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ladyfish (18 points)
A {bonefish=n}
L·1+A·1+D·2+Y·4+F·4+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 18 pts
ladyhood (16 points)
The state of being a lady
L·1+A·1+D·2+Y·4+H·4+O·1+O·1+D·2 = 16 pts
ladyship (17 points)
Way to address a peeress
Title used to a woman of rank
Respectful address to titled person
L·1+A·1+D·2+Y·4+S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3 = 17 pts
langshan (12 points)
Any of a breed of large domestic fowl
L·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+S·1+H·4+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
languish (12 points)
Droop when left with misery
Haul sign away - lack vitality
...despair following left's decline
L·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+U·1+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 12 pts
lanthorn (11 points)
A lantern
L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 11 pts
lashings (12 points)
Any amount, can you beat that (wordplay)
They secure a great deal
An abundance of beatings
L·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 12 pts
lashkars (15 points)
Lashkar
L·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+K·5+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
latchets (13 points)
Shoelaces from the last century
L·1+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 13 pts
latching (14 points)
By the sound of it, adore such closure
Closing, in a way
Throwing a deadbolt
L·1+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
latchkey (20 points)
Opener of sorts
Item on a tenant's ring
Opener of some gates
L·1+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+K·5+E·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
lathered (12 points)
Beaten, showing a white face (wordplay)
Ivory-coated (wordplay)
Worked the Dial (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
latherer (11 points)
Barber, at times
Old-fashioned shaver.
One using lots of soap
L·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
lathiest (11 points)
Lathy
L·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
lathings (12 points)
Lathing
L·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 12 pts
lathwork (18 points)
Wood backing
L·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 18 pts
laughers (12 points)
Titterers
L·1+A·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
laughing (13 points)
Expressing loud amusement
Reacting to comedy
That will have one in stitches
L·1+A·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
laughter (12 points)
Comic relief (wordplay)
Is it the best medicine (wordplay)
The sound of merriment
L·1+A·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
launched (14 points)
Pushed the boat out (wordplay)
Sent off, ship on a maiden voyage say
Reform uncle had started
L·1+A·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
launcher (13 points)
Bazooka or onager
Part of many a silo
Start with hesitation from platform
L·1+A·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
launches (13 points)
Sets in motion,a ship say
Sets in motion, a ship say
Sets off in small boats
L·1+A·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
lavished (15 points)
Laid on generously
Bestowed in abundance
Expended profusely
L·1+A·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
lavisher (14 points)
One who {lavishes=v}
L·1+A·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
lavishes (14 points)
Doesn't skimp with
Expends profusely
Squanders.
L·1+A·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
lavishly (17 points)
More than enough this way
With extravagance
Extravagantly, luxuriously
L·1+A·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
leachate (13 points)
A solution obtained by leaching
L·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
leachers (13 points)
Leacher
L·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
leachier (13 points)
More porous
L·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
leaching (14 points)
How a jaw may be percolating into a limb
Percolating, as water
A punch absorbed by part of the body, draining
L·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
leashing (12 points)
Restraining, per some state laws
L·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
leathern (11 points)
Study the content of tanned skin
Get to know about article from kid
Discover about the stuff of old boots (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+N·1 = 11 pts
leathers (11 points)
Fits out with biker's garb, perhaps
Calf, Moroccan or chamois, say
Thrashes with animal skins (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
leathery (14 points)
Tough, wrinkled (skin)
Like kid, perhaps, that's tough
Feeling like suede, say
L·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
lechayim (18 points)
""A traditional Jewish toast, also LEHAYIM, LECHAIM, LEHAIM""
L·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+Y·4+I·1+M·3 = 18 pts
lechered (14 points)
Lecher
L·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
lecithin (13 points)
Fatty compound
Common phospholipid
L·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
lecythis (16 points)
Designating a family of tropical shrubs
L·1+E·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+H·4+I·1+S·1 = 16 pts
lecythus (16 points)
""An oil jar used in ancient Greece, also LEKYTHOS, LEKYTHUS""
L·1+E·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+H·4+U·1+S·1 = 16 pts
leeching (14 points)
Sucking the life from
Applying blood-sucking insects
Longtime means of bloodletting
L·1+E·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
leghorns (12 points)
Scaredy-cats (wordplay)
Variety of domestic fowl.
Chickens named for an Italian city
L·1+E·1+G·2+H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts
lehayims (16 points)
Lehayim
L·1+E·1+H·4+A·1+Y·4+I·1+M·3+S·1 = 16 pts
lekythoi (18 points)
Lekythos
L·1+E·1+K·5+Y·4+T·1+H·4+O·1+I·1 = 18 pts
lekythos (18 points)
""An oil jar used in ancient Greece, also LECYTHUS, LEKYTHUS""
L·1+E·1+K·5+Y·4+T·1+H·4+O·1+S·1 = 18 pts
lekythus (18 points)
""An oil jar used in ancient Greece, also LEKYTHOS, LECYTHUS""
L·1+E·1+K·5+Y·4+T·1+H·4+U·1+S·1 = 18 pts
lemonish (13 points)
Like a fish-garnish taste
L·1+E·1+M·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 13 pts
lengthen (12 points)
Let down many an engineer afterwards
Extend line for Little England next
Wild glen after this stretch
L·1+E·1+N·1+G·2+T·1+H·4+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
letching (14 points)
The act of being a lecher
L·1+E·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
lethally (14 points)
With deadly force
With intent to kill
With deadly effect
L·1+E·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
lethargy (15 points)
Lack of energy
Extreme lack of energy, listlessness
That spring-fever feeling.
L·1+E·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+G·2+Y·4 = 15 pts
lichened (14 points)
Lichen
L·1+I·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
lichenin (13 points)
A chemical compound
L·1+I·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
lichting (14 points)
Licht
L·1+I·1+C·3+H·4+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
lightens (12 points)
Eases the burden or becomes less dark
Reduces the weight on
Alleviates
L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts
lighters (12 points)
Fire ships (wordplay)
Flat-bottomed harbor boats
Boats being slimmer, bow to stern
L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
lightest (12 points)
Having least weight
With the least 22 ac
Having the least weight
L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
lightful (15 points)
Brightly illuminated
L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 15 pts
lighting (13 points)
Coming down to provide illumination
Not a heavy gin for illumination
Gaffer's responsibility
L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
lightish (15 points)
Somewhat light
L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 15 pts
linchpin (15 points)
Indispensable person or thing (I, not Y)
Long distance badge for one essential
It keeps wheel in position on axle
L·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+P·3+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
lionfish (14 points)
King of the sea (wordplay)
Sea creature named for a jungle creature
Aquarium attraction
L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+F·4+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 14 pts
litharge (12 points)
A lighter version of lead compound
Lead monoxide
Inflamed with hot rage brought about by reaction to heavy metal
L·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
lithemia (13 points)
An excess of uric acid in the blood
L·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+M·3+I·1+A·1 = 13 pts
lithemic (15 points)
Pertaining to {lithemia=n}
L·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+M·3+I·1+C·3 = 15 pts
lithiums (13 points)
Lithium
L·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+U·1+M·3+S·1 = 13 pts
lithoing (12 points)
Litho
L·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
lithosol (11 points)
A type of soil
L·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+S·1+O·1+L·1 = 11 pts
littlish (11 points)
Somewhat little
L·1+I·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 11 pts
liverish (14 points)
Disagreeable (because of a condition?)
Bad-tempered when meat is hard
Unhappy, bad tempered
L·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 14 pts
loathers (11 points)
Loather
L·1+O·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
loathful (14 points)
Inspiring disgust, say
Detestable
Repulsive
L·1+O·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 14 pts
loathing (12 points)
Dislike a mobile with no light
Behold an object that evokes dislike
Behold an objection to an object
L·1+O·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
logomach (16 points)
One given to arguing about words
L·1+O·1+G·2+O·1+M·3+A·1+C·3+H·4 = 16 pts
longhair (12 points)
Classical music lover, facetiously
Classical music lover
Type of egghead.
L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+H·4+A·1+I·1+R·1 = 12 pts
longhand (13 points)
Ordinary writing of manual origin
Joined-up writing
Writing something for the minutes
L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+H·4+A·1+N·1+D·2 = 13 pts
longhead (13 points)
A person having a long skull
L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2 = 13 pts
longhorn (12 points)
Breed of cattle.
Cheddar on the mild side
A moist Cheddar
L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 12 pts
longship (14 points)
Yearns to get cool boat
Viking boat
Viking craft
L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3 = 14 pts
loophole (13 points)
Flaw in the law (wordplay)
Cloakroom staff blocking hotel escape
Clever lawyer's find
L·1+O·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
lordship (14 points)
Term of respect in the U.K
Address for a nobleman
Title of peers.
L·1+O·1+R·1+D·2+S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3 = 14 pts
lothario (11 points)
Libertine - ol' hot air (anagram)
Libertine 1 : Harlot 0 (abandoned)
Don Juan mixed up 'Hair' and 'Loot'
L·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+I·1+O·1 = 11 pts
lothsome (13 points)
Repulsive
L·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 13 pts
lumpfish (18 points)
Fish with edible roe
L·1+U·1+M·3+P·3+F·4+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 18 pts
luncheon (13 points)
Meat served at midday meal (wordplay)
Break between coffee breaks
Uncle Henry has no cooked meal
L·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
lunchers (13 points)
Luncher
L·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
lunching (14 points)
Making a meal of a jaw in a lung
Eater's activity
Starting proceedings without American, taking food
L·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
lungfish (15 points)
Flushing out freshwater swimmer
Freshwater creature that breathes air
Gives a breather to shark with long swimmer
L·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+F·4+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 15 pts
lunkhead (16 points)
Numskull: Colloq
Numskull Colloq.
Dolt
L·1+U·1+N·1+K·5+H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2 = 16 pts
lurchers (13 points)
Unsteady dogs (wordplay)
Cross-bred hunting dogs
Cross-bred dogs for catching rabbits
L·1+U·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
lurching (14 points)
Moving slowly and unsteadily
L·1+U·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
lushness (11 points)
Luxuriance
L·1+U·1+S·1+H·4+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 11 pts
lutherns (11 points)
Dormer windows.
L·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
luthiers (11 points)
Luthier
L·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
lymphoid (19 points)
Of a body fluid
L·1+Y·4+M·3+P·3+H·4+O·1+I·1+D·2 = 19 pts
lymphoma (20 points)
Form of cancer
Mom haply has a form of cancer
Mom haply has a strange form of cancer
L·1+Y·4+M·3+P·3+H·4+O·1+M·3+A·1 = 20 pts
lynchers (16 points)
Lyncher
L·1+Y·4+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 16 pts
lynching (17 points)
Oater justice, maybe
An illegal hanging as by mob
The Ox-Bow Incident, for example
L·1+Y·4+N·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 17 pts
lynchpin (18 points)
Keystone, for example variable
Person or thing vital to an enterprise or organization
Hang picture - the first at home, of person vital to the business
L·1+Y·4+N·1+C·3+H·4+P·3+I·1+N·1 = 18 pts
lyophile (16 points)
Pertaining to a type of colloid
L·1+Y·4+O·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts

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