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lighten, v. light, illuminate, illume; ease, relieve, alleviate.
light-fingered, a. thievish, pilfering.
light-footed, a. nimble, agile.
lighthouse, n. beacon, fa.n.a.l, pharos. a.s.sociated Words: holophote, pharology.
lighting, n. illumination.--a, luminous, luminiferous.
lightness, n. levity, levitation, buoyancy.
lightning-rod, n. paratonnerre.
like, a. similar, alike, cognate, a.n.a.logous, h.o.m.ogeneous. Antonyms: See unlike.
like, n. counterpart, copy, equal; liking, preference.
like, v. fancy, approve of; prefer, choose, wish.
like blazes. (Low) furiously, rapidly.
likelihood, n. probability, verisimilitude. Antonyms: unlikelihood, improbability.
likely, a. probable, verisimilar; good-looking, comely; appropriate.
Antonyms: unlikely, improbable.
liken, v. compare.
likeness, n. similitude, resemblance, similarity, appearance, guise, a.n.a.logy; portrait, effigy, counterpart, image, copy, facsimile.
liking, n. fondness, partiality, affection, approval, preference, predilection. Antonyms: distaste, aversion, inappetency, hatred, antipathy, disapproval.
limb, n. branch, bough.
limber, a. flexible, pliant, limp, pliable, supple, lithe, lithesome.
Antonyms: See stiff.
lime, n. a.s.sociated Words: calcareous, calciferous, calcariferous, calcification, calcify, calcified, calcivorous, calcination, calciform, slack, cretification, calcigerous, kalsomine.
limit, n. bound, boundary, confine, extent; restriction, check, restraint, limitation.
limit, v. restrict, circ.u.mscribe, define, confine.
limitation, n. limit, restriction, restraint, circ.u.mscription, finitude.
limited, a. restricted, confined, conditioned, finite, circ.u.mscribed.
Antonyms: See unlimited.
limp, a. flaccid, flabby, limber, soft, flexile. Antonyms: See stiff.
limp, n. halt, limping, hobble.
limpid, a. clear, pellucid, lucid. See clear.
line, n. stripe, streak; cord, rope, thread, string, cable; course, route; branch, department; boundary, contour, periphery, circ.u.mference, outline; lineament; row, series, rank, file; secant; hachure, hatching.
a.s.sociated Words: aliner, alignment, allineation, align, linear, lineal, lineation, interline, interlinear, interlining, interlineation.
linen, n. napery; lingerie; damask.
linen and wool. linsey-woolsey.
lines, n. pl. reins.
linger, v. loiter, saunter, tarry, lag.
lingering, a. protracted.
link, v. join, unite, connect, couple, concatenate.
lion, n. _Felis Leo_; lioness (female); whelp, lionel (young); Leo; griffin.
lionlike, a. leonine.
lip, n. a.s.sociated Words: l.a.b.i.al, l.a.b.i.ally, l.a.b.i.alize, l.a.b.i.alization, l.a.b.i.alism, chiloma, labret, philtrum, pout, labioch.o.r.ea, cheiloplasty, labioplasty, harelip, blobber lip.
liquid, n. fluid.
list, n. catalogue, roster, schedule, register; selvage, selvedge, listing.
listen, v. hearken; eavesdrop; auscultate. Antonyms: disregard, ignore, scorn.
listening, n. hearkening; eavesdropping; auscultation, autophony.
listless, a. inattentive, indifferent, supine, heedless, unconcerned.
litigation, n. lawsuit.
litter, n. stretcher; mulch; disorder, untidiness; farrow.
little, a. small, diminutive, minute, tiny, wee, puny, dwarfish, insignificant, infinitesimal. See small.
little, n. miniature; modic.u.m.
little by little. piecemeal, gradually.
live, v. exist; dwell, reside, abide.
live, a. alive, quick, animate, living.
