Name Report For First Name LEAN:

LEAN

First name LEAN's origin is Scottish. LEAN means "serves john". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with LEAN below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of lean.(Brown names are of the same origin (Scottish) with LEAN and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with LEAN - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming LEAN

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES LEAN AS A WHOLE:

ghleanna ileana cuilean napolean gillean aileana arleana darleane eleanora ileanna leana leandra leann leanna leanne ailean cailean glaleanna hagalean leander leandre leandro leane maclean leannan gleann eleanor leanian slean cleantha pellean

NAMES RHYMING WITH LEAN (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ean) - Names That Ends with ean:

jean uisdean arjean bonny-jean culzean inghean jerean nighean bean damiean daniel-sean kean macbean nathraichean sean teimhnean crisdean cuimean dean torean

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (an) - Names That Ends with an:

achan ayan iman lishan loiyan nishan saran anan hanan janan rukan sawsan wijdan shoushan siran morgan regan nuallan jolan yasiman siobhan ran papan teyacapan tonalnan shuman lilian bian tan abdiraxman aman hassan labaan sultan taban aidan germian nechtan willan al-asfan aswan bourkan farhan ferhan foursan lahthan lamaan ramadan sahran shaaban shoukran aban abdul-rahman arfan ayman burhan ghassan hamdan ihsan imran irfan luqman ma'n marwan nabhan nu'man omran othman rahman rayhan ridwan safwan salman sofian sulaiman yaman bedrosian dickran hovan izmirlian

NAMES RHYMING WITH LEAN (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (lea) - Names That Begins with lea:

lea lea-que leachlainn leah leal leala lealia leaman leamhnach lear leary leathan leathlobhair leax

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (le) - Names That Begins with le:

leb lebna lecia leda lee leeann leeanne leela leeland leena leeroy leesa legarre legaya legget leia leianna leicester leigb leigh leigh-ann leighanne leighton leiko leil leila leilah leilana leilani leilanie leilany leiloni leira leisha leith leitha leitis leksi lela leland lele lelia lema leman lemuel lemuela len lena lenae lenard lenci lendall lendell lenee leng lenmana lenn lennard lennell lennie lenno lennon lennox lenny lenora lenore lenuta leo leoc leocadie leod leoda leodegan leodegrance leodegraunce leof leola leoma leon leona leonard leonarda leonardo leonce leonda leondra

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LEAN:

First Names which starts with 'l' and ends with 'n':

laban labhruinn lachlan lachlann laciann lacyann ladon laefertun lailoken lairgnen laken lamarion lan lancdon lancelin landen landon langdon langston lanston laochailan laocoon laodegan laomedon laren larson laryn laughlin lauralyn laureen laurelynn lauren laurian lauryn lavan lavern lawson lawton layden layken layton leron leverton lexann leyman lidmann lien lifton lillian lin lincoln linddun linden linn linton lintun lion litton livingston lizann llewelyn lochlain lochlann locklyn logan logen loghan lohengrin loman lon lonn lonyn loran lorcan loreen loren lorian loriann lorilynn lorin lorren lorrin loryn louden louellen loughlin lucan lucian lucien lufian lukman lun lunden lunn lurleen luxman lycaon lyman lyn lyndon

English Words Rhyming LEAN

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES LEAN AS A WHOLE:

achilleanadjective (a.) Resembling Achilles, the hero of the Iliad; invincible.

ceruleanadjective (a.) Sky-colored; blue; azure.

cleaningnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clean
 noun (n.) The act of making clean.
 noun (n.) The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.

cleanadjective (a.) To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse.
 superlative (superl.) Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.
 superlative (superl.) Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects; as, clean land; clean timber.
 superlative (superl.) Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous; as, aclean trick; a clean leap over a fence.
 superlative (superl.) Free from errors and vulgarisms; as, a clean style.
 superlative (superl.) Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
 superlative (superl.) Free from moral defilement; sinless; pure.
 superlative (superl.) Free from ceremonial defilement.
 superlative (superl.) Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in tone; healthy.
 superlative (superl.) Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs.
 adverb (adv.) Without limitation or remainder; quite; perfectly; wholly; entirely.
 adverb (adv.) Without miscarriage; not bunglingly; dexterously.

cleanernoun (n.) One who, or that which, cleans.

cleanlinessnoun (n.) State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress.

cleannessnoun (n.) The state or quality of being clean.
 noun (n.) Purity of life or language; freedom from licentious courses.

cleansableadjective (a.) Capable of being cleansed.

cleansingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cleanse

cleansernoun (n.) One who, or that which, cleanses; a detergent.

creoleanadjective (a.) Alt. of Creolian

chileannoun (n.) A native or resident of Chile; Chilian.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Chile.

epistoleannoun (n.) One who writes epistles; a correspondent.

galileannoun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Galilee, the northern province of Palestine under the Romans.
 noun (n.) One of the party among the Jews, who opposed the payment of tribute to the Romans; -- called also Gaulonite.
 noun (n.) A Christian in general; -- used as a term of reproach by Mohammedans and Pagans.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Galileo; as, the Galilean telescope. See Telescope.
 adjective (a.) Of or relating to Galilee.

gleaningnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glean
 noun (n.) The act of gathering after reapers; that which is collected by gleaning.

gleannoun (n.) A collection made by gleaning.
 noun (n.) Cleaning; afterbirth.
 verb (v. t.) To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gathering.
 verb (v. t.) To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left.
 verb (v. t.) To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain.
 verb (v. i.) To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers.
 verb (v. i.) To pick up or gather anything by degrees.

gleanernoun (n.) One who gathers after reapers.
 noun (n.) One who gathers slowly with labor.

herculeanadjective (a.) Requiring the strength of Hercules; hence, very great, difficult, or dangerous; as, an Herculean task.
 adjective (a.) Having extraordinary strength or size; as, Herculean limbs.

leaningnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lean
 noun (n.) The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism.

leannoun (n.) That part of flesh which consist principally of muscle without the fat.
 noun (n.) Unremunerative copy or work.
 verb (v. t.) To conceal.
 verb (v. i.) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column.
 verb (v. i.) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; -- with to, toward, etc.
 verb (v. i.) To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; -- with on, upon, or against.
 verb (v. i.) To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.
 verb (v. i.) Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle.
 verb (v. i.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages.
 verb (v. i.) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type.

leannessnoun (n.) The condition or quality of being lean.

leanyadjective (a.) Lean.

mausoleanadjective (a.) Pertaining to a mausoleum; monumental.

oleandernoun (n.) A beautiful evergreen shrub of the Dogbane family, having clusters of fragrant red or white flowers. It is native of the East Indies, but the red variety has become common in the south of Europe. Called also rosebay, rose laurel, and South-sea rose.

oleandrinenoun (n.) One of several alkaloids found in the leaves of the oleander.

orleansnoun (n.) A cloth made of worsted and cotton, -- used for wearing apparel.
 noun (n.) A variety of the plum. See under Plum.

uncleanadjective (a.) Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.
 adjective (a.) Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing.
 adjective (a.) Morally impure.

uncleansableadjective (a.) Incapable of being cleansed or cleaned.

zoileanadjective (a.) Having the characteristic of Zoilus, a bitter, envious, unjust critic, who lived about 270 years before Christ.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH LEAN (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ean) - English Words That Ends with ean:


achaeanadjective (a.) Alt. of Achaian

acheannoun (a & n.) See Achaean, Achaian.

adamanteanadjective (a.) Of adamant; hard as adamant.

adoneanadjective (a.) Pertaining to Adonis; Adonic.

aegeanadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea, east of Greece. See Archipelago.

amebeanadjective (a.) See Am/bean.

amoebeanadjective (a.) Alternately answering.

amphigeanadjective (a.) Extending over all the zones, from the tropics to the polar zones inclusive.

andeanadjective (a.) Pertaining to the Andes.

antaeanadjective (a.) Pertaining to Antaeus, a giant athlete slain by Hercules.

antipodeanadjective (a.) Pertaining to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the world; antipodal.

apogeanadjective (a.) Connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which occur when the moon has passed her apogee.

aramaeanadjective (a.) Alt. of Aramean

arameannoun (n.) A native of Aram.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Syrians and Chaldeans, or to their language; Aramaic.

archaeannoun (n.) The earliest period in geological period, extending up to the Lower Silurian. It includes an Azoic age, previous to the appearance of life, and an Eozoic age, including the earliest forms of life.
 adjective (a.) Ancient; pertaining to the earliest period in geological history.

archimedeanadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc.

argeanadjective (a.) Pertaining to the ship Argo. See Argo.

asmoneannoun (n.) One of the Asmonean family. The Asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35 b. c.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty.

assideannoun (n.) One of a body of devoted Jews who opposed the Hellenistic Jews, and supported the Asmoneans.

astraeannoun (n.) A coral of the family Astraeidae; a star coral.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to the genus Astraea or the family Astraeidae.

atlanteanadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients allege was sunk, and overwhelmed by the ocean.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, Atlas; strong.

augeanadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Augeus, king of Elis, whose stable contained 3000 oxen, and had not been cleaned for 30 years. Hercules cleansed it in a single day.
 adjective (a.) Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt.

beannoun (n.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs.
 noun (n.) The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans.

bonaparteanadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte or his family.

briareanadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, Briareus, a giant fabled to have a hundred hands; hence, hundred-handed or many-handed.

cabireannoun (n.) One of the Cabiri.

cadmeanadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes, who was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters of the alphabet -- /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /. These are called Cadmean letters.

caduceanadjective (a.) Of or belonging to Mercury's caduceus, or wand.

caesareanadjective (a.) Alt. of Caesarian

cancellareanadjective (a.) Cancellarean.

caribbeanadjective (a.) Alt. of Caribbee

cerbereanadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to, or resembling, Cerberus.

cesareanadjective (a.) Alt. of Cesarian

cestoldeannoun (n.) One of the Cestoidea.

cetaceannoun (n.) One of the Cetacea.

chaldeannoun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Chaldea.
 noun (n.) A learned man, esp. an astrologer; -- so called among the Eastern nations, because astrology and the kindred arts were much cultivated by the Chaldeans.
 noun (n.) Nestorian.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Chaldea.

chalybeanadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Chalybes, an ancient people of Pontus in Asia Minor, celebrated for working in iron and steel.
 adjective (a.) Of superior quality and temper; -- applied to steel.

circeanadjective (a.) Having the characteristics of Circe, daughter of Sol and Perseis, a mythological enchantress, who first charmed her victims and then changed them to the forms of beasts; pleasing, but noxious; as, a Circean draught.

circumforaneanadjective (a.) Alt. of Circumforaneous

coetaneannoun (n.) A person coetaneous with another; a contemporary.

colosseanadjective (a.) Colossal.

conterraneanadjective (a.) Alt. of Conterraneous

cornopeannoun (n.) An obsolete name for the cornet-a-piston.

cotqueannoun (n.) A man who busies himself with affairs which properly belong to women.
 noun (n.) A she-cuckold; a cucquean; a henhussy.

crinoideannoun (n.) One of the Crinoidea.

crustaceannoun (n.) An animal belonging to the class Crustacea.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous.

ctenoideannoun (n.) One of the Ctenoidei.
 adjective (a.) Relating to the Ctenoidei.

cucqueannoun (n.) A woman whose husband is unfaithful to her.

cyaneanadjective (a.) Having an azure color.

cyclopeanadjective (a.) Pertaining to the Cyclops; characteristic of the Cyclops; huge; gigantic; vast and rough; massive; as, Cyclopean labors; Cyclopean architecture.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH LEAN (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (lea) - Words That Begins with lea:


leanoun (n.) A measure of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay.
 noun (n.) A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.
 noun (n.) A meadow or sward land; a grassy field.

leachnoun (n.) See 3d Leech.
 noun (n.) A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
 noun (n.) A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
 noun (n.) See Leech, a physician.
 verb (v. t.) To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee.
 verb (v. t.) To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes.
 verb (v. i.) To part with soluble constituents by percolation.

leachingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leach

leachyadjective (a.) Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous; pervious; -- said of gravelly or sandy soils, and the like.

leadnoun (n.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L. Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena, lead sulphide.
 noun (n.) An article made of lead or an alloy of lead
 noun (n.) A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.
 noun (n.) A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
 noun (n.) Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs; hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
 noun (n.) A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in pencils.
 noun (n.) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction; as, to take the lead; to be under the lead of another.
 noun (n.) precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; as, the white horse had the lead; a lead of a boat's length, or of half a second.
 noun (n.) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played; as, your partner has the lead.
 noun (n.) An open way in an ice field.
 noun (n.) A lode.
 noun (n.) The course of a rope from end to end.
 noun (n.) The width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
 noun (n.) the distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
 noun (n.) The action of a tooth, as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
 noun (n.) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
 noun (n.) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
 noun (n.) In an internal-combustion engine, the distance, measured in actual length of piston stroke or the corresponding angular displacement of the crank, of the piston from the end of the compression stroke when ignition takes place; -- called in full lead of the ignition. When ignition takes place during the working stroke the corresponding distance from the commencement of the stroke is called negative lead.
 noun (n.) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
 noun (n.) In spiral screw threads, worm wheels, or the like, the amount of advance of any point in the spiral for a complete turn.
 noun (n.) A conductor conveying electricity, as from a dynamo.
 noun (n.) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
 noun (n.) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
 noun (n.) A r/le for a leading man or leading woman; also, one who plays such a r/le.
 verb (v. t.) To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.
 verb (v. t.) To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead a page; leaded matter.
 verb (v. t.) To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection; as, a father leads a child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man.
 verb (v. t.) To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, esp. by going with or going in advance of. Hence, figuratively: To direct; to counsel; to instruct; as, to lead a traveler; to lead a pupil.
 verb (v. t.) To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a search; to lead a political party.
 verb (v. t.) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages.
 verb (v. t.) To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to lead one to espouse a righteous cause.
 verb (v. t.) To guide or conduct one's self in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).
 verb (v. t.) To begin a game, round, or trick, with; as, to lead trumps; the double five was led.
 verb (v. i.) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; -- used in most of the senses of lead, v. t.
 verb (v. t.) To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place; as, the path leads to the mill; gambling leads to other vices.

leadingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lead
 noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lead
 noun (n.) The act of guiding, directing, governing, or enticing; guidance.
 noun (n.) Suggestion; hint; example.
 adjective (a.) Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example.

leadedadjective (a.) Fitted with lead; set in lead; as, leaded windows.
 adjective (a.) Separated by leads, as the lines of a page.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Lead

leadenadjective (a.) Made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball.
 adjective (a.) Like lead in color, etc. ; as, a leaden sky.
 adjective (a.) Heavy; dull; sluggish.

leadernoun (n.) One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.
 noun (n.) One who goes first.
 noun (n.) One having authority to direct; a chief; a commander.
 noun (n.) A performer who leads a band or choir in music; also, in an orchestra, the principal violinist; the one who plays at the head of the first violins.
 noun (n.) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.
 noun (n.) The principal wheel in any kind of machinery.
 noun (n.) A horse placed in advance of others; one of the forward pair of horses.
 noun (n.) A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor.
 noun (n.) A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc. ; also, a line of gut, to which the snell of a fly hook is attached.
 noun (n.) A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.
 noun (n.) The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article.
 noun (n.) A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.
 noun (n.) a row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.

leadershipnoun (n.) The office of a leader.

leadhillitenoun (n.) A mineral of a yellowish or greenish white color, consisting of the sulphate and carbonate of lead; -- so called from having been first found at Leadhills, Scotland.

leadmannoun (n.) One who leads a dance.

leadsmannoun (n.) The man who heaves the lead.

leadwortnoun (n.) A genus of maritime herbs (Plumbago). P. Europaea has lead-colored spots on the leaves, and nearly lead-colored flowers.

leadyadjective (a.) Resembling lead.

leafnoun (n.) A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively constitute its foliage.
 noun (n.) A special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril.
 noun (n.) Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc. (c) The movable side of a table. (d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf. (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
 verb (v. i.) To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May.

leafingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leaf

leafagenoun (n.) Leaves, collectively; foliage.

leafcupnoun (n.) A coarse American composite weed (Polymnia Uvedalia).

leafedadjective (a.) Having (such) a leaf or (so many) leaves; -- used in composition; as, broad-leafed; four-leafed.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Leaf

leafetnoun (n.) A leaflet.

leafinessnoun (n.) The state of being leafy.

leaflessadjective (a.) Having no leaves or foliage; bearing no foliage.

leafletnoun (n.) A little leaf; also, a little printed leaf or a tract.
 noun (n.) One of the divisions of a compound leaf; a foliole.
 noun (n.) A leaflike organ or part; as, a leaflet of the gills of fishes.

leafstalknoun (n.) The stalk or petiole which supports a leaf.

leaguenoun (n.) A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5.280 feet each, and used (as a land measure) chiefly on the continent of Europe, and in the Spanish parts of America. The marine league of England and the United States is equal to three marine, or geographical, miles of 6080 feet each.
 noun (n.) A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
 noun (n.) An alliance or combination of two or more nations, parties, or persons, for the accomplishment of a purpose which requires a continued course of action, as for mutual defense, or for furtherance of commercial, religious, or political interests, etc.
 verb (v. i.) To unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support; to confederate.
 verb (v. t.) To join in a league; to cause to combine for a joint purpose; to combine; to unite; as, common interests will league heterogeneous elements.

leaguingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of League

leaguernoun (n.) The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general.
 noun (n.) A siege or beleaguering.
 verb (v. t.) To besiege; to beleaguer.

leaguerernoun (n.) A besieger.

leaknoun (n.) To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks.
 noun (n.) To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice, etc. ; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; -- usually with in or out.
 noun (n.) A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation; also, the point at which such loss occurs.
 adjective (a.) Leaky.
 verb (v.) A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe.
 verb (v.) The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps.

leakingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leak

leakagenoun (n.) A leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking.
 noun (n.) An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking.
 noun (n.) A leak; also; the quantity of electricity thus wasted.

leakinessnoun (n.) The quality of being leaky.

lealadjective (a.) Faithful; loyal; true.

leamnoun (n. & v. i.) See Leme.
 noun (n.) A cord or strap for leading a dog.

leamernoun (n.) A dog held by a leam.

leapnoun (n.) A basket.
 noun (n.) A weel or wicker trap for fish.
 noun (n.) The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.
 noun (n.) Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
 noun (n.) A fault.
 noun (n.) A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals.
 verb (v. i.) To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a horse.
 verb (v. i.) To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.
 verb (v. t.) To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.
 verb (v. t.) To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.

leapingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leap
 noun (a. & n.) from Leap, to jump.

leapernoun (n.) One who, or that which, leaps.
 noun (n.) A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.

leapfrognoun (n.) A play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former.

leapfulnoun (n.) A basketful.

learnoun (n.) Lore; lesson.
 noun (n.) An annealing oven. See Leer, n.
 adjective (a.) See Leer, a.
 verb (v. t.) To learn. See Lere, to learn.

learningnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Learn
 noun (n.) The acquisition of knowledge or skill; as, the learning of languages; the learning of telegraphy.
 noun (n.) The knowledge or skill received by instruction or study; acquired knowledge or ideas in any branch of science or literature; erudition; literature; science; as, he is a man of great learning.

learnableadjective (a.) Such as can be learned.

learnedadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite; well-informed; as, a learned scholar, writer, or lawyer; a learned book; a learned theory.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Learn

learnernoun (n.) One who learns; a scholar.

leasableadjective (a.) Such as can be leased.

leasingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lease
 adjective (a.) The act of lying; falsehood; a lie or lies.

leaseholdnoun (n.) A tenure by lease; specifically, land held as personalty under a lease for years.
 adjective (a.) Held by lease.

leaseholdernoun (n.) A tenant under a lease.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LEAN:

English Words which starts with 'l' and ends with 'n':

labefactionnoun (n.) The act of labefying or making weak; the state of being weakened; decay; ruin.

labializationnoun (n.) The modification of an articulation by contraction of the lip opening.

labyrinthianadjective (a.) Intricately winding; like a labyrinth; perplexed; labyrinthal.

labyrinthodonnoun (n.) A genus of very large fossil amphibians, of the Triassic period, having bony plates on the under side of the body. It is the type of the order Labyrinthodonta. Called also Mastodonsaurus.

laccinnoun (n.) A yellow amorphous substance obtained from lac.

lacedaemoniannoun (n.) A Spartan.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Lacedaemon or Sparta, the chief city of Laconia in the Peloponnesus.

lacemannoun (n.) A man who deals in lace.

lacerationnoun (n.) The act of lacerating.
 noun (n.) A breach or wound made by lacerating.

lacertiannoun (n.) One of the Lacertilia.
 adjective (a.) Like a lizard; of or pertaining to the Lacertilia.

lacertiliannoun (a. & n.) Same as Lacertian.

lachrymationnoun (n.) The act of shedding tears; weeping.

lackbrainnoun (n.) One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person.

laconiannoun (n.) An inhabitant of Laconia; esp., a Spartan.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Laconia, a division of ancient Greece; Spartan.

lactationnoun (n.) A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland.

lacteanadjective (a.) Milky; consisting of, or resembling, milk.
 adjective (a.) Lacteal; conveying chyle.

lactinnoun (n.) See Lactose.

lactoabuminnoun (n.) The albumin present on milk, apparently identical with ordinary serum albumin. It is distinct from the casein of milk.

lactoproteinnoun (n.) A peculiar albuminous body considered a normal constituent of milk.

lactucinnoun (n.) A white, crystalline substance, having a bitter taste and a neutral reaction, and forming one of the essential ingredients of lactucarium.

lademannoun (n.) One who leads a pack horse; a miller's servant.

ladenadjective (p. & a.) Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart.

ladinnoun (n.) A Romansch dialect spoken in some parts of Switzerland and the Tyrol.
 noun (n.) A person speaking Ladin as a mother tongue.

ladkinnoun (n.) A little lad.

ladykinnoun (n.) A little lady; -- applied by the writers of Queen Elizabeth's time, in the abbreviated form Lakin, to the Virgin Mary.

lagannoun (n. & v.) See Ligan.

lagenianadjective (a.) Like, or pertaining to, Lagena, a genus of Foraminifera having a straight, chambered shell.

lagoonnoun (n.) A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; as, the lagoons of Venice.
 noun (n.) A lake in a coral island, often occupying a large portion of its area, and usually communicating with the sea. See Atoll.

lakinnoun (n.) See Ladykin.

lallationnoun (n.) An imperfect enunciation of the letter r, in which it sounds like l.

lamantinnoun (n.) The manatee.

lamarckianadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or involved in, the doctrines of Lamarckianism.

lambkinnoun (n.) A small lamb.

lambrequinnoun (n.) A kind of pendent scarf or covering attached to the helmet, to protect it from wet or heat.
 noun (n.) A leather flap hanging from a cuirass.
 noun (n.) A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging, pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window, hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like.

lambskinnoun (n.) The skin of a lamb; especially, a skin dressed with the wool on, and used as a mat. Also used adjectively.
 noun (n.) A kind of woolen.

lamellicornnoun (n.) A lamellicorn insect.
 adjective (a.) Having antennae terminating in a group of flat lamellae; -- said of certain coleopterous insects.
 adjective (a.) Terminating in a group of flat lamellae; -- said of antennae.

lamentationnoun (n.) The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning.
 noun (n.) A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents.

lamentinnoun (n.) See Lamantin.

laminarianadjective (a.) Pertaining to seaweeds of the genus Laminaria, or to that zone of the sea (from two to ten fathoms in depth) where the seaweeds of this genus grow.

laminationnoun (n.) The process of laminating, or the state of being laminated.

lampernnoun (n.) The river lamprey (Ammocoetes, / Lampetra, fluviatilis).

lampoonnoun (n.) A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress.
 verb (v. t.) To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon.

lampronnoun (n.) See Lamprey.

lacasterianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the monitorial system of instruction followed by Joseph Lancaster, of England, in which advanced pupils in a school teach pupils below them.

lancinationnoun (n.) A tearing; laceration.

landammannoun (n.) A chief magistrate in some of the Swiss cantons.
 noun (n.) The president of the diet of the Helvetic republic.

landmannoun (n.) A man who lives or serves on land; -- opposed to seaman.
 noun (n.) An occupier of land.

landsmannoun (n.) One who lives on the land; -- opposed to seaman.
 noun (n.) A sailor on his first voyage.

laniationnoun (n.) A tearing in pieces.

lanolinnoun (n.) A peculiar fatlike body, made up of cholesterin and certain fatty acids, found in feathers, hair, wool, and keratin tissues generally.

lanternnoun (n.) Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc. ; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed, as the glazed inclosure of a street light, or of a lighthouse light.
 noun (n.) An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.
 noun (n.) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.
 noun (n.) A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral.
 noun (n.) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below).
 noun (n.) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc. ; -- called also lantern brass.
 noun (n.) A perforated barrel to form a core upon.
 noun (n.) See Aristotle's lantern.
 verb (v. t.) To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse.

lanthornnoun (n.) See Lantern.

laocoonnoun (n.) A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.)
 noun (n.) A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laocoon, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil.

laodiceanadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Laodicea, a city in Phrygia Major; like the Christians of Laodicea; lukewarm in religion.

lapidarianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to stone; inscribed on stone; as, a lapidarian record.

lapidationnoun (n.) The act of stoning.

lapidificationnoun (n.) The act or process of lapidifying; fossilization; petrifaction.

lapillationnoun (n.) The state of being, or the act of making, stony.

lapponianadjective (a.) Alt. of Lapponic

laputanadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in Gulliver's Travels as the home of chimerical philosophers. Hence, fanciful; preposterous; absurd in science or philosophy.

larchenadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the larch.

lardaceinnoun (n.) A peculiar amyloid substance, colored blue by iodine and sulphuric acid, occurring mainly as an abnormal infiltration into the spleen, liver, etc.

lardonnoun (n.) Alt. of Lardoon

lardoonnoun (n.) A bit of fat pork or bacon used in larding.

laryngeanadjective (a.) See Laryngeal.

lateenadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a peculiar rig used in the Mediterranean and adjacent waters, esp. on the northern coast of Africa. See below.

laterannoun (n.) The church and palace of St. John Lateran, the church being the cathedral church of Rome, and the highest in rank of all churches in the Catholic world.

latianadjective (a.) Belonging, or relating, to Latium, a country of ancient Italy. See Latin.

latinnoun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Latium; a Roman.
 noun (n.) The language of the ancient Romans.
 noun (n.) An exercise in schools, consisting in turning English into Latin.
 noun (n.) A member of the Roman Catholic Church.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Latium, or to the Latins, a people of Latium; Roman; as, the Latin language.
 adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or composed in, the language used by the Romans or Latins; as, a Latin grammar; a Latin composition or idiom.
 verb (v. t.) To write or speak in Latin; to turn or render into Latin.

latinizationnoun (n.) The act or process of Latinizing, as a word, language, or country.

lationnoun (n.) Transportation; conveyance.

latitationnoun (n.) A lying in concealment; hiding.

latitudinariannoun (n.) One who is moderate in his notions, or not restrained by precise settled limits in opinion; one who indulges freedom in thinking.
 noun (n.) A member of the Church of England, in the time of Charles II., who adopted more liberal notions in respect to the authority, government, and doctrines of the church than generally prevailed.
 noun (n.) One who departs in opinion from the strict principles of orthodoxy.
 adjective (a.) Not restrained; not confined by precise limits.
 adjective (a.) Indifferent to a strict application of any standard of belief or opinion; hence, deviating more or less widely from such standard; lax in doctrine; as, latitudinarian divines; latitudinarian theology.
 adjective (a.) Lax in moral or religious principles.

latonnoun (n.) Alt. of Latoun

latounnoun (n.) Latten, 1.

latrationnoun (n.) A barking.

lattennoun (n.) A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses, etc.; -- called also latten brass.
 noun (n.) Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin sheets; as, gold latten.

latterkinnoun (n.) A pointed wooden tool used in glazing leaden lattice.

laundrymannoun (n.) A man who follows the business of laundering.

laureationnoun (n.) The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.

laurentianadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or near, the St. Lawrence River; as, the Laurentian hills.

laurinnoun (n.) A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of the bay (Laurus nobilis), and consisting of a complex mixture of glycerin ethers of several organic acids.

lavationnoun (n.) A washing or cleansing.

lawnnoun (n.) An open space between woods.
 noun (n.) Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.

laxationnoun (n.) The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened.

laymannoun (n.) One of the people, in distinction from the clergy; one of the laity; sometimes, a man not belonging to some particular profession, in distinction from those who do.
 noun (n.) A lay figure. See under Lay, n. (above).

leathernadjective (a.) Made of leather; consisting of. leather; as, a leathern purse.

leavennoun (n.) Any substance that produces, or is designed to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a portion of fermenting dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of dough, produces a general change in the mass, and renders it light; yeast; barm.
 noun (n.) Anything which makes a general assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass.
 verb (v. t.) To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment.
 verb (v. t.) To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.

lebannoun (n.) Alt. of Lebban

lebbannoun (n.) Coagulated sour milk diluted with water; -- a common beverage among the Arabs. Also, a fermented liquor made of the same.

lecanorinnoun (n.) See Lecanoric.

lecithinnoun (n.) A complex, nitrogenous phosphorized substance widely distributed through the animal body, and especially conspicuous in the brain and nerve tissue, in yolk of eggs, and in the white blood corpuscles.

lecternnoun (n.) See Lecturn.

lectionnoun (n.) A lesson or selection, esp. of Scripture, read in divine service.
 noun (n.) A reading; a variation in the text.

lecturnnoun (n.) A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read; hence, a reading desk. [Written also lectern and lettern.]

ledennoun (n.) Alt. of Ledden

leddennoun (n.) Language; speech; voice; cry.

leetmannoun (n.) One subject to the jurisdiction of a court-leet.

legalizationnoun (n.) The act of making legal.

legationnoun (n.) The sending forth or commissioning one person to act for another.
 noun (n.) A legate, or envoy, and the persons associated with him in his mission; an embassy; or, in stricter usage, a diplomatic minister and his suite; a deputation.
 noun (n.) The place of business or official residence of a diplomatic minister at a foreign court or seat of government.
 noun (n.) A district under the jurisdiction of a legate.

legerdemainnoun (n.) Sleight of hand; a trick of sleight of hand; hence, any artful deception or trick.