A border or edge, in certain special uses. The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade. The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon. The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles.
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A cooling periodical wind in the Isle of Cyprus, blowing from the northwest from eight o'clock, A. M., to the middle of the day or later.
Bordered, as when one color is surrounded by an edging of another.
To distill.
Having limbs; -- much used in composition; as, large-limbed; short-limbed.
To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
The quality or state of being limber; flexibleness.
of or pertaining to the limbic system; as, the limbic system.
A group of neural structures in the brain below the cerebral cortex, centered on the hypothalamus and including the hippocampus and amygdala, involved with control of emotion, motivation, memory, and some homeostatic regulatory processes.
Destitute of limbs.
Piecemeal.
A West Indian dance contest, in which participants must dance under a pole which is lowered successively until only one participant can successfully pass under, without falling. It is often performed at celebrations, such as weddings.
With slightly overlapping borders; -- said of a suture.
A soft cheese made in the Belgian province of Limburg (Limbourg), and usually not eaten until the curing has developed a peculiar and, to most people, unpleasant odor.
An spiritual region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the last judgment.
To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime.
having a yellowish-green color like that of the lime (the fruit).
Beset with snares; insnared, as with birdlime.
A sweetened beverage of lime juice and water.
A dog used in hunting the wild boar; a leamer.
A kiln or furnace in which limestone or shells are burned and reduced to lime.
That part of the stage upon which the limelight is cast, usually where the most important action is progressing or where the leading player or players are placed and upon which the attention of the spectators is therefore concentrated. a conspicuous position before the public; the center of public attention; -- used mostly in the phrase in the limelight; as, politicians who are never happy except in the limelight.
a threshhold, especially the point where a psychological or physiological effect begins to occur.
Of or pertaining to Lima, or to the inhabitants of Lima, in Peru. A native or inhabitant of Lima.
A genus comprising mainly dark northern butterflies with white wing bars.
A limehound; a limmer.
A humorous, often nonsensical, and sometimes risq/ poem of five anapestic lines, of which lines 1, 2, and 5 are of three feet, and rhyme, and lines 3 and 4 are of two feet, and rhyme.
A rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. It sometimes contains also magnesium carbonate, and is then called magnesian or dolomitic limestone. Crystalline limestone is called marble.
Water impregnated with lime; esp., an artificial solution of lime for medicinal purposes.
A group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers, snipe, curlew, etc.; the Grall/.
Shore-inhabiting; of or pertaining to the Limicol/.
of or pertaining to a limen, especially a sensory threshhold.
that temporary state during a rite of passage when the participant lacks social status or rank, is required to follow specified forms of conduct, and is expected to show obedience and humility.
The state or quality of being limy.
To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar.
Capable of being limited.
Of or pertaining to a limit.
Tending to limit.
That which serves to limit; a boundary; border land.
Bounded by a distinct line.
The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council.
Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; restricted; as, our views of nature are very limited.
With limitation.
The quality of being limited.
One who, or that which, limits.
Involving a limit; as, a limitive law, one designed to limit existing powers.
Having no limits; unbounded; boundless.
See Limiter, 2.
A limehound; a leamer.
To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush.
A genus of fresh-water air-breathing mollusks, abundant in ponds and streams; -- called also pond snail.
A painter; an artist One who paints portraits. One who illuminates books.
See Limoniad.
The act, process, or art of one who limns; the picture or decoration so produced.
A genus of shore birds including the dowitchers.
the scientific study of bodies of fresh water for their biological and physical and geological properties.
Limousine; -- a shortened form.
A city of Southern France.
a liquid terpene with a lemon odor; found in lemons and oranges and other essential oils.
A nymph of the meadows; -- called also Limniad.
A bitter, white, crystalline substance found in orange and lemon seeds.
Hydrous sesquioxide of iron, an important ore of iron, occurring in stalactitic, mammillary, or earthy forms, of a dark brown color, and yellowish brown powder. It includes bog iron. Also called brown hematite.
A ravenous appetite caused by disease; excessive and morbid hunger.
Muddy; slimy; thick.
an elongated, luxurious automobile, designed to be driven by a chauffeur and often having a glass partition between the driver's seat and the passengers' compartment behind.
a wealthy or well-to-do person of liberal political inclination. It is sometimes used as a term of contempt for those espousing the cause of poor people, without having to endure the discomfort that their policies may inflict on others, such as the lower middle class.
Flaccid; flabby, as flesh.
a type of rye bread, made using molasses or brown sugar.
One who limps.
In a general sense, any hatshaped, or conical, gastropod shell.
Characterized by clearness or transparency; clear; as, a limpid stream.
The quality or state of being limpid.
Quality of being limpid; limpidity.
A limpet.
In a limping manner.
Limpidity.
Either one of two species of wading birds of the genus Aramus, intermediate between the cranes and rails. The limpkins are remarkable for the great length of the toes. One species (Aramus giganteus) inhabits Florida and the West Indies; the other (Aramus scolopaceus) is found in South America. Called also courlan, and crying bird.
The quality or state of being limp.
Limp; flexible; flimsy.
The Hawaiian name for seaweeds. Over sixty kinds are used as food, and have species names, as Limu Lipoa, Limu palawai, etc.
A limulus.
An order of Merostomata, including among living animals the genus Limulus, with various allied fossil genera, mostly of the Carboniferous period. Called also Xiphosura.
The only existing genus of Merostomata. It includes only a few species from the East Indies, and one (Limulus polyphemus) from the Atlantic coast of North America. Called also Molucca crab, king crab, horseshoe crab, and horsefoot.
Smeared with, or consisting of, lime; viscous.
A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a fall of water.
See Lineage.
Lint; esp., lint made into a tent for insertion into wounds or ulcers.
A genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers: spurred snapdragon.
A hydrous sulphate of lead and copper occurring in bright blue monoclinic crystals.
A ledge; a right-angled projection.
An esculent swallow.
A pin used to prevent the wheel of a vehicle from sliding off the axletree.
A color of cloth formerly made in Lincoln, England; the cloth itself.
of or pertaining to Abraham Lincoln.
An antibacterial antibiotic obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces lincolnensis and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections.
Medicine taken by licking with the tongue.
The linden. See Linden.
A chemical substance (C6H6Cl6) used as an agricultural insecticide.
A handsome tree (Tilia Europ/a), having cymes of light yellow flowers, and large cordate leaves. The tree is common in Europe. In America, the basswood, or Tilia Americana.
A genus of aromatic evergreen or deciduous dioecious shrubs or trees of eastern Asia and North America.
A genus having only one species, the Texas star.
A peculiar genus of rotifers, remarkable for the absence of ciliated disks. By some Zoologists it is thought to be like the ancestral form of the Arthropoda.
Resembling the genus Lindia; -- said of certain apodous insect larv/.
an energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s (probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh).
To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines; as, to line a copy book.
a very boastful and talkative person.
Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to collateral; as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant.
The quality of being lineal.
In a lineal manner; as, the prince is lineally descended from the Conqueror.
One of the outlines, exterior features, or distinctive marks, of a body or figure, particularly of the face; feature; form; mark; -- usually in the plural.
Of or pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction; lineal.
Of a linear shape.
Having the form of a sword, but very long and narrow.
In a linear manner; with lines.
Linear.
Marked with lines.
Delineation; a line or lines.
Anything having an outline.
a print obtained from a line drawing.
furnished with items in a line or as if in a line.
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