Word Meanings - WESTMOST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Lying farthest to the west; westernmost.

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• LYRE BIRD
  Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird , inhabiting New South Wales,
• LYSIMETER
  An instrument for measuring the water that percolates through a certain depth of soil. Knight.
• LYCOPODE
  See LYCOPODIUM
• LYTHONTHRIPTIC; LYTHONTRIPTIC
  See LITHONTRIPTIC
• LYONNAISE
  Applied to boiled potatoes cut into small pieces and heated in oil or butter. They are usually flavored with onion and parsley.
• LYMPH
  An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic
• LYSSA
  Hydrophobia. Note: The plural has been used to signify the pustules supposed to be developed under the tongue in hydrophobia.
• LYNCH LAW
  . The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law. Note: The term Lynch law is said to be derived from a Virginian named Lynch, who took the law into his own hands. But the origin
• LYCINE
  A weak base identical with betaine; -- so called because found in the boxthorn . See Betaine.
• LYING
  of Lie, to be supported horizontally. Lying panel , a panel in which the grain of the wood is horizontal. -- Lying to , having the sails so disposed as to counteract each other.
• LYAM
  A leash.
• LYRIFEROUS
  Having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes.
• LYMPHOGENIC
  Connected with, or formed in, the lymphatic glands.
• LYCOPODIUM
  A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order Lycopodiaceæ; club moss. Lycopodium powder, a fine powder or dust composed of the spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order Lycopodiaceæ. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes used
• LYCHEE
  See LITCHI
• LYCOPODIACEOUS
  Belonging, or relating, to the Lycopodiaceæ, an order of cryptogamous plants with branching stems, and small, crowded, one-nerved, and usually pointed leaves.
• LYE
  A falsehood. See Lie.
• LYRIST
  A musician who plays on the harp or lyre; a composer of lyrical poetry. Shelley.
• LYRA
  A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyræ, or Vega.
• LYCHE
  Like. Chaucer.
• FAMILIARLY
  In a familiar manner.
• STILLY
  Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore.
• SAVELY
  Safely. Chaucer.
• LIVINGLY
  In a living state. Sir T. Browne.
• POLYCHROITE
  The coloring matter of saffron; -- formerly so called because of the change of color on treatment with certain acids; -- called also crocin, and safranin.
• SCOLYTID
  Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of the genus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively.
• LAUGHINGLY
  With laughter or merriment.
• POLYPHYLLOUS
  Many-leaved; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth.
• DISPROPORTIONALLY
  In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
• STAUNCH; STAUNCHLY; STAUNCHNESS
  See ETC
• WHIP-TOM-KELLY
  A vireo native of the West Indies and Florida; -- called also black-whiskered vireo.
• THIRSTILY
  In a thirsty manner.
• SUNDRILY
  In sundry ways; variously.
• OVERFLOWINGLY
  In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle.
• THERMALLY
  In a thermal manner.
• IMPISHLY
  In the manner of an imp.
• PRECIPITATELY
  In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly. Swift.
• MAGNIFICENTLY
  In a Magnificent manner.
• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.