Nouns

lichee

noun

Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India...

lichi

noun

Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet...

liebfraumilch

noun

a sweetened Rhenish wine (especially one from Hesse in weste...

liederkranz

noun

a soft cheese with a strong odor and flavor

liegeman

noun

a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and se...

liepaja

noun

a city of southwestern Latvia on the Baltic Sea

lietuva

noun

a republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea

lieutenancy

noun

the position of a lieutenant

lifework

noun

the principal work of your career

lifo

noun

inventory accounting in which the most recently acquired ite...

ligan

noun

goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buo...

ligand

noun

a substance (an atom or molecule or radical or ion) that for...

lighterage

noun

the fee charged for carrying goods in lighters

lighterman

noun

someone who operates a barge

lightlessness

noun

total absence of light

lightship

noun

a ship equipped like a lighthouse and anchored where a perma...

lightsomeness

noun

the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nim...

lightwood

noun

tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber

ligne

noun

a linear unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of button...

lignin

noun

a complex polymer; the chief constituent of wood other than...

lignite

noun

intermediate between peat and bituminous coal

ligule

noun

(botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a stra...

liguria

noun

region of northwestern Italy on the Ligurian Sea

liliuokalani

noun

queen of the Hawaiian islands (1838-1917)

lilliput

noun

a land imagined by Jonathan Swift that was inhabited by tiny...

lilongwe

noun

the capital of Malawi; located in south central Malawi

liman

noun

a long narrow lagoon near the mouth of a river

limeade

noun

sweetened beverage of lime juice and water

limekiln

noun

a kiln used to reduce naturally occurring forms of calcium c...

limen

noun

the smallest detectable sensation

limewater

noun

solution of calcium hydroxide in water used as an antacid

limitlessness

noun

the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit

limner

noun

a painter or drawer of portraits

limnology

noun

the scientific study of bodies of fresh water for their biol...

limonene

noun

a liquid terpene with a lemon odor; found in lemons and oran...

limonite

noun

a widely occurring iron oxide ore; a mixture of goethite and...

limousin

noun

a region of central France to the west of the Auvergne mount...

limpkin

noun

wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping b...

limpopo

noun

an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean

limulus

noun

type genus of the family Limulidae

linalool

noun

a colorless fragrant liquid found in many essential oils

linage

noun

the number of lines in a piece of printed material

lincolnshire

noun

an agricultural county of eastern England on the North Sea

lindane

noun

a white crystalline powder used as an agricultural insectici...

lindesnes

noun

a cape at the southern tip of Norway

lineament

noun

a characteristic property that defines the apparent individu...

linearity

noun

the property of having one dimension

lineation

noun

the line that appears to bound an object

lingcod

noun

food fish of the northern Pacific related to greenlings

lingonberry

noun

tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller