Words starting with lyr
4 letter words starting with lyr
- 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.
- lyra viol — a lutelike musical instrument popular in the 16th and 17th centuries: the forerunner of the mandolin
- lyre back — a back of a chair or the like having a pierced splat in the form of a lyre, often with metal rods representing strings.
- lyre snake — any of several mildly venomous colubrid snakes of the genus Trimorphodon, inhabiting rocky areas from the southwestern U.S. to Central America, having fangs in the rear of the upper jaw and a lyre-shaped marking on the head.
5 letter words starting with lyr
- lyres — Plural form of lyre.
- lyric — (of poetry) having the form and musical quality of a song, and especially the character of a songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings, as distinguished from epic and dramatic poetry.
- lyric writer — someone who writes lyrics
6 letter words starting with lyr
- lyrate — Botany. (of a pinnate leaf) divided transversely into several lobes, the smallest at the base.
- lyrics — The words to a song (or other vocal music).
- lyrids — a collection of meteors comprising a meteor shower (Lyrid meteor shower) visible April 22 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Lyra.
- lyrism — lyricism.
- lyrist — a person who plays the lyre or who sings and accompanies himself or herself on the lyre.
7 letter words starting with lyr
- lyrated — Alternative form of lyrate.
- lyrical — (of poetry) having the form and musical quality of a song, and especially the character of a songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings, as distinguished from epic and dramatic poetry.
- lyricon — a musical instrument played by blowing into a mouthpiece, with the notes being modulated by a synthesizer
- lyrists — Plural form of lyrist.
8 letter words starting with lyr
9 letter words starting with lyr
- lyrebirds — Plural form of lyrebird.
- lyrically — (of poetry) having the form and musical quality of a song, and especially the character of a songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings, as distinguished from epic and dramatic poetry.
- lyricised — to write lyrics.
- lyricists — Plural form of lyricist.
- lyre-form sofa — a sofa of the early 19th century having a front rail curving upward and outward at either end to form arms and terminating in a downward scroll.
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