- leveraged buyout n. Abbr. LBO The use of target company's asset value to
finance the debt incurred in acquiring the company.
- levitate intr. & tr.v To rise or cause to rise into the air and float in
apparent defiance of gravity. -levitation n.
- lewis n. A dovetailed iron tenon made of several parts and designed to fit
into a dovetail mortise in a alrge stone so that it can be lifted by a
hoisting apparatus. Also called lewisson.
- lexis n. The total set of words in a language as distinct from morphology;
vocabulary.
- lib n. Informal A movement that seeks to achieve equal rights for a group;
liberation.
- lichen n. 1. A fungus that grows symbilotically with algae, resulting in a
composite organism that chracteristically forms a crust like or branching
growth on rocks or tree trunks. 2. Pathology Any of various skin diseases
charactrized by patchy eruptions of small, firm papules.
- licit adj. Permitted by law; legal.
- lickety-split adv. Informal With great speed.
- licking n. Slang 1. A beating, thrashing, or spanking. 2. A severe loss or
defeat.
- licorice n. This translates to the Chinese '甘草片' (to be verifed).
- lifer n. Slang 1. A prisoner serving a life sentence. b. One who makes a
career in one of the armed forces.
- lifeway n. 1. A customary manner of living; a way of life. 2. A custom,
practice, or art: the traditional lifeways of a tribal society.
- lift fire: To increase the range of artillery fire by elevating the muzzle of
a piece.
- lifting body: n. An aircraft or a spacecraft that has no wings and gains lift
by the action of aerodynamic forces on its body.
- liger: n. The product of crossbreading of a male lion and a female tiger,
having features of both but generally being larger than either.
- light out: Informal To leave hastily; run off
- light-fingered adj. 1. Having quick and nimble fingers. 2. Skilled at or given
to petty thievery.
- lights: pl. n. The lungs, especailly the lungs of an animal slaughtered for
food.
- lignum vitae n. 2. The wood of either of these trees, the harest of commercial
woods.
- be like: (idiom) Informal To say or utter. Used chiefly in oral narration: And
he's like, "Leave me alone!"
- Lilliputian: A very small person or being.
- lilt: n. 1. A cheerful or lively manner of speaking, in which the pitch of the
voice varies pleasantly. 2. A light, happy, tune or song. 3. A light or
resilient manner of moving or walking. v.
- limachine adj. Of, relating to, or resembling a slug.
- limeade n. A sweetened beverage of lime juice and plain or carbonated water.
- limewater n. A clear colorless alkaline aqueous solution of calcium hydroxide,
used in calamine lotion and other skin preparations and sometimes as an
antacid.
- limey n. Slang. 1. A British sailor. 2. An English person. [Short for lime
juicer (from the use of lime juice on British warships in order to prevent
scurvy).]
- limpid adj 1. Characterized by transparent clearness; pellucid. 2. Easily
intelligible; clear: writes in a limpid style. 3. Calm and untroubled; serene.
- linage also lineage: n. 1. The number of lines of printed or written material.
2. Payment for written work at a specified amount per line.
