--- title: L — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 23 description: The 644 words of the English dictionary under L, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/23/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / L # L — The English dictionary · page 23 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* (Latin) «Lingua» is the Latin word for tongue and language.[↗](../../lingua/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In English it appears mainly in the phrase «lingua franca», a language used by people who speak different languages so they can understand each other.[↗](../../lingua/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (medicine) The lingua is a rare medical word for the tongue.[↗](../../lingua/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Lingua» is Latin for tongue.[↗](../../lingua/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · English is a lingua franca for many travellers.[↗](../../lingua/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Swahili is a lingua franca in East Africa.[↗](../../lingua/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Long ago, Latin was the lingua franca of Europe.[↗](../../lingua/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Bilingual» comes from «bi» (two) and «lingua» (tongue).[↗](../../lingua/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A linguist studies languages, from «lingua».[↗](../../lingua/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the market, they spoke a lingua franca to trade.[↗](../../lingua/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · (Italian) «Lingua» also means tongue and language in Italian.[↗](../../lingua/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **lingual** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Having to do with the tongue.[↗](../../lingual/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This is the modern classification of the letters into guttural, palatal, lingual, dental and labial sounds.[↗](../../lingual/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../lingual/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Twenty-two letters are formed by the voice, impressed on the air, and audibly uttered in five situations, in the throat, guttural sounds; in the palate, palatals; by the tongue, linguals; through the teeth, dentals; and by the lips, labial sounds.[↗](../../lingual/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../lingual/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **linguist** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A person who studies languages.[↗](../../linguist/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **linguistic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with language or languages.[↗](../../linguistic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To do with linguistics, the science that studies how languages work.[↗](../../linguistic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She has great linguistic skills and speaks four languages.[↗](../../linguistic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class has a lot of linguistic diversity.[↗](../../linguistic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We listed the linguistic features of a persuasive letter.[↗](../../linguistic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The olympiad had a linguistic puzzle about an unknown language.[↗](../../linguistic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Babies learn language through linguistic games like rhymes.[↗](../../linguistic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum shows the linguistic history of English.[↗](../../linguistic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A linguistic expert studied how the children in the town spoke.[↗](../../linguistic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Together these represent the mathematical-linguistic foundations of Creation; see notes on 1:2 below.[↗](../../linguistic/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../linguistic/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **linguistically** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* In a way that has to do with language.[↗](../../linguistically/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Some manuscripts have a different reading, בשלשה ספרים בספר וספר וספר ‘with three books: a book, and a book, and a book’—certainly easier linguistically but no more clear in its meaning.[↗](../../linguistically/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../linguistically/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **linguistics** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Linguistics is the scientific study of language: how sounds, words, grammar and meaning work, how languages change, and how people learn them.[↗](../../linguistics/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Linguistics is the study of language.[↗](../../linguistics/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She wants to study linguistics at university.[↗](../../linguistics/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Linguistics explains why «sheep» has no «-s» plural.[↗](../../linguistics/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Language puzzles in the olympiad use linguistics.[↗](../../linguistics/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Linguistics looks at sounds, words and grammar.[↗](../../linguistics/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt teaches linguistics.[↗](../../linguistics/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **link** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A connection between two things, people or ideas: there is a link between sugar and tooth decay.[↗](../../link/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* One ring or loop of a chain.[↗](../../link/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* On a website or in a message, a link is a word or picture you click to go to another page.[↗](../../link/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* As a verb, to connect or join things: link arms, link the two ideas.[↗](../../link/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A link is one length of sausage in a string, such as a link of black pudding.[↗](../../link/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Click the link to watch the video.[↗](../../link/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't open links from people you don't know.[↗](../../link/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There's a link between eating vegetables and staying healthy.[↗](../../link/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We linked arms and walked together.[↗](../../link/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Each link in the chain is made of steel.[↗](../../link/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Use linking words like "because" and "so".[↗](../../link/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The bridge links the two towns.[↗](../../link/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.[↗](../../link/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Ah!" groaned the woodman, "I wish I'd a good link of black pudding here before me."[↗](../../link/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He is one above three, three are above seven, seven above twelve, and all are linked together.[↗](../../link/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../link/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · One above three, three above seven, and seven above twelve, and all are linked together, and one with another.[↗](../../link/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../link/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The roundings of thy thighs are like the links of a chain, the work of the hands of a skilled workman.[↗](../../link/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.7.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../link/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **linnet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A linnet is a small brown songbird of the finch family; the male has a pinkish-red chest and head in spring.[↗](../../linnet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A linnet sang on the gorse bush.[↗](../../linnet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The male linnet has a red chest in spring.[↗](../../linnet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Linnets eat small seeds.[↗](../../linnet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We spotted a flock of linnets on the farm.[↗](../../linnet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Old poems compare a happy singer to a linnet.[↗](../../linnet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The linnet is a kind of finch.[↗](../../linnet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **linseed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Linseed is the seed of the flax plant, also called flaxseed.[↗](../../linseed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Linseed oil is oil pressed from these seeds, used in paints and to protect wood, and (food-grade) in cooking.[↗](../../linseed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Linseed is the seed of the flax plant.[↗](../../linseed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We oiled the cricket bat with linseed oil.[↗](../../linseed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Artists thin oil paint with linseed oil.[↗](../../linseed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum sprinkles linseed on her porridge.[↗](../../linseed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Spread oily rags flat to dry, because linseed oil rags can catch fire.[↗](../../linseed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Linen cloth is made from the same flax plant.[↗](../../linseed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **lint** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Lint is tiny bits of fluff and fibre that come off clothes and cloth.[↗](../../lint/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Lint is also soft cotton cloth once used to cover wounds.[↗](../../lint/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Lint can also mean flax or hemp fibre that has been prepared for spinning into thread.[↗](../../lint/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please clean the lint out of the dryer filter.[↗](../../lint/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My black jumper is covered in lint.[↗](../../lint/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I found lint and a coin in my pocket.[↗](../../lint/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad used a lint roller on his suit.[↗](../../lint/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Lint can catch fire if the dryer gets too hot.[↗](../../lint/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There was grey lint under the bed.[↗](../../lint/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · At last, one spring morning, the gudewife gave her seven heads of lint, saying she would take no excuse; they must be returned in three days spun into yarn.[↗](../../lint/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **lintel** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The beam across the top of a door or window, resting on the side posts.[↗](../../lintel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, upon the houses wherein they shall eat it.[↗](../../lintel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.12.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lintel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **lion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lion is a big wild cat with golden fur that lives mostly in Africa.[↗](../../lion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") The male has a large mane of hair around its head.[↗](../../lion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A lion is also a symbol of courage and strength.[↗](../../lion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The zoo has 4 lions.[↗](../../lion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each lion eats 7 kg of meat a day.[↗](../../lion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 3 more tigers than lions.[↗](../../lion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many legs do 5 lions have?[↗](../../lion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A lion's roar can be heard far away.[↗](../../lion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Lions live in groups called prides.[↗](../../lion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The lionesses hunt for food.[↗](../../lion/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In the fable, a little mouse helps a lion.[↗](../../lion/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He took the lion's share of the cake.[↗](../../lion/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up.[↗](../../lion/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.49.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lion/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's whelp, that leapeth forth from Bashan.[↗](../../lion/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.33.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lion/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?[↗](../../lion/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.49.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lion/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, (Writings JOB.38.39, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lion/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · The lion hath roared, who will not fear?[↗](../../lion/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets AMO.3.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lion/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Rescue my soul from their destructions, mine only one from the lions.[↗](../../lion/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.35.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lion/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **lioness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A female lion.[↗](../../lioness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (figurative) A brave, strong woman who protects her family or team.[↗](../../lioness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The lioness crept through the tall grass.[↗](../../lioness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Lionesses do most of the hunting for the pride.[↗](../../lioness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The lioness licked her cubs clean.[↗](../../lioness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A lioness has no mane, unlike a male lion.[↗](../../lioness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum fought for us like a lioness.[↗](../../lioness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Lionesses won the football match.[↗](../../lioness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Three lionesses chased a zebra.[↗](../../lioness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · At the zoo, the lioness was sleeping in the sun.[↗](../../lioness/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Presently there met him a lioness with her cub.[↗](../../lioness/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?[↗](../../lioness/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.49.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lioness/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?[↗](../../lioness/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.24.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lioness/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And of Gad he said: Blessed be He that enlargeth Gad; he dwelleth as a lioness, and teareth the arm, yea, the crown of the head.[↗](../../lioness/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.33.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lioness/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lioness?[↗](../../lioness/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.39, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lioness/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.[↗](../../lioness/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.4.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lioness/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · and say: How was thy mother a lioness; among lions she couched, in the midst of the young lions she reared her whelps\![↗](../../lioness/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.19.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lioness/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **lionfish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lionfish is a striped red, brown and white sea fish with long fan-like fins and venomous spines.[↗](../../lionfish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The lionfish has long, spiky fins.[↗](../../lionfish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A lionfish sting is very painful.[↗](../../lionfish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Lionfish are invasive in the Caribbean.[↗](../../lionfish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Divers catch lionfish to protect the reef.[↗](../../lionfish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The lionfish's stripes warn other animals to stay away.[↗](../../lionfish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a lionfish in the aquarium.[↗](../../lionfish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **lip** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Your lips are the two soft edges around your mouth.[↗](../../lip/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The lip of something, like a jug, cup or cliff, is its edge or rim.[↗](../../lip/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Informally, «lip» means rude talk: don't give me any lip.[↗](../../lip/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My lips are dry in the cold wind.[↗](../../lip/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Put some lip balm on your lips.[↗](../../lip/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her bottom lip trembled and she started to cry.[↗](../../lip/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My lips are sealed; I won't tell anyone about the surprise party.[↗](../../lip/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some deaf people can read lips.[↗](../../lip/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The lip of the jug helps you pour without spilling.[↗](../../lip/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He bit his lip to stop himself from laughing.[↗](../../lip/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · If your lips swell after eating, tell an adult straight away.[↗](../../lip/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The cup was placed to Sir Philip's lips.[↗](../../lip/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses said before the LORD: 'Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?'[↗](../../lip/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.6.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lip/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And if she be married to a husband, while her vows are upon her, or the clear utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul; (Torah NUM.30.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lip/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses spoke before the LORD, saying: 'Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?'[↗](../../lip/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.6.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lip/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He kisseth the lips that giveth a right answer.[↗](../../lip/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.24.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lip/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.[↗](../../lip/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.34.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lip/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Let my lips utter praise: because Thou teachest me Thy statutes.[↗](../../lip/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.171, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lip/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **lipogram** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A piece of writing in which one letter of the alphabet is never used on purpose, for example a story with no letter "e".[↗](../../lipogram/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our teacher asked us to write a lipogram without the letter "a".[↗](../../lipogram/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "I am big, I can run" is not a lipogram without "a", because "am" has an "a".[↗](../../lipogram/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A whole French novel was written as a lipogram with no letter "e".[↗](../../lipogram/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Writing a lipogram makes you think hard about words.[↗](../../lipogram/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you spot which letter this lipogram leaves out?[↗](../../lipogram/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My lipogram about a cat had no "t", so I called it a "kitty-cuddly animal"… oops, that has a "t"\![↗](../../lipogram/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **lipped** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In old tales, «long lipped» means sulky, with the lower lip pushed out to show you are cross.[↗](../../lipped/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Why are you so long lipped today?» asked Mum.[↗](../../lipped/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sulky girl was long lipped all day.[↗](../../lipped/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't go long lipped just because you lost.[↗](../../lipped/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **lipstick** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Colour for the lips, usually in a small stick that comes out of a tube.[↗](../../lipstick/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A stick or tube of this colour.[↗](../../lipstick/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum put on red lipstick before the party.[↗](../../lipstick/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My little sister drew on the wall with a lipstick.[↗](../../lipstick/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a lipstick mark on the cup.[↗](../../lipstick/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Lipstick comes in many colours.[↗](../../lipstick/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective found a message written in lipstick.[↗](../../lipstick/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Granny never goes out without her lipstick.[↗](../../lipstick/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · «That's just lipstick on a pig,» said Dad about the new paint on the old car.[↗](../../lipstick/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **liquefy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) To liquefy is to turn into a liquid, or to make a solid or gas become a liquid, often by heating or cooling or squeezing.[↗](../../liquefy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Ice liquefies when it warms up.[↗](../../liquefy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Gases can be liquefied by cooling them.[↗](../../liquefy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Butter liquefies in a hot pan.[↗](../../liquefy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The blender liquefied the strawberries.[↗](../../liquefy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In an earthquake, wet sand can liquefy.[↗](../../liquefy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Liquefied gas is stored in metal tanks.[↗](../../liquefy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **liquid** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A liquid is something that flows and can be poured, like water, milk or juice.[↗](../../liquid/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Liquid is one of the three main states of matter, with solid and gas.[↗](../../liquid/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As an adjective, liquid means in the form of a liquid: liquid soap.[↗](../../liquid/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bottle has 2 litres of liquid.[↗](../../liquid/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Pour the liquid into 4 equal cups.[↗](../../liquid/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How much liquid is left?[↗](../../liquid/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A tank holds 50 litres of liquid.[↗](../../liquid/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Water is a liquid at room temperature.[↗](../../liquid/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · When ice melts, it turns into a liquid.[↗](../../liquid/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A liquid takes the shape of its container.[↗](../../liquid/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Never drink a liquid from a bottle with no label.[↗](../../liquid/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · She washed her hands with liquid soap.[↗](../../liquid/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · You will find beneath it a crystal vase filled with a bright green liquid.[↗](../../liquid/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) … [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/22/) **23** 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