Name Report For First Name LEO:

LEO

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

Rhymes with LEO - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming LEO

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES LEO AS A WHOLE:

cleo cleopatra keleos kleopatra leola bleoberis leodegan cleobis cleonie eleonora eleonore eleora leona leonarda leonda leondra leondrea leonela leonelle leonie leonor leonora leontina leontyne leopolda leopoldina leopoldine leota leotie cleon galileo leocadie leod leodegrance leodegraunce leonardo leonce leonel leonides leopold leopoldo macleod napoleon leoc leon leop leoda leone leof pleoh leoma caerleon leonore leonard

NAMES RHYMING WITH LEO (According to last letters):

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

amadeo mareo takeo tomeo cadeo cameo andreo antoneo clodoveo eliseo hevataneo mateo matteo maureo romeo tadeo teo timoteo neeheeo egiodeo corradeo caseareo wulfweardsweo felabeo cammeo kameo

NAMES RHYMING WITH LEO (According to first letters):

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

lea lea-que leachlainn leah leal leala lealia leaman leamhnach lean leana leander leandra leandre leandro leane leanian leann leanna leannan leanne lear leary leathan leathlobhair leax 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 leppa lera leroi leron leroux leroy lesham

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LEO:

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

laco langundo larenzo laszlo launcelo laureano lauriano lazaro lazzaro lidio liko lilo lippio lippo lisandro lola-jo lonato lono lonzo lorenzo lucero luciano lucio luduvico

English Words Rhyming LEO

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES LEO AS A WHOLE:

aculeolateadjective (a.) Having small prickles or sharp points.

aculeousadjective (a.) Aculeate.

binucleolateadjective (a.) Having two nucleoli.

cameleonnoun (n.) See Chaceleon.

ceruleousadjective (a.) Cerulean.

chameleonnoun (n.) A lizardlike reptile of the genus Chamaeleo, of several species, found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The skin is covered with fine granulations; the tail is prehensile, and the body is much compressed laterally, giving it a high back.

coleopternoun (n.) One of the Coleoptera.

coleopteranoun (n. pl.) An order of insects having the anterior pair of wings (elytra) hard and horny, and serving as coverings for the posterior pair, which are membranous, and folded transversely under the others when not in use. The mouth parts form two pairs of jaws (mandibles and maxillae) adapted for chewing. Most of the Coleoptera are known as beetles and weevils.

coleopteraladjective (a.) Alt. of Coleopterous

coleopterousadjective (a.) Having wings covered with a case or sheath; belonging to the Coleoptera.

coleopterannoun (n.) One of the order of Coleoptera.

coleopteristnoun (n.) One versed in the study of the Coleoptera.

coleorhizanoun (n.) A sheath in the embryo of grasses, inclosing the caulicle.

dysteleologynoun (n.) The doctrine of purposelessness; a term applied by Haeckel to that branch of physiology which treats of rudimentary organs, in view of their being useless to the life of the organism.

eccaleobionnoun (n.) A contrivance for hatching eggs by artificial heat.

galleonnoun (n.) A sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often having three or four decks, and used for war or commerce. The term is often rather indiscriminately applied to any large sailing vessel.

galleotnoun (n.) See Galiot.

heracleonitenoun (n.) A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church.

hyleosaurnoun (n.) Same as Hylaeosaur.

ileocaecaladjective (a.) Pertaining to the ileum and caecum.

ileocolicadjective (a.) Pertaining to the ileum and colon; as, the ileocolic, or ileocaecal, valve, a valve where the ileum opens into the large intestine.

leonoun (n.) The Lion, the fifth sign of the zodiac, marked thus [/] in almanacs.
 noun (n.) A northern constellation east of Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus at the end of the handle of the Sickle.

leodnoun (n.) People; a nation; a man.

leonnoun (n.) A lion.

leoncedadjective (a.) See Lionced.

leonesenoun (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Leon.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Leon, in Spain.

leonidnoun (n.) One of the shooting stars which constitute the star shower that recurs near the fourteenth of November at intervals of about thirty-three years; -- so called because these shooting stars appear on the heavens to move in lines directed from the constellation Leo.

leonineadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the lion; as, a leonine look; leonine rapacity.

leontodonnoun (n.) A genus of liguliflorous composite plants, including the fall dandelion (L. autumnale), and formerly the true dandelion; -- called also lion's tooth.

leopardnoun (n.) A large, savage, carnivorous mammal (Felis leopardus). It is of a yellow or fawn color, with rings or roselike clusters of black spots along the back and sides. It is found in Southern Asia and Africa. By some the panther (Felis pardus) is regarded as a variety of leopard.

leopardwoodnoun (n.) See Letterwood.

magdaleonnoun (n.) A medicine in the form of a roll, a esp. a roll of plaster.

maleonoun (n.) A bird of Celebes (megacephalon maleo), allied to the brush turkey. It makes mounds in which to lay its eggs.

malleolaradjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the malleolus; in the region of the malleoli of the ankle joint.

malleolusnoun (n.) A projection at the distal end of each bone of the leg at the ankle joint. The malleolus of the tibia is the internal projection, that of the fibula the external.
 noun (n.) " A layer, " a shoot partly buried in the ground, and there cut halfway through.

napoleonnoun (n.) A French gold coin of twenty francs, or about $3.86.
 noun (n.) A game in which each player holds five cards, the eldest hand stating the number of tricks he will bid to take, any subsequent player having the right to overbid him or a previous bidder, the highest bidder naming the trump and winning a number of points equal to his bid if he makes so many tricks, or losing the same number of points if he fails to make them.
 noun (n.) A bid to take five tricks at napoleon. It is ordinarily the highest bid; but sometimes bids are allowed of wellington, or of blucher, to take five tricks, or pay double, or treble, if unsuccessful.
 noun (n.) A Napoleon gun.
 noun (n.) A kind of top boot of the middle of the 19th century.
 noun (n.) A shape and size of cigar. It is about seven inches long.

napoleonicadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Napoleon I., or his family; resembling, or having the qualities of, Napoleon I.

napoleonistnoun (n.) A supporter of the dynasty of the Napoleons.

nucleobranchnoun (n.) One of the Nucleobranchiata.
 adjective (a.) Belonging to the Nucleobranchiata.

nucleobranchiatanoun (n. pl.) See Heteropoda.

nucleoidioplasmanoun (n.) Hyaline plasma contained in the nucleus of vegetable cells.

nucleolaradjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the nucleolus of a cell.

nucleolatedadjective (a.) Having a nucleole, or second inner nucleus.

nucleolenoun (n.) The nucleus within a nucleus; nucleolus.

nucleolusnoun (n.) A little nucleus.
 noun (n.) A small rounded body contained in the nucleus of a cell or a protozoan.

nucleoplasmnoun (n.) The matter composing the nucleus of a cell; the protoplasm of the nucleus; karyoplasma.

nucleoplasmicadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm; -- esp. applied to a body formed in the developing ovum from the plasma of the nucleus of the germinal vesicle.

oleographnoun (n.) The form or figure assumed by a drop of oil when placed upon water or some other liquid with which it does not mix.
 noun (n.) A picture produced in oils by a process analogous to that of lithographic printing.

oleomargarinenoun (n.) A liquid oil made from animal fats (esp. beef fat) by separating the greater portion of the solid fat or stearin, by crystallization. It is mainly a mixture of olein and palmitin with some little stearin.
 noun (n.) An artificial butter made by churning this oil with more or less milk.

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


Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (eo) - English Words That Ends with eo:


cameonoun (n.) A carving in relief, esp. one on a small scale used as a jewel for personal adornment, or like.

cicisbeonoun (n.) A professed admirer of a married woman; a dangler about women.
 noun (n.) A knot of silk or ribbon attached to a fan, walking stick, etc.

karreonoun (n.) One of the dry table-lands of South Africa, which often rise terracelike to considerable elevations.

rodeonoun (n.) A round-up. See Round-up.

vireonoun (n.) Any one of numerous species of American singing birds belonging to Vireo and allied genera of the family Vireonidae. In many of the species the back is greenish, or olive-colored. Called also greenlet.

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


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


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.

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.

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.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LEO:

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

lacrimosoadjective (a.) Plaintive; -- a term applied to a mournful or pathetic movement or style.

ladinonoun (n.) One of the half-breed descendants of whites and Indians; a mestizo; -- so called throughout Central America. They are usually of a yellowish orange tinge.
 noun (n.) The mixed Spanish and Hebrew language spoken by Sephardim.
 noun (n.) A cunningly vicious horse.
 noun (n.) A ladin.

lagartonoun (n.) An alligator.

lakaonoun (n.) Sap green.

lalonoun (n.) The powdered leaves of the baobab tree, used by the Africans to mix in their soup, as the southern negroes use powdered sassafras. Cf. Couscous.

langteraloonoun (n.) An old game at cards. See Loo (a).

lanterloonoun (n.) An old name of loo (a).

lanugonoun (n.) The soft woolly hair which covers most parts of the mammal fetus, and in man is shed before or soon after birth.

largonoun (n.) A movement or piece in largo time.
 adverb (a. & adv.) Slow or slowly; -- more so than adagio; next in slowness to grave, which is also weighty and solemn.

lassonoun (n.) A rope or long thong of leather with, a running noose, used for catching horses, cattle, etc.
 verb (v. t.) To catch with a lasso.

lazarettonoun (n.) A public building, hospital, or pesthouse for the reception of diseased persons, particularly those affected with contagious diseases.
 noun (n.) A low space under the after part of the main deck, used as a storeroom.

legatoadjective (a.) Connected; tied; -- a term used when successive tones are to be produced in a closely connected, smoothly gliding manner. It is often indicated by a tie, thus /, /, or /, /, written over or under the notes to be so performed; -- opposed to staccato.

lenonoun (n.) A light open cotton fabric used for window curtains.

lentandoadjective (a.) Slackening; retarding. Same as Rallentando.

lentigonoun (n.) A freckly eruption on the skin; freckles.

librettonoun (n.) A book containing the words of an opera or extended piece of music.
 noun (n.) The words themselves.

limbonoun (n.) Alt. of Limbus

lingonoun (n.) Language; speech; dialect.

llaneronoun (n.) One of the inhabitants of the llanos of South America.

llanonoun (n.) An extensive plain with or without vegetation.

loconoun (n.) A plant (Astragalus Hornii) growing in the Southwestern United States, which is said to poison horses and cattle, first making them insane. The name is also given vaguely to several other species of the same genus. Called also loco weed.
 noun (n.) Any one of various leguminous plants or weeds besides Astragalus, whose herbage is poisonous to cattle, as Spiesia Lambertii, syn. Oxytropis Lambertii.
 noun (n.) A locomotive.
 adverb (adv.) A direction in written or printed music to return to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher.
 verb (v. t.) To poison with loco; to affect with the loco disease; hence (Colloq.), to render insane or mad.

locofoconoun (n.) A friction match.
 noun (n.) A nickname formerly given to a member of the Democratic party.

locaonoun (n.) A green vegetable dye imported from China.

loligonoun (n.) A genus of cephalopods, including numerous species of squids, common on the coasts of America and Europe. They are much used for fish bait.

loonoun (n.) An old game played with five, or three, cards dealt to each player from a full pack. When five cards are used the highest card is the knave of clubs or (if so agreed upon) the knave of trumps; -- formerly called lanterloo.
 noun (n.) A modification of the game of "all fours" in which the players replenish their hands after each round by drawing each a card from the pack.
 verb (v. t.) To beat in the game of loo by winning every trick.

lotharionoun (n.) A gay seducer of women; a libertine.

lotonoun (n.) See Lotto.

lottonoun (n.) A game of chance, played with cards, on which are inscribed numbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls) for determining a set of numbers by chance. The player holding a card having on it the set of numbers drawn from the wheel takes the stakes after a certain percentage of them has been deducted for the dealer. A variety of lotto is called keno.

lumbagonoun (n.) A rheumatic pain in the loins and the small of the back.

latigonoun (n.) A strap for tightening a saddle girth.