4-letter words starting with ly
- lyam — (obsolete) A leash.
- lych — the body; the trunk.
- lyes — a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- lyke — Archaic spelling of like.
- lyle — a male given name.
- lyly — John, 1554?–1606, English writer of romances and plays.
- lynd — Robert Staughton [stawt-n] /ˈstɔt n/ (Show IPA), 1892–1970, and his wife Helen (Merrell) [mer-uh l] /ˈmɛr əl/ (Show IPA) 1896–1982, U.S. sociologists.
- lyne — Obsolete form of linen.
- lynn — Janet (Janet Lynn Nowicki) born 1953, U.S. figure skater.
- lynx — A wild cat with yellowish-brown fur (sometimes spotted), a short tail, and tufted ears, found chiefly in the northern latitudes of North America and Eurasia.
- lyo- — indicating dispersion or dissolution
- lyon — Alexander, 1757–1804, American statesman and writer on government: the first Secretary of the Treasury 1789–97; mortally wounded by Aaron Burr in a duel.
- lyra — (anatomy, dated) The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain.
- lyre — a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- lyse — to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
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