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- English Word Litigious Definition Subject to contention; disputable; controvertible; debatable; doubtful; precarious.
- English Word Litigious Definition Of or pertaining to legal disputes.
- English Word Litigiously Definition In a litigious manner.
- English Word Litigiousness Definition The state of being litigious; disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits.
- English Word Litmus Definition A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein.
- English Word Litotes Definition A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of avoiding censure or increasing the effect by contrast with the moderation shown in the form of expression; as, " a citizen of no mean city," that is, of an illustrious city.
- English Word Litraneter Definition An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity of liquids.
- English Word Litre Definition Same as Liter.
- English Word Litre Definition A measure of capacity in the metric system, being a cubic decimeter, equal to 61.022 cubic inches, or 2.113 American pints, or 1.76 English pints.
- English Word Litter Definition A bed or stretcher so arranged that a person, esp. a sick or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it.
- English Word Litter Definition Straw, hay, etc., scattered on a floor, as bedding for animals to rest on; also, a covering of straw for plants.
- English Word Litter Definition Things lying scattered about in a manner indicating slovenliness; scattered rubbish.
- English Word Litter Definition Disorder or untidiness resulting from scattered rubbish, or from thongs lying about uncared for; as, a room in a state of litter.
- English Word Litter Definition The young brought forth at one time, by a sow or other multiparous animal, taken collectively. Also Fig.
- English Word Litter Definition To supply with litter, as cattle; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.
- English Word Litter Definition To put into a confused or disordered condition; to strew with scattered articles; as, to litter a room.
- English Word Litter Definition To give birth to; to bear; -- said of brutes, esp. those which produce more than one at a birth, and also of human beings, in abhorrence or contempt.
- English Word Litter Definition To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.
- English Word Litter Definition To produce a litter.
- English Word Litterateur Definition One who occupies himself with literature; a literary man; a literatus.