| listing |
an entry, as in a list or directory. [3 definitions] |
| listless |
feeling or showing no energy or no interest in doing anything; lethargic. |
| list price |
the price of merchandise as listed in a catalog, price list, or advertisement. |
| lists |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) an enclosed arena in which a tournament is held. [3 definitions] |
| lit1 |
a past tense and past participle of light1. |
| lit2 |
a past tense and past participle of light3. |
| lit. |
abbreviation of "literature," writings such as dramas, poems, novels, essays, and stories, esp. those that have lasting artistic value. |
| litany |
a formal prayer that alternates between lines spoken by a leader and a response repeated by a congregation. [2 definitions] |
| litchi |
an oval fruit that has a hard, thin shell, a single seed, and mildly sweet jellylike flesh; litchi nut. [2 definitions] |
| -lite |
stone, mineral, or fossil. |
| liter |
the basic unit of capacity of the metric system, equal to one cubic decimeter or 1.056 liquid quarts or 0.908 dry quart. (abbr.: l) |
| literacy |
the state of being literate, esp. of having the ability to read or write. |
| literal |
in accordance with the ordinary, exact, or primary meaning of a word or words; not figurative or metaphorical. [5 definitions] |
| literalism |
adherence to the exact meaning, or the literal sense, of a given text. |
| literalize |
to interpret literally. |
| literally |
in strict accordance with the primary meaning of individual words and generally without regard to phrases as units of meaning. [2 definitions] |
| literary |
of or relating to literature or those who create or read literature. [2 definitions] |
| literate |
able to read and write. [6 definitions] |
| literati |
those who are accomplished in scholarly or literary fields; intelligentsia. |
| literatim |
letter for letter; literally. |
| literature |
writings such as dramas, poems, novels, essays, and stories, esp. those that have lasting artistic value. [3 definitions] |