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y folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to certain articulations. Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself. Thine own lips testify against thee. Jeb xv. 6.

A condition in which fat occurs in the blood.

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.

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.

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.