5 Letter Words That Start With LI

light

Noun : (physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers); visible light.

Noun : (by extension) Infrared or ultraviolet radiation.

Noun : (countable) A source of illumination.

limit

Noun : A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.

Noun : (mathematics) A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).

Noun : (mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.

libel

Noun : (countable) A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.

Noun : (uncountable) The act or tort of displaying such a statement publicly.

Noun : (countable) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.

limbo

Noun : (Roman Catholicism, uncountable) The place, thought to be on the edge of the bottomless pit of Hell, where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, specifically those of the saints who died before the advent of Jesus Christ (who occupy the limbo patrum or limbo of the patriarchs or fathers) and those of unbaptized infants (who occupy the limbo infantum or limbo of the infants); (countable) the place where each category of souls exists, regarded separately.

Noun : (by extension)

Noun : (countable, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by in: any in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion which results in deadlock, delay, or some other unresolved status.

livid

Adjective : Having a dark, bluish appearance.

Adjective : Pale, pallid.

Adjective : (informal) So angry that one turns pale; very angry; furious.

liney

Adjective : Resembling or characterised by lines.

linen

Noun : (uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.

Noun : (countable) Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, underclothes, etc., that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibers; linens.

Noun : A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed.

liner

Noun : Someone who fits a lining to something.

Noun : A removable cover or lining

Noun : The pamphlet which is contained inside an album of music or movie

lithe

Adjective : (obsolete) Mild; calm.

Adjective : Slim but not skinny.

Adjective : Capable of being easily bent; flexible.

liege

Noun : A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign.

Noun : (in full liege lord) A king or lord.

Noun : The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.

liver

Noun : (anatomy) A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.

Noun : (countable, uncountable) This organ, as taken from animals used as food.

Noun : A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.

lines

Noun : (film, theater) Words spoken by the actors.

Noun : (fortifications) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.

Noun : (education) A school punishment in which a student must repeatedly write out a line of text related to the offence (e.g. "I must be quiet in class") a specified number of times; the lines of text so written out.

liana

Noun : A female given name from Latin, derived from Juliana or Eliana

Noun : (botany) A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.

lisle

Noun : A type of strong cotton thread, or a cloth woven from such thread.

Noun : A surname from French.

lipid

Noun : (organic chemistry) Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water, and account for most of the fat present in the human body.

lingo

Noun : (informal) Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect.

Noun : A surname.

licit

Adjective : Not forbidden by formal or informal rules.

Adjective : (law) Explicitly established or constituted by law.

liter

Noun : (American spelling) Alternative form of litre, one cubic decimeter. [The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbols: l, L, ℓ]

lilac

Noun : A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers.

Noun : A flower of the lilac shrub.

Noun : (color) A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers.

lives

Noun : (uncountable) The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.

Noun : (biology) The status possessed by any of a number of entities, including animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and sometimes viruses, which have the properties of replication and metabolism.

Noun : The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc.

libra

Noun : (historical) A Roman unit of mass, usually equivalent to 327 g.

Noun : (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of mass, usually around 460 g.

Noun : (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 345 g and particularly used for trade in medicines.

liken

Verb : (transitive)

Verb : Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare.

Verb : (also reflexive, rare) Chiefly followed by to: to make (oneself, someone, or something) resemble another person or thing.

linux

Noun : An open-source computer operating system kernel.

Noun : Any operating system that uses this kernel.

Noun : (software) Any unix-like operating system that uses the Linux kernel.

lived

Adjective : (in combination) Having a specified duration of life.

links

Noun : A golf course, especially one situated on dunes by the sea.

liven

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To cause to be more lively, or to become more lively.

linac

Noun : (physics) A linear particle accelerator.

litre

Noun : The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbols: l, L, ℓ

Noun : (informal) A measure of volume equivalent to a litre.

libre

Adjective : (obsolete, rare) Especially of the will: free, independent, unconstrained.

Adjective : (software) With very few limitations on distribution or the right to access the source code to create improved versions, but not necessarily free of charge.

Adjective : (historical) Not enslaved (of a black person in a French- or Spanish-colonized area, especially New Orleans).

lidar

Noun : The optical analogue of radar, using intense pulses of laser light to measure the composition and structure of the atmosphere.

Noun : Acronym of light detection and ranging.

Noun : Alternative form of LIDAR

liszt

Noun : (countable) A surname.

Noun : (music) Franz Liszt, a Hungarian composer, pianist and teacher.

Noun : (astronomy) An asteroid in Asteroid Belt, Solar System. Discovered in 1988, it was the 3910th asteroid registered. Named after the composer Franz Liszt.

lions

Noun : (cricket) The Sri Lanka national cricket team.

Noun : (Singapore) Singapore national football team

Noun : (sports) any sports team nicknamed the "Lions".

lists

Noun : A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.

Noun : Material used for cloth selvage.

Noun : A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself.

limbs

Noun : A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).

Noun : A branch of a tree.

Noun : (archery) The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.

linda

Noun : A female given name from the Germanic languages.

Noun : A census-designated place in Yuba County, California, United States.

Noun : (computer languages) A coordination language for parallel computing environments.

liger

Noun : An animal born to a male lion and a tigress.

libya

Noun : A country in North Africa. Capital: Tripoli.

Noun : (historical) Africa; that is, the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity.

libby

Noun : A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth and Isabel.

Noun : A surname originating as a matronymic.

Noun : A city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Montana, United States.

lined

Adjective : Having a lining, an inner layer or covering.

Adjective : (of paper) Having lines, ruled.

Adjective : (of skin) Having visible lines or wrinkles.

lifer

Noun : A prisoner sentenced to life in prison.

Noun : A prisoner sentenced to transportation for life.

Noun : A person with a singular career path, especially in the military.

liane

Noun : Alternative form of liana [(botany) A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.]

limey

Adjective : Resembling limes (the fruit); lime-like.

Adjective : Of, or pertaining to, limes (the fruit).

Noun : (dated, slang, derogatory) An English or British ship.

lichi

Noun : Alternative spelling of lychee [The Chinese tropical fruit tree Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family.]

lippy

Adjective : (informal) Having prominent lips.

Adjective : (informal) Having a tendency to talk back in a cheeky or impertinent manner.

Noun : (uncountable) Lip gloss or lipstick; (countable) a stick of this product.

limsy

ligne

Noun : (textiles) A unit of length used for measuring the diameter of buttons.

liage

Noun : (obsolete) Union by league; alliance.

lille

Noun : A city, the capital of the Nord department, France; regional capital of Hauts-de-France.

Noun : A town and municipality of the province of Antwerp, Belgium.

liber

Noun : (botany) The inner bark of plants, next to the wood. It usually contains a large proportion of woody, fibrous cells, and is the part from which the fibre of the plant is obtained, as that of hemp, etc.

Noun : A book of public records.

Noun : (Roman mythology) A god of viticulture and wine, as well as male fertility and freedom.

lindy

Noun : A jitterbug, originated in Harlem, New York.

Noun : A pet form of female given names, such as Linda and Lindsay.

Noun : Nickname of Charles Lindbergh.

lippi

Noun : italian painter whose works show a three-dimensional style (1406-1469

Noun : italian painter and son of fra filippo lippi (1457-1504

litho

Verb : To lithograph.

Adjective : Clipping of lithographic. [(printing) Related to the method of lithography.]

Noun : Clipping of lithograph. [A printed image produced by lithography.]

lilly

Noun : A female given name, variant of Lily.

Noun : A diminutive of the female given names Lillian or Lilian, from Latin.

Noun : A diminutive of the female given names Elizabeth or Elisabeth, from Ancient Greek.

lieve

Verb : gladl

liked

Adjective : found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining for

likud

Noun : A leading rightist political party in Israel.

limen

Noun : A liminal point; the threshold of a physiological or psychological response.

lizzy

Noun : A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.

livre

Noun : (historical) A unit of currency formerly used in France, divided into 20 sols or sous.

Noun : (historical) An ancient French unit of weight, equal to about 1 avoirdupois pound.

limes

Noun : A boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire.

likes

Verb : To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.

Verb : (transitive, archaic) To please.

Verb : (obsolete) To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something.

linga

Noun : Alternative form of lingam [(Shaivism) The aniconic phallic representation traditionally worshipped as a symbol of or in connection with Shiva.]

linea

Noun : (astronomy, geology) Any long marking, dark or bright, on a planet or moon's surface.

Noun : (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 1.9 mm.

liang

Noun : (chiefly historical) Synonym of tael, a former Chinese unit of weight (about 40 g) and a related unit of silver currency.

Noun : (historical) An ancient Chinese kingdom during the Zhou dynasty, a promotion of the former march of Wei

Noun : A surname from Chinese.

libor

Noun : (finance) Acronym of London Interbank Offered Rate (loan interest rate)

liens

Noun : (obsolete) A tendon.

Noun : (law) A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged.

Noun : (uncommon, possibly obsolete) The spleen.

lieut

Noun : Abbreviation of lieutenant. [(military) The lowest Junior Commissioned Officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines.]

linus

Noun : A male given name from Latin.

livia

Noun : A female given name from Latin.

linch

Noun : A ledge, a terrace; a right-angled projection; a lynchet.

Noun : (rare, regional or obsolete) An acclivity; a small hill or hillock.

liard

Noun : (historical) A small French coin, equivalent to a quarter of a sou.

licks

Verb : (transitive) To stroke with the tongue.

Verb : (transitive) To lap; to take in with the tongue.

Verb : (colloquial) To beat with repeated blows.

limba

Noun : A large African tree, Terminalia superba, whose hard wood is used for furniture, table tennis paddles and musical instruments.

limon

Noun : A surname from Spanish.

Noun : Obsolete form of lemon. [A yellowish citrus fruit.]

limax

Noun : a genus of limacida

libid

ligan

Noun : Alternative form of lagan [(law) Goods or materials found or left on the sea floor, attached to a floating marker that indicates ownership.]

liman

Noun : A wide estuary formed as a lagoon at the mouth of one or more rivers, where flow is constrained by a bar of sediments (created by either the current of a sea or a sediment-saturated river), especially in the Black Sea region.

Adjective : From or pertaining to Lima in Peru.

Noun : A native or inhabitant of Lima in Peru.

lie in

Verb : (archaic) To be brought to bed in childbirth.

Verb : (UK) To stay in bed (longer than usual).

litem

lilts

Verb : To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music.

Verb : To sing cheerfully, especially in Gaelic.

Verb : To utter with spirit, animation, or gaiety; to sing with spirit and liveliness.

linin

Noun : (biochemistry) The network of viscous material in a cell's nucleus that connects the chromatin granules.

Noun : (organic chemistry) A bitter glucoside and purgative obtained from Linum catharticum.

linum

Noun : (flax) a genus of approximately 200 speciesLinum.

Noun : a village of the municipality Fehrbellin in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district of Brandenburg, Germany.

lifts

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To raise or rise.

Verb : (transitive, slang) To steal.

Verb : (transitive, slang) To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.

liars

Noun : A person who frequently lies.

Noun : (nautical, obsolete) A swabber responsible for cleaning the outside parts of the ship rather than the cabins, a role traditionally assigned to a person caught telling a lie the previous week.

lisse

Verb : (obsolete) To relieve, mitigate, assuage (pain etc.).

Noun : A fine sheer fabric of silk or cotton used in women's neckwear and in ruching.

Noun : In tapestry, the threads of the warp taken together.

licht

Noun : Licht (Light), subtitled "Die sieben Tage der Woche" (The Seven Days of the Week), is a cycle of seven operas composed by Karlheinz Stockhausen between 1977 and 2003.

Noun : the seventh studio album by the German Heavy metal band Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, released by Nuclear Blast Records on 29 August 2008.

Noun : a German and Yiddish surname meaning "light".

liate

lit up

Adjective : illuminated

Adjective : (slang) exhilarated, excited; showing signs of emotion

Adjective : (slang) Under the influence of alcohol or drugs, intoxicated, buzzed.

litle

ligon

Noun : A surname.

litai

liebe

lindo

Noun : A surname.

limns

Verb : (transitive, also figuratively) To draw or paint; to delineate.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To illuminate, as a manuscript; to decorate with gold or some other bright colour.

litas

Noun : The former currency or money of Lithuania, divided into 100 centai.

limos

Noun : (Greek mythology) A daughter of Eris, Limos is the goddess/personification of famine and starvation. Her Roman counterpart is Fames.

licet

linty

Adjective : Covered with lint.

likin

Noun : (obsolete, historical) A Chinese provincial tax levied at many inland stations upon imports or articles in transit.

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