Lipæmia
(||Li*pæ"mi*a) n. [NL., fr. Gr. li`pos fat + a"i^ma blood.] (Med.) A condition in which fat occurs
in the blood.
Lipans
(Li*pans") n. pl.; sing. Lipan (Ethnol.) A tribe of North American Indians, inhabiting the northern
part of Mexico. They belong to the Tinneh stock, and are closely related to the Apaches.
Liparian
(Li*pa"ri*an) n. (Zoöl.) Any species of a family (Liparidæ) of destructive bombycid moths, as the
tussock moths.
Liparite
(Lip"a*rite) n. [So called from Lipari, the island.] (Min.) A quartzose trachyte; rhyolite.
Lipic
(Lip"ic) a. [Gr. li`pos fat.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fat. The word was formerly
used specifically to designate a supposed acid obtained by the oxidation of oleic acid, tallow, wax, etc.
Lipinic
(Li*pin"ic) a. (Chem.) Lipic.
Lipless
(Lip"less) a. Having no lips.
Liplet
(Lip"let) n. A little lip.
Lipocephala
(||Lip`o*ceph"a*la) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. lei`pesqai to be lacking + kefalh` head.] (Zoöl.)
Same as Lamellibranchia.
Lipochrin
(Lip"o*chrin) n. [Gr. li`pos fat + chro`a color.] (Physiol. Chem.) A yellow coloring matter,
soluble in ether, contained in the small round fat drops in the retinal epithelium cells. It is best obtained
from the eyes of frogs.
Lipogram
(Lip"o*gram) n. [Gr. lei`pein, lipei^n, to leave, omit + -gram.] A writing composed of words
not having a certain letter or letters; — as in the Odyssey of Tryphiodorus there was no A in the first
book, no B in the second, and so on.
Lipogrammatic
(Lip`o*gram*mat"ic) a. [Gr. lipogra`mmatos: cf. F. lipogrammatique.] Omitting a letter; composed
of words not having a certain letter or letters; as, lipogrammatic writings.
Lipogrammatist
(Lip`o*gram"ma*tist) n. [Cf. F. lipogrammatiste.] One who makes a lipogram.
Lipoma
(||Li*po"ma) n. [NL., from Gr. li`pos fat + - oma.] (Med.) A tumor consisting of fat or adipose
tissue. — Li*pom"a*tous (- pom"a*tus), a.
Lipothymic
(Li`po*thym"ic) a. [Gr. leipoqymiko`s, lipoqymiko`s.] Tending to swoon; fainting. [Written
also leipothymic.]
Lipothymous
(Li*poth"y*mous) a. [Gr. lei`pein to leave, to lack + qymo`s soul, life.] Pertaining, or
given, to swooning; fainting.
Lipothymy
(Li*poth"y*my) n. [Gr. lipoqymi`a: cf. F. lipothymie.] A fainting; a swoon. Jer. Taylor.
Lipped
(Lipped) a.
1. Having a lip or lips; having a raised or rounded edge resembling the lip; — often used in composition; as,
thick-lipped, thin-lipped, etc.
2. (Bot.) Labiate.
Lippitude
(Lip"pi*tude) n. [L. lippitudo, fr. lippus blear- eyed: cf. F. lippitude.] Soreness of eyes; the
state of being blear-eyed; blearedness.
