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Lithotypic

Of, pertaining to, or produced by, lithotypy.

Lithotypy

The art or process of making a kind of hard, stereotype plate, by pressing into a mold, taken from a page of type or other matter, a composition of gum shellac and sand of a fine quality, together with a little tar and linseed oil, all in a heated state.

Lithuanian

A native, or one of the people, of Lithuania; also, the language of the Lithuanian people.

Lithy

Easily bent; pliable.

Litigate

To carry on a suit by judicial process.

Litigation

The act or process of litigating; a suit at law; a judicial contest.

Litigious

Inclined to initiate lawsuits; given to the practice of contending in law; fond of litigation.

Litigiousness

The state of being litigious; disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits.

Litmus

A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein.

Litocranius

A genus of East African antelopes including the gerenuks.

Litotes

A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of avoiding censure or increasing the effect by contrast with the moderation shown in the form of expression; a form of understatement; as, / a citizen of no mean city,/ that is, of an illustrious city; or, /not bad/, meaning /good/.

Litraneter

An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity of liquids.

Litre Liter

A measure of capacity in the metric system, being a cubic decimeter, equal to 61.022 cubic inches, or 2.113 American pints, or 1.76 English pints.

Litter

To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.

Litterateur

One who occupies himself with literature; a literary man; a literatus.

litterbin

a bin (usually in or outside a public building) into which the public can put rubbish.

litterbug

a person who litters public places with refuse.

littered

having articles scattered about in a disorderly fashion.

litterer

a person who litters public places with refuse.

littermate

One of two or more animals born into the same litter.

Littery

Covered or encumbered with litter; consisting of or constituting litter.

Little

In a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; -- often with a preceding it.

Little-ease

An old slang name for the pillory, stocks, etc., of a prison.

littleneck

a quahog when young and small; frequently eaten raw.

Littleness

The state or quality of being little; as, littleness of size, thought, duration, power, etc.

littler

small or little relative to something else.

littlest

having or being distinguished by diminutive size.

Littoral

Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the sea.

Littorina

A genus of small pectinibranch mollusks, having thick spiral shells, abundant between tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts. They feed on seaweeds. The common periwinkle is a well-known example. See Periwinkle.

Littress

A smooth kind of cartridge paper used for making cards.

Lituate

Forked, with the points slightly curved outward.

Lituiform

Having the form of a lituus; like a lituite.

Lituite

Any species of ammonites of the genus Lituites. They are found in the Cretaceous formation.

Liturate

Having indistinct spots, paler at their margins.

Liturgics

The science of worship; history, doctrine, and interpretation of liturgies.

Liturgiology

The science treating of liturgical matters; a treatise on, or description of, liturgies.

Liturgist

One who favors or adheres strictly to a liturgy.

Liturgy

An established formula for public worship, or the entire ritual for public worship in a church which uses prescribed forms; a formulary for public prayer or devotion. In the Roman Catholic Church it includes all forms and services in any language, in any part of the world, for the celebration of Mass.

Lituus

A curved staff used by the augurs in quartering the heavens. An instrument of martial music; a kind of trumpet of a somewhat curved form and shrill note.

live-bearer

Any fish of the family Poeciliiidae, small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters, often used in mosquito control.

Live-forever

A plant (Sedum Telephium) with fleshy leaves, which has extreme powers of resisting drought; garden ox-pine.

liveable

Same as livable; as, liveable conditions. Opposite of unlivable.

Lived

Having life; -- used only in composition; as, long-lived; short-lived.

lived-in

having residents; as, a house with a lived-in look.

Liveliness

The quality or state of being lively or animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; as, the liveliness of youth, contrasted with the gravity of age.

Livelode

Course of life; means of support; livelihood.

Livelong

Whole; entire; long in passing; -- used of time, as day or night, in adverbial phrases, and usually with a sense of tediousness.

Lively

In a brisk, active, or animated manner; briskly; vigorously.

liven

to make lively; -- sometimes used with up; as, to liven up the party with some music.

liveness

The quality of having animal life as distinguished from plant life.

Liver

The glossy ibis (Ibis falcinellus); -- said to have given its name to the city of Liverpool.

Livered

Having (such) a liver; used in composition; as, white-livered.

Liveried

Wearing a livery. See Livery, 3.

Livering

A kind of pudding or sausage made of liver or pork.

Liverwort

A ranunculaceous plant (Anemone Hepatica) with pretty white or bluish flowers and a three-lobed leaf; -- called also squirrel cups.

Livery

To clothe in, or as in, livery.

Livery stable

A stable where horses are kept for hire, and where stabling is provided. See Livery, n., 3 (e) (f) (g).

Liveryman

One who wears a livery, as a servant.

Lives

Alive; living; with life.

Livid

Black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh may be from a contusion.

Lividity

The state or quality of being livid.

Living

The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence.

Livingness

The state or quality of being alive; possession of energy or vigor; animation; quickening.

Livistona

A genus of fan palms of Asia and Australia and Malaysia.

Livonian

A native or an inhabitant of Livonia; the language (allied to the Finnish) of the Livonians.

Livraison

A part of a book or literary composition printed and delivered by itself; a number; a part.

Livre

A French money of account, afterward a silver coin equal to 20 sous. It is not now in use, having been superseded by the franc.

Lixivial

Impregnated with, or consisting of, alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; impregnated with a salt or salts like a lixivium.

Lixiviate

To subject to a washing process for the purpose of separating soluble material from that which is insoluble; to leach, as ashes, for the purpose of extracting the alkaline substances.

Lixiviation

Lixiviating; the process of separating a soluble substance from one that is insoluble, by washing with some solvent, as water; leaching.

Lixivium

A solution of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; hence, any solution obtained by lixiviation.

Lixt

2d pers. sing. pres. of Lige, to lie, to tell lies, -- contracted for ligest.

Liza

The American white mullet (Mugil curema).

lizard fish lizardfish

Any of several mostly tropical marine scopeloid fish of the family Synodontidae having large mouths in lizardlike heads, especially the inshore lizardfish (Synodus foetens syn. Synodus poeyi) of Mideastern and Southern United States and West Indies; -- sometimes called sand pike.

Lizard's tail

A perennial plant of the genus Saururus (Saururus cernuus), growing in marshes, and having white flowers crowded in a slender terminal spike, somewhat resembling in form a lizard's tail; whence the name.

Llama

A South American ruminant (Auchenia llama), allied to the camels, but much smaller and without a hump. It is supposed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco. It was formerly much used as a beast of burden in the Andes, and is also kept on some ranches in the United States.

Llanero

One of the inhabitants of the llanos of South America.

Llano

An extensive plain with or without vegetation.

Lloyd's

An association of underwriters and others in London, for the collection and diffusion of marine intelligence, the insurance, classification, registration, and certifying of vessels, and the transaction of business of various kinds connected with shipping.

Llullaillaco

A mountain in Argentina and Chile, 22,057 feet high.

Llyr

the sea personified, father of Manawydan; corresponds to the Irish Ler.

Lo

Look; see; behold; observe.

Loach

Any one of several small, fresh-water, cyprinoid fishes of the genera Cobitis, Nemachilus, and allied genera, having six or more barbules around the mouth. They are found in Europe and Asia. The common European species (Nemachilus barbatulus) is used as a food fish.

Load

To lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a lading or cargo, as a ship; hence, to add weight to, so as to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon.

load-bearing

Supporting a load{10} from parts of a structure above; as, a load-bearing wall.

load-shedding

The act or process of disconnecting the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply.

loaded

containing as much or as many as is possible; -- of containers, vehicles, trays, etc.; as, a tray loaded with dishes

Loader

One who, or that which, loads; a mechanical contrivance for loading, as a gun.

Loading

The act of putting a load on or into.

loads

A large quantity; a lot; as, loads of fun.

Loaf

To spend in idleness; -- with away; as, to loaf time away.

Loafer

One who loafs; a lazy lounger.

loafing

having no employment; being idle intentionally.

Loam

To cover, smear, or fill with loam.

loamless

having no loam; -- of soil; as, a stony loamless yard. Contrasted with loamy.

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