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Ligates
- verb - bind chemically; "The enzyme ligated"
- bind with a bandage or ligature; "ligate the artery"
- join letters in a ligature when writing
Ligator
- - An instrument for ligating, or for placing and fastening a ligature.
Lighted
- adjective - provided with artificial light; "illuminated advertising"; "looked up at the lighted windows"; "a brightly lit room"; "a well-lighted stairwell"
- set afire or burning; "the lighted candles"; "a lighted cigarette"; "a lit firecracker"
Lighten
- 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"
- 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"
Lighter
- noun - a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires; "do you have a light?"
- a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
- a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire
- transport in a flatbottom boat
Lightly
- adverb - in a small quantity or extent; "spread the margarine thinly over the meat"; "apply paint lightly"
- indulging with temperance; "we eat lightly in the morning"
- to a slight degree; "her speech is only lightly accented"
- with few burdens; "experienced travellers travel light"
- with indifference or without dejection; "he took it lightly"
- with little weight or force; "she kissed him lightly on the forehead"
- without good reason; "one cannot say such things lightly"
Lignify
- verb - convert into wood or cause to become woody
Lignins
- noun - a complex polymer; the chief constituent of wood other than carbohydrates; binds to cellulose fibers to harden and strengthen cell walls of plants
Lignite
- noun - intermediate between peat and bituminous coal