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- English Word Liaison Definition A union, or bond of union; an intimacy; especially, an illicit intimacy between a man and a woman.
- English Word Liana Definition A luxuriant woody plant, climbing high trees and having ropelike stems. The grapevine often has the habit of a liane. Lianes are abundant in the forests of the Amazon region.
- English Word Liane Definition Alt. of Liana
- English Word Liar Definition A person who knowingly utters falsehood; one who lies.
- English Word Liard Definition Gray.
- English Word Liard Definition A French copper coin of one fourth the value of a sou.
- English Word Lias Definition The lowest of the three divisions of the Jurassic period; a name given in England and Europe to a series of marine limestones underlying the Oolite. See the Chart of Geology.
- English Word Liassic Definition Of the age of the Lias; pertaining to the Lias formation.
- English Word Liassic Definition Same as Lias.
- English Word Lib Definition To castrate.
- English Word Libament Definition Libation.
- English Word Libant Definition Sipping; touching lightly.
- English Word Libation Definition The act of pouring a liquid or liquor, usually wine, either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of some deity; also, the wine or liquid thus poured out.
- English Word Libatory Definition Pertaining to libation.
- English Word Libbard Definition A leopard.
- English Word Libbard's bane Definition Leopard's bane.
- English Word Libel Definition A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
- English Word Libel Definition Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
- English Word Libel Definition A malicious publication expressed either in print or in writing, or by pictures, effigies, or other signs, tending to expose another to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule. Such publication is indictable at common law.
- English Word Libel Definition The crime of issuing a malicious defamatory publication.
- English Word Libel Definition A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of his cause of action, and of the relief he seeks.
- English Word Libel Definition To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc.; to lampoon.
- English Word Libel Definition To proceed against by filing a libel, particularly against a ship or goods.
- English Word Libel Definition To spread defamation, written or printed; -- with against.
- English Word Libelant Definition One who libels; one who institutes a suit in an ecclesiastical or admiralty court.
- English Word Libeled Definition of Libel
- English Word Libeler Definition One who libels.
- English Word Libeling Definition of Libel
- English Word Libelist Definition A libeler.
- English Word Libelled Definition of Libel