English words: luxom to lymphangial

300 English words, part 74 of 76 of the words starting with L, A to Z. 31 have a page of their own.

English words luxom to lymphangial

luxom adjective: Alternative form of lucksome.
luxometer noun: Any of various devices that measure some property of light
luxon noun /ˈlʌk.sɒn/: Any particle that travels at exactly the speed of light and has zero mass: typically a photon.
luxonic adjective: Of or relating to a luxon or luxons.
Luxor proper noun /ˈlʌksɔː/: A city in Egypt, located on the site of the ancient Thebes.
Luxton proper noun: A surname from Old English.
luxulianite noun: Alternative form of luxullianite.
luxullianite noun: A kind of granite characterized by the presence of radiating groups of minute tourmaline crystals.
luxulyanite noun: Alternative form of luxullianite.
luxuriance noun /lʌɡˈʒʊəɹiəns/: The property of being luxuriant.
luxuriant adjective /lʌɡˈzjʊəɹi.ənt/: Abundant in growth or detail.
luxuriantly adverb: In a luxuriant manner; with luxuriance.
luxuriantness noun: The state or quality of being luxuriant.
luxuriate verb /lʌɡˈʒʊəɹ.i.eɪt/: To enjoy luxury, to indulge.
luxuriation noun: The act of enjoying or experiencing luxury.
luxuriosity noun: The quality of being luxurious.
luxurious adjective /lʌɡˈʒʊəɹi.əs/: Very fine in quality and comfortable.
luxuriously adverb: In a manner that involves luxury; in an expensive or indulgent manner.
luxuriousness noun: The state or property of being luxurious, of being expensive or indulgently pleasant.
luxurist noun: Someone who indulges in luxury; a person of expensive taste.
luxurity noun: The quality of being luxurious.
luxury adjective, noun /ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɹi/: Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings; the state of being that they create.
luxury box noun: Synonym of skybox (sense 1).
luxury good noun: A product or service that is not considered essential to everyday life and is associated with affluence.
luxury tax noun: Any tax on the sale of items not considered to be essential to a reasonable standard of living, for the purpose of increasing revenue, discouraging the use...
Luy proper noun: A surname.
Luyendyk proper noun: A surname from Dutch.
luz noun: A small bone in the human spinal column, believed in Muslim and Jewish traditions to be the indestructible bone from which the body will be rebuilt at the...
luzern noun: Alternative spelling of lusern.
Luzerne proper noun: An unincorporated community in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
Luzhou proper noun: A district of Changzhi, Shanxi, China.
luzindole noun: The drug N-[2-(2-benzyl-1H-indol-3-yl)ethyl]acetamide
Luzon proper noun /lʊˈzon̪/: The largest island of the Philippines.
Luzon boobook noun: A species of boobook owl, Ninox philippensis, endemic to central and northern Philippine islands including Luzon, Panay, Negros, Samar, Leyte and Bohol.
Luzonese adjective, noun: Of or relating to Luzon.
Luzonian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Luzon in the Philippines.
luzonicoside noun: Any of a number of steroid glycosides found in Echinaster luzonicus.
luzonite noun: A tetragonal-scalenohedral pale brownish pink mineral containing arsenic, copper, and sulfur.
Luzzi proper noun: A surname from Italian.
luzzu noun: A traditional brightly-painted Maltese fishing boat, characteristically adorned with a pair of eye designs on the bow.
lv noun, phrase, verb: Initialism of launch vehicle.
LV-ROM noun: Initialism of LaserVision Read Only Memory (“type of optical disc”).
lvalue noun /ˈɛl.væl.juː/: A value that can be treated as an address or storage location.
LVC noun: Initialism of language variation and change.
LVD noun: Initialism of low voltage differential.
LVDS noun: Initialism of low voltage differential signaling.
lve. verb: Abbreviation of leave (“depart”).
LVEDD noun: Initialism of left ventricular end-diastolic diameter.
LVEDP noun: Initialism of left ventricular end-diastolic pressure.
LVEF noun: Initialism of left ventricular ejection fraction.
LVESD noun: Initialism of left ventricular end-systolic diameter.
LVESP noun: Initialism of left ventricular end-systolic pressure.
LVET noun: Initialism of left ventricular ejection time.
LVH noun: Initialism of left ventricular hypertrophy.
Lviv proper noun /ləˈviːv/: A miskrada of the raion of the same name of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.
lvl noun: Initialism of laminated veneer lumber, a type of engineered dimensional lumber beam, composed of laminated wood.
LVN noun: Initialism of licensed vocational nurse.
LVOT noun: Initialism of left ventricular outflow tract.
lvs noun: Abbreviation of leaves.
LVT noun: Initialism of landing vehicle tracked.
LVW noun: Abbreviation of loaded vehicle weight.
LW noun: Initialism of left wing.
lwa noun: Alternative form of loa.
LWB adjective, noun: Long wheelbase.
LWBS adjective, noun: Initialism of left without being seen; a designation given to a patient who has made a visit to a medical provider, usually a hospital emergency room, and...
lwei noun: a monetary unit of Angola used from 1975-1990, one hundredth of a kwanza.
Lwin proper noun: A surname from Burmese.
LWIR noun: Abbreviation of longwave infrared or long-wavelength infrared radiation.
lwk adverb: Abbreviation of low-key.
lwky adverb: Abbreviation of low-key.
LWL noun: Initialism of lifewide learning.
LWM noun: Initialism of low-water mark.
Lwo noun: Alternative form of Luo (“African ethnic group”).
LWOP noun: Initialism of leave without pay.
LWOST noun: Abbreviation of low water ordinary spring tides.
LWP noun: Initialism of life without parole.
LWR noun: Initialism of line width roughness; used by semiconductor process engineers to describe a lithographic process problem.
LWSS noun: Initialism of lightweight spaceship.
LWT adjective, noun: Abbreviation of lightweight torpedo.
LWYL phrase: Initialism of laugh with you later, used as a sign-off.
lx noun: Abbreviation of luxury.
lxd noun: Gender-neutral version of lad; a term of address for a young person of any gender.
ly adjective, noun, prefix, suffix /-li/: Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "behaving like, or having a nature typical of what is denoted by the noun" Similar in...
Lyall proper noun: A surname.
Lyall's wren noun: Traversia lyalli, a small flightless passerine bird once found throughout New Zealand, now extinct.
Lyallpur proper noun: Former name of Faisalabad, a city in Punjab Pakistan.
lyam noun /ˈlaɪəm/: A leash.
lyam-hound noun: A bloodhound.
Lyanna proper noun: A female given name.
Lyapunov proper noun: A transliteration of the Russian surname Ляпуно́в (Ljapunóv)
Lyapunov exponent noun: In a dynamical system, a quantity that characterizes the rate of separation of infinitesimally close trajectories.
Lyapunov orbit noun: In the restricted three-body problem, a curved path around a Lagrangian point that lies entirely in the plane of the two primary bodies.
lyase noun: Any of many classes of enzyme that catalyze the breaking of a specific form of bond
lyate noun: Any anion formed by removal of a hydron (proton) from a solvent molecule.
Lybrand proper noun: A surname.
LYBUNT noun: A person who donated money in the previous year but not in the current year.
LyC noun, prefix: Abbreviation of Lyman continuum.
lycaconitine noun: An alkaloid obtained from the roots of Aconitum lycoctonum.
lycaena noun: Any butterfly of the genus Lycaena.
lycaenid noun: A member of the taxonomic family Lycaenidae, the gossamer-winged butterflies.
lycan noun /ˈlaɪkən/: A werewolf.
lycanthrope noun /ˈlaɪkənθɹoʊp/: A werewolf.
lycanthropia noun: Alternative form of lycanthropy.
lycanthropic adjective: Of or pertaining to lycanthropy.
lycanthropically adverb: In a lycanthropic way.
lycanthropist noun: Synonym of lycanthrope.
lycanthropous adjective: lycanthropic
lycanthropy noun /laɪ̯ˈkæn.θɹə.piː/: The state of being a lycanthrope (or werewolf), a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and a wolf, often said to happen involuntarily...
lycaon proper noun: An eastern wolf or Algonquin wolf of Canis lycaon or subspecies Canis lupus lycaon.
Lycaonia proper noun /ˌlɪ.k(ə)ˈəʊ.ni.ə/: A large region in interior Asia Minor, north of the Taurus Mountains.
Lycaonian adjective, noun /ˌlɪ.k(ə)ˈəʊ.ni.ən/: Of or relating to Lycaonia.
lyceal adjective: Relating to a lyceum.
Lycean adjective: Epithet of Apollo
lycée noun: A public secondary school in France.
Lycett proper noun: A surname
lyceum noun /laɪˈsiːəm/: A public hall designed for lectures, readings, or concerts.
lych bell noun: Synonym of passing bell.
lych field noun: Alternative spelling of lichfield.
lych gate noun: A churchyard gateway with a roof, under which a corpse was laid during a funeral to await the arrival of the clergyman.
lych-house noun: Alternative spelling of lich-house.
lych way noun: Alternative form of lichway.
lychee noun /ˈlaɪ̯t͡ʃi/: The Chinese tropical fruit tree Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family.
lycheetini noun: A martini cocktail made with lychee.
lychfield noun: Alternative spelling of lichfield.
lychgate noun: Alternative form of lych-gate.
Lychnapsia noun: In the Roman Empire, a festival of lamps on August 12, believed to have been held in honour of Isis.
lychnic noun: Part of the vespers of the Greek Orthodox Church on the occasion of a vigil.
lychnis noun /ˈlɪknɪs/: Any of the genus Lychnis of flowering plants.
lychnobite noun: A person who works or labors at night and sleeps during the day.
lychnomancy noun: A form of divination using a lamp or a candle flame
lychnoscope noun: A low side window in a church.
lychnoscopic adjective: Of or relating to lychnoscopes.
Lychrel number noun: A natural number that cannot form a palindrome through the iterative process of repeatedly reversing its digits and adding the resulting numbers.
lychway noun: Alternative form of lichway.
Lycia proper noun /ˈlɪʃi.ə/: A historical region in southwestern Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey.
Lycian adjective, noun /ˈlɪ.sɪ.ən/: A native or inhabitant of ancient Lycia.
lycid noun: Any member of the Lycidae.
lycine noun: A weak base identical with betaine.
lyco- prefix: wolf
lycoctonine noun: A plant alkaloid that is a precursor to the ABC ring system of taxoids.
lycodine noun: Any of a group of tetracyclic alkaloids obtained from Lycopodium
lycomorphic adjective: Having the form of a wolf.
lycopenaemia noun: Alternative form of lycopenemia.
lycopene noun: A red carotenoid pigment found in tomatoes, other red vegetables, and in animal tissue; there is some evidence that it may lower the risk of prostate cancer.
lycopenemia noun: A benign entity characterised by yellowish orange pigmentation of the skin, caused by the deposition of lycopene.
lycopenoate noun: Any salt or ester of lycopenoic acid.
lycopenodermia noun /ˌlaɪkəpiːnəˈdɜː(ɹ)mi.ə/: An excess of lycopene in the blood, causing discolouration of the skin.
lycopenoic acid noun: A carotenoid carboxylic acid derived from lycopene
lycoperdaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Lycoperdaceae, now subsumed into Agaricaceae.
lycoperdonosis noun: A respiratory disease caused by the inhalation of spores from mature puffballs.
lycopersene noun: A particular carotenoid.
lycophobia noun /ˌlaɪkəˈfəʊbɪə/: Fear of wolves.
Lycophronian adjective: Of or pertaining to Lycophron or his works.
lycophyll noun: A leaf having a single unbranched vein.
lycophyte noun: Any plant (such as the club mosses) that is a member of the division Lycophyta (or Lycopodiophyta)
lycophytic adjective: Of or pertaining to lycophytes.
lycopin noun: A resinous extract of Lycopus virginicus, formerly used as an internal hemostatic.
lycopod noun: A club moss.
lycopode noun: lycopodium powder (an inflammable yellow powder found in species of lycopodium, or club moss).
lycopodiaceous adjective: Of or relating to the family Lycopodiaceae of club mosses.
lycopodin noun: An alcoholic extract of the Lycopodium plant, used in alternative medicine
lycopodiophyte noun: Any plant (such as the club mosses) that is a member of the division Lycopodiophyta
lycopodite noun: A fossil club moss.
lycopodium noun: A club moss of the genus Lycopodium.
lycopodium powder noun: A fine powder or dust composed of the dried spores of lycopodium and related plants. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes used in the manufacture of...
Lycopolitan adjective: Pertaining to the Coptic dialect spoken around Asyut.
lycopsid noun: Any primitive plant of the division Lycopodiophyta, such as a clubmoss.
lycorexia noun: Constant, excessive hunger.
lycoricidine noun: An alkaloid, found in narcissus bulbs, that shows carcinostatic and antiviral properties
lycorine noun: A toxic crystalline alkaloid that inhibits protein synthesis, found in several plant species
lycoris noun: Any plant of the genus Lycoris.
lycosid noun: Any spider in the family Lycosidae; a wolf spider.
lycosiform adjective: Resembling the shape or behavior of wolf spiders (Lycosidae).
lycosoid noun: Any spider in the superfamily Lycosoidea or similar taxonomic group.
lycosome noun: A formulation of lycopene and whey protein used as a food supplement.
lycosuchid noun: Any therapsid in the family Lycosuchidae.
lycotetraose noun: A branched tetraose present in a tomato glycoalkaloid
lycoteuthid noun: Any squid in the family Lycoteuthidae.
lycotoxin noun: Any of a group of peptidic toxins present in the venom of wolf spiders of the genus Lycosa.
lycotropal adjective: Having an otherwise orthotropous ovule that is bent like a horseshoe.
lycoxanthin noun: A particular carotenoid.
lycra noun /ˈlaɪkɹə/: A type of synthetic elastic fabric and fibre (spandex) used for tight-fitting garments, such as swimming costumes.
lyctid noun: Any beetle in the family Lyctidae.
Lycurgus proper noun: A male given name.
Lyd proper noun: A river in West Devon, England, a tributary of the River Tamar.
Lyda proper noun: A surname.
Lydbrook proper noun: A civil parish in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England.
Lydd proper noun: A town and civil parish with a town council, on the Romney Marsh in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0420).
Lydda proper noun: Former name of Lod (“city in Israel”).
lyddite noun: An explosive consisting of a mixture of picric acid and guncotton.
Lyde proper noun: A surname.
Lydekker proper noun: A surname.
lydekkerinid noun: Any temnospondyl in the family Lydekkerinidae.
Lyden proper noun: A surname.
Lydenburg proper noun: A town in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Lydford proper noun: A village and civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5185).
Lydgate proper noun /ˈlɪdɡeɪt/: A surname.
Lydgatian adjective: Of or relating to John Lydgate of Bury (c. 1370 – c. 1451), English monk and poet.
Lydian adjective, noun /ˈlɪ.dɪ.ən/: A native or inhabitant of ancient Lydia.
Lydian mode noun: A mode whose scale is the same as a major key with the fourth scale degree raised by one half step, with the interval pattern
Lydian stone noun: A touchstone of flint slate.
lydianite noun: Synonym of hornfels.
Lydiard proper noun: A habitational surname from Welsh.
Lydiate proper noun: A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SD3604).
lydine noun: A violet dye derived from aniline.
lydion noun: A kind of Ancient Greek vase of Lydian origin: a small spherical perfume container without handles.
lydite noun /ˈlɪdaɪt/: A variety of black chert.
Lydney proper noun: A small town and civil parish with a town council in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6303).
Lydon proper noun /ˈlaɪdən/: A surname from Irish.
lye noun, verb /laɪ/: An alkaline liquid made by leaching ashes (usually wood ashes).
lyed adjective, verb: Treated or prepared with lye.
Lyell proper noun: A surname.
Lyell's swift noun: A species of hesperiid butterfly, Pelopidas lyelli, inhabiting Australia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
Lyell's syndrome noun: toxic epidermal necrolysis
Lyellian adjective: Of or relating to Charles Lyell (1797–1875), British lawyer and geologist.
lyencephalous adjective: Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the obsolete group Lyencephala; having the corpus callosum absent or rudimentary.
Lyerly proper noun: A surname.
lyerman noun: The cicada.
lyery adjective: Of cattle: having lean, dark, muscular flesh.
lyfoline noun: An alkaloid found in Heimia salicifolia.
Lyford proper noun: A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU3994).
Lyft noun, verb: A car ride requested using the mobile application Lyft.
Lyga proper noun: A surname from Polish.
lygaeid noun /lɪˈdʒiː.ɪd/: Any plant bug in the family Lygaeidae.
lyginopteridalean noun: Any of the order Lyginopteridales of archetypal pteridosperms.
lygodiaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Lygodiaceae.
lygodium noun: Any of the genus Lygodium of climbing ferns.
lygophilia noun: The love of darkness.
lygophobia noun: Fear of darkness.
lygosomine adjective: Any skink belonging to the subfamily Lygosominae.
lygus bug noun: Any of the genus Lygus of plant-feeding mirid insects.
lyin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of lying.
lying adjective, noun, verb /ˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/: The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.
lying flat noun /ˌlaɪ.ɪŋ ˈflæt/: Synonym of tang ping.
lying in adjective, noun, verb: The final stages of pregnancy; accouchement.
lying in wait noun, verb: The act of hiding and waiting for someone with the intent to kill or inflict serious bodily harm to them.
lying panel noun: A panel in which the grain of the wood is horizontal.
lyingly adverb: In a lying manner; deceptively, mendaciously.
lyk verb: Initialism of let you know.
lyke gate noun: Alternative spelling of lych-gate
lyke-wake noun: Alternative form of lich-wake.
lykegate noun: Alternative spelling of lych-gate
lykewake noun: Alternative form of lich-wake.
lykewalk noun: Alternative form of lich-wake.
Lykins proper noun: A surname.
lykoi noun: A domestic cat of a breed that slightly resembles a werewolf.
Lyla proper noun /ˈleɪlə/: A female given name from Arabic.
lylab verb: Acronym of love you like a brother (or like a bro).
Lylah proper noun: A female given name from Arabic.
lylas verb: Acronym of love you like a sister.
Lyle proper noun /laɪl/: A Scottish habitational surname from Old French from Old French l'isle (“the island”).
Lyle gun noun: A line thrower powered by a short-barrelled cannon, used from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century.
Lyles proper noun: A surname.
Lylian adjective: Of or relating to John Lyly (c. 1553 or 1554 – 1606), English writer and dramatist.
Lylyan adjective: Alternative form of Lylian.
Lyman proper noun /ˈlaɪ.mən/: A surname.
lymantria noun: Any erebid moth of the genus Lymantria.
lymantrid noun: Alternative spelling of lymantriid.
lymantriid noun: Any of the moth subfamily Lymantriinae, formerly a family.
lymantriine noun: Any moth of the subfamily Lymantriinae
lyme noun, verb: Lyme disease.
Lyme disease noun: Infection by one of three or more subspecies of the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted by four species of tick in genus Ixodes. Symptoms...
lyme grass noun: Leymus arenarius, a coarse perennial grass.
Lyme neuroborreliosis noun: A disorder of the central nervous system caused by infection with a spirochete of the genus Borrelia.
lymecycline noun /ˌlaɪ.məˈsaɪˌklin/: A tetracycline broad-spectrum antibiotic, unique amongst tetracyclines in being absorbed by an active transport process across the intestinal wall.
lymegrass noun: Alternative form of lyme grass.
Lymeswold noun: A soft British blue cheese with edible rind, produced from 1982 until 1992.
lymexylid noun: Any beetle in the family Lymexylidae.
Lymington proper noun /ˈlɪmɪŋtən/: A town in Lymington and Pennington parish, and ferry port in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ3295)
Lymm proper noun /ˈlɪm/: A large village and civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6887).
lymnaeid noun: Any pond snail in the family Lymnaeidae.
lymnocardiid noun: Any cockle in the family Lymnocardiidae, now considered to be the cardiid subfamily Lymnocardiinae.
Lymon proper noun: A surname.
lymph noun, prefix /lɪmf/: Pure water.
lymph cell noun: Synonym of leukocyte.
lymph gland noun: Synonym of lymph node.
lymph node noun: Each of the small oval bodies of the lymphatic system, distributed along the lymphatic vessels, that are clustered in the armpits, groin, neck, chest and...
lymph node syndrome noun: Synonym of Kawasaki disease.
lymph vessel noun: A thin-walled vessel that carries lymph through the lymphatic system.
lymphad noun: A single-masted ship propelled by oars, usually indicating a Scottish title associated with islands.
lymphadectomy noun: Synonym of lymphadenectomy.
lymphadenectasis noun: dilatation of a lymph node
lymphadenectomise verb: Alternative form of lymphadenectomize.
lymphadenectomize verb: To perform, or be subjected to, a lymphadenectomy
lymphadenectomy noun: The surgical removal of lymph nodes, usually performed as part of the management of cancer
lymphadenia noun: Chronic inflammation and enlargement of the lymphatic glands, such as is found in Hodgkin's disease.
lymphadenitis noun /lɪmfædəˈnaɪtɪs/: The inflammation or swelling of the lymph nodes, often a nonspecific sign of infection but also often benign and of obscure origin.
lymphadenocarcinoma noun /lɪmˌfædənoʊˌkaɹsɪˈnoʊmə/: The malignant counterpart of lymphadenoma; the result of malignant transformation of lymphadenoma.
lymphadenoid adjective: Resembling a lymphatic gland or lymphatic tissue.
lymphadenoma noun /lɪmfædəˈnoʊmə/: A benign tumor (neoplasm) of lymphatic tissue.
lymphadenomatous adjective: Of or relating to lymphadenoma
lymphadenomegaly noun: enlargement of the lymph nodes
lymphadenopathic adjective: Of or pertaining to lymphadenopathy
lymphadenopathy noun /lɪmfædəˈnɒpəθi/: An abnormal enlargement of the lymph nodes; it is often a nonspecific sign of infection but is also often of obscure origin and benign.
lymphadenosis noun: Any disease of the lymph glands
lymphadenotic adjective: Of or relating to lymphadenosis.
lymphagog noun: Alternative form of lymphagogue.
lymphagogic adjective: Stimulating the flow of lymph.
lymphagogue noun: Any agent that promotes the production of lymph.
lymphangial adjective: lymphatic

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.