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| calypso |
an orchid that bears a pinkish flower having a slipper-shaped lip. [1/3 definitions] |
| cypripedium |
any of various ground-rooted orchids that have flat leaves and bear flowers having pouchlike lip petals, such as the lady's-slipper. [1/2 definitions] |
| flue pipe |
an organ pipe in which sound is produced by a current of air that vibrates as it strikes the lip of an opening in the side of the pipe; flue. |
| fringed polygala |
a perennial plant found in eastern North America, bearing reddish purple flowers with a fringed lower lip. |
| harelip |
a congenital split in the lip, usu. the upper one. |
| imperial2 |
a small, pointed beard grown on the lower lip and chin. |
| labio- |
lip. |
| labiodental |
articulated with the upper lip and lower front teeth touching, as the sounds in English of "f" and "v". [1/2 definitions] |
| labium |
a lip or liplike structure in a living organism, such as the folds of skin around the vulva or one of the divisions in the corollas of certain plants. |
| labrum |
a lip or liplike structure, esp. the front or upper lip of an arthropod. [1/2 definitions] |
| lady's-slipper |
any of various related orchids that bear flowers with a protruding, inflated lip that somewhat resembles a woman's slipper. |
| lip |
of or pertaining to a lip or lips. [1/5 definitions] |
| lipless |
combined form of lip. |
| lipped |
having lips or a lip, often of a specified type. |
| lip-read |
to perform lip reading. [1/2 definitions] |
| mustache |
the hair that grows above the upper lip. |
| personate2 |
in botany, having a two-lipped corolla with the throat nearly closed by the lower lip. [1/2 definitions] |
| philtrum |
the vertical groove between the upper lip and the nose. |
| pitcher1 |
a container with a handle and lip used to hold and pour liquids. |
| scuttle1 |
a coal pail with a wide lip or spout. |
| sneer |
to smile or move one's mouth in a scornful way, esp. by curling the upper lip. [1/5 definitions] |
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