English words starting with lil

Meanings of Lilac:

noun

A eurasian shrub or small tree of the olive family, which has fragrant violet, pink, or white blossom and is a popular garden ornamental.

Usage examples:

A very popular flowering shrub, lilacs serve many purposes in gardens.

adjective

Any of various plants of the genus syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers

Meanings of Lilacs:

noun

A eurasian shrub or small tree of the olive family, which has fragrant violet, pink, or white blossom and is a popular garden ornamental.

Usage examples:

A very popular flowering shrub, lilacs serve many purposes in gardens.

Meanings of Liliaceous:

adjective

Relating to or denoting plants of the lily family ( liliaceae ). these have elongated leaves which grow from a corm, bulb, or rhizome.

Meanings of Lilies:

noun

A bulbous plant with large trumpet-shaped, typically fragrant, flowers on a tall, slender stem.

Usage examples:

Autumn is the time to put in bulbs for early spring including snow-drops, daffodils, crocuses, lili…

Meanings of Lilith:

proper noun

A female demon of jewish folklore, who tries to kill newborn children. in the talmud she is the first wife of adam, dispossessed by eve.

Meanings of Lilliputian:

adjective

Trivial or very small.

Usage examples:

America's banks look lilliputian in comparison with japan's

noun

A trivial or very small person or thing.

Usage examples:

Until the contest with blackburn is resumed, one of scotland's two goliaths will be back bossing th…

Meanings of Lilliputians:

noun

A trivial or very small person or thing.

Usage examples:

Until the contest with blackburn is resumed, one of scotland's two goliaths will be back bossing th…

adjective

Trivial or very small.

Usage examples:

America's banks look lilliputian in comparison with japan's

Meanings of Lilt:

noun

A characteristic rising and falling of the voice when speaking; a pleasant gentle accent.

Usage examples:

He spoke with a faint but recognizable irish lilt

verb

Speak, sing, or sound with a lilt.

Usage examples:

The music lilted and swaggered in a dance rhythm

Meanings of Lilted:

verb

Speak, sing, or sound with a lilt.

Usage examples:

The music lilted and swaggered in a dance rhythm

noun

A characteristic rising and falling of the voice when speaking; a pleasant gentle accent.

Usage examples:

He spoke with a faint but recognizable irish lilt

Meanings of Lilting:

verb

Speak, sing, or sound with a lilt.

Usage examples:

The music lilted and swaggered in a dance rhythm

adjective

(of a voice or tune) characterized by a pleasant, gentle rising and falling.

Usage examples:

A lilting irish accent

Meanings of Lilts:

noun

A characteristic rising and falling of the voice when speaking; a pleasant gentle accent.

Usage examples:

He spoke with a faint but recognizable irish lilt

verb

Speak, sing, or sound with a lilt.

Usage examples:

The music lilted and swaggered in a dance rhythm

Meanings of Lily:

noun

A bulbous plant with large trumpet-shaped, typically fragrant, flowers on a tall, slender stem.

Usage examples:

Autumn is the time to put in bulbs for early spring including snow-drops, daffodils, crocuses, lili…

Meanings of Lily-livered:

adjective

Not brave

Meanings of Lily-white:

adjective

Pure white