Definition of lip

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Lip (n.) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.

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Bellipotent :: Bellipotent (p. pr.) Mighty in war; armipotent.
Imp :: Imp (n.) A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft.
Orchidaceous :: Orchidaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order (Orchidaceae) of endogenous plants of which the genus Orchis is the type. They are mostly perennial herbs having the stamens and pistils united in a single column, and normally three petals and three sepals, all adherent to the ovary. The flowers are curiously shaped, often resembling insects, the odd or lower petal (called the lip) being unlike the others, and sometimes of a strange and unexpected appearance. About one hundred spec
Flippancy :: Flippancy (n.) The state or quality of being flippant.
Hornbook :: Hornbook (n.) The first book for children, or that from which in former times they learned their letters and rudiments; -- so called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or printed; a primer..
Mumble :: Mumble (v.) To speak with the lips partly closed, so as to render the sounds inarticulate and imperfect; to utter words in a grumbling indistinct manner, indicating discontent or displeasure; to mutter..
Eclipse :: Eclipse (v. i.) To suffer an eclipse.
Calceiform :: Calceiform (a.) Shaped like a slipper, as one petal of the lady's-slipper; calceolate..
Elliptically :: Elliptically (adv.) With a part omitted; as, elliptically expressed..
Liable :: Liable (v. t.) Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable; -- with to and an infinitive or noun; as, liable to slip; liable to accident..
Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses..
Lip :: Lip (n.) The odd and peculiar petal in the Orchis family. See Orchidaceous.
Bewit :: Bewit (n.) A double slip of leather by which bells are fastened to a hawk's legs.
Indicatrix :: Indicatrix (n.) A certain conic section supposed to be drawn in the tangent plane to any surface, and used to determine the accidents of curvature of the surface at the point of contact. The curve is similar to the intersection of the surface with a parallel to the tangent plane and indefinitely near it. It is an ellipse when the curvature is synclastic, and an hyperbola when the curvature is anticlastic..
Label :: Label (n.) A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal..
Lipothymic :: Lipothymic (a.) Tending to swoon; fainting.
Roseate :: Roseate (a.) resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with rose color; blooming; as, roseate beauty; her roseate lips..
Meliphagous :: Meliphagous (a.) Eating, or feeding upon, honey..
Extinguish :: Extinguish (v. t.) To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor..
Stealer :: Steal (v. i.) To withdraw, or pass privily; to slip in, along, or away, unperceived; to go or come furtively..
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