Ligan

Definition: Ligan

Ligan

Noun

1. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.

Etymology: Ligan \Li"gan\ (l[imac]"gan), noun. [Compare to Latin ligare to bind, to tie, ligamen band, bandage, English ligament, or ligsam.]. (Websters 1913)

"Ligan" is a common misspelling or typo for: lagan, lingam, Logan.

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Ligan Goods thrown overboard, but tied to a cork or buoy in order to be found again. (Latin ligare, to tie or bind.) Flotsam. The débris of a wreck which floats on the surface of the sea, and is often washed ashore. (Latin flotare, to float.) Jetson or jetsam. Goods thrown overboard in a storm to lighten the vessel. (Latin jacere, to cast forth, through the French jeter. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Ligan

Synonyms: lagan (n), lagend (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Ligan

English words defined with "ligan": Jetson ♦ Ligsam. (references)

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Derivations
	Words beginning with "ligan": ligand, ligands, ligans. (additional references)
	Words ending with "ligan": hooligan, mulligan. (additional references)
	Words containing "ligan": hooliganism, hooliganisms, hooligans, mulligans. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "ligan" (pronounced 'Li"gan'): Biorgan, Brogan, Homoorgan, Idorgan, Loggan, longan, Mangan, Moggan, Morgan, Pogamoggan, Semipagan, slogan, Wangan. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: algin, align, liang, linga.
	Words within the letters "a-g-i-l-n"
	-1 letter: agin, anil, gain, glia, lain, lang, ling, nail.
	-2 letters: ail, ain, ani, gal, gan, gin, lag, lin, nag, nil.
	-3 letters: ag, ai, al, an, in, la, li, na.
	Words containing the letters "a-g-i-l-n"
	+1 letter: agnail, ailing, algins, aligns, baling, gainly, genial, gingal, haling, jingal, lacing, lading, laking, laming, lasing, laving, lawing, laying, lazing, liangs, ligand, ligans, linage, lingam, lingas, lingua, malign, nilgai, nilgau, paling, signal, waling.
	+2 letters: ablings, addling, agnails, aligned, aligner, alining, allying, ambling, analgia, aneling, angelic, anginal, anglice, angling, angrily, ankling, antilog, argling, atingle, bailing, balding, balking, balling, bawling, blaming, blaring, blawing, blazing, cabling, calking, calling, calming, calving, carling, catling, cingula, clawing, claying, coaling, darling, dealing, dialing, eanling, elating, engrail, fabling, failing, falling, fatling, finagle, flaking, flaming, flaring, flawing, flaying, foaling, gabling, gainful, galenic, gallein, galling, ganglia, gaoling, gelatin, geminal, genital, gingall, gingals, glaring, glazing, gliadin, goaling, graplin, hailing, haloing, halting, halving, hauling, healing, intagli, jailing, jingall, jingals, lacings, lacking, ladings, ladling, lagging, lairing, lakings, lalling, lambing, lamming, lamping, lancing, landing, languid, lapping, lapsing, lapwing, larding, larking, lashing, lasting, lathing, lauding, lawings, lazying, leading, leafing, leaking, leaning, leaping, leasing, leaving, ligands, linages, lineage, lingams, linguae, lingual, linkage, linsang, loading, loafing, loaming, loaning, logania, mailing, maligns, malling, malting, mangily, marling, mauling, nailing, nargile, nilgais, nilgaus, nilghai, nilghau, nylghai, paginal, palings, palling, palming, parling, pealing, placing, planing, plating, playing, railing, realign, reginal, sailing, salting, salving, sapling, scaling, sealing, signals, slaking, slating, slaving, slaying, staling, tabling, tailing, talcing, talking, unagile, vaginal, vailing, valuing, valving, vealing, vialing, wailing, walking, walling, wauling, wawling, whaling, yawling, yealing.
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