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<A NAME="littlemagazine">
<B>little magazine</B> or <B>review,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small magazine devoted to printing experimental or occasional writing. </DL>
<A NAME="littlemusic">
<B>little music,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> that part of Scottish music that includes marches and music for dancing. </DL>
<A NAME="littleneck">
<B>littleneck, </B>noun, or <B>littleneck clam,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a young quahog, larger than a cherry stone, usually eaten raw. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of certain similar clams. </DL>
<A NAME="littleneddy">
<B>little Neddy,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British Slang.) a committee affiliated with Neddy (NEDC) that deals with development of a particular sector of the national economy. </DL>
<A NAME="littleoffice">
<B>little office,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a Roman Catholic service honoring the Virgin Mary, similar to the daily prescribed office, but shorter. </DL>
<B>Little Rhody,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a nickname for Rhode Island. </DL>
<A NAME="littlerussian">
<B>Little Russian,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a Ukrainian or Ruthenian. <DD><B> 2. </B>the Ukrainian or Ruthenian language. </DL>
<A NAME="littleslam">
<B>little slam,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Bridge.) a hand in which one side takes all the tricks but one; small slam. </DL>
<A NAME="littletheater">
<B>little theater,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small theater, especially one that produces experimental or amateur plays. <DD><B> 2. </B>the plays produced in such a theater. </DL>
<A NAME="littoral">
<B>littoral, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of a shore. <DD><B> 2. </B>on or near the shore, especially living near the shore. <DD><I>noun </I> a region along the shore. <BR> <I>Ex. the Mediterranean littoral of France.</I> <DD> Also, <B>litoral.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="litu">
<B>litu, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a plural of <B>litas.</B> </DL>
<B>liturgical, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of liturgies. <DD><B> 2. </B>used in liturgics. <DD><B> 3. </B>of or having to do with the Communion or Eucharistic service. adv. <B>liturgically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="liturgics">
<B>liturgics, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the branch of theology dealing with the conduct of public worship. <DD><B> 2. </B>the study of liturgies. </DL>
<A NAME="liturgiologist">
<B>liturgiologist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a specialist in the study of liturgies. </DL>
<A NAME="liturgiology">
<B>liturgiology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the science or study of liturgies. </DL>
<A NAME="liturgist">
<B>liturgist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>an expert on liturgies. <DD><B> b. </B>a compiler of a liturgy or liturgies. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who uses, or favors the use of, a liturgy. </DL>
<A NAME="liturgy">
<B>liturgy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-gies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>a form of public worship. Different churches use different liturgies. (SYN) ritual. <DD><B> b. </B>a collection of such forms. <DD><B> 2. </B>a Communion service, especially in the Eastern Church. <BR><I>expr. <B>the liturgy</B> (or <B>Liturgy</B>), <DD><B> a. </B>(in the Episcopal Church) the Book of Common Prayer. </I> <I>Ex. It was Sunday ... and I happened to be reading the Liturgy (George Borrow).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(in the Eastern Church) Communion service. <BR> <I>Ex. They use the Liturgy of Saint Chrysostome (Ephraim Pagitt).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="livability">
<B>livability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>Also, <B>liveability.</B> the condition of being fit to live in; livable state. <DD><B> 2. </B>the ability of poultry to survive various conditions and diseases. </DL>
<A NAME="livable">
<B>livable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>fit to live in. <BR> <I>Ex. a livable house.</I> (SYN) habitable. <DD><B> 2. </B>easy to live with. <BR> <I>Ex. a livable person.</I> (SYN) companionable, sociable. <DD><B> 3. </B>worth living; endurable. Also, <B>liveable.</B> noun <B>livableness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="live">
<B>live</B> (1), verb, <B>lived,</B> <B>living.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to have life; be alive; exist. <BR> <I>Ex. All creatures have an equal right to live.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to remain alive. <BR> <I>Ex. to live long, if I live till May.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to last; endure. <BR> <I>Ex. His good name will live forever.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to keep up life. <BR> <I>Ex. to live by one's wits. Most men live by working. She and her mother now had nothing to live on but a small government pension (Edmund Wilson).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to feed or subsist. <BR> <I>Ex. Lions live upon other animals. The Chinese live largely on rice.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>to pass life in a particular manner. <BR> <I>Ex. to live well, live in peace, live extravagantly.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>to dwell; reside. <BR> <I>Ex. to live in the country. Who lives in this house? Here lived I, but now live here no more (Shakespeare).</I> (SYN) sojourn, lodge, abide. <DD><B> 8. </B>to have a rich and full life. <BR> <I>Ex. To-morrow do thy worst, for I have liv'd today (John Dryden).</I> <DD><B> 9. </B>(Figurative.) to remain afloat or exist through danger, as a ship. <BR> <I>Ex. It blew so hard ... that I could not suppose their boat could live, or that they ever reached to their own coast (Daniel Defoe).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to pass (life). <BR> <I>Ex. to live a life of ease. And each half lives a hundred different lives (Matthew Arnold).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to carry out or show in life. <BR> <I>Ex. to live one's ideals, to live one's religion. He ... lived himself the truth he taught (Whittier).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>live down,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>to live so worthily that (some fault or sin of the past) is overlooked or forgotten. </I> <I>Ex. How long do you think it will take in New York society for a girl with sixty thousand dollars a year to live anything down? (Archibald C. Gunter).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to outlive (a fashion, custom, or the like). <BR> <I>Ex. It is very probable that your cousin will live down his fancy (H. Rider Haggard).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>live in,</B> </I>to dwell in the house where one works as a servant. <BR> <I>Ex. The domestics in that house live in.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>live it up,</B> </I>(U.S. Slang.) to enjoy life to the full. <BR> <I>Ex. Life is short. Live it up. See all you can. Hear all you can and go all you can (New York Times).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>live out,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>to stay alive or hold out through; last through. </I> <I>Ex. He was not expected to live out the night.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to dwell away from the house where one works as a servant. <BR> <I>Ex. Their maid lives out.</I> <DD><B> c. </B>to live through; experience. <BR> <I>Ex. American national life is being ever more fully reflected--or perhaps lived out--in the university (London Times).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>live up to,</B> </I>to act according to; do (what is expected or promised). <BR> <I>Ex. It can be so much easier to make a reputation than live up to one (London Times).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>live with,</B> </I>(Informal.) to accept without protest; resign to; put up with. <BR> <I>Ex. The employers will have "to live with the new pacts" (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="live">
<B>live</B> (2), adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>having life; alive. <BR> <I>Ex. a live dog. I brought two live plants in flower pots (Jane Carlyle).</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>burning or glowing. <BR> <I>Ex. live coals, a live cigar.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Figurative.) heated; angry. <BR> <I>Ex. a live quarrel.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) full of energy or activity. <BR> <I>Ex. a live person.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) <DD><B> a. </B>up-to-date. <BR> <I>Ex. live ideas.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>cheerful; gay. <BR> <I>Ex. a live party.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(U.S., Figurative.) of present interest or importance. <BR> <I>Ex. a live question.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>still in use or to be used; still having power. <BR> <I>Ex. live steam, live printing type.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>being in play. <BR> <I>Ex. a live football.</I> <DD><B> 8. </B>carrying an electric current. <BR> <I>Ex. The electrician checked to see whether the wire was live.</I> <DD><B> 9a. </B>loaded; not fired or exploded. <BR> <I>Ex. a live cartridge.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>not yet lit. <BR> <I>Ex. a live match.</I> <DD><B> 10a. </B>broadcast or presented at the actual time of performance, not as recorded on tape or film. <BR> <I>Ex. a live television show. Lacking live opera, try a good phonograph record (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>being present at a performance. <BR> <I>Ex. a live audience.</I> <DD><B> c. </B>performed by living persons or animals; taken from nature; not animated. <BR> <I>Ex. a live film about safety.</I> <DD><B> 11. </B>moving or imparting motion. <BR> <I>Ex. live wheels, a live axle.</I> <DD><B> 12. </B>in the native state; not mined or quarried. <BR> <I>Ex. live metal, live rocks.</I> <DD><B> 13. </B>(Figurative.) bright; vivid. <BR> <I>Ex. a live color.</I> <DD><B> 14. </B>(Figurative.) of or belonging to a living being. <BR> <I>Ex. All the live murmur of a summer's day (Matthew Arnold).</I> <DD><B> 15. </B>living, or containing a living organism, but not able to cause infection. <BR> <I>Ex. The live virus polio vaccine may soon make its debut (Science News Letter).</I> <DD><I>adv. </I> with the actual performance or event shown; as it takes place. <BR> <I>Ex. The game will be telecast live.</I> noun <B>liveness.</B> </DL>
<B>live-bearer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fish that brings forth live young; a viviparous fish. </DL>
<A NAME="liveborn">
<B>liveborn, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> born alive; not stillborn. <BR> <I>Ex. a liveborn baby.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="livebox">
<B>live-box, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a box immersed in water, as on a fishing boat, used for keeping fish alive. </DL>
<A NAME="livecenter">
<B>live center,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a revolving center or point that holds the work on the spindle of a lathe or on some other machine tool. </DL>
<A NAME="lived">
<B>-lived,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) having a ______ life. <BR> <I>Ex. Long-lived = having a long life.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="liveforever">
<B>live-forever, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> either of two garden plants of the orpine family with thick, juicy stems, widespread in Europe and Asia and naturalized in North America. </DL>
