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- English Word Lignireose Definition See Lignin.
- English Word Lignite Definition Mineral coal retaining the texture of the wood from which it was formed, and burning with an empyreumatic odor. It is of more recent origin than the anthracite and bituminous coal of the proper coal series. Called also brown coal, wood coal.
- English Word Lignitic Definition Containing lignite; resembling, or of the nature of, lignite; as, lignitic clay.
- English Word Lignitiferous Definition Producing or containing lignite; lignitic.
- English Word Lignoceric Definition Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the formic acid series, found in the tar, wax, or paraffine obtained by distilling certain kinds of wood, as the beech.
- English Word Lignone Definition See Lignin.
- English Word Lignose Definition Alt. of Lignous
- English Word Lignose Definition See Lignin.
- English Word Lignose Definition An explosive compound of wood fiber and nitroglycerin. See Nitroglycerin.
- English Word Lignous Definition Ligneous.
- English Word Lignum rhodium Definition The fragrant wood of several shrubs and trees, especially of species of Rhodorhiza from the Canary Islands, and of the West Indian Amyris balsamifera.
- English Word Lignum-vitae Definition A tree (Guaiacum officinale) found in the warm latitudes of America, from which the guaiacum of medicine is procured. Its wood is very hard and heavy, and is used for various mechanical purposes, as for the wheels of ships' blocks, cogs, bearings, and the like. See Guaiacum.
- English Word Ligroin Definition A trade name applied somewhat indefinitely to some of the volatile products obtained in refining crude petroleum. It is a complex and variable mixture of several hydrocarbons, generally boils below 170¡ Fahr., and is more inflammable than safe kerosene. It is used as a solvent, as a carburetant for air gas, and for illumination in special lamps.
- English Word Ligsam Definition Same as Ligan.
- English Word Ligula Definition See Ligule.
- English Word Ligula Definition The central process, or front edge, of the labium of insects. It sometimes serves as a tongue or proboscis, as in bees.
- English Word Ligula Definition A tongue-shaped lobe of the parapodia of annelids. See Parapodium.
- English Word Ligulae Definition of Ligula
- English Word Ligulas Definition of Ligula
- English Word Ligulate Definition Alt. of Ligulated