12-letter words starting with li
- liar paradox — a logical paradox that results from consideration of statements of the form “This statement is false.” If the statement is true, then it is false, whereas if it is false, then it is true.
- liberal arts — humanities and social sciences
- liberalising — Present participle of liberalise.
- liberalistic — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- liberalities — Plural form of liberality.
- liberalizing — Present participle of liberalize.
- liberatingly — In a liberating manner.
- liberational — Relating to, or aiding, liberation; liberatory.
- libertarians — Plural form of libertarian.
- liberty bell — the bell of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, rung on July 8, 1776, to announce the adoption of the Declaration of Independence; since then a national symbol of liberty: moved to a special exhibition pavilion behind Independence Hall on January 1, 1976.
- liberty bond — a single Liberty loan bond.
- liberty hall — a place or condition of complete liberty
- liberty loan — any of the five bond issues of the U.S. government floated in World War I.
- liberty pole — Also called liberty tree. American History. a pole or tree, often with a liberty cap or a banner at the top, usually located on a village green or in a market square, used by the Sons of Liberty in many colonial towns as a symbol of protest against British rule and around which anti-British rallies were held.
- liberty ship — a slow cargo ship built in large numbers for the U.S. merchant marine during World War II and having a capacity of about 11,000 deadweight tons.
- libertyville — a town in NE Illinois.
- liberum veto — a veto exercised by a single member of a legislative body whose rules require unanimity.
- libidinosity — lustfulness
- libidinously — In a libidinous manner.
- library book — a book owned by a library
- library card — a card issued by a library to individuals or organizations entitling them or their representatives to borrow materials.
- licentiously — In a licentious manner, rowdily, overwhelmed by passion and without control of appetites (especially sexual appetites).
- lichtenstein — Roy, 1923–97, U.S. painter and sculptor.
- lickspittles — Plural form of lickspittle.
- liddell hart — (Sir) Basil Henry, 1895–1970, English military historian and strategist.
- lie detector — a polygraph used to determine changes in certain body activities, as blood pressure, pulse, breathing, and perspiration, the results of which may be interpreted to indicate the truth or falsity of a person's answers under questioning.
- lie in state — the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.
- lieutenantry — the post or commission of a lieutenant
- life annuity — any annuity that is contingent upon the survival of the annuitant or annuitants, especially an annuity that terminates with the death of a single annuitant.
- life drawing — drawing objects or people from life
- life goes on — You can say 'Life goes on' after mentioning something very sad to indicate that, although people are very upset or affected by it, they have to carry on living normally.
- life history — the series of living phenomena exhibited by an organism in the course of its development from inception to death.
- life partner — one member of a monogamous relationship.
- life peerage — the title and rank of a life peer
- life savings — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- life science — any science that deals with living organisms, their life processes, and their interrelationships, as biology, medicine, or ecology.
- life support — equipment to sustain a patient's life
- life tenancy — holding a tenancy until the holder dies
- life-support — of or relating to equipment or measures that sustain or artificially substitute for essential body functions, as breathing or disposal of body wastes: Without life-support equipment, the patient might die.
- lifelessness — The property of being lifeless, the lack of apparent animation.
- lifelikeness — Quality of being lifelike.
- lifestreamer — a person who provides an online record of his or her life, either by means of live video footage or via an online collection of social network updates, blogs, and photos
- lifting body — an aircraft or spacecraft configuration in which there are no wings, and lift is obtained by aerodynamic forces on its body.
- lifting sail — a sail that when filled tends to raise the hull of a ship or boat (opposed to driving sail).
- light bomber — a small airplane designed to carry light bomb loads relatively short distances, especially one having a gross loaded weight of less than 100,000 pounds (45,000 kg).
- light breeze — a wind of 4–7 miles per hour (2–3 m/sec). Compare breeze1 (def 2).
- light bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- light cannon — a particularly powerful torch, spotlight, or searchlight
- light client — thin client
- light comedy — a play or film which deals with its subject matter in an amusing and lighthearted way
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