Name Report For First Name LINA:

LINA

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

Rhymes with LINA - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming LINA

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES LƯNA AS A WHOLE:

akilina olina karolina catalina madalina adelina alina ancelina apollina aquilina arlina avelina belina carmelina carolina chalina colina darlina earlina edelina elina erlina evalina evangelina evelina ewelina galina jaquelina jolina jorgelina julina jyllina kalina karlina kathalina lurlina madelina malina melina michaelina odelina orlina pasclina ursulina zerlina ballinamore opalina zelina xylina selina phillina celina jocelina marlina malinalxochitl angelina

NAMES RHYMING WITH LƯNA (According to last letters):

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

asmina crispina hasina zahina inina raina jirina gelsomina levina jaakkina katariina falerina armina katharina aegina alcina aretina filipina jarina luigina trina kina mahina adamina ernesztina krisztina dakshina balbina catarina claudina rufina sabrina serafina akina shina citlalmina cha'kwaina migina afina alexandreina augustina corina crina dorina marina fayina lukina tasina ilhicamina adina aiglentina aina alaina alastrina albertina alejandrina alexandrina alexina alhertina almundina alpina alvina alzina amina antonina araina aubina audrina berdina bernadina bertina bidina blandina brina calvina caprina capucina carina cedrina cherina china christina chrystina clementina corrina cristina cullodina cumina daina dantina davina deina delfina delphina destina diamontina dina drina dulcina edina

NAMES RHYMING WITH LƯNA (According to first letters):

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

lin lincoln lind linda lindael lindberg linddun lindeberg lindel lindell linden lindi lindie lindisfarne lindiwe lindl lindleigh lindley lindly lindsay lindsey lindy line linette linford linh link linka linleah linley linly linn linne linnea linnette linsay linsey lintang linton lintun linus linwood

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

lia liam liana liane lianna libby liberty libuse lichas licia lidia lidio lidmann lidoine liealia lien liesbet liesheth liesl lieu liezel lifton ligia liisa liko lil lila lilah lili lilia lilian liliana liliane lilianna lilibet lilibeth lilie lilike lilis lilith lilium lillee lilli lillian lilliana lillie lillis lilly lillyana lilo liluye lily lilyanna lilybell lilybeth lion lionel lionell

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LƯNA:

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

labreshia lacina lacramioara lada laetitia lahela laila laina lajila lakeisha lakesha lakeshia lakiesha lakisha lakishia lakya lala lalia lalima lama lamba lamia lampetia lana lanaia landa landra landrada lanna lansa laodamia laqueta laquisha lara lareina larena laria larina larissa larunda lashea latasha lateefa lateisha latesha latia laticia latisha latoya laura laurana laurena laurencia laurentia lauretta laurinda laurita lavena laverna lavernia lavina lavinia layla lea leala lealia leana leandra leanna lebna lecia leda leela leena leesa legaya leia leianna leila leilana leira leisha leitha lela lelia lema lemuela lena lenmana lenora lenuta leoda leola leoma leona leonarda leonda leondra leondrea leonela

English Words Rhyming LINA

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES LƯNA AS A WHOLE:

alinasaladjective (a.) Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage.

anticlinalnoun (n.) The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions.
 adjective (a.) Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal.

apollinariannoun (n.) A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ.
 adjective (a.) In honor of Apollo; as, the Apollinarian games.

catilinarianadjective (a.) Pertaining to Catiline, the Roman conspirator; resembling Catiline's conspiracy.

clinanthiumnoun (n.) The receptacle of the flowers in a composite plant; -- also called clinium.

culinaryadjective (a.) Relating to the kitchen, or to the art of cookery; used in kitchens; as, a culinary vessel; the culinary art.

declinableadjective (a.) Capable of being declined; admitting of declension or inflection; as, declinable parts of speech.

declinaladjective (a.) Declining; sloping.

declinateadjective (a.) Bent downward or aside; (Bot.) bending downward in a curve; declined.

declinationnoun (n.) The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head.
 noun (n.) The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline.
 noun (n.) The act of deviating or turning aside; oblique motion; obliquity; withdrawal.
 noun (n.) The act or state of declining or refusing; withdrawal; refusal; averseness.
 noun (n.) The angular distance of any object from the celestial equator, either northward or southward.
 noun (n.) The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or south.
 noun (n.) The act of inflecting a word; declension. See Decline, v. t., 4.

declinatornoun (n.) An instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the horizontal plane.
 noun (n.) A dissentient.

declinatoryadjective (a.) Containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence.

declinaturenoun (n.) The act of declining or refusing; as, the declinature of an office.

disciplinableadjective (a.) Capable of being disciplined or improved by instruction and training.
 adjective (a.) Liable or deserving to be disciplined; subject to disciplinary punishment; as, a disciplinable offense.

disciplinablenessnoun (n.) The quality of being improvable by discipline.

disciplinaladjective (a.) Relating to discipline.

disciplinantnoun (n.) A flagellant. See Flagellant.

disciplinariannoun (n.) One who disciplines; one who excels in training, especially with training, especially with regard to order and obedience; one who enforces rigid discipline; a stickler for the observance of rules and methods of training; as, he is a better disciplinarian than scholar.
 noun (n.) A Puritan or Presbyterian; -- because of rigid adherence to religious or church discipline.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to discipline.

disciplinaryadjective (a.) Pertaining to discipline; intended for discipline; corrective; belonging to a course of training.

disinclinationnoun (n.) The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire, or affection; slight aversion or dislike; indisposition.

epiclinaladjective (a.) Situated on the receptacle or disk of a flower.

gallinaceaenoun (n. pl.) Same as Gallinae.

gallinaceannoun (n.) One of the Gallinae or gallinaceous birds.

gallinaceousadjective (a.) Resembling the domestic fowls and pheasants; of or pertaining to the Gallinae.

gallinaenoun (n.) An order of birds, including the common domestic fowls, pheasants, grouse, quails, and allied forms; -- sometimes called Rasores.

geanticlinalnoun (n.) An upward bend or flexure of a considerable portion of the earth's crust, resulting in the formation of a class of mountain elevations called anticlinoria; -- opposed to geosynclinal.

geosynclinalnoun (n.) the downward bend or subsidence of the earth's crust, which allows of the gradual accumulation of sediment, and hence forms the first step in the making of a mountain range; -- opposed to geanticlinal.

haematophlinanoun (n. pl.) A division of Cheiroptera, including the bloodsucking bats. See Vampire.

inclinableadjective (a.) Leaning; tending.
 adjective (a.) Having a propensity of will or feeling; leaning in disposition; disposed; propense; as, a mind inclinable to truth.

inclinablenessnoun (n.) The state or quality of being inclinable; inclination.

inclinatoryadjective (a.) Having the quality of leaning or inclining; as, the inclinatory needle.

indisciplinableadjective (a.) Not disciplinable; undisciplinable.

isoclinaladjective (a.) Alt. of Isoclinic

linagenoun (n.) See Lineage.

linamentnoun (n.) Lint; esp., lint made into a tent for insertion into wounds or ulcers.

linaritenoun (n.) A hydrous sulphate of lead and copper occurring in bright blue monoclinic crystals.

linguatulinanoun (n. pl.) An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also Pentastomida.

monoclinaladjective (a.) Having one oblique inclination; -- applied to strata that dip in only one direction from the axis of elevation.

oculinanoun (n.) A genus of tropical corals, usually branched, and having a very volid texture.

oculinaceanoun (n.pl.) A suborder of corals including many reef-building species, having round, starlike calicles.

orbulinanoun (n.) A genus of minute living Foraminifera having a globular shell.

pedicellinanoun (n.) A genus of Bryozoa, of the order Entoprocta, having a bell-shaped body supported on a slender pedicel. See Illust. under Entoprocta.

pediculinanoun (n. pl.) A division of parasitic hemipterous insects, including the true lice. See Illust. in Appendix.

pollinateadjective (a.) Pollinose.
 verb (v. t.) To apply pollen to (a stigma).

reclinantadjective (a.) Bending or leaning backward.

reclinateadjective (a.) Reclined, as a leaf; bent downward, so that the point, as of a stem or leaf, is lower than the base.

reclinationnoun (n.) The act of leaning or reclining, or the state of being reclined.
 noun (n.) The angle which the plane of the dial makes with a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line.
 noun (n.) The act or process of removing a cataract, by applying the needle to its anterior surface, and depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that the front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the lower one.

salinaadjective (a.) A salt marsh, or salt pond, inclosed from the sea.
 adjective (a.) Salt works.

salinationnoun (n.) The act of washing with salt water.

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


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


acarinanoun (n. pl.) The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange.

achatinanoun (n.) A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa.

aluminanoun (n.) One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3.

amphirhinanoun (n. pl.) A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasal sac is double.

anginanoun (n.) Any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath.

araneinanoun (n. pl.) The order of Arachnida that includes the spiders.

carinanoun (n.) A keel
 noun (n.) That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification
 noun (n.) A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.
 noun (n.) The keel of the breastbone of birds.

casuarinanoun (n.) A genus of leafless trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called beefwood from its color.

cavatinanoun (n.) Originally, a melody of simpler form than the aria; a song without a second part and a da capo; -- a term now variously and vaguely used.

chinanoun (n.) A country in Eastern Asia.
 noun (n.) China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See Porcelain.

concertinanoun (n.) A small musical instrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two hexagonal heads.

coquinanoun (n.) A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and for building material, as in the fort at St. Augustine, Florida.

czarinanoun (n.) The title of the empress of Russia.

discinanoun (n.) A genus of Branchiopoda, having a disklike shell, attached by one valve, which is perforated by the peduncle.

dominanoun (n.) Lady; a lady; -- a title formerly given to noble ladies who held a barony in their own right.

erythrinanoun (n.) A genus of leguminous plants growing in the tropics; coral tree; -- so called from its red flowers.

farinanoun (n.) A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery.
 noun (n.) Pollen.

globigerinanoun (n.) A genus of small Foraminifera, which live abundantly at or near the surface of the sea. Their dead shells, falling to the bottom, make up a large part of the soft mud, generally found in depths below 3,000 feet, and called globigerina ooze. See Illust. of Foraminifera.

glucinanoun (n.) A white or gray tasteless powder, the oxide of the element glucinum; -- formerly called glucine.

heminanoun (n.) A measure of half a sextary.
 noun (n.) A measure equal to about ten fluid ounces.

hydrinanoun (n. pl.) The group of hydroids to which the fresh-water hydras belong.

ianthinanoun (n.) Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, and violet snail.

jainanoun (n.) One of a numerous sect in British India, holding the tenets of Jainism.

jamacinanoun (n.) Jamaicine.

janthinanoun (n.) See Ianthina.

laminanoun (n.) A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.
 noun (n.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower.
 noun (n.) A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.

limacinanoun (n.) A genus of small spiral pteropods, common in the Arctic and Antarctic seas. It contributes to the food of the right whales.

littorinanoun (n.) A genus of small pectinibranch mollusks, having thick spiral shells, abundant between tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts. They feed on seaweeds. The common periwinkle is a well-known example. See Periwinkle.

madrinanoun (n.) An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules.

marikinanoun (n.) A small marmoset (Midas rosalia); the silky tamarin.

meandrinanoun (n.) A genus of corals with meandering grooves and ridges, including the brain corals.

minanoun (n.) An ancient weight or denomination of money, of varying value. The Attic mina was valued at a hundred drachmas.
 noun (n.) See Myna.

monorhinanoun (n. pl.) The Marsipobranchiata.

nemertinanoun (n. pl.) An order of helminths usually having a long, slender, smooth, often bright-colored body, covered with minute vibrating cilia; -- called also Nemertea, Nemertida, and Rhynchocoela.

neritinanoun (n.) A genus including numerous species of shells resembling Nerita in form. They mostly inhabit brackish water, and are often delicately tinted.

nginanoun (n.) The gorilla.

ocarinanoun (n.) A kind of small simple wind instrument.

quinquinanoun (n.) Peruvian bark.
 noun (n.) Peruvian bark.

paginanoun (n.) The surface of a leaf or of a flattened thallus.

paludinanoun (n.) Any one of numerous species of freshwater pectinibranchiate mollusks, belonging to Paludina, Melantho, and allied genera. They have an operculated shell which is usually green, often with brown bands. See Illust. of Pond snail, under Pond.

patinanoun (n.) A dish or plate of metal or earthenware; a patella.
 noun (n.) The color or incrustation which age gives to works of art; especially, the green rust which covers ancient bronzes, coins, and medals.

piscinanoun (n.) A niche near the altar in a church, containing a small basin for rinsing altar vessels.

platinanoun (n.) Platinum.

polycystinanoun (n. pl.) A division of Radiolaria including numerous minute marine species. The skeleton is composed of silica, and is often very elegant in form and sculpture. Many have been found in the fossil state.

retinanoun (n.) The delicate membrane by which the back part of the globe of the eye is lined, and in which the fibers of the optic nerve terminate. See Eye.

rhytinanoun (n.) See Rytina.

rytinanoun (n.) A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee, including but one species (R. Stelleri); -- called also Steller's sea cow.

salamandrinanoun (n.) A suborder of Urodela, comprising salamanders.

sarcinanoun (n.) A genus of bacteria found in various organic fluids, especially in those those of the stomach, associated with certain diseases. The individual organisms undergo division along two perpendicular partitions, so that multiplication takes place in two directions, giving groups of four cubical cells. Also used adjectively; as, a sarcina micrococcus; a sarcina group.

scarlatinanoun (n.) Scarlet fever.

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


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


linnoun (n.) A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a fall of water.
 noun (n.) A waterfall, or cataract; as, a roaring lin.
 noun (n.) A steep ravine.
 verb (v. i.) To yield; to stop; to cease.
 verb (v. t.) To cease from.

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

linchinoun (n.) An esculent swallow.

linchpinnoun (n.) A pin used to prevent the wheel of a vehicle from sliding off the axletree.

lincturenoun (n.) Alt. of Linctus

linctusnoun (n.) Medicine taken by licking with the tongue.

lindnoun (n.) The linden. See Linden.

lindennoun (n.) A handsome tree (Tilia Europaea), having cymes of light yellow flowers, and large cordate leaves. The tree is common in Europe.
 noun (n.) In America, the basswood, or Tilia Americana.

lindianoun (n.) A peculiar genus of rotifers, remarkable for the absence of ciliated disks. By some zoologists it is thought to be like the ancestral form of the Arthropoda.

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

linenoun (n.) Flax; linen.
 noun (n.) The longer and finer fiber of flax.
 noun (n.) A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline.
 noun (n.) A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line.
 noun (n.) The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the place is remote from lines of travel.
 noun (n.) Direction; as, the line of sight or vision.
 noun (n.) A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column.
 noun (n.) A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend.
 noun (n.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure.
 noun (n.) Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
 noun (n.) That which has length, but not breadth or thickness.
 noun (n.) The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline.
 noun (n.) A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark.
 noun (n.) Lineament; feature; figure.
 noun (n.) A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers.
 noun (n.) A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings.
 noun (n.) A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; as, a line of stages; an express line.
 noun (n.) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
 noun (n.) The equator; -- usually called the line, or equinoctial line; as, to cross the line.
 noun (n.) A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline.
 noun (n.) A measuring line or cord.
 noun (n.) That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
 noun (n.) Instruction; doctrine.
 noun (n.) The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of line.
 noun (n.) The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad.
 noun (n.) A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to column.
 noun (n.) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.
 noun (n.) A trench or rampart.
 noun (n.) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.
 noun (n.) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
 noun (n.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
 noun (n.) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
 noun (n.) A series of various qualities and values of the same general class of articles; as, a full line of hosiery; a line of merinos, etc.
 noun (n.) The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name.
 noun (n.) The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver.
 noun (n.) A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch.
 verb (v. t.) To cover the inner surface of; as, to line a cloak with silk or fur; to line a box with paper or tin.
 verb (v. t.) To put something in the inside of; to fill; to supply, as a purse with money.
 verb (v. t.) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding anything; to fortify; as, to line works with soldiers.
 verb (v. t.) To impregnate; -- applied to brute animals.
 verb (v. t.) To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines; as, to line a copy book.
 verb (v. t.) To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
 verb (v. t.) To read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn.
 verb (v. t.) To form into a line; to align; as, to line troops.

liningnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Line
 noun (n.) The act of one who lines; the act or process of making lines, or of inserting a lining.
 noun (n.) That which covers the inner surface of anything, as of a garment or a box; also, the contents of anything.

lineagenoun (n.) Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.

linealadjective (a.) Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to collateral; as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant.
 adjective (a.) Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).
 adjective (a.) Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs.
 adjective (a.) In the direction of a line; of or pertaining to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear; as, lineal magnitude.

linealitynoun (n.) The quality of being lineal.

lineamentnoun (n.) One of the outlines, exterior features, or distinctive marks, of a body or figure, particularly of the face; feature; form; mark; -- usually in the plural.

linearadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction; lineal.
 adjective (a.) Like a line; narrow; of the same breadth throughout, except at the extremities; as, a linear leaf.

linearensateadjective (a.) Having the form of a sword, but very long and narrow.

linearyadjective (a.) Linear.

lineateadjective (a.) Alt. of Lineated

lineatedadjective (a.) Marked with lines.
 adjective (a.) Marked longitudinally with depressed parallel lines; as, a lineate leaf.

lineationnoun (n.) Delineation; a line or lines.

lineaturenoun (n.) Anything having outline.

linemannoun (n.) One who carries the line in surveying, etc.
 noun (n.) A man employed to examine the rails of a railroad to see if they are in good condition; also, a man employed to repair telegraph lines.

linennoun (n.) Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.
 noun (n.) Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
 noun (n.) Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc.
 noun (n.) Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times, chiefly made of linen.

linenernoun (n.) A dealer in linen; a linen draper.

lineolateadjective (a.) Marked with little lines.
 adjective (a.) Marked longitudinally with fine lines.

linernoun (n.) One who lines, as, a liner of shoes.
 noun (n.) A vessel belonging to a regular line of packets; also, a line-of-battle ship; a ship of the line.
 noun (n.) A thin piece placed between two parts to hold or adjust them, fill a space, etc.; a shim.
 noun (n.) A lining within the cylinder, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket.
 noun (n.) A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.
 noun (n.) A ball which, when struck, flies through the air in a nearly straight line not far from the ground.

lingnoun (n.) Heather (Calluna vulgaris).
 adjective (a.) A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food fish and is largely salted and dried. Called also drizzle.
 adjective (a.) The burbot of Lake Ontario.
 adjective (a.) An American hake of the genus Phycis.
 adjective (a.) A New Zealand food fish of the genus Genypterus. The name is also locally applied to other fishes, as the cultus cod, the mutton fish, and the cobia.

linganoun (n.) Alt. of Lingam

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

lingelnoun (n.) A shoemaker's thread.
 noun (n.) A little tongue or thong of leather; a lacing for belts.

lingencenoun (n.) A linctus.

lingeringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Linger
 adjective (a.) Delaying.
 adjective (a.) Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease.

lingeradjective (a.) To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.
 verb (v. t.) To protract; to draw out.
 verb (v. t.) To spend or pass in a lingering manner; -- with out; as, to linger out one's days on a sick bed.

lingerernoun (n.) One who lingers.

lingetnoun (n.) An ingot.

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

linglenoun (n.) See Lingel.

lingonoun (n.) Language; speech; dialect.

lingotnoun (n.) A linget or ingot; also, a mold for casting metals. See Linget.

linguanoun (n.) A tongue.
 noun (n.) A median process of the labium, at the under side of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.

linguaciousadjective (a.) Given to the use of the tongue; loquacious.

linguadentalnoun (n.) An articulation pronounced by the aid or use of the tongue and teeth.
 adjective (a.) Formed or uttered by the joint use of the tongue and teeth, or rather that part of the gum just above the front teeth; dentolingual, as the letters d and t.

lingualnoun (n.) A consonant sound formed by the aid of the tongue; -- a term especially applied to certain articulations (as those of t, d, th, and n) and to the letters denoting them.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter.

lingualitynoun (n.) The quality of being lingual.

linguatulidanoun (n. pl.) Same as Linguatulina.

linguidentalnoun (a. & n.) Linguadental.

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

linguistnoun (n.) A master of the use of language; a talker.
 noun (n.) A person skilled in languages.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH LƯNA:

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

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

labyrinthodontanoun (n. pl.) An extinct order of Amphibia, including the typical genus Labyrinthodon, and many other allied forms, from the Carboniferous, Permian, and Triassic formations. By recent writers they are divided into two or more orders. See Stegocephala.

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

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

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.

lacinulanoun (n.) A diminutive lacinia.

lactucanoun (n.) A genus of composite herbs, several of which are cultivated foe salad; lettuce.

lacunanoun (n.) A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
 noun (n.) A small opening; a small depression or cavity; a space, as a vacant space between the cells of plants, or one of the spaces left among the tissues of the lower animals, which serve in place of vessels for the circulation of the body fluids, or the cavity or sac, usually of very small size, in a mucous membrane.

laemodipodanoun (n. pl.) A division of amphipod Crustacea, in which the abdomen is small or rudimentary and the legs are often reduced to five pairs. The whale louse, or Cyamus, and Caprella are examples.

lagenanoun (n.) The terminal part of the cochlea in birds and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the cochlea, in fishes and amphibians.

lagemorphanoun (n. pl.) A group of rodents, including the hares. They have four incisors in the upper jaw. Called also Duplicidentata.

lagophthalmianoun (n.) Alt. of Lagophthalmos

lamanoun (n.) See Llama.
 noun (n.) In Thibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief called Lamaism.

lambdanoun (n.) The name of the Greek letter /, /, corresponding with the English letter L, l.
 noun (n.) The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull.

lamellanoun (n.) a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of which certain shells are composed.

lamellibranchianoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Lamellibranchiata

lamellibranchiatanoun (n. pl.) A class of Mollusca including all those that have bivalve shells, as the clams, oysters, mussels, etc.

lamellicornianoun (n. pl.) A group of lamellicorn, plant-eating beetles; -- called also Lamellicornes.

lamettanoun (n.) Foil or wire made of gold, silver, or brass.

lamianoun (n.) A monster capable of assuming a woman's form, who was said to devour human beings or suck their blood; a vampire; a sorceress; a witch.

laminarianoun (n.) A genus of great seaweeds with long and broad fronds; kelp, or devil's apron. The fronds commonly grow in clusters, and are sometimes from thirty to fifty feet in length. See Illust. of Kelp.

lamnunguianoun (n. pl.) Same as Hyracoidea.

langahanoun (n.) A curious colubriform snake of the genus Xyphorhynchus, from Madagascar. It is brownish red, and its nose is prolonged in the form of a sharp blade.

langyanoun (n.) One of several species of East Indian and Asiatic fresh-water fishes of the genus Ophiocephalus, remarkable for their power of living out of water, and for their tenacity of life; -- called also walking fishes.

larvanoun (n.) Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several times, and may change its form or color each time. The larvae of many insects are much like the adults in form and habits, but have no trace of wings, the rudimentary wings appearing only in the pupa stage. In other groups of insects the larvae are totally unlike the parents in structure and habits, and are called caterpillars, grubs, maggots, etc.
 noun (n.) The early, immature form of any animal when more or less of a metamorphosis takes place, before the assumption of the mature shape.

larvalianoun (n. pl.) An order of Tunicata, including Appendicularia, and allied genera; -- so called because certain larval features are retained by them through life. Called also Copelata. See Appendicularia.

latakianoun (n.) A superior quality of Turkish smoking tobacco, so called from the place where produced, the ancient Laodicea.

latrianoun (n.) The highest kind of worship, or that paid to God; -- distinguished by the Roman Catholics from dulia, or the inferior worship paid to saints.

lauranoun (n.) A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior.

lavanoun (n.) The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its top or fissured sides. It flows out in streams sometimes miles in length. It also issues from fissures in the earth's surface, and forms beds covering many square miles, as in the Northwestern United States.

lavoltanoun (n.) An old dance, for two persons, being a kind of waltz, in which the woman made a high spring or bound.

lawsonianoun (n.) An Asiatic and North African shrub (Lawsonia inermis), with smooth oval leaves, and fragrant white flowers. Henna is prepared from the leaves and twigs. In England the shrub is called Egyptian privet, and in the West Indies, Jamaica mignonette.

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.

lecamanoun (n.) The hartbeest.

lecticanoun (n.) A kind of litter or portable couch.

legaturanoun (n.) A tie or brace; a syncopation.

leipoanoun (n.) A genus of Australian gallinaceous birds including but a single species (Leipoa ocellata), about the size of a turkey. Its color is variegated, brown, black, white, and gray. Called also native pheasant.

lemmanoun (n.) A preliminary or auxiliary proposition demonstrated or accepted for immediate use in the demonstration of some other proposition, as in mathematics or logic.

lemniscatanoun (n.) Alt. of Lemniscate

lemurianoun (n.) A hypothetical land, or continent, supposed by some to have existed formerly in the Indian Ocean, of which Madagascar is a remnant.

lemuroideanoun (n. pl.) A suborder of primates, including the lemurs, the aye-aye, and allied species.

lenanoun (n.) A procuress.

lenticulanoun (n.) A kind of eruption upon the skin; lentigo; freckle.
 noun (n.) A lens of small size.
 noun (n.) A lenticel.

lepidopteranoun (n. pl.) An order of insects, which includes the butterflies and moths. They have broad wings, covered with minute overlapping scales, usually brightly colored.

lepidosaurianoun (n. pl.) A division of reptiles, including the serpents and lizards; the Plagiotremata.

lepismanoun (n.) A genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongated flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by seven unequal bristles. A common species (Lepisma saccharina) is found in houses, and often injures books and furniture. Called also shiner, silver witch, silver moth, and furniture bug.

lepranoun (n.) Leprosy.

leptocardianoun (n. pl.) The lowest class of Vertebrata, including only the Amphioxus. The heart is represented only by a simple pulsating vessel. The blood is colorless; the brain, renal organs, and limbs are wanting, and the backbone is represented only by a simple, unsegmented notochord. See Amphioxus.

leptostracanoun (n. pl.) An order of Crustacea, including Nebalia and allied forms.

lernaeanoun (n.) A Linnaean genus of parasitic Entomostraca, -- the same as the family Lernaeidae.

lernaeaceanoun (n. pl.) A suborder of copepod Crustacea, including a large number of remarkable forms, mostly parasitic on fishes. The young, however, are active and swim freely. See Illustration in Appendix.

leuchaemianoun (n.) See Leucocythaemia.

leucocythaemianoun (n.) Alt. of Leucocythemia

leucocythemianoun (n.) A disease in which the white corpuscles of the blood are largely increased in number, and there is enlargement of the spleen, or the lymphatic glands; leuchaemia.

leucomanoun (n.) A white opacity in the cornea of the eye; -- called also albugo.

leucorrhoeanoun (n.) A discharge of a white, yellowish, or greenish, viscid mucus, resulting from inflammation or irritation of the membrane lining the genital organs of the female; the whites.

leukaemianoun (n.) Leucocythaemia.

levananoun (n.) A goddess who protected newborn infants.

liananoun (n.) A luxuriant woody plant, climbing high trees and having ropelike stems. The grapevine often has the habit of a liane. Lianes are abundant in the forests of the Amazon region.

li bellanoun (n.) A small balance.
 noun (n.) A level, or leveling instrument.

libranoun (n.) The Balance; the seventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the autumnal equinox in September, marked thus / in almanacs, etc.
 noun (n.) A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio.

ligulanoun (n.) See Ligule.
 noun (n.) The central process, or front edge, of the labium of insects. It sometimes serves as a tongue or proboscis, as in bees.
 noun (n.) A tongue-shaped lobe of the parapodia of annelids. See Parapodium.

limanoun (n.) The capital city of Peru, in South America.

lim naeanoun (n.) A genus of fresh-water air-breathing mollusks, abundant in ponds and streams; -- called also pond snail.

limuloideanoun (n. pl.) An order of Merostomata, including among living animals the genus Limulus, with various allied fossil genera, mostly of the Carboniferous period. Called also Xiphosura.

lingulanoun (n.) A tonguelike process or part.
 noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of brachiopod shells belonging to the genus Lingula, and related genera. See Brachiopoda, and Illustration in Appendix.

lipaemianoun (n.) A condition in which fat occurs in the blood.

lipocephalanoun (n. pl.) Same as Lamellibranchia.

lipomanoun (n.) A tumor consisting of fat or adipose tissue.

liranoun (n.) An Italian coin equivalent in value to the French franc.

lirellanoun (n.) A linear apothecium furrowed along the middle; the fruit of certain lichens.

lissencephalanoun (n. pl.) A general name for all those placental mammals that have a brain with few or no cerebral convolutions, as Rodentia, Insectivora, etc.

lithaemianoun (n.) A condition in which uric (lithic) acid is present in the blood.

lithianoun (n.) The oxide of lithium; a strong alkaline caustic similar to potash and soda, but weaker. See Lithium.

lizanoun (n.) The American white mullet (Mugil curema).

llamanoun (n.) A South American ruminant (Auchenia llama), allied to the camels, but much smaller and without a hump. It is supposed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco. It was formerly much used as a beast of burden in the Andes.

lobelianoun (n.) A genus of plants, including a great number of species. Lobelia inflata, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America, whose leaves contain a poisonous white viscid juice, of an acrid taste. It has often been used in medicine as an emetic, expectorant, etc. L. cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color of its flowers.

lobosanoun (n. pl.) An order of Rhizopoda, in which the pseudopodia are thick and irregular in form, as in the Amoeba.

lochianoun (n. pl.) The discharge from the womb and vagina which follows childbirth.

locustanoun (n.) The spikelet or flower cluster of grasses.

locustellanoun (n.) The European cricket warbler.

loggianoun (n.) A roofed open gallery. It differs from a veranda in being more architectural, and in forming more decidedly a part of the main edifice to which it is attached; from a porch, in being intended not for entrance but for an out-of-door sitting-room.

lomanoun (n.) A lobe; a membranous fringe or flap.

longicornianoun (n. pl.) A division of beetles, including a large number of species, in which the antennae are very long. Most of them, while in the larval state, bore into the wood or beneath the bark of trees, and some species are very destructive to fruit and shade trees. See Apple borer, under Apple, and Locust beetle, under Locust.

lophopodanoun (n. pl.) Same as Phylactolemata.

lorchanoun (n.) A kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having the hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a Chinese junk.

loricanoun (n.) A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like.
 noun (n.) Lute for protecting vessels from the fire.
 noun (n.) The protective case or shell of an infusorian or rotifer.

loricatanoun (n. pl.) A suborder of edentates, covered with bony plates, including the armadillos.
 noun (n. pl.) The crocodilia.

lucernarianoun (n.) A genus of acalephs, having a bell-shaped body with eight groups of short tentacles around the margin. It attaches itself by a sucker at the base of the pedicel.

lucernaridanoun (n. pl.) A division of acalephs, including Lucernaria and allied genera; -- called also Calycozoa.
 noun (n. pl.) A more extensive group of acalephs, including both the true lucernarida and the Discophora.

lucumanoun (n.) An American genus of sapotaceous trees bearing sweet and edible fruits.

lumachellanoun (n.) A grayish brown limestone, containing fossil shells, which reflect a beautiful play of colors. It is also called fire marble, from its fiery reflections.

lunanoun (n.) The moon.
 noun (n.) Silver.

lunulanoun (n.) Same as Lunule.

lupercalianoun (n. pl.) A feast of the Romans in honor of Lupercus, or Pan.

lycanthropianoun (n.) See Lycanthropy, 2.

lyencephalanoun (n. pl.) A group of Mammalia, including the marsupials and monotremes; -- so called because the corpus callosum is rudimentary.

lymphadenomanoun (n.) See Lymphoma.

lymphomanoun (n.) A tumor having a structure resembling that of a lymphatic gland; -- called also lymphadenoma.

lyopomatanoun (n. pl.) An order of brachiopods, in which the valves of shell are not articulated by a hinge. It includes the Lingula, Discina, and allied forms.