5 Letter Words That Start With LI

lithe

Adjective : (obsolete) Mild; calm.

Adjective : Slim but not skinny.

Adjective : Capable of being easily bent; flexible.

light

Noun : (physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers); visible light.

Noun : (by extension) Infrared or ultraviolet radiation.

Noun : (countable) A source of illumination.

livid

Adjective : Having a dark, bluish appearance.

Adjective : Pale, pallid.

Adjective : (informal) So angry that one turns pale; very angry; furious; liverish.

liege

Noun : A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign.

Noun : (in full liege lord) A king or lord.

Noun : The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.

limen

Noun : A liminal point; the threshold of a physiological or psychological response.

limit

Noun : A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.

Noun : (mathematics) A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).

Noun : (mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.

libel

Noun : (countable) A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.

Noun : (uncountable) The act or tort of displaying such a statement publicly.

Noun : (countable) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.

limbo

Noun : (Roman Catholicism, uncountable) A speculation, thought possibly to be on the edge of the bottomless pit of Hell, where the souls of innocent deceased people might exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, specifically those of the saints who died before the advent of Jesus Christ (who occupy the limbo patrum or limbo of the patriarchs or fathers) and those of unbaptized infants (who occupy the limbo infantum or limbo of the infants); (countable) the possible place where each category of souls might exist, regarded separately.

Noun : (by extension)

Noun : (countable, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by in: any in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion which results in deadlock, delay, or some other unresolved status.

lilac

Noun : A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers.

Noun : A flower of the lilac shrub.

Noun : A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers.

lingo

Noun : (informal) Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect.

Noun : (Australian Aboriginal) An Aboriginal language.

Noun : A surname.

litch

Noun : A surname.

Verb : (slang) literally, actually

Noun : Alternative form of lich [(archaic, UK) A corpse or dead body.]

lisse

Verb : (obsolete) To relieve, mitigate, assuage (pain etc.).

Noun : A fine sheer fabric of silk or cotton used in women's neckwear and in ruching.

Noun : In tapestry, the threads of the warp taken together.

linen

Noun : (uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.

Noun : (countable) Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, underclothes, etc., that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibers; linens.

Noun : A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed.

liken

Verb : (transitive)

Verb : Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare.

Verb : (also reflexive, rare) Chiefly followed by to: to make (oneself, someone, or something) resemble another person or thing.

limey

Adjective : Resembling limes (the fruit); lime-like.

Adjective : Of, or pertaining to, limes (the fruit).

Noun : (dated, slang, derogatory) An English or British ship.

lines

Noun : (film, theater) Words spoken by the actors.

Noun : (fortifications) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.

Noun : (education) A school punishment in which a student must repeatedly write out a line of text related to the offence (e.g. "I must be quiet in class") a specified number of times; the lines of text so written out.

liana

Noun : (botany) A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.

Noun : A female given name from Latin, derived from Juliana or Eliana

livor

Noun : (pathology) Skin discoloration, as from a bruise, or occurring after death.

Noun : (obsolete) Malice.

linea

Noun : (astronomy, geology) Any long marking, dark or bright, on a planet or moon's surface.

Noun : (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 1.9 mm.

lives

Noun : LiVES (LiVES Editing System) is a free and open-source video editing software and VJ tool, released under the GNU General Public License version 3 or later.

limbs

Noun : A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).

Noun : A branch of a tree.

Noun : (archery) The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.

litty

Adjective : Little.

Noun : A little bit.

Adjective : (West Country, Dorset) Lively and nimble.

likam

Noun : (obsolete or UK dialectal) The human body.

Noun : (UK dialectal) A dead body; corpse.

Noun : (archaic or obsolete) Likeness; face; countenance.

liver

Noun : (anatomy) A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.

Noun : (countable, uncountable) This organ, as taken from animals used as food.

Noun : A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.

licit

Adjective : Not forbidden by formal or informal rules.

Adjective : (law) Explicitly established or constituted by law.

liber

Noun : (botany) The inner bark of plants, next to the wood. It usually contains a large proportion of woody, fibrous cells, and is the part from which the fibre of the plant is obtained, as that of hemp, etc.

Noun : A book of public records.

Noun : (Roman mythology) A god of viticulture and wine, as well as male fertility and freedom.

lie in

Verb : (archaic) To be brought to bed in childbirth.

Verb : (UK) To stay in bed (longer than usual).

liman

Noun : A wide estuary formed as a lagoon at the mouth of one or more rivers, where flow is constrained by a bar of sediments (created by either the current of a sea or a sediment-saturated river), especially in the Black Sea region.

Adjective : From or pertaining to Lima in Peru.

Noun : A native or inhabitant of Lima in Peru.

liang

Noun : (chiefly historical) Synonym of tael, a former Chinese unit of weight (about 40 g) and a related unit of silver currency.

Noun : (historical) An ancient Chinese kingdom during the Zhou dynasty, a promotion of the former march of Wei

Noun : A surname from Chinese.

libre

Adjective : (obsolete, rare) Especially of the will: free, independent, unconstrained.

Adjective : (software) With very few limitations on distribution or the right to access the source code to create improved versions, but not necessarily free of charge.

Adjective : (historical) Not enslaved (of a black person in a French- or Spanish-colonized area, especially New Orleans).

liage

Noun : (obsolete) Union by league; alliance.

liwan

Noun : A district of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

Noun : A long, narrow-fronted hall or vaulted portal found in Levantine homes, often open to the outside.

litle

liner

Noun : Someone who fits a lining to something.

Noun : A removable cover or lining.

Noun : The pamphlet supplied in the box with an audiovisual tape or disc etc.

links

Noun : A golf course, especially one situated on dunes by the sea.

libra

Noun : (historical) A Roman unit of mass, usually equivalent to 327 g.

Noun : (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of mass, usually around 460 g.

Noun : (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 345 g and particularly used for trade in medicines.

litre

Noun : The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbol: L, l, or ℓ.

Noun : (informal) A measure of volume equivalent to a litre.

Noun : Lithraea caustica, a Chilean tree or bush.

lined

Adjective : Having a lining, an inner layer or covering.

Adjective : (of paper) Having lines, ruled.

Adjective : (of skin) Having visible lines or wrinkles.

limes

Noun : A boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire.

lisle

Noun : A type of strong cotton thread, or a cloth woven from such thread.

Noun : A surname from French.

Noun : A place name:

liven

Verb : (ambitransitive) To cause to be more lively, or to become more lively.

livre

Noun : (historical) A unit of currency formerly used in France, divided into 20 sols or sous.

Noun : (obsolete) A lira

Noun : (historical) An ancient French unit of weight, equal to about 1 avoirdupois pound.

ligan

Noun : Alternative form of lagan [(law) Goods or materials found or left on the sea floor, attached to a floating marker that indicates ownership.]

liked

Adjective : found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining for

licks

Verb : (transitive) To stroke with the tongue.

Verb : (transitive) To lap; to take in with the tongue.

Verb : (colloquial) To beat with repeated blows.

limer

Noun : (obsolete) A kind of dog kept on a lead; a bloodhound; a mongrel.

Noun : Someone who limes; someone who uses bird-lime or who limewashes.

Noun : (Caribbean) Someone who hangs around the streets; someone hanging out.

lilts

Verb : (intransitive) To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music.

Verb : (intransitive) To sing cheerfully, especially in Gaelic.

Verb : (intransitive) To utter with spirit, animation, or gaiety; to sing with spirit and liveliness.

limby

Adjective : Having many limbs, or branches.

Noun : (slang) An amputee, especially one who has lost a leg.

likee

Verb : (nonstandard) To like (to have affection for).

linzi

Noun : A female given name.

lilin

Noun : A supernatural being in ancient Mesopotamian folklore, and later in Jewish folklore in which they are associated with Lilith.

lieth

lirae

lipid

Noun : (organic chemistry) Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water, and account for most of the fat present in the human body.

libya

Noun : A country in North Africa. Capital: Tripoli.

Noun : (historical) Africa; that is, the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity.

litho

Verb : To lithograph.

Adjective : Clipping of lithographic. [(printing) Related to the method of lithography.]

Noun : Clipping of lithograph. [A printed image produced by lithography.]

lifer

Noun : A prisoner sentenced to life in prison.

Noun : A prisoner sentenced to transportation for life.

Noun : A person with a singular career path, especially in the military.

linac

Noun : (physics) A linear particle accelerator.

lille

Noun : The capital of Nord department, and the Hauts-de-France region, France.

Noun : A town and municipality of the province of Antwerp, Belgium.

liszt

Noun : (countable) A surname of Hungarian origin.

Noun : (music) Franz Liszt, a Hungarian composer, pianist and teacher.

Noun : (astronomy) An asteroid in Asteroid Belt, Solar System, discovered in 1988 and named for the composer. Official name: 3910 Liszt. Provisional name: 1988 SF.

liard

Noun : (historical) A small French coin, equivalent to a quarter of a sou.

lippy

Adjective : (informal) Having prominent lips.

Adjective : (informal) Having a tendency to talk back in a cheeky or impertinent manner.

Noun : (uncountable) Lip gloss or lipstick; (countable) a stick of this product.

litas

Noun : The former currency or money of Lithuania, divided into 100 centai.

linne

Noun : (obsolete) flax

Noun : A surname.

limon

Noun : A surname from Spanish.

Noun : A town in Lincoln County, Colorado, United States.

Noun : Obsolete form of lemon. [A yellowish citrus fruit.]

linus

Noun : A male given name from Latin.

lit up

Adjective : illuminated

Adjective : (slang) exhilarated, excited; showing signs of emotion

Adjective : (slang) Under the influence of alcohol or drugs, intoxicated, buzzed.

limps

Verb : (intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.

Verb : (intransitive, figurative, of a vehicle) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.

Verb : (intransitive, figurative) To move or proceed irregularly.

lidge

Noun : Obsolete form of ledge. [A narrow surface projecting horizontally from a wall, cliff, or other surface.]

Adjective : MLE form of legit [(informal) Legitimate; legal; allowed by the rules; valid.]

lipic

Adjective : (chemistry, dated) Pertaining to, or derived from, fat.

lindo

Noun : A surname.

lisne

Noun : (obsolete, dialect) Alternative form of lissen [(dialect) A cleft or hollow in rock.]

lifen

Verb : (obsolete) To liven, to enliven.

limns

Verb : (transitive, also figuratively) To draw or paint; to delineate.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To illuminate, as a manuscript; to decorate with gold or some other bright colour.

lizzy

Noun : A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.

ligge

liest

limca

Noun : an Indian multinational brand of lemon- and lime-flavoured carbonated soft drink made primarily in India and certain parts of the U.S.

linge

Verb : (intransitive, UK, dialectal, obsolete) To work hard.

lindu

Noun : A certain ethnic group of Indonesia.

Noun : The Austronesian language of these people.

liège

Noun : A city in Belgium, a provincial capital in Wallonia.

Noun : A province of the region of Wallonia in Belgium, around the city.

linsk

liano

liech

liets

limno

lirio

lispy

Adjective : (informal) Tending to lisp when speaking.

livro

Noun : an album by Caetano Veloso, released through the record label Nonesuch in 1998.

lith.

Noun : Abbreviation of Lithuania. [A country in northeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Lithuania.]

Noun : Abbreviation of Lithuanian. [(uncountable) The main language of Lithuania.]

lirot

Noun : The basic unit of currency in Turkey.

Noun : The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar)

Noun : The former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus and the Vatican City, superseded by the euro

liter

Noun : (American spelling) Alternative form of litre, one cubic decimeter. [The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbol: L, l, or ℓ.]

Noun : (obsolete) Alternative form of litter. [(uncountable) Straw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for people or animals.]

linux

Noun : (computing, strictly) The Unix-like open-source computer operating system kernel created by Linus Torvalds in 1991.

Noun : (loosely) Any operating system that uses this kernel.

Noun : (software) Any unix-like operating system that uses the Linux kernel.

lidar

Noun : The optical analogue of radar, using intense pulses of laser light to measure the composition and structure of the atmosphere.

Noun : Acronym of light detection and ranging.

Noun : Alternative form of LIDAR

libor

Noun : (finance) Acronym of London Interbank Offered Rate (loan interest rate)

lions

Noun : (cricket) The Sri Lanka national cricket team.

Noun : (soccer) Singapore national football team

Noun : (sports) any sports team nicknamed the "Lions".

lived

Adjective : (in combination) Having a specified duration of life.

lists

Noun : A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.

Noun : Material used for cloth selvage.

Noun : A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself.

libby

Noun : A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth and Isabel.

Noun : A surname originating as a matronymic.

Noun : A city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Montana, United States.

lindy

Noun : A jitterbug, originated in Harlem, New York.

Verb : (intransitive) To perform this dance.

Noun : A pet form of female given names, such as Linda.

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