| lithops | (noun) any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones | Synonyms: flowering stone, living stone, stone-face, stone life face, stone plant, stoneface |
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| lithosphere | (noun) the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle | Synonyms: geosphere |
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| lithotomy | (noun) surgical removal of a stone (calculus) | - |
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| lithuresis | (noun) passing small stones with the urine | - |
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| litigant | (noun) (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation | Synonyms: litigator |
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| litigation | (noun) a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights | Synonyms: judicial proceeding |
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| litigator | (noun) (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation | Synonyms: litigant |
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| litigiousness | (noun) a quarrelsome disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits | - |
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| litmus | (noun) a coloring material (obtained from lichens) that turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutions; used as a very rough acid-base indicator | Synonyms: litmus test |
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| litoral | (noun) the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean | Synonyms: littoral, littoral zone, sands |
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| litotes | (noun) understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary) | Synonyms: meiosis |
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| litre | (noun) a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints) | Synonyms: cubic decimeter, cubic decimetre, l, liter |
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| litter | (noun) material used to provide a bed for animals | Synonyms: bedding, bedding material |
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| (noun) conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers | - |
| (noun) the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal | - |
| (noun) rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places) | - |
| litterateur | (noun) a writer of literary works | Synonyms: essayist |
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| litterbin | (noun) bin (usually in or outside a public building) into which the public can put rubbish | Synonyms: litter-basket, litter basket |
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| litterbug | (noun) a person who litters public places with refuse | Synonyms: litter lout, litterer |
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| litterer | (noun) a person who litters public places with refuse | Synonyms: litter lout, litterbug |
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| little | (noun) a small amount or duration | - |
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| littleneck | (noun) a young quahog | Synonyms: littleneck clam |
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| (noun) a quahog when young and small; usually eaten raw; an important food popular in New York | Synonyms: littleneck clam |
| littleness | (noun) the property of having a relatively small size | Synonyms: smallness |
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| (noun) lack of generosity in trifling matters | Synonyms: pettiness, smallness |
| (noun) the property of having relatively little strength or vigor | Synonyms: smallness |
| littoral | (noun) the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean | Synonyms: litoral, littoral zone, sands |
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| liturgics | (noun) the study of liturgies | Synonyms: liturgiology |
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| liturgiology | (noun) the study of liturgies | Synonyms: liturgics |
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| liturgist | (noun) an authority on liturgies | - |
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| liturgy | (noun) a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship | - |
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| livedo | (noun) skin disorder characterized by patchy bluish discolorations on the skin | - |
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| livelihood | (noun) the financial means whereby one lives | Synonyms: bread and butter, keep, living, support, sustenance |
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| liveliness | (noun) general activity and motion | Synonyms: animation |
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| (noun) animation and energy in action or expression | Synonyms: life, spirit, sprightliness |
| livelong | (noun) perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers | Synonyms: live-forever, orpin, orpine, Sedum telephium |
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| liveness | (noun) the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life | Synonyms: aliveness, animateness |
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| liver | (noun) large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes | - |
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| (noun) liver of an animal used as meat | - |
| (noun) someone who lives in a place | - |
| (noun) a person who has a special life style | - |
| liverleaf | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having three-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring; of moist and mossy subalpine woodland areas of north temperate regions | Synonyms: hepatica |
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| liverwort | (noun) any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses | Synonyms: hepatic |
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| liverwurst | (noun) sausage containing ground liver | Synonyms: liver pudding, liver sausage |
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| livery | (noun) the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another | Synonyms: delivery, legal transfer |
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| (noun) the care (feeding and stabling) of horses for pay | - |
| (noun) uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs | - |
| liveryman | (noun) a worker in a livery stable | - |
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| livestock | (noun) any animals kept for use or profit | Synonyms: farm animal, stock |
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| lividity | (noun) unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) | Synonyms: achromasia, lividness, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness |
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| (noun) a state of fury so great the face becomes discolored | - |
| lividness | (noun) unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) | Synonyms: achromasia, lividity, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness |
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| living | (noun) the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities | Synonyms: life |
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| (noun) people who are still living | - |
| (noun) the financial means whereby one lives | Synonyms: bread and butter, keep, livelihood, support, sustenance |
| (noun) the condition of living or the state of being alive | Synonyms: aliveness, animation, life |
| liza | (noun) similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region | Synonyms: Mugil liza |
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| lizard | (noun) relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail | - |
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| (noun) a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him | Synonyms: lounge lizard |
| lizardfish | (noun) tropical fishes with large mouths in lizard-like heads; found worldwide | Synonyms: snake-fish, snakefish |
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