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- English Word Livinian Definition A native or an inhabitant of Livonia; the language (allied to the Finnish) of the Livonians.
- English Word Livonian Definition Of or pertaining to Livonia, a district of Russia near the Baltic Sea.
- English Word Livor Definition Malignity.
- English Word Livraison Definition A part of a book or literary composition printed and delivered by itself; a number; a part.
- English Word Livre Definition 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 It is not now in use, having been superseded by the franc.
- English Word Lixivial Definition Impregnated with, or consisting of, alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; impregnated with a salt or salts like a lixivium.
- English Word Lixivial Definition Of the color of lye; resembling lye.
- English Word Lixivial Definition Having the qualities of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes.
- English Word Lixiviate Definition Alt. of Lixivited
- English Word Lixiviate Definition 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.
- English Word Lixiviated Definition of Lixiviate
- English Word Lixiviating Definition of Lixiviate
- English Word Lixiviation Definition Lixiviating; the process of separating a soluble substance form one that is insoluble, by washing with some solvent, as water; leaching.
- English Word Lixivious Definition See Lixivial.
- English Word Lixivited Definition Of or pertaining to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts.
- English Word Lixivited Definition Impregnated with salts from wood ashes.
- English Word Lixivium Definition A solution of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; hence, any solution obtained by lixiviation.
- English Word Lixt Definition 2d pers. sing. pres. of Lige, to lie, to tell lies, -- contracted for ligest.
- English Word Liza Definition The American white mullet (Mugil curema).
- English Word Lizard Definition Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order Lacertilia; sometimes, also applied to reptiles of other orders, as the Hatteria.
- English Word Lizard Definition A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends.
- English Word Lizard Definition A piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a field.
- English Word Lizard's tail Definition A perennial plant of the genus Saururus (S. 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.
- English Word Llama Definition 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.
- English Word Llandeilo group Definition A series of strata in the lower Silurian formations of Great Britain; -- so named from Llandeilo in Southern Wales. See Chart of Geology.
- English Word Llanero Definition One of the inhabitants of the llanos of South America.
- English Word Llano Definition An extensive plain with or without vegetation.
- English Word Llanos Definition of Llano
- English Word Lloyd's Definition 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.
- English Word Lloyd's Definition A part of the Royal Exchange, in London, appropriated to the use of underwriters and insurance brokers; -- called also Lloyd's Rooms.