Litmus (n.) A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein.
Litotes (n.) A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of avoiding censure or increasing the effect by contrast with the moderation shown in the form of expression; as, " a citizen of no mean city," that is, of an illustrious city.
Litraneter (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity of liquids.
Litre (n.) Same as Liter.
Litter (n.) A bed or stretcher so arranged that a person, esp. a sick or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it.
Litter (n.) Straw, hay, etc., scattered on a floor, as bedding for animals to rest on; also, a covering of straw for plants.
Litter (n.) Things lying scattered about in a manner indicating slovenliness; scattered rubbish.
Litter (n.) Disorder or untidiness resulting from scattered rubbish, or from thongs lying about uncared for; as, a room in a state of litter.
Litter (n.) The young brought forth at one time, by a sow or other multiparous animal, taken collectively. Also Fig.
Littered (imp. & p. p.) of Litter
Littering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Litter
Litter (v. t.) To supply with litter, as cattle; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.
Litter (v. t.) To put into a confused or disordered condition; to strew with scattered articles; as, to litter a room.
Litter (v. t.) To give birth to; to bear; -- said of brutes, esp. those which produce more than one at a birth, and also of human beings, in abhorrence or contempt.
Litter (v. i.) To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.
Litter (v. i.) To produce a litter.
Litterateur (n.) One who occupies himself with literature; a literary man; a literatus.
Littery (a.) Covered or encumbered with litter; consisting of or constituting litter.
Little (a.) Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child.
Little (a.) Short in duration; brief; as, a little sleep.
Little (a.) Small in quantity or amount; not much; as, a little food; a little air or water.
Little (a.) Small in dignity, power, or importance; not great; insignificant; contemptible.
Little (a.) Small in force or efficiency; not strong; weak; slight; inconsiderable; as, little attention or exertion;little effort; little care or diligence.
Little (a.) Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.
Little (n.) That which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, or the like.
Little (n.) A small degree or scale; miniature.
Little (adv.) In a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; -- often with a preceding it.
Little-ease (n.) An old slang name for the pillory, stocks, etc., of a prison.
Littleness (n.) The state or quality of being little; as, littleness of size, thought, duration, power, etc.
Littoral (a.) Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the sea.
Littoral (a.) Inhabiting the seashore, esp. the zone between high-water and low-water mark.
Littorina (n.) A genus of small pectinibranch mollusks, having thick spiral shells, abundant between tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts. They feed on seaweeds. The common periwinkle is a well-known example. See Periwinkle.
Littress (n.) A smooth kind of cartridge paper used for making cards.
Litate (a.) Forked, with the points slightly curved outward.
Lituiform (a.) Having the form of a lituus; like a lituite.
Lituite (n.) Any species of ammonites of the genus Lituites. They are found in the Cretaceous formation.
Liturate (a.) Having indistinct spots, paler at their margins.
Liturate (a.) Spotted, as if from abrasions of the surface.
Liturgic () Alt. of Liturgical
Liturgical () Pertaining to, of or the nature of, a liturgy; of or pertaining to public prayer and worship.
Liturgically (adv.) In the manner of a liturgy.
Liturgics (n.) The science of worship; history, doctrine, and interpretation of liturgies.
Liturgiologist (n.) One versed in liturgiology.
Liturgiology (n.) The science treating of liturgical matters; a treatise on, or description of, liturgies.
Liturgist (n.) One who favors or adheres strictly to a liturgy.
Liturgies (pl. ) of Liturgy
Liturgy (a.) An established formula for public worship, or the entire ritual for public worship in a church which uses prescribed forms; a formulary for public prayer or devotion. In the Roman Catholic Church it includes all forms and services in any language, in any part of the world, for the celebration of Mass.
Litui (pl. ) of Lituus
Lituus (n.) A curved staff used by the augurs in quartering the heavens.
Lituus (n.) An instrument of martial music; a kind of trumpet of a somewhat curved form and shrill note.
Lituus (n.) A spiral whose polar equation is r2/ = a; that is, a curve the square of whose radius vector varies inversely as the angle which the radius vector makes with a given line.
Livable (a.) Such as can be lived.
Livable (a.) Such as in pleasant to live in; fit or suitable to live in.
Lived (imp. & p. p.) of Live
Living (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Live
Live (v. i.) To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation for a continuance of existence; as, animals and plants that live to a great age are long in reaching maturity.
Live (v. i.) To pass one's time; to pass life or time in a certain manner, as to habits, conduct, or circumstances; as, to live in ease or affluence; to live happily or usefully.
Live (v. i.) To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell; to reside.
Live (v. i.) To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be permanent; to last; -- said of inanimate objects, ideas, etc.
Live (v. i.) To enjoy or make the most of life; to be in a state of happiness.
Live (v. i.) To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; -- with on; as, horses live on grass and grain.
Live (v. i.) To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or faith.
Live (v. i.) To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; -- with on or by; as, to live on spoils.
Live (v. i.) To outlast danger; to float; -- said of a ship, boat, etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm.
Live (v. t.) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually; as, to live an idle or a useful life.
Live (v. t.) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.
Live (a.) Having life; alive; living; not dead.
Live (a.) Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties; as, a live coal; live embers.
Live (a.) Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a live man, or orator.
Live (a.) Vivid; bright.
Live (a.) Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe.
Live (n.) Life.
Lived (a.) Having life; -- used only in composition; as, long-lived; short-lived.
Live-forever (n.) A plant (Sedum Telephium) with fleshy leaves, which has extreme powers of resisting drought; garden ox-pine.
Livelihed (n.) See Livelihood.
Livelihood (n.) Subsistence or living, as dependent on some means of support; support of life; maintenance.
Livelihood (n.) Liveliness; appearance of life.
Livelily (adv.) In a lively manner.
Liveliness (n.) The quality or state of being lively or animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; as, the liveliness of youth, contrasted with the gravity of age.
Liveliness (n.) An appearance of life, animation, or spirit; as, the liveliness of the eye or the countenance in a portrait.
Liveliness (n.) Briskness; activity; effervescence, as of liquors.
Livelode (n.) Course of life; means of support; livelihood.
Livelong (a.) Whole; entire; long in passing; -- used of time, as day or night, in adverbial phrases, and usually with a sense of tediousness.
Livelong (a.) Lasting; durable.
Lively (superl.) Endowed with or manifesting life; living.
Lively (superl.) Brisk; vivacious; active; as, a lively youth.
Lively (superl.) Gay; airy; animated; spirited.
Lively (superl.) Representing life; lifelike.
Lively (superl.) Bright; vivid; glowing; strong; vigorous.
Lively (adv.) In a brisk, active, or animated manner; briskly; vigorously.
Lively (adv.) With strong resemblance of life.
Liver (n.) One who, or that which, lives.
Liver (n.) A resident; a dweller; as, a liver in Brooklyn.
Liver (n.) One whose course of life has some marked characteristic (expressed by an adjective); as, a free liver.
Liver (n.) A very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceral cavity of all vertebrates.
Liver (n.) The glossy ibis (Ibis falcinellus); -- said to have given its name to the city of Liverpool.
Liver-colored (a.) Having a color like liver; dark reddish brown.
Livered (a.) Having (such) a liver; used in composition; as, white-livered.
Liver-grown (a.) Having an enlarged liver.
Liveried (a.) Wearing a livery. See Livery, 3.