Name Report For First Name LAM:

LAM

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

Rhymes with LAM - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming LAM

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES LAM AS A WHOLE:

salama selam selamawit ahlam lama lamis lamya' vellamo lamia lampetia alamea kalama dar-el-salam lamaan lameh abdul-salam blamor giollamhuire haralambos melampus telamon alameda chilam shulamit elam fallamhain felamaere lamandre lamar lamarion lamarr lambart lambert lambret lambrett lamond lamont lamorat olamide palamedes salamon willamar lamba lambrecht bellamy hallam lamorak shulami lamees llamrei clamedeus pellam

NAMES RHYMING WITH LAM (According to last letters):

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

esinam hayam ikram in'am maram siham mirjam tham afram al-sham derham abdul-hakam adham bassam esam haytham hisham humam husam isam tamam bertram gwynham bram nizam bartram brigham william uilleam priam abraham ram shyam adinam mariam maryam miriam myriam abiram abracham abram adam addam amram aram avraham barram barthram beckham beorhthram beornham brigbam briggebam caddaham cam cunningham dunham ephram fitzadam graham gram grisham isenham jonam joram jotham kam liam lyam maeadam odam oram orham pratham segenam windham wyndham yerucham zemariam venjam gersham aviram amikam macadam wickam isham gresham grantham graeham farnham chatham briggeham tristram issam essam yelizavetam keriam akram azzam ham

NAMES RHYMING WITH LAM (According to first letters):

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

labaan laban labeeb labhaoise labhruinn labib labid labreshia lace lacee lacene lacey lach lache lachesis lachie lachlan lachlann laci laciann lacie lacina laco lacramioara lacy lacyann 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 lan lana lanaia lancdon lance lancelin lancelot landa landen lander landers landis landmari landon landra landrada landrey landry lane

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LAM:

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

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English Words Rhyming LAM

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES LAM AS A WHOLE:

acclamationnoun (n.) A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause.
 noun (n.) A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy.
 noun (n.) In parliamentary usage, the act or method of voting orally and by groups rather than by ballot, esp. in elections;
 noun (n.) the election of a pope or other ecclesiastic by unanimous consent of the electors, without a ballot.

acclamatoryadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or expressing approval by, acclamation.

achlamydateadjective (a.) Not possessing a mantle; -- said of certain gastropods.

achlamydeousadjective (a.) Naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla.

alamirenoun (n.) The lowest note but one in Guido Aretino's scale of music.

alamodalitynoun (n.) The quality of being a la mode; conformity to the mode or fashion; fashionableness.

alamodenoun (n.) A thin, black silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.; -- often called simply mode.
 adverb (adv. & a.) According to the fashion or prevailing mode.

alamortadjective (a.) To the death; mortally.

alkalamidenoun (n.) One of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia in which a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and another part by acid, atoms or radicals.

athalamousadjective (a.) Not furnished with shields or beds for the spores, as the thallus of certain lichens.

auriflammenoun (n.) See Oriflamme.

bedlamnoun (n.) A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse.
 noun (n.) An insane person; a lunatic; a madman.
 noun (n.) Any place where uproar and confusion prevail.
 adjective (a.) Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse.

bedlamitenoun (n.) An inhabitant of a madhouse; a madman.

belamournoun (n.) A lover.
 noun (n.) A flower, but of what kind is unknown.

belamynoun (n.) Good friend; dear friend.

bilamellateadjective (a.) Alt. of Bilamellated

bilamellatedadjective (a.) Formed of two plates, as the stigma of the Mimulus; also, having two elevated ridges, as in the lip of certain flowers.

bilaminaradjective (a.) Alt. of Bilaminate

bilaminateadjective (a.) Formed of, or having, two laminae, or thin plates.

blamableadjective (a.) Deserving of censure; faulty; culpable; reprehensible; censurable; blameworthy.

blamingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blame

blamefuladjective (a.) Faulty; meriting blame.
 adjective (a.) Attributing blame or fault; implying or conveying censure; faultfinding; censorious.

blamelessadjective (a.) Free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless; -- sometimes followed by of.

blamelessnessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being blameless; innocence.

blamernoun (n.) One who blames.

blameworthyadjective (a.) Deserving blame; culpable; reprehensible.

butylaminenoun (n.) A colorless liquid base, C4H9NH2, of which there are four isomeric varieties.

calamanconoun (n.) A glossy woolen stuff, plain, striped, or checked.

calamarnoun (n.) Alt. of Calamary

calamarynoun (n.) A cephalopod, belonging to the genus Loligo and related genera. There are many species. They have a sack of inklike fluid which they discharge from the siphon tube, when pursued or alarmed, in order to confuse their enemies. Their shell is a thin horny plate, within the flesh of the back, shaped very much like a quill pen. In America they are called squids. See Squid.

calambacnoun (n.) A fragrant wood; agalloch.

calambournoun (n.) A species of agalloch, or aloes wood, of a dusky or mottled color, of a light, friable texture, and less fragrant than calambac; -- used by cabinetmakers.

calamiferousadjective (a.) Producing reeds; reedy.

calaminenoun (n.) A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc.

calamintnoun (n.) A genus of perennial plants (Calamintha) of the Mint family, esp. the C. Nepeta and C. Acinos, which are called also basil thyme.

calamistnoun (n.) One who plays upon a reed or pipe.

calamistrationnoun (n.) The act or process of curling the hair.

calamistrumnoun (n.) A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders (Ciniflonidae), used to curl certain fibers in the construction of their webs.

calamitenoun (n.) A fossil plant of the coal formation, having the general form of plants of the modern Equiseta (the Horsetail or Scouring Rush family) but sometimes attaining the height of trees, and having the stem more or less woody within. See Acrogen, and Asterophyllite.

calamitousadjective (a.) Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable.
 adjective (a.) Producing, or attended with distress and misery; making wretched; wretched; unhappy.

calamitynoun (n.) Any great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to communities or individuals.
 noun (n.) A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery.

calamusnoun (n.) The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood.
 noun (n.) A species of Acorus (A. calamus), commonly called calamus, or sweet flag. The root has a pungent, aromatic taste, and is used in medicine as a stomachic; the leaves have an aromatic odor, and were formerly used instead of rushes to strew on floors.
 noun (n.) The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill.

capillamentnoun (n.) A filament.
 noun (n.) Any villous or hairy covering; a fine fiber or filament, as of the nerves.

chlamydateadjective (a.) Having a mantle; -- applied to certain gastropods.

chlamyphorenoun (n.) A small South American edentate (Chlamyphorus truncatus, and C. retusus) allied to the armadillo. It is covered with a leathery shell or coat of mail, like a cloak, attached along the spine.

chlamysnoun (n.) A loose and flowing outer garment, worn by the ancient Greeks; a kind of cloak.

chloralamidenoun (n.) A compound of chloral and formic amide used to produce sleep.

clammingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clam

clamnoun (n.) Claminess; moisture.
 noun (n.) A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.
 verb (v. t.) A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
 verb (v. t.) Strong pinchers or forceps.
 verb (v. t.) A kind of vise, usually of wood.
 verb (v. t.) To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.
 verb (v. i.) To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere.
 verb (v. t. & i.) To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.

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


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


aamnoun (n.) A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36 1/2, at Hamburg 38 1/4.

adamnoun (n.) The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race.
 noun (n.) "Original sin;" human frailty.

amalgamnoun (n.) An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc.
 noun (n.) A mixture or compound of different things.
 noun (n.) A native compound of mercury and silver.
 verb (v. t. / i.) To amalgamate.

anagramnoun (n.) Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law.
 verb (v. t.) To anagrammatize.

anemogramnoun (n.) A record made by an anemograph.

aschamnoun (n.) A sort of cupboard, or case, to contain bows and other implements of archery.

actinogramnoun (n.) A record made by the actinograph.

bairamnoun (n.) The name of two Mohammedan festivals, of which one is held at the close of the fast called Ramadan, and the other seventy days after the fast.
 noun (n.) Either of two Mohammedan festivals, of which one (the Lesser Bairam) is held at the close of the fast called Ramadan, and the other (the Greater Bairam) seventy days after the fast.

balaamnoun (n.) A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's ass speaking.

balsamnoun (n.) A resin containing more or less of an essential or volatile oil.
 noun (n.) A species of tree (Abies balsamea).
 noun (n.) An annual garden plant (Impatiens balsamina) with beautiful flowers; balsamine.
 noun (n.) Anything that heals, soothes, or restores.
 verb (v. t.) To treat or anoint with balsam; to relieve, as with balsam; to render balsamic.

bamnoun (n.) An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.
 verb (v. t.) To cheat; to wheedle.

bantamnoun (n.) A variety of small barnyard fowl, with feathered legs, probably brought from Bantam, a district of Java.

bartramnoun (n.) See Bertram.

beamnoun (n.) Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
 noun (n.) One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or ship.
 noun (n.) The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more beam than another.
 noun (n.) The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
 noun (n.) The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which bears the antlers, or branches.
 noun (n.) The pole of a carriage.
 noun (n.) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being called the fore beam, the other the back beam.
 noun (n.) The straight part or shank of an anchor.
 noun (n.) The main part of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.
 noun (n.) A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called also working beam or walking beam.
 noun (n.) A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat.
 noun (n.) Fig.: A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort.
 noun (n.) One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called also beam feather.
 verb (v. t.) To send forth; to emit; -- followed ordinarily by forth; as, to beam forth light.
 verb (v. i.) To emit beams of light.

beldamnoun (n.) Alt. of Beldame

bertramnoun (n.) Pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum).

bigamnoun (n.) A bigamist.

bokadamnoun (n.) See Cerberus.

breamnoun (n.) A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.
 noun (n.) An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Pomotis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes. See Pondfish.
 noun (n.) A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera. See Sea Bream.
 verb (v. t.) To clean, as a ship's bottom of adherent shells, seaweed, etc., by the application of fire and scraping.

breastbeamnoun (n.) The front transverse beam of a locomotive.

broughamnoun (n.) A light, close carriage, with seats inside for two or four, and the fore wheels so arranged as to turn short.

buckramnoun (n.) A coarse cloth of linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
 noun (n.) A plant. See Ramson.
 adjective (a.) Made of buckram; as, a buckram suit.
 adjective (a.) Stiff; precise.
 verb (v. t.) To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff.

barogramnoun (n.) A tracing, usually made by the barograph, showing graphically the variations of atmospheric pressure for a given time.

cablegramnoun (n.) A message sent by a submarine telegraphic cable.

caimacamnoun (n.) The governor of a sanjak or district in Turkey.

camnoun (n.) A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent motion to, or receives such motion from, a rod, lever, or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
 noun (n.) A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
 noun (n.) A projecting part of a wheel or other moving piece so shaped as to give alternate or variable motion to another piece against which it acts.
 noun (n.) A ridge or mound of earth.
 adjective (a.) Crooked.

centigramnoun (n.) Alt. of Centigramme

chamnoun (n.) The sovereign prince of Tartary; -- now usually written khan.
 verb (v. t.) To chew.

chronogramnoun (n.) An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a particular date or epoch, as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632: ChrIstVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs.- the capitals of which give, when added as numerals, the sum 1632.
 noun (n.) The record or inscription made by a chronograph.

chunamnoun (n.) Quicklime; also, plaster or mortar.

cofferdamnoun (n.) A water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.) and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc.

commendamnoun (n.) A vacant living or benefice commended to a cleric (usually a bishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided. A living so held was said to be held in commendam. The practice was abolished by law in 1836.

cramnoun (n.) The act of cramming.
 noun (n.) Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination.
 noun (n.) A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed.
 verb (v. t.) To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to fill to superfluity; as, to cram anything into a basket; to cram a room with people.
 verb (v. t.) To fill with food to satiety; to stuff.
 verb (v. t.) To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination; as, a pupil is crammed by his tutor.
 verb (v. i.) To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff.
 verb (v. i.) To make crude preparation for a special occasion, as an examination, by a hasty and extensive course of memorizing or study.

creamnoun (n.) The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part of milk from which butter is obtained.
 noun (n.) The part of any liquor that rises, and collects on the surface.
 noun (n.) A delicacy of several kinds prepared for the table from cream, etc., or so as to resemble cream.
 noun (n.) A cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation.
 noun (n.) The best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence; as, the cream of a jest or story; the cream of a collection of books or pictures.
 verb (v. t.) To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.
 verb (v. t.) To take off the best or choicest part of.
 verb (v. t.) To furnish with, or as with, cream.
 verb (v. i.) To form or become covered with cream; to become thick like cream; to assume the appearance of cream; hence, to grow stiff or formal; to mantle.

crossbeamnoun (n.) A girder.
 noun (n.) A beam laid across the bitts, to which the cable is fastened when riding at anchor.

cryptogamnoun (n.) A plant belonging to the Cryptogamia.

cryptogramnoun (n.) A cipher writing. Same as Cryptograph.

cardiogramnoun (n.) The curve or tracing made by a cardiograph.

cartogramnoun (n.) A map showing geographically, by shades or curves, statistics of various kinds; a statistical map.

damnoun (n.) A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother.
 noun (n.) A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts.
 noun (n.) A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing water.
 noun (n.) A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.
 verb (v. t.) To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally used with in or up.
 verb (v. t.) To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.

daydreamnoun (n.) A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope.

decagramnoun (n.) Alt. of Decagramme

decigramnoun (n.) Alt. of Decigramme

dekagramnoun (n.) Same as Decagram.

diagramnoun (n.) A figure or drawing made to illustrate a statement, or facilitate a demonstration; a plan.
 noun (n.) Any simple drawing made for mathematical or scientific purposes, or to assist a verbal explanation which refers to it; a mechanical drawing, as distinguished from an artistical one.
 verb (v. t.) To put into the form of a diagram.

digramnoun (n.) A digraph.

dramnoun (n.) A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce, or 27.34375 grains.
 noun (n.) A minute quantity; a mite.
 noun (n.) As much spirituous liquor as is usually drunk at once; as, a dram of brandy; hence, a potation or potion; as, a dram of poison.
 noun (n.) A Persian daric.
 verb (v. i. & t.) To drink drams; to ply with drams.

dreamnoun (n.) The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.
 noun (n.) A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy; a vagary; a revery; -- in this sense, applied to an imaginary or anticipated state of happiness; as, a dream of bliss; the dream of his youth.
 noun (n.) To have ideas or images in the mind while in the state of sleep; to experience sleeping visions; -- often with of; as, to dream of a battle, or of an absent friend.
 noun (n.) To let the mind run on in idle revery or vagary; to anticipate vaguely as a coming and happy reality; to have a visionary notion or idea; to imagine.
 verb (v. t.) To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or in idle fancy; -- often followed by an objective clause.

durhamnoun (n.) One or a breed of short-horned cattle, originating in the county of Durham, England. The Durham cattle are noted for their beef-producing quality.

dynamnoun (n.) A unit of measure for dynamical effect or work; a foot pound. See Foot pound.

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


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


laasnoun (n.) A lace. See Lace.

labnoun (n.) A telltale; a prater; a blabber.
 verb (v. i.) To prate; to gossip; to babble; to blab.

labadistnoun (n.) A follower of Jean de Labadie, a religious teacher of the 17th century, who left the Roman Catholic Church and taught a kind of mysticism, and the obligation of community of property among Christians.

labarumnoun (n.) The standard adopted by the Emperor Constantine after his conversion to Christianity. It is described as a pike bearing a silk banner hanging from a crosspiece, and surmounted by a golden crown. It bore a monogram of the first two letters (CHR) of the name of Christ in its Greek form. Later, the name was given to various modifications of this standard.

labdanumnoun (n.) See Ladanum.

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

labelnoun (n.) A tassel.
 noun (n.) A slip of silk, paper, parchment, etc., affixed to anything, usually by an inscription, the contents, ownership, destination, etc.; as, the label of a bottle or a package.
 noun (n.) A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal.
 noun (n.) A writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will.
 noun (n.) A barrulet, or, rarely, a bendlet, with pendants, or points, usually three, especially used as a mark of cadency to distinguish an eldest or only son while his father is still living.
 noun (n.) A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes.
 noun (n.) The name now generally given to the projecting molding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture. It always has a /quare form, as in the illustration.
 noun (n.) In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
 verb (v. t.) To affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc.; as, to label a bottle or a package.
 verb (v. t.) To affix in or on a label.

labelingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Label

labelernoun (n.) One who labels.

labellumnoun (n.) The lower or apparently anterior petal of an orchidaceous flower, often of a very curious shape.
 noun (n.) A small appendage beneath the upper lip or labrum of certain insects.

labentadjective (a.) Slipping; sliding; gliding.

labianoun (n. pl.) See Labium.
  (pl. ) of Labium

labialnoun (n.) A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as b, p, w.
 noun (n.) An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue pipe.
 noun (n.) One of the scales which border the mouth of a fish or reptile.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; as, labial veins.
 adjective (a.) Furnished with lips; as, a labial organ pipe.
 adjective (a.) Articulated, as a consonant, mainly by the lips, as b, p, m, w.
 adjective (a.) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, as / (f/d), / (/ld), etc., and as eu and u in French, and o, u in German. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 11, 178.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the labium; as, the labial palpi of insects. See Labium.

labialismnoun (n.) The quality of being labial; as, the labialism of an articulation; conversion into a labial, as of a sound which is different in another language.

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

labiatenoun (n.) A plant of the order Labiatae.
 adjective (a.) Having the limb of a tubular corolla or calyx divided into two unequal parts, one projecting over the other like the lips of a mouth, as in the snapdragon, sage, and catnip.
 adjective (a.) Belonging to a natural order of plants (Labiatae), of which the mint, sage, and catnip are examples. They are mostly aromatic herbs.
 verb (v. t.) To labialize.

labiatedadjective (a.) Same as Labiate, a. (a).

labiatifloraladjective (a.) Alt. of Labiatifloral
 adjective (a.) Having labiate flowers, as the snapdragon.

labidometernoun (n.) A forceps with a measuring attachment for ascertaining the size of the fetal head.

labileadjective (a.) Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.

labilitynoun (n.) Liability to lapse, err, or apostatize.

labimeternoun (n.) See Labidometer.

labiodentalnoun (n.) A labiodental sound or letter.
 adjective (a.) Formed or pronounced by the cooperation of the lips and teeth, as f and v.

labionasalnoun (n.) A labionasal sound or letter.
 adjective (a.) Formed by the lips and the nose.

labioseadjective (a.) Having the appearance of being labiate; -- said of certain polypetalous corollas.

labipalpusnoun (n.) One of the labial palpi of an insect. See Illust. under Labium.

labiumnoun (n.) A lip, or liplike organ.
 noun (n.) The lip of an organ pipe.
 noun (n.) The folds of integument at the opening of the vulva.
 noun (n.) The organ of insects which covers the mouth beneath, and serves as an under lip. It consists of the second pair of maxillae, usually closely united in the middle line, but bearing a pair of palpi in most insects. It often consists of a thin anterior part (ligula or palpiger) and a firmer posterior plate (mentum).
 noun (n.) Inner margin of the aperture of a shell.

lablabnoun (n.) an East Indian name for several twining leguminous plants related to the bean, but commonly applied to the hyacinth bean (Dolichos Lablab).

labornoun (n.) Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort directed to some useful end, as agriculture, manufactures, and like; servile toil; exertion; work.
 noun (n.) Intellectual exertion; mental effort; as, the labor of compiling a history.
 noun (n.) That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
 noun (n.) Travail; the pangs and efforts of childbirth.
 noun (n.) Any pang or distress.
 noun (n.) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
 noun (n.) A measure of land in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to an area of 177/ acres.
 noun (n.) To exert muscular strength; to exert one's strength with painful effort, particularly in servile occupations; to work; to toil.
 noun (n.) To exert one's powers of mind in the prosecution of any design; to strive; to take pains.
 noun (n.) To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard, wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden; to be burdened; -- often with under, and formerly with of.
 noun (n.) To be in travail; to suffer the pangs of childbirth.
 noun (n.) To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.
 noun (n.) A store or set of stopes.
 verb (v. t.) To work at; to work; to till; to cultivate by toil.
 verb (v. t.) To form or fabricate with toil, exertion, or care.
 verb (v. t.) To prosecute, or perfect, with effort; to urge stre/uously; as, to labor a point or argument.
 verb (v. t.) To belabor; to beat.

laboringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Labor
 adjective (a.) That labors; performing labor; esp., performing coarse, heavy work, not requiring skill also, set apart for labor; as, laboring days.
 adjective (a.) Suffering pain or grief.

laborantnoun (n.) A chemist.

laboratorynoun (n.) The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to experiments in any branch of natural science; as, a chemical, physical, or biological laboratory. Hence, by extension, a place where something is prepared, or some operation is performed; as, the liver is the laboratory of the bile.

laboredadjective (a.) Bearing marks of labor and effort; elaborately wrought; not easy or natural; as, labored poetry; a labored style.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Labor

laborernoun (n.) One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a person who does work that requires strength rather than skill, as distinguished from that of an artisan.

laboriousadjective (a.) Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome.
 adjective (a.) Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious mechanic.

laborlessadjective (a.) Not involving labor; not laborious; easy.

laborousadjective (a.) Laborious.

laborsomeadjective (a.) Made with, or requiring, great labor, pains, or diligence.
 adjective (a.) Likely or inclined to roll or pitch, as a ship in a heavy sea; having a tendency to labor.

labradornoun (n.) A region of British America on the Atlantic coast, north of Newfoundland.

labradoritenoun (n.) A kind of feldspar commonly showing a beautiful play of colors, and hence much used for ornamental purposes. The finest specimens come from Labrador. See Feldspar.

labrasnoun (n. pl.) Lips.

labroidadjective (a.) Like the genus Labrus; belonging to the family Labridae, an extensive family of marine fishes, often brilliantly colored, which are very abundant in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The tautog and cunner are American examples.

labroseadjective (a.) Having thick lips.

labrumnoun (n.) A lip or edge, as of a basin.
 noun (n.) An organ in insects and crustaceans covering the upper part of the mouth, and serving as an upper lip. See Illust. of Hymenoptera.
 noun (n.) The external margin of the aperture of a shell. See Univalve.

labrusnoun (n.) A genus of marine fishes, including the wrasses of Europe. See Wrasse.

laburnicadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the laburnum.

laburninenoun (n.) A poisonous alkaloid found in the unripe seeds of the laburnum.

laburnumnoun (n.) A small leguminous tree (Cytisus Laburnum), native of the Alps. The plant is reputed to be poisonous, esp. the bark and seeds. It has handsome racemes of yellow blossoms.

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.

labyrinthaladjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a labyrinth; intricate; labyrinthian.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LAM:

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

labyrinthiformadjective (a.) Having the form of a labyrinth; intricate.

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

laconicismnoun (n.) Same as Laconism.

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

lactamnoun (n.) One of a series of anhydrides of an amido type, analogous to the lactones, as oxindol.

lactimnoun (n.) One of a series of anhydrides resembling the lactams, but of an imido type; as, isatine is a lactim. Cf. Lactam.

lactucariumnoun (n.) The inspissated juice of the common lettuce, sometimes used as a substitute for opium.

ladanumnoun (n.) A gum resin gathered from certain Oriental species of Cistus. It has a pungent odor and is chiefly used in making plasters, and for fumigation.

lageniformadjective (a.) Shaped like a bottle or flask; flag-shaped.

laismnoun (n.) See Lamaism.

lamaismnoun (n.) A modified form of Buddhism which prevails in Thibet, Mongolia, and some adjacent parts of Asia; -- so called from the name of its priests. See 2d Lama.

lamarckianismnoun (n.) Lamarckism.

lamarckismnoun (n.) The theory that structural variations, characteristic of species and genera, are produced in animals and plants by the direct influence of physical environments, and esp., in the case of animals, by effort, or by use or disuse of certain organs.

lambdacismnoun (n.) A fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter l, or in doubling it erroneously.
 noun (n.) A defect in pronunciation of the letter l when doubled, which consists in giving it a sound as if followed by y, similar to that of the letters lli in billion.
 noun (n.) The use of the sound of l for that of r in pronunciation; lallation; as, Amelican for American.

lamelliformadjective (a.) Thin and flat; scalelike; lamellar.

lanciformadjective (a.) Having the form of a lance.

landlordismnoun (n.) The state of being a landlord; the characteristics of a landlord; specifically, in Great Britain, the relation of landlords to tenants, especially as regards leased agricultural lands.

landsturmnoun (n.) That part of the reserve force in Germany which is called out last.
 noun (n.) In Germany and other European nations, and Japan: (a) A general levy in time of war. (b) The forces called out on such levy, composed of all men liable to service who are not in the army, navy, or Landwehr; the last line of defense, supposed to be called out only in case of invasion or other grave emergency. See Army organization, above.

laniariformadjective (a.) Shaped like a laniary, or canine, tooth.

lantaniumnoun (n.) Alt. of Lantanum

lantanumnoun (n.) See Lanthanum.

lanthanumnoun (n.) A rare element of the group of the earth metals, allied to aluminium. It occurs in certain rare minerals, as cerite, gadolinite, orthite, etc., and was so named from the difficulty of separating it from cerium, didymium, and other rare elements with which it is usually associated. Atomic weight 138.5. Symbol La.

larumnoun (n.) See Alarum, and Alarm.

larviformadjective (a.) Having the form or structure of a larva.

latibulumnoun (n.) A concealed hiding place; a burrow; a lair; a hole.

latinismnoun (n.) A Latin idiom; a mode of speech peculiar to Latin; also, a mode of speech in another language, as English, formed on a Latin model.

latitudinarianismnoun (n.) A latitudinarian system or condition; freedom of opinion in matters pertaining to religious belief.

laudanumnoun (n.) Tincture of opium, used for various medical purposes.

lav/siumnoun (n.) A supposed new metallic element. It is said to have been discovered in pyrites, and some other minerals, and to be of a silver-white color, and malleable.

lawmnoun (n.) A very fine linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric with a rather open texture. Lawn is used for the sleeves of a bishop's official dress in the English Church, and, figuratively, stands for the office itself.

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

legalismnoun (n.) Strictness, or the doctrine of strictness, in conforming to law.

legitimadjective (a.) The portion of movable estate to which the children are entitled upon the death of the father.

legitimismnoun (n.) The principles or plans of legitimists.

lentiformadjective (a.) Lenticular.

leptiformadjective (a.) Having a form somewhat like leptus; -- said of active insect larvae having three pairs of legs. See Larva.

levelismnoun (n.) The disposition or endeavor to level all distinctions of rank in society.

lexiphanicismnoun (n.) The use of pretentious words, language, or style.

liberalismnoun (n.) Liberal principles; the principles and methods of the liberals in politics or religion; specifically, the principles of the Liberal party.

libertarianismnoun (n.) Libertarian principles or doctrines.

libertinismnoun (n.) The state of a libertine or freedman.
 noun (n.) Licentious conduct; debauchery; lewdness.
 noun (n.) Licentiousness of principle or opinion.

libriformadjective (a.) Having the form of liber, or resembling liber.

licheniformadjective (a.) Having the form of a lichen.

lightroomnoun (n.) A small room from which the magazine of a naval vessel is lighted, being separated from the magazine by heavy glass windows.

ligniformadjective (a.) Like wood.

ligsamnoun (n.) Same as Ligan.

limnoun (n.) A limb.

lindiformadjective (a.) Resembling the genus Lindia; -- said of certain apodous insect larvae.

lingamnoun (n.) The phallic symbol under which Siva is principally worshiped in his character of the creative and reproductive power.

lingismnoun (n.) A mode of treating certain diseases, as obesity, by gymnastics; -- proposed by Pehr Henrik Ling, a Swede. See Kinesiatrics.

linguiformadjective (a.) Having the form of the tongue; tongue-shaped.

linoleumnoun (n.) Linseed oil brought to various degrees of hardness by some oxidizing process, as by exposure to heated air, or by treatment with chloride of sulphur. In this condition it is used for many of the purposes to which India rubber has been applied.
 noun (n.) A kind of floor cloth made by laying hardened linseed oil mixed with ground cork on a canvas backing.

linumnoun (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants including the flax (Linum usitatissimum).

lionismnoun (n.) An attracting of attention, as a lion; also, the treating or regarding as a lion.

lipogramnoun (n.) A writing composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; -- as in the Odyssey of Tryphiodorus there was no A in the first book, no B in the second, and so on.

lirelliformadjective (a.) Like a lirella.

lissomadjective (a.) Alt. of Lissome

listerismnoun (n.) The systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the treatment of wounds; -- so called from Joseph Lister, an English surgeon.

literalismnoun (n.) That which accords with the letter; a mode of interpreting literally; adherence to the letter.
 noun (n.) The tendency or disposition to represent objects faithfully, without abstraction, conventionalities, or idealization.

lithargyrumnoun (n.) Crystallized litharge, obtained by fusion in the form of fine yellow scales.

lithiumnoun (n.) A metallic element of the alkaline group, occurring in several minerals, as petalite, spodumene, lepidolite, triphylite, etc., and otherwise widely disseminated, though in small quantities.

lituiformadjective (a.) Having the form of a lituus; like a lituite.

lixiviumnoun (n.) A solution of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; hence, any solution obtained by lixiviation.

loamnoun (n.) A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
 noun (n.) A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making molds for large castings, often without a pattern.
 verb (v. i.) To cover, smear, or fill with loam.

lobwormnoun (n.) The lugworm.

localismnoun (n.) The state or quality of being local; affection for a particular place.
 noun (n.) A method of speaking or acting peculiar to a certain district; a local idiom or phrase.

lockramnoun (n.) A kind of linen cloth anciently used in England, originally imported from Brittany.

logarithmnoun (n.) One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of multiplication and division.

logogramnoun (n.) A word letter; a phonogram, that, for the sake of brevity, represents a word; as, |, i. e., t, for it. Cf. Grammalogue.

lollardismnoun (n.) Alt. of Lollardy

londonismnoun (n.) A characteristic of Londoners; a mode of speaking peculiar to London.

loomnoun (n.) See Loon, the bird.
 noun (n.) A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making.
 noun (n.) That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.
 noun (n.) The state of looming; esp., an unnatural and indistinct appearance of elevation or enlargement of anything, as of land or of a ship, seen by one at sea.
 verb (v. i.) To appear above the surface either of sea or land, or to appear enlarged, or distorted and indistinct, as a distant object, a ship at sea, or a mountain, esp. from atmospheric influences; as, the ship looms large; the land looms high.
 verb (v. i.) To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.

loxodremismnoun (n.) The act or process of tracing a loxodromic curve; the act of moving as if in a loxodromic curve.

luciformadjective (a.) Having, in some respects, the nature of light; resembling light.

lugwormnoun (n.) A large marine annelid (Arenicola marina) having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back. It is found burrowing in sandy beaches, both in America and Europe, and is used for bait by European fishermen. Called also lobworm, and baitworm.

lukewarmadjective (a.) Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid; not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent.

lumnoun (n.) A chimney.
 noun (n.) A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a mine.
 noun (n.) A woody valley; also, a deep pool.

lumbriciformadjective (a.) Resembling an earthworm; vermiform.

lungwormnoun (n.) Any one of several species of parasitic nematoid worms which infest the lungs and air passages of cattle, sheep, and other animals, often proving fatal. The lungworm of cattle (Strongylus micrurus) and that of sheep (S. filaria) are the best known.

luniformadjective (a.) Resembling the moon in shape.

lustrumnoun (n.) A lustration or purification, especially the purification of the whole Roman people, which was made by the censors once in five years. Hence: A period of five years.

lutheranismnoun (n.) Alt. of Lutherism

lutherismnoun (n.) The doctrines taught by Luther or held by the Lutheran Church.

lyamnoun (n.) A leash.

lyceumnoun (n.) A place of exercise with covered walks, in the suburbs of Athens, where Aristotle taught philosophy.
 noun (n.) A house or apartment appropriated to instruction by lectures or disquisitions.
 noun (n.) A higher school, in Europe, which prepares youths for the university.
 noun (n.) An association for debate and literary improvement.

lycopodiumnoun (n.) A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order Lycopodiaceae; club moss.

lygodiumnoun (n.) A genus of ferns with twining or climbing fronds, bearing stalked and variously-lobed divisions in pairs.

lymnoun (n.) Alt. of Lymhound

lyricismnoun (n.) A lyric composition.

lyrismnoun (n.) The act of playing on a lyre or harp.

landstormnoun (n.) See Varnpligtige.

lesbianismnoun (n.) Unnatural sexual relations between women.

lettergramnoun (n.) See Letter, above.

luteciumnoun (n.) A metallic element separated from ytterbium in 1907, by Urbain in Paris and by von Welsbach in Vienna. Symbol, Lu; at. wt. 174.0.