mference,
outline; lineament; row, series, rank, file; secant; hachure, hatching.
Associated Words: aliner, alignment, allineation, align, linear, lineal,
lineation, interline, interlinear, interlining, interlineation.
linen, n. napery; lingerie; damask.
linen and wool. linsey-woolsey.
lines, n. pl. reins.
linger, v. loiter, saunter, tarry, lag.
lingering, a. protracted.
link, v. join, unite, connect, couple, concatenate.
lion, n. _Felis Leo_; lioness (female); whelp, lionel (young);
Leo; griffin.
lionlike, a. leonine.
lip, n. Associated Words: labial, labially, labialize,
labialization, labialism, chiloma, labret, philtrum, pout, labiochorea,
cheiloplasty, labioplasty, harelip, blobber lip.
liquid, n. fluid.
list, n. catalogue, roster, schedule, register; selvage, selvedge,
listing.
listen, v. hearken; eavesdrop; auscultate. Antonyms: disregard,
ignore, scorn.
listening, n. hearkening; eavesdropping; auscultation, autophony.
listless, a. inattentive, indifferent, supine, heedless, unconcerned.
litigation, n. lawsuit.
litter, n. stretcher; mulch; disorder, untidiness; farrow.
little, a. small, diminutive, minute, tiny, wee, puny, dwarfish,
insignificant, infinitesimal. See small.
little, n. miniature; modicum.
little by little. piecemeal, gradually.
live, v. exist; dwell, reside, abide.
live, a. alive, quick, animate, living.
liveliness, n. animation, vivacity, sprightliness, briskness,
activity, lilt.
live longer than. survive, outlive.
lively, a. animated, spirited, vivacious, vigorous, active, brisk,
energetic, stirring, sprightly; agile, nimble; hilarious frolicsome, gay,
buoyant. Antonyms: slow, sluggish, inactive, quiet.
liver, n. Associated Words: hepatic, hepatology, hepatize,
hepatization, cirrhosis, cirrhotic, giblets, bilious, viscera,
hepatogenic, bile.
liver, heart, etc., of an animal. inmeats (edible viscera).
livid, a. ecchymosed, bruised, black and blue.
living, a. alive, quick, live; quickening, animating.
living, n. life, existence, being; livelihood, sustenance,
subsistence, maintenance; benefice.
living again. redivivus, resurrected, revived, resurgent.
living in seclusion. eremitism, anchoretism, reclusion, seclusion,
retirement.--a. hermitical, eremitic, anchoretic, solitary.
living picture. _tableau vivant_.
living together. cohabitation.
living upon others. parasitic.--n. parasitism.
lizard, n. saurian, reptile; c
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