5 Letter Words That Start With LI

lithe

Adjective : Capable of being easily bent; flexible.

Adjective : Slim but not skinny.

Adjective : Adaptable.

light

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

Noun : (by extension) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye or in nearby ranges (infrared or ultraviolet radiation).

Noun : (by extension, less commonly) Electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength.

livid

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

Adjective : Having a dark, bluish appearance.

Adjective : Pale, pallid.

liege

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

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

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

limen

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

limit

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

Verb : (transitive) To restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.

Noun : The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.

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.

Verb : To defame (someone), especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.

limbo

Noun : (by extension) (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.

Noun : (Roman Catholicism, uncountable) A speculation, thought possibly to be on the edge of the bottomless pit of Hell, where the souls of innocent deceased people might 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 possible place where each category of souls might exist, regarded separately.

Noun : (dance, also attributively) A competitive dance originating from Trinidad and Tobago in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards. The bar is lowered with each round, and the competition is won by the dancer who passes under the bar in the lowest position without dislodging it or falling down.

lilac

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

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.

lingo

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

Noun : (Australian Aboriginal) An Aboriginal language.

Noun : A surname.

litch

Noun : A surname.

Verb : (slang) literally, actually

Noun : Alternative form of lich. [(archaic, UK) A corpse or dead body.]

lisse

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.

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

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.

Adjective : Made from linen cloth or thread.

liken

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

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

Verb : (intransitive, obsolete) Followed by to: to be like or resemble; also, to become like.

limey

Noun : (US, Australia, New Zealand, slang, ethnic slur) An Englishman or other Briton, or a person of British descent; an English or British immigrant.

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

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

lines

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

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.

Noun : (US) The reins with which a horse is guided by its driver.

liana

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

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

livor

Noun : (pathology) Skin discoloration, as from a bruise, or occurring after death.

Noun : (obsolete) Malice.

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.

lives

Noun : LiVES (LiVES Editing System) is a free and open-source video editing software and VJ tool, released under the GNU General Public License version 3 or later.

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 : A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.

litty

Adjective : (slang) Excellent, extremely fun.

Noun : A little bit.

Adjective : Little.

likam

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.

licit

Adjective : Not forbidden by formal or informal rules.

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

liber

Noun : A book of public records.

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

lie in

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

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

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.

Noun : A native or inhabitant of Lima in Peru.

Adjective : From or pertaining to Lima in Peru.

liang

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

Noun : A surname from Chinese.

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

libre

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).

Noun : (historical) A free (not enslaved) black person in a French- or Spanish-colonized area, especially New Orleans.

liage

Noun : (obsolete) Union by league; alliance.

liwan

Noun : A district of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

Noun : A long, narrow-fronted hall or vaulted portal found in Levantine homes, often open to the outside.

litle

liner

Noun : A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner.

Noun : Someone who fits a lining to something.

Noun : A removable cover or lining.

links

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

libra

Noun : (historical) Synonym of pound, a notional pound of silver as a money of account, especially in medieval contexts.

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

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

litre

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

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

Noun : Lithraea caustica, a Chilean tree or bush.

lined

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

Adjective : (of paper) Having lines, ruled.

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

limes

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

lisle

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

Noun : A place name:

Noun : A commune in Dordogne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

liven

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

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.

Noun : (obsolete) A lira

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.]

liked

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

licks

Verb : (transitive) To stroke with the tongue.

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

Noun : The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.

limer

Noun : (Caribbean) Someone who hangs around the streets; someone hanging out.

Noun : Someone who limes; someone who uses bird-lime or who limewashes.

Noun : (obsolete) A kind of dog kept on a lead; a bloodhound; a mongrel.

lilts

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

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

Noun : A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune.

limby

Adjective : Having many limbs, or branches.

Noun : (slang) An amputee, especially one who has lost a leg.

likee

Verb : (nonstandard) To like (to have affection for).

linzi

Noun : A female given name.

lilin

Noun : A supernatural being in ancient Mesopotamian folklore, and later in Jewish folklore in which they are associated with Lilith.

lieth

lirae

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.

libya

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

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

litho

Verb : To lithograph.

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

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

lifer

Noun : A prisoner sentenced to life in prison.

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

Noun : A prisoner sentenced to transportation for life.

linac

Noun : (physics) A linear particle accelerator.

lille

Noun : The capital of Nord department and the Hauts-de-France region, France.

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

liszt

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

Noun : (astronomy) An asteroid in Asteroid Belt, Solar System, discovered in 1988 and named for the composer. Official name: 3910 Liszt. Provisional name: 1988 SF.

Noun : (countable) A surname of Hungarian origin.

liard

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

lippy

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

Adjective : (informal) Having prominent lips.

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

litas

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

linne

Noun : (obsolete) flax

Noun : A surname.

limon

Noun : A province of Costa Rica.

Noun : A town in Lincoln County, Colorado, United States.

Noun : A surname from Spanish.

linus

Noun : A male given name from Latin.

Noun : (historical) A town on the coast of ancient Mysia, on the Propontis, between Priapus and Parium.

lit up

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

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

Adjective : illuminated

limps

Verb : (intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favoring one leg.

Noun : An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.

Verb : (intransitive, figurative, of a vehicle) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.

lidge

Adjective : MLE form of legit. [(informal) Legitimate; legal; allowed by the rules; valid.]

Noun : Obsolete form of ledge. [A narrow surface projecting horizontally from a wall, cliff, or other surface.]

lipic

Adjective : (chemistry, dated) Pertaining to, or derived from, fat.

lindo

Noun : A surname.

lisne

Noun : (obsolete, dialect) Alternative form of lissen. [(dialect) A cleft or hollow in rock.]

lifen

Verb : (obsolete) To liven, to enliven.

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.

lizzy

Noun : A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.

ligge

liest

limca

Noun : an Indian multinational brand of lemon- and lime-flavoured carbonated soft drink made primarily in India and certain parts of the U.S.

linge

Verb : (intransitive, UK, dialectal, obsolete) To work hard.

lindu

Noun : The Austronesian language of these people.

Noun : A certain ethnic group of Indonesia.

liège

Noun : The largest city and provincial capital of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

Noun : A province of Wallonia, Belgium

linsk

liano

liech

liets

limno

lirio

lispy

Adjective : (informal) Tending to lisp when speaking.

livro

Noun : an album by Caetano Veloso, released through the record label Nonesuch in 1998.

lith.

Noun : Abbreviation of Lithuanian. [(uncountable) The main language of Lithuania.]

Noun : Abbreviation of Lithuania. [A country in northeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Lithuania.]

lirot

Noun : The basic unit of currency in Turkey.

Noun : The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar)

Noun : The former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus and the Vatican City, superseded by the euro

liter

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

Noun : (obsolete) Alternative form of litter. [(uncountable) Straw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for people or animals.]

linux

Noun : (loosely) Any operating system that uses this kernel.

Noun : (computing, strictly) The Unix-like open-source computer operating system kernel created by Linus Torvalds in 1991.

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

lidar

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

Noun : (countable) A device that provides such imaging.

Noun : Acronym of light detection and ranging.

libor

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

lions

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

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

Noun : (soccer) Singapore national football team

lived

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

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.

libby

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

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

Noun : A surname originating as a matronymic.

lindy

Verb : (intransitive) To perform this dance.

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

Noun : A certain dance step.

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