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<h1>Lipinic</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Li*pin"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Lipic.</def>

<h1>Lipless</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Lip"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a</tt><def>, Having no lips.</def>

<h1>Liplet</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Lip"let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A little lip.</def>

<h1>Lipocephala</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Lip`o*ceph"a*la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ to be lacking + <?/ head.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Lamellibranchia</er>.</def>

<h1>Lipochrin</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Lip"o*chrin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ fat + <?/ color.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A yellow coloring matter, soluble in ether, contained in the small round fat drops in the retinal epithelium cells. It is best obtained from the eyes of frogs.</def>

<h1>Lipogram</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Lip"o*gram</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, to leave, omit + gram.]</ety> <def>A writing composed of words not having a certain letters; -- as in the Odyssey of Tryphiodorus there was no A in the first book, no B in the second, and so on.</def>

<h1>Lipogrammatic</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Lip"o*gram*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>lipogrammatique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Omitting a letter; composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; <as>as, <ex>lipogrammatic</ex> writings</as>.</def>

<h1>Lipogrammatist</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Lip`o*gram"ma*tist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lipogrammatiste</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who makes a lipogram.</def>

<h1>Lipoma</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Li*po"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ fat + <ets>-oma</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A tumor consisting of fat or adipose tissue.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Li*pom"a*tous</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Lipothymic</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Li`po*thym"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. , <?/.]</ety> <def>Tending to swoon; fainting.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>leipothymic</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Lipothymous</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Li*poth"y*mous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ to leave, to lack + <?/ soul, life.]</ety> <def>Pertaining, or given, to swooning; fainting.</def>

<h1>Lipothymy</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Li*poth"y*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>lipothymie</ets>.]</ety> <def>A fainting; a swoon.</def>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Lipped</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Lipped</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having a lip or lips; having a raised or rounded edge resembling the lip; -- often used in composition; <as>as, thick<ex>-lipped</ex>, thin<ex>-lipped</ex>, etc.</as></def>

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