| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |