An igneous rock consisting largely of chrysolite, with pyroxene and picotite (a variety of spinel containing chromium).

A Chinese measure of distance, being a little more than one third of a mile.

A small balance.

Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal.

Quality of being liable; liability.

Union by league; alliance.

To form or maintain a liaison{3}.

A union, or bond of union; an intimacy; an interrelationship.

A luxuriant woody plant, climbing high trees and having ropelike stems. The grapevine often has the habit of a liane. Lianes are abundant in the forests of the Amazon region.

A heavy weapon of the Australian aborigines with a sharp-pointed end, about nine inches in length, projecting at right angles from the main part.

A person who knowingly utters falsehood; one who lies.

A French copper coin of one fourth the value of a sou.

The lowest of the three divisions of the Jurassic period; a name given in England and Europe to a series of marine limestones underlying the O/lite. See the Chart of Geology.

Of the age of the Lias; pertaining to the Lias formation. Same as Lias.

To castrate.

Libation.

Sipping; touching lightly.

The act of pouring a liquid or liquor, usually wine, either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of some deity; also, the wine or liquid thus poured out.

Pertaining to libation.

A leopard.

Leopard's bane.

To spread defamation, written or printed; -- with against.

One who libels; one who institutes a suit in an ecclesiastical or admiralty court.

One who libels.

A libeler.

The party against whom a libel has been filed; -- corresponding to defendant in a common law action. The defendant in an action of libel.

A dragon fly; -- from Libellula, the name of the typical genus.

Like or pertaining to the dragon flies.

Containing or involving a libel; defamatory; containing that which exposes some person to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule; as, a libelous pamphlet.

The inner bark of plants, lying next to the wood. It usually contains a large proportion of woody, fibrous cells, and is, therefore, the part from which the fiber of the plant is obtained, as that of hemp, etc.

One who favors greater freedom in political or religious matters; an opponent of the established systems; a reformer; in English politics, a member of the Liberal party, so called. Cf. Whig.

Same as liberalization.

Liberal principles; the principles and methods of the liberals in politics or religion; specifically, the principles of the Liberal party.

A liberal.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, liberalism; as, liberalistic opinions.

The quality or state of being liberal; liberal disposition or practice; freedom from narrowness or prejudice; generosity; candor; charity.

The act of liberalizing; the act of making less strict.

To make liberal; to free from narrow views or prejudices; to make less strict.

One who, or that which, liberalizes.

In a liberal manner.

To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to free; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate a slave or prisoner; to liberate the mind from prejudice; to liberate gases.

released from chemical combination, or as a consequence of chemical reaction; -- of a gas.

giving freedom from restriction or restraint.

The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.

One who, or that which, liberates; a deliverer.

Tending, or serving, to liberate.

A native or inhabitant of Liberia.

One who holds to the doctrine of free will.

Libertarian principles or doctrines.

The destruction of civil liberty.

Libertinism; license.

Free from restraint; uncontrolled.

The state of a libertine or freedman.

The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom, bondage, or subjection.

A mineral of an olive-green color, commonly in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of copper.

Of or pertaining to the libido; caused by libido; as, libidinal gratification; libidinal impulses.

One given to lewdness.

The state or quality of being libidinous; libidinousness.

Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness; sensual; lascivious.

Sexual desire; the sexual instinct; the sex drive.

A genus of cedarlike cypresses.

The Balance; the seventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the autumnal equinox in September, marked thus / in almanacs, etc. A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio.

Of a pound weight.

One who has the care or charge of a library.

The office of a librarian.

A considerable collection of books kept for use, and not as merchandise; as, a private library; a public library.

To poise; to balance.

The act or state of librating.

any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each other, as the Earth-moon system, where the gravitational pull of the two bodies on an object are approximately equal, and in opposite directions. A solid object moving in the same velocity and direction as such a libration point will remain in gravitational equilibrium with the two bodies of the system and not fall toward either body.

Balancing; moving like a balance, as it tends to an equipoise or level.

One who makes a libretto.

A book containing the words of an opera or extended piece of music. The words themselves.

Having the form of liber, or resembling liber.

A country in Northern Africa, between Egypt and Tunisia, bordering the Mediterranean Sea. It also borders on Algeria, Chad, Niger, and Sudan. It is an Arabic-speaking country with over 97% of the population Sunni Moslem. The population in 1995 was about 5,248,000. The capital is Tripoli.

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the country Libya or its inhabitants.

pl. of Louse.

That can be licensed.

To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach.

Having a license; permitted or authorized by license; as, a licensed victualer; a licensed traffic.

The person to whom a license is given.

One who gives a license; as, a licenser of the press.

A licensing.

To give a license to.

Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; as, a licentious press.

A dead body; a corpse.

A genus of boas of western North America.

A Chinese tree (Litchi chinensis) cultivated especially in the Philippines and India for its edible fruit, the litchi nut; sometimes placed in the genus Nephelium.

One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called Lichenes), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly, expanded, frond-like forms, but sometimes erect or pendulous and variously branched. They derive their nourishment from the air, and generate by means of spores. The species are very widely distributed, and form irregular spots or patches, usually of a greenish or yellowish color, upon rocks, trees, and various bodies, to which they adhere with great tenacity. They are often improperly called rock moss or tree moss.

Belonging to, or covered with, lichens.

Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, lichens.

Having the form of a lichen.

A substance isomeric with starch, extracted from several species of moss and lichen, esp. from Iceland moss.

Of or pertaining to lichenography.

One who describes lichens; one versed in lichenography.

A description of lichens; the science which illustrates the natural history of lichens.

One versed in lichenology.

The science which treats of lichens.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, lichens; abounding in lichens; covered with lichens.

See Litchi.

The gromwell.

An herb, the wall pellitory. See Pellitory.

Lawful.

The act of offering for sale to the highest bidder.

A slap; a quick stroke.

A tapster.

An abject flatterer or parasite.

One who, or that which, licks.

Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy.

Lickerish; eager; lustful.

A lapping with the tongue.

A devourer or absorber of money.

A plant of the genus Glycyrrhiza (Glycyrrhiza glabra), the root of which abounds with a sweet juice, and is much used in demulcent compositions.

See Lickerish.

Liquor.

An officer who bore an ax and fasces or rods, as ensigns of his office. His duty was to attend the chief magistrates when they appeared in public, to clear the way, and cause due respect to be paid to them, also to apprehend and punish criminals.

Covered with a lid.

Same as Ledge.

Having no lid, or not covered with the lids, as the eyes; hence, sleepless; watchful.

A recreational facility, especially one including a swimming pool for water sports.

The position or way in which anything lies; the lay, as of land or country.