2-Letter Words Starting with L

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.

Lentivirus

Sort of insect to upset people, darn it!

Butterfly, for example

Butterfly or moth

""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

LEUKOCYTE

LEUKOCYTE

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

One who studies words

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

Liberality

Some third-party candidates

Libertinage

Libertinism

Licentious

Lickspittle

Lacking a centre of gravity (wordplay)

Delight model holding spirit and bubbly!

Carefree to match love of writer

They tend to fight with agile types from the gym

Unimportant people throwing digs at people in Ring

Unimportant people who get involved in fights (wordplay)

Likability

Swift people (wordplay)

Swift race (wordplay)

Residents of imaginary country

Limelight

""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.""

Limnologist

Linecasting

""Of or pertaining to language; relating to linguistics, or to the affinities of languages.""

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!

The people who listen to a radio program or station.

Disinterest caused by situation of not having a catalogue (wordplay)

Lethargy

LITERALIST One who adheres to the letter or exact word; an interpreter according to the letter.

Literality

""LITERALIZE To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words; opposed to spiritualize; as, to literalize Scripture. spiritualize; as, to literalize Scripture.""

""Of, relating to, or dealing with literature: literary criticism.""

LITERATE one who can read and write

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.

Professional writers.

Littleness

In the manner of a liturgy.

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

Livability

Livetrap

Lixiviation

LOBOTOMISE

LOBOTOMIZE

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

Locational

Locksmith

Lockstitch

Lockstitch

Logicality

Logistical

Logistician

LOGNORMAL

Running lengthwise

Loosestrife

Lovability

Lubrication

Not usual crib (anagram) - learned works

Late night studies

Court dismissing last two tribunals after review and lots of study

LUFTMENSCH

Luminosity

Lumpectomy

US informal restaurant - unclothe teen (anagram)

Small cafe, revolutionary, getting on in crescent

LUSTROUS reflecting light evenly and efficiently

Adjective (-ic)

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

Luteotropin

Lymphoblast

LYMPHOMA a type of {tumour=n}

LYSOGENIC

English word

Labanotation

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

""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

Languishment

""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

Lastingness

Laterization

Latinization

Latitudinal

Humorist's investment (wordplay)

Hilarious cattle (wordplay)

Humorist's investment?

Laureateship

Plural or third person singular

Legalization

In a legislative manner.

Of or pertaining to a legislator or legislature.

Legitimation

LEGITIMATIZE To legitimate.

Legitimatize

Lengthiness

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

Drowsily

LETTERBOXING letterbox

Letterpress

Present participle or gerund

Lexicologist

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

One versed in lichenology.

Lieutenancy

Lightfast

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.""

Liltingness

Limitedness

Limitless

LINEARIZE LINEAR resembling a straight line

One studying language

Liquefaction

Listenership

Literalness

(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.

Liveability

Loathsome

Localization

LOCKSMITHING locksmith

Lockstitch

""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

Loutishness

Profitability

Sites for bites

Diners' choices for noon meals

Noontime eateries

Lustfulness

LUTEINIZE LUTEIN a yellow pigment

Luteotrophin

Lycanthropy

Inflammation of the lymphatic glands; called also lymphitis. lymphitis.

""LYMPHATIC pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.""

LYMPHOBLAST

LYMPHOCYTE

LYMPHOCYTE

Plural or third person singular

Plural noun or verb form

Lysolecithin

Labialization

Of or pertaining to the Labyrinthodonta.

Lachrymosity

Lactoglobulin

Lamentable

Laparoscopist

Laryngectomee

Laryngectomy

LATERALIZE LATERAL to throw a sideward pass in football

Not restrained; not confined by precise limits.

Friars Club/Merrill Lynch joint venture (wordplay)

Leachability

LEGALISTIC

The office of a legislator.

LEGITIMATIZE To legitimate.

LEGITIMIZE To legitimate.

Lepidopterist

Letterspacing

Plural or third person singular

English word

LEXICALISE LEXICAL pertaining to the words of a language

""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 act of liberalizing.

Liberationist

Laissez-faire doctrine is embraced by awfully irritable man

I use lion's scent, which might lead to promiscuity

Lichenologist

Gently embracing Dicky her date in jest

Lignification