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 Landon A habitational surname from Old English. Landore A suburb and community in Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS6595). Landorian Of or relating to Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864), English poet. Landover An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. landowner A person who owns land. landownership The state or position of landowner. landowning In possession of real estate (i.e. land). Landowski A surname. landperson A landlord or landlady. landphoon A tropical depression over land whose satellite signature resembles that of a typhoon. landplane An aircraft that is designed to take off from, and land on, land (rather than water or snow). landpower Synonym of boots on the ground (“the military policy”). Landquart A municipality and district in Grisons canton, Switzerland. landrace Any local variety of a domesticated animal or plant species that has adapted over time to its ecological and cultural environment (including, in some cases, its work). landracer Any type of vehicle or machine that moves or travels on the ground at a very fast rate. landrail The corncrake, Crex crex. landreeve A subofficer overseeing an area of land, a kind of bailiff or steward. Landreneau A surname. Landress A surname. Landreth A surname. Landri A female given name. Landrigan A surname from Irish. Landriscina A surname from Italian. Landron A surname. Landru A surname from French. Landrum A surname. landrush An event in which previously restricted land of the United States was opened for homesteading on a first-come-first-served basis. Landry A surname from French. landsale The direct sale of coal from the colliery to the customer, transported by road. Landsat Any of several satellites used to gather data about the Earth's surface resources. Landsbaum A surname Landsberg A surname from German. Landsborough A locality in the Shire of Pyrenees, central western Victoria, Australia. landscape A portion of land or territory as defined by its landform, its geographical (and architectural) features. landscaped Included in a landscape. landscaper One who does landscaping. landscapey Resembling or characteristic of a landscape. landscaping Improved land (trees, gardens, leveled ground, etc). landscapism The conventional artistic portrayal of picturesque landscapes. landscapist An artist who paints landscapes. landscapity The state or quality of being related to or resembling a landscape. landscarring Widespread and permanent destruction to a natural landscape. landscraper A building with a very large horizontal footprint; a horizontal megastructure. landscrip A certificate entitling the holder to land ownership in Texas. Landseer A dog of a black-and-white Canadian variety descended from dogs used by fishermen in the Newfoundland and Labrador region. Landsgemeinde A type of cantonal assembly in Switzerland, where regional voting takes place. landshark A customs officer. landship An armored combat vehicle; a tank. Landshut An independent town, the administrative seat of the Lower Bavaria region, Bavaria, Germany. landsick Feeling nausea or dizziness on land, akin to seasickness except on land landsickness A form of motion sickness experienced on land after an extended period spent at sea landside Inland; away from the sea. landsider Someone who lives on land (as opposed to the sea or space). landsite A plot of land that may be used for construction. landskap A province in various Scandinavian countries. landsleit People from the same town, in American Jewish communities. landslide A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path. landsliding landslide landslip The sliding of a mass of land down a cliff or slope; a landslide. landsman A person who does not go to sea, who lacks the skills of a sailor or who is uncomfortable on ships or boats. landsmanshaft A mutual aid society or benefit society of Jewish immigrants from the same European town or region. landspout A kind of tornado not associated with the mesocyclone of a thunderstorm. landspreading The spreading of waste across land in order to reintroduce it into the environment. Landstrom A surname from Swedish. Landstuhl A town and municipality of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, internationally known especially as the site of a large US military hospital. landsurf To take part in landsurfing landsurfer Someone who participates in landsurfing landsurfing A sport consisting of using the wind to power a sail mounted on a kind of skateboard, done on land. Landtag A representative assembly or parliament in German-speaking countries, with some legislative authority. Landuman A member of a tribe of French Guinea. landvogt A reeve in the Holy Roman Empire with responsibility for a particular territory. landwaiter A customs officer who oversaw the landing of goods, etc., from vessels. landward Located, facing or moving in the direction of the land, as opposed to the sea. LandWarNet The US Army's global computer network, separate from the Internet. landwash The foreshore. Landwehr A segment of the armed forces of Germany, Austria, or Switzerland, often made up of older people, used for defense of the homeland. landwhale An obese person. landworker An agricultural worker. Landy A surname. landyke A participant in a lesbian womyn's land movement, in which lesbian separatists establish counter-cultural, women- or lesbian-centred communities. Landyn A male given name. lane A road, street, or similar thoroughfare. laned Divided into lanes, as with a road. laneful A quantity that fills a lane. Laneigh A female given name, variant of Laney. lanekeeping A camera-based system that allows a vehicle to detect when it is drifting out of a lane of the road, and compensate accordingly. laneless Without lanes. Lanena A locality in West Tamar council area, northern Tasmania, Australia. laner In MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) games, a player who focuses on enemy characters traversing a particular "lane" or path on the map. lanes bowling alley Lanesborough A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. Lanese A surname from Italian. Lanesville A town in Harrison County, Indiana. laneway A narrow roadway; a lane Laney A female given name. Lanfear A surname from Cornish. Lanford A surname. lang long Langackerian Relating to Ronald Langacker (born 1942), American linguist, one of the founders of the cognitive linguistics movement. langaha A snake of genus Langaha. langaj A sacred or incantatory language used in Haitian voodoo rituals. Langan A surname from Irish. langanite A piezoelectric crystal variant of langasite, where niobium substitutes for silicon, with formula La₃Ga_(5.5)Nb_(0.5)O₁₄. Langao A county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China. langar A public eating-place in South Asia, now especially a communal kitchen run by a Sikh community and serving free food. langarai The tree Bruguiera parviflora. Langarica A surname. Langasaque Former name of Nagasaki. langasite A mineral form of lanthanum gallium silicate; it may be grown artificially langatate An artificial variant of langasite, where tantalum substitutes for silicon, a lanthanum gallium tantalate. langate A linen roller used in dressing wounds. Langaton A barangay of Bacacay, Albay, Philippines. Langban The sixth month of Meitei traditional lunar calendar. langbanite A black, trigonal, sub-metallic mineral with the chemical formula of Mn_4²⁺Mn_9³⁺Sb⁵⁺O_16(SiO_4). Langbank A village in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland, alongside the River Clyde (OS grid ref NS3873). langbeinite An evaporite, consisting of a mixed potassium and magnesium sulphate, with the chemical formula K₂Mg₂(SO₄)₃. Langchenphu A gewog of Samdrup Jongkhar District, Bhutan. Langcliffe A village and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD8265). Langdale A surname. langdebeef bristly oxtongue, a type of daisy. langdebeve Synonym of ox tongue spear. Langdell A surname. Langdon A habitational surname from Old English. Langdown A surname from Old English. Lange A surname from German. Langeais A commune in Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Langel A surname. Langeland An island and municipality in southern Denmark. Langelier A surname from French. Langella A surname from Italian. Langen A surname from German. Langenbeck A surname from German. Langenberg A surname from German. Langenderfer A surname from German. Langeness A German island in the North Sea Langenfeld A surname. Langenfelde A neighbourhood in Eimsbüttel borough, Hamburg, Germany. Langenfeldian An age forming part of the Miocene. Langenhagen A town in Hanover district, Lower Saxony, Germany. Langenthal A town and municipality in Bern canton, Switzerland. langer Fool; idiot; annoying or contemptible person (usually male). langered extremely drunk Langerhans A surname from German. langerin An antigen produced by Langerhans cells Langeskov A town in Kerteminde municipality, Funen, Denmark. langet A long thin strip of metal (usually either two or four) extending from the head of a staff weapon (such as a halberd) down a certain length of the wooden shaft, secured with nails or screws and designed to prevent splitting or breakage of the wood. Langevin A surname from French. Langfang A prefecture-level city of Hebei, China. Langford A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL1840). Langgam A barangay of Maco, Davao de Oro, Philippines.