English words starting with ly

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 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 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.

Meanings of Lycopodium:

noun

A plant of a genus that includes the common clubmosses.

Usage examples:

Insert sections of lycopodium all around the bottle brush to create a realistic miniature christmas…

Meanings of Lycopods:

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.

Meanings of Lycopsida:

plural noun

A class of pteridophyte plants that comprises the clubmosses and their extinct relatives.

Usage examples:

Asteroxylon could be seen as an intermediate in the evolution of true leaves in the lycopsida.

Meanings of Lyddite:

noun

A high explosive containing picric acid, used chiefly by the british during the first world war.

Usage examples:

Picric acid or lyddite, used in the japanese explosive shimose, and tetryl were also highly sensiti…

Meanings of Lydia:

proper noun

An ancient region of western asia minor, south of mysia and north of caria. it became a powerful kingdom in the 7th century bc but in 546 its final king, croesus, was defeated by cyrus and it was absorbed into the persian empire. lydia was probably the first realm to use coined money.

Meanings of Lydian:

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the ancient region of lydia in western asia minor or its inhabitants.

Usage examples:

A lydian girl who is an excellent weaver

noun

A native or inhabitant of the ancient region of lydia in western asia minor.

Usage examples:

They were conquered in the sixth century by lydians

Meanings of Lye:

noun

A strongly alkaline solution, especially of potassium hydroxide, used for washing or cleansing.

Usage examples:

Sodium hydroxide, naoh, also known as lye and caustic soda, is one of the most important of all ind…