<B>liquate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-quated,</B> <B>-quating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>liquefy. <DD><B> 2. </B>to separate (a metal) in a liquid state from impurities or from other less fusible metals in a solid form by heating. <DD><B> 3. </B>to heat (a metal) to produce such separation. </DL>
<A NAME="liquation">
<B>liquation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the process of liquating. <DD><B> 2. </B>the separation of metals by fusion. </DL>
<A NAME="liquefacient">
<B>liquefacient, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> something that serves to liquefy. </DL>
<A NAME="liquefaction">
<B>liquefaction, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the process of changing into a liquid, especially of changing a gas by the application of pressure and cooling. <DD><B> 2. </B>liquefied condition. </DL>
<B>liquefy, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb, <B>-fied,</B> <B>-fying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to change into a liquid; make or become liquid. <BR> <I>Ex. Liquefied air is extremely cold.</I> adj. <B>liquefiable.</B> noun <B>liquefier.</B> </DL>
<B>liquescent, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>becoming liquid. <DD><B> 2. </B>apt to become liquid. </DL>
<A NAME="liqueur">
<B>liqueur, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a strong, sweet, highly flavored alcoholic liquor, often served after dinner. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to treat or flavor with liqueur. </DL>
<A NAME="liquid">
<B>liquid, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>any substance that is not a solid or a gas; substance that flows freely like water. Liquids and gases are classed together as fluids. Mercury is a liquid at room temperature. A liquid is composed of molecules that move freely over each other so that a mass has the shape of its container, like a gas, but, unlike a gas, it has a definite volume. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Phonetics.) the sound of <I>l</I> or <I>r;</I> liquid consonant. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>in the form of a liquid; melted. <BR> <I>Ex. butter heated until it is liquid. Many shampoos are made of liquid soap.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>flowing or capable of flowing like water. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) clear and bright like water. <BR> <I>Ex. a beautiful young girl with liquid eyes.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) clear and smooth-flowing in sound. <BR> <I>Ex. the liquid notes of a bird. Italian is the most liquid ... language that can possibly be imagined (David Hume).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Phonetics.) <DD><B> a. </B>having the nature of a liquid. <DD><B> b. </B>(of consonants, especially <I>l</I> or <I>n,</I> as in Spanish) palatalized. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Figurative.) smooth and easy in movement; graceful. <DD><B> 7. </B>(Figurative.) easily turned into cash. <BR> <I>Ex. liquid assets.</I> adv. <B>liquidly.</B> noun <B>liquidness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="liquidair">
<B>liquid air,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an intensely cold, transparent liquid formed by putting air under very great pressure and then cooling it. It is used mainly as a refrigerant and as a source of nitrogen and oxygen. </DL>
<A NAME="liquidambar">
<B>liquidambar, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of a small group of trees related to the witch hazel, especially the sweet gum tree of North America, that in warm regions exudes a gum used in the preparation of chewing gum and in medicine, and a species of Asia Minor that yields the balsam known as liquid storax. <DD><B> 2. </B>Also, <B>liquid amber.</B> the resinous gum that exudes from the bark of the sweet gum. </DL>
<A NAME="liquidate">
<B>liquidate, </B>verb, <B>-dated,</B> <B>-dating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to pay (a debt). <BR> <I>Ex. to liquidate a mortgage.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to settle the accounts of (a business, foundation, or estate) by distributing the assets; clear up the affairs of (a bankrupt). <DD><B> 3. </B>to get rid of (an undesirable person or thing). <BR> <I>Ex. The French Revolution liquidated the nobility.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to kill ruthlessly; exterminate. <DD><B> 5. </B>to convert into cash. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Law.) to determine and apportion by agreement or litigation the amount of (indebtedness or damages). <DD><I>v.i. </I> to liquidate debts, assets, or accounts. </DL>
<A NAME="liquidation">
<B>liquidation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of liquidating a company's assets or the like. <DD><B> 2. </B>the state or condition of being liquidated. <BR> <I>Ex. to go into liquidation.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the elimination of an undesirable person, idea, or institution. <BR> <I>Ex. He advocated the gradual liquidation of the German standing army (Edmund Wilson).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="liquidator">
<B>liquidator, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who liquidates, especially one appointed, as by a court, to conduct the liquidation of a company. </DL>
<A NAME="liquidcrystal">
<B>liquid crystal,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a substance that flows like a liquid but has some of the properties of a crystal within a certain temperature range. Many types of brightly colored liquid crystals have the property of changing colors because of small changes in temperature. </DL>
<A NAME="liquidfire">
<B>liquid fire,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a flaming oil or chemical usually hurled from flame throwers. </DL>
<A NAME="liquidity">
<B>liquidity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> liquid condition or quality. </DL>
<A NAME="liquidize">
<B>liquidize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to make liquid. noun <B>liquidizer.</B> </DL>
<B>liquid membrane,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a thin film either of oil forming a surface around a globule of water, or of water around a globule of oil, the film being stabilized by the surrounding molecules of an agent that reduces surface tension. A liquid membrane is either a barrier or a permeable film depending on its chemical composition or surface structure. </DL>
<A NAME="liquidoxygen">
<B>liquid oxygen,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an intensely cold, transparent liquid formed by putting oxygen under very great pressure and then cooling it; lox. It is used as a rocket fuel. </DL>
<B>liquid propellant,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a liquid fuel used in a rocket engine. It contains its own oxygen or combines with oxygen usually released from a separate tank. </DL>
<A NAME="liquidprotein">
<B>liquid protein,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a preparation of concentrated protein processed mainly from gelatin, as in cowhide, and once recommended as a food substitute to reduce weight. <BR> <I>Ex. Analyses of liquid protein products ... suggest a deficiency of essential minerals and nutrients would occur if the products were consumed in place of natural foods (Julie Ann Miller).</I> </DL>
<B>liquidus curve,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a curve that shows the temperature at which a series of alloys are completely liquid. </DL>
<A NAME="liquor">
<B>liquor, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>an alcoholic drink, especially brandy, whiskey, gin, or rum. <BR> <I>Ex. The old trapper always carried a bottle of liquor in his pack to pour down his throat to help fight the cold or to pour over a cut to help fight infection.</I> (SYN) spirits. <DD><B> 2. </B>any liquid, especially: <DD><B> a. </B>the liquid in which food is packaged, canned, or cooked. <BR> <I>Ex. Pickles are put up in a salty liquor.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Pharmaceutics.) a solution of medicinal substances in water. <BR> <I>Ex. liquor ammoniae.</I> <DD><B> c. </B>a liquid or a prepared solution used in many industrial processes. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>(in various industrial arts) to steep in or soak with a liquor. <DD><B> 2. </B>to dress (leather, boots, or shoes) with oil or grease. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Slang.) to supply with liquor to drink; ply with liquor. <BR> <I>Ex. Many of the men came back liquored up, and started scrapping on the way (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Rare.) to cover or smear with a liquor, especially to lubricate. <DD><I>v.i. </I> (Slang.) to drink alcoholic liquor. <BR><I>expr. <B>in liquor,</B> </I>in a state of intoxication; drunk. <BR> <I>Ex. I smoke like a furnace--I'm always in liquor, A ruffian--a bully--a sot (W. S. Gilbert).</I> </DL>
<B>lira, </B>noun, pl. <B>lire,</B> <B>liras,</B> or (for 3) <B>lirot.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>the unit of money of Italy, equal to 100 centesimi. <DD><B> b. </B>a coin or note worth a lira. <DD><B> 2. </B>a unit of money or gold coin of Turkey, equal to 100 kurus; Turkish pound. <DD><B> 3. </B>a unit of money of Israel, worth 100 agorot; the Israeli pound. </DL>
<A NAME="liriodendron">
<B>liriodendron, </B>noun, pl. <B>-dra.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any tree of a small group of the magnolia family, especially the tulip tree of North America. </DL>
<A NAME="liripipe">
<B>liripipe, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the long tail of a graduate's hood in early academic costume. </DL>
<A NAME="lis">
<B>lis, </B>noun, pl. <B>lites.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) litigation; lawsuit. </DL>
