Lid (n.) A calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off in a single piece, as in the Australian Eucalypti.
Lid (n.) The top of an ovary which opens transversely, as in the fruit of the purslane and the tree which yields Brazil nuts.
Lidded (a.) Covered with a lid.
Lidge (n.) Same as Ledge.
Lidless (a.) Having no lid, or not covered with the lids, as the eyes; hence, sleepless; watchful.
Lie (n.) See Lye.
Lie (n.) A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken with the intention to deceive.
Lie (n.) A fiction; a fable; an untruth.
Lie (n.) Anything which misleads or disappoints.
Lied (imp. & p. p.) of Lie
Lying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lie
Lie (v. i.) To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive; to say or do that which is intended to deceive another, when he a right to know the truth, or when morality requires a just representation.
Lay (imp.) of Lie
Lain (p. p.) of Lie
Lien () of Lie
Lying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lie
Lie (adj.) To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; -- often with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin.
Lie (adj.) To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port.
Lie (adj.) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
Lie (adj.) To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; -- with in.
Lie (adj.) To lodge; to sleep.
Lie (adj.) To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
Lie (adj.) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
Lie (n.) The position or way in which anything lies; the lay, as of land or country.
Lieberkuhn (n.) A concave metallic mirror attached to the object-glass end of a microscope, to throw down light on opaque objects; a reflector.
Lieberkuhn's glands () The simple tubular glands of the small intestines; -- called also crypts of Lieberkuhn.
Lieder (pl. ) of Lied
Lied (n.) A lay; a German song. It differs from the French chanson, and the Italian canzone, all three being national.
Liedertafel (n.) A popular name for any society or club which meets for the practice of male part songs.
Lief (n.) Same as Lif.
Lief (n.) Dear; beloved.
Lief (n.) Pleasing; agreeable; acceptable; preferable.
Lief (adv.) Willing; disposed.
Lief (n.) A dear one; a sweetheart.
Lief (adv.) Gladly; willingly; freely; -- now used only in the phrases, had as lief, and would as lief; as, I had, or would, as lief go as not.
Liefsome (a.) Pleasing; delightful.
Liegance (n.) Same as Ligeance.
Liege (a.) Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord.
Liege (a.) Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; as, a liege man; a liege subject.
Liege (a.) Full; perfect; complete; pure.
Liege (n.) A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign.
Liege (n.) The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.
Liegemen (pl. ) of Liegeman
Liegeman (n.) Same as Liege, n., 2.
Lieger (n.) A resident ambassador.
Liegiancy (n.) See Ligeance.
Lien (obs. p. p.) of Lie. See Lain.
Lien (n.) A legal claim; a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty; a right in one to control or hold and retain the property of another until some claim of the former is paid or satisfied.
Lienal (a.) Of or pertaining to the spleen; splenic.
Lienculi (pl. ) of Lienculus
Lienculus (n.) One of the small nodules sometimes found in the neighborhood of the spleen; an accessory or supplementary spleen.
Lieno-intestinal (a.) Of or pertaining to the spleen and intestine; as, the lieno-intestinal vein of the frog.
Lienteric (a.) Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, a lientery.
Lienteric (n.) A lientery.
Lientery (n.) A diarrhea, in which the food is discharged imperfectly digested, or with but little change.
Lier (n.) One who lies down; one who rests or remains, as in concealment.
Lierne rib () In Gothic vaulting, any rib which does not spring from the impost and is not a ridge rib, but passes from one boss or intersection of the principal ribs to another.
Lieu (n.) Place; room; stead; -- used only in the phrase in lieu of, that is, instead of.
Lieutenancy (n.) The office, rank, or commission, of a lieutenant.
Lieutenancy (n.) The body of lieutenants or subordinates.
Lieutenant (n.) An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence; a representative of, or substitute for, another in the performance of any duty.
Lieutenant (n.) A commissioned officer in the army, next below a captain.
Lieutenant (n.) A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a commander.
Lieutenant (n.) A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant commander.
Lieutenant general () An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general.
Lieutenantry (n.) See Lieutenancy.
Lieutenantship (n.) Same as Lieutenancy, 1.
Lieve (a.) Same as Lief.
Lif (n.) The fiber by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made.
Lives (pl. ) of Life
Life (n.) The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that state of an animal or plant in which all or any of its organs are capable of performing all or any of their functions; -- used of all animal and vegetable organisms.
Life (n.) Of human beings: The union of the soul and body; also, the duration of their union; sometimes, the deathless quality or existence of the soul; as, man is a creature having an immortal life.
Life (n.) The potential principle, or force, by which the organs of animals and plants are started and continued in the performance of their several and cooperative functions; the vital force, whether regarded as physical or spiritual.
Life (n.) Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions; as, the life of a state, a machine, or a book; authority is the life of government.
Life (n.) A certain way or manner of living with respect to conditions, circumstances, character, conduct, occupation, etc.; hence, human affairs; also, lives, considered collectively, as a distinct class or type; as, low life; a good or evil life; the life of Indians, or of miners.
Life (n.) Animation; spirit; vivacity; vigor; energy.
Life (n.) That which imparts or excites spirit or vigor; that upon which enjoyment or success depends; as, he was the life of the company, or of the enterprise.
Life (n.) The living or actual form, person, thing, or state; as, a picture or a description from the life.
Life (n.) A person; a living being, usually a human being; as, many lives were sacrificed.
Life (n.) The system of animal nature; animals in general, or considered collectively.
Life (n.) An essential constituent of life, esp. the blood.
Life (n.) A history of the acts and events of a life; a biography; as, Johnson wrote the life of Milton.
Life (n.) Enjoyment in the right use of the powers; especially, a spiritual existence; happiness in the favor of God; heavenly felicity.
Life (n.) Something dear to one as one's existence; a darling; -- used as a term of endearment.
Lifeblood (n.) The blood necessary to life; vital blood.
Lifeblood (n.) Fig.: That which gives strength and energy.
Lifeboat (n.) A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people.
Lifeful (a.) Full of vitality.
Life-giving (a.) Giving life or spirit; having power to give life; inspiriting; invigorating.
Lifehold (n.) Land held by a life estate.
Lifeless (a.) Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a lifeless wine; a lifeless story.
Lifelike (a.) Like a living being; resembling life; giving an accurate representation; as, a lifelike portrait.
Lifelong (a.) Lasting or continuing through life.
Lifely (a.) In a lifelike manner.
Lifemate (n.) Companion for life.
Lifen (v. t.) To enliven.
Life-preserver (n.) An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while in the water.
Life-saving (a.) That saves life, or is suited to save life, esp. from drowning; as, the life-saving service; a life-saving station.
Life-size (a.) Of full size; of the natural size.
Lifesome (a.) Animated; sprightly.