English dictionary: words starting with l - page 178

Meanings of Luxury:

noun

A state of great comfort or elegance, especially when involving great expense.

Usage examples:

He lived a life of luxury

adjective

Luxurious or of the nature of a luxury.

Usage examples:

A luxury yacht

Meanings of Lv:

abbreviation

(in the uk) luncheon voucher.

The chemical element livermorium.

Meanings of Lwm:

abbreviation

Low-water mark.

Meanings of Lx:

abbreviation

Lux.

noun

The si unit of illuminance, equal to one lumen per square metre.

Meanings of Lxx:

Septuagint.

Meanings of Ly:

suffix

(forming adjectives) having the qualities of.

Usage examples:

Brotherly

Meanings of Lyase:

noun

An enzyme which catalyses the joining of specified molecules or groups by a double bond.

Usage examples:

Whey contains many types of enzymes, including hydrolases, transferases, lyases, proteases, and lip…

Meanings of Lyases:

noun

An enzyme which catalyses the joining of specified molecules or groups by a double bond.

Usage examples:

Whey contains many types of enzymes, including hydrolases, transferases, lyases, proteases, and lip…

Meanings of Lycaenid:

noun

A small butterfly of a family ( lycaenidae ) that includes the blues, coppers, hairstreaks, and arguses.

Meanings of Lycaenidae:

noun

A small butterfly of a family (lycaenidae) that includes the blues, coppers, hairstreaks, and arguses.

Usage examples:

Our work includes representative taxa from all the main lineages of riodinids, lycaenids, and nymph…

Meanings of Lycanthrope:

noun

A werewolf.

Usage examples:

After she was first created she spent her time doing investigations on shape shifters and the lycan…

Meanings of Lycanthropy:

noun

The mythical transformation of a person into a wolf.

Usage examples:

For his trouble, he's cursed with a peculiar form of lycanthropy that appears to transform its suff…

Meanings of Lycee:

noun

A secondary school in france that is funded by the state.

Usage examples:

Roger bontemps teaches physics and denis goeringer teaches biology, both at an amiens lycée (second…

Meanings of Lycees:

noun

A secondary school in france that is funded by the state.

Usage examples:

Roger bontemps teaches physics and denis goeringer teaches biology, both at an amiens lycée (second…

Meanings of Lyceum:

proper noun

The garden at athens in which aristotle taught philosophy.

Usage examples:

Theophrastus sustained the aristotelian character of the lyceum.

noun

A literary institution, lecture hall, or teaching place.

Usage examples:

But other forms of education - in the home, at church, through lyceums and public lectures, by appr…

Meanings of Lyceums:

proper noun

The garden at athens in which aristotle taught philosophy.

Usage examples:

Theophrastus sustained the aristotelian character of the lyceum.

noun

A literary institution, lecture hall, or teaching place.

Usage examples:

But other forms of education - in the home, at church, through lyceums and public lectures, by appr…

Meanings of Lychee:

noun

A small rounded fruit with sweet white scented flesh, a large central stone, and a thin rough skin.

Usage examples:

To follow, i would make the most of those papaya, lychees and passion fruit that are looking so goo…

Meanings of Lychees:

noun

A small rounded fruit with sweet white scented flesh, a large central stone, and a thin rough skin.

Usage examples:

To follow, i would make the most of those papaya, lychees and passion fruit that are looking so goo…

Meanings of Lychgate:

noun

A small gate with a small, sloping roof over it that leads into the area around a church

Meanings of Lychnis:

noun

A plant of a genus which includes the campions, ragged robin, and a number of cultivated ornamental flowers.

Usage examples:

When summer-flowering perennials such as bellflowers, geraniums, lychnis, shasta daisies, and spide…

Meanings of Lychnises:

noun

A plant of a genus which includes the campions, ragged robin, and a number of cultivated ornamental flowers.

Usage examples:

When summer-flowering perennials such as bellflowers, geraniums, lychnis, shasta daisies, and spide…

Meanings of Lycian:

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the ancient region of lycia in south-western asia minor or its inhabitants.

Usage examples:

The lycian ruins outside town

noun

A native or inhabitant of the ancient region of lycia in south-western asia minor.

Usage examples:

The ancient greeks knew and admired the lycians

Meanings of Lycopene:

noun

A red carotenoid pigment present in tomatoes and many berries and fruits.

Usage examples:

Tomatoes provide two valuable phytochemicals: the carotenoid lycopene and the flavonoid quercetin.

Meanings of Lycopenes:

noun

A red carotenoid pigment present in tomatoes and many berries and fruits.

Usage examples:

Tomatoes provide two valuable phytochemicals: the carotenoid lycopene and the flavonoid quercetin.

Meanings of Lycopod:

noun

A clubmoss, especially a lycopodium. giant lycopods the size of trees were common in the carboniferous period.

Usage examples:

Coal forests of giant lycopods, calamites, pteridophytes and ferns cover the tropical landmasses.