All English words - page 1993

Meanings of Literose:

adjective

Literary in a studied or affected way.

Meanings of Literosity:

noun

The quality of being literary in this manner.

Meanings of Liters:

noun

A metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of water under standard conditions, now equal to 1,000 cubic centimetres (about 1.75 pints).

Usage examples:

A litre bottle of wine

Meanings of Litharges:

noun

Lead monoxide, especially a red form used as a pigment and in glass and ceramics.

Usage examples:

The ore, which ran to 25 percent silver, was melted in a small clay or stone furnace called a guair…

Meanings of Lither:

adjective

(especially of a person's body) thin, supple, and graceful.

Usage examples:

She lay gazing up at his tall, lithe figure

Meanings of Lithest:

adjective

(especially of a person's body) thin, supple, and graceful.

Usage examples:

She lay gazing up at his tall, lithe figure

Meanings of Lithia:

noun

Lithium oxide, a white alkaline solid.

Meanings of Lithic:

adjective

Of the nature of or relating to stone.

Usage examples:

The excavation of lithic quarry sites presents archaeologists with logistical and analytical proble…

Meanings of Lithified:

verb

Transform (a sediment or other material) into stone.

Usage examples:

These sediments are lithified to form shales, limestones, and sandstones

Meanings of Lithifying:

verb

Transform (a sediment or other material) into stone.

Usage examples:

These sediments are lithified to form shales, limestones, and sandstones

Meanings of Lithium:

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 3, a soft silver-white metal. it is the lightest of the alkali metals.

Usage examples:

The group lithium - sodium - potassium has a valency of one, as does the group chlorine - bromine -…

Meanings of Litho:

verb

Short for lithography or lithograph.

combining form

Relating to stone.

Usage examples:

Lithosol

Meanings of Lithoed:

verb

Short for lithograph.

Meanings of Lithographed:

adjective

Printed by lithography.

Usage examples:

A set of lithographed drawings

verb

Print by lithography.

Usage examples:

He lithographed the diploma, leaving only two blanks: one for the name of the recipient and the oth…

Meanings of Lithographic:

adjective

Relating to or produced by lithography.

Usage examples:

Lithographic prints

Meanings of Lithographs:

noun

A lithographic print.

Usage examples:

It boasts a collection of more than 50,000 antique images that include steel and wood engravings, l…

verb

Print by lithography.

Usage examples:

He lithographed the diploma, leaving only two blanks: one for the name of the recipient and the oth…

Meanings of Lithophane:

noun

A kind of ornamentation of porcelain visible when held to the light, produced by pressing designs into it when soft.

Meanings of Lithopone:

noun

A white pigment made from zinc sulphide and barium sulphate.

Meanings of Lithosol:

noun

A thin soil consisting mainly of partially weathered rock fragments.

Usage examples:

Most desert soils are typically lithosols, the important constituents of which are resistate detrit…

Meanings of Lithospheric:

adjective

Relating to the lithosphere (= the solid outer layer of the earth)

Usage examples:

The outer shell of the earth is divided into rigid lithospheric plates., they will be examining the…

Meanings of Lithotomies:

noun

Surgical removal of a calculus (stone) from the bladder, kidney, or urinary tract.

Usage examples:

Early hindu surgeons performed advanced eye operations and practised lithotomy (surgical removal of…

Meanings of Lithotomy:

noun

Surgical removal of a calculus (stone) from the bladder, kidney, or urinary tract.

Usage examples:

Early hindu surgeons performed advanced eye operations and practised lithotomy (surgical removal of…

Meanings of Lithuania:

proper noun

A country on the south-eastern shore of the baltic sea; population 2,900,000 (estimated 2015); capital, vilnius; languages, lithuanian (official), russian, polish.

noun

A country in eastern europe

Meanings of Lithuanian:

adjective

Relating to lithuania or its people or language.

Usage examples:

A child of lithuanian jews who emigrated to america in 1875, berenson graduated from harvard univer…

noun

A native or citizen of lithuania, or a person of lithuanian descent.

Usage examples:

Historically, relations with other ethnic groups have been amicable; this is perhaps because over 8…

Meanings of Litigant:

noun

A person involved in a lawsuit.

Usage examples:

So judges and magistrates are not subject to litigation from disgruntled litigants.

adjective

Involved in a lawsuit.

Usage examples:

The parties litigant