8-letter words starting with ly
- lyallpur — a city in NE Pakistan.
- lycaenid — A member of the taxonomic family 'Lycaenidae'.
- lycaonia — an ancient country in S Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- lychgate — A roofed gateway to a churchyard, formerly used during burials for sheltering a coffin until the clergyman’s arrival.
- lycopene — a red crystalline substance, C 40 H 56 , that is the main pigment of certain fruits, as the tomato and paprika, and is a precursor to carotene in plant biosynthesis.
- lycopsid — Any primitive plant of the division Lycopodiophyta.
- lycurgus — flourished 9th century b.c, Spartan lawgiver.
- lygodium — (botany) Any of the genus Lygodium of climbing ferns.
- lying-in — the state of being in childbed; confinement.
- lylafklc — (chat) Love you like a fat kid loves cake.
- lymphoid — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
- lymphoma — a tumor arising from any of the cellular elements of lymph nodes.
- lynbrook — a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- lynchers — to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
- lynching — to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
- lynchpin — a pin inserted through the end of an axletree to keep the wheel on.
- lynnwood — a city in NW Washington.
- lyolysis — solvolysis.
- lyonnais — a former province in E France.
- lyrebird — an Australian passerine bird of the genus Menura, the male of which has a long tail that is lyrate when spread.
- lyricise — to write lyrics.
- lyricism — lyric character or style, as in poetry.
- lyricist — a person who writes the lyrics for songs.
- lyricize — to write lyrics.
- lyriform — shaped like a lyre.
- lysander — died 395 b.c, Spartan naval commander and statesman.
- lysandra — a female given name.
- lysergic — Used in designation of lysergic acid, lysergic acid diethylamide.
- lysippus — flourished c360–c320 b.c, Greek sculptor.
- lysithea — a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- lysogens — Plural form of lysogen.
- lysogeny — the state of being lysogenic.
- lysosome — a cell organelle containing enzymes that digest particles and that disintegrate the cell after its death.
- lysozyme — an enzyme that is destructive of bacteria and functions as an antiseptic, found in tears, leukocytes, mucus, egg albumin, and certain plants.
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