1. In readiness; awaiting
   "gave us a hint of the excitement that was in store for us"

See also: future

• laxative
• laxity
• laxly
• laxness
• lay
• lay aside
• lay away
• lay claim
• lay down
• lay eyes on
• lay figure
• lay hands on
• lay in
• lay into
• lay on the line
• lay reader
• lay to rest
• lay waste
• lay waste to
• lay witness
• layabout
• layby
• layer
• layer cake
• layered