Index of English words, starting with "ly"

(1) - Lyra (n.) The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; -- so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain.
(2) - Lyra (n.) A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyrae, or Vega.

(1) - Lyre (n.) One of the constellations; Lyra. See Lyra.
(2) - Lyre (n.) A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry.