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A tribe of North American Inedians, inhabiting the northern part of Mexico. They belong to the Tinneh stock, and are closely related to the Apaches.

Any species of a family (Liparidæ) of destructive bombycid moths, as the tussock moths.

A quartzose trachyte; rhyolite.

Pertaining to, or derived from, fat. The word was formerly used specifically to designate a supposed acid obtained by the oxidation of oleic acid, tallow, wax, etc.

Lipic.

, Having no lips.

A little lip.

Same as Lamellibranchia.

ing 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.

A writing composed of words not having a certain letters; -- as in the Odyssey of Tryphiodorus there was no A in the first book, no B in the second, and so on.

Omitting a letter; composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; as, lipogrammatic writings.

One who makes a lipogram.

A tumor consisting of fat or adipose tissue. -- Li*pom"a*tous, a.

Tending to swoon; fainting. [Written also leipothymic.]

Pertaining, or given, to swooning; fainting.

A fainting; a swoon. Jer. Taylor.

Having a lip or lips; having a raised or rounded edge resembling the lip; -- often used in composition; as, thick-lipped, thin-lipped, etc.

Soreness of eyes; the state of being blear-eyes; blearedness.

To lisp. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A hypothetical radical of glycerin. [Obs.] Berzelius.