English Words: L

16,425 words · Page 32 of 329

lamesternoun

A person or animal that is lame (unable to walk properly or moving with pain); one who limps.

lamestreamadj

Mainstream.

lamestreamernoun

A mainstreamer.

lametasticadj

Thoroughly lame or uncool.

Lamethistnoun

A supporter of Alexandre de Lameth (1760–1829), who formed a triumvirate with Barnave and Duport during the French revolution.

lamettanoun

Thin wire or foil made of brass, gold or silver; now especially thin strips of metallic foil used as Christmas decoration.

lamewadnoun

A lame or uncool person.

lamianoun

A monster preying upon human beings, who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent.

lamiaceousadj

Of or relating to the family Lamiaceae of mint and its close relatives.

lamiannoun

A type of hand-pulled Chinese noodle.

lamifibannoun

An antiplatelet drug.

lamiidnoun

Any member of the family Lamiidae, now considered to be the cerambycid subfamily Lamiinae.

lamiidsnoun

euasterids I.

lamiinenoun

Any longhorn beetle of the Lamiinae, a flat-faced longhorn.

laminnoun

Any of a class of fibrous proteins that provide structure, and regulate transcription in a cell nucleus

laminanoun

A thin layer, plate, or scale of material.

lamina papyraceanoun

Orbital lamina of ethmoid bone

lamina proprianoun

A layer of connective tissue under the epithelium of a mucous membrane

lamina proprialadj

Pertaining to lamina propria.

laminabilitynoun

The quality or state of being laminable.

laminableadj

Capable of being split into laminae (thin plates).

Laminackname

A surname from German.

laminaknoun

A kind of fairy in Basque mythology, related to the Little People in Celtic lore.

laminaladj

laminar

laminallyadv

in a laminal manner

laminaradj

Of fluid motion, smooth and regular, flowing as though in different layers.

laminarianoun

Any of the genus Laminaria of brown algae.

laminariaceousadj

Of or relating to the Laminariaceae.

laminarialeanadj

Of or relating to the kelp of the order Laminariales.

laminarianadj

Relating to seaweeds of the genus Laminaria, or to the depth zone of the sea in which they grow.

laminarinasenoun

An enzyme that hydrolyses the glucan laminarin

laminaripentaosenoun

An oligosaccharide related to laminarin

laminariseverb

Alternative form of laminarize.

laminaritenoun

A broad-leafed fossil alga.

laminaritetraosenoun

An oligosaccharide composed of two laminaribiose moieties

laminaritynoun

The quality or degree of being laminar.

laminarizationnoun

The act of laminarizing

laminarizatornoun

A kind of diffuser, used to laminarize air.

laminarizeverb

To become laminar

laminarlyadv

In a laminar fashion.

laminasetnoun

A set of similar laminae within a bed.

laminateverb

To assemble from thin sheets glued together to make a thicker sheet.

laminatedadj

Made by lamination.

laminatelyadv

In a laminate manner; with thin plates, scales, or layers.

laminationnoun

The process of laminating, joining together thin layers.

laminatornoun

A person who laminates.

laminboardnoun

A compound wood board consisting of thin strips of softwood glued together side by side and sandwiched between veneer panels, often of hardwood, considered to be of higher quality than blockboard.

laminectomynoun

The surgical procedure to remove the bony arch or lamina from one or more vertebrae.

laminexnoun

A hard plastic laminate, used especially as a surfacing material.

lamingnoun

The act or process of rendering lame

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The English alphabetical index for the letter L contains 16,425 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 329 pages, and you are currently viewing page 32. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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