A natural family comprising the lygaeid bugs.

An order of fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: the seed ferns.

A genus of fossil seed ferns of the Carboniferous.

A genus of ferns with twining or climbing fronds, bearing stalked and variously-lobed divisions in pairs.

A genus of plant-sucking bugs.

of Lie, to be supported horizontally.

The state attending, and consequent to, childbirth; confinement; as, a lying-in hospital.

In a lying manner; falsely.

To please; -- chiefly used impersonally.

See Limaille.

A dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees.

The natural family comprising the tussock moths.

A coarse perennial grass of several species of Elymus, esp. Elymus Canadensis, and the European Elymus arenarius.

A dog held in a leam; a bloodhound; a limehound.

A spring of water; hence, water, or a pure, transparent liquid like water.

Inflammation of the lymphatic glands; -- called also lymphitis.

See Lymphoma.

Inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.

Of or pertaining to the lymphatics, or lymphoid tissue; lymphatic.

Frightened into madness; raving.

One of the lymphatic or absorbent vessels, which carry lymph and discharge it into the veins; lymph duct; lymphatic duct.

See Lymphadenitis.

Connected with, or formed in, the lymphatic glands.

A description of the lymphatic vessels, their origin and uses.

Resembling lymph; also, resembling a lymphatic gland; adenoid; as, lymphoid tissue.

A tumor having a structure resembling that of a lymphatic gland; -- called also lymphadenoma.

Containing, or like, lymph.

A waterfall. See Lin.

Of or pertaining to the lynx.

To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See Lynch law.

The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law.

One who assists in lynching.

See Linden.

Linen.

Any one of several species of feline animals of the genus Felis, and subgenus Lynx. They have a short tail, and usually a pencil of hair on the tip of the ears.

Having acute sight.

A genus of evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees of the U. S. to the Antilles and eastern Asia to Himalaya.

a former province of east central France; now administered by Rhone-Alpes.

Applied to boiled potatoes cut into small pieces and heated in oil or butter. They are usually flavored with onion and parsley.

same as lyophilize.

same as lyophilized.

to freeze-dry; -- a technique used to dry serum, tissue, unstable chemicals and other sensitive materials.

dried by freezing and subsequent evaporation of the water in a high vacuum; -- used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological or sensitive substances.

An order of brachiopods, in which the valves of shell are not articulated by a hinge. It includes the Lingula, Discina, and allied forms.

A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyr/, or Vega.

Same as Lyrid.

Lyre-shaped, or spatulate and oblong, with small lobes toward the base; as, a lyrate leaf.

A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry.

Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird (Menura superba), inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse. Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat, wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also lyre pheasant and lyre-tail.

A garden plant (Dicentra spectabilis) having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers.

A lyric poem; a lyrical composition.

Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp.

the property of being suitable for singing.

In a lyrical manner.

A lyric composition.

One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so called because the apparent path among the stars if traced backwards crosses the constellation Lyra.

A European fish (Peristethus cataphractum), having the body covered with bony plates, and having three spines projecting in front of the nose; -- called also noble, pluck, pogge, sea poacher, and armed bullhead.

Having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes.

The act of playing on a lyre or harp.

A musician who plays on the harp or lyre; a composer of lyrical poetry.

A small genus of tropical American trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and flat straight pods.

a cosmopolitan genus of plants, including some of the loosestrifes, found in damp or swampy terrain having usually yellow flowers; they are inclined to be invasive.

An instrument for measuring the water that percolates through a certain depth of soil.

The resolution or favorable termination of a disease, coming on gradually and not marked by abrupt change.

Hydrophobia.

Terminating a disease; indicating the end of a disease.

Soft; flexible.

See Lithontriptic.

A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog.

A quadrat, the face or top of which is a perfect square; also, the size of such a square in any given size of type, used as the unit of measurement for that type: 500 m's of pica would be a piece of matter whose length and breadth in pica m's multiplied together produce that number.

A semiautomatic rifle which was standard issue to infantrymen in the United States Army in the mid-20th century.

To increase the power of (a single-cylinder beam engine) by adding a small high-pressure cylinder with a piston acting on the beam between the center and the flywheel end, using high-pressure steam and working as a compound engine, -- a plan introduced by M'Naught, a Scottish engineer, in 1845.

The narrowest measure of the money supply, comprising the currency in circulation plus demand deposits or checking account balances.

A measure of the money supply broader than M1 but narrower than M3, comprising M1 plus net time deposits (other than large certificates of deposit).

A broad measure of the money supply, comprising M2 plus deposits at nonbanks such as savings and loan associations.

But; -- used in cautionary phrases; as, /Vivace, ma non troppo presto/ (i. e., lively, but not too quick).

Madam; my lady; -- a colloquial contraction of madam often used in direct address, and sometimes as an appellation.

The common European gull (Larus canus); -- called also mar. See New, a gull.

Made.

The sparrow hawk. The kestrel.

A trademark for an antacid.

An East Indian coin, of about one tenth of the weight of a rupee.

Dejected; sorrowful; downcast.

To wrap up.

A spirituous liquor or drink distilled from potatoes; -- used in the Barbadoes.

A kind of persimmon tree (Diospyros discolor) from the Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West Indies. It bears an edible fruit as large as a quince.

Shortened form of Macintosh, a brand name for a personal computer; as, the latest Mac has great new features.

Shortened form of mackintosh, a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.

portraying human injury or death in a way so as to inspiring shock or horror; gruesome; ghastly; as, macabre tortures conceived by madmen.

A genus of macaques including the rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta), much used in laboratory biomedical research. Formerly called Macacus.

The rhesus monkey of South Asia; used in medical research.

An Indian macaque with a bonnetlike tuft of hair.

The Barbary ape, a tailless macaque of rocky cliffs and forests of Northwest Africa and Gibralter.

Any one of several species of lemurs, as the ruffed lemur (Lemur macaco), and the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).

A genus of monkeys, found in Asia and the East Indies, now usually called Macaca. They have short tails and prominent eyebrows. See also Macaca.

The broken stone used in macadamized roadways.

any tree of the genus Macadamia, especially Macadamia ternifolia.

The hard-shelled nut of the Macadamia ternifolia, or the delicious edible nut without its shell; large quantities are produced in Hawaii and sold commercially.

The process or act of macadamizing.

To cover, as a road, or street, parking lot, playground, or other flat area, with macadam, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.

paved with macadam{2}.

A tropical American feather palm (Acrocomia aculeata) having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.

A territory in South China, on the Zhu Jiang river on the South China sea, formerly a territory of Portugal. Also, the capital city of this territory.

Any one of several species of short-tailed monkeys of the genus Macaca (formerly Macacus), found in rocky regions of Asia and Africa; as, Macaca maurus, the moor macaque of the East Indies.

a dance performed by dancers in a line, or several lines, consisting mainly of hand and arm movements; also, the name of the song to which the dance is usually performed. It became popular in 1996.

To congratulate.

Long slender tubes made of a paste chiefly of a wheat flour such as semolina, and used as an article of food; a form of Italian pasta.

A heap of things confusedly mixed together; a jumble.

Pertaining to, or like, macaroni (originally a dish of mixed food); hence, mixed; confused; jumbled.

A small cake, composed chiefly of the white of eggs, almonds or coconut, and sugar.

A fire-backed pheasant. See Fireback.

A kind of oil formerly used in dressing the hair; -- so called because originally obtained from Macassar, a district of the Island of Celebes. Also, an imitation of the same, of perfumed castor oil and olive oil. Cf. antimacassar.

Same as Macao, the territory.

Any one of several species of small lemurs, as Lemur murinus, which resembles a rat in size.

A small Brazilian monkey (Callithrix torquatus), -- called also collared teetee.

Any parrot of the genus Ara, Sittace, or Macrocercus. About eighteen species are known, all of them found in Central and South America. They are large and have a very long tail, a strong hooked bill, and a naked space around the eyes. The voice is harsh, and the colors are brilliant and strongly contrasted; they are among the largest and showiest of parrots. Different species names have been given to the same macaw, as for example the Hyacinthine macaw, which has been variously classified as Anodorhyncus hyacynthinus, Anodorhyncus maximiliani, and Macrocercus hyacynthinus.

Of or pertaining to Judas Maccabeus or to the Maccabees; as, the Maccabean princes; Maccabean times.

The name given in later times to the Asmonaeans, a family of Jewish patriots, who headed a religious revolt in the reign of Antiochus IV., 168-161 b. c., which led to a period of freedom for Israel.

A type of wheat (Triticum durum) with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in South Russia, North Africa, and North central North America.

A gambling game in vogue in the eighteenth century.