| literatim | (adverb) letter for letter | - |
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| literature | (noun) the profession or art of a writer | - |
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| (noun) the humanistic study of a body of literature | Synonyms: lit |
| (noun) creative writing of recognized artistic value | - |
| (noun) published writings in a particular style on a particular subject | - |
| lithe | (adjective) gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease | Synonyms: lissom, lissome, lithesome, sinuous, supple |
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| litheness | (noun) the gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple | Synonyms: lissomeness, suppleness |
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| lithesome | (adjective) gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease | Synonyms: lissom, lissome, lithe, sinuous, supple |
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| lithiasis | (noun) the formation of stones (calculi) in an internal organ | - |
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| lithic | (adjective) relating to or composed of stone | - |
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| (adjective) of or containing lithium | - |
| lithium | (noun) a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals | Synonyms: atomic number 3, Li |
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| lithoglyptics | (noun) the art of engraving on precious stones | Synonyms: glyptics |
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| lithograph | (noun) duplicator that prints by lithography; a flat surface (of stone or metal) is treated to absorb or repel ink in the desired pattern | Synonyms: lithograph machine |
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| (noun) a print produced by lithography | - |
| (verb) make by lithography | - |
| lithographer | (noun) a printmaker who uses lithography | - |
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| lithographic | (adjective) of or produced by or involved in lithography | - |
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| lithography | (noun) the act of making a lithographic print | - |
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| (noun) a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface | - |
| lithology | (noun) the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification | Synonyms: petrology |
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| lithomancer | (noun) one who practices lithomancy | - |
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| lithomancy | (noun) divination by means of stones or stone talismans | - |
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| lithomantic | (adjective) of or relating to lithomancy | - |
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| lithophyte | (noun) plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere | Synonyms: lithophytic plant |
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| lithophytic | (adjective) of or relating to lithophytes | - |
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| 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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| litigate | (verb) institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against | Synonyms: action, process, sue |
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| (verb) engage in legal proceedings | - |
| 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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| litigious | (adjective) of or relating to litigation | - |
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| (adjective) inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits | Synonyms: combative, contentious, disputatious, disputative |
| 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) | - |
| (verb) give birth to a litter of animals | - |
| (verb) make a place messy by strewing garbage around | - |
| (verb) strew | - |
| 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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| littered | (adjective) filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish | Synonyms: cluttered |
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| litterer | (noun) a person who litters public places with refuse | Synonyms: litter lout, litterbug |
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| little | (adjective) low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal | Synonyms: short |
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| (adjective) limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent | Synonyms: small |
| (adjective) (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some | Synonyms: slight |
| (adjective) small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context) | - |
| (adjective) lowercase | Synonyms: minuscule, small |
| (adjective) (of a voice) faint | Synonyms: small |
| (adjective) (informal) small and of little importance | Synonyms: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial |
| (adjective) (of children and animals) young, immature | Synonyms: small |
| (noun) a small amount or duration | - |
| (adverb) not much | - |
| 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 |
| littler | (adjective) small or little relative to something else | Synonyms: smaller |
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| littoral | (adjective) of or relating to a coastal or shore region | - |
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| (noun) the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean | Synonyms: litoral, littoral zone, sands |
| liturgical | (adjective) of or relating to or in accord with liturgy | - |
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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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| liv | (adjective) being four more than fifty | Synonyms: 54, fifty-four |
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| livable | (adjective) fit or suitable to live in or with | Synonyms: liveable |
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| live | (adjective) possessing life | Synonyms: alive |
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| (adjective) exerting force or containing energy | - |
| (adjective) actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing | Synonyms: unrecorded |
| (adjective) charged or energized with electricity | Synonyms: hot |
| (adjective) of current relevance | - |
| (adjective) elastic; rebounds readily | Synonyms: bouncy, lively, resilient, springy |
| (adjective) abounding with life and energy | - |
| (adjective) charged with an explosive | - |
| (adjective) highly reverberant | - |
| (adjective) in current use or ready for use | - |
| (adjective) capable of erupting | Synonyms: alive |
| (adverb) not recorded | - |
| (verb) have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations | Synonyms: experience, know |
| (verb) have life, be alive | Synonyms: be |
| (verb) support oneself | Synonyms: exist, subsist, survive |
| (verb) continue to live and avoid dying | Synonyms: endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live on, survive |
| (verb) lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style | - |
| (verb) pursue a positive and satisfying existence | - |
| (verb) be an inhabitant of or reside in | Synonyms: dwell, inhabit, populate |
| liveable | (adjective) fit or suitable to live in or with | Synonyms: livable |
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| liveborn | (adjective) (of newborn infant) showing signs of life after birth; not stillborn | - |
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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 | (adjective) (of time) constituting the full extent or duration | - |
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| (noun) perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers | Synonyms: live-forever, orpin, orpine, Sedum telephium |
| lively | (adjective) full of life and energy | - |
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| (adjective) full of spirit; full of life | Synonyms: vital |
| (adjective) elastic; rebounds readily | Synonyms: bouncy, live, resilient, springy |
| (adjective) quick and energetic | Synonyms: alert, brisk, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy |
| (adjective) filled with events or activity | - |
| (adjective) full of zest or vigor | Synonyms: racy |
| liven | (verb) make lively | Synonyms: animate, enliven, invigorate, liven up |
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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 | (adjective) having a reddish-brown color | Synonyms: liver-colored |
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| (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 | - |
| (noun) liver of an animal used as meat | - |
| (noun) someone who lives in a place | - |
| (noun) a person who has a special life style | - |
| liveried | (adjective) wearing livery | - |
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| liverish | (adjective) irritable as if suffering from indigestion | Synonyms: atrabilious, bilious, dyspeptic |
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| (adjective) suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress | Synonyms: bilious, livery |
| 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 | (adjective) suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress | Synonyms: bilious, liverish |
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| (noun) the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another | Synonyms: delivery, legal transfer |
| (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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| livid | (adjective) furiously angry | - |
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| (adjective) anemic looking from illness or emotion | Synonyms: ashen, blanched, bloodless, white |
| (adjective) discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin | Synonyms: black-and-blue |
| (adjective) (of a light) imparting a deathlike luminosity | - |
| 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 | - |
| lividly | (adverb) in a livid manner | - |
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| 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 | (adjective) pertaining to living persons | - |
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| (adjective) (informal) absolute | - |
| (adjective) still in existence | Synonyms: surviving |
| (adjective) (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried | - |
| (adjective) true to life; lifelike | - |
| (adjective) still in active use | - |
| (noun) the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities | Synonyms: life |
| (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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