English words: lanarkite to landiolol
300 English words, part 9 of 76 of the words starting with L, A to Z. 19 have a page of their own.
English words lanarkite to landiolol
- lanarkite noun: A mineral form of lead sulfate with the chemical formula Pb₂(SO₄)O, an oxidation product of galena, whose acicular monoclinic prismatic crystals are white...
- Lanarkshire proper noun: A former county of Scotland.
- Lanarkshire disease noun: The disease caused in certain fruits by the same oomycete that causes redcore.
- lanary noun: A place for storing wool.
- Lanas proper noun: A barangay of Barbaza, Antique, Philippines.
- lanate adjective: Covered in or composed of woolly hairs.
- lanated adjective: Alternative form of lanate.
- lanately adverb: In a lanate manner.
- lanatigonin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
- lanatigoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
- lanatoside noun: Any of a group of cardiac glycosides found in Digitalis lanata.
- Lanc adjective, noun /laŋk/: A native or inhabitant of Lancashire.
- lancang noun: A kind of sailing ship from Maritime Southeast Asia.
- lancaran noun: A kind of sailing ship used in Maritime Southeast Asia, propelled by oars and sails with two quarter rudders, one on either side of the stern.
- Lancashire noun /ˈlæŋkəʃə/: A type of cheese made in Lancashire, England.
- Lancashire boiler noun: A steam boiler with two flues that contain the furnaces and extend through the boiler from one end to the other.
- Lancashire Heeler noun: A small breed of dog developed for use as a drover and herder of cattle.
- Lancashire hotpot noun: A stew of lamb or mutton and onions topped with sliced potatoes.
- Lancashire peeler noun: A style of vegetable peeler, consisting of a straight handle and blade, with twine around the handle for a non-slip grip.
- Lancashire wrestling noun: A submission wrestling style from Lancashire in England.
- Lancaster proper noun /ˈlænkæstə/: A habitational surname from Old English.
- Lancasterian adjective: Of or pertaining to the monitorial system of instruction followed by Joseph Lancaster (1778–1838), in which the advanced pupils in a school teach the pupils...
- Lancasterism noun: The Lancasterian system of education.
- Lancastrian adjective, noun /lænˈkæstɹɪ.ən/: Of or relating to Lancaster or Lancashire.
- lance noun, verb /lɑːns/: A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
- lance bombardier noun: A non-commissioned officer in an artillery regiment of some Commonwealth armies, equivalent to a lance corporal in the infantry.
- lance corporal noun: An enlisted rank of grade E-3 in the United States Marine Corps, ranking above private first class and below corporal. Abbreviated as LCpl.
- lance-jack noun: A lance-corporal or lance-bombadier.
- lance-knight noun: Synonym of lansquenet (“German mercenary”).
- lance-ovate adjective: Between lanceolate and ovate in form.
- lance rest noun: A metal flange attached to the side of a breastplate, to steady a lance, arrest its rearward movement, and distribute the force of its impact to the torso...
- lance sergeant noun: Formerly, a corporal acting as a sergeant. Now used in the Foot Guards and Honourable Artillery Company of the British Army as a rank equivalent to corporal
- lance skink noun: Any of the genus Acontias of legless lizards, native to Africa.
- lance snake noun: The fer-de-lance.
- lanceable adjective: Able to be lanced.
- lancebill noun: A hummingbird of the genus Doryfera, native to South America.
- Lancefield proper noun /ˈlænsfiːld/: A surname.
- lancefish noun: A slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus, found in British waters.
- lancegay noun: A type of spear, javelin or lance.
- lancehead noun: Any of many South American venomous pitvipers of the genus Bothrops.
- lancejack noun: Alternative form of lance-jack.
- lanceless adjective: Without a lance.
- lancelet noun: any of a group of primitive marine animals, having a notochord instead of a backbone
- lanceletlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of lancelets.
- lancelike adjective: Resembling a lance.
- Lancelot proper noun /ˈlæn.sə.lɒt/: One of the Knights of the Round Table, a lover of Guinevere.
- Lancelotian adjective: Of or relating to Lancelot of Arthurian legend.
- lanceman noun: A soldier armed with a lance.
- lanceolar adjective: lanceolate
- lanceolate adjective, noun: Having the general shape of a lance; much longer than wide, with the widest part lower than the middle and a pointed apex.
- lanceolated adjective: Alternative form of lanceolate.
- lanceolated warbler noun: Locustella lanceolata, an Old World warbler.
- lanceolately adverb: In a lanceolate manner.
- lanceolation noun: The quality of being lanceolate.
- lanceolin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
- lanceoloid adjective: Three-dimensional, narrow at both ends with the widest part below the middle.
- lanceoporid noun: Any bryozoan of the family Lanceoporidae
- lanceotoxin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
- lancepesade noun: A grade within the rank of private, either assigned as assistants to corporals or performed the duties of corporals themselves.
- lancepod noun: Any of the plant genus Lonchocarpus, whose fruit resembles an ornate lance tip or a few beads on a string.
- lancer noun: A cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon.
- lancers noun: A traditional dance for eight or sixteen couples, originating from a 19th century quadrille.
- lancet noun, verb /ˈlɑːn.sɪt/: A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.
- lancet arch noun: A sharp pointed arch used in doors and windows, etc. This type of architecture was peculiar to England in the 13th century.
- lancet fish noun: Alternative form of lancetfish.
- lancetfish noun: A voracious deep-sea fish in the genus Alepisaurus, having long, lancet-like teeth.
- lancewood noun: A tough, elastic and heavy wood obtained from the West Indies and Guiana, formerly much used for carriage shafts (Oxandra lanceolata).
- lancework noun: words and/or pictures made from fireworks
- lanch noun, verb: A large bed of flints.
- lancha noun: Alternative form of lancang.
- lanchang noun: Alternative form of lancang.
- lanchara noun: Alternative form of lancaran (“ship”).
- Lanchester noun: A motor car or armoured car manufactured by the Lanchester Motor Company, founded by the Lanchester brothers, until production ended in 1954.
- Lanchester equation noun: A differential equation describing the time dependence of two armies' strengths as a function of time.
- Lancia noun: A car manufactured by Lancia.
- lanciao noun /ˈlan.t͡ʃaʊ̯/: a stew of cattle genitals
- lancier noun: Synonym of lancer.
- lanciform adjective: Having the form of a lance
- lancin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
- lancinate verb: To pierce or stab (as with a lance); to lance.
- lancinating adjective, verb /ˈlɑːnsɪneɪtɪŋ/: Sharp, stabbing or piercing.
- lancination noun: A tearing or laceration.
- lancing noun, verb: The act by which something is lanced.
- lancinin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
- land noun, suffix, verb /lænd/: The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
- land acknowledgement noun: A formal statement that a public event is taking place on land originally inhabited by indigenous peoples.
- land acknowledgment noun: Alternative spelling of land acknowledgement.
- land agent noun: A professional employed to manage an estate; steward or estate manager.
- land ahoy interjection: Shouted by the ship's watch to inform the crew that land has been spotted.
- land art noun: Artworks created from, and sited within, the natural environment.
- land artist noun: An artist who creates art in or from natural components such as earth and rock.
- land bank noun: Alternative form of landbank
- land banking noun: Alternative form of landbanking
- land battleship noun: An armored combat vehicle; a tank.
- land-beaver noun: A woodchuck.
- land before time noun: A region or territory of the Earth before any living organisms existed.
- land breeze noun: A breeze blowing off the land and out to sea, common at night.
- land bridge noun /ˈlænd ˌbɹɪd͡ʒ/: An isthmus or other land connection between landmasses, chiefly one which existed during prehistoric times, by which it is theorized that animals and plants...
- land bubble noun: Synonym of housing bubble.
- Land camera noun: An early form of polaroid camera
- land clearer noun: Someone or something that clears land of vegetation, usually in preparation for development.
- land crab noun: Any of the land-based crabs of the family Gecarcinidae.
- land cress noun: One of the species Barbarea verna of biennial herbs.
- land cruiser noun: An armoured combat vehicle, a tank.
- Land Dayak noun: A member of the Bidayuh people.
- land degradation noun: The decline in the overall quality of soil, water or vegetation condition commonly caused by human activities.
- land diving noun: A ritual performed by the men of Pentecost Island, Vanuatu, involving a jump from a tall wooden tower with a tree vine wrapped around each ankle.
- land down verb: To intercept (a missile) and bring it to ground before it reaches its target.
- Land Dyak noun: Alternative form of Land Dayak.
- Land effect noun: The capacity to see full-color (if muted) images solely by looking at a photograph with red and gray wavelengths.
- land-farer noun: One who travels by or over land.
- land force noun: A subdivision of the military that serves on land, rather than at sea or airborne.
- land girl noun: A member of the Women's Land Army.
- land grab noun: Alternative form of landgrab.
- land grant adjective, noun: A grant of land by the US government to encourage the development of western states, especially land transportation and practical higher education.
- land guard noun: A vigilante who perpetrates assault and vandalism against land developers and their projects.
- land gull noun: the great black-backed gull (Larus marinus).
- land ho interjection: Shouted by the ship's watch to inform the crew that land has been spotted.
- land-holder noun: Dated form of landholder.
- land in someone's lap verb: To come into somebody's possession without that person making any effort to attain it, and possibly without them expecting it.
- land ironclad noun: An armoured combat vehicle, a tank.
- land-jobber noun: A speculator in land.
- land-jobbing noun: The buying and selling of land on speculation.
- land-leech noun: A leech that lives on land; a terrestrial leech.
- land legs noun: A sense of balance, slowly regained after a time at sea.
- land line noun: Alternative form of landline.
- land lobster noun: The Lord Howe Island stick insect (phasmid), Dryococelus australis.
- land-locked adjective: Alternative form of landlocked
- land-locked salmon noun: Alternative form of landlocked salmon.
- land lover noun: Eggcorn of landlubber.
- land mark noun: Alternative spelling of landmark.
- land mass noun: Alternative form of landmass.
- land mile noun: Any of the various miles used to measure length on land, as opposed to the nautical mile.
- land mine noun /ˈlænd.maɪn/: A mine that is placed on land and designed to explode when stepped upon or touched.
- land o' Goshen interjection: Used by Christians for swearing without being overtly vulgar or blasphemous.
- land of milk and honey noun: An imaginary or real land of abundance, particularly the Land of Israel.
- land of plenty noun: A utopia that provides for all one's needs.
- land on verb: To land atop of; to fall on the surface of.
- land on one's feet verb: To be lucky, or successful, often in difficult situations.
- land patent noun: An exclusive grant of land made by a sovereign entity with respect to a particular tract of land.
- land pirate noun: A highwayman.
- land poor adjective: In a condition of poverty as a result of inability to meet tax payments or other financial requirements for one's land holdings.
- land quillwort noun: A boreal quillwort, Isoetes histrix, native to the Mediterranean.
- land rail noun: Alternative form of landrail.
- land register noun /ˈlændˈɹɛdʒ.ɪs.tə/: A public record of land ownership and related information.
- land rights noun: the rights of indigenous peoples to land, either individually or collectively.
- land rights for gay whales noun: A parody of typical Greens policies and those that support them.
- land run noun: Synonym of landrush.
- land rush noun: Alternative spelling of landrush.
- land's sake interjection: Alternative form of land sakes.
- land's sake alive interjection: Alternative form of land sakes.
- land's sakes interjection: Alternative form of land sakes.
- land's sakes alive interjection: Alternative form of land sakes.
- land sailing noun: A sport in which one drives a lightweight vehicle powered by a large sail.
- land sake interjection: Alternative form of land sakes.
- land sake alive interjection: Alternative form of land sakes.
- land sakes interjection: An expression of surprise or dismay.
- land sakes alive interjection: Alternative form of land sakes.
- land-salamander noun: A salamander (Order Caudata) that habitually or permanently lives its life on land.
- land scrip noun: Alternative form of landscrip.
- land shark noun, verb: Alternative form of landshark.
- land-sharking noun, verb: The speculative purchase of large amounts of land for the sole purpose of selling it at a profit.
- land shell noun: A land snail; a terrestrial gastropod.
- land shrimp noun: An insect, when considered as food.
- land sickness noun: Alternative form of landsickness.
- land slug noun: A terrestrial slug.
- land smock noun: A simple smock-style dress or garment worn by women for working or dressing casually around the house or garden.
- land snail noun: Any species of snail that lives on land (Caenogastropoda spp. etc.).
- land spring noun: Water lying near the surface, easily drawn upon by shallow wells.
- land surface adjective, noun: The outermost layer of the Earth, consisting of soil, vegetation, and other components.
- land surveyor noun: a landing-surveyor (a customs official appointing and overseeing landwaiters)
- land take noun: An acquisition or taking of land for a particular purpose.
- land tax noun: A levy on the value of land without regard to buildings, personal property and other improvements.
- land tenure noun /ˈlænd ˈtɛn.jʊə/: The social, legal, or customarily recognized system of relationships that governs the acquisition, exercise, transfer, and enforcement of rights and...
- land the plane verb: To abort an unsuccessful enterprise, especially an unsuccessful political campaign.
- land-tide noun: The undulating or rising motion of air in certain conditions, such as a day without rain.
- land torpedo noun: Synonym of land mine.
- land train noun: A trackless train, made to resemble a real locomotive, used for transporting passengers short distances, and normally used in tourist resorts.
- land under noun: Complete flooding of a North Sea Hallig during a storm tide.
- land up verb: To end up; to arrive or result, especially if it is not planned.
- land up over noun: The United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, or another Northern Hemisphere country, from the perspective of Australia and New Zealand.
- land upon verb: Alternative form of land on.
- land use adjective, noun: Of, or related to the use of land.
- land whale noun: Alternative form of landwhale.
- land wind noun: A wind blowing off the land.
- land with verb: To assign extra work or burdensome work to (someone).
- land with one's bum in the butter verb: To find oneself in fortunate circumstances.
- land yacht noun: A vehicle used in land sailing, consisting of little more than a carriage and a sail.
- land yachting noun: The practice of travelling in a land yacht.
- Landa proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
- landability noun: The quality of being landable.
- landable adjective: Capable of being landed.
- Landale proper noun: A surname.
- landamman noun: Alternative spelling of Landammann.
- Landammann noun /ˈlændəmæn/: A chief magistrate in certain cantons or other administrative districts in Switzerland.
- landau noun /ˈlæn.dɔː/: A type of lightweight, four-wheeled carriage in which the front and back passenger seats face each other.
- Landau diamagnetism noun: Diamagnetism in a free electron gas.
- Landau-Kleffner syndrome noun: A rare childhood neurological syndrome, characterized by the sudden or gradual development of aphasia and an abnormal electroencephalogram.
- Landau level noun: Any of the discrete energy values that represent the only cyclotron orbits that a charged particle can occupy in a magnetic field, as a result of Landau...
- Landau-Siegel zero noun: Synonym of Siegel zero.
- Landauer proper noun: A surname from German.
- Landauer limit noun: A theoretical lower limit on the energy consumption of a computation, derived from Landauer's principle.
- landauite noun: A trigonal-rhombohedral black mineral containing iron, lead, manganese, oxygen, potassium, sodium, titanium, and zinc.
- landaulet noun: A small landau.
- landaulette noun: A small landau.
- landay noun: A traditional Afghan poetic form consisting of a single couplet, with nine syllables in the first line and thirteen in the second.
- landbank noun, verb: A bank which issues notes based on the security of landed property.
- landbanked adjective, verb: Saved in reserve for future development, repurposing, or sale.
- landbanking noun, verb: The practice (by house-building firms or investment firms) of holding areas of land in reserve rather than immediately developing, redeveloping, or selling...
- landbase noun: The collective geographical territory of a people or culture.
- landbased adjective: Based or situated on land.
- landbird noun: Any bird that lives mostly on or over land (though may migrate over water)
- landbirding noun: birdwatching in order to see birds that are active on land (as opposed to waterbirding)
- landblink noun: An atmospheric brightness seen from sea over distant snow-covered land in arctic regions.
- landboarding noun: A sport in which a rider on a board is pulled over water by a kite.
- landboc noun: A charter or deed by which land is granted.
- landbook noun: A book containing details of lands and their ownership.
- landborne adjective: Synonym of grounded (remaining on land).
- landbound adjective: Restricted to the land; unable to enter the sea, sky, etc.
- landbridge noun: Alternative form of land bridge.
- landcare noun: A community scheme for taking care of agricultural land, preventing soil degradation, etc.
- landchad noun: A landlord, especially one with the characteristics of a "Chad".
- Ländchen noun: The German name given to several Ice Age plateaux in the Havelland region, which climb to over 70 meters above the formerly marshy urstromtal levels (old...
- landcover noun: Any natural or man-made material that covers the land surface of the Earth.
- landcrete noun: A type of building material made by mixing laterite, cement and water.
- landdros noun: Alternative form of landdrost.
- landdrost noun: A type of magistrate in South Africa, abolished under the British in 1827.
- lande noun: An uncultivated plain, especially a sandy track along the seashore in southwestern France.
- landeau noun: Alternative form of landau.
- landed adjective, verb /ˈlænd.ɪd/: In possession of land.
- landed cost noun: The end cost of an internationally shipped item. This includes purchase price, freight, insurance, and other costs and may sometimes include duties and taxes.
- landed gentry noun: A largely historical social class of landowners who could live entirely from rental income, or at least owned a country estate.
- landed immigrant noun: A person who is not a citizen of Canada but who has been legally admitted to Canada as a permanent resident.
- landed society noun: A British socio-economic class of landowners, socially just below the aristocracy or peerage, who could live entirely from rental income.
- Landen proper noun: A city and municipality of the province of Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium.
- Landen's transformation noun: A mapping of the parameters of an elliptic integral, useful for the efficient numerical evaluation of elliptic functions.
- lander noun [ˈlændə]: One who lands, or who lands something.
- Landeshauptmann noun: The gubernatorial title of the head of government of an Austrian state and the Italian autonomous provinces of South Tyrol and Trentino, corresponding to...
- landesite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal brown mineral containing hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.
- landfall noun /ˈlænd.fɔːl/: An arrival at the shore by a ship, or sighting of the shore from a ship.
- landfalling adjective: Making landfall.
- landfarming noun: A bioremediation treatment process in which contaminated soils, sediments, or sludges are incorporated into the soil surface and periodically tilled to...
- landfast adjective: Connected or anchored to the land.
- landfill noun, verb /ˈlæn(d).fɪl/: To dispose of (garbage) by burying it at a landfill site.
- landfill of history noun: Synonym of trash heap of history.
- landfill site noun: Synonym of landfill (noun, sense 1).
- landfillable adjective: Capable of being disposed of in landfill.
- landfillcore noun: Cheap useless low-quality trendy goods bought in mass that will get thrown away almost immediately.
- landfish noun: A fish that dwells on land.
- landflood noun: flood; inundation
- landfolk noun /ˈlandˌfəʊk/: The inhabitants of a region, especially if native.
- landforce noun: Alternative form of land force.
- Landford proper noun: A village and civil parish in south-east Wiltshire, England, the parish borders onto Hampshire (OS grid ref SU2519).
- landform noun /ˈlænd.fɔːm/: Any geological feature, such as a mountain or valley.
- landfowl noun: Any of the heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds in the order Galliformes, which includes chickens, turkeys, peafowl, pheasants, grouse, quail, and other...
- landful noun: As many as fill the land.
- landfyrd noun: A ground force; ground expedition; militia; army.
- landgable noun: The rent paid for a burgage.
- landgafol noun: A form of ground rent paid in medieval times.
- landgirl noun: Alternative spelling of land girl.
- landgrab noun, verb: A landrush.
- landgrabber noun: One in the possession or occupancy of land from which another has been evicted; one who engages in a landgrab.
- landgraf noun: Alternative form of landgrave.
- landgravate noun: The rank or territory of a landgrave.
- landgrave noun: One holding a specific nobiliary title ranking as count in certain feudal countships in the Holy Roman Empire, in present Germany.
- landgraveship noun: The role or status of landgrave.
- landgravess noun: A female landgrave.
- landgraviate noun /lændˈɡɹeɪ.vi.ət/: The office or jurisdiction of a landgrave
- landgravine noun /ˈlan(d)ɡɹəviːn/: The wife of a landgrave, or a woman who rules over a landgraviate.
- Landgren proper noun: A surname from Swedish.
- landguard noun: A division of customs stationed along the coast in an attempt to prevent smuggling.
- landhold noun: A landholding, a piece of land that is held (owned).
- landholder noun: A person who owns land.
- landholdership noun: The state of being a landholder.
- landholding noun: A piece of property (land) that is held (owned).
- landhopper noun: Any of the terrestrial talitrids.
- Landi proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- -landia suffix: A fictional or metaphorical place relating to the person or thing being suffixed.
- landin' verb /ˈlændɪn/: Pronunciation spelling of landing.
- landing noun, verb /ˈlændɪŋ/: An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.
- landing craft noun: A type of flat-bottomed boat used to transport infantry and vehicles onto a shore during an assault from the sea.
- landing craft tank noun: An amphibious assault water vessel designed to transport tanks across water to directly onto shore, where they roll off the vessel onto the shore, first...
- landing field noun: Synonym of airfield.
- landing gear noun: The wheels, tyres, brakes, shock absorbers etc of an aircraft.
- landing net noun: A fishnet mounted on a ring which is connected to a handle, used by anglers to secure a catch when pulling it out of the water by the line to which it is...
- landing pad noun: A helipad
- landing page noun: A web page at which a user first arrives when visiting a website, now especially one optimized for a marketing campaign or for lead generation.
- landing party noun: A portion of a ship's crew designated to go ashore from the ship and take ground, by force if necessary.
- landing place noun: A place suitable for embarking onto or disembarking from a boat or ship.
- landing roll noun: The distance from the point of touchdown to the point of deceleration where the aircraft can be brought to a complete stop or exit the runway.
- landing ship noun: a sea-going military light ferry designed to assault shores that are held against them, and disembark forces directly onto the shore
- landing ship, tank noun: The naval designation for a type of landing ship used during the Second World War to carry tanks, cargo, and to land troops.
- landing stage noun: A floating platform attached at one end to a wharf so as to rise and fall with the tide, and thus facilitate passage between the wharf and a vessel lying...
- landing strip noun: A runway for aircraft, especially one which is auxiliary or temporary.
- landing vehicle tracked noun: Synonym of amtrac.
- landing waiter noun: landwaiter
- landing zone noun: Synonym of landing strip (“a rectangular piece of slightly thicker plastic on the top rise (front part) of a diaper, especially a disposable one, to which...
- Landingham proper noun: A surname from Dutch.
- landingless adjective: Without a landing.
- landiolol noun: A drug that acts as a highly cardioselective, ultra short-acting beta blocker, used as an antiarrhythmic agent.
Part 8 · Part 10 · 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.