English words starting with lip

Meanings of Lip:

noun

Either of the two fleshy parts which form the upper and lower edges of the opening of the mouth.

Usage examples:

He kissed her on the lips

verb

(of water) lap against.

Usage examples:

Beaches lipped by the surf rimming the pacific

Meanings of Lip-gloss:

noun

A type of make-up that is put on the lips to make them look shiny

Meanings of Lip-service:

noun

To publicly support or approve of something, while actually taking no action to produce it

Usage examples:

A lot of adults pay lip service to the idea that it is important to listen to teenagers' ideas, but…

Meanings of Lipa:

noun

A monetary unit of croatia, equal to one hundredth of a kuna.

Meanings of Lipaemia:

noun

The presence in the blood of an abnormally high concentration of emulsified fat.

Usage examples:

Additional symptoms of diabetes mellitus include excessive thirst, glucosuria, polyuria, lipemia an…

Meanings of Lipase:

noun

A pancreatic enzyme that catalyses the breakdown of fats to fatty acids and glycerol or other alcohols.

Usage examples:

You need a supplement that provides all of the three main groups of enzymes - amylase, protease and…

Meanings of Lipectomies:

noun

Any surgical procedure carried out to remove unwanted body fat, usually by suction.

Usage examples:

Suction lipectomy is a form of plastic surgery in which an attempt is made to improve the contours …

Meanings of Lipectomy:

noun

Any surgical procedure carried out to remove unwanted body fat, usually by suction.

Usage examples:

Suction lipectomy is a form of plastic surgery in which an attempt is made to improve the contours …

Meanings of Lipemia:

noun

The presence in the blood of an abnormally high concentration of emulsified fat.

Usage examples:

Additional symptoms of diabetes mellitus include excessive thirst, glucosuria, polyuria, lipemia an…

Meanings of Lipid:

noun

Any of a class of organic compounds that are fatty acids or their derivatives and are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents. they include many natural oils, waxes, and steroids.

Usage examples:

The membrane lipids of thermophilic bacteria are rich in saturated fatty acids.

Meanings of Lipidic:

adjective

Relating to, of the nature of, or characteristic of a lipid.

Usage examples:

The mature epidermal cells showed lipidic bodies and large vesicles near the plasma membrane

Meanings of Lipids:

noun

Any of a class of organic compounds that are fatty acids or their derivatives and are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents. they include many natural oils, waxes, and steroids.

Usage examples:

The membrane lipids of thermophilic bacteria are rich in saturated fatty acids.

Meanings of Lipogenesis:

noun

The metabolic formation of fat.

Usage examples:

In addition to its role in regulating glucose metabolism, insulin stimulates lipogenesis, diminishe…

Meanings of Lipogenic:

adjective

Involving the metabolic formation of fat.

Usage examples:

Lipogenic enzymes

Meanings of Lipogram:

noun

A composition from which the writer systematically omits a certain letter or certain letters of the alphabet.

Usage examples:

An example of their practice is the lipogram, which is a text from which one or more letters of the…

Meanings of Lipoid:

adjective

Relating to or resembling fat.

Usage examples:

It was only after 1929 that scientists could assess the identity of sex hormones with chemical meth…

Meanings of Lipoidal:

adjective

Relating to or resembling fat.

Usage examples:

It was only after 1929 that scientists could assess the identity of sex hormones with chemical meth…

Meanings of Lipoids:

adjective

Relating to or resembling fat.

Usage examples:

It was only after 1929 that scientists could assess the identity of sex hormones with chemical meth…

Meanings of Lipolysis:

noun

The breakdown of fats and other lipids by hydrolysis to release fatty acids.

Usage examples:

First, in men, testosterone stimulates lipolysis, inducing an increase in free fatty acid release f…

Meanings of Lipoma:

noun

A benign tumour of fatty tissue.

Usage examples:

If a dog had a benign tumour like a lipoma that needed to be removed because it was causing discomf…

Meanings of Lipomas:

noun

A benign tumour of fatty tissue.

Usage examples:

If a dog had a benign tumour like a lipoma that needed to be removed because it was causing discomf…

Meanings of Lipophilic:

adjective

Tending to combine with or dissolve in lipids or fats.

Usage examples:

Cholesterol, which is far more lipophilic than the hormones, associates tightly with the bilayer an…

Meanings of Lipopolysaccharide:

noun

A complex molecule containing both lipid and polysaccharide parts.

Usage examples:

This ability, as well as the adhesion to mineral surfaces, has been reported to be mediated by the …

Meanings of Lipoprotein:

noun

Any of a group of soluble proteins that combine with and transport fat or other lipids in the blood plasma.

Usage examples:

The in vitro and in vivo experiments showed that free cholesterol and phospholipids were transferre…

Meanings of Liposome:

noun

A minute spherical sac of phospholipid molecules enclosing a water droplet, especially as formed artificially to carry drugs or other substances into the tissues.

Usage examples:

Their approach is to use carrier molecules called liposomes, which are small, spherical fatty membr…