| lion | (noun) large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male | Synonyms: king of beasts, Panthera leo |
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| (noun) a celebrity who is lionized (much sought after) | Synonyms: social lion |
| lioness | (noun) a female lion | - |
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| lionet | (noun) a small or young lion | - |
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| lionfish | (noun) brightly striped fish of the tropical Pacific having elongated spiny fins | - |
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| lionhearted | (adjective) extraordinarily courageous | - |
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| lionise | (verb) assign great social importance to | Synonyms: celebrate, lionize |
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| lionize | (verb) assign great social importance to | Synonyms: celebrate, lionise |
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| liothyronine | (noun) thyroid hormone similar to thyroxine but with one less iodine atom per molecule and produced in smaller quantity; exerts the same biological effects as thyroxine but is more potent and briefer | Synonyms: T, triiodothyronine |
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| lip | (noun) either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell | - |
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| (noun) the top edge of a vessel or other container | Synonyms: brim, rim |
| (noun) either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking | - |
| (noun) an impudent or insolent rejoinder | Synonyms: back talk, backtalk, mouth, sass, sassing |
| (noun) (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx | - |
| lipaemia | (noun) presence of excess lipids in the blood | Synonyms: hyperlipaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidaemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipemia, lipidaemia, lipidemia, lipoidaemia, lipoidemia |
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| liparis | (noun) an orchid of the genus Liparis having few leaves and usually fairly small yellow-green or dull purple flowers in terminal racemes | - |
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| lipase | (noun) an enzyme secreted in the digestive tract that catalyzes the breakdown of fats into individual fatty acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream | - |
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| lipectomy | (noun) plastic surgery involving the breakdown and removal of fatty tissue | Synonyms: selective lipectomy |
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| lipemia | (noun) presence of excess lipids in the blood | Synonyms: hyperlipaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidaemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipaemia, lipidaemia, lipidemia, lipoidaemia, lipoidemia |
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| lipfern | (noun) any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus Cheilanthes; cosmopolitan in arid and semiarid temperate or tropical regions | Synonyms: lip fern |
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| lipid | (noun) an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates) | Synonyms: lipide, lipoid |
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| lipidaemia | (noun) presence of excess lipids in the blood | Synonyms: hyperlipaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidaemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipaemia, lipemia, lipidemia, lipoidaemia, lipoidemia |
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| lipide | (noun) an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates) | Synonyms: lipid, lipoid |
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| lipidemia | (noun) presence of excess lipids in the blood | Synonyms: hyperlipaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidaemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipaemia, lipemia, lipidaemia, lipoidaemia, lipoidemia |
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| lipidosis | (noun) a disorder of lipid metabolism; abnormal levels of certain fats accumulate in the body | - |
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| lipless | (adjective) without a lip or lips | Synonyms: unlipped |
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| liplike | (adjective) having lips or parts that resemble lips | Synonyms: labiate |
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| lipochondrodystrophy | (noun) hereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism; characterized by severe abnormalities in development of skeletal cartilage and bone and mental retardation | Synonyms: dysostosis multiplex, gargoylism, Hurler's disease, Hurler's syndrome |
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| lipogram | (noun) a text that excludes a particular letter or particular letters of the alphabet | - |
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| lipoid | (noun) an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates) | Synonyms: lipid, lipide |
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| lipoidaemia | (noun) presence of excess lipids in the blood | Synonyms: hyperlipaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidaemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipaemia, lipemia, lipidaemia, lipidemia, lipoidemia |
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| lipoidemia | (noun) presence of excess lipids in the blood | Synonyms: hyperlipaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidaemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipaemia, lipemia, lipidaemia, lipidemia, lipoidaemia |
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| lipoma | (noun) a tumor consisting of fatty tissue | Synonyms: adipose tumor |
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| lipomatosis | (noun) pathology in which fat accumulates in lipomas in the body | - |
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| lipophilic | (adjective) having an affinity for lipids | Synonyms: lipotropic |
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| lipoprotein | (noun) a conjugated protein having a lipid component; the principal means for transporting lipids in the blood | - |
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| liposarcoma | (noun) sarcoma of fat cells | - |
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| liposome | (noun) an artificially made microscopic vesicle into which nucleic acids can be packaged; used in molecular biology as a transducing vector | - |
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| liposuction | (noun) lipectomy (especially for cosmetic purposes) in which excess fatty tissue is removed from under the skin by suction | Synonyms: suction lipectomy |
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| lipotropic | (adjective) having an affinity for lipids | Synonyms: lipophilic |
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| lipped | (adjective) having a lip or lips | - |
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| lipread | (verb) interpret by lipreading; of deaf people | Synonyms: lip-read, speech-read |
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| lipreading | (noun) perceiving what a person is saying by observing the movements of the lips | - |
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| lipstick | (noun) makeup that is used to color the lips | Synonyms: lip rouge |
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| (verb) apply lipstick to | - |
| (verb) form by tracing with lipstick | - |
| liquefaction | (noun) the conversion of a solid or a gas into a liquid | - |
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| liquefiable | (adjective) capable of being liquefied | Synonyms: liquifiable |
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| liquefied | (adjective) reduced to a liquid state | Synonyms: liquified |
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| (adjective) reduced to liquid form by heating | Synonyms: liquified, molten |
| liquefy | (verb) become liquid or fluid when heated | Synonyms: flux, liquify |
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| (verb) make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating | Synonyms: liquidise, liquidize, liquify |
| (verb) become liquid | - |
| liquescent | (adjective) becoming liquid | Synonyms: melting |
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| liqueur | (noun) strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal | Synonyms: cordial |
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| liquid | (adjective) existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow | - |
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| (adjective) changed from a solid to a liquid state | Synonyms: liquified, melted |
| (adjective) clear and bright | Synonyms: limpid |
| (adjective) in cash or easily convertible to cash | Synonyms: fluid |
| (adjective) smooth and unconstrained in movement | Synonyms: fluent, fluid, smooth |
| (adjective) smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness | - |
| (adjective) filled or brimming with tears | Synonyms: swimming |
| (noun) a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r') | - |
| (noun) the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility | Synonyms: liquid state, liquidity, liquidness |
| (noun) fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume | - |
| (noun) a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure | - |
| liquidambar | (noun) any tree of the genus Liquidambar | - |
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| (noun) aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree | Synonyms: sweet gum |
| liquidate | (verb) get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing | Synonyms: do in, knock off, neutralise, neutralize, waste |
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| (verb) eliminate by paying off (debts) | Synonyms: pay off |
| (verb) convert into cash | - |
| (verb) settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off | - |
| liquidation | (noun) termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities | Synonyms: settlement |
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| (noun) the act of exterminating | Synonyms: extermination |
| (noun) the murder of a competitor | Synonyms: elimination |
| liquidator | (noun) (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties | Synonyms: receiver |
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| (noun) a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) | Synonyms: manslayer, murderer |
| liquidise | (verb) make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating | Synonyms: liquefy, liquidize, liquify |
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| liquidiser | (noun) an electrically powered mixer with whirling blades that mix or chop or liquefy foods | Synonyms: blender, liquidizer |
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| liquidity | (noun) the property of flowing easily | Synonyms: fluidity, fluidness, liquidness, runniness |
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| (noun) being in cash or easily convertible to cash; debt paying ability | - |
| (noun) the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility | Synonyms: liquid, liquid state, liquidness |
| liquidize | (verb) make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating | Synonyms: liquefy, liquidise, liquify |
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| (verb) sell or get rid of all one's merchandise | Synonyms: sell out, sell up |
| liquidizer | (noun) an electrically powered mixer with whirling blades that mix or chop or liquefy foods | Synonyms: blender, liquidiser |
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| liquidness | (noun) the property of flowing easily | Synonyms: fluidity, fluidness, liquidity, runniness |
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| (noun) the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility | Synonyms: liquid, liquid state, liquidity |
| liquifiable | (adjective) capable of being liquefied | Synonyms: liquefiable |
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| liquified | (adjective) changed from a solid to a liquid state | Synonyms: liquid, melted |
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| (adjective) reduced to a liquid state | Synonyms: liquefied |
| (adjective) reduced to liquid form by heating | Synonyms: liquefied, molten |
| liquify | (verb) become liquid or fluid when heated | Synonyms: flux, liquefy |
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| (verb) make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating | Synonyms: liquefy, liquidise, liquidize |
| liquor | (noun) an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented | Synonyms: booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, spirits, strong drink |
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| (noun) the liquid in which vegetables or meat have been cooked | Synonyms: pot likker, pot liquor |
| (noun) a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process | - |
| liquorice | (noun) a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant | Synonyms: licorice |
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| (noun) deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots | Synonyms: Glycyrrhiza glabra, licorice |
| lira | (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Italy; equal to 100 centesimi | Synonyms: Italian lira |
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| (noun) the basic unit of money in Turkey | Synonyms: Turkish lira |
| (noun) the basic unit of money on Malta; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Maltese lira |
| lisinopril | (noun) an ACE inhibiting drug (trade names Prinivil or Zestril) administered as an antihypertensive and after heart attacks | Synonyms: Prinivil, Zestril |
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| lisle | (noun) a strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton) | Synonyms: lisle thread |
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| (noun) a fabric woven with lisle thread | - |
| lisp | (noun) a speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th' | - |
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| (verb) speak with a lisp | - |
| lisper | (noun) a speaker who lisps | - |
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| lispingly | (adverb) with a lisp | - |
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| lissom | (adjective) gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease | Synonyms: lissome, lithe, lithesome, sinuous, supple |
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| lissome | (adjective) gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease | Synonyms: lissom, lithe, lithesome, sinuous, supple |
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| lissomeness | (noun) the gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple | Synonyms: litheness, suppleness |
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| list | (noun) the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical | Synonyms: inclination, lean, leaning, tilt |
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| (noun) a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics) | Synonyms: listing |
| (verb) give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of | Synonyms: name |
| (verb) enumerate | Synonyms: number |
| (verb) tilt to one side | Synonyms: heel |
| (verb) cause to lean to the side | Synonyms: lean |
| (verb) include in a list | - |
| listed | (adjective) on a list | - |
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| listen | (verb) hear with intention | - |
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| (verb) listen and pay attention | Synonyms: hear, take heed |
| (verb) pay close attention to; give heed to | Synonyms: heed, mind |
| listener | (noun) someone who listens attentively | Synonyms: attender, auditor, hearer |
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| listenership | (noun) all the listeners collectively of a particular radio programme, station, or broadcaster. | - |
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| listening | (noun) the act of hearing attentively | Synonyms: hearing |
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| lister | (noun) moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow | Synonyms: lister plough, lister plow, middle buster, middlebreaker |
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| (noun) assessor who makes out the tax lists | - |
| listeria | (noun) any species of the genus Listeria | - |
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| listeriosis | (noun) an infectious disease of animals and humans (especially newborn or immunosuppressed persons) caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes; in sheep and cattle the infection frequently involves the central nervous system and causes various neurological symptoms | Synonyms: listeria meningitis |
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| listing | (noun) the act of making a list of items | Synonyms: itemisation, itemization |
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| (noun) a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics) | Synonyms: list |
| listless | (adjective) lacking zest or vivacity | - |
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| (adjective) marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm | Synonyms: dispirited |
| listlessly | (adverb) in a listless manner | - |
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| listlessness | (noun) inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy | Synonyms: torpidity, torpidness, torpor |
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| (noun) a feeling of lack of interest or energy | Synonyms: languor, lassitude |
| lit | (adjective) set afire or burning | Synonyms: lighted |
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| (adjective) provided with artificial light | Synonyms: illuminated, lighted, well-lighted |
| (noun) the humanistic study of a body of literature | Synonyms: literature |
| litany | (noun) any long and tedious address or recital | - |
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| litas | (noun) the basic unit of money in Lithuania | - |
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| litchee | (noun) Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried | Synonyms: leechee, lichee, lichi, litchi, litchi nut, lychee |
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| litchi | (noun) Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried | Synonyms: leechee, lichee, lichi, litchee, litchi nut, lychee |
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| (noun) Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium | Synonyms: lichee, Litchi chinensis, litchi tree, Nephelium litchi |
| lite | (adjective) having relatively few calories | Synonyms: calorie-free, light, low-cal |
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| liter | (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, litre |
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| literacy | (noun) the ability to read and write | - |
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| literal | (adjective) limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text | - |
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| (adjective) without interpretation or embellishment | - |
| (adjective) avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis) | - |
| (adjective) being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something | Synonyms: actual, genuine, real |
| (noun) a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind | Synonyms: erratum, literal error, misprint, typo, typographical error |
| literalise | (verb) make literal | Synonyms: literalize |
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| literalism | (noun) the doctrine of realistic (literal) portrayal in art or literature | - |
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| (noun) a disposition to interpret statements in their literal sense | - |
| literalize | (verb) make literal | Synonyms: literalise |
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| literally | (adverb) in a literal sense | - |
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| (adverb) (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration | - |
| literalness | (noun) adhering to the concrete construal of something | - |
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| literary | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of literature | - |
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| (adjective) appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing | - |
| (adjective) knowledgeable about literature | - |
| literate | (adjective) able to read and write | - |
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| (adjective) versed in literature; dealing with literature | - |
| (adjective) knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields | - |
| (noun) a person who can read and write | Synonyms: literate person |
| literati | (noun) the literary intelligentsia | - |
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