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Lima
- noun - capital and largest city and economic center of Peru; located in western Peru; was capital of the Spanish empire in the New World until the 19th century
Limb
- noun - (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet
- any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
- any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"
- either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip; "the upper limb of the bow"
- one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
- the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles; "the limb of the sextant"
Lime
- noun - a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
- a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds
- a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
- 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
- any of various related trees bearing limes
- cover with lime so as to induce growth; "lime the lawn"
- spread birdlime on branches to catch birds
- the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees
Limn
- verb - make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"
- trace the shape of
Limo
- noun - large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur
Limp
- adjective - lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip"
- not firm; "wilted lettuce"
- proceed slowly or with difficulty; "the boat limped into the harbor"
- the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
- walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"
Limu
- - The Hawaiian name for seaweeds. Over sixty kinds are used as food, and have species names, as Limu Lipoa, Limu palawai, etc.
Limy
- - Smeared with, or consisting of, lime; viscous.
Lind
- noun - Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887)
Line
- noun - (often plural) a means of communication or access; "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"
- a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
- a conceptual separation or distinction; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"
- a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
- a connected series of events or actions or developments; "the government took a firm course"; "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"
- a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your line of reasoning"
- a formation of people or things one behind another; "the line stretched clear around the corner"; "you must wait in a long line at the checkout counter"
- a formation of people or things one beside another; "the line of soldiers advance