Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Lakshadweep An archipelago and union territory of India in the Arabian Sea. Capital: Kavaratti. Lakshmana The younger brother of Rāma, an avatar of Shesha. Lakshmanavati Gaur, an ancient Bengali city presently divided between Bangladesh and India, after falling to the Sena regime. Lakshmi The Hindu goddess of wealth, the consort of Vishnu and married to Rāma (in her incarnation as Sita) and Krishna (as Radha and Rukmini). Lakshmidas A male given name from Sanskrit Lakurawa A radical Islamic armed group operating in parts of Africa. laky Of, pertaining to, or resembling a lake. Lal A surname. lala An individual of the hobbitlike Lalafell race. Lalage A female given name from Ancient Greek. Lalaguna A barangay of Lopez, Quezon, Philippines. Lalalty A locality in the Berrigan council area, southern New South Wales, Australia. Lalande A surname from French lalang cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica), a panicoid grass. Lalani A surname from Gujarati or Sindhi. Lalanne A surname from French. Lalawigan A barangay of Borongan, Eastern Samar, Philippines. Lalbagh A neighbourhood of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Lalbert A town in the Shire of Gannawarra, northern Victoria, Australia Lalden A municipality in Valais canton, Switzerland. laldy A beating; a thrashing; a drubbing. Laleham A village in Spelthorne borough, Surrey, England, historically in Middlesex (OS grid ref TQ0568). Laleston A village and community in Bridgend borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS8779). Lalibela A town in Ethiopia, in the North Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region. Laliberte A surname from French. Lalie A diminutive of the female given name Eulalie Lalig A barangay of Tiaong, Quezon, Philippines. LaLima A surname of Sicilian origin. Lalique A style of Art Nouveau glassware and jewelry/jewellery; properly, that from the Lalique factory. Lalit A male given name from Sanskrit used in India. Lalita A Hindu goddess. Lalitpur A city and district of Jhansi division, Uttar Pradesh, India. lalkara A cry of threat or challenge. lall To speak with lallation. lalla In Persia, a kind of domestic tutor. Lallana A surname. Lallans The Scots language or a literary form based on the Lowland Scots dialects of Scotland. lallapalootza Something very good of its kind. lallate To speak pronouncing the letter "r" so that it sounds like "l". lallation The incorrect pronunciation of the letter "r" so that it sounds like an "l" (or "w"). Lalley A surname. Lalli A surname. Lallier A surname. lalling A municipality in the Lower Bavarian district of Deggendorf in Germany. Lallwort Synonym of babble word. lally Leg. lallygag Horseplay, fooling around. lalo baobab leaf powder, used to make soups in Western Africa. lalochezia The use of vulgar or foul language to relieve stress or pain. Lalonde A surname from Norman, equivalent to English Woods. Lalone A surname. laloneurosis An impairment of speech arising from spasmodic action of the muscles. Lalong A barangay of Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. lalopathy Any speech disorder. lalophobia An irrational fear of speaking. laloplegia Paralysis of the organs of speech. Lalor A surname from Irish. lalove A bamboo flute from Central Sulawesi. lam To beat or thrash. lama A master of Tibetan Buddhism. Lamacchia A surname from Italian. Lamadrid A surname. lamage Something lame or uncool, typically actions. lamahood The state of being a lama. lamaic Of or pertaining to lamaism. lamaism Synonym of Tibetan Buddhism. lamaist One who believes in lamaism. lamaistic Of or pertaining to lamaism lamaite Synonym of lamaist. Lamalama A Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal language spoken in eastern Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. lamalginite An alginite found in sapropel and composed of thin-walled colonial or unicellular algae that occur as distinct laminae, cryptically interbedded with mineral matter. Lamaline A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Laman A character in the Book of Mormon, the ancestor of the Lamanites. Lamang An Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria. Lamanite A member of the group of descendants of Laman who live in the Americas and include the modern-day American Indians. Lamanitish Of or pertaining to the Lamanites. Lamanna A surname from Italian. Lamantia A surname. lamantin Synonym of manatee. Lamar A habitational surname from Old French. Lamarca A surname. Lamarche A surname. Lamarck A surname. Lamarckian A supporter or an advocate of Lamarckism. Lamarckism The theory that structural variations, characteristic of species and genera, are produced in animals and plants by the direct influence of physical environments, and especially, in the case of animals, by effort, or by use or disuse of certain organs. Lamarckist A proponent of Lamarckism; a Lamarckian. Lamarco A surname. Lamarque A surname from French. Lamarr A surname. Lamarre A surname from French. Lamartinian Of or pertaining to Alphonse de Lamartine. lamas A village in Buxton with Lamas parish, Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2423). lamasery A monastery for lamas. lamassu An Assyrian protective deity, often depicted as having the head of a human, the body of an ox or lion, and the wings of a bird. Lamaster A surname. Lamay A surname. Lamaze A natural childbirth technique. lamb A young sheep; especially, one younger than nine months. lamba The traditional garment worn by men and women in Madagascar, consisting of a rectangular length of cloth wrapped around the body. Lambac A barangay of Guagua, Pampanga, Philippines. lambada A fast-paced, erotic Brazilian dance in which couples dance with their stomachs touching. Lambadi An Indo-Aryan language spoken by the nomadic Banjara people across India, mainly in the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. Lamballe A town in Lamballe-Armor commune, Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, France. Lambalmayum A Meitei surname from Manipuri Lambangian A member of a certain indigenous people of the Philippines. lambar a feeder for young mammals, particularly goats, consisting of a bucket ringed by a number of artificial nipples, each of which is connected to a tube inside the bucket that conveys milk from the bucket to feeding animals lambaste To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly. lambaster One who lambastes. lambasting A harsh reprimand. lambative Taken by licking with the tongue. Lambayeque A city, county, province, and department of Peru. lambchop A chop or rib of lamb. lambda The eleventh letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabet, the twelfth of the Old Greek alphabet. lambdacism A pronunciation shift whereby /l/ or other closely related phonemes are substituted for other sounds (typically /r/), as Sally for Sarah or Molly for Mary. lambdacyhalothin A commercial mixture of isomers of cyhalothin Lambden A surname. Lambdin A surname. lambdoid Shaped like the Greek letter lambda lambdoidal lambdoid lambe A surname. Lambeg A village near Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref J 2766). lambel A label (charge from which pendants are hung). lambency The property of being lambent, brightness. lambent Brushing or flickering gently over a surface. lambently In a lambent manner, brightly. lambeosaur A crested duck-billed dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae. lambeosaurid A member of the putative family of crested hadrosaurs, the Lambeosauridae. lambeosaurine Any crested hadrosaurid dinosaur of the subfamily Lambeosaurinae. lamber A ewe that gives birth to a lamb. Lamberhurst A village and civil parish in Tunbridge Wells district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6736). Lamberson A surname. lambert a cgs unit of luminance; the brightness of a surface that emits one lumen per square centimetre Lamberth A surname. Lamberti A surname from Italian. lambertian Obeying Lambert's cosine law. lambertianin An ellagitannin responsible for the antioxidant effects of raspberries. Lambertism The Trotskyite politics of Pierre Lambert. Lambertist Relating to any of several people named Lambert, but especially to the French Trotskyist Pierre Lambert Lamberton A hamlet and locality in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Berwickshire (OS grid ref NT967572). Lambertson A surname. Lambertville An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Bedford Township, Monroe County, Michigan, first settled by John Lambert. Lamberty A surname. Lambes A barangay of Bolinao, Pangasinan, Philippines. Lambeth A district in central London, England. lambfold An enclosure for keeping lambs. lambhood The state or period of being a lamb. Lambian Of or pertaining to Charles Lamb (1775–1834), English essayist. Lambiase A surname from Italian. lambic A midstrength, traditional Belgian and Flemish sour beer of spontaneous fermentation. lambie A lamb.