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Lilliputian
- adjective - (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
- a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift
- a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
- tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput; "the Lilliputian population"
- very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"
Limpidities
- noun - free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
- passing light without diffusion or distortion
Linden Tree
- noun - any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
Linearities
- noun - the property of having one dimension
Linguistics
- noun - the humanistic study of language and literature
- the scientific study of language
Link Motion
- - A valve gear, consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar, called the link, in such a way that the motion of the engine can be reversed, or the cut-off varied, at will; -- used very generally in locomotives and marine engines.
Lion's Tail
- - A genus of labiate plants (Leonurus); -- so called from a fancied resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a lion's tail. Leonurus Cardiaca is the common motherwort.
Lipoprotein
- noun - a conjugated protein having a lipid component; the principal means for transporting lipids in the blood
Liposuction
- noun - lipectomy (especially for cosmetic purposes) in which excess fatty tissue is removed from under the skin by suction
Liquidating
- verb - convert into cash; "I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband"
- eliminate by paying off (debts)
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"
- settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off; "liquidate a company"