libra2 |
a former gold coin of Peru. |
librarian |
a person trained to work in a library, or who maintains a particular collection of books. |
library |
a place where books, periodicals, films, records, and other materials are housed for access and study, and from which they may be borrowed. [2 definitions] |
Library of Congress |
the national library of the United States, originally established by Congress for its members' use, but now serving the public and registering national and international copyright information. |
library science |
the study of library organization, operation, services, and management. |
librettist |
a person who has written or writes librettos. |
libretto |
the text of an opera, oratorio, or the like. |
Libreville |
the seaport capital of Gabon. |
Librium |
trademark for a drug, chlordiazepoxide, used as a tranquilizer. |
Libya |
a North African country between Egypt and Tunisia. |
lice |
pl. of louse. |
license |
official permission from an authority. [5 definitions] |
licensee |
one to whom a license is given or issued. |
license plate |
a metal tag or plate displayed on a motor vehicle and bearing a registration number that qualifies the vehicle as legal to drive on public highways and roads. |
licentiate |
a person who has been granted a license to practice a specified profession. [3 definitions] |
licentious |
not within the bounds of morality or propriety, esp. with regard to sexual conduct; immoral; lewd. |
lichee |
a variant of litchi. |
lichen |
any of various organisms resulting from the symbiotic association of a photosynthetic alga with a fungus, giving rise to a usu. greenish or reddish undifferentiated mass with a scaly, crustlike, or branching form. [2 definitions] |
licit |
allowed or permitted by law; lawful. |
lick |
to pass the tongue over or along the surface of. [11 definitions] |
lickety-split |
(informal) with great rapidity. |