Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter L - Page 58
Lycanthrope (n.) One affected with lycanthropy.
Lycanthrope (n.) A monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again [syn: {werewolf}, {wolfman}, {lycanthrope}, {loup-garou}].
Lycanthropia (n.) [NL.] See Lycanthropy, 2.
Lycanthropic (a.) Pertaining to lycanthropy.
Lycanthropist (n.) One affected by the disease lycanthropy.
Lycanthropous (a.) Lycanthropic.
Lycanthropy (n.) The supposed act of turning one's self or another person into a wolf. -- Lowell.
Lycanthropy (n.) (Med.) A kind of erratic melancholy, in which the patient imagines himself a wolf, and imitates the actions of that animal. lycee
Lycanthropy (n.) (Folklore) The magical ability of a person to assume the characteristics of a wolf.
Lyceums (n. pl. ) of Lyceum.
Lycea (n. pl. ) of Lyceum.
Lyceum (n.) A place of exercise with covered walks, in the suburbs of Athens, where Aristotle taught philosophy.
Lyceum (n.) A house or apartment appropriated to instruction by lectures or disquisitions.
Lyceum (n.) A higher school, in Europe, which prepares youths for the university.
Lyceum (n.) An association for debate and literary improvement.
Lyche (a.) Like. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Compare: Litchi
Litchi (n.) (Bot.) The fruit of a tree native to China ({Nephelium Litchi). It is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in color and form. [Written also lichi, and lychee.]
Litchi (n.) (Bot.) A genus of East Indian sapindaceous trees consisting of a single species ({Litchi Chinensis, syn. Nephelium Litchi) which bears the litchi nut.
Lychee (n.) (Bot.) See Litchi.
Lychee (n.) Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried [syn: litchi, litchi nut, litchee, lichi, leechee, lichee, lychee].
Lych gate () See under Lich.
Lychnis (n.) (Bot.) A genus of Old World plants belonging to the Pink family (Caryophyllaceae). Most of the species have brilliantly colored flowers and cottony leaves, which may have anciently answered as wicks for lamps. The botanical name is in common use for the garden species. The corn cockle (Lychnis Githago) is a common weed in wheat fields.
Lychnis (n.) Mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone [syn: lychnis, catchfly].
Lychnobite (n.) One who labors at night and sleeps in the day.
Lychnoscope (n.) (Arch.) Same as Low side window, under Low, a.
Lycine (n.) (Chem.) A weak base identical with betaine; -- so called because found in the boxthorn ({Lycium barbarum). See Betaine.
Compare: Betaine
Betaine (n.) (Chem.) A nitrogenous base, C5H11NO2, produced artificially, and also occurring naturally in beet-root molasses and its residues, from which it is extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- called also lycine and oxyneurine. It has a sweetish taste.
Lycoperdon (n.) (Bot.) A genus of fungi, remarkable for the great quantity of spores, forming a fine dust, which is thrown out like smoke when the plant is compressed or burst; puffball. Lycopersicon
Lycoperdon (n.) Genus of fungi whose fruiting body tapers toward a base consisting of spongy mycelium [syn: Lycoperdon, genus Lycoperdon].
Lycopod (n.) (Bot.) A plant of the genus Lycopodium.
Lycopod (n.) Primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles [syn: club moss, club-moss, lycopod].
Lycopode (n.) [F.] Same as Lycopodium powder. See under Lycopodium.
Lycopodiaceous (a.) (Bot.) Belonging, or relating, to the Lycopodiaceae, an order of cryptogamous plants (called also club mosses) with branching stems, and small, crowded, one-nerved, and usually pointed leaves.
Lycopodite (n.) (Paleon.) An old name for a fossil club moss.
Lycopodium (n.) (Bot.) A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order Lycopodiaceae; club moss.
Lycopodium powder, A fine powder or dust composed of the spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order Lycopodiace[ae]. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes used in the manufacture of fireworks, and the artificial representation of lightning.
Lycopodium (n.) Type and sole genus of the Lycopodiaceae; erect or creeping evergreen plants often used for Christmas decorations [syn: Lycopodium, genus Lycopodium].
Lycotropous (a.) (Bot.) Campylotropous.
Lyden (n.) See Leden. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Lydian (a.) Of or pertaining to Lydia, a country of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants; hence, soft; effeminate; -- said especially of one of the ancient Greek modes or keys, the music in which was of a soft, pathetic, or voluptuous character.
Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. -- Dryden.
Lydian stone, A flint slate used by the ancients to try gold and silver; a touchstone. See Basanite.
Lydian (n.) An Anatolian language.
Lydine (n.) (Dyeing) A violet dye derived from aniline.
Lye (n.) A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making soap, etc.
Lye (n.) (Chem.) Sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, or a concentrated aqueous solution of either compound.
Lye (n.) (Railroad) A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding. [Eng.]
Lye (n.) A falsehood. [Obs.] See Lie.
Lye (n.) A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide
Lyencephala (n. pl.) (Zool.) A group of Mammalia, including the marsupials and monotremes; -- so called because the corpus callosum is rudimentary.
Lyencephalous (a.) (Zool.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Lyencephala.
Lyerman (n.) (Zool.) The cicada.
Lygodium (n.) (Bot.) A genus of ferns with twining or climbing fronds, bearing stalked and variously-lobed divisions in pairs.
Note: Lygodium palmatum, much prized for indoor ornament, inhabits shaded and moist grassy places, from Massachusetts to Virginia and Kentucky, and sparingly southwards.
Lygodium (n.) Chiefly tropical climbing ferns [syn: Lygodium, genus Lygodium].
Lying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lie, to tell a falsehood.
Lying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lie, to be supported horizontally.
Lying panel (Arch.), A panel in which the grain of the wood is horizontal. [R.]
Lying to (Naut.), Having the sails so disposed as to counteract each other.
Lying (n.) The deliberate act of deviating from the truth [syn: lying, prevarication, fabrication].
Lying-in (n.) The state attending, and consequent to, childbirth; confinement ; as, a lying-in hospital.
Lying-in (n.) The act of bearing a child.
Lying-in (n.) Concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours" [syn: parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed].
Lyingly (adv.) In a lying manner; falsely.
Lyken (v. t.) To please; -- chiefly used impersonally. [Obs.] " Sith it lyketh you." -- Chaucer. Lym
Lym (n.) Alt. of Lymhound
Lymhound (n.) A dog held in a leam; a bloodhound; a limehound. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Lymail (n.) See Limaille. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Lyme grass (n.) (Bot.) A coarse perennial grass of several species of Elymus, esp. Elymus Canadensis, and the European Elymus arenarius.
Lyme grass (n.) A grass of the genus Elymus.
Lymph (n.) A spring of water; hence, water, or a pure, transparent liquid like water.
A fountain bubbled up, whose lymph serene Nothing of earthly mixture might distain. -- Trench.
Lymph (n.) [U] (Anat.) 【解】淋巴，淋巴液；【醫】血清 An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic ducts into the great veins near the heart.
Lymph (n.) (Med.) A fibrinous material exuded from the blood vessels in inflammation. In the process of healing it is either absorbed, or is converted into connective tissue binding the inflamed surfaces together.
Lymph (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) A fluid containing certain products resulting from the growth of specific microorganisms upon some culture medium, and supposed to be possessed of curative properties.
Lymph corpuscles (Anat.), finely granular nucleated cells, identical with the colorless blood corpuscles, present in the lymph and chyle.
Lymph duct (Anat.), A lymphatic.
Lymph heart. See Note under Heart, n., 1.
Lymph (n.) A thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle; is conveyed to the blood stream by lymphatic vessels.
Lymphadenitis (n.) (Med.) Inflammation of the lymphatic glands; -- called also lymphitis.
Lymphadenitis (n.) Inflammation of lymph nodes.
Lymphadenoma (n.) (Med.) See Lymphoma.
Compare: Lymphoma.
Lymphadenoma (n.) (Med.) See Lymphoma.
Lymphoma (n.) (Med.) 淋巴瘤 A tumor having a structure resembling that of a lymphatic gland; -- called also lymphadenoma.
Malignant lymphoma, A fatal disease characterized by the formation in various parts of the body of new growths resembling lymphatic glands in structure.
Lymphoma (n.) A neoplasm of lymph tissue that is usually malignant; one of the four major types of cancer.
Lymphadenoma (n.) 【醫】淋巴腺瘤 An abnormally enlarged lymph node.
Lymphangeitis (n.) (Med.) Inflammation of the lymphatic vessels. [Written also lymphangitis.]
Lymphangial (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the lymphatics, or lymphoid tissue; lymphatic. Lymphate
Lymphate (a.) Alt. of Lymphated.
Lymphated (a.) Frightened into madness; raving. [Obs.]
Lymphatic (a.) 淋巴的；輸送淋巴的；蒼白無力的 Pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.
Lymphatic (a.) Madly enthusiastic; frantic. [Obs.] " Lymphatic rapture. " -- Sir T. Herbert. [See Lymphate.]
Lymphatic gland (Anat.), One of the solid glandlike bodies connected with the lymphatics or the lacteals; -- called also lymphatic ganglion, and conglobate gland.
Lymphatic temperament (Old Physiol.), A temperament in which the lymphatic system seems to predominate, that is, a system in which the complexion lacks color and the tissues seem to be of loose texture; hence, a temperament lacking energy, inactive, indisposed to exertion or excitement. See Temperament.
Lymphatic (n.) (Anat.) 【解】淋巴腺，淋巴管 One of the lymphatic or absorbent vessels, which carry lymph and discharge it into the veins; lymph duct; lymphatic duct.
Lymphatic (n.) A mad enthusiast; a lunatic. [Obs.]
Lymphatic (a.) Of or relating to or produced by lymph.
Compare: Lymphadenitis.
Lymphadenitis (n.) (Med.) 淋巴腺炎 Inflammation of the lymphatic glands; -- called also lymphitis.
Lymphadenitis (n.) Inflammation of lymph nodes.
Lymphitis (n.) [NL.] (Med.) See Lymphadenitis.
Lymphogenic (a.) (Physiol.) Connected with, or formed in, the lymphatic glands.
Lymphography (n.) A description of the lymphatic vessels, their origin and uses.
Lymphography (n.) Roentgenographic examination of lymph nodes and lymph vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium; produces a lymphangiogram [syn: lymphangiography, lymphography].
Lymphoid (a.) (Anat.) Resembling lymph; also, resembling a lymphatic gland; adenoid; as, lymphoid tissue.
Lymphoid (a.) Resembling lymph or lymphatic tissues.
Lymphoma (n.) A tumor having a structure resembling that of a lymphatic gland; -- called also lymphadenoma.
Malignant lymphoma, a fatal disease characterized by the formation in various parts of the body of new growths resembling lymphatic glands in structure.
Lymphoma (n.) A neoplasm of lymph tissue that is usually malignant; one of the four major types of cancer.
Lymphy (a.) Containing, or like, lymph.
Lyn (n.) A waterfall. See Lin. [Scot.]
Lyncean (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the lynx.
Lynched (imp. & p. p.) of Lynch.
Lynching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lynch.
Lynch (v. t.) To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See Lynch law.
Lynch (v.) Kill without legal sanction; "The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child".
Lynch, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 269
Housing Units (2000): 177
Land area (2000): 0.564906 sq. miles (1.463100 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.564906 sq. miles (1.463100 sq. km)
FIPS code: 29750
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 42.829804 N, 98.465453 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68746
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Lynch, NE
Lynch
Lynch, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
Population (2000): 900
Housing Units (2000): 514
Land area (2000): 0.326903 sq. miles (0.846674 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.326903 sq. miles (0.846674 sq. km)
FIPS code: 48540
Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location: 36.965133 N, 82.916569 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 40855
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Lynch, KY
Lynch
Lynching (n.) 處私刑 Putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law.
Lyncher (n.) One who assists in lynching.
Lynch law () The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law.
Note: The term Lynch law is said to be derived from a Virginian named Lynch, who took the law into his own hands. But the origin of the term is very doubtful. Lynde
Lynch law (n.) The practice of punishing people by hanging without due process of law.
Lynde (n.) Alt. of Lynden
Lynden (n.) See Linden.
Lynden, WA -- U.S. city in Washington
Population (2000): 9020
Housing Units (2000): 3592
Land area (2000): 4.083649 sq. miles (10.576601 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.007361 sq. miles (0.019066 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.091010 sq. miles (10.595667 sq. km)
FIPS code: 40805
Located within: Washington (WA), FIPS 53
Location: 48.946606 N, 122.456927 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 98264
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Lynden, WA
Lynden
Lyne (n.) Linen. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Lynx (n.) (Zool.) 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.
Note: Among the well-known species are the European lynx ({Felis borealis); the Canada lynx or loup-cervier ({Felis Canadensis syn. Lynx lynx); the bay lynx of America ({Felis rufa), and its western spotted variety (var. maculata); and the pardine lynx ({Felis pardina) of Southern Europe.
Lynx (n.) (Astron.) One of the northern constellations.
Lynx (n.) A text browser.
Lynx (n.) Short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur [syn: lynx, catamount].
Lynx, () A WWW browser from the University of Kansas for use on cursor-addressable, character cell terminals or terminals emulators under Unix or VMS. Lynx is a product of the Distributed Computing Group within Academic Computing Services of The University of Kansas. Lynx was originally developed by Lou Montulli, Michael Grobe and Charles Rezac. Garrett Blythe created DosLynx and later joined the Lynx effort as well. Foteos Macrides ported much of Lynx to VMS and is now maintaining it.
Version: 2.4-FM (1995-10-25).
(1994-12-07)
Lynx, () Lynx Real-Time Systems. (1996-03-25)
LYNX, () A language for large distributed networks, using remote procedure calls, developed by the University of Wisconsin in 1984.
["The Lynx Distributed Programming Language: Motivation, Design and Experience", M.L. Scott, Computer Langs 16:209-233 (1991)]. (1994-10-12)
Lynx-eyed (a.) Having acute sight.
Lynx-eyed (a.) Having very keen vision; "quick-sighted as a cat" [syn: argus-eyed, hawk-eyed, keen-sighted, lynx-eyed, quick-sighted, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted].
Lyonnaise (a.) (Cookery) Applied to boiled potatoes cut into small pieces and heated in oil or butter. They are usually flavored with onion and parsley.
Lyopomata (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of brachiopods, in which the valves of shell are not articulated by a hinge. It includes the Lingula, Discina, and allied forms. [Written also Lyopoma.]
Lyra (n.) (Astron.) A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyrae, or Vega.
Lyra (n.) (Anat.) The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; -- so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain.
Lyra (n.) A small constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and Draco; contains the star Vega.
Lyraid (n.) Same as Lyrid.
Lyrate (a.) Alt. of Lyrated.
Lyrated (a.) (Bot.) Lyre-shaped, or spatulate and oblong, with small lobes toward the base; as, a lyrate leaf.
Lyrated (a.) (Zool.) Shaped like a lyre, as the tail of the blackcock, or that of the lyre bird.
Lyre (n.) (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry.
Note: The lyre was the peculiar instrument of Apollo, the tutelary god of music and poetry. It gave name to the species of verse called lyric, to which it originally. furnished an accompaniment.
Lyre (n.) (Astron.) One of the constellations; Lyra. See Lyra.
Lyre bat (Zool.), A small bat ({Megaderma lyra"> Lyre bat (Zool.), a small bat ({Megaderma lyra), inhabiting India and Ceylon. It is remarkable for the enormous size and curious shape of the nose membrane and ears.
Lyre turtle (Zool.), The leatherback.
Lyre (n.) A harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment.
LYRE, (n.) An ancient instrument of torture.
The word is now used in a figurative sense to denote the poetic faculty, as in the following fiery lines of our great poet, Ella Wheeler Wilcox:
I sit astride Parnassus with my lyre, And pick with care the disobedient wire.
That stupid shepherd lolling on his crook With deaf attention scarcely deigns to look.
I bide my time, and it shall come at length, When, with a Titan's energy and strength, I'll grab a fistful of the strings, and O, The word shall suffer when I let them go!
Farquharson Harris
Lyre bird (n.) (Zool.) 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.
Lyric (a.) Alt. of Lyrical.
Lyrical (a.) Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp.
Lyrical (a.) Fitted to be sung to the lyre; hence, also, appropriate for song; suitable for or suggestive of singing; -- of music or poetry.
Lyrical (a.) expressing deep personal emotion; -- said especially of poetry which expresses the individual emotions of the poet; as, the dancer's lyrical performance. "Sweet lyric song." -- Milton.
Syn: lyric.
Lyric (n.) A lyric poem; a lyrical composition.
Lyric (n.) A composer of lyric poems. [R.] -- Addison.
Lyric (n.) A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Lyric (n.) pl. The words of a song.
Lyric (a.) Expressing deep emotion; "the dancer's lyrical performance" [syn: lyric, lyrical].
Lyric (a.) Used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range; "a lyric soprano" [ant: dramatic].
Lyric (a.) Relating to or being musical drama; "the lyric stage."
Lyric (a.) Of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way); "lyric poetry."
Lyric (n.) The text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language" [syn: lyric, words, language].
Lyric (n.) A short poem of songlike quality [syn: lyric, lyric poem].
Lyric (v.) Write lyrics for (a song).
LYRIC, () Language for Your Remote Instruction by Computer. A CAI language implemented as a Fortran preprocessor.
["Computer Assisted Instruction: Specification of Attributes for CAI Programs and Programmers", G.M. Silvern et al, Proc ACM 21st Natl Conf (1966)]. (1994-10-12)
Lyrical (a.) 抒情的；適於歌唱的（= lyric）；抒情詩般的；感情豐富的suitable for or suggestive of singing
Lyrical (a.) Expressing deep emotion; "the dancer's lyrical performance" [syn: lyric, lyrical].
Lyrically (adv.) In a lyrical manner.
Lyrically (adv.) In a lyrical manner; "she danced the part of the Black Swan very lyrically."
Lyricism (n.) A lyric composition. -- Gray.
Lyricism (n.) The property of being suitable for singing [syn: lyricality, lyricism, songfulness].
Lyricism (n.) Unrestrained and exaggerated enthusiasm.
Lyrid (n.) (Astron.) 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 the stars if produced back wards crosses the constellation Lyra.