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2-Letter Words Starting with L (44 words)
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lye (6 points)
Burn cause, perhaps
False cleanser (wordplay)
Caustic remark (wordplay)
L·1+Y·4+E·1 = 6 pts
lyre (7 points)
Does it play false notes?
Deceptive-sounding instrument (wordplay)
Does it play false notes (wordplay)
L·1+Y·4+R·1+E·1 = 7 pts
lyse (7 points)
Burst a cell (hidden in HOLY SEE)
Cause symptoms to subside
Dissolve a clot
L·1+Y·4+S·1+E·1 = 7 pts
lyase (8 points)
Catalyzing enzyme
L·1+Y·4+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
lycee (10 points)
Nice school (wordplay)
French secondary school
French preparatory school.
L·1+Y·4+C·3+E·1+E·1 = 10 pts
lychee (14 points)
Popular Chinese fruit
Fruit husband brought into school
Fruit originally from China
L·1+Y·4+C·3+H·4+E·1+E·1 = 14 pts
lyrate (9 points)
Shaped like Homer's instrument
Like a music maker some highly rated
Shaped like an ancient harp.
L·1+Y·4+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lysate (9 points)
Product resulting from lysis
Result of gradual decline of a disease
L·1+Y·4+S·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lysine (9 points)
Amino acid that helps treat cold sores
Amino acid known as K
Important amino acid
L·1+Y·4+S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lyttae (9 points)
Lytta
L·1+Y·4+T·1+T·1+A·1+E·1 = 9 pts
layette (10 points)
First gear (wordplay)
Shower attire (wordplay)
Shower purchase, perhaps
L·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
lyddite (12 points)
Explosive used in shells
Explosive made of picric acid
Tiddley explosive
L·1+Y·4+D·2+D·2+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
ladylike (16 points)
Genteel (not referring to gents)
Tramps love to appreciate posh type
In manner of genteel or titled woman
L·1+A·1+D·2+Y·4+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 16 pts
ladylove (15 points)
Load levy (anagram)
One's girlfriend, romantically (2 words)
Guy's sweetheart
L·1+A·1+D·2+Y·4+L·1+O·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
langsyne (12 points)
'Auld ... ... ' (song for midnight)
Long time ago in Scotland
Auld ... ... (Burns)
L·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+S·1+Y·4+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
layerage (12 points)
Plant-propagating method.
L·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
levogyre (15 points)
Turning toward the left
L·1+E·1+V·4+O·1+G·2+Y·4+R·1+E·1 = 15 pts
lilylike (15 points)
Like a lily
L·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 15 pts
lipocyte (15 points)
A fat-producing cell
L·1+I·1+P·3+O·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
logotype (14 points)
Company symbol
Company identifier
Printing block
L·1+O·1+G·2+O·1+T·1+Y·4+P·3+E·1 = 14 pts
lycopene (15 points)
Colorant of tomatoes and watermelons
Chemical that gives tomatoes their red color
L·1+Y·4+C·3+O·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 15 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
lyricise (13 points)
""To write lyrics, also LYRICIZE""
L·1+Y·4+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
lyricize (22 points)
Put words to music
L·1+Y·4+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
lysosome (13 points)
Enzyme-filled cell organelle
L·1+Y·4+S·1+O·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 13 pts
lysozyme (25 points)
Protein in egg whites.
L·1+Y·4+S·1+O·1+Z·10+Y·4+M·3+E·1 = 25 pts
laypeople (16 points)
Church attendees
L·1+A·1+Y·4+P·3+E·1+O·1+P·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
lectotype (16 points)
The specimen or element selected as the type of a species when a holotype has not been defined.
L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+T·1+Y·4+P·3+E·1 = 16 pts
leukocyte (18 points)
See white blood cell .
L·1+E·1+U·1+K·5+O·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts
lifestyle (15 points)
Existing fashion (wordplay)
It may be Spartan
You get used to it
L·1+I·1+F·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
lyonnaise (12 points)
Like a cat's oniony dish (wordplay)
Like a cat's oniony dish?
Kind of potatoes for simba
L·1+Y·4+O·1+N·1+N·1+A·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
lachrymose (20 points)
Mahler 'cosy'? Wrong - sorrowful
Tearful (literary)
Rashly come out, getting weepy
L·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+R·1+Y·4+M·3+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 20 pts
lawyerlike (20 points)
Adjective meaning resembling
L·1+A·1+W·4+Y·4+E·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 20 pts
lithophyte (21 points)
Coral, for one
L·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 21 pts
lymphocyte (25 points)
A T-cell or B-cell
Comply with the last of compulsory orders in cell
L·1+Y·4+M·3+P·3+H·4+O·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 25 pts
lymphokine (24 points)
""Any of various substances released by T cells that have been activated by antigens. They function in the immune response through a variety of actions, including stimulating the production of nonsensitized lymphocytes and activating macrophages.""
L·1+Y·4+M·3+P·3+H·4+O·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 24 pts
lyophilise (18 points)
Same as lyophilize.lyophilize.
L·1+Y·4+O·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 18 pts
lyophilize (27 points)
""To freeze-dry; -- a technique used to dry serum, tissue, unstable chemicals and other sensitive materials.""
L·1+Y·4+O·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 27 pts
lysogenise (14 points)
LYSOGEN a type of {antigen=n}
L·1+Y·4+S·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 14 pts
lysogenize (23 points)
LYSOGEN a type of {antigen=n}
L·1+Y·4+S·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 23 pts
labyrinthine (20 points)
Describes The Maze complex
Like a maze
Highly convoluted
L·1+A·1+B·3+Y·4+R·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 20 pts
laryngoscope (20 points)
""An instrument, consisting of an arrangement of two mirrors, for reflecting light upon the larynx, and for examining its image.""
L·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4+N·1+G·2+O·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 20 pts
laryngectomee (21 points)
English word
L·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4+N·1+G·2+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+E·1 = 21 pts
L·1+I·1+P·3+O·1+P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1+A·1+C·3+C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 33 pts

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