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n. [ F. galipot; cf. OF. garipot the wild pine or pitch tree. ] An impure resin of turpentine, hardened on the outside of pine trees by the spontaneous evaporation of its essential oil. When purified, it is called yellow pitch, white pitch, or Burgundy pitch. [ 1913 Webster ]

An inferior kind of olive oil, brought from Gallipoli, in Italy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. fr. OD. gleypot, the first part of which is possibly akin to E. glad. See Glad, and Pot. ] A glazed earthen pot or vessel, used by druggists and apothecaries for containing medicines, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an airport for helicopters. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. lei`pesqai to be lacking + kefalh` head. ] (Zool.) Same as Lamellibranchia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. li`pos fat + chro`a color. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A yellow coloring matter, soluble in ether, contained in the small round fat drops in the retinal epithelium cells. It is best obtained from the eyes of frogs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. lei`pein, lipei^n, to leave, omit + -gram. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. lipogra`mmatos: cf. F. lipogrammatique. ] Omitting a letter; composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; as, lipogrammatic writings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. lipogrammatiste. ] One who makes a lipogram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Same as lipemia. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. li`pos fat + -oma. ] (Med.) A tumor consisting of fat or adipose tissue. -- Li*pom"a*tous a. [1913 Webster]

adj. (Chem.) having an affinity for lipids; -- of chemical substances or parts of molecules. Contrasted to lipophobic or polar.
Syn. -- lipotropic, nonpolar. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. (Chem.) Not soluble in lipids, or in non-polar solvents; -- of chemical substances or parts of molecules; as, the lipophobic end of a detergent is solvated in water. Contrasted to lipophilic or nonpolar. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. leipoqymiko`s, lipoqymiko`s. ] Tending to swoon; fainting. [ Written also leipothymic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. lei`pein to leave, to lack + qymo`s soul, life. ] Pertaining, or given, to swooning; fainting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. lipoqymi`a: cf. F. lipothymie. ] A fainting; a swoon. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. (Chem.) having an affinity for lipids.
Syn. -- lipophilic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A suborder of mammals including the moles; hedgehogs; and true shrews.
Syn. -- suborder Lipotyphla. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Perhaps fr. Prov. E. loll to soothe + pope a mixed liquor. ] 1. A kind of sugar confection which dissolves easily in the mouth. [ Archaic ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: A piece of hard candy, often of discoid shape, attached to the end of a handle of wood or hard paper by which it is held in the hand while being licked; -- it is popular with small children. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. nullus none + porus pope. ] (Bot.) A name for certain crustaceous marine algae which secrete carbonate of lime on their surface, and were formerly thought to be of animal nature. They are now considered corallines of the genera Melobesia and Lithothamnion. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., fr. Gr. paraleipome`nwn of things omitted, pass. p. pr. (neuter genitive plural) fr. &unr_; to omit. ] A title given in the Douay Bible to the Books of Chronicles. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the Septuagint these books are called Paraleipome`nwn prw^ton and dey`teron, which is understood, after Jerome's explanation, as meaning that they are supplementary to the Books of Kings W. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hind. tālpāt the leaf of the tree. ] (Bot.) A beautiful tropical palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), a native of Ceylon and the Malabar coast. It has a trunk sixty or seventy feet high, bearing a crown of gigantic fan-shaped leaves which are used as umbrellas and as fans in ceremonial processions, and, when cut into strips, as a substitute for writing paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. [ Gr.&unr_; neck + -pod:cf.F. trachelipode. ] (Zool.) One of the Trachelipoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Trachelipod. ] (Zool.) An extensive artificial group of gastropods comprising all those which have a spiral shell and the foot attached to the base of the neck. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having the foot united with the neck; of or pertaining to the Trachelipoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of Bryozoa belonging to Tubulipora and allied genera, having tubular calcareous calicles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Tulip + mania. ] A violent passion for the acquisition or cultivation of tulips; -- a word said by Beckman to have been coined by Menage. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In Holland, in the first half of the 17th century, the cultivation of tulips became a mania. It began about the year 1634, and, like a violent epidemic, seized upon all classes of the community, leading to disasters and misery such as the records of commerce or of bankruptcies can scarcely parallel. In 1636, tulip marts had been established in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Haarlem, Leyden, and various other towns, where tulip bulbs were sold and resold in the same manner as stocks are on the Stock Exchange of London. Baird. [ 1913 Webster ]