a.
Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
n.
Liability to lapse, err, or apostatize.
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Formed or pronounced by the cooperation of the lips and teeth, as f and v.
n.
A labiodental sound or letter.
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Formed by the lips and the nose.
n.
A labionasal sound or letter.
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Having the appearance of being labiate; -- said of certain polypetalous corollas.
n.
One of the labial palpi of an insect. See Illust. under Labium.
n.
A lip, or liplike organ.
n.
The lip of an organ pipe.
n.
The folds of integument at the opening of the vulva.
n.
The organ of insects which covers the mouth beneath, and serves as an under lip. It consists of the second pair of maxillae, usually closely united in the middle line, but bearing a pair of palpi in most insects. It often consists of a thin anterior part (ligula or palpiger) and a firmer posterior plate (mentum).
n.
Inner margin of the aperture of a shell.
n.
an East Indian name for several twining leguminous plants related to the bean, but commonly applied to the hyacinth bean (Dolichos Lablab).
n.
Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort directed to some useful end, as agriculture, manufactures, and like; servile toil; exertion; work.
n.
Intellectual exertion; mental effort; as, the labor of compiling a history.