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Lightening
- verb - alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive; "relieve the pressure and the stress"; "lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents"
- become lighter; "The room lightened up"
- become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit"
- changing to a lighter color
- descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped
- make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room"
- make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a bit"
- reduce the weight on; make lighter; "she lightened the load on the tired donkey"
Lightering
- verb - transport in a flatbottom boat
Lightships
- noun - a ship equipped like a lighthouse and anchored where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable
Lignifying
- verb - convert into wood or cause to become woody
Lignocaine
- unknown - drug used as local anaesthetic
Lilac-Pink
- adjective - of pink tinged with lavender
Liliopsida
- noun - comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids; divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and Liliidae
Liliopsids
- noun - a monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside
Lily-White
- adjective - of a pure white color
- restricted to whites only; "under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains"; "a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization"
Lime Juice
- noun - usually fresh-squeezed juice of limes
- usually freshly squeezed juice of limes