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Liminality
- - that temporary state during a rite of passage when the participant lacks social status or rank, is required to follow specified forms of conduct, and is expected to show obedience and humility.
Limitation
- noun - (law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought; "statute of limitations"
- a principle that limits the extent of something; "I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements"
- an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)
- the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed; "there are limits on the amount you can bet"; "it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight"
- the quality of being limited or restricted; "it is a good plan but it has serious limitations"
Linebacker
- noun - (American football) the position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmage
- a defensive football player who takes a position close behind the linemen
Linguality
- - The quality of being lingual.
Lipidaemia
- noun - presence of excess lipids in the blood
Lipreading
- verb - interpret by lipreading; of deaf people
- perceiving what a person is saying by observing the movements of the lips
Literacies
- noun - the ability to read and write
Literalise
- verb - make literal; "literalize metaphors"
Literalism
- noun - a disposition to interpret statements in their literal sense
- the doctrine of realistic (literal) portrayal in art or literature