English words starting with lyn

Meanings of Lynch:

verb

(of a group of people) kill (someone) for an alleged offence without a legal trial, especially by hanging.

Usage examples:

Her father had been lynched for a crime he didn't commit

Meanings of Lynched:

verb

(of a group of people) kill (someone) for an alleged offence without a legal trial, especially by hanging.

Usage examples:

Her father had been lynched for a crime he didn't commit

Meanings of Lynches:

verb

(of a group of people) kill (someone) for an alleged offence without a legal trial, especially by hanging.

Usage examples:

Her father had been lynched for a crime he didn't commit

Meanings of Lynchet:

noun

A ridge or ledge formed along the downhill side of a plot by ploughing in ancient times.

Usage examples:

The canteen seems to have been popular enough to warrant two phases of expansion, marked by survivi…

Meanings of Lynching:

verb

(of a group of people) kill (someone) for an alleged offence without a legal trial, especially by hanging.

Usage examples:

Her father had been lynched for a crime he didn't commit

noun

The act of killing someone without a legal trial, usually by hanging (= killing using a rope around the neck)

Usage examples:

At the time, lynchings were commonplace., she wrote about the travesty of racially motivated lynchi…

Meanings of Lynchings:

verb

(of a group of people) kill (someone) for an alleged offence without a legal trial, especially by hanging.

Usage examples:

Her father had been lynched for a crime he didn't commit

noun

The act of killing someone without a legal trial, usually by hanging (= killing using a rope around the neck)

Usage examples:

At the time, lynchings were commonplace., she wrote about the travesty of racially motivated lynchi…

Meanings of Lynx:

noun

A wild cat with yellowish-brown fur (sometimes spotted), a short tail, and tufted ears, found chiefly in the northern latitudes of north america and eurasia.

Usage examples:

Experts say there is ‘little doubt’ that big cats such as panthers, lynxes and pumas are indeed roa…

proper noun

An inconspicuous northern constellation (the lynx), between ursa major and gemini.

adjective

Used with preceding greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the lynx constellation.

Usage examples:

The star alpha lyncis

Meanings of Lynxes:

noun

A wild cat with yellowish-brown fur (sometimes spotted), a short tail, and tufted ears, found chiefly in the northern latitudes of north america and eurasia.

Usage examples:

Experts say there is ‘little doubt’ that big cats such as panthers, lynxes and pumas are indeed roa…

proper noun

An inconspicuous northern constellation (the lynx), between ursa major and gemini.

adjective

Used with preceding greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the lynx constellation.

Usage examples:

The star alpha lyncis

Plural of lynx