limpet
- n mollusk with a low conical shell
- n any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas
limpidity
- n free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
- n passing light without diffusion or distortion
limping
- n disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
- v walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
- v proceed slowly or with difficulty
limpkin
- n wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call
limulus polyphemus
- n large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail; a living fossil related to the wood louse
lin
- n United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959)
linac
- n ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path
linage
- n the number of lines in a piece of printed material
- n a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted