LIP
LIP, noun [Latin labium, labrum.]1. The edge or border of the mouth. The lips are two fleshy or muscular parts, composing the exterior of the mouth in man and many other animals...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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LIP-DEVOTION
LIP-DEVO'TION, noun Prayers uttered by the lips without the desires of the heart.LIP'-GOOD, adjective Good in profession only.
LIPLABOR
LIP'LABOR, noun Labor or action of the lips without concurrence of the mind; words without sentiments.
LIPOGRAM
LIP'OGRAM, noun [Gr. to leave, and a letter.]A writing in which a single letter is wholly omitted.
LIPOGRAMMATIST
LIPOGRAM'MATIST, noun One who writes any thing, dropping a single letter.
LIPOTHYMOUS
LIPOTH'YMOUS, adjective [See Lipothymy.] Swooning; fainting.
LIPOTHYMY
LIPOTH'YMY, noun [Gr. to fail, and soul.]A fainting; a swoon.
LIPPED
LIP'PED, adjective1. Having lips.2. In botany, labiate.
LIPPITUDE
LIP'PITUDE, noun [Latin lippitudo, from lippus, blear-eyed.]Soreness of eyes; blearedness.
LIPWISDOM
LIP'WISDOM, noun Wisdom in talk without practice; wisdom in words not supported by experience.
LIQUABLE
LIQ'UABLE, adjective [See Liquate.] That may be melted.
LIQUATE
LI'QUATE, verb intransitive [Latin liquo.] To melt; to liquefy; to be dissolved. [Little used.]
LIQUATION
LIQUA'TION, noun [Latin liquatio. See Liquate.]1. The act or operation of melting.2. The capacity of being melted; as a substance congealed beyond liquation
LIQUEFACTION
LIQUEFAC'TION, noun [Latin liquefactio, from liquefacio.]1. The act or operation of melting or dissolving; the conversion of a solid into a liquid by the sole agency of heat or ...
LIQUEFIABLE
LIQ'UEFIABLE, adjective That may be melted, or changed from a solid to a liquid state.
LIQUEFIER
LIQ'UEFIER, noun That which melts any solid substance.
LIQUEFY
LIQ'UEFY, verb transitive [Latin liquefacio. See Liquid.]To melt; to dissolve; to convert from a fixed or solid form to that of a liquid, and technically, to melt by the sole ag...
LIQUEFYING
LIQ'UEFYING, participle present tense Melting; becoming liquid.
LIQUESCENCY
LIQUES'CENCY, noun [Latin liquescentia.] Aptness to melt.
LIQUESCENT
LIQUES'CENT, adjective Melting; becoming fluid.
LIQUEUR
LIQUEUR, noun A spirituous cordial.
LIQUID
LIQ'UID, adjective [Latin liquidus, from liquo, to melt; lix and lug.]1. Fluid; flowing or capable of flowing; not fixed or solid. But liquid is not precisely synonymous with fl...
LIQUIDATE
LIQ'UIDATE, verb transitive [Latin liquido.]1. To clear from all obscurity.Time only can liquidate the meaning of all parts of a compound system.2. To settle; to adjust; to asce...
LIQUIDATED
LIQ'UIDATED, participle passive Settled; adjusted; reduced to certainty; paid.
LIQUIDATING
LIQ'UIDATING, participle present tense Adjusting; ascertaining; paying.
LIQUIDATION
LIQUIDA'TION, noun The act of settling and adjusting debts, or ascertaining their amount or balance due.
LIQUIDATOR
LIQ'UIDATOR, noun He or that which liquidates or settles.