2-Letter Words Starting with L

Cub scout, say

Penrod, for one

Male pub patron, say

Prepared (a trap)

Face up to being put down (wordplay)

Produced (an egg)

Hit the dirt (wordplay)

Light soil (wordplay)

Word with bottom (prime acreage)

Wet-rendered substance, maybe

Pie crust ingredient, maybe

Fat in the can (wordplay)

Praise God, say

Praise the Lord, say

Write a hymn to, say

Take first steps (wordplay)

Three-run cushion, say

Star light it's not!

Put on a truck, say

Having a higher model number, say

Basket of laundry, say

Added punch to punch (wordplay)

With alcohol added (wordplay)

Like a tight corset perhaps

Took on cargo

Brought on board

Took on as freight

Thane for one

Thane, for one

Scottish property owner

Subjected to the process of laking

In need of crutches, perhaps

Shot in the foot say

On crutches maybe

Performed microsurgery on, perhaps

Performed light surgery (wordplay)

Erased a tattoo say

Overdue, in poesy

Overdue in poesy

Delayed: Poet.

Mostly slaved over the wash

Used soap and water

Took a bath

Law

Lay

Rested in a hammock say

Rested in a hammock, say

Lay in a hammock, say

River in the Yukon

Hot springs river of northern B.C.

Mackenzie River tributary

Streaked with gray: Scot.

Streaked with gray Scot

Streaked with gray Scot.

Had a shortage

Didn't have

Was with out

Put in bowls, maybe

Served soup, say

Served, as chili

""Goods thrown into the sea for future recovery, also LAGAN, LIGAN""

Brought up the rear

Hung back to get led around a horse

Wrapped for warmth

Took refuge in a burrow

Rested, as a lion.

Having a den.

Lall

Gave birth, as a ewe

Took a powder

Made a run for it

Gave birth to sheep*

Candlestick

Rare or poetic word for a candlestick or torch

Clobbered, in British slang

Walloped, slangily

Used a knight's weapon, perhaps

Used a knight stick on (wordplay)

Brought something to a boil (wordplay)

Hit the dirt (wordplay)

Gained ground (wordplay)

Hit the beach, militarily

Ran past, perhaps

Got a 400-meter lead on, say

Got a big lead

Became invalid (through lack of renewal)

Fell off the wagon, say

Fallen from faith

Fattened, in a way.

Covered with fat

Added grease to

Painted the town red

Conducted vessel inside and had fun

Played around like early bird

Bound to be beaten!

Attacked verbally (with "out")

Struck (out at)

Went the route

Withstood wear and tear

Didn't run out

Shaped with a machine

Covered with wooden strips.

Shaped by machine.

Wrote an ode to, maybe

Praised to the skies

Wrote an ode to

Lazy

Like Mayberry's gasoline

Bygone pump word

Like certain windows.

Paged quickly (wordplay)

Flipped, as pages (with "through")

Briefly looked (through)

No longer a secret, perhaps

Passed illegally, maybe

Spilled D.C. beans

Depended (with "on")

Pressured (with "on")

Exerted influence (on)

Did an axel, say

Tried to make a catch, perhaps

Made a jump

Took for the summer, maybe

Didn't buy, say

Let the pound have lost value (wordplay)

Like many trees

Like trees in summer

Like deciduous trees

Complex molecular branch

Part of a complex molecule

Bonding molecule

Crocodile, for one.

Gila monster, for one

Gecko, for one

Wealthy (slang) - drunk (slang)

Burdened; rich (slang)

Look: dead drunk!

Took it easy

Emulated a couch potato

Did no work

Covered with soil

Covered with rich soil

Plastered over, in a way

Let somebody have it (wordplay)

Behold a boy for Lent (wordplay)

Acted like a shark (wordplay)

Affixed a brand-name tag to

Defined, in a way

Put into a class

*Start to gnaw (wordplay)

Done with difficulty

Worked like a dog

A marine fish

Placed a burden on

Weighed down

Aged, at the brewery

Aged at the brewery

Drag gal around for one who falls behind

One failing to keep up

Person failing to keep up

""Lowland, also LALLAN""

Woolly

Surprisingly lauding LAX (wordplay)

Weak from fatigue

Lacking spirit or liveliness

Nautical rope variable

Cord used in crafts

Sailor's cord for whistle or knife

Craft creation at camp, maybe

Cord around neck

Short rope: Naut.

Like some outerwear

Like most jackets

Like some vests

Like some pulled calves (wordplay)

Roped in (wordplay)

Brought into the loop (wordplay)

Fastened (like a garden gate)

Shut, as a gate

Secured, in a way

Got darker, maybe

Advanced, as the hour.

Grew toward evening

Toward the side

Huge lad (anagram)

Got the joke

Gave a guffaw

Like some coifs

Like some wedding cakes

Lighter yet warmer, as winter wear

Dissolved and washed away.

Dissolved out by percolation

Removed by percolating

Federated

Likewise, Edward Lear (wordplay)

Clever humorist, Sherrin perhaps

Edward Lear, likewise (wordplay)

On-line (wordplay)

Ready for a walk, maybe

Lead on (wordplay)

Islands not exposed to blows (wordplay)

Draw eel (anagram)

Drew ale (anagram)

Bequeathed.

Animal spotted at zoos (wordplay)

It's spotted in Africa (wordplay)

Organised pro-deal for one of The Cats

Exercise piece (wordplay)

Tight-fitting garment, for gymnasts say

Dancer's attire

Was in contact (with)

Was a go-between

Served as a go-between

Pertaining o a liana

Tied, in surgery

Tied up, to a surgeon

Tied with a band.

Regarded with disgust and hatred

Detested and abominated

Did not like having the cargo outside

Having roundish projections.

Found topless model worried about tiger!

Settled - cold tea (anagram)

Cold tea (anagram)

Area prone to flooding, perhaps

The Fens, perhaps

Region not as high as other areas

Crescent-shaped

Crescent-shaped.

Lax duet put out of joint

""Having the shape of a lyre, also LYRATE, LYRIFORM""

Laager

Like British designer clothing

Identified boy embracing beautiful girl

Marked man's boxing knockout

Having lips

Worked hard or with difficulty

Be our lad (anagram) - overwrought

Worked hard to shift a boulder

A type of {lizard=n}

An Australian tree

Lacker

Lackey

Got milk (wordplay)

Produced milk

Got milk

(Of tights or stockings) having a run

Ran, as a thread.

Maturing in stages, as investments

Perhaps Mother Goose finds insect

But the garden is my favourite spot!

Beetle (or the late Mrs LBJ)

The state of being a lady

Ideal, sic to be removed from priesthood

Of priest, returned to secular status

Deprived of priesthood, reduced to secular state

Laicize

Pertaining to a {lambda=n}

Mourned (a death)

Mourned or grieved for

Was sorry about the ten injured

Any of a family of beetles

Narrow and pointed

Having an acutely pointed arch.

Letter that has one's address (wordplay)

One charging a flat rate (wordplay)

Flat personality (wordplay)

Landslide

Toward the coast

In the direction of a port

Not toward the sea

Portable writing surface

Tabletop for the legs

Work surface akin to a table.

Having a lapel

Lapper

Having flaps, as headgear

'Left on ship' is about right!

Port; labrador (anagram)

Old term for port (naut.)

Roped at a rodeo

Lassoed.

Lassoed

Pounded the stuffing out of

Beat: Colloq.

How Laurence got beaten, along with a prude

A part of an annual ring of wood

Beaten, showing a white face (wordplay)

Ivory-coated (wordplay)

Worked the Dial (wordplay)

All in strips and frozen at last

Having crossed strips

With a network of crossed bars

Pushed the boat out (wordplay)

Sent off, ship on a maiden voyage say

Reform uncle had started

Like old Olympics champions

Crowned a certain way

Honored with a crown of foliage

Laveer

Laid on generously

Bestowed in abundance

Expended profusely

Acted as counsel

Like soda crackers

Don't go with Edward with the yeast

Abandon Edward to get a rise out of him

Device limiting boat's drift

Movable plank on a hull

Navigational aid on a sailboat

How liberals lean

Got out of hospital, not in the right direction

Aport

Levant

Librate

Striped

Liquate

Macho, for one

Spanglish or Franglais component

Term from French, say - 'mortgage' (wordplay)

Ordinary writing of manual origin

Joined-up writing

Writing something for the minutes

A person having a long skull

Numskull: Colloq

Numskull Colloq.

Dolt

Cut material had value

Lear acted badly hurt

Injured by tearing

(Of hair) sprayed to keep in place

Lacquey

Belts Adam (anagram)

Censured severely or angrily

Beat the little beast like a Teddy

Like most backstage passes

Word for structure of windshield glass

Detail man to work with plates

Mocked, in a way

Skewered, as in a skit

Publicly ridiculed

""A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family (Anonase\'91). Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family (Anonase\'91).""

Revolutionary comrade I saw getting stoned

LATERAL to throw a sideward pass in football

Laterize

Latinize

Discovery zone (wordplay)

Structure on which a rocket sits

Cape Canaveral sight

Cleaned filthy lucre?

Cleaned filthy lucre (wordplay)

Did a household task.

Laureate

Given honour and praise, it's right she from France should be embraced

Leaflet

Leaguer

What 12 across has to slacken his grip

Not free to rent cargo space on board

Form of property tenure

Tanned the opponent (wordplay)

Beaten, though there in first place!

Covered with horsehide

Legalise

Like gambling in Nevada

LEOTARD a close-fitting garment

Bought with borrowed money

Exerted influence on

Like some buyouts

Levigate

Raised volunteers (wordplay)

Did a seance feat

Rose by buoyancy.

Learner I reprimanded and let go

Wild bear I'd let free

Free at last

One of the Beach Boys (wordplay)

Bank magazine-rack overseer (wordplay)

GARFIELD + U = Beach V.I.P

Ligature

Pressed one's suit (wordplay)

Pressed a suit

Took legal action

""Made up of, or divided into, lobules; as, a lobulated gland.as, a lobulated gland.""

Old Celia's moving around in a restricted area

Restricted diet instead missing even elements

Boozer on other side limited to one place

Confined to one area

Layabouts' dream country

Idyllic spot

Left to love and lust outrageously in this bed of roses

Lowball

A lowly state.

Lullaby

Lustrate

LABIALIZE To modify by contraction of the lip opening.

With no sea coast

Describing Paraguay and Bolivia

Cut off from the sea

(Of gardens) aesthetically altered

Like a golf course, with sand placed haphazardly

Lecturer and son, protected against weather, like some gardens

Pined; lay neglected

Left in agony, went into decline

Grew weak or feeble

Lapidify

Lavender

Leaflet

Supporter I reprimanded settled a bill

Laid down law, it's alleged, improperly

Passed bills

For example, Y-front's logo (wordplay)

Piece of corporate stationery

Stationery feature from red endings

LIGHTFACE

LINEARISE

LINEARIZE

A type of paperboard used in making corrugated cartons.

Sold off quickly

Sold off, as assets

Converted to cash

""LIXIVIATE To subject to a washing process for the purpose of separating soluble material from that which is insoluble; to leach, as ashes, for the purpose of extracting the alkaline substances.""

Turtle

Fool

Devoted to classical music.

Devoted to classical music

Not buzz-cut

Shrewd

Shrewd.

It's the end of the world!...if you want to get really literal about it

Dealt with friction, say

Prepped for an ultrasound, say

Treated with oil

Unfinished business (wordplay)

Where elephants go walking (wordplay)

Where to buy 2x4's.

""LUNKHEAD a stupid person, also LUNK""

LUXURIATE To grow exuberantly; to grow to superfluous abundance.

Lallygag

Hardly Mensa material

None too smart

Not too smart

LATERALIZE