Chapter Lickerish to Listen of L by Soule's Synonymes

Light-hearted, a. Gladsome, cheerful, joyful, joyous, gay, merry, glad, blithe, blithesome, gleeful, jovial, jolly, jocund, frolicsome.

Light-horse, n. Light-armed cavalry.

Light-house, n. Pharos.

Lightning-rod, n. Paratonnerre.

Light on.

1. Happen upon, fall upon by chance, happen to find, light upon, strike upon.

2. Alight on.

Lights, n. pl. Lungs (of a brute).

Lightsome, a.

1. Luminous, full of light.

2. Gay, buoyant, lively, cheerful, blithesome, blithe, merry. See Light-hearted.

Light upon. See Light on.

Lign-aloes, n. Agalloch, agallochum, agillochum, aloes-wood, agal-wood, eagle-wood, calambac.

Ligneous, a. Woody.

Lignine, n. (Chem.) Woody fibre.

Lignite, n. (Min.) Fossil-wood.

Like, a.

1. Similar, resembling, analogous, allied, parallel, cognate, of a piece.

2. Equal, same.

3. Likely, probable.

Like, n.

1. Equal.

2. Preference, partiality, liking.