livingstone
- n Scottish missionary and explorer who discovered the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls (1813-1873)
livingstone daisy
- n low-growing showy succulent annual of South Africa having white or pink or red or orange flowers and spatulate leaves covered in papillae that resemble small crystals
livistona australis
- n Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
livonia
- n a region on the Baltic that is divided between northern Estonia and southern Latvia
livonian
- n a member of the Livonian-speaking people of Latvia
- n the Finnic language spoken by the people of Livonia in Estonia and Latvia
livy
- n Roman historian whose history of Rome filled 142 volumes (of which only 35 survive) including the earliest history of the war with Hannibal (59 BC to AD 17)
liza
- n similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region
lizard
- n relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail
- n a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him