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- English Word Liking Definition of Like
- English Word Liking Definition Looking; appearing; as, better or worse liking. See Like, to look.
- English Word Liking Definition The state of being pleasing; a suiting. See On liking, below.
- English Word Liking Definition The state of being pleased with, or attracted toward, some thing or person; hence, inclination; desire; pleasure; preference; -- often with for, formerly with to; as, it is an amusement I have no liking for.
- English Word Liking Definition Appearance; look; figure; state of body as to health or condition.
- English Word Lilac Definition A shrub of the genus Syringa. There are six species, natives of Europe and Asia. Syringa vulgaris, the common lilac, and S. Persica, the Persian lilac, are frequently cultivated for the fragrance and beauty of their purplish or white flowers. In the British colonies various other shrubs have this name.
- English Word Lilac Definition A light purplish color like that of the flower of the purplish lilac.
- English Word Lilacin Definition See Syringin.
- English Word Liliaceous Definition Of or pertaining to a natural order of which the lily, tulip, and hyacinth are well-known examples.
- English Word Liliaceous Definition Like the blossom of a lily in general form.
- English Word Lilial Definition Having a general resemblance to lilies or to liliaceous plants.
- English Word Lilied Definition Covered with, or having many, lilies.
- English Word Lilies Definition of Lily
- English Word Lill Definition To loll.
- English Word Lilliputian Definition One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's "Voyage to Lilliput."
- English Word Lilliputian Definition A person or thing of very small size.
- English Word Lilliputian Definition Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants.
- English Word Lilliputian Definition Of very small size; diminutive; dwarfed.
- English Word Lilly-pilly Definition An Australian myrtaceous tree (Eugenia Smithii), having smooth ovate leaves, and panicles of small white flowers. The wood is hard and fine-grained.
- English Word Lilt Definition To do anything with animation and quickness, as to skip, fly, or hop.
- English Word Lilt Definition To sing cheerfully.
- English Word Lilt Definition To utter with spirit, animation, or gayety; to sing with spirit and liveliness.
- English Word Lilt Definition Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness.
- English Word Lilt Definition A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune.
- English Word Lily Definition A plant and flower of the genus Lilium, endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of six colored pieces, six stamens, and a superior three-celled ovary.
- English Word Lily Definition A name given to handsome flowering plants of several genera, having some resemblance in color or form to a true lily, as Pancratium, Crinum, Amaryllis, Nerine, etc.
- English Word Lily Definition That end of a compass needle which should point to the north; -- so called as often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.
- English Word Lily-handed Definition Having white, delicate hands.
- English Word Lily-livered Definition White-livered; cowardly.
- English Word Lilywort Definition Any plant of the Lily family or order.