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Page 29 of 43 for the letter L

lair, layer, lire, lyar, lyer, lyre,
lire [ˈlaeər]
n. The flesh, muscular tissue of the body. Of beef: the slice of meat at the shoulder near the top of the sternum (brisket).
lerk, lerked, lerkit, lirk, lirkie, lirkit, lirky, lurk, lurkit,
lirk [lɪrk, lɛrk, lʌrk]
n. A crease, rumple or fold as in cloth or paper. A crease, fold or puckering of the skin, a wrinkle. A fold of the body, a joint, the angle of the elbow or knee when bent. A fold or hollow in a hill, a recess, crevice, ravine.
v. Of clothes and skin etc.: to rumple, crease, wrinkle. To bend a joint, kneel.
pt. pp. lirkit adj. Creased, wrinkled.
 
lirkie
adj. Creased, rumpled, wrinkled
lisk, lysk,
lisk [I.Sh. lɪsk]
n. A wisp. A handful or small bundle of corn, hay, wool or the like.
leask, leesk, leisk, lesk, lisk, lusk,
lisk [lɪsk]
n. The groin, flank, the fold of the body between belly and leg.
leeshins, leis, lis, liss, lissance, lissen, lissens, lissins,
liss [lɪs]
also U. lissen [lɪsən]
n. Cessation, abatement, respite as from pain or trouble.
v. Of pain etc.: to cease, stop, abate.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
lissins [ˈlɪsənz]: pl. Cessation, respite, abatement.
list, listed, listit, lust,
list [lɪst]
n. A list.
v. To list. To enlist into the army, to recruit, to enrol for some purpose.
pt. pp. listit adj. Listed. Enlisted.
alist, list, lust,
list [lɪst]
n. Will, inclination, desire, appetite.
v. To wish, desire, please.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
alist [əˈlɪst]: adv. Back to consciousness.
listless: Listless(ly).
leesten, lisen, lisin, lissen, lissened, lissenin, lissent, lissnen, list, list$nin, list$nin$, liste, listen, listenin, listent, listnin, lush, lust, lyst,
list [lɪst]
v. To listen, to hear.
 
listen [ˈlɪsən]
v. To listen.
pt. pp. listent.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
listerner: Listerner.
listenin [ˈlɪs(ə)nən]: Listening.
blue-lit, blue-litt, corcolet, corcurlit, corkie-lit, corklit, korkalett, korkalit, kurkalit, lister, lit, litster, litt, wanlit,
lit [lɪt]
n. A dye, tint, dye-stuff, specifically indigo blue.
v. To dye, colour, give a hue to, tinge.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
blue-lit: Indigo dye.
corcurlit: A red or purple dye produeed from the lichen corcur.
litster [ˈlɪ(t)stər]: A dyer of cloth.
wanlit: Unlit, darkened, dark.
lith, lithit,
lith [lɪθ]
n. A limb, member of the body. A joint in a limb, finger or toe etc. One of the natural divisions or segments of an orange, onion or apple etc. A joint, slice or segment. One of the rings at the base of a cow's horn.
v. To disjoint, sever the joints of, dislocate, to wring a hen's neck.

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