2-Letter Words Starting with L

Civil Rights memorial designer Maya

Jeremy of the Rockets

Hamilton star, to fans

Having been put flat (on the ground)

Gone belly up (wordplay)

Put to rest (wordplay)

Park place (wordplay)

Fine stuff for sitting on in Summer!

Grass roots development (wordplay)

Word on a meat label, perhaps

Be precarious, maybe

Inadequate tip (wordplay)

Borders of Lincoln green? Right!

Title accompaniment, maybe

Claim on an A-frame, say

Trace the shape

Delineate in drawing.

Paint a word picture

Waterfall, in Scotland

Waterfall, in Dundee

Waterfall, Scottish style

Mane attraction (wordplay)

Share holder (wordplay)

C.S. Lewis's Aslan, for one

Car-buyer's need, perhaps

Look, a new mortgage (wordplay)

Shark bait (wordplay)

Writer/humorist Joe white (nonverbal)

Tender ender (wordplay)

Short cut (wordplay)

Bird that's not all there (wordplay)

Bird with a sense of humor (wordplay)

Birdbrain of a bird (wordplay)

Left to shift for oneself

Love attachment (wordplay)

Sad ending for love (wordplay)

To {calm=v}

Weighed down (with)

Unable to lend a hand, perhaps

Unable to lend a hand perhaps

Belfast's river

Goods cast overboard

Some sunken goods

Cottontail for one

Cottontail, for one

A rabbit or its fur

Get darker, perhaps

Go from 11 to 12, say

Grow dark, perhaps

Philippine mahogany

Wood sometimes called Philippine mahogany

Tree sometimes called Philippine mahogany

Be apprised (of)

Get schooled (wordplay)

Get wind (of)

German for "life"

Mein Wagners autobiography

German for life

Lake of Geneva

Geneva's lake.

Lake SwitzerlandFrance separator

Non-starter (wordplay)

Scent in furniture polish perhaps

Sour U2 hit (wordplay)

Ira who wrote "Rosemary's Baby"

Author of "Deathtrap"

Rosemary's Baby writer

Goods thrown overboard

Goods sunk in sea variable

Goods sunk in sea with buoy attached.

Make a comparison (to)

Represent as similar (to)

Point out the resemblance (to)

Edge of Tomorrow director Doug

The Bourne Identity director Doug

Estuary of a river.

Threshold of pain

Smallest detectable sensation

Threshold, to a psychologist

Closet contents, maybe

Closet contents, perhaps

Hall closet contents, perhaps

Bitter substance from flax.

Protein from flaxseed.

Protein from flaxseed

Glyceride, for example

Glyceride for example

Fatty compound

Add pep to (with "up")

Make more exciting (with "up")

Increase the tempo perhaps

Woolen cloth of the Tyrol.

Thick waterproof fabric

Deep olive green

One of the Stones that rock!

One of the Stones that rocks (wordplay)

JFKs Boston counterpart

GPS precursor for ships and planes

Long-range navigating system.

Short for "long range navigation."

Unit of light flow

Unit of lightbulb intensity

Unit of light.

Loopin' the bloomin' loop (wordplay)

Beneath middle of column, attach flower

Garden flower left out of bed at home

Cell-destroying antibody

Antibody extremely likely to do bad

Celldestroying antibody

""A thief, also LADRONE""

... separating off this water (wordplay)

No goal? Trouble for The 'Pool!

Polynesian inn locale, maybe

Lowland, to a laird

Scottish form of the word lowland

Strip of bacon for roasting meat

Cube of fatty bacon

Strip or cube of fatty bacon

A kind of sail

This rig does not start on time

Simple triangular sail.

Thin sheet metal

Tin in thin sheets

Sheet metal

""A brass-like alloy, also LATTEN""

Wyatt Earp, for one

J. Edgar Hoover, for one

Sheriff, for one

Sheriffs, for example

Earp and Masterson.

What the Earps were

Amateur performer of 22 down (wordplay)

A dilettante balladeer (wordplay)

Amateur songster (wordplay)

They're unprofessional (wordplay)

Amateur poets (wordplay)

They understand in simple terms

Hard to move or lift.

Slow-moving, being like heavy metal

Like a sinker

Raise dough (wordplay)

Sourdough, for one

Get the batter up (wordplay)

Carbohydrate-binding protein

Calf covering

Military force - in Lego (anagram)

Great number, say, eaten by cat

Large number, say, eaten by beast

Info-gathering reporter, slangily

Reporter in action.

Guy who goes for gams

Fans of Betty Grable (wordplay)

Reporters of a sort.

Newsgatherers of a sort.

How fast is Leonard X (wordplay)

Leonard X? He's a fast one!

Fast enough for Leonard X (wordplay)

Tau, for one

1970s TV series set at 165 Eaton Place

Subatomic particle with no strong force

No, is the Spanish wound up (wordplay)

Damage insole running

Damage to tissue from injury or disease

Mitigate rebuke, say (wordplay)

Reduce tuition time, say

Abate a bit

Underdressed perhaps for school work

More stripped of learning (wordplay)

Class action (wordplay)

""An amino acid, also LEUCINE""

A bodily organ consisting of the white blood cells

Tree-trunk cover, perhaps

Beard moss, for one

Alga-fungus combination

Component of wood

Material in woody cells

Constituent of wood

Flowering European tree

Yellow-flowered tree

Shade of green

To {trust=v}

You're not paying attention!

I've got something to say

'I've got something to say'

Lighted

A saying attributed to Jesus

Side dish with orange chicken, perhaps

Stir-fried noodle dish

Vegetable and noodle dish

Fruit similar to lychee

Litchi-related fruit

Turn counterclockwise, maybe

Left noose uncoiled, so relax!

Relax (with "up")

Sunscreen, for one

Medicinal or healing liquid

Beachgoer's buy

Increase in volume.

Turn up the sound

Turn up the volume

Loup

English alfalfa

English alfalfa.

British alfalfa

Low-class

""The edible fruit of a Chinese tree, also LONGAN""

Run lad (anagram), dull person

Lazy dolt.

Carrot pigment supposedly beneficial to the eyes

Pigment partially responsible for the color of egg yolks

""Resembling milk, also LACTEOUS""

Dear woman, Elizabethan-style

Archaic endearing diminutive for a woman

Term of affection to a child.

Small woolly jumper for cute infant

Term of affection for a young sheep

A type of light-generating device

Pool man (anagram)

Satirize without mercy

Piece of writing that ridicules someone

Farmer, old style.

Sailors' opposites

Farmers.

No all-in wrestling for fat (wordplay)

Lotion ingredient, perhaps

Valuable skin lotion.

In tents light (wordplay)

Light fitting for outdoors (wordplay)

Early light (wordplay)

Strip of bacon

Bacon's Orlando Furioso

Strip of bacon put on cooking meat

He's ahead of everybody

One who takes soundings

Miner of plumbum.

Leadman

Reading desk (in church)

Stand for one standing for reading

Speaking point (wordplay)

Lesson read in church

A text from Scripture.

Choice to omit first reading

Perhaps a toenail of straw from Italy

Anglo-Italian port? Sounds foul!

Hat for a hen-party (wordplay)

A plant protein

She's just not that into you (maybe)

Like Sappho, born in an isle abroad

Part of GLAAD

Lease, in writing, causes disappointment

Being dropped is a disappointment

Disappoint, fail to keep promise

Causing forgetfulness and oblivion

Inducing oblivion.

Inducing forgetfulness

""A sugar in certain plants, also LAEVULIN""

Nice lox (anagram)

Set of words

Book on law I study closely

The French Connection (wordplay)

Cooperation (between organisations)

Naughty affair (wordplay)

British guy running an elevator

He operates on different levels

Elevator operator, to a Brit

Liftman

Thin leg (anagram)

Make less serious

Make brighter or less heavy

""A flammable liquid, also LIGROINE""

Heart-shaped curve

Wading marshbird related to the rails

Center, for one

Guard, for one

Tackle or guard

Pole cats (wordplay)

Block and tackle experts (wordplay)

Pole stars (wordplay)

Torch bearer for night travelers.

He shed light on the male connection

Stir leaderless crew and employee on TV

Torchbearers

A herbicide

A bony fish

French pince-nez

Glasses are long on style

It provides an approach to reading matter

From humble beginnings

Of humble descent.

Of humble parentage.

Inside information - mean (7;3-4)

Data-base (wordplay)

Mean intelligence (wordplay)

A medicinal powder obtained from the hop plant

Dormer window

Like a wildcat, sharp-sighted

Sharp-sighted, as a certain animal.

A type of {antigen=n}

Hide from essayist's relations

Fleece essayist's relatives

Hide what is relatively beastly little

Hardly a seagoer

Chap liable to be at sea on a boat

No sailor alights on isle

Compatriots

Any of a breed of large domestic fowl

A lantern

Lumberman's high moccasin

Moccasin with leggings

Rowdyish fellow.

Poet's written about return of Irish hooligan

Aussie lout arrives, enjoyin' being seen around

{washing=n}

State of being at ease

Female flock member

She's not of the cloth

She's not a cleric

Certain congregation members

They aren't in the clergy

Ladies not members of the clergy

Sailor who heaves the sounding line.

Sailor taking soundings.

Fellow who takes soundings on board

Takers of soundings Naut

Sailors who take soundings.

Takers of soundings: Naut.

Study the content of tanned skin

Get to know about article from kid

Discover about the stuff of old boots (wordplay)

Fatty compound

Common phospholipid

A long tie (anagram)

Perhaps limbering for the mission

Go in late to outmanoeuvre emissaries

Let down many an engineer afterwards

Extend line for Little England next

Wild glen after this stretch

""A hoisting device, also LEWIS""

Rum-spiked eggnog, for one

Offering freedom without hesitation

Drink, to W. C. Fields

A chemical compound

Subject's position say climbing on isle

Belgian vassal (wordplay)

Former lover keeping one (say) as vassal

Subject to their being Belgians

Belgians that are vassals

Falsify info about the writer's subjects

Surgical procedure that features binding

Something that binds

Act of tying.

Producer of calcium oxide

Furnace (historic)

Hot spot for shells

Indispensable person or thing (I, not Y)

Long distance badge for one essential

It keeps wheel in position on axle

One who inspects the net (wordplay)

One involved in a face-off

Just a judge of touch end and go

Sports officials from Nine Elms erratic

Flag carrying soccer officials

Guys waving flags on a pitch

Golfer in chains?

Golfer in chains (wordplay)

Linksman

The formation of lobes

Soothing liquid kept about the place

Site of film production away from studio

Spot cream contains calcium

Mode of expression

Style of speech or idiom

Manner of speaking

Holmes, for one

Reasonable person (wordplay)

Pro at sound reasoning

A longitudinal member of an aeroplane's fuselage

Breed of cattle.

Cheddar on the mild side

A moist Cheddar

Consider inferior, with 'on'

Start of "Lonesome Road"

Consider inferior, with "on"

Jilted, maybe

Bereft, in a way.

Unlucky with Cupid

A supposed inhabitant of the moon

The interval between two successive new moons

Meat served at midday meal (wordplay)

Break between coffee breaks

Uncle Henry has no cooked meal

The yellow pigment of weld or dyer's weed

The act of {luxating=v}

Keystone, for example variable

Person or thing vital to an enterprise or organization

Hang picture - the first at home, of person vital to the business

Dairy process

Play at this in the dairy with a lion around

Sounds as if one might lack this to a tin of milk

Expert in ornamental fabrics (wordplay)

No genius he

Bozo or dodo

A polymer of glucose and mannitol that is the main form of food storage of brown algae.

Might P raise this (wordplay)

Praise

Non-expert, say

Non-clergy type

No reply as affecting ordinary guy

'Top Ten List' reader

Star seen late at night

Stupid Pet Tricks talk show host

Some college athletes

College athletes.

Students with outstanding character (wordplay)

Moby Dick, for example

Moby Dick, e.g

Massive thing lit a haven development

Book keeper (wordplay)

Quieter in a school, maybe

Book overseer (wordplay)

Balancing small party quota

Delineation; a line or lines.

""The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; also, the capacity of becoming liquid.""

Guy covered with foie gras (wordplay)

Member of a City Company

Predecessor of a chauffeur.

Stable fellows (wordplay)

Are they irritable when dressed alike (wordplay)

Stable chaps, but apparently irritable ones

Beetle with a lengthy narrow body

""Any of several substances found in luminescent organisms (such as the firefly, Photinus pyralis) which, when oxidized, produces an almost heatless light. It was first isolated from fireflies, and is the source of the firefly luminescence. See also firefly luciferinPhotinus pyralis) which, when oxidized, produces an almost heatless light. It was first isolated from fireflies, and is the source of the firefly luminescence. See also firefly luciferin""

Awful mumbler - a northern feller

Paul Bunyan's calling.

Paul Bunyan, for example

They deal in deal

Tearing (of skin)

How much material you can get wound

Cut the material allowance

Decorative drapery

Valance.

Valance

""Pertaining to seaweeds of the genus Laminaria, or to that zone of the sea (from two to ten fathoms in depth) where the seaweeds of this genus grow.""

Layered structure

Like the cutting of gemstones

"What's My Line?" candidate.

What's My Line? candidate.

LAUNDRY a place where clothes are washed and ironed

""The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.""

Hide shorts in Bierkellar (wordplay)

One's led her astray wearing this!

Shorts with braces

Little green man (wordplay)

Og of "Finian's Rainbow," for example

Clean up her mess, little one

English word

The act or operation of levigating.

Illusion created by magicians

Raising of bodies by magical means

Medium's forte

Struggler's wish

Freedom for Queen to tuck into drink

Act of freeing

Defect from Left, dummy!

Rule restricting extent

Left impression of circumscription

An antibacterial antibiotic obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces lincolnensis and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections.Streptomyces lincolnensis and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections.

A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that promotes the utilization of fat by the body and is a precursor to the endorphins.

The act or process of representing by letters.