Liberty (n.) A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of the horse.
Liberty (n.) Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.
Libethenite (n.) A mineral of an olive-green color, commonly in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of copper.
Libidinist (n.) One given to lewdness.
Libidinosity (n.) The state or quality of being libidinous; libidinousness.
Libidinous (a.) Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness; sensual; lascivious.
Libken (n.) Alt. of Libkin
Libkin (n.) A house or lodging.
Librae (pl. ) of Libra
Libra (n.) The Balance; the seventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the autumnal equinox in September, marked thus / in almanacs, etc.
Libra (n.) A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio.
Libral (a.) Of a pound weight.
Librarian (n.) One who has the care or charge of a library.
Librarian (n.) One who copies manuscript books.
Librarianship (n.) The office of a librarian.
Libraries (pl. ) of Library
Library (n.) A considerable collection of books kept for use, and not as merchandise; as, a private library; a public library.
Library (n.) A building or apartment appropriated for holding such a collection of books.
Librated (imp. & p. p.) of Librate
Librating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Librate
Librate (v. i.) To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised.
Librate (v. t.) To poise; to balance.
Libration (n.) The act or state of librating.
Libration (n.) A real or apparent libratory motion, like that of a balance before coming to rest.
Libration point (n.) any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each other, as the Earth-moon system, where the gravitational pull of the two bodies on an object are approximately equal, and in opposite directions. A solid object moving in the same velocity and direction as such a libration point will remain in gravitational equilibrium with the two bodies of the system and not fall toward either body.
Libratory (a.) Balancing; moving like a balance, as it tends to an equipoise or level.
Librettist (n.) One who makes a libretto.
Librettos (pl. ) of Libretto
Libretti (pl. ) of Libretto
Libretto (n.) A book containing the words of an opera or extended piece of music.
Libretto (n.) The words themselves.
Libriform (a.) Having the form of liber, or resembling liber.
Libyan (a.) Of or pertaining to Libya, the ancient name of that part of Africa between Egypt and the Atlantic Ocean, or of Africa as a whole.
Lice (n.) pl. of Louse.
Licensable (a.) That can be licensed.
License (n.) Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors.
License (n.) The document granting such permission.
License (n.) Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety.
License (n.) That deviation from strict fact, form, or rule, in which an artist or writer indulges, assuming that it will be permitted for the sake of the advantage or effect gained; as, poetic license; grammatical license, etc.
Licensed (imp. & p. p.) of License
Licensing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of License
License (v. t.) To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach.
Licensed (a.) Having a license; permitted or authorized by license; as, a licensed victualer; a licensed traffic.
Licensee (n.) The person to whom a license is given.
Licenser (n.) One who gives a license; as, a licenser of the press.
Licensure (n.) A licensing.
Licentiate (n.) One who has a license to exercise a profession; as, a licentiate in medicine or theology.
Licentiate (n.) A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy.
Licentiate (n.) One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty, as if having a license therefor.
Licentiate (n.) On the continent of Europe, a university degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of doctor.
Licentiate (v. t.) To give a license to.
Licentious (a.) Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; as, a licentious press.
Licentious (a.) Unrestrained by law or morality; lawless; immoral; dissolute; lewd; lascivious; as, a licentious man; a licentious life.
Lich (a.) Like.
Lich (a.) A dead body; a corpse.
Lichen (n.) One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called Lichenes), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly, expanded, frond-like forms, but sometimes erect or pendulous and variously branched. They derive their nourishment from the air, and generate by means of spores. The species are very widely distributed, and form irregular spots or patches, usually of a greenish or yellowish color, upon rocks, trees, and various bodies, to which they adhere with great tenacity. They are often improperly called rock moss or tree moss.
Lichen (n.) A name given to several varieties of skin disease, esp. to one characterized by the eruption of small, conical or flat, reddish pimples, which, if unchecked, tend to spread and produce great and even fatal exhaustion.
Lichened (a.) Belonging to, or covered with, lichens.
Lichenic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, lichens.
Licheniform (a.) Having the form of a lichen.
Lichenin (n.) A substance isomeric with starch, extracted from several species of moss and lichen, esp. from Iceland moss.
Lichenographic (a.) Alt. of Lichenographical
Lichenographical (a.) Of or pertaining to lichenography.
Lichenographist (n.) One who describes lichens; one versed in lichenography.
Lichenography (n.) A description of lichens; the science which illustrates the natural history of lichens.
Lichenologist (n.) One versed in lichenology.
Lichenology (n.) The science which treats of lichens.
Lichenous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, lichens; abounding in lichens; covered with lichens.
Lichi (n.) See Litchi.
Lichwale (n.) The gromwell.
Lichwort (n.) An herb, the wall pellitory. See Pellitory.
Licit (a.) Lawful.
Licitation (n.) The act of offering for sale to the highest bidder.
Licked (imp. & p. p.) of Lick
Licking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lick
Lick (v. t.) To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand.
Lick (v. t.) To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk.
Lick (v.) A stroke of the tongue in licking.
Lick (v.) A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue; as, to put on colors with a lick of the brush. Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied.
Lick (v.) A place where salt is found on the surface of the earth, to which wild animals resort to lick it up; -- often, but not always, near salt springs.
Lick (v. t.) To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter.
Lick (n.) A slap; a quick stroke.
Licker (n.) One who, or that which, licks.
Lickerish (a.) Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy.
Lickerish (a.) Tempting the appetite; dainty.
Lickerish (a.) Lecherous; lustful.
Lickerous (a.) Lickerish; eager; lustful.
Licking (n.) A lapping with the tongue.
Licking (n.) A flogging or castigation.
Lickpenny (n.) A devourer or absorber of money.
Lick-spigot (n.) A tapster.
Lick-spittle (n.) An abject flatterer or parasite.
Licorice (n.) A plant of the genus Glycyrrhiza (G. glabra), the root of which abounds with a sweet juice, and is much used in demulcent compositions.
Licorice (n.) The inspissated juice of licorice root, used as a confection and for medicinal purposes.
Licorous (a.) See Lickerish.
Licour (n.) Liquor.
Lictor (n.) An officer who bore an ax and fasces or rods, as ensigns of his office. His duty was to attend the chief magistrates when they appeared in public, to clear the way, and cause due respect to be paid to them, also to apprehend and punish criminals.
Lid (n.) That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk.
Lid (n.) The cover of the eye; an eyelid.
Lid (n.) The cover of the spore cases of mosses.