5-Letter Words Starting With LI

the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light

found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form

the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity

having a reddish-brown color

(used especially of skin) marked by lines or seams

a golf course that is built on sandy ground near a shore

a high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish

an open-source version of the UNIX operating system

a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment

a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)

of a pale purple color

the state of being disregarded or forgotten

a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)

an energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s (probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh)

make lively

city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium

a woody climbing usually tropical plant

the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22

a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person

discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin

a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment

a man of English descent

consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous

gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease

an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended

a strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton)

offspring of a male lion and a female tiger

an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates)

Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried

authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law

a measuring system that detects and locates objects on the same principle as radar but uses light from a laser; a potential technology for detecting air turbulence that can affect aircraft

goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered

a linear unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of buttons

a long narrow lagoon near the mouth of a river

a genus of Limacidae

the smallest detectable sensation

a rye bread made with molasses or brown sugar

ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path

a herbaceous plant genus of the family Linaceae with small sessile leaves