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Synonyms

assessment, duty, impost, tax—more at TAX

2levy verb lev·ied; levy·ing 1 : to impose or collect by legal authority

2 : to enlist for military service

3 : WAGE <~ war>

4 : to seize property

Synonyms

assess, charge, exact, fine, impose, lay, put—more at IMPOSE

lewd adjective [ORIGIN: ME lewed vulgar, fr. OE lǣwede lay, ignorant]

1 : sexually unchaste

2 : abhorrent to morality or virtue : OBSCENE, VULGAR

— lewd·ly adverb

Synonyms

[1] lascivious, lustful, passionate, wanton—more at LUSTFUL

[2] bawdy, coarse, crude, indecent, lascivious, obscene, pornographic, ribald, smutty, unprintable, vulgar, wanton—more at OBSCENE

lewd·ness noun : the quality or state of being lewd

Synonyms

bawdiness, coarseness, grossness, indecency, nastiness, obscenity, ribaldry, smut, vulgarity—more at OBSCENITY

lex·i·cog·ra·phy noun 1 : the editing or making of a dictionary

2 : the principles and practices of dictionary making

— lex·i·cog·ra·pher noun

— lex·i·co·graph·i·cal or lex·i·co·graph·ic adjective

lex·i·con noun, plural lex·i·ca or lexicons 1 : DICTIONARY

2 : the vocabulary of a language, speaker, or subject

lg abbreviation 1 large

2 long

LH abbreviation 1 left hand

2 lower half

li abbreviation link

Li symbol lithium

LI abbreviation Long Island

li·a·bil·i·ty noun, plural -ties 1 : the quality or state of being liable

2 plural : DEBTS

3 : one that acts as a disadvantage : DISADVANTAGE

Synonyms

[1] blame, fault, responsibility—more at RESPONSIBILITY

[3] disadvantage, drawback, handicap, minus, penalty, strike—more at DISADVANTAGE

li·a·ble adjective 1 : legally obligated : RESPONSIBLE

2 : LIKELY, APT <~ to fall>

3 : exposed or subject to something usu. adverse : SUSCEPTIBLE

Synonyms

[1] accountable, answerable, responsible—more at RESPONSIBLE

[3] exposed, open, sensitive, subject, susceptible, vulnerable; also likely, prone; uncovered, undefended, unguarded, unprotected

Antonyms

invulnerable, unexposed

li·ai·son noun [ORIGIN: F]

1 : a close bond or connection

2 : an illicit sexual relationship

3 : communication for mutual understanding (as between parts of an armed force); also : one that carries on a liaison

Synonyms

affiliation, alliance, association, collaboration, confederation, connection, cooperation, hookup, partnership, relation, relationship, union—more at ASSOCIATION

li·ar noun : a person who lies

Synonyms

fibber, prevaricator; also libeler, slanderer; perjurer, gossip; charlatan, cheat, cheater, confidence man, counterfeiter, cozener, deceiver, dissembler, double-dealer, fraud, hustler, mountebank, pretender

1lib noun : LIBERATION

2lib abbreviation 1 liberal

2 librarian; library

li·ba·tion noun 1 : an act of pouring a liquid as a sacrifice (as to a god); also : the liquid poured

2 : a drinkable liquid : DRINK

Synonyms

beverage, drink, quencher—more at DRINK

1libel noun [ORIGIN: ME, written declaration, fr. AF, fr. L libellus, dim. of liber book]

1 : a spoken or written statement or a representation that gives an unjustly unfavorable impression of a person or thing

2 : the action or crime of publishing a libel

Synonyms

defamation, slander, vilification—more at SLANDER

2libel verb -beled or -belled; -bel·ing or -bel·ling : to make or publish a libel

— li·bel·er noun

— li·bel·ist noun

Synonyms

blacken, defame, malign, slander, smear, traduce, vilify—more at SLANDER

li·bel·ous or li·bel·lous adjective : constituting or including a libel

Synonyms

defamatory, scandalous, slanderous; also erroneous, false, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, invalid, off, unsound, untrue, wrong; derogatory, disparaging, uncomplimentary, unfavorable; invidious, objectionable; maligning, traducing, vilifying; hateful, malevolent, malicious, spiteful

1liberal adjective [ORIGIN: ME, fr. AF, fr. L liberalis suitable for a freeman, generous, fr. liber free]

1 : of, relating to, or based on the liberal arts

2 : given or provided in a generous and openhanded