All English words - page 2974

Meanings of Lisle:

noun

A fine, smooth cotton thread used especially for stockings.

Usage examples:

Black lisle stockings

Meanings of Lisles:

noun

A fine, smooth cotton thread used especially for stockings.

Usage examples:

Black lisle stockings

Meanings of Lisp:

noun

A speech defect in which s is pronounced like th in thick and z is pronounced like th in this.

Usage examples:

He spoke with a slight lisp

verb

Speak with a lisp.

Usage examples:

She spoke softly, lisping slightly

Meanings of Lisped:

verb

Speak with a lisp.

Usage examples:

She spoke softly, lisping slightly

noun

A speech defect in which s is pronounced like th in thick and z is pronounced like th in this.

Usage examples:

He spoke with a slight lisp

Meanings of Lisping:

adjective

(of a voice or speech) characterized by a lisp.

Usage examples:

A lisping american drawl

verb

Speak with a lisp.

Usage examples:

She spoke softly, lisping slightly

Meanings of Lisps:

noun

A speech defect in which s is pronounced like th in thick and z is pronounced like th in this.

Usage examples:

He spoke with a slight lisp

verb

Speak with a lisp.

Usage examples:

She spoke softly, lisping slightly

Meanings of Lisses:

noun

Short for fleur-de-lis.

Meanings of Lissom:

adjective

(of a person or their body) thin, supple, and graceful.

Usage examples:

The kind of outfit that should be left to lissom teenagers

Meanings of Lissome:

adjective

(of a person or their body) thin, supple, and graceful.

Usage examples:

The kind of outfit that should be left to lissom teenagers

Meanings of List:

noun

A number of connected items or names written or printed consecutively, typically one below the other.

Usage examples:

Consult the list of drugs on page 326

verb

Make a list of.

Usage examples:

I have listed four reasons below

Meanings of Listed:

adjective

(of a building in the uk) officially designated as being of architectural or historical importance and having protection from demolition or major alterations.

Usage examples:

A 15th-century grade i listed building

verb

Make a list of.

Usage examples:

I have listed four reasons below

noun

A record of short pieces of information usually arranged one below the other so that they can be read easily or counted

Usage examples:

I have a long list of things we need to get for our new house., the tanker is listing badly and may…

Meanings of Listel:

noun

A narrow flat strip between mouldings; a fillet.

Usage examples:

The great cornices found in northern italy are rare in the south, and are frequently reduced to sim…

Meanings of Listels:

noun

A narrow flat strip between mouldings; a fillet.

Usage examples:

The great cornices found in northern italy are rare in the south, and are frequently reduced to sim…

Meanings of Listen:

verb

Give one's attention to a sound.

Usage examples:

Evidently he was not listening

noun

An act of listening to something.

Usage examples:

Radio plays are definitely worth a listen

Meanings of Listen out for:

phrasal verb

To make an effort to hear a noise that you are expecting

Usage examples:

Would you listen out for the phone while i'm in the garden?

Meanings of Listen-in:

phrasal verb

To listen to someone’s conversation when the person does not realize you are doing it

Usage examples:

She thinks her boss is listening in on her phone conversations.

Meanings of Listen-to:

verb

To give attention to something you can hear or to a person who is speaking

Usage examples:

Can you really listen to music while you do your homework?, listen, we really need to do something …

Meanings of Listenable:

adjective

Easy or pleasant to listen to.

Usage examples:

All the tracks prove eminently listenable

Meanings of Listened:

verb

Give one's attention to a sound.

Usage examples:

Evidently he was not listening

noun

An act of listening to something.

Usage examples:

Radio plays are definitely worth a listen

Meanings of Listener:

noun

A person who listens, especially someone who does so in an attentive manner.

Usage examples:

He's understanding and a good listener

Meanings of Listeners:

noun

A person who listens, especially someone who does so in an attentive manner.

Usage examples:

He's understanding and a good listener

Meanings of Listening:

verb

Give one's attention to a sound.

Usage examples:

Evidently he was not listening

noun

An act of listening to something.

Usage examples:

Radio plays are definitely worth a listen

Meanings of Listens:

verb

Give one's attention to a sound.

Usage examples:

Evidently he was not listening

noun

An act of listening to something.

Usage examples:

Radio plays are definitely worth a listen

Meanings of Lister:

noun

A plough with a double mouldboard.

Meanings of Listeria:

noun

A type of bacterium which infects humans and other warm-blooded animals through contaminated food.

Usage examples:

Of course, they are referring to salmonella, e. coli, listeria and other dangerous bacteria found i…