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