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Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness; sensual; lascivious. -- Li*bid"i*nous*ly, adv. -- Li*bid"i*nous*ness, n.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, lichens; abounding in lichens; covered with lichens. G. Eliot.

Ligneous. [R.] Evelyn.

Stone-producing; -- said of polyps which form coral.

Furnished with lobes or flaps.

Having long hands. Sir T. Browne.

Of or pertaining to lumbago.

Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color. Fire burneth wood, making it . . . luminous. Bacon. The mountains lift . . . their lofty and luminous heads. Longfellow.

in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with manganic compounds; as, manganous oxide. Manganous acid, a hypothetical compound analogous to sulphurous acid, and forming the so-called manganites.

Produced in or by the sea.

Having a loud voice.

Having fever stamens than the parts of the corolla.

Having the qualities of honey. [R.]

Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, membrane; as, a membranous covering or lining.

Serving to augment the intensity of weak sounds; microcoustic.

Hating women.

Of great bulk or consequence; very important. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

See Molybdous.

Hermaphrodite, or having both stamens and pistils in every flower.

Having only one cotyledon, seed lobe, or seminal leaf. Lindley.