2-Letter Words Starting with L

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

Lachrymator

In a tearful manner

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

Laciniation

Lacquerwork

Lacrimation

Some vaginal flora

Laicization

Lamellicorn

Jeremiah's book of the Old Testament.

*It comes after the Book of Jeremiah

Jeremiah's OT book

Lampoonery

Landholding

Landlordism

Langoustine

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

Excision of the larynx.

""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

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

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

Latticework

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

Leatherwood

Lectionary

The act of making legal.

Soldiers organise line in conflict

French soldiers

Legislation

The act of making legitimate.

Legitimator

Lemongrass

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.""

The compiling of dictionaries

The compilation of dictionaries

Writing and compiling of dictionaries

Lexicology

One who studies words

Libidinous

Licentious

""LIMITATION The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council. as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council.""

LIMNOLOGIC

Limnologist

Lionization

Lipoprotein

Liposuction

Process of becoming fluid

'Then, then (methinks) how sweetly flows / That - of her clothes' (Herrick)

These are killing the business community? They're wind-ups!

Lithograph

Type of printer

Of metal or stone surface printing

""Of or pertaining to the character of a rock, as derived from the nature and mode of aggregation of its mineral contents.""

Lithosphere

""LITHOSPHERE The solid earth as distinguished from its fluid envelopes, the hydrosphere and atmosphere.""

A device that pulverizes kidney stones and gallstones by passing shock waves through a water-filled tub in which the patient sits.

An instrument for triturating the stone in the bladder; a lithotrite.

""The science treating of liturgical matters; a treatise on, or description of, liturgies.""

Lixiviation

LOBOTOMISE

LOBOTOMIZE

""Act of localizing, or state of being localized.""

Locational

Locksmith

Lockstitch

Lockstitch

Fruit, sorted out, began to be put in trucks

Logicality

Logistical

Logistician

LOGNORMAL

Lounging around

Loneliness

Condition of one in the isolation ward

Running lengthwise

New position for Mason Leghorn

Mahler song on travelling dock worker

Dock worker

US dockers

Longshoring

LONGSOME tediously long

Loosestrife

Lack of symmetry

Asymmetry

In a loquacious manner.

Lordliness

They get the message out powerfully - these can affect one hearing things!

Lovability

LOVELESS without love

Loveliness

LOVELORN not loved

Crush sensation

Lovingness

Lubrication

Lubricious

Not usual crib (anagram) - learned works

Late night studies

Court dismissing last two tribunals after review and lots of study

Lugubrious

Producing or being a medium of light

Producing light

Luminosity

The quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light.

Lumpectomy

US informal restaurant - unclothe teen (anagram)

Small cafe, revolutionary, getting on in crescent

LUSCIOUS having a delicious taste

LUSTROUS reflecting light evenly and efficiently

Adjective (-ic)

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) other names for prolactin

Luteotropin

Lymphoblast

""A description of the lymphatic vessels, their origin and uses.""

LYMPHOMA a type of {tumour=n}

LYOPHILISE same as lyophilize.lyophilize.

Lyophilizer

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

LYSOGENIC

LYSOGENISE

LYSOGENIZE

English word

Labanotation

The modification of an articulation by contraction of the lip opening.

Laborious

""Pl. lactobacilli (-s l ) Any of various rod-shaped, nonmotile aerobic bacteria of the genus Lactobacillus that ferment lactic acid from sugars and are the causative agents in the souring of milk.""

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) Biochem any of a number of globular proteins found in milk

One that owns land.

Laparoscopy

""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.""

English word

Laryngology

Laryngoscope

Laterization

Latinization

Humorist's investment (wordplay)

Hilarious cattle (wordplay)

Humorist's investment?

Lecherous

Legalization

Of or pertaining to a legislator or legislature.

Legitimation

Lepidopteran

Student of moths and butterflies

Student of butterflies and moths

One who studies butterflies and moths

Of or pertaining to the Lepidoptera.

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

LEPTOSPIRE

LEPTOSPIRE

LETTERBOXING letterbox

Partridge, say, girl, ex-poacher, shot

Compiler of a dictionary

Dictionary writer

Like dictionary making

Lexicologist

LIBERATION The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.

Lichenology

One versed in lichenology.

Lightsome

""A change in the character of a cell wall, by which it becomes harder. It is supposed to be due to an incrustation of lignin.""

LINEARIZE LINEAR resembling a straight line

Lingonberry

Liquefaction

Lissomeness

(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) the consolidation of a loosely deposited sediment into a hard sedimentary rock

LITHOGRAPHER One who lithographs; one who practices lithography.

Lithography

Lithograph

Lithotripsy

Lithotripter

Lithotriptor

The state of being litigious; disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits.

Loathsome

Localization

LOCKSMITHING locksmith

Lockstitch

Logicalness

""A written symbol representing an entire spoken word without expressing its pronunciation; for example, for 4 read "four" in English, "quattro" in Italian. Also called ideogram , logograph .""

Longanimity

Losableness

Loutishness

Lovableness

Ludicrous

Sites for bites

Diners' choices for noon meals

Noontime eateries

LUTEINIZE LUTEIN a yellow pigment

Luteotrophin

Luxurious

Lycanthropy

LYMPHOBLAST

LYMPHOCYTE

LYMPHOCYTE