Name Report For First Name LACH:

LACH

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

Rhymes with LACH - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming LACH

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES LACH AS A WHOLE:

lachesis lachlann cuetlachtli ceallach ceallachan clach keallach kellach lache lachie lachlan maclachlan malachi malachy tearlach wallache raghallach harelache aballach gerlach llacheu tlachinolli

NAMES RHYMING WITH LACH (According to last letters):

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

laoidheach toirdealbach vach gwernach bearach coigleach coilleach deasach ealadhach muireach toirdealbhach cailleach luighseach moireach rioghnach buach calbhach carthach ceardach cearnach darach muireadhach nathrach pesach pessach searbhreathach shadrach tiarchnach tighearnach treasach zach noach rabhartach leamhnach dubhthach dubhloach diomasach clunainach cleirach bradach cathasach gwenhwyfach awarnach coinneach taithleach yiftach

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

adanech coaxoch xiloxoch bich abdimelech cynfarch rhydderch conlaoch culhwch matholwch twrch uisnech erich friedrich heinrich baruch deoch abimelech abukcheech aldrich bailoch birch cruadhlaoich darroch deutsch dietrich enoch feich fytch murdoch nixkamich parisch raleich rich seanlaoch welch avimelech ulrich dutch diederich fionnlaoch choilleich roch fitch burch usenech blanch yuroch upchurch chanoch mitch tenoch

NAMES RHYMING WITH LACH (According to first letters):

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

lace lacee lacene lacey laci laciann lacie lacina laco lacramioara lacy lacyann

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

labaan laban labeeb labhaoise labhruinn labib labid labreshia lad lada ladbroc ladd ladde ladislav ladon laec laefertun lael laertes laestrygones laetitia lafayette lahab laheeb lahela lahthan lai laibrook laidley laidly laila laili lailie lailoken laina laine lainey lainie lair laird laire lairgnen lais laius lajeune lajila lakeisha lakeland laken lakesha lakeshia lakiesha lakinzi lakisha lakishia lakshmi lakya lala lalage lali lalia lalima lalor lam lama lamaan lamandre lamar lamarion lamarr lamba lambart lambert lambrecht lambret lambrett lamees lameh lamia lamis lamond lamont lamorak lamorat lampetia lamya' lan lana

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LACH:

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

langleah lanh laoidhigh lapidoth latifah laylah layth leah leigh leilah leith liesheth lilah lilibeth lilith lilybeth lindleigh linh linleah lioslaith liosliath lisabeth liusaidh lizabeth lizbeth lootah lorah lubabah ludkhannah lugaidh lughaidh luloah lylah lyzbeth

English Words Rhyming LACH

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES LACH AS A WHOLE:

apalachianadjective (a.) See Appalachian.

appalachianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains.

balachongnoun (n.) A condiment formed of small fishes or shrimps, pounded up with salt and spices, and then dried. It is much esteemed in China.

clachannoun (n.) A small village containing a church.

ellachicknoun (n.) A fresh-water tortoise (Chelopus marmoratus) of California; -- used as food.

eulachonnoun (n.) The candlefish. [Written also oulachan, oolacan, and ulikon.] See Candlefish.

flacherienoun (n.) A bacterial disease of silkworms, supposed to be due to eating contaminated mulberry leaves.

halachanoun (n.) The general term for the Hebrew oral or traditional law; one of two branches of exposition in the Midrash. See Midrash.

lachesnoun (n.) Alt. of Lache

lachenoun (n.) Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; delay to assert a claim.

lachrymableadjective (a.) Lamentable.

lachrymaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to tears; as, lachrymal effusions.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or secreting, tears; as, the lachrymal gland.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to the lachrymal organs; as, lachrymal bone; lachrymal duct.

lachrymaryadjective (a.) Containing, or intended to contain, tears; lachrymal.

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

lachrymatorynoun (n.) A "tear-bottle;" a narrow-necked vessel found in sepulchers of the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former notion that the tears of the deceased person's friends were collected in it. Called also lachrymal or lacrymal.

lachrymiformadjective (a.) Having the form of a tear; tear-shaped.

lachrymoseadjective (a.) Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful.

lachrymalsnoun (n. pl.) Tears; also, lachrymal feelings or organs.

malachitenoun (n.) Native hydrous carbonate of copper, usually occurring in green mammillary masses with concentric fibrous structure.

maslachnoun (n.) An excitant containing opium, much used by the Turks.

nasolachrymaladjective (a.) Connected with the lachrymal apparatus and the nose; as, the nasolachrymal, or lachrymal duct.

oulachannoun (n.) Same as Eulachon.

selachiannoun (n.) One of the Selachii. See Illustration in Appendix.

selachiinoun (n. pl.) An order of elasmobranchs including the sharks and rays; the Plagiostomi. Called also Selacha, Selache, and Selachoidei.

selachoideinoun (n. pl.) Same as Selachii.

selachostominoun (n. pl.) A division of ganoid fishes which includes the paddlefish, in which the mouth is armed with small teeth.

simulachernoun (n.) Alt. of Simulachre

simulachrenoun (n.) See Simulacrum.

trillachannoun (n.) The oyster catcher.

wallachiannoun (n.) An inhabitant of Wallachia; also, the language of the Wallachians; Roumanian.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Wallachia, a former principality, now part of the kingdom, of Roumania.

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


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


achnoun (n.) Alt. of Ache

amphibrachnoun (n.) A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ -- ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet#ic.

antestomachnoun (n.) A cavity which leads into the stomach, as in birds.

arrachnoun (n.) See Orach.

attachnoun (n.) An attachment.
 verb (v. t.) To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.
 verb (v. t.) To connect; to place so as to belong; to assign by authority; to appoint; as, an officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship.
 verb (v. t.) To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; -- with to; as, attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery.
 verb (v. t.) To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great importance to a particular circumstance.
 verb (v. t.) To take, seize, or lay hold of.
 verb (v. t.) To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a taking of the person by a civil process; being now rarely used for the arrest of a criminal. (b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment which may be rendered in the suit. See Attachment, 4.
 verb (v. i.) To adhere; to be attached.
 verb (v. i.) To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; as, dower will attach.

azedarachnoun (n.) A handsome Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the southern United States; -- called also, Pride of India, Pride of China, and Bead tree.
 noun (n.) The bark of the roots of the azedarach, used as a cathartic and emetic.

approachnoun (n.) A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green. It is made with an iron club.
 verb (v. i.) To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
 verb (v. i.) To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.
 verb (v. t.) To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance.
 verb (v. t.) To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw nearer to; as, to approach the city; to approach my cabin; he approached the age of manhood.
 verb (v. t.) To take approaches to.
 verb (v. i.) The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.
 verb (v. i.) A access, or opportunity of drawing near.
 verb (v. i.) Movements to gain favor; advances.
 verb (v. i.) A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access.
 verb (v. i.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.
 verb (v. i.) See Approaching.

bacharachnoun (n.) Alt. of Backarack

beachnoun (n.) Pebbles, collectively; shingle.
 noun (n.) The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand.
 verb (v. t.) To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a beach; to strand; as, to beach a ship.

bleachadjective (a.) To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten.
 verb (v. i.) To grow white or lose color; to whiten.

brachnoun (n.) A bitch of the hound kind.

breachnoun (n.) The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
 noun (n.) Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise.
 noun (n.) A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture.
 noun (n.) A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf.
 noun (n.) A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture.
 noun (n.) A bruise; a wound.
 noun (n.) A hernia; a rupture.
 noun (n.) A breaking out upon; an assault.
 verb (v. t.) To make a breach or opening in; as, to breach the walls of a city.
 verb (v. i.) To break the water, as by leaping out; -- said of a whale.

broachnoun (n.) A spit.
 noun (n.) An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.
 noun (n.) A tool of steel, generally tapering, and of a polygonal form, with from four to eight cutting edges, for smoothing or enlarging holes in metal; sometimes made smooth or without edges, as for burnishing pivot holes in watches; a reamer. The broach for gun barrels is commonly square and without taper.
 noun (n.) A straight tool with file teeth, made of steel, to be pressed through irregular holes in metal that cannot be dressed by revolving tools; a drift.
 noun (n.) A broad chisel for stonecutting.
 noun (n.) A spire rising from a tower.
 noun (n.) A clasp for fastening a garment. See Brooch.
 noun (n.) A spitlike start, on the head of a young stag.
 noun (n.) The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
 noun (n.) The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
 noun (n.) To spit; to pierce as with a spit.
 noun (n.) To tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor. Hence: To let out; to shed, as blood.
 noun (n.) To open for the first time, as stores.
 noun (n.) To make public; to utter; to publish first; to put forth; to introduce as a topic of conversation.
 noun (n.) To cause to begin or break out.
 noun (n.) To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool.
 noun (n.) To enlarge or dress (a hole), by using a broach.

ceterachnoun (n.) A species of fern with fronds (Asplenium Ceterach).

coachnoun (n.) A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in front for the driver.
 noun (n.) A special tutor who assists in preparing a student for examination; a trainer; esp. one who trains a boat's crew for a race.
 noun (n.) A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck, usually occupied by the captain.
 noun (n.) A first-class passenger car, as distinguished from a drawing-room car, sleeping car, etc. It is sometimes loosely applied to any passenger car.
 verb (v. t.) To convey in a coach.
 verb (v. t.) To prepare for public examination by private instruction; to train by special instruction.
 verb (v. i.) To drive or to ride in a coach; -- sometimes used with

cockroachnoun (n.) An orthopterous insect of the genus Blatta, and allied genera.

combbroachnoun (n.) A tooth of a wool comb.

coranachnoun (n.) A lamentation for the dead; a dirge.

coronachnoun (n.) See Coranach.

eachnoun (a. / a. pron.) Every one of the two or more individuals composing a number of objects, considered separately from the rest. It is used either with or without a following noun; as, each of you or each one of you.
 noun (a. / a. pron.) Every; -- sometimes used interchangeably with every.

earreachnoun (n.) Earshot.

encroachnoun (n.) Encroachment.
 verb (v. i.) To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; -- commonly with on or upon; as, to encroach on a neighbor; to encroach on the highway.

eriachnoun (n.) Alt. of Eric

eyereachnoun (n.) The range or reach of the eye; eyeshot.

gunreachnoun (n.) The reach or distance to which a gun will shoot; gunshot.

impeachnoun (n.) Hindrance; impeachment.
 verb (v. t.) To hinder; to impede; to prevent.
 verb (v. t.) To charge with a crime or misdemeanor; to accuse; especially to charge (a public officer), before a competent tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite before a tribunal for judgement of official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See Impeachment.
 verb (v. t.) Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's motives or conduct.
 verb (v. t.) To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper.

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.

loachnoun (n.) Any one of several small, fresh-water, cyprinoid fishes of the genera Cobitis, Nemachilus, and allied genera, having six or more barbules around the mouth. They are found in Europe and Asia. The common European species (N. barbatulus) is used as a food fish.

mapachnoun (n.) The raccoon.

orachnoun (n.) Alt. of Orache

orrachnoun (n.) See Orach.

overreachnoun (n.) The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses.
 verb (v. t.) To reach above or beyond in any direction.
 verb (v. t.) To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat.
 verb (v. i.) To reach too far
 verb (v. i.) To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses.
 verb (v. i.) To sail on one tack farther than is necessary.
 verb (v. i.) To cheat by cunning or deception.

queachnoun (n.) A thick, bushy plot; a thicket.
 noun (n.) A thick, bushy plot; a thicket.
 verb (v. i.) To stir; to move. See Quick, v. i.
 verb (v. i.) To stir; to move. See Quick, v. i.

peachnoun (n.) A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone; also, the tree which bears it (Prunus, / Amygdalus Persica). In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible.
 verb (v. t.) To accuse of crime; to inform against.
 verb (v. i.) To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice.

pennachnoun (n.) A bunch of feathers; a plume.

poachnoun (v. & n.) To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel.
 noun (v. & n.) To rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth, as game; hence, to plunder.
 verb (v. i.) To steal or pocket game, or to carry it away privately, as in a bag; to kill or destroy game contrary to law, especially by night; to hunt or fish unlawfully; as, to poach for rabbits or for salmon.
 verb (v. t.) To stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish.
 verb (v. t.) To force, drive, or plunge into anything.
 verb (v. t.) To make soft or muddy by trampling
 verb (v. t.) To begin and not complete.
 verb (v. i.) To become soft or muddy.

rachnoun (n.) Alt. of Rache

reachnoun (n.) An effort to vomit.
 noun (n.) The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown; as, the fruit is beyond my reach; to be within reach of cannon shot.
 noun (n.) The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
 noun (n.) Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
 noun (n.) An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm of the sea extending up into the land.
 noun (n.) An artifice to obtain an advantage.
 noun (n.) The pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
 verb (v. i.) To retch.
 verb (v. t.) To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like.
 verb (v. t.) Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to hand over; as, to reach one a book.
 verb (v. t.) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear.
 verb (v. t.) To strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.
 verb (v. t.) Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.
 verb (v. t.) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his land reaches the river.
 verb (v. t.) To arrive at; to come to; to get as far as.
 verb (v. t.) To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to.
 verb (v. t.) To understand; to comprehend.
 verb (v. t.) To overreach; to deceive.
 verb (v. i.) To stretch out the hand.
 verb (v. i.) To strain after something; to make efforts.
 verb (v. i.) To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something.
 verb (v. i.) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.

roachnoun (n.) A cockroach.
 noun (n.) A European fresh-water fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus rutilus). It is silver-white, with a greenish back.
 noun (n.) An American chub (Semotilus bullaris); the fallfish.
 noun (n.) The redfin, or shiner.
 noun (n.) A convex curve or arch cut in the edge of a sail to prevent chafing, or to secure a better fit.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to arch.
 verb (v. t.) To cut off, as a horse's mane, so that the part left shall stand upright.

roorbachnoun (n.) A defamatory forgery or falsehood published for purposes of political intrigue.

sandarachnoun (n.) Alt. of Sandarac

sassenachnoun (n.) A Saxon; an Englishman; a Lowlander.

seabeachnoun (n.) A beach lying along the sea.

shadrachnoun (n.) A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect; -- so called from Shadrach, one of the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (See Dan. iii. 26, 27.)

spinachnoun (n.) Alt. of Spinage

stagecoachnoun (n.) A coach that runs regularly from one stage, station, or place to another, for the conveyance of passengers.

stomachnoun (n.) An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is digested; any cavity in which digestion takes place in an animal; a digestive cavity. See Digestion, and Gastric juice, under Gastric.
 noun (n.) The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef.
 noun (n.) Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire.
 noun (n.) Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful obstinacy; stubbornness.
 noun (n.) Pride; haughtiness; arrogance.
 verb (v. t.) To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike.
 verb (v. t.) To bear without repugnance; to brook.
 verb (v. i.) To be angry.

sumachnoun (n.) Any plant of the genus Rhus, shrubs or small trees with usually compound leaves and clusters of small flowers. Some of the species are used in tanning, some in dyeing, and some in medicine. One, the Japanese Rhus vernicifera, yields the celebrated Japan varnish, or lacquer.
 noun (n.) The powdered leaves, peduncles, and young branches of certain species of the sumac plant, used in tanning and dyeing.

tribrachnoun (n.) A poetic foot of three short syllables, as, meblius.

turnbroachnoun (n.) A turnspit.

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


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


lacnoun (n.) Alt. of Lakh
 noun (n.) A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the Coccus lacca, a scale-shaped insect, the female of which fixes herself on the bark, and exudes from the margin of her body this resinous substance.

laccicadjective (a.) Pertaining to lac, or produced from it; as, laccic acid.

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

laccolitenoun (n.) Alt. of Laccolith

laccolithnoun (n.) A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata.

lacenoun (n.) That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt, etc.
 noun (n.) A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
 noun (n.) A fabric of fine threads of linen, silk, cotton, etc., often ornamented with figures; a delicate tissue of thread, much worn as an ornament of dress.
 noun (n.) Spirits added to coffee or some other beverage.
 verb (v. t.) To fasten with a lace; to draw together with a lace passed through eyelet holes; to unite with a lace or laces, or, figuratively. with anything resembling laces.
 verb (v. t.) To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material; as, cloth laced with silver.
 verb (v. t.) To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
 verb (v. t.) To add spirits to (a beverage).
 verb (v. i.) To be fastened with a lace, or laces; as, these boots lace.
 verb (v. t.) To twine or draw as a lace; to interlace; to intertwine.

lacingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lace
 noun (n.) The act of securing, fastening, or tightening, with a lace or laces.
 noun (n.) A lace; specifically (Mach.), a thong of thin leather for uniting the ends of belts.
 noun (n.) A rope or line passing through eyelet holes in the edge of a sail or an awning to attach it to a yard, gaff, etc.
 noun (n.) A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut.

lacedadjective (a.) Fastened with a lace or laces; decorated with narrow strips or braid. See Lace, v. t.
 verb (v. t.) Decorated with the fabric lace.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Lace

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.

lacerableadjective (a.) That can be lacerated or torn.

laceratingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lacerate

lacerateadjective (p. a.) Alt. of Lacerated
 verb (v. t.) To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart.

laceratedadjective (p. a.) Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound.
 adjective (p. a.) Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Lacerate

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

lacerativeadjective (a.) Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate; as, lacerative humors.

lacertnoun (n.) A muscle of the human body.

lacertanoun (n.) A fathom.
 noun (n.) A genus of lizards. See Lizard.
 noun (n.) The Lizard, a northern constellation.

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

lacertilianoun (n. pl.) An order of Reptilia, which includes the lizards.

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

lacertiloidadjective (a.) Like or belonging to the Lacertilia.

lacertineadjective (a.) Lacertian.

lacertusnoun (n.) A bundle or fascicle of muscular fibers.

lacewingnoun (n.) Any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus Chrysopa and allied genera. They have delicate, lacelike wings and brilliant eyes. Their larvae are useful in destroying aphids. Called also lace-winged fly, and goldeneyed fly.

lacrymalnoun (n.) Alt. of Lacrymal
 noun (n.) See Lachrymatory.
 noun (n. & a.) See Lachrymatory, n., and Lachrymal, a.

lacinianoun (n.) One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers.
 noun (n.) A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf.
 noun (n.) The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxillae of insects.

laciniateadjective (a.) Alt. of Laciniated

laciniatedadjective (a.) Fringed; having a fringed border.
 adjective (a.) Cut into deep, narrow, irregular lobes; slashed.

laciniolateadjective (a.) Consisting of, or abounding in, very minute laciniae.

lacinulanoun (n.) A diminutive lacinia.

lacknoun (n.) Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.
 noun (n.) Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food.
 verb (v. t.) To blame; to find fault with.
 verb (v. t.) To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.
 verb (v. i.) To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc.
 verb (v. i.) To be in want.
  (interj.) Exclamation of regret or surprise.

lackingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lack

lackadaisicaladjective (a.) Affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental.

lackadaisyadjective (a.) Lackadaisical.
  (interj.) An expression of languor.

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

lackernoun (n.) One who lacks or is in want.
 noun (n. & v.) See Lacquer.

lackeyingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lackey

lacklusternoun (n.) Alt. of Lacklustre

lacklustrenoun (n.) A want of luster.
 adjective (a.) Wanting luster or brightness.

lacmusnoun (n.) See Litmus.

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

laconicnoun (n.) Laconism.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Laconical

laconicaladjective (a.) Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form.
 adjective (a.) Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching.
 adjective (a.) See Laconic, a.

laconicismnoun (n.) Same as Laconism.

laconismnoun (n.) A vigorous, brief manner of expression; laconic style.
 noun (n.) An instance of laconic style or expression.

laconizingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Laconize

lacquernoun (n.) A varnish, consisting of a solution of shell-lac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for varnishing metals, papier-mache, and wood. The name is also given to varnishes made of other ingredients, esp. the tough, solid varnish of the Japanese, with which ornamental objects are made.
 verb (v. t.) To cover with lacquer.

lacqueringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lacquer
 noun (n.) The act or business of putting on lacquer; also, the coat of lacquer put on.

lacquerernoun (n.) One who lacquers, especially one who makes a business of lacquering.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LACH:

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

labyrinthnoun (n.) An edifice or place full of intricate passageways which render it difficult to find the way from the interior to the entrance; as, the Egyptian and Cretan labyrinths.
 noun (n.) Any intricate or involved inclosure; especially, an ornamental maze or inclosure in a park or garden.
 noun (n.) Any object or arrangement of an intricate or involved form, or having a very complicated nature.
 noun (n.) An inextricable or bewildering difficulty.
 noun (n.) The internal ear. See Note under Ear.
 noun (n.) A series of canals through which a stream of water is directed for suspending, carrying off, and depositing at different distances, the ground ore of a metal.
 noun (n.) A pattern or design representing a maze, -- often inlaid in the tiled floor of a church, etc.

labyrinthibranchnoun (n.) One of the Labyrinthici.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Labyrinthici.

lakhnoun (n.) One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac of rupees.
 noun (n.) Same as Lac, one hundred thousand.

ladyfishnoun (n.) A large, handsome oceanic fish (Albula vulpes), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonefish, grubber, French mullet, and macabe.
 noun (n.) A labroid fish (Harpe rufa) of Florida and the West Indies.

lagomorphnoun (n.) One of the Lagomorpha.

lamellibranchnoun (n.) One of the Lamellibranchia. Also used adjectively.

lamishadjective (a.) Somewhat lame.

languishnoun (n.) See Languishiment.
 verb (v. i.) To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade.
 verb (v. i.) To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy.
 verb (v. i.) To cause to droop or pine.

lansehnoun (n.) The small, whitish brown fruit of an East Indian tree (Lansium domesticum). It has a fleshy pulp, with an agreeable subacid taste.

laplandishadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Lapland.

lappishnoun (n.) The language spoken by the Lapps in Lapland. It is related to the Finnish and Hungarian, and is not an Aryan language.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Lapps; Laplandish.

larchnoun (n.) A genus of coniferous trees, having deciduous leaves, in fascicles (see Illust. of Fascicle).

largishadjective (a.) Somewhat large.

lashnoun (n.) The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
 noun (n.) A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
 noun (n.) A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes.
 noun (n.) A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
 noun (n.) A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
 noun (n.) In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
 noun (n.) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten; as, to lash something to a spar; to lash a pack on a horse's back.
 verb (v. t.) To strike with a lash ; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
 verb (v. t.) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a whale lashes the sea with his tail.
 verb (v. t.) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
 verb (v. t.) To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice.
 verb (v. i.) To ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic language.

latchnoun (n.) That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.
 noun (n.) A movable piece which holds anything in place by entering a notch or cavity; specifically, the catch which holds a door or gate when closed, though it be not bolted.
 noun (n.) A latching.
 noun (n.) A crossbow.
 noun (n.) To catch so as to hold.
 noun (n.) To catch or fasten by means of a latch.
 verb (v. t.) To smear; to anoint.

lathnoun (n.) A thin, narrow strip of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting the tiles, plastering, etc. A corrugated metallic strip or plate is sometimes used.
 verb (v. t.) To cover or line with laths.

latishadjective (a.) Somewhat late.

lattermathnoun (n.) The latter, or second, mowing; the aftermath.

laughnoun (n.) An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. See Laugh, v. i.
 verb (v. i.) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.
 verb (v. i.) Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.
 verb (v. t.) To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
 verb (v. t.) To express by, or utter with, laughter; -- with out.

launchnoun (n.) The act of launching.
 noun (n.) The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built.
 noun (n.) The boat of the largest size belonging to a ship of war; also, an open boat of any size driven by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like.
 verb (v. i.) To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.
 verb (v. i.) To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce.
 verb (v. i.) To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship.
 verb (v. i.) To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation; as, to launch a son in the world; to launch a business project or enterprise.
 verb (v. i.) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to launch into the current of a stream; to launch into an argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures; -- often with out.

lavishadjective (a.) Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise.
 adjective (a.) Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.
 verb (v. t.) To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.

leashnoun (n.) A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog.
 noun (n.) A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general.
 noun (n.) A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.
 verb (v. t.) To tie together, or hold, with a leash.

leechnoun (n.) See 2d Leach.
 noun (n.) The border or edge at the side of a sail.
 noun (n.) A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.
 noun (n.) Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order Hirudinea, or Bdelloidea, esp. those species used in medicine, as Hirudo medicinalis of Europe, and allied species.
 noun (n.) A glass tube of peculiar construction, adapted for drawing blood from a scarified part by means of a vacuum.
 verb (v. t.) See Leach, v. t.
 verb (v. t.) To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds.
 verb (v. t.) To bleed by the use of leeches.

lengthadjective (a.) The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its sides; as, the length of a church, or of a ship; the length of a rope or line.
 adjective (a.) A portion of space or of time considered as measured by its length; -- often in the plural.
 adjective (a.) The quality or state of being long, in space or time; extent; duration; as, some sea birds are remarkable for the length of their wings; he was tired by the length of the sermon, and the length of his walk.
 adjective (a.) A single piece or subdivision of a series, or of a number of long pieces which may be connected together; as, a length of pipe; a length of fence.
 adjective (a.) Detail or amplification; unfolding; continuance as, to pursue a subject to a great length.
 adjective (a.) Distance.
 verb (v. t.) To lengthen.

letchnoun (v. & n.) See Leach.
 noun (n.) Strong desire; passion. (Archaic).

lettishnoun (n.) The language spoken by the Letts. See Lettic.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Letts.

lichadjective (a.) Like.
 adjective (a.) A dead body; a corpse.

lickerishadjective (a.) Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy.
 adjective (a.) Tempting the appetite; dainty.
 adjective (a.) Lecherous; lustful.

linchnoun (n.) A ledge; a right-angled projection.

liquorishadjective (a.) See Lickerish.

lithnoun (n.) A joint or limb; a division; a member; a part formed by growth, and articulated to, or symmetrical with, other parts.
  () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Lie, to recline, for lieth.

lithoglyphnoun (n.) An engraving on a gem.

lithographnoun (n.) A print made by lithography.
 verb (v. t.) To trace on stone by the process of lithography so as to transfer the design to paper by printing; as, to lithograph a design; to lithograph a painting. See Lithography.

loathadjective (a.) Hateful; odious; disliked.
 adjective (a.) Filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling; reluctant; as, loath to part.

lobbishadjective (a.) Like a lob; consisting of lobs.

lochnoun (n.) A lake; a bay or arm of the sea.
 noun (n.) A kind of medicine to be taken by licking with the tongue; a lambative; a lincture.

locksmithnoun (n.) An artificer whose occupation is to make or mend locks.

logogriphnoun (n.) A sort of riddle in which it is required to discover a chosen word from various combinations of its letters, or of some of its letters, which form other words; -- thus, to discover the chosen word chatter form cat, hat, rat, hate, rate, etc.

lompishadjective (a.) Lumpish.

longishadjective (a.) Somewhat long; moderately long.

loochnoun (n.) See 2d Loch.

loosishadjective (a.) Somewhat loose.

lophobranchnoun (n.) One of the Lophobranchii.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Lophobranchii.

lothadjective (a.) Alt. of Lothsome

loughnoun (n.) A loch or lake; -- so spelt in Ireland.
  (obs. strong imp.) of Laugh.

loutishadjective (a.) Clownish; rude; awkward.

lowishadjective (a.) Somewhat low.

lumpfishnoun (n.) A large, thick, clumsy, marine fish (Cyclopterus lumpus) of Europe and America. The color is usually translucent sea green, sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales. The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion to stones and seaweeds. Called also lumpsucker, cock-paddle, sea owl.

lumpishadjective (a.) Like a lump; inert; gross; heavy; dull; spiritless.

lunchnoun (n.) A luncheon; specifically, a light repast between breakfast and dinner.
 verb (v. i.) To take luncheon.

lungfishnoun (n.) Any fish belonging to the Dipnoi; -- so called because they have both lungs and gills.

lurchnoun (n.) An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
 noun (n.) A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.
 noun (n.) A sudden roll of a ship to one side, as in heavy weather; hence, a swaying or staggering movement to one side, as that by a drunken man. Fig.: A sudden and capricious inclination of the mind.
 verb (v. i.) To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
 verb (v. t.) To leave in the lurch; to cheat.
 verb (v. t.) To steal; to rob.
 verb (v. i.) To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man.
 verb (v. i.) To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk.
 verb (v. i.) To dodge; to shift; to play tricks.

lushnoun (n.) Liquor, esp. intoxicating liquor; drink.
 adjective (a.) Full of juice or succulence.

luskishadjective (a.) Inclined to be lazy.

lussheburghnoun (n.) A spurious coin of light weight imported into England from Luxemburg, or Lussheburgh, as it was formerly called.

luthnoun (n.) The leatherback.

lymphnoun (n.) A spring of water; hence, water, or a pure, transparent liquid like water.
 noun (n.) An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic ducts into the great veins near the heart.
 noun (n.) A fibrinous material exuded from the blood vessels in inflammation. In the process of healing it is either absorbed, or is converted into connective tissue binding the inflamed surfaces together.
 noun (n.) A fluid containing certain products resulting from the growth of specific microorganisms upon some culture medium, and supposed to be possessed of curative properties.

laryngographnoun (n.) An instrument for recording the larynx movements in speech.

latahnoun (n.) A convulsive tic or hysteric neurosis prevalent among Malays, similar to or identical with miryachit and jumping disease, the person affected performing various involuntary actions and making rapid inarticulate ejaculations in imitation of the actions and words of another person.