidomic adjective: Having body chamber lengths of one whorl or more.
longidorid noun: Any nematode of the family Longidoridae
longie noun: A Manx cat with a relatively long tail.
longies noun: knitted trousers for a baby or child
longifolene noun: A naturally-occurring oily liquid hydrocarbon found primarily in the high-boiling fraction of certain pine resins.
longikaurin noun: An ent-kaurene diterpenoid found in plants of the Isodon genus.
longilabrous adjective: having long labrum
longilateral adjective /ˌlɒnd͡ʒɪˈlætəɹəl/: Having long sides
longilobine noun: A pyrrolizidine alkaloid.
longiloquence noun: long-windedness
longiloquent adjective: long-winded
longimanous adjective: Having long hands.
longimetric adjective: Related to longimetry.
longimetry noun: The measurement of length.
longin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of longing.
longing noun, verb /ˈlɒŋɪŋ/: An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
longing mark noun: Synonym of birthmark.
longingly adverb /ˈlɒŋɪŋli/: In a longing manner, with desire, yearningly.
longingness noun: The quality of longing or yearning.
Longinian adjective: Of or relating to the ancient writer Longinus or On the Sublime, his classic work on aesthetics and the effects of good writing.
Longino proper noun: A surname.
longinquity noun /lɒnˈd͡ʒɪŋ.kwɪ.ti/: length
longipalatal adjective: Synonym of dolichuranic.
longipalpate adjective: having long palpi
longipedate adjective: having long legs
longipedlactone noun: Any of a particular class of polycyclic cytotoxic triterpenoid lactones
longipennate adjective: Having long wings or quills
longipennine adjective: Of or pertaining to the former order Longipennes, various long-winged birds
longipin noun: A particular melampolide found in Melampodium longipes.
longipinene noun: The sesquiterpene hydrocarbon 2,6,6,9-tetramethyltricyclo[5.4.0.0(2,8)]undec-9-ene
longipinnate adjective, noun: Having long, extended flippers.
longipterygid noun: Any extinct bird (or bird relative) of the family Longipterygidae.
longiroster noun /ˈlɒndʒiɹɒstə(ɹ)/: One of the Longirostres, a former family of long-billed birds, such as the snipe.
longirostral adjective: long-billed.
longirostrate adjective: Long-billed; longirostral.
longirostrine adjective: Having a long jaw or rostrum, especially of a crocodilian
longirostry noun: The condition of being longirostrine
longish adjective: Somewhat long.
longissimus noun: The muscle lateral to the semispinalis; the longest subdivision of the sacrospinalis that extends forward into the transverse processes of the posterior...
longitarsal adjective: Having long tarsi.
longitude noun /ˈlɒnd͡ʒɪtʃuːd/: Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.
longitude clock noun: A marine chronometer.
longitude of periapsis noun: The longitude of an orbiting body at which the periapsis would occur if the body had no orbiting inclination.
longitudinal adjective, noun /ˌlɒŋ.ɡɪˈtjuː.dɪ.nəl/: Running across a set direction of an object.
longitudinal aberration noun /ˌlɑn.d͡ʒəˈtjud.n̩.l̩ ˌæb.əˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩/: Deviation from the correct point of focus measured parallel to the axis.
longitudinal fissure noun: A fissure in the cerebral cortex of primates; it separates the two hemispheres
longitudinal recording noun: A technique of creating magnetic data storage using horizontal as opposed to vertical magnetization of a hard disk drive.
longitudinal relaxation time noun: Synonym of T1 relaxation time.
longitudinal system noun: The fibrovascular system.
longitudinal wave noun: Any wave in which the direction of disturbance is parallel to the direction of travel.
longitudinality noun: The condition of being longitudinal (existing over a length of time)
longitudinally adverb /ˌlɒŋ.ɡɪˈtjuːd.ɪ.n(ə).li/: Along lines of longitude, in the direction from pole to pole, meridianally.
longitudinous adjective: Having longitude.
longjaw adjective: Applied to various kinds of fish characterized by a long jaw.
Longjia noun: An ethnic group of western Guizhou province, China, classified as Bai by the Chinese government.
Longjing proper noun: A county-level city of Yanbian prefecture, Jilin, China, across the Tumen River from Hoeryong, North Hamgyong, North Korea.
longjohn noun: Alternative form of long-john.
longjohns noun: Alternative form of long johns.
longjump verb: Alternative form of long jump
longkang noun [ˈlɔŋ˧.kaŋ˦]: Ditch, street drain
longko noun: Alternative spelling of lonco.
longl. adjective: Abbreviation of longitudinal.
longlasting adjective: Alternative form of long-lasting.
longlastingness noun: Alternative form of long-lastingness.
longleaf noun: A longleaf pine, Pinus palustris, or the wood of this tree
longleaf pine noun: An important pine species of the southeastern US, Pinus palustris.
longlegged adjective: Alternative spelling of long-legged.
longlegs noun: A daddy longlegs.
Longley proper noun /ˈlɒŋli/: A surname.
longlimbed adjective: Having long limbs.
longline adjective, noun, verb: longer than usual; especially reaching to the hips
longliner noun: A fisherman or fishing boat that uses longlines.
longlining noun: fishing with a longline
longlist noun, verb: An initial, relatively long, shortlist, from which a further shortlist is selected.
longlived adjective: Alternative form of long-lived.
longliver noun /ˈlɒŋˈlaɪv.ɚ/: One who lives an exceptionally long life.
longly adverb: For a long time; wearisomely.
Longman proper noun: A surname.
Longmeadow proper noun: A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.
longminded adjective: Patient; longanimous.
longmindedness noun: The state, quality, or condition of being longminded; patience; longsuffering.
Longmire proper noun: A surname.
Longmont proper noun: A home rule city in Boulder County, with a small portion in Weld County, Colorado, United States.
Longmore proper noun: A surname.
longneck noun: A type of beer bottle with a long neck.
longneck eel noun: A type of pelagic fish found in the middle and depths of most oceans, of the family Derichthyidae.
longnecked adjective: Having a long neck.
Longnecker proper noun: A surname.
longness noun /ˈlɒŋ.nəs/: length, lengthiness
Longniddry proper noun: A village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4476).
longnose adjective: Having a long nose (used in the names of fish and other animals).
longnose gar noun: A large freshwater garfish with very long slender snout, Lepisosteus osseus.
longnose lancetfish noun: A large predatory lancetfish, of species Alepisaurus ferox, found in deep-water ocean.
longnose seahorse noun: A species of seahorse, Hippocampus trimaculatus
longnose stonebasher noun: Gnathonemus longibarbis, a species of fish in the family Mormyridae.
Longo proper noun: A surname.
Longobard noun: Alternative form of Langobard.
Longobardi noun: Alternative form of Langobardi.
Longobardian noun: Alternative form of Langobardian.
Longobardic adjective: Alternative form of Langobardic.
Longoria proper noun: A surname.
longpig noun: Alternative form of long pig.
longplay noun: A full recording of a video game being played from start to completion.
Longport proper noun: An area within the city of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8549).
longprimer noun: Alternative form of Long Primer.
longrange adjective: Alternative form of long-range.
longread noun: A piece of (online) long-form journalism.
Longridge proper noun: A small village in Painswick parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8709)
longrifle noun: Alternative form of long rifle.
longrunning adjective: Alternative form of long-running.
longs noun, verb: Long trousers/pants, as opposed to shorts.
longs and shorts noun: Playing cards designed for cheating.
longschat pine noun: Synonym of loblolly pine.
Longshan proper noun: A neolithic culture along the Yellow River in China, named for its type site
longshanks adjective, noun: A bird, the stilt.
longship noun: A type of naval vessel made by the Vikings.
longshoot noun: A type of dredger that ejects sand and sediment through a long stream.
longshore adjective: Of, relating to, or living along a seacoast.
longshore drift noun: The process whereby sand and shingle move along a beach shoreline when waves approach the shore at an angle.
longshoreman noun: A man employed to load and unload ships; any person thus employed.
longshoreman's cap noun: flat cap
longshoreperson noun: A longshoreman or longshorewoman.
longshorewoman noun: A woman employed to load and unload ships; a female longshoreman.
longshoring noun: The work of a longshoreman, loading and unloading ships.
longshot noun: Alternative spelling of long shot.
longshucks noun: Synonym of loblolly pine.
Longside proper noun: A village in Buchan, between Mintlaw and Peterhead, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NK0347).
longsight noun: Alternative form of long sight
longsighted adjective: Alternative spelling of long-sighted.
longsightedness noun: Farsight; farsightedness; far sight; long sight.
longsilog noun /ˌloŋ.sɪˈloɡ̚/: a meal of longaniza pork sausage with fried rice and fried egg
longsleeved adjective: Alternative spelling of long-sleeved.
longsnout seahorse noun: A species of seahorse, Hippocampus reidi
longsome adjective /ˈlɒŋsəm/: Marked or characterised by longness or length; lengthy; long-lasting; protracted.
longsomely adverb: In a longsome, long-lasting, or tedious manner; lengthily.
longsomeness noun: The quality of being longsome; lengthiness.
longspine snipefish noun: A moderately elongate snipefish with a tubular snout equal to about a quarter of the total body length and a dorsal spine, of species Macroramphosus scolopax.
longspun adjective: long-winded; tedious; excessively long
longspur noun: Any of the birds of the genus Calcarius, having a long claw on the hind toe of each foot.
'longst adverb, preposition: Alternative form of alongst.
longstaff noun: A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used for martial arts.
longstanding adjective: Alternative form of long-standing.
longstandingness noun: The state of being longstanding.
longstemmed adjective: Having a long stem.
longstop noun: Alternative spelling of long stop.
Longstreet proper noun: A surname.
Longstreth proper noun: A surname.
longsuffering adjective, noun: Alternative form of long-suffering.
longsword noun /ˈlɒŋsɔːd/: Any type of sword that is comparatively long; depending on context, applied to swords of the Bronze Age, Migration period, Viking Age and Renaissance era.
longtail noun: Any animal that has an unusually long tail relative to similar species.
longtail boat noun: A type of watercraft native to Southeast Asia, which uses a common automotive engine as a powerplant; there is much variation among them, and in rural areas...
longtail carpet shark noun: Any shark of the family Hemiscylliidae.
longtail cast-on noun: A type of cast-on technique involving a long tail of yarn.
longtail salamander noun: Eurycea longicauda, a cave-dwelling salamander of the eastern US.
longtailed adjective: Alternative spelling of long-tailed.
Longtan proper noun: A district of Jilin, Jilin, China.
longterm adjective: Alternative form of long-term.
longtermism noun: An ethical theory, generally associated with effective altruism, which prioritizes improving the conditions of the long-term or distant future, rather than...
longtermist adjective, noun: A believer or follower of longtermism (“an ethical stance which gives priority to improving the long-term future”).
longtermly adverb: Alternative spelling of long-termly.
longtime adjective, adverb: Having endured for a long period of time.
longtimer noun: One who has been a resident, member, etc. for a long time.
Longton proper noun: A village and civil parish in South Ribble district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4825).
Longtown proper noun: A small town in Arthuret parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, previously in the City of Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY3868).
Longuda noun: A member of a matriarchal West African ethnic group living in Adamawa and Gombe States in northeastern Nigeria.
longue noun: Synonym of mackinaw trout.
longue durée noun: A long period of time during which social processes develop or social structures evolve.
longue-vue noun: A ship's navigational monocular spyglass telescope
Longuet proper noun: A surname from French.
Longueuil proper noun: A city in the region of Montérégie, Quebec, Canada.
Longueuillois noun: A citizen, denizen, or person from Longueuil
longueur noun /lɒŋˈ(ɡ)ɜː/: A lengthy passage in a dramatic or literary work, especially a dull or tedious one; a period of boredom.
Longueville proper noun: A commune in Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France.
longuineal adjective: Tall and slender.
longulite noun: A kind of long thin needle-shaped crystallite.
longus noun /ˈlɔŋ.ɡəs/: A long muscle in the body.
longus capitis noun /ˌlɔŋ.ɡəs ˈkæp.ɪt.ɪs/: A muscle of either side of the front and upper portion of the neck that arises from the third to sixth cervical vertebrae, is inserted into the basilar...
Longview proper noun: A village in Alberta, Canada.
Longville proper noun: An unincorporated community in Plumas County, California.
longwall noun: A long wall of coal that is mined in a single slice.
longward adjective: Near, or oriented toward, the longer wavelengths of a range.
longwards adverb: Towards the long wavelength region of a spectrum
longwave adjective, noun: Having a wavelength of greater than 1000 meters.
longways adverb, noun: Lengthwise, in the longer direction.
longways for as many as will noun: A country dance, most often specifically a type of New England line dance.
Longwell proper noun: A surname from Norman.
longwhiles adverb: For a long while.
longwinded adjective: Alternative spelling of long-winded.
longwindedly adverb: Alternative spelling of long-windedly.
longwindedness noun: Alternative spelling of long-windedness.
longwing noun: Any of the nymphalid butterfly subfamily Heliconiinae.
longwise adverb: Lengthwise; longways; lengthways.
Longwood proper noun: A village and suburb of Huddersfield, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1016).
longwool noun: A domestic sheep having long wool.
longword noun: A type of unsigned integer variable that is longer than a word (with the specific number of bits depending upon the system architecture).
longworm noun: Synonym of roundworm.
Longworth proper noun: A village in Oxfordshire, England (historically Berkshire).
Longwy proper noun: A commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, France, close to the borders of both Belgium and Luxembourg.
longy noun: A Manx cat with a long tail, that therefore cannot be shown at a Manx show.
longyan noun /ˈlɔŋ.jæn/: Alternative form of Longyan.
Longyear proper noun: A surname.
Longyearbyen proper noun /ˈlɒŋˌjɪə.bjɛn/: A port town and capital of Svalbard, Norway.
longyi noun /ˈlɑnd͡ʒi/: A sarong-like garment worn around the waist.
lonicera noun: Any plant of the genus Lonicera, the honeysuckles.
lonicerin noun: A flavonoid found in Lonicera plants.
loniceroside noun: Any of a group of glycosides isolated from plants of the genus Lonicera.
lonidamine noun: A derivative of indazole-3-carboxylic acid, known to inhibit aerobic glycolysis in cancer cells.
loniflavone noun: A biflavonoid found in Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica).
Lonigan proper noun: A surname
loning verb: Only used in lone it; present participle and gerund of lone
Lonk noun: A sheep of a black-faced breed found in the north of England.
lonko noun: Alternative spelling of lonco.
lonnen noun: A lane or street.
Lonnie proper noun: A pet form of the male given name Alonzo.
lonnin noun: A lane.
Lonoke proper noun: A city, the county seat of Lonoke County, Arkansas, United States.
lonomiasis noun: poisoning by the venom of caterpillars of the genus Lonomia
lonomic adjective: Related to lonomiasis
lonomism noun: Synonym of lonomiasis.
lonquhard noun: A hut or bothy.
Lonsdale proper noun /ˈlɒnzdeɪl/: A surname.
lonsdaleite noun /ˈlɒnzdəlaɪt/: A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing carbon. Also called hexagonal diamond.
lonsdaleoid adjective: Resembling the genus †Lonsdaleia.
Lontano proper noun: A surname from Italian.
lontar noun: The palmyra or leaves of this tree as used for palm-leaf manuscripts in parts of Indonesia and Malaysia.
lontong noun: An Indonesian dish of rice compressed into a cylinder and wrapped in a banana leaf.
loo interjection, noun, verb /luː/: A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
Loo Chooan adjective, noun: Alternative form of Ryukyuan.
loo paper noun: Synonym of toilet paper.
loo roll noun: A toilet roll.
loo roll cosy noun: toilet-roll cosy
loo room noun: A room containing a toilet; especially one without a bath or shower.
loo table noun: A round table originally designed for playing the card game lanterloo.
looard adverb: leeward
loob noun: lubricant, especially social lubricant
loobily adjective, adverb: Awkward; ungainly.
looby noun: A large and awkward or clumsy person; an oaf.
Looc proper noun: A barangay of Nasugbu, Batangas, Philippines
looch noun: Dated form of lohoch.
Loochooan adjective, noun /ˌluːˈtʃuːən/: Alternative form of Ryukyuan.
LOOCV noun: Initialism of leave-one-out cross-validation
looderamawn noun: Alternative form of loodheramaun.
loodheramaun noun: A big, lazy man; a loafer.
Looe proper noun /luː/: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Cornwall, England, situated on the River Looe (OS grid ref SX2553).
looey noun: lieutenant
loof noun: The palm of the hand.
loofa noun, verb: Alternative spelling of loofah.
loofah noun, verb /ˈluːfə/: Any of several tropical vines of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd.
loofball noun /ˈlʊfbɔl/: A ball sport played over a net by two teams of five players on a rectangular court.
loofward adverb: Windward.
loogan noun /ˈluːɡən/: A fool.
loogaroo noun: A creature of Caribbean mythology similar to a vampire or werewolf.
loogie noun /ˈluːɡi/: A thick quantity of sputum, usually containing phlegm.
loogy noun: Lefty one-out guy, or left-handed one-out guy, a left-handed pitcher who specializes in pitching to left-handed batters and rarely faces right-handed batters.
looie noun: Lieutenant.
look interjection, noun, verb /lʊk/: As an intransitive verb, often with “at”.
look a fright verb: To look terrible, to look very dishevelled.
look-a-like noun: Alternative form of lookalike.
look after verb: To follow with the eyes; to look in the direction of (someone or something departing).
look ahead verb: To consider the future, to anticipate future events.
look ahead to verb: To plan for the future; to look forward to something; to be excited for something happening in the future.
look ahere interjection: Synonym of look here.
look alike noun, verb: Of multiple things or people, to have a similar visual appearance.
look alive interjection, verb: To get busy; start acting or moving.
look and feel noun: The combination of the visual design and behaviour of a user interface.
look around verb: To inspect a building or area.
look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence verb: To look very disappointed.
look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards verb /ˌlʊk‿əz‿ɪf ˈwʌn həz bɪn ˈdɹæɡd θɹuː‿ə hɛd͡ʒ ˈbækwɜːdz/: To look extremely dishevelled.
look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence verb: To look annoyed or displeased.
look askance verb: To express doubt.
look at verb: To observe or watch.
look at it this way phrase: Used to encourage consideration of a new or alternative perspective or viewpoint.
look at me adjective, interjection: Routinely soliciting attention through inappropriate or ostentatious behavior or provocation.
look at oneself in the mirror verb: To reflect and think critically about oneself and one's actions, especially when considered negative or harmful.

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.