lian-o: (bot.) liana, bind-weed, creeper; any woody, climbing and twining plant. — DEFIRS
lias-o: (geol.) Lias. — DEFIS
libacion-ar: (intr.) to offer up libations; -o: libation, potation. — DEFIS
libel-o*: libella: an instrument which measures levels: (water-) level.
libelul-o: (ent.) libellulid: dragon-fly; (Libellula). — DeFIS
liber-a: free; -e: freely; -o, -ulo, -ino: a free person; -ala: (of books, arts, education, principles, political parties, etc.) liberal; -alo: a liberal, liberalist; -al-eso, -ismo: liberalism; -es-ana, -ano: libertarian; -igar: to discharge, liberate, free; -igo: deliverance, liberation; -ig-anta: liberating, freeing, rescuing; -tempo: leisure, spare time; (cf. ocio); tempal hom-ulo: a man of leisure; en -a aero: in the open air; ne- -a balon-ego: a captive baloon; ne- -eso: captivity (cf. kapt-it-eso); -kambio: free-trade; -kambi-isto: free-trader; -pens-ado: free-thinking; -pens-eso: free-thought. — EFIS
libertin-a: (esp. of the imagination, mind) unrestrained, wayward, flighty (to an excessive degree); -(ul)o: one characterized by excessive freedom in thought, manners, habits, morals; (N.B. not E. libertine: cf: debocho); -eso: libertinism (obs. sense), -esar: to be free from restraint, to go to excess. — V. exp.: Libertineso signifikas troa libereso di penso e di ago, aparte pri mori. Ne sinonima di debocho: on povas esar libertina per penso e per paroli. La primitiva senco (konforma a l’etimologio) esas liber-pensanto; IV-13. — DeFIS
libr-o: book, volume (cf. tomo); -eto: booklet; (mus.) libretto; -et-isto: (mus.) librettist; -isto, -vend-isto: book seller, -aro: collection of books, a library – books alone; cf. biblioteko). — eFIS
librac-o*: (astron.) libration: an apparent oscillatory motion (as of moon). — DEFI
lic-o: (ancient) lists; (modern) track, race course. Def.: Voyo preparita specala (ed enklozita) per konkursala kuri (sive di kavali, sive di homi, sive bicikli, automobili, e.c.); IV-454. V. exp.: vid. areno. — eFIS
licenc-ar: (tr.) to grant a license, give (official) permission (to sell spirits, to teach, etc.); -o: license, licensing; (poetic) license; deviation from strict fact, form or rule (by artist or writer); licentiate: a European university degree between that of bachelor and doctor; M.A. degree (= L licentia docendi ), -iero: (univ.) licentiate, an M.A.; -oza, -ema: uncurbed. — DeFIRS
lienteri-o*: (med.) lientery: a kind of diarrhoea.
lietnant-o: lieutenant; -eso: (rank) lieutenancy; -kolonelo: lieutenant-colonel. — DEFIRS
lig-ar: (tr.) to bind (down), tie (up), fasten, attach; -(ad)o, -eso, -uro: (act, state, result) binding, fastening; league (association; cf. federo); (anat.) ligature; -ajo: something bound together, a bundle; -ilo: lash, band, strap (for tying); (fig.) bond (as of matrimony); hund-lig-ilo: dog leash; kun- -ar: to tie together. — eFIRS
ligament-o*: (anat.) ligament. — DEFIS
lign-o: wood (the material); -a, -ala, -oza, -atra: woody, ligneous; -o-mort-inta: dead wood; -o-shuo: wooden shoe, sabot; -o-bloko: block of wood, log; -o-paneli: wainscotting; -o-trepano: auger; -o-martelo: mallet; -inkrust-ado, -uro: marquetry. — eFIS
lignin-o*: lignin. — DEFIS
lignit-o: lignite. — DEFIRS
ligustr-o: (bot.) privet (genus: Ligustrum). — DISL
lik-ar: (tr., intr.) to leak. Def.: (1) (aquo) enirar navo; (2) (liquido o gaso) ekirar vazo, e.c.; (3) (navo) enlasar aquo tra truo, fenduro; (4) (vazo) eklasar liquido o gaso; II-76. — DE
likantrop-a*, -(ul)o: (med.) (person) afflicted with lycanthropy; -eso: lycanthropy. — DEFIS
liken-o: (bot.) lichen; (cf. musko); -o Islandana: Iceland moss. — DEFIS
likenin-o*: lichenin: a starch derived from Icelandic moss.
likopodi-o: (bot.) lycopod(ium), club-moss , (genus: Lycopodium). — DEFIS
liktor-o: (Rom. hist.) lictor. — DEFIS
lilac-o: (bot.) lily (genus: Syringa); -ea: lilac-colo(u)red. — DEFIRS
lili-o: (bot.) lily (genus: Lillium); -floro: lilly flower. — DEFIRS
liliace-o*: a lileaceous plant (family: Liliaceae). — DEFIS
Liliput-ala, -ana, -atra: Lilliputian.
limar: (tr.) to file; (cf. raspar); -ilo triangula: a three-cornered file. — FS
limak-o: (zool.) slug, naked snail (genus: Limax); -ala, -atra: limacine, snail-like. — eF
limand-o: (ich.) dab (Pleuronectes limanda). — FIL
limb-o: (tech.) limb; an edge or border, as of a disk. — EFIRS
limet-o: (fruit) lime; -iero: lime tree (Citrus limetta). — DeFISL
limf-o: (anat.) lymph; -ala: lymphatic (duct, gland, etc.); -oza: lymphatic (temperament; of persons). — DEFIRS
limfatism-o: (med.) lymphatism. — DEFIRS
limit-o: limit, boundary, bound; -izar: to set bounds to, to bound (a field, a country; cf. restriktar); -iz, -uro: limitation; -iz-anta: limiting; sen- -a, ne- -iz-ita: unlimited, boundless. — DEFIS
limon-o: (fruit) lemon; -iero: lemon tree (Citrus limonum). — DEFIRS
limonad-o: lemonade. — DEFIS
limpid-a: limpid, clear (liquid, glass); -igar liquido per filtrado: to clear water by filtering (cf. VI-528). Ant.: konfuza. — EFIS
lin-o: (bot.) flax (linum usitatissimum); -ajo: (fabric) flax; semin-o, -i: flaxseed, linseed; -oleo: linseed oil. — DeFIRS
linc-o: (zool.) lynx (Felis Lynx); -okulo: (lit., and fig.) eye of a lynx, lynx-eye. — EFISL