Definition of lip

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Lip (n.) An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything; a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel..

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Clip :: Clip (v. t.) To curtail; to cut short.
Labrum :: Labrum (n.) An organ in insects and crustaceans covering the upper part of the mouth, and serving as an upper lip. See Illust. of Hymenoptera..
Ultrazodiacal :: Ultrazodiacal (a.) Outside the zodiac; being in that part of the heavens that is more than eight degrees from the ecliptic; as, ultrazodiacal planets, that is, those planets which in part of their orbits go beyond the zodiac..
Clip :: Clip (n.) A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip..
Sliding :: Sliding (a.) Slippery; elusory.
Stopcock :: Stop (n.) Some part of the articulating organs, as the lips, or the tongue and palate, closed (a) so as to cut off the passage of breath or voice through the mouth and the nose (distinguished as a lip-stop, or a front-stop, etc., as in p, t, d, etc.), or (b) so as to obstruct, but not entirely cut off, the passage, as in l, n, etc.; also, any of the consonants so formed..
Tulipwood :: Tulipwood (n.) The beautiful rose-colored striped wood of a Brazilian tree (Physocalymna floribunda), much used by cabinetmakers for inlaying..
Ellipse :: Ellipse (n.) The elliptical orbit of a planet.
Lipogram :: Lipogram (n.) A writing composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; -- as in the Odyssey of Tryphiodorus there was no A in the first book, no B in the second, and so on..
Slip :: Slip (n.) To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide..
Fake :: Fake (v. t.) To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it..
Philippizing :: Philippizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Philippiz.
Slip :: Slip (n.) To depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding; to go or come in a quiet, furtive manner; as, some errors slipped into the work..
Leipothymic :: Leipothymic (a.) See Lipothymic.
Lipans :: Lipans (n. pl.) A tribe of North American Indians, inhabiting the northern part of Mexico. They belong to the Tinneh stock, and are closely related to the Apaches..
Slippery :: Slippery (a.) Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery..
Epipodite :: Epipodite (n.) The outer branch of the legs in certain Crustacea. See Maxilliped.
Sandaliform :: Sandaliform (a.) Shaped like a sandal or slipper.
Liparian :: Liparian (n.) Any species of a family (Liparidae) of destructive bombycid moths, as the tussock moths..
Lipaemia :: Lipaemia (n.) A condition in which fat occurs in the blood.
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