5-letter words containing li
- ilio- — ilium
- ilion — Greek name of ancient Troy.
- ilisp — A somewhat LISP Machine-like interface to lisp listeners from Emacs. Version 5.0 Emacs interface by ? Ivan Vazquez <[email protected]>.
- ilium — the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- illia — Arturo [ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1900–83, Argentine physician and statesman: president 1963–66.
- illin — Slang. foolish; crazy (used especially in the phrase be illin').
- islip — a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- jilin — a province in NE China, N of the Yalu River. 72,201 sq. mi. (187,001 sq. km). Capital: Changchun.
- jolie — Angelina. born 1975, US actor and campaigner for humanitarian causes: her films include Girl Interrupted (1999), Lara Croft, Tomb Raider (2001), A Mighty Heart (2007), Changeling (2008), and Salt (2010). She was awarded an honorary damehood in 2014
- jolix — 386BSD
- julia — a female given name: derived from Julius.
- julie — a female given name, form of Julia.
- julio — (historical) A former coin of Italy, struck by Pope Julius II (1503-13).
- kalif — a spiritual leader of Islam, claiming succession from Muhammad.
- kilij — a Turkish saber with a crescent-shaped blade, sharp on the entire convex edge and sharp on the opposite edge for about 8 inches (20 cm) back from the point.
- kilim — a pileless, tapestry-woven rug or other covering made in various parts of the Middle East, eastern Europe, and Turkestan.
- klick — a kilometer.
- klieg — A powerful electric lamp used in filming.
- klimt — Gustav [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1862–1918, Austrian painter.
- kline — one of a series of lines (K-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (K-radiation) produced by the transition of an electron to the K-shell.
- klint — Kaara (kɑːrə). 1888–1954, Danish furniture designer; founder of the contemporary Scandinavian style
- kylie — boomerang.
- kylin — (in Chinese art) a mythical animal of composite form
- kylix — a shallow bowl having two horizontal handles projecting from the sides, often set upon a stem terminating in a foot: used as a drinking cup.
- li bo — Li Po.
- li po — a.d. 701?–762, Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty.
- li-lo — a kind of inflatable mattress or raft used to lie on at the beach
- liana — any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- liane — Archaic form of liana.
- liang — a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- liard — a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- liars — Plural form of liar.
- liase — Misspelling of liaise.
- libau — German name of Liepāja.
- libby — Willard Frank, 1908–80, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1960.
- libel — the false accusation that Jews murder Christian children to use their blood in religious rituals: blood libels that spread throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
- liber — an ancient Italian god of wine and vineyards, in later times identified with Bacchus.
- libia — Libya.
- libor — London Inter-Bank Offer Rate: the standard rate of interest for loans between financial institutions
- libra — the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- libre — (free software movement) With very few limitations on distribution or improvement; including source code.
- libri — phloem.
- libya — Ancient Geography. the part of N Africa W of Egypt.
- licey — Containing lice (the insect).
- lichi — Alternative spelling of lychee.
- licht — light1
- licit — legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- licks — Plural form of lick.
- lidar — a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- lidia — (in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.