| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| liaison | noun | A union, or bond of union; an intimacy; especially, an illicit intimacy between a man and a woman. |
| liassic | adjective | Of the age of the Lias; pertaining to the Lias formation., Same as Lias. |
| libbard | noun | A leopard. |
| libeled | imp. & past participle | of Libel |
| libeler | noun | One who libels. |
| liberal | adjective | Free by birth; hence, befitting a freeman or gentleman; refined; noble; independent; free; not servile or mean; as, a liberal ancestry; a liberal spirit; liberal arts or studies., Bestowing in a large and noble way, as a freeman; generous; bounteous; open-handed; as, a liberal giver., Bestowed in a large way; hence, more than sufficient; abundant; bountiful; ample; profuse; as, a liberal gift; a liberal discharge of matter or of water., Not strict or rigorous; not confined or restricted to the literal sense; free; as, a liberal translation of a classic, or a liberal construction of law or of language., Not narrow or contracted in mind; not selfish; enlarged in spirit; catholic., Free to excess; regardless of law or moral restraint; licentious., Not bound by orthodox tenets or established forms in political or religious philosophy; independent in opinion; not conservative; friendly to great freedom in the constitution or administration of government; having tendency toward democratic or republican, as distinguished from monarchical or aristocratic, forms; as, liberal thinkers; liberal Christians; the Liberal party., One who favors greater freedom in political or religious matters; an opponent of the established systems; a reformer; in English politics, a member of the Liberal party, so called. Cf. Whig. |
| liberty | noun | The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; — opposed to slavery, serfdom, bondage, or subjection., Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion., A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or to a witness to leave a court, and the like., Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the commercial cities of Europe., The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or jurisdiction is exercised., A certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely within certain limits; also, the place or limits within which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a prison., A privilege or license in violation of the laws of etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty., The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from compulsion or constraint in willing., A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of the horse., Leave of absence; permission to go on shore. |
| library | noun | A considerable collection of books kept for use, and not as merchandise; as, a private library; a public library., A building or apartment appropriated for holding such a collection of books. |
| librate | verb i. | To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised., To poise; to balance. |
| license | noun | Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors., The document granting such permission., Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety., That deviation from strict fact, form, or rule, in which an artist or writer indulges, assuming that it will be permitted for the sake of the advantage or effect gained; as, poetic license; grammatical license, etc., To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach. |
| licking | present participle & vb. noun | of Lick, A lapping with the tongue., A flogging or castigation. |
| lidless | adjective | Having no lid, or not covered with the lids, as the eyes; hence, sleepless; watchful. |
| lifeful | adjective | Full of vitality. |
| liflode | noun | Livelihood. |
| lifting | present participle & vb. noun | of Lift, Used in, or for, or by, lifting. |
| ligator | noun | An instrument for ligating, or for placing and fastening a ligature. |
| lighted | imp. & past participle | of Light, of Light |
| lighten | verb i. | To descend; to light., To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash., To grow lighter; to become less dark or lowering; to brighten; to clear, as the sky., To make light or clear; to light; to illuminate; as, to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets., To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten., To emit or disclose in, or as in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning., To free from trouble and fill with joy., To make lighter, or less heavy; to reduce in weight; to relieve of part of a load or burden; as, to lighten a ship by unloading; to lighten a load or burden., To make less burdensome or afflictive; to alleviate; as, to lighten the cares of life or the burden of grief., To cheer; to exhilarate. |
| lighter | noun | One who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps., A large boat or barge, mainly used in unloading or loading vessels which can not reach the wharves at the place of shipment or delivery., To convey by a lighter, as to or from the shore; as, to lighter the cargo of a ship. |
| lightly | adverb | With little weight; with little force; as, to tread lightly; to press lightly., Swiftly; nimbly; with agility., Without deep impression., In a small degree; slightly; not severely., With little effort or difficulty; easily; readily., Without reason, or for reasons of little weight., Commonly; usually., Without dejection; cheerfully., Without heed or care; with levity; gayly; airily., Not chastely; wantonly. |
| lignify | verb t. | To convert into wood or into a ligneous substance., To become wood. |
| lignite | noun | Mineral coal retaining the texture of the wood from which it was formed, and burning with an empyreumatic odor. It is of more recent origin than the anthracite and bituminous coal of the proper coal series. Called also brown coal, wood coal. |
| lignone | noun | See Lignin. |
| lignose | adjective | Alt. of Lignous, See Lignin., An explosive compound of wood fiber and nitroglycerin. See Nitroglycerin. |
| lignous | adjective | Ligneous. |
| ligroin | noun | A trade name applied somewhat indefinitely to some of the volatile products obtained in refining crude petroleum. It is a complex and variable mixture of several hydrocarbons, generally boils below 170ยก Fahr., and is more inflammable than safe kerosene. It is used as a solvent, as a carburetant for air gas, and for illumination in special lamps. |
| ligulae | plural | of Ligula |
| ligulas | plural | of Ligula |
| likable | adjective | Such as can be liked; such as to attract liking; as, a likable person. |
| likened | imp. & past participle | of Liken |
| lilacin | noun | See Syringin. |
| lima/on | noun | A curve of the fourth degree, invented by Pascal. Its polar equation is r = a cos / + b. |
| limbate | adjective | Bordered, as when one color is surrounded by an edging of another. |
| limbous | adjective | With slightly overlapping borders; — said of a suture. |
| limited | imp. & past participle | of Limit, Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; restricted; as, our views of nature are very limited. |
| limiter | noun | One who, or that which, limits., A friar licensed to beg within certain bounds, or whose duty was limited to a certain district. |
| limning | present participle & vb. noun | of Limn, The act, process, or art of one who limns; the picture or decoration so produced. |
| limniad | noun | See Limoniad. |
| limoges | noun | A city of Southern France. |
| limonin | noun | A bitter, white, crystalline substance found in orange and lemon seeds. |
| limosis | noun | A ravenous appetite caused by disease; excessive and morbid hunger. |
| limping | present participle & vb. noun | of Limp |
| limpkin | noun | Either one of two species of wading birds of the genus Aramus, intermediate between the cranes and rails. The limpkins are remarkable for the great length of the toes. One species (A. giganteus) inhabits Florida and the West Indies; the other (A. scolopaceus) is found in South America. Called also courlan, and crying bird. |
| limulus | noun | The only existing genus of Merostomata. It includes only a few species from the East Indies, and one (Limulus polyphemus) from the Atlantic coast of North America. Called also Molucca crab, king crab, horseshoe crab, and horsefoot. |
| linctus | noun | Medicine taken by licking with the tongue. |
| lineage | noun | Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage. |
| lineary | adjective | Linear. |
| lineate | adjective | Alt. of Lineated |
| linemen | plural | of Lineman |
| lineman | noun | One who carries the line in surveying, etc., A man employed to examine the rails of a railroad to see if they are in good condition; also, a man employed to repair telegraph lines. |
| linener | noun | A dealer in linen; a linen draper. |
| lingism | noun | A mode of treating certain diseases, as obesity, by gymnastics; — proposed by Pehr Henrik Ling, a Swede. See Kinesiatrics. |
| linguae | plural | of Lingua |
| lingual | adjective | Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter., A consonant sound formed by the aid of the tongue; — a term especially applied to certain articulations (as those of t, d, th, and n) and to the letters denoting them. |
| lingula | noun | A tonguelike process or part., Any one of numerous species of brachiopod shells belonging to the genus Lingula, and related genera. See Brachiopoda, and Illustration in Appendix. |
| linking | present participle & vb. noun | of Link |
| linkage | noun | The act of linking; the state of being linked; also, a system of links., Manner of linking or of being linked; — said of the union of atoms or radicals in the molecule., A system of straight lines or bars, fastened together by joints, and having certain of their points fixed in a plane. It is used to describe straight lines and curves in the plane. |
| linkboy | noun | Alt. of Linkman |
| linkman | noun | A boy or man that carried a link or torch to light passengers. |
| linnean | adjective | Of or pertaining to Linnaeus, the celebrated Swedish botanist. |
| linoxin | noun | A resinous substance obtained as an oxidation product of linoleic acid. |
| linsang | noun | Any viverrine mammal of the genus Prionodon, inhabiting the East Indies and Southern Asia. The common East Indian linsang (P. gracilis) is white, crossed by broad, black bands. The Guinea linsang (Porana Richardsonii) is brown with black spots. |
| linseed | noun | The seeds of flax, from which linseed oil is obtained. |
| lionced | adjective | Adorned with lions’ heads; having arms terminating in lions’ heads; — said of a cross. |
| lioncel | noun | A small lion, especially one of several borne in the same coat of arms. |
| lioness | noun | A female lion. |
| lionism | noun | An attracting of attention, as a lion; also, the treating or regarding as a lion. |
| lionize | verb t. | To treat or regard as a lion or object of great interest., To show the lions or objects of interest to; to conduct about among objects of interest. |
| lipping | present participle & vb. noun | of Lip |
| lipinic | adjective | Lipic. |
| lipless | adjective | Having no lips. |
| liquate | verb i. | To melt; to become liquid., To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material. |
| liquefy | verb t. | To convert from a solid form to that of a liquid; to melt; to dissolve; and technically, to melt by the sole agency of heat., To become liquid. |
| liqueur | noun | An aromatic alcoholic cordial. |
| lirella | noun | A linear apothecium furrowed along the middle; the fruit of certain lichens. |
| lisping | present participle & vb. noun | of Lisp |
| lissome | adjective | Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome., Light; nimble; active. |
| listing | present participle & vb. noun | of List, The act or process of one who lists (in any sense of the verb); as, the listing of a door; the listing of a stock at the Stock Exchange., The selvedge of cloth; list., The sapwood cut from the edge of a board., The throwing up of the soil into ridges, — a method adopted in the culture of beets and some garden crops. |
| listful | adjective | Attentive. |
| litarge | noun | Litharge. |
| literal | adjective | According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase., Following the letter or exact words; not free., Consisting of, or expressed by, letters., Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of fast; — applied to persons., Literal meaning. |
| lithate | noun | A salt of lithic or uric acid; a urate. |
| lithely | adverb | In a lithe, pliant, or flexible manner. |
| lithium | noun | A metallic element of the alkaline group, occurring in several minerals, as petalite, spodumene, lepidolite, triphylite, etc., and otherwise widely disseminated, though in small quantities. |
| lithoid | adjective | Alt. of Lithoidal |
| litotes | noun | A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of avoiding censure or increasing the effect by contrast with the moderation shown in the form of expression; as, ” a citizen of no mean city,” that is, of an illustrious city. |
| littery | adjective | Covered or encumbered with litter; consisting of or constituting litter. |
| lituite | noun | Any species of ammonites of the genus Lituites. They are found in the Cretaceous formation. |
| liturgy | adjective | An established formula for public worship, or the entire ritual for public worship in a church which uses prescribed forms; a formulary for public prayer or devotion. In the Roman Catholic Church it includes all forms and services in any language, in any part of the world, for the celebration of Mass. |
| livable | adjective | Such as can be lived., Such as in pleasant to live in; fit or suitable to live in. |
| livered | adjective | Having (such) a liver; used in composition; as, white-livered. |