limbers
- n a channel or gutter on either side of a ship's keelson; carries bilge water into the pump well
- n a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
- v attach the limber
- v cause to become limber
limbic brain
- n a system of functionally related neural structures in the brain that are involved in emotional behavior
limbic system
- n a system of functionally related neural structures in the brain that are involved in emotional behavior
limbo
- n the state of being disregarded or forgotten
- n an imaginary place for lost or neglected things
- n (theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals)
limburger
- n a soft white cheese with a very strong pungent odor and flavor
limbus
- n a border or edge of any of various body parts distinguished by color or structure
lime
- n a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
- n a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
- n a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds
- n any of various related trees bearing limes
- n any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
- n the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees
- v spread birdlime on branches to catch birds
- v cover with lime so as to induce growth
lime the lawn
lime disease spirochete
- n cause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes
lime tree
- n any of various related trees bearing limes
- n any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber