little-known items of biography or history ANECDOTE 2
live in flocks GREGARIOUS 96
live in water and on land AMPHIBIOUS 10, 34
live in water in the larval stage and on land in the adult stage AMPHIBIOTIC 10, 34
live longer than SURVIVE 37
lively VIVID 38
lively Animated VIVACIOUS 38
lively direction in music VIVACE 38
liver HEPATIC 100
living forever IM[MORTAL 5,169
living in dung COPROPHILOUS 184
living in the air AERIAL 8
living in the ground TERRICOLOUS 90
living in trees ARBOREAL 26
living in water AQUATIC 20
living matter of all plant and animal cells PROTOPLASM 25,168
living on land TERRESTRIAL 90
living only in the presence of air AEROBIC 8, 34
living only one season ANNUAL 73
living organisms produced from other living organisms BIOGENESIS 35, 84
living organisms spontaneously generated from nonliving matter ABIOGENESIS 1, 34, 84
living organisms spontaneously generated from nonliving matter AUTOGENESIS 28, 84
living outside a host ECTOGENOUS 73, 85
living portion of a plant or bacterial cell PROTOPLAST 25,168
living underwater SUBAQUEOUS 20
living within a host ENDOBIOTIC 36, 71
living without air ANAEROBIC 2, 9, 34
located along an axis AXIAL 30
located around the ear PERIOTIC 52
located near the ear PAROTID 180
located at or near the center CENTRAL 44
located at or near the center CENTRIC 44
located in front of an axis of the body PREAYAAL 30
located behind an axis of the body POSTAXLAL 15,30
located under the tongue HYPOGLOSSAI, 110
location on the mandible at the most inferior, posterior, and lateral point GONION 90
locus of the centers of curvature of the involute EVOLUTE 71, 214
long head DOLICHOCEPHALIC 45
long live Salute originating from French to express approval VIVE 38
long live Salute originating from Spanish and Italian to express approval VIVA 37
long speech MONOLOGUE 67,152
longhand reporting LOGOGRAPHY 67,93
look down on with scorn DESPISE 205
looking back on the past RETROSPECT 199, 205
looking forward Anticipation PROSPECT 17,205
lord's prayer PATERNOSTER 142
loss of bodily function due to rupture of a blood vessel
in the brain Stroke
APOPLEXY 719
loss of memory AMNESIA 2
loss of one's good name IGNOMINY 4, 173
loss of sensibility to pain ANAESTHESIA 2, 78
loss of sensibility to pain ANESTHESIA 2, 78
loss of strength ASTHENIA 4
loss of the ability to articulate speech ANARTHRIA 2
loss of the ability to understand or use language APHASIA 3
loss of the ability to coordinate muscle action ATAXIA 4, 208
loss of the ability to execute voluntary movements APRAXIA 3
loss of the ability to read ALEXIA 1, 66
loss of the ability to write AGRAPHIA 1, 91
loss of the ability to recognize familiar objects AGNOSIA 1, 53
loss of the function of a body part PARALYSIS 179
loss of voice APHONIA 3,187
loud outcry Noisy VOCIFEROUS 189
love affair with no intention of marriage PHILANDER 13,185
love of literature and learning PHILOLOGY 67, 185
love of mankind PHILANTHROPY 14,185
love of one's country PATRIOTISM 142

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