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Lithophytenounplant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphereverified
Lithophytic PlantnounMWEplant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphereverified
Lithopsnounany plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stonesverified
Litmusnouna coloring material (obtained from lichens) that turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutionsverified
Litmus TestnounMWEa coloring material, which is obtained from lichens, that turns red in acidic solutions and blue in alkaline solutionsverified
Litotesnoununderstatement for rhetorical effect, especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contraryverified
Litrenouna metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditionsverified
Litter BasketnounMWEbin (usually in or outside a public building) into which the public can put rubbishverified
Litterbinnounbin (usually in or outside a public building) into which the public can put rubbishverified
Little BarleynounMWEannual barley native to western North America and widespread in southern United States and tropical Americaverified
Little Ebony SpleenwortnounMWEfern of tropical America: from southern United States to West Indies and Mexico to Brazilverified
Little Golden ZinnianounMWEsubshrub having short leafy stems and numerous small flower heads with nearly round yellow-orange raysverified
Little LeaguenounMWEa commercially sponsored baseball league for players between 8 and 12 years of ageverified
Little LeaguernounMWEa player between 8 and 12 years of age who is a member of a little-league teamverified
Little TheaternounMWEa small theater for experimental drama or collegiate or community groupsverified
Little TheatrenounMWEa small theater for experimental drama or collegiate or community groupsverified
Little-Head SnakeweednounMWEsimilar to Gutierrezia sarothrae but with flower heads having fewer rays and disk flowersverified
live CDnounMWEA live CD or live disk is a self-contained bootable and fully operational operating system (OS) on a disk, typically a CD or DVD or even a USB drive, depending on the size of the OS. This version of an OS can boot and run on a PC without ever needing to be installed on the computer's hard drive or changing the PC settings, allowing a user to recover files on a computer with a corrupted OS or to simply experiment on different things without fear of corrupting any files on the disk or the OS installation. Some versions of Linux are small and portable enough to function in a live CD.Physical
Live-Bearernounsmall usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm watersverified
Live-Forevernounperennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowersverified
Liver CancernounMWEmalignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancerverified
Liver RotnounMWEa disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-productsverified
Liverleafnounany of several plants of the genus Hepatica having three-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early springverified
Liverwortnounany of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mossesverified
Livery CompanynounMWEone of the chartered companies of London originating with the craft guildsverified
Lividitynoununnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)verified