2-Letter Words Starting with L

Ticker tapes (wordplay)

In an offensive way

Lobectomy

LOBOTOMISE

Lobotomise

LOBOTOMIZE

Lobotomize

Lobstering

Adjective meaning resembling

Lobulation

""LOCALIZE to confine or limit to a certain place, also LOCALISE""

Lockkeeper

Locomotion

What spurs madmen (wordplay)

Some transports

Mad reasons to get vehicles using diesel (wordplay)

Dehiscent through the middle of the back of each cell; said of capsules.

Loftiness

Like some nonlinear scales in mathematics

Descriptor for a type of spiral; am right coil (anagram)

Large marine turtles.

Large sea turtles

Carnivorous turtles

The quality of being logical.

One skilled in military supply

Expert in military transport and supply.

Lognormal

LOGOGRAPH

Logomachy

Logrolling

Messed about

Fooled around

Disposition to bear injuries patiently; forbearance; patience.

Longevity

LONGSHORE Belonging to the seashore or a seaport; along and on the shore.

Farseeing.

Golding's the author capable of prophesy (wordplay)

Looniness

Looseness

Plant, least restrained, abounding

Plant, most unconfined, abundant

Plant of the primrose family

Lophophore

Loquacity

LOSABLE able to be lost

Given to offensive talk

Vociferous

Blatant.

Part of hi-fi system

Part of a sound system

Sound projector

Lousiness

Boor's attribute

Sushi stolen in buffet? It's ill-bred behaviour

""LOVABLE worthy of love, also LOVEABLE""

Lovastatin

Lovemaking

""LOWERCASE Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; used to denote the small letters, in distinction from capitals and small capitals. See the Note under 1st Case, n., 3. Case, n., 3.""

Lowliness

""LUBRICATE To make smooth or slippery; as, mucilaginous and saponaceous remedies lubricate the parts to which they are applied. as, mucilaginous and saponaceous remedies lubricate the parts to which they are applied.""

The application of oil or grease

Garage job.

""LUBRICATE To make smooth or slippery; as, mucilaginous and saponaceous remedies lubricate the parts to which they are applied. as, mucilaginous and saponaceous remedies lubricate the parts to which they are applied.""

Lubricator

Lubricity

Lucidness

Luciferase

Luckiness

In a lucrative manner.

""The act of lucubrating, or studying by candlelight; nocturnal study; meditation.""

In ridiculous fashion

Absurdly, ridiculously

Plaid wearers, stereotypically

Breakfast cereal for woodcutters (wordplay)

Loggers

Carpenters visit them

Homebuilders may visit them

*Where employees log long hours (wordplay)

""Of or pertaining to the loins and sacrum; as, the lumbosacral nerve, a branch of one of the lumber nerves which passes over the sacrum. as, the lumbosacral nerve, a branch of one of the lumber nerves which passes over the sacrum.""

Emitting light without heat

Giving off light

LUMINESCE

Lumpiness

LUMPISH {stupid=adj}

Luridness

Lusterware

LUSTFUL full of lust

Lustiness

Lustration

LUTEINIZE

Adjective (-ic)

English word

Lutestring

Luxuriance

In a luxuriant manner.

LUXURIATE To grow exuberantly; to grow to superfluous abundance.

Luxurious

The supposed act of turning one's self or another person into a wolf.

Lycopodium

A dividing cell that gives rise to a mature lymphocyte.

Lymphocyte

LYMPHOCYTE

Lymphogram

Lymphokine

Same as lyophilized.lyophilized.

Lyophilise

Dried by freezing and subsequent evaporation of the water in a high vacuum; -- used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological or sensitive substances.

""LYOPHILIZE to freeze-dry; -- a technique used to dry serum, tissue, unstable chemicals and other sensitive materials.""

Lyophilize

LYRICAL having the form of a song

LYSOGENISE

Lysogenise

LYSOGENIZE

Lysogenize

""A system of movement notation for dance that employs various symbols to record the points of a dancer's body, the direction of a dancer's movement, the tempo, and the dynamics: "Labanotation is specific enough to record the flutter of an eyelid" (Joseph Menosky).""

Labiodental

Test solutions might be found here

Rooms for scientists

Where one might find 13 lorries? A boat at sea

Labradorite

Intricately winding; like a labyrinth; perplexed; labyrinthal.

Describes The Maze complex

Like a maze

Highly convoluted

Lachrymator

In a tearful manner

LACHRYMOSE Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful.

Laciniation

Lacquerware

Lacquerwork

Lacrimation

Lactalbumin

Some vaginal flora

Laicization

Lallygag

Lamellicorn

Jeremiah's book of the Old Testament.

*It comes after the Book of Jeremiah

Jeremiah's OT book

Lammergeier

Lammergeyer

""LAMPLIGHTER One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps.""

Lampoonery

Landholding

LANDLESS having no land

Landlordism

Landlubber

Landscapist

Langbeinite

Langoustine

Lackadaisical state

With a dreamy inertia

Laparoscope

""LAPAROSCOPE A slender endoscope, containing fiber-optic viewing capability and miniature surgical devices, which can be inserted through a small incision in the abdominal wall, allowing a surgeon to perform minor surgery with minimal damage to the abdominal muscles.""

Laparotomy

Big in the middle? That's generous

Of liberal disposition

Dealer Gareth, surprisingly generous

Excision of the larynx.

Plural or third person singular

Laryngitis

""An instrument, consisting of an arrangement of two mirrors, for reflecting light upon the larynx, and for examining its image.""

The art of using the laryngoscope; investigations made with the laryngoscope.

Lascivious

Latchstring

LATERALIZE

""LATERIZE to convert to laterite, also LATERISE""

""The act or process of Latinizing, as a word, language, or country.""

Latticework

The quality of being laudable; praiseworthiness; commendableness.

Service outlets are unsettled after redevelopment

Silly chap at leisure caught out in poet's office

Lavishness

Lawbreaking

Lawfulness

The act or process of leaching.

Leadenness

New York bus driver's activity

Cold-blooded children's play activity (wordplay)

Certain tenants

Those who might be letting last in race into lead, senior citizens, ultimately

Leatherback

Leatherette

Plural noun or verb form

Leatherneck

Leatherwood

Lecithinase

Lectionary

Such reptiles chewed up chairs

The act of making legal.

Legerdemain

Legibility

Soldiers organise line in conflict

French soldiers

Legislation

Legislative

Ugliest Earls form law-making bodies

Legitimacy

Rightfully

With justification, run away with a friend to meet heartless lady

""LEGITIMATE Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful; as, legitimate government; legitimate rights; the legitimate succession to the throne; a legitimate proceeding of an officer; a legitimate heir. as, legitimate government; legitimate rights; the legitimate succession to the throne; a legitimate proceeding of an officer; a legitimate heir.""

The act of making legitimate.

To legitimate.

Legitimator

LEGITIMISE

Legitimizer

LEGITIMIZE To legitimate.

Lemongrass

Lentivirus

Leopardess

Sort of insect to upset people, darn it!

Butterfly, for example

Butterfly or moth

Leprosarium

""Pl. leptocephali (-l ) One of the small, flat, transparent larvae of eels and certain other fishes, characterized by a long, narrow head.""

Film-to-video transfer technique

Adjective (-ic)

LEUKOCYTE

LEUKOCYTE

Leukoplakia

Plural or third person singular

The formation or production of white blood cells.

The formation or production of white blood cells.

Leukotriene

LEVITATION Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light.

""Turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left; levogyrate, as levulose, left handed quartz crystals, etc.""

Lexicality

""LEXICALIZE To make into a word, coin into a word; as, The concept expressed by German "Gemuetlichkeit" is not lexicalized in English.as, The concept expressed by German "Gemuetlichkeit" is not lexicalized in English.""

The compiling of dictionaries

The compilation of dictionaries

Writing and compiling of dictionaries

Lexicology

One who studies words

LIBERALISE

""Pertaining to, or characterized by, liberalism; as, liberalistic opinions. as, liberalistic opinions.""

Liberality

Liberalizer

LIBERALIZE To make liberal; to free from narrow views or prejudices.

Some third-party candidates