Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
litanies |
plural |
of Litany |
literacy |
noun |
State of being literate. |
literary |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a literary history; literary conversation., Versed in, or acquainted with, literature; occupied with literature as a profession; connected with literature or with men of letters; as, a literary man. |
literate |
adjective |
Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned; lettered., One educated, but not having taken a university degree; especially, such a person who is prepared to take holy orders., A literary man. |
literati |
noun pl. |
Learned or literary men. See Literatus., of Literatus |
litharge |
noun |
Lead monoxide; a yellowish red substance, obtained as an amorphous powder, or crystallized in fine scales, by heating lead moderately in a current of air or by calcining lead nitrate or carbonate. It is used in making flint glass, in glazing earthenware, in making red lead minium, etc. Called also massicot. |
litherly |
adjective |
Crafty; cunning; mischievous; wicked; treacherous; lazy. |
lithoxyl |
noun |
Petrified wood. |
litigant |
adjective |
Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit; as, the parties litigant., A person engaged in a lawsuit. |
litigate |
verb t. |
To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; as, to litigate a cause., To carry on a suit by judicial process. |
littered |
imp. & past participle |
of Litter |
littoral |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the sea., Inhabiting the seashore, esp. the zone between high-water and low-water mark. |
littress |
noun |
A smooth kind of cartridge paper used for making cards. |
liturate |
adjective |
Having indistinct spots, paler at their margins., Spotted, as if from abrasions of the surface. |
liturgic |
|
Alt. of Liturgical |