Phrase Hound found 50 phrases and 36 compound words that contain lions. The most common are listed below. Open lions in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
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- sea lionsplural of sea lion: A pinniped of most genera in the family Otariidae (the eared seals).
- Three LionsThe England national football team.
- Young LionsThe members of an England national football youth team, such as the under-21, under-20, under-17 etc.
- Indomitable LionsThe Cameroon national football team
- Lions of TerangaSenegal national football team
- African lionsplural of African lion: A lion inhabiting Africa, formerly thought to comprise a subspecies.
- Atlas lionsplural of Atlas lion: Any of the North African population, now extinct in the wild, of the lion subspecies Panthera leo leo.
- Cape lionsplural of Cape lion: A lion of the extinct population of subspecies Panthera leo melanochaita which inhabited the Cape of Good Hope.
- cave lionsplural of cave lion: An extinct subspecies of lion, Panthera leo spelaea, known from fossils and multiple examples of prehistoric art.
- guardian lionsplural of guardian lion: A stylized lion statue similar to those usually placed in male and female pairs outside imperial Chinese palaces, tombs, temples, etc.
- lions' denAlternative form of lion's den: Any dangerous or frightening place.
- mountain lionsplural of mountain lion: A cougar, Puma concolor.
- red lionsplural of red lion: The puma.
- sleeping lionsA children's game in which some participants lie on the floor and attempt to stay motionless, while others try to make them move without physically touching them.
- stone lionsplural of stone lion: A stylized lion statue similar to those usually placed in male and female pairs outside imperial Chinese palaces, tombs, temples, etc.
- ant lionsplural of ant lion: Any of various species of insects, many of them nocturnal, in the family Myrmeleontidae. The adults superficially resemble the unrelated damselflies. The larvae bury themselves in sand below a cone-shaped pit in which …
- California sea lionsplural of California sea lion: A sea lion, of species Zalophus californianus, found in western North America.
- Japanese sea lionsplural of Japanese sea lion: A sea lion, of species †Zalophus japonicus, inhabiting the Sea of Japan, thought to have become extinct in the 1950s.
- throw to the lionsTo place someone in a difficult situation for which they are completely unprepared.
- Asiatic lionsplural of Asiatic lion: Panthera leo persica, a subspecies of lion that inhabited Asia.
- marsupial lionsplural of marsupial lion: A carnivorous marsupial that lived in Australia during the Pleistocene, of the extinct genus Thylacoleo
- Steller sea lionsplural of Steller sea lion: A species of sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus, the largest of the eared seals.
- Steller's sea lionsplural of Steller's sea lion: Alternative form of Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus)
- thrown to the lionspast participle of throw to the lions: To place someone in a difficult situation for which they are completely unprepared.
- American lionsplural of American lion: A puma or cougar.
Compound words 36
- COYLInitialism of come on you Lions (used by supporters of Millwall F.C.)
- millionsplural of million: The cardinal number 1 000 000: 10⁶; a thousand thousand (1,000²).
- billionsplural of billion: Either of two large amounts:
- medallionsplural of medallion: A large medal, usually decorative.
- scallionsplural of scallion: A spring onion, Allium fistulosum.
- rebellionsplural of rebellion: Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.
- hellionsplural of hellion: An unruly, rowdy or mischievous person, especially a child.
- antlionsplural of antlion: Any of various species of insects, many of them nocturnal, in the family Myrmeleontidae. The adults superficially resemble the unrelated damselflies. The larvae bury themselves in sand below a cone-shaped pit in which …
- mullionsplural of mullion: A vertical bar between the panes of glass or casements of a window or the panels of a screen.
- Gallionsplural of Gallion: A surname.