| lingua franca |
a hybrid language made up of elements of Italian, Spanish, French, Greek, Arabic, and Turkish, spoken in certain Mediterranean port areas. [2 definitions] |
| lingual |
of, concerning, or resembling the tongue. [4 definitions] |
| linguine |
pasta in long, thin, flat strips. |
| linguist |
a specialist in the scientific study of language. [2 definitions] |
| linguistic |
of or pertaining to language or to linguistics, the study of language. |
| linguistic atlas |
a collection of maps recording the geographical distribution of linguistic forms and usages. |
| linguistics |
(used with a sing. verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| liniment |
a liquid medication rubbed on the skin to relieve aches or bruises. |
| lining1 |
a layer of tissue or other material covering the inside of something. [2 definitions] |
| lining2 |
the act or process of making lines. [3 definitions] |
| link |
one of the separate closed pieces of a chain. [7 definitions] |
| linkage |
the act of linking or fact of being linked. [2 definitions] |
| linking verb |
in grammar, a verb that serves mainly to connect a subject and a predicate complement; copula. |
| links |
a golf course. |
| linkup |
a meeting or contact, as of spacecraft. [2 definitions] |
| Linnaean |
of, using, or denoting Linnaeus' system of classifying plants and animals according to a double name, the first word naming the genus, and the second naming the species. |
| linnet |
a small finch of Europe and Asia. |
| linocut |
a design cut into linoleum and mounted on a wooden block, used for making prints. [2 definitions] |
| linoleum |
a durable floor covering made by pressing linseed oil, powdered cork, and rosin onto a canvas or burlap backing. |
| Linotype |
trademark for a typesetting machine that prints a full line with one bar. |
| linotype |
(l.c.) to set on a Linotype. |