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12-letter words containing l, y

  • lay a course — to sail on a planned course without tacking
  • lay claim to — to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.
  • lay hands on — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • lay preacher — a preacher who is not a member of the clergy
  • lay siege to — attack
  • lay sth bare — If you lay bare something or someone, you reveal or expose them.
  • lay store by — to value or reckon as important
  • layaway plan — a method of purchasing by which the purchaser reserves an article with a down payment and claims it only after paying the full balance.
  • leachability — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
  • lead crystal — cut glass containing lead oxide
  • lead the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • leading lady — an actress who plays the principal female role in a motion picture or play.
  • learnability — (uncountable) the condition of being learnable.
  • lee kuan yew — 1923–2015, Singaporean statesman; prime minister of Singapore 1959–90, during which period his party's authoritarian rule was criticized but the country's economy progressed rapidly
  • left-justify — If printed text is left-justified, each line begins at the same distance from the left-hand edge of the page or column.
  • legal entity — a person or organization that can enter into contracts, and take part in legal action
  • legal memory — a period of time, now usually established by statute, during which custom, conduct, or a state of affairs must have existed or continued in order for it to have taken on the force of law or to establish a legal right or title not otherwise provable.
  • legal system — judicial structures and processes: law
  • legitimately — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
  • lemon yellow — a clear, yellowish-green color.
  • lenticularly — in a lenticular manner
  • leon trotsky — Leon (Lev or Leib, Davidovich Bronstein) 1879–1940, Russian revolutionary and writer: minister of war 1918–25.
  • leonine city — a district of Rome on the right bank of the Tiber fortified by Pope Leo IV
  • leopard lily — a tall lily, Lilium pardalinum, of California, having drooping, orange-red flowers with purple speckles, a yellow base, and recurved petal tips.
  • leper colony — a place where people who have leprosy live in quarantine
  • lese majesty — Law. a crime, especially high treason, committed against the sovereign power. an offense that violates the dignity of a ruler.
  • lese-majesty — Law. a crime, especially high treason, committed against the sovereign power. an offense that violates the dignity of a ruler.
  • let fly (at) — to shoot or throw (at)
  • leucocytosis — an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
  • leukocytosis — an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
  • levorotatory — turning to the left, as the rotation to the left of the plane of polarization of light in certain crystals and compounds. Symbol: l-.
  • lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
  • leze majesty — lese majesty (def 1).
  • liberatingly — In a liberating manner.
  • liberty bell — the bell of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, rung on July 8, 1776, to announce the adoption of the Declaration of Independence; since then a national symbol of liberty: moved to a special exhibition pavilion behind Independence Hall on January 1, 1976.
  • liberty bond — a single Liberty loan bond.
  • liberty hall — a place or condition of complete liberty
  • liberty loan — any of the five bond issues of the U.S. government floated in World War I.
  • liberty pole — Also called liberty tree. American History. a pole or tree, often with a liberty cap or a banner at the top, usually located on a village green or in a market square, used by the Sons of Liberty in many colonial towns as a symbol of protest against British rule and around which anti-British rallies were held.
  • liberty ship — a slow cargo ship built in large numbers for the U.S. merchant marine during World War II and having a capacity of about 11,000 deadweight tons.
  • libertyville — a town in NE Illinois.
  • libidinosity — lustfulness
  • libidinously — In a libidinous manner.
  • library book — a book owned by a library
  • library card — a card issued by a library to individuals or organizations entitling them or their representatives to borrow materials.
  • licentiously — In a licentious manner, rowdily, overwhelmed by passion and without control of appetites (especially sexual appetites).
  • lieutenantry — the post or commission of a lieutenant
  • life annuity — any annuity that is contingent upon the survival of the annuitant or annuitants, especially an annuity that terminates with the death of a single annuitant.
  • life history — the series of living phenomena exhibited by an organism in the course of its development from inception to death.
  • life tenancy — holding a tenancy until the holder dies
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