Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter L - Page 37

Link (n.) A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like. --Shak.

Link (n.) A single ring or division of a chain.

Link (n.) Hence: Anything, whether material or not, which binds together, or connects, separate things; a part of a connected series; a tie; a bond. "Links of iron." -- Shak.

The link of brotherhood, by which One common Maker bound me to the kind. -- Cowper.

And so by double links enchained themselves in lover's life. -- Gascoigne.

Link (n.) Anything doubled and closed like a link; as, a link of horsehair. -- Mortimer.

Link (n.) (Kinematics) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.

Link (n.) (Mach.) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (Steam Engine), the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.

Link (n.) (Surveying) The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length. Cf. Chain, n., 4.

Link (n.) (Chem.) A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; -- applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.

Link (n.) pl. Sausages; -- because linked together. [Colloq.]

Linked (imp. & p. p.) of Link.

Linking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Link.

Link (v. t.) To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join; to attach; to unite; to couple.

All the tribes and nations that composed it [the Roman Empire] were linked together, not only by the same laws and the same government, but by all the facilities of commodious intercourse, and of frequent communication.-- Eustace.

Link (v. i.) To be connected.

No one generation could link with the other. -- Burke.

Link (n.) The means of connection between things linked in series [syn: link, nexus].

Link (n.) A fastener that serves to join or connect; "the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction" [syn: link, linkup, tie, tie-in].

Link (n.) The state of being connected; "the connection between church and state is inescapable" [syn: connection, link, connectedness] [ant: disconnectedness, disconnection, disjunction, disjuncture].

Link (n.) A connecting shape [syn: connection, connexion, link].

Link (n.) A unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain.

Link (n.) (Computing) An instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list

Link (n.) A channel for communication between groups; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas" [syn: liaison, link, contact, inter-group communication].

Link (n.) A two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network [syn: radio link, link].

Link (n.) An interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data [syn: link, data link].

Link (v.) Make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" [syn: associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect] [ant: decouple, dissociate].

Link (v.) Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms" [syn: connect, link, tie, link up] [ant: disconnect].

Link (v.) Be or become joined or united or linked; "The two streets connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The travelers linked up again at the airport" [syn: connect, link, link up, join, unite].

Link (v.) Link with or as with a yoke; "yoke the oxen together" [syn: yoke, link].

Link

Links, () Hard link or symbolic link.

Link

Links, () Hypertext link.

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Linkage (n.) The act of linking; the state of being linked; also, a system of links.

Linkage (n.) (Chem.) Manner of linking or of being linked; -- said of the union of atoms or radicals in the molecule.

Linkage (n.) (Geom.) A system of straight lines or bars, fastened together by joints, and having certain of their points fixed in a plane. It is used to describe straight lines and curves in the plane.

Linkage (n.) Any object, factor, or relationship that creates a bond or association between two other objects.

Linkage (n.) Specifically: (Genetics) The proximity of two or more genes on the genome of an organism that causes those genes to be inherited, transferred, or moved together with a frequency greater than for genes not associated. The linkage is a continuous variable, and is inversely related to the distance between genes on the genome.

Linkage (n.) An associative relation.

Linkage (n.) (Genetics) Traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go) [syn: linkage, gene linkage].

Linkage (n.) A mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion.

Linkage (n.) The act of linking things together.

Linkboy (n.) Alt. of Linkman.

Linkman (n.) A boy or man that carried a link or torch to light passengers.

Linkboy (n.) (Formerly) An attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets [syn: linkboy, linkman].

Link motion (n.) (Steam Engine) A valve gear, consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar, called the link, in such a way that the motion of the engine can be reversed, or the cut-off varied, at will; -- used very generally in locomotives and marine engines.

Note: The illustration shows a link motion for a vertical engine, c representing the shaft carrying two eccentrics, a and b, for making the engine run forward and backward, respectively, their rods e and d being jointed to opposite ends of the slotted link f, in the opening of which is a pin g which is attached to the valve rod h. The valve will receive the motion of the forward eccentric when the link is in the position shown, and the motion of the backward eccentric when the link is shifted so far to the right as to bring e in line with h, or a compound motion derived from both eccentrics when the link is shifted to intermediate positions, the compound motion causing the valve to cut off the steam at a point determined by the position to which the link may have been shifted.

Linkwork (n.) A fabric consisting of links made of metal or other material fastened together; also, a chain.

And thou shalt make hooks of gold, and two chains of

fine gold; linkwork and wreathed. -- Udall.

Linkwork (n.) Mechanism in which links, or intermediate connecting pieces, are employed to transmit motion from one part to another.

Linnaea borealis (n.) (Bot.) The twin flower which grows in cold northern climates. Linnean

Compare: Twin

Twin (a.) Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister.

Twin (a.) Being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing n the relation of a twin to something else; -- often followed by to or with. -- Shak.

Twin (a.) . (Bot.) Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts.

Twin (a.) (Crystallog.) Composed of parts united according to some definite law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4.

Twin boat, or Twin ship (Naut.), A vessel whose deck and upper works rest on two parallel hulls.

Twin crystal. See Twin, n., 4.

Twin flower (Bot.), A delicate evergreen plant ({Linnaea borealis) of northern climates, which has pretty, fragrant, pendulous flowers borne in pairs on a slender stalk.

Twin-screw steamer, A steam vessel propelled by two screws, one on either side of the plane of the keel.

Linnaea borealis (n.) Creeping evergreen subshrub of the northern parts of Europe and Asia with delicate fragrant tubular bell-shaped usually pink flowers borne in pairs [syn: twinflower, Linnaea borealis].

Linnaean (a.) Alt. of Linnean.

Linnean (a.) Of or pertaining to Linnaeus, the celebrated Swedish botanist.

Linnaean system, Linnean system (Bot.), the system in which the classes of plants are founded mainly upon the number of stamens, and the orders upon the pistils; the artificial or sexual system.

Linnaean (a.) Of or relating to Linnaeus or to the system of taxonomic classification that Linnaeus proposed [syn: Linnaean, Linnean].

Linnaeite (n.) (Min.) A mineral of pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, occurring in isometric crystals, and also massive. It is a sulphide of cobalt containing some nickel or copper.

Linne (n.) Flax. See Linen. [Obs.]

Linnet (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species ({Linota cannabina), which, in full summer plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown, tipped with crimson. Called also gray linnet, red linnet, rose linnet, brown linnet, lintie, lintwhite, gorse thatcher, linnet finch, and greater redpoll. The American redpoll linnet ({Acanthis linaria) often has the crown and throat rosy. See Redpoll, and Twite.

Green linnet (Zool.), The European green finch.

Linnet (n.) Small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico [syn: house finch, linnet, Carpodacus mexicanus].

Linnet (n.) Small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead [syn: linnet, lintwhite, Carduelis cannabina].

Linoleate (n.) (Chem.) A salt of linoleic acid.

Linoleic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, linoleum, or linseed oil; specifically (Chem.), designating an organic acid, a thin yellow oil, found combined as a salt of glycerin in oils of linseed, poppy, hemp, and certain nuts.

Linoleum (n.) Linseed oil brought to various degrees of hardness by some oxidizing process, as by exposure to heated air, or by treatment with chloride of sulphur. In this condition it is used for many of the purposes to which India rubber has been applied.

Linoleum (n.) A kind of floor cloth made by laying hardened linseed oil mixed with ground cork on a canvas backing.

Linoleum (n.) A floor covering [syn: linoleum, lino].

Linoxin (n.) (Chem.) A resinous substance obtained as an oxidation product of linoleic acid. [Written also linoxyn.]

Linsang (n.) (Zool.) Any viverrine mammal of the genus Prionodon, inhabiting the East Indies and Southern Asia. The common East Indian linsang ({Prionodon gracilis) is white, crossed by broad, black bands. The Guinea linsang ({Porana Richardsonii) is brown with black spots.

Linseed (n.) (Bot.) The seeds of flax, from which linseed oil is obtained. [Written also lintseed.]

Linseed cake, The solid mass or cake which remains when oil is expressed from flaxseed.

Linseed meal, Linseed cake reduced to powder.

Linseed oil, Oil obtained by pressure from flaxseed.

Linseed (n.) The seed of flax used as a source of oil [syn: linseed, flaxseed].

Linsey (n.) Linsey-woolsey.

Linsey-woolsey (n.) Cloth made of linen and wool, mixed.

Linsey-woolsey (n.) Jargon. [Obs.] -- Shak.

Linsey-woolsey (a.) Made of linen and wool; hence, of different and unsuitable parts; mean. -- Johnson.

Linsey-woolsey (n.) A rough fabric of linen warp and wool or cotton woof.

Linstock (n.) A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon. [Written also lintstock.]

Linstock (n.) A stick about a meter long with a point on one end (to stick in the ground) and a forked head on the other end (to hold a lighted match); formerly used to fire cannons.

Lint (n.) Flax.

Lint (n.) Linen scraped or otherwise made into a soft, downy or fleecy substance for dressing wounds and sores; also, fine ravelings, down, fluff, or loose short fibers from yarn or fabrics.

Lint doctor (Calico-printing Mach.), a scraper to remove lint from a printing cylinder.

Lint (n.) Fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers.

Lint (n.) Cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds.

Lint, () [from Unix's lint(1), Named for the bits of fluff it supposedly picks from programs]. (v. t.) To examine a program closely for style, language usage, and portability problems, esp. if in C, esp. if via use of automated analysis tools, most esp. if the Unix utility lint(1) is used. This term used to be restricted to use of lint(1) itself, but (judging by references on Usenet) it has become a shorthand for any exhaustive review process at some non-Unix shops, even in languages other than C. Also as v. delint.

Lint, () (n.) Excess verbiage in a document, as in ?This draft has too much lint?.

Lint, () A Unix C language processor which carries out more thorough checks on the code than is usual with C compilers.

Lint is named after the bits of fluff it supposedly picks from programs.  Judging by references on Usenet this term has become a shorthand for desk check at some non-Unix shops, even in languages other than C.  Also used as delint.

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Lintel (n.) (Arch.) A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture. Lintie

Lintel (n.) Horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window [syn: header, lintel].

Lintel (n.) The emerging Linux/Intel alliance. This term began to be used in early 1999 after it became clear that the Wintel alliance was under increasing strain and Intel started taking stakes in Linux companies.

Lintel, () Heb. mashkoph, a projecting cover (Ex. 12:22, 23; ver. 7, "upper door post," but R.V. "lintel"); the head-piece of a door, which the Israelites were commanded to mark with the blood of the paschal lamb.

Lintel, () Heb. kaphtar. Amos 9:1; Zeph. 2:14 (R.V. correctly "chapiters," as in A.V. marg.).

Compare: Linnet

Linnet (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species ({Linota cannabina), which, in full summer plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown, tipped with crimson. Called also gray linnet, red linnet, rose linnet, brown linnet, lintie, lintwhite, gorse thatcher, linnet finch, and greater redpoll. The American redpoll linnet ({Acanthis linaria) often has the crown and throat rosy. See Redpoll, and Twite.

Green linnet (Zool.), The European green finch.

Lintie (n.) Alt. of Lintwhite

Lintwhite (n.)  (Zool.) See Linnet. -- Tennyson.

Compare: Linseed

Linseed (n.) (Bot.) The seeds of flax, From which linseed oil is obtained. [Written also lintseed.]

Linseed cake, The solid mass or cake which remains when oil is expressed from flaxseed.

Linseed meal, Linseed cake reduced to powder.

Linseed oil, Oil obtained by pressure from flaxseed.

Linseed (n.) The seed of flax used as a source of oil [syn: linseed, flaxseed].
Lintseed (n.) See Linseed.

Linum (n.) (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants including the flax ({Linum usitatissimum).

Linum (n.) A herbaceous plant genus of the family Linaceae with small sessile leaves [syn: Linum, genus Linum].

Lion (n.) (Zool.) A large carnivorous feline mammal ({Panthera leo, formerly Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the different countries. The adult male, in most varieties, has a thick mane of long shaggy hair that adds to his apparent size, which is less than that of the largest tigers. The length, however, is sometimes eleven feet tthe base of the tail. The color is a tawny yellow or yellowish brown; the mane is darker, and the terminal tuft of the tail is black. In one variety, called the maneless lion, the male has only a slight mane.

Lion (n.) (Astron.) A sign and a constellation; Leo.

Lion (n.) An object of interest and curiosity, especially a person who is so regarded; as, he was quite a lion in London at that time.

Such society was far more enjoyable than that of Edinburgh, for here he was not a lion, but a man. -- Prof. Wilson.

American lion (Zool.), The puma or cougar.

Lion ant (Zool.), The ant-lion.

Lion dog (Zool.), A fancy dog with a flowing mane, usually clipped to resemble a lion's mane.

Lion lizard (Zool.), The basilisk.

Lion's share, All, or nearly all; the best or largest part; -- from Aesop's fable of the lion hunting in company with certain smaller beasts, and appropriating to himself all the prey.

Lion of Lucerne, A famous sculptured lion at Lucerne, Switzerland, designed by Thorwaldsen and dedicated in 1821 as a memorial to the Swiss Guards who fell defending Louis XVI. in the attack of the mob on the Tuileries, Aug. 10, 1792. The animal, which is hewn out of the face of a rock, is represented as transfixed with a broken spear and

dying, but still trying to protect with its paw a shield bearing the fleur-de-lis of France.

Lion of St. Mark, A winged lion, the emblem of the evangelist Mark, especially that of bronze surmounting a granite column in the Piazzetta at Venice, and holding in its fore paws an open book representing St. Mark's Gospel.

Lion of the North, Gustavus Adolphus (1594-1632), King of Sweden, the hero of the Protestant faith in the Thirty Years' War.

Lion (n.) Large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male [syn: lion, king of beasts, Panthera leo].

Lion (n.) A celebrity who is lionized (much sought after) [syn: lion, social lion].

Lion (n.) (Astrology) A person who is born while the sun is in Leo [syn: Leo, Lion].

Lion (n.) The fifth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about July 23 to August 22 [syn: Leo, Leo the Lion, Lion].

Lionced (a.) (Her.) Adorned with lions' heads; having arms terminating in lions' heads; -- said of a cross. [Written also leonced.]

Lioncel (n.) (Her.) A small lion, especially one of several borne in the same coat of arms.

Lionel (n.) (Zool.) The whelp of a lioness; a young lion.

Lioness (n.) (Zool.) A female lion.

Lioness (n.) A female lion.

Lionet (n.) (Zool.) A young or small lion.

Lionet (n.) A small or young lion.

Lion-heart (n.) A very brave person.

Lion-hearted (a.) Very brave; brave and magnanimous. -- Sir W. Scott.

Lionhood (n.) State of being a lion. -- Carlyle.

Lionism (n.) An attracting of attention, as a lion; also, the treating or regarding as a lion.

Lionized (imp. & p. p.) of Lionize.

Lionizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lionize.

Lionize (v. t.) 捧（某人）為名人；參觀（名勝）；引（某人）參觀名勝 To treat or regard as a lion or object of great interest. -- J. D. Forbes.

Lionize (v. t.) To show the lions or objects of interest to; to conduct about among objects of interest. -- Macaulay.

Lionize (v.) Assign great social importance to; "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized in Vienna" [syn: lionize, lionise, celebrate].

Lionlike (a.) Like a lion; brave as a lion.

Lionly (a.) Like a lion; fierce. [Obs.] -- Milton.

Lion's ear () (Bot.) A name given in Western South America to certain plants with shaggy tomentose leaves, as species of Culcitium, and Espeletia.

Lion's foot (n.) (Bot.) A composite plant of the genus Prenanthes, of which several species are found in the United States.

Lion's foot (n.) (Bot.) The edelweiss.

Compare: Rattlesnake

Rattlesnake (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus; sometimes also called rattler. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States ({Crotalus horridus), and the diamondback rattlesnake (also called diamondback rattler, and diamondback) of the South and East ({Crotalus adamanteus) and West ({Crotalus atrox}), are the best known. See Illust. of Fang.

Ground rattlesnake (Zool.), A small rattlesnake ({Caudisona miliaria or Sistrurus miliaria) of the Southern United States, having a small rattle. It has nine large scales on its head.

Rattlesnake fern (Bot.), A common American fern ({Botrychium Virginianum) having a triangular decompound frond and a long-stalked panicle of spore cases rising from the middle of the frond.

Rattlesnake grass (Bot.), A handsome American grass ({Glyceria Canadensis) with an ample panicle of rather large ovate spikelets, each one composed of imbricated parts and slightly resembling the rattle of the rattlesnake. Sometimes called quaking grass.

Rattlesnake plantain (Bot.), See under Plantain.
Rattlesnake root (Bot.), A name given to certain American species of the composite genus Prenanthes ({Prenanthes alba and Prenanthes serpentaria), formerly asserted to cure the bite of the rattlesnake. Called also lion's foot, gall of the earth, and white lettuce.

Rattlesnake's master (Bot.) (a) A species of Agave ({Agave Virginica) growing in the Southern United States.

Rattlesnake's master (Bot.) (b) An umbelliferous plant ({Eryngium yuccaefolium) with large bristly-fringed linear leaves.

Rattlesnake's master (Bot.) (c) A composite plant, the blazing star ({Liatris squarrosa).

Rattlesnake weed (Bot.), A plant of the composite genus Hieracium ({Hieracium venosum"> Hieracium ({Hieracium venosum); -- probably so named from its spotted leaves. See also Snakeroot.

Lionship (n.) The state of being a lion.

Lion's leaf () (Bot.) A South European plant of the genus Leontice ({Leontice leontopetalum), the tuberous roots of which contain so much alkali that they are sometimes used as a substitute for soap.

Lion's tail () (Bot.) A genus of labiate plants ({Leonurus); -- so called from a fancied resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a lion's tail. Leonurus Cardiaca is the common motherwort.

Lions' teeth (n. pl. ) of Lion's tooth.

Lion's tooth () (Bot.) See Leontodon.

Lip (n.) One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to certain articulations. Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself.

Thine own lips testify against thee. -- Job xv. 6.

Lip (n.) An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything; a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel.

Lip (n.) The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.

Lip (n.) (Bot.) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.

Lip (n.) (Bot.) The odd and peculiar petal in the Orchis family. See Orchidaceous.

Lip (n.) (Zool.) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.

Lip (n.) Impudent or abusive talk; as, don't give me any of your lip. [Slang]

Syn: jaw.

Lip bit, A pod auger. See Auger.

Lip comfort, Comfort that is given with words only.

Lip comforter, One who comforts with words only.

Lip labor, Unfelt or insincere speech; hypocrisy. -- Bale.

Lip reading, The catching of the words or meaning of one speaking by watching the motion of his lips without hearing his voice. -- Carpenter.

Lip salve, A salve for sore lips.

Lip service, Expression by the lips of obedience and devotion without the performance of acts suitable to such sentiments.

Lip wisdom, Wise talk without practice, or unsupported by experience.

Lip work. (a) Talk.

Lip work. (b) Kissing. [Humorous] -- B. Jonson.

To make a lip, To drop the under lip in sullenness or contempt. -- Shak.

To shoot out the lip (Script.), To show contempt by protruding the lip.

Lipped (imp. & p. p.) of Lip.

Lipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lip.

Lip (v. t.) To touch with the lips; to put the lips to; hence, to kiss.

The bubble on the wine which breaks Before you lip the glass. -- Praed.

A hand that kings Have lipped and trembled kissing. -- Shak.

Lip (v. t.) To utter; to speak. [R.] -- Keats.

Lip (v. t.) To clip; to trim. [Obs.] -- Holland. lipemia

Lip (n.) Either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking.

Lip (n.) (Botany) Either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or Calyx.

Lip (n.) An impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don't give me any of your sass" [syn: sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk, lip, mouth].

Lip (n.) The top edge of a vessel or other container [syn: brim, rim, lip].

Lip (n.) Either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell.

LIP, () Loop Initialization Primitive (SCSI).

LIP, () Large Internet Packet.

Lip, () Besides its literal sense (Isa. 37:29, etc.), is used in the original (saphah) metaphorically for an edge or border, as of a cup (1 Kings 7:26), a garment (Ex. 28:32), a curtain (26:4), the sea (Gen. 22:17), the Jordan (2 Kings 2:13). To "open the lips" is to begin to speak (Job 11:5); to "refrain the lips" is to keep silence (Ps. 40:9; 1 Pet. 3:10). The "fruit of the lips" (Heb. 13:15) is praise, and the "calves of the lips" thank-offerings (Hos. 14:2). To "shoot out the lip" is to manifest scorn and defiance (Ps. 22:7). Many similar forms of expression are found in Scripture.

Lipaemia (n.) (Med.) A condition in which fat occurs in the blood.

Lipaemia (n.) Presence of excess lipids in the blood [syn: lipemia, lipaemia, lipidemia, lipidaemia, lipoidemia, lipoidaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipoidemia, hyperlipoidaemia].

Lipans (n. pl.) (Ethnol.) A tribe of North American Indians, inhabiting the northern part of Mexico. They belong to the Tinneh stock, and are closely related to the Apaches.

Liparian (n.) (Zool.) Any species of a family ({Liparidae) of destructive bombycid moths, as the tussock moths. Liparidae

Liparite (n.) (Min.) A quartzose trachyte; rhyolite.

Lipic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fat. The word was formerly used specifically to designate a supposed acid obtained by the oxidation of oleic acid, tallow, wax, etc.

Lipinic (a.) (Chem.) Lipic.

Lipless (a.) Having no lips.

Lipless (a.) Without a lip or lips [syn: lipless, unlipped] [ant: lipped].

Liplet (n.) A little lip.

Liplike (a.) Having lips or parts that resemble lips [syn: labiate, liplike].

Lipocephala (n. pl.) (Zool.) Same as Lamellibranchia.

Lipochrin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) A yellow coloring matter, soluble in ether, contained in the small round fat drops in the retinal epithelium cells. It is best obtained from the eyes of frogs.

Lipogram (n.) A writing composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; -- as in the Odyssey of Tryphiodorus there was no A in the first book, no B in the second, and so on.

Lipogram (n.) A text that excludes a particular letter or particular letters of the alphabet.

Lipogrammatic (a.) Omitting a letter; composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; as, lipogrammatic writings.

Lipogrammatist (n.) One who makes a lipogram.

Compare: Adipoma

Adipoma (n.; L. pl. adipomata) (Med.) An obsolete term for lipoma. -- Ad`i*pom"a*tous, a.

Lipoma (n.) (Med.) A tumor consisting of fat or adipose tissue. -- Li*pom"a*tous, a.

Lipoma (n.) A tumor consisting of fatty tissue [syn: lipoma, adipose tumor].

Lipothymic (a.) Tending to swoon; fainting. [Written also leipothymic.]

Lipothymous (a.) Pertaining, or given, to swooning; fainting.

Lipothymy (n.) A fainting; a swoon. -- Jer. Taylor.

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