ligament | (noun) any connection or unifying bond | - |
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(noun) a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs | - |
ligan | (noun) goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered | Synonyms: lagan, lagend |
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ligand | (noun) a substance (an atom or molecule or radical or ion) that forms a complex around a central atom | - |
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ligation | (noun) (surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery) | - |
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ligature | (noun) the act of tying or binding things together | Synonyms: tying |
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(noun) something used to tie or bind | Synonyms: binder |
(noun) thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood) | - |
(noun) a metal band used to attach a reed to the mouthpiece of a clarinet or saxophone | - |
(noun) (music) a group of notes connected by a slur | - |
(noun) character consisting of two or more letters combined into one | - |
liger | (noun) offspring of a male lion and a female tiger | - |
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light | (noun) any device serving as a source of illumination | Synonyms: light source |
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(noun) a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires | Synonyms: igniter, ignitor, lighter |
(noun) the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures | Synonyms: lightness |
(noun) the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light | Synonyms: brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminosity, luminousness |
(noun) merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance | Synonyms: spark, sparkle, twinkle |
(noun) mental understanding as an enlightening experience | - |
(noun) a particular perspective or aspect of a situation | - |
(noun) public awareness | - |
(noun) a visual warning signal | - |
(noun) an illuminated area | - |
(noun) a person regarded very fondly | - |
(noun) (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation | Synonyms: visible light, visible radiation |
(noun) having abundant light or illumination | Synonyms: lighting |
(noun) a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination | Synonyms: illumination |
lightbulb | (noun) electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity | Synonyms: bulb, electric-light bulb, electric light, incandescent lamp, light bulb |
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lightener | (noun) any type of lightening agent that can be used to brighten the appearance of hair, skin, wood and other surfaces. | - |
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lightening | (noun) changing to a lighter color | Synonyms: whitening |
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(noun) descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped | - |
lighter | (noun) a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires | Synonyms: igniter, ignitor, light |
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(noun) a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals) | Synonyms: barge, flatboat, hoy |
(noun) a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire | Synonyms: igniter, ignitor |
lighterage | (noun) the transportation of goods on a lighter | - |
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(noun) the fee charged for carrying goods in lighters | - |
lighterman | (noun) someone who operates a barge | Synonyms: bargee, bargeman |
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lightheadedness | (noun) a frivolous lack of prudence | - |
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(noun) a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall | Synonyms: dizziness, giddiness, vertigo |
lightheartedness | (noun) the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you | Synonyms: carefreeness, insouciance, lightsomeness |
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lighthouse | (noun) a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships | Synonyms: beacon, beacon light, pharos |
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lighting | (noun) the act of setting something on fire | Synonyms: firing, ignition, inflammation, kindling |
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(noun) the craft of providing artificial light | - |
(noun) apparatus for supplying artificial light effects for the stage or a film | - |
(noun) having abundant light or illumination | Synonyms: light |
lightlessness | (noun) total absence of light | Synonyms: black, blackness, pitch blackness, total darkness |
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lightness | (noun) the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous | Synonyms: lightsomeness |
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(noun) the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures | Synonyms: light |
(noun) the property of being comparatively small in weight | Synonyms: weightlessness |
(noun) having a light color | - |
(noun) the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble | Synonyms: agility, legerity, lightsomeness, nimbleness |
(noun) a feeling of joy and pride | Synonyms: elation, high spirits |
lightning | (noun) the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more | - |
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(noun) abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light | - |
lightship | (noun) a ship equipped like a lighthouse and anchored where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable | - |
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lightsomeness | (noun) the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous | Synonyms: lightness |
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(noun) the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble | Synonyms: agility, legerity, lightness, nimbleness |
(noun) the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you | Synonyms: carefreeness, insouciance, lightheartedness |
lightstick | (noun) A portable rod used for illumination. | - |
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lightweight | (noun) A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the featherweight division and lighter than those in the welterweight division. | - |
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(noun) a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds | - |
(noun) a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds | - |
(noun) someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous | Synonyms: jackanapes, whippersnapper |
(noun) an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds | - |
lightwood | (noun) tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber | Synonyms: Acacia melanoxylon |
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ligne | (noun) a linear unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of buttons | - |
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lignin | (noun) a complex polymer; the chief constituent of wood other than carbohydrates; binds to cellulose fibers to harden and strengthen cell walls of plants | - |
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lignite | (noun) intermediate between peat and bituminous coal | Synonyms: brown coal, wood coal |
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lignosae | (noun) a category in some early taxonomies | - |
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lignum | (noun) woody tissue | - |
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ligule | (noun) (botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap | - |
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