4-letter words containing li
- lich — the body; the trunk.
- lick — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
- lido — a fashionable beach resort.
- lids — Plural form of lid.
- lied — simple past tense and past participle of lie1 .
- lief — gladly; willingly: I would as lief go south as not.
- liek — (internet slang, nonstandard) deliberate misspelling of like.
- lien — the spleen.
- lier — a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lies — Plural form of lie.
- lieu — place; stead.
- life — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- lifo — stack
- lift — to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
- lige — (obsolete) To lie; to tell lies.
- like — in like manner with; similarly to; in the manner characteristic of: He works like a beaver.
- lila — a female given name, form of Leila.
- lili — a female given name.
- lill — (obsolete, dialect) To loll.
- lilo — An inflatable air mattress.
- lilt — rhythmic swing or cadence.
- lily — any scaly-bulbed plant of the genus Lilium, having showy, funnel-shaped or bell-shaped flowers. Compare lily family.
- lima — Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- limb — Astronomy. the edge of the disk of the sun, a moon, or a planet.
- lime — limelight.
- limn — to represent in drawing or painting.
- limo — a limousine.
- limp — to walk with a labored, jerky movement, as when lame.
- limy — consisting of, containing, or like lime.
- lina — a female given name.
- linc — 1. (language) A Burroughs/Unisys 4GL designed in New Zealand. 2. Laboratory Instrument Computer.
- lind — Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- line — a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.
- ling — an elongated, marine, gadid food fish, Molva molva, of Greenland and northern Europe.
- link — a torch, especially of tow and pitch.
- linn — a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- lino — linoleum.
- lins — a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- lint — minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- liny — full of or marked with lines.
- linz — a province in N Austria. 4631 sq. mi. (11,995 sq. km). Capital: Linz.
- lion — a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- lipa — a monetary unit of Croatia.
- lipe — a lurching or jerking movement
- lipl — Linear IPL. A linearised (i.e. horizontal format) version of IPL-V.
- lipo — a.d. 701?–762, Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty.
- lips — Plural form of lip.
- liq. — liquid
- lira — a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lire — a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.