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| LINSEED | | n. Seed of flax. [old english: related to *line1]
- oil n. Oil extracted from linseed and used in paint and varnish. | |
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| LIONIZE | | v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing) treat as a celebrity. | |
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| LIPREAD | | v. Understand (speech) from observing a speaker's lip-movements. | |
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| LIQUEFY | | v. (-ies, -ied) make or become liquid. liquefaction n. [latin: related to *liquid] | |
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| LIQUEUR | | n. Any of several strong sweet alcoholic spirits. [french] | |
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| LITERAL | | —adj. - taking words in their basic sense without metaphor or allegory.
- corresponding exactly to the original words (literal translation).
- prosaic; matter-of-fact.
- so called without exaggeration (literal bankruptcy).
- of a letter or the letters of the alphabet. —n. Misprint. literally adv. [latin littera letter] | |
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| LITHIUM | | n. Soft silver-white metallic element. [greek lithion from lithos stone] | |
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| LITOTES | | n. (pl. Same) ironic understatement, esp. Using the negative (e.g. I shan't be sorry for i shall be glad). [greek litos plain, meagre] | |
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| LITURGY | | n. (pl. -ies) 1 prescribed form of public worship.
- (the liturgy) the book of common prayer. liturgical adj. Liturgically adv. [greek leitourgia public worship] | |
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| LIVABLE | | var. Of *liveable. | |
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