dict_dl/en_merriam_webster/ly_mw.json
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{
"lyam":{
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English lyame, lyeme , from Middle French liem leash, bond, from Latin ligamen band, tie":""
},
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"\u02c8l\u012b\u0259m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194742",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lying":{
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"honest",
"truthful",
"veracious"
],
"definitions":{
": marked by or containing untrue statements : false":[
"a lying account of the accident"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"that lying son of a gun told me that the used car had never been in an accident",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"He was found dead lying face up on his hotel bed with no signs of trauma, according to a Monday report from the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Office in Florida. \u2014 Kenan Draughorne, Los Angeles Times , 14 Jan. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English leghynge , present participle of lien to lie":"Adjective"
},
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"\u02c8l\u012b-i\u014b"
],
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"dishonest",
"mendacious",
"untruthful"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065749",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": the words of a song":[
"\u2014 often used in plural"
],
": suitable for singing to the lyre or for being set to music and sung":[],
": expressing direct usually intense personal emotion especially in a manner suggestive of song":[
"lyric poetry"
],
": exuberant , rhapsodic":[
"exploded with lyric wrath",
"\u2014 Time"
],
": having a light voice and a melodic style":[
"a lyric soprano"
],
"\u2014 compare dramatic":[
"a lyric soprano"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lir-ik"
],
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"poem",
"rune",
"song",
"verse"
],
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"euphonious",
"lyrical",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"mellow",
"melodic",
"melodious",
"musical"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a song with a beautiful lyric",
"a poet admired for his lyrics",
"Adjective",
"they performed a slow, lyric dance for the audience",
"the film's lyric photography really enhanced its romantic mood",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Lizzo's handling of offensive lyric a stark contrast to the 'Suck it up, snowflake' crowd. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"Lizzo responded on Instagram, posting the announcement of the lyric replacement and explaining her decision to release a new version of the song. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 13 June 2022",
"Half the class was saying one lyric , and half the class is saying another one. \u2014 Taylor Mims, Billboard , 8 June 2022",
"Holleran is unusual in his desire, more common with lyric poets, that time not move at all. \u2014 Garth Greenwell, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"My voice is a light lyric soprano, with a bit of coloratura. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"The emphasis is clearly on Mr. Lamar\u2019s delivery and the lyric sheet, and much of the album seems designed to be contemplated alone, on headphones. \u2014 Mark Richardson, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
"Every other lyric was dedicated to demonstrating the truth of that idea. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Feb. 2022",
"By quoting a song lyric or a movie quote or referencing even with my body. \u2014 Nicole Young, ELLE , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The single is accompanied by a lyric video showcasing the band members\u2019 family photo albums which adds to the nostalgic nature of the track. \u2014 Grace Ann Natanawan, SPIN , 13 Apr. 2022",
"According to LyricFind, the song logged a 26,483% blast in lyric views and usages following Meat Loaf\u2019s death. \u2014 Kevin Rutherford, Billboard , 25 Jan. 2022",
"The song arrives with a lyric video that finds the roguish trio shooting pool in Nashville, driving around in a convertible, and ultimately floating on clear-blue waters on a boat. \u2014 Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Six songs from her catalog, including the new single, reach the list with lyric usage and search gains. \u2014 Kevin Rutherford, Billboard , 21 Oct. 2021",
"Mitchell was the daughter of a lyric poet and editor at the journal Poetry. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 7 Oct. 2021",
"Cash will present, curate, and moderate lectures, discussions, workshops, performances, and classroom visits throughout the academic year, including a lyric workshop. \u2014 Michele Amabile Angermiller, Variety , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Tape outlines a quadrangle on the floor and the full company walks that perimeter, framing couples who take turns in lyric flights through the center, one dancer often carrying another who is upside down. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Sep. 2021",
"In my country, whose weather blows lyric one way and satire another, the English language is always precise, every mot juste, and anyone can visit who wants to. \u2014 Ange Mlinko, The New York Review of Books , 19 Nov. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French or Latin; Middle French lyrique , from Latin lyricus , from Greek lyrikos , from lyra":"Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211057"
},
"lyrical":{
"antonyms":[
"unlyrical"
],
"definitions":{
": lyric":[]
},
"examples":[
"She is noted for her lyrical moviemaking style.",
"a painter known for his lyrical landscapes",
"a lyrical account of frontier life",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The lyrical content of the tracks range from highly narrative storytelling to deeply personal introspection. \u2014 Katherine Turman, SPIN , 16 June 2022",
"Submissions must contain lyrical content that addresses a timely social issue and promotes understanding, peacebuilding and empathy. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 9 June 2022",
"Submissions must contain lyrical content that addresses a timely social issue and promotes understanding, peace building, and empathy. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 9 June 2022",
"Submissions must contain lyrical content that addresses a timely social issue and promotes understanding, peacebuilding and empathy. \u2014 Cathy Applefeld Olson, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Though minimal in lyrical content, the song is rightfully noted as a pioneering entry in the electronic dance music canon. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
"And South Korean artists' lyrical content makes an official crackdown on drill unlikely, Park said, arguing that rappers in the UK and US have invited trouble by openly discussing crime in their music. \u2014 Oscar Holland, CNN , 6 May 2022",
"Fittingly, the most popular lyrical theme among 2022\u2019s nine winning Hot 100 top 10s is love/relationships, which plays into seven. \u2014 Gary Trust, Billboard , 20 May 2022",
"But the strains the score forces toward the edges of his range feel more intentional now, even beautiful; his tone is sometimes plangently lyrical , sometimes sarcastically sharp. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1581, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lir-i-k\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"euphonious",
"lyric",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"mellow",
"melodic",
"melodious",
"musical"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172942",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"lymph gland":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": lymph node":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The inflamed lymph gland was widely known as a bubo, giving rise to the term bubonic plague. \u2014 National Geographic , 23 Apr. 2020",
"Symptoms of plague include fever, extreme exhaustion, headache, chills, vomiting, and swollen lymph glands , among other signs. \u2014 Fox News , 16 Aug. 2019",
"But in the most common form of the disease \u2014 ulceroglandular tularemia \u2014 signs in humans typically include fever, chills, exhaustion, a skin ulcer at the infection site and swollen and painful lymph glands . \u2014 Fox News , 8 June 2019",
"This organ, basically a very large lymph gland , is on the upper left side of the abdomen and is mostly hidden by rib and bowels. \u2014 Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times , 14 Dec. 2017"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1858, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174913"
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"type":[
"combining form",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the sap of plants":[],
": a usually clear coagulable fluid that passes from intercellular spaces of body tissue into the lymphatic vessels, is discharged into the blood by way of the thoracic duct, and resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets":[],
": lymph : lymphatic tissue":[
"lympho granuloma"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8limf",
"\u02c8lim(p)f"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Monkeypox is a viral illness that typically begins with the flu-like symptoms and a swelling of the lymph nodes, then progresses to a rash that may look like blisters or pimples. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 13 June 2022",
"Other symptoms may involve aches and pains, temper lymph nodes, digestive issues, chills and sweats, muscle weakness, shortness of breath, brain fog, and an irregular heartbeat. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 11 June 2022",
"Monkeypox is a rare viral illness that typically begins with flu-like symptoms and swelling of the lymph nodes before progressing to a rash on the face and body. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 11 June 2022",
"Earlier this year, she was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma, a type of breast cancer that starts in the milk ducts and can move into the lymph nodes. \u2014 Essence , 9 June 2022",
"The main difference between symptoms of smallpox and monkeypox is that monkeypox causes lymph nodes to swell while smallpox does not. \u2014 Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant , 9 June 2022",
"The main difference between symptoms of smallpox and monkeypox is that monkeypox causes lymph nodes to swell while smallpox does not. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 8 June 2022",
"Monkeypox symptoms begin as relatively flu-like but soon expand to the swelling of lymph nodes and a rash across the body and face. \u2014 Fox News , 6 June 2022",
"The illness typically begins with flu-like symptoms and swelling of the lymph nodes, followed by a rash on the face and body. \u2014 Mike Stobbe, Anchorage Daily News , 4 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin lympha , water goddess, water, perhaps modification of Greek nymph\u0113 nymph \u2014 more at nuptial":"Noun",
"New Latin lympha":"Combining form"
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1673, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183026"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of the rounded masses of lymphoid tissue that are surrounded by a capsule of connective tissue, are distributed along the lymphatic vessels, and contain numerous lymphocytes which filter the flow of lymph passing through the node":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The swollen- lymph node -causing virus will be renamed after several global scientists pushed for the change, said WHO. \u2014 Kelsee Majette, The Week , 15 June 2022",
"Ward had a swollen lymph node under his right armpit. \u2014 Chris Iseman, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The surgeon may also remove the lymph nodes that drain the tumor, known as a sentinel lymph node biopsy. \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, Health.com , 10 Feb. 2022",
"The researchers searched the lymph node samples for evidence of SARS-CoV-2 genetic material (i.e., RNA) using RT-PCR. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 5 Nov. 2021",
"That was the day that Dr. Montagnier (pronounced mon-tan-YAY), who directed the Viral Oncology Unit at the Pasteur Institute, received a piece of lymph node that had been removed from a 33-year-old man with AIDS. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Heslin opted to have surgery to remove the cancerous lesion and a nearby lymph node . \u2014 Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Non-specific symptoms, such as fever and lymph node swelling, can occur because of lupus, but fail to signal the disease to doctors in the absence of other telltale signs. \u2014 Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF , 21 Jan. 2022",
"The most significant risk difference for vaccinated folks was lymph node enlargement, which scientists expected. \u2014 Tim O'donnell, The Week , 25 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1892, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185008"
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"lychnis":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of a genus ( Lychnis ) of north-temperate zone herbs of the pink family with terminal cymes of showy mostly red or white flowers having five or rarely four styles":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lik-n\u0259s"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin, a red flower, from Greek; akin to Greek lychnos lamp, Latin lux light \u2014 more at light":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1601, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185425"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": of, relating to, or produced by lymph , lymphoid tissue, or lymphocytes":[],
": conveying lymph":[],
": lacking physical or mental energy : sluggish":[],
": a vessel that contains or conveys lymph":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"lim-\u02c8fa-tik",
"lim-\u02c8fat-ik"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"In the mid-2000s, Molina was diagnosed with stage III non-Hodgkin\u2019s B-cell lymphoma, a common form of lymphatic cancer. \u2014 Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Hamm suffered from an aggressive lymphatic cancer for years, Harcourt said. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Doyle Hamm passed away Sunday morning from lymphatic cancer, according to his attorney, Bernard Harcourt. \u2014 Tina Burnside, CNN , 29 Nov. 2021",
"Harcourt argued that Hamm\u2019s veins had become nearly impossible to access after years of intravenous drug use and Hamm\u2019s diagnosis, and treatment, of lymphatic cancer. \u2014 Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al , 28 Nov. 2021",
"By massaging your skin in certain directions and applying the proper amount of pressure, the Jello Skin routine also claims to help with lymphatic drainage. \u2014 Ebony Williams, ajc , 17 June 2022",
"The purpose of using a gua sha tool is to aid in the process of lymphatic drainage. \u2014 Town & Country , 11 May 2022",
"All treatment plans come with extensive medical workups, soaks in the Roman baths and lymphatic drainage, aromatherapy and other massages. \u2014 CNN , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The different shapes and sizes of the rollers are intended to target different areas of the face and to encourage circulation and lymphatic drainage while also reducing the appearance of puffy skin. \u2014 Olivia O'bryon, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"At-home lymphatic , gua sha, and LED light massages have also been beneficial in keeping cellulite and loose skin at bay. \u2014 Bianca Salonga, Forbes , 3 Sep. 2021",
"Your lymphatics that control your immune system have no muscle in their walls. \u2014 CBS News , 8 Apr. 2020",
"In 2012, research in the laboratory of Maiken Nedergaard, a neuroscientist at the University of Rochester Medical Center, identified what appears to be the brain\u2019s waste clearance pathway, the glymphatic (glial- lymphatic ) system. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 16 Dec. 2019",
"But Ryan Petrie, a cell biologist at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who was not involved in the study, thinks Lee\u2019s lymphatics -on-a-chip model has promise for understanding the mechanism of integrin alpha-5 in lymphedema. \u2014 Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS , 13 Dec. 2019",
"The scientists anxiously examined the fish for evidence that the chaotic lymphatic vessel proliferation had stopped but that nothing else had been harmed. \u2014 STAT , 1 July 2019",
"Scraping off your dead stratum corneum cells has no effect on your lymphatics or digestive system. \u2014 Lori Keong, Marie Claire , 18 Sep. 2017",
"Nedergaard and Helene Benveniste, a scientist at Yale University, have found evidence linking problems in the lymphatic and glymphatic systems to Alzheimer\u2019s. \u2014 David Kohn, Washington Post , 21 May 2017",
"Ducks\u2019 erections are driven by lymphatic , not vascular, pressure, which means that their penises never become stiff. \u2014 Richard O. Prum, The New Yorker , 17 May 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1649, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1667, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-190203"
},
"lymphatic system":{
"type":[
"noun"
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": the part of the circulatory system that is concerned especially with scavenging fluids and proteins which have escaped from cells and tissues and returning them to the blood, with the phagocytic removal of cellular debris and foreign material, and with the immune response and that consists especially of lymphoid tissue, lymph, and lymph-transporting vessels":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bridges first revealed his cancer diagnosis in October 2020, sharing on Twitter that he had been diagnosed with lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system . \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
"And the textured shape isn\u2019t just for look\u2014the waves act like a dry brush for your face, gently stimulating your lymphatic system to help reduce puffiness. \u2014 ELLE , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a cancer that begins in the lymphatic system , can be caused by exposure to ethylene oxide, a potent carcinogen released by the BCP Ingredients plant in Verona. \u2014 Lisa Song, ProPublica , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Requiring just a couple of minutes a day pre-bath or shower, dry body brushing boosts the lymphatic system , which helps escort toxins from the body, and reduces puffiness and fluid retention. \u2014 Hannah Coates, Vogue , 10 Jan. 2022",
"According to the hospital, Aberli is a survivor of Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system that inhibits the body's ability to fight off infection. \u2014 Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
"When your lymphatic system can\u2019t clear out the fluid as well due to inflammation, your arms, legs, and/or genitals can become uncomfortably swollen. \u2014 Sara Gaynes Levy, SELF , 17 Feb. 2022",
"The lymphatic system , unlike the heart, does not have its own pumping mechanism. \u2014 Emerald Elitou, Essence , 28 Jan. 2022",
"The 27-year-old Canadian snowboarder clinched the top prize on Monday during the men's slopestyle event at the Beijing Games \u2014 three years after he was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, a rare cancer of the lymphatic system . \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 7 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1830, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192459"
},
"lych-gate":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a roofed gate in a churchyard under which a bier rests during the initial part of the burial service":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lich-\u02ccg\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English lycheyate , from lich body, corpse (from Old English l\u012bc ) + gate, yate gate":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193642"
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"lymphoblast":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a lymphocyte that has enlarged following stimulation by an antigen, has the capacity to recognize the stimulating antigen, and is undergoing proliferation and differentiation either to an effector state in which it functions to eliminate the antigen or to a memory state in which it functions to recognize the future reappearance of the antigen":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lim(p)-f\u0259-\u02ccblast"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1909, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-205325"
},
"lymphedema":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": edema due to faulty lymphatic drainage":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cclim(p)-fi-\u02c8d\u0113-m\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The subjects of season 9 open up about a myriad of health struggles, including depression, diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and lymphedema . \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 8 Oct. 2021",
"If the experiment failed, McKenzie risked giving two dozen women life-altering lymphedema . \u2014 Sarah Michels, The Enquirer , 10 Sep. 2021",
"Secondary lymphedema can be caused by surgery, cancer or radiation treatment for cancer, and infection. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 21 May 2021",
"Although there is no cure for lymphedema , the swelling and pain caused by the condition can be treated. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 6 Mar. 2018",
"Using this system, the researchers identified a protein, integrin alpha-5, as potentially important to lymphedema . \u2014 Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS , 13 Dec. 2019",
"That's because Vander Linden, 44, was born with lymphedema . \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 5 Nov. 2019",
"Though most infected people show no symptoms, some can go on to develop lymphedema (tissue swelling), elephantiasis (skin and tissue thickening), and such scrotal swelling, called hydrocele. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 18 Oct. 2019",
"Two years ago, Gammons was diagnosed with lymphedema , a painful swelling of her arms stemming from fluid from lymph nodes being blocked, most often as a result of damage to or removal of nodes during cancer treatment. \u2014 Loretta Waldman, courant.com , 27 Sep. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1889, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215833"
},
"lymphangitis ulcerosa":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": pseudoglanders":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02cc\u0259l(t)s\u0259\u02c8r\u014ds\u0259"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-233925"
},
"lymphato-":{
"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":{
": lymphatic tissue":[
"lymphato lysin",
"lymphato lysis"
]
},
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"International Scientific Vocabulary lymphat- (from lymphatic entry 1 ) + -o-":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235226"
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"lymphocyte":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of the colorless weakly motile cells originating from stem cells and differentiating in lymphoid tissue (as of the thymus or bone marrow) that are the typical cellular elements of lymph , include the cellular mediators of immunity, and constitute 20 to 30 percent of the white blood cells of normal human blood \u2014 compare b cell , t cell":[]
},
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"\u02c8lim-f\u0259-\u02ccs\u012bt",
"\u02c8lim(p)-f\u0259-\u02ccs\u012bt"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Vitamin C increases blood levels of antibodies and helps to differentiate lymphocytes (white blood cells), which helps the body determine what kind of protection is needed, Majumdar explained. \u2014 Lisa Drayer, CNN , 25 Mar. 2020",
"The body\u2019s inflammatory proteins skyrocket, while its lymphocytes plummet. \u2014 Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker , 15 Apr. 2020",
"The friend believed that Napier's low level of lymphocytes could have actually been a result of COVID-19. \u2014 Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful , 23 Mar. 2020",
"The good guys are your white blood cells, especially the ones called lymphocytes that produce antibodies. \u2014 USA Today , 9 Mar. 2020",
"But Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia does have a staging system based on the number of lymphocytes in the blood, platelets and red blood cells and the size of lymph nodes, liver or spleen, according to the National Cancer Institute. \u2014 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY , 5 Feb. 2020",
"Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a type of immune system cancer that starts in white blood cells called lymphocytes , according to the American Cancer Society. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Jan. 2020",
"These antigens prompt your B- lymphocytes , another type of white blood cell, to churn out antibodies, or proteins that help eliminate pathogens. \u2014 Patia Braithwaite, SELF , 26 Aug. 2019",
"Chronic lymphocytic leukemia, in particular, is a type of cancer where the bone marrow makes too many of a type of white blood cell called lymphocytes , the National Cancer Institute (NCI) says. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 13 Dec. 2019"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1890, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-000008"
},
"lynching":{
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"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal approval or permission":[
"The accused killer was lynched by an angry mob."
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8linch"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The very powers intended to protect Black people were being bandied about to lynch the Constitution. \u2014 Maya Wiley, The New Republic , 2 May 2022",
"But they were not charged with a conspiracy to lynch Arbery. \u2014 Maya Wiley, The New Republic , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Our country surely could not countenance the injuring of more than 130 police officers (including one who subsequently died) and the perfidious calls to lynch the Republican vice president and the Democratic speaker of the House. \u2014 Phillip Halpern, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Dec. 2021",
"This summer, a mob broke into a police station on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad, in a bid to lynch two men accused of desecrating a mosque. \u2014 Sophia Saifi And Azaz Syed, CNN , 3 Dec. 2021",
"By the film\u2019s end the Ku Klux Klan, in theatrically grotesque hoods, their white robes flapping with terrifying certainty, track Gus down and lynch him. \u2014 Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books , 23 Apr. 2020",
"Last summer, Vauhxx Booker, who is Black, said that a group of white men attacked him and attempted to lynch him while at Lake Monroe on the Fourth of July. \u2014 Justin L. Mack, The Indianapolis Star , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Last month, a mob broke into a police station on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad, in a bid to lynch two men accused of desecrating a mosque. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 4 June 2021",
"Local media ginned up the community, and a large white mob went to the jail to lynch him. \u2014 Maria C. Hunt, House Beautiful , 1 June 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After four people who received organ transplants in Massachusetts and Rhode Island developed a viral infection and three of them died, Dr. Zaki and his colleagues pinpointed the cause as lymphocytic choriomeningitis , a rare rodent-borne virus. \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 4 Dec. 2021",
"Officials have also identified a rare but infectious illness known as lymphocytic choriomeningitis in the region and linked it to the influx of mice, which are able to carry and pass on the virus. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 June 2021"
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"New Latin choriomeningitis cerebral meningitis, from chorio- of a membrane resembling the chorion":""
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"\u02cclim-\u02ccfan-j\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4g-r\u0259-f\u0113",
"\u02cclim-\u02ccfan-j\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-gr\u0259-f\u0113"
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"circa 1941, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a skin disease of the walleye that is characterized by ulceration and the formation of irregular pinkish lumps in skin and fins and is usually held to be of virus origin":[]
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"\u00a6lim(p)f\u0259\u00a6sist\u0259\u0307s-"
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"New Latin lymphocystis , from lymph- + Greek kystis bladder, pouch":""
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"noun"
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"first_known_use":{
"1597, in the meaning defined above":""
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"hydro lytic"
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"\u02c8lit-ik"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Working together as a phage cocktail, lytic phages can target and destroy superbugs. \u2014 B David Zarley, The Verge , 5 July 2019",
"Additionally, phages can cause different types of infections, typically either lytic or lysogenic. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 1 Feb. 2018"
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"Greek lytikos able to loose, from lyein":"Adjective",
"Greek lytikos":"Adjective suffix"
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"1889, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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"The accused killer was lynched by an angry mob."
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"\u02c8linch"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The very powers intended to protect Black people were being bandied about to lynch the Constitution. \u2014 Maya Wiley, The New Republic , 2 May 2022",
"But they were not charged with a conspiracy to lynch Arbery. \u2014 Maya Wiley, The New Republic , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Our country surely could not countenance the injuring of more than 130 police officers (including one who subsequently died) and the perfidious calls to lynch the Republican vice president and the Democratic speaker of the House. \u2014 Phillip Halpern, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Dec. 2021",
"This summer, a mob broke into a police station on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad, in a bid to lynch two men accused of desecrating a mosque. \u2014 Sophia Saifi And Azaz Syed, CNN , 3 Dec. 2021",
"By the film\u2019s end the Ku Klux Klan, in theatrically grotesque hoods, their white robes flapping with terrifying certainty, track Gus down and lynch him. \u2014 Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books , 23 Apr. 2020",
"Last summer, Vauhxx Booker, who is Black, said that a group of white men attacked him and attempted to lynch him while at Lake Monroe on the Fourth of July. \u2014 Justin L. Mack, The Indianapolis Star , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Last month, a mob broke into a police station on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad, in a bid to lynch two men accused of desecrating a mosque. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 4 June 2021",
"Local media ginned up the community, and a large white mob went to the jail to lynch him. \u2014 Maria C. Hunt, House Beautiful , 1 June 2021"
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"\u02c8lim-f\u0259-\u02ccs\u012bt",
"\u02c8lim(p)-f\u0259-\u02ccs\u012bt"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Vitamin C increases blood levels of antibodies and helps to differentiate lymphocytes (white blood cells), which helps the body determine what kind of protection is needed, Majumdar explained. \u2014 Lisa Drayer, CNN , 25 Mar. 2020",
"The body\u2019s inflammatory proteins skyrocket, while its lymphocytes plummet. \u2014 Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker , 15 Apr. 2020",
"The friend believed that Napier's low level of lymphocytes could have actually been a result of COVID-19. \u2014 Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful , 23 Mar. 2020",
"The good guys are your white blood cells, especially the ones called lymphocytes that produce antibodies. \u2014 USA Today , 9 Mar. 2020",
"But Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia does have a staging system based on the number of lymphocytes in the blood, platelets and red blood cells and the size of lymph nodes, liver or spleen, according to the National Cancer Institute. \u2014 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY , 5 Feb. 2020",
"Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a type of immune system cancer that starts in white blood cells called lymphocytes , according to the American Cancer Society. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Jan. 2020",
"These antigens prompt your B- lymphocytes , another type of white blood cell, to churn out antibodies, or proteins that help eliminate pathogens. \u2014 Patia Braithwaite, SELF , 26 Aug. 2019",
"Chronic lymphocytic leukemia, in particular, is a type of cancer where the bone marrow makes too many of a type of white blood cell called lymphocytes , the National Cancer Institute (NCI) says. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 13 Dec. 2019"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063306"
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": inflammation of lymph nodes":[]
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"\u02cclim-\u02ccfa-d\u0259-\u02c8n\u012b-t\u0259s",
"\u02cclim-\u02ccfad-\u1d4an-\u02c8\u012bt-\u0259s"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from lymphaden lymph gland, from lymph- + Greek ad\u0113n gland \u2014 more at adeno-":""
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"1860, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Or Vana retreat in India, set on the slopes of a lychee and mango plantation, is an international ashram, a wellness retreat and sanctuary. \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"The vegan cocktails spotlight Asian ingredients such as lychee and five-spice. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Screening of Thailand\u2019s shipments of longan\u2014a fleshy lychee -like fruit\u2014led to the quarantining of sellers, buyers and store visitors earlier this month. \u2014 Niharika Mandhana, WSJ , 18 Jan. 2022",
"For gifts during holidays, CATL sends lychee and loquat fruit grown on Ningde\u2019s outskirts. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Aromas of brown sugar and hints of lychee with a satiny, crisp, dryish light body and breezy hints of vanilla, caramel pudding, and Bananas Foster finish. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 1 Oct. 2021",
"But garnished with a glossy lychee , the martini embodied the delicate sweetness of the fruit with its floral and vanilla flavors. \u2014 Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic , 16 Sep. 2021",
"The bulbs themselves had a crisp flesh and were a little sour, while the syrup had a lychee -like taste. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 16 Sep. 2021",
"Yelpers recommend the espresso martini at The Fairmount and the lychee martini at Xinji Noodle Bar and Peppermint Thai Cuisine. \u2014 Lauren Kotmel, cleveland , 16 Aug. 2021"
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"Chinese (Beijing) l\u00eczh\u012b":""
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"1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"probably after Charles Lynch \u20201796 Virginia planter and justice of the peace":""
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"1811, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093846"
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"geographical name"
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"borough on the South Island, New Zealand population 3190":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094132"
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"noun"
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"\"-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-102551"
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": abnormal enlargement of the lymph nodes":[]
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"\u02cclim-\u02ccfad-\u1d4an-\u02c8\u00e4p-\u0259-th\u0113",
"\u02cclim-\u02ccfa-d\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4-p\u0259-th\u0113"
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"first_known_use":{
"1920, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-104304"
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"adjective",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": low side window":[]
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"\u02c8likn\u0259\u02ccsk\u014dp"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-112133"
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"1st Earl of 1831\u20131891 (Edward) Robert Bulwer-Lytton ; pseudonym Owen Meredith; son of Edward Bulwer-Lytton British statesman and poet":[]
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"\u02c8li-t\u1d4an"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-123214"
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"type":[
"combining form"
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"definitions":{
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"lyxo flavin"
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"d- lyxo -3-hexulose"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-143116"
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": any of several wildcats with relatively long legs, a short stubby tail, mottled coat, and usually tufted ears that are thought to comprise a distinct genus ( Lynx ) of the cat family or to be part of a genus ( Felis ) that includes the domestic cat and cougar: such as":[],
": a lynx ( L. lynx ) of northern Europe and Asia":[],
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Two bobcats in Wisconsin, a coyote pup in Michigan and skunks in Canada have also tested positive for the virus, as have foxes, otters, a lynx , a polecat and a badger in Europe. \u2014 New York Times , 18 June 2022",
"Canada lynx Matilda gave birth to three kittens on May 19. \u2014 Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 8 June 2022",
"With more than 288 square miles to explore, Lahemaa is the largest national park in the nation, and its vast forests provide refuge for a wealth of iconic European mammals including brown bears, gray wolves, and Eurasian lynx . \u2014 Jared Ranahan, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"This young lynx , lineage descendant of a female coming from a breeding center, will conquest new territories. \u2014 Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes , 12 Sep. 2021",
"For example, one lynx trotted to the mouth of the Yukon River, another to northern British Columbia. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Apr. 2022",
"People come from all over the world to watch the Old Faithful geyser erupt and to spot one of the park's furry inhabitants \u2014 grizzly bears, wolves, bison, foxes, lynx , moose, elk all call the area home. \u2014 Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The Natura 2000 program, established by the EU, protects a network of natural areas for their outstanding value as habitats, particularly for animals such as bears, lynx , and birds. \u2014 Alexander Sammon, The New Republic , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Dressed in sleek pink satin, fluffy white lynx and shiny black silk, the stately nobleman resembles an overstuffed Renaissance box of Good & Plenty candy. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Oct. 2021"
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": an increase in the number of lymphocytes in the blood usually associated with chronic infections or inflammations":[]
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"\u02cclim(p)-f\u0259-\u02ccs\u012b-\u02c8t\u014d-s\u0259s",
"\u02cclim(p)-f\u0259-\u02ccs\u012b-\u02c8t\u014d-s\u0259s, -f\u0259-s\u0259-",
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"1896, in the meaning defined above":""
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"ancient region and Roman province in southwestern Asia Minor on the coast southeast of Caria":[]
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"Latin Lynceus of Lynceus, sharp-sighted (from Greek Lynkeios , from Lynkeus , mythological member of the Argonauts who was famous for his sharpness of sight) + English -an":""
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"definitions":{
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"\u02c8l\u012bm-"
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"Lyme , Connecticut, where it was first reported":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1979, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin":""
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"1924, in the meaning defined above":""
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"plural noun"
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"definitions":{
": a family of moths comprising certain typical tussock moths and having larvae that are distinguished by a dense coat of often urticating hairs and that include many destructive pests which attack trees and other economic plants":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": lymph node":[]
},
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"\u02c8lim(p)f\u0259\u02ccden"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from lymph- + Greek ad\u0113n gland":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210226"
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"Lygaeidae":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an extensive family of plant-sucking often brilliantly colored true bugs \u2014 see chinch bug":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"l\u012b\u02c8j\u0113\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Lygaeus , type genus (from Greek lygaios shadowy) + -idae":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211059"
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"Lynchburg":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"city on the James River in south central Virginia population 75,568":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8linch-\u02ccb\u0259rg"
],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211432"
},
"lye":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a solid caustic (such as sodium hydroxide )":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u012b"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sodium hydroxide, also known as caustic soda or lye , is one of the chemicals to be stored at the location. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 May 2022",
"Pretzels get their sheen and distinct texture from being dipped in a mild lye solution before being baked. \u2014 The Conversation, oregonlive , 26 Apr. 2022",
"During the investigation, police recovered muriatic acid, four bottles of Kleen-Out sulfuric acid and two bottles of lye from Blackwell's residence near South 13th Street and West Edgerton Avenue. \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 Apr. 2022",
"State police say Imirowicz mixed a deadly concoction containing lye powder and drain cleaner and doused her father, who suffered severe burns all over his body and died in Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc on March 6, The Oakland Press reported. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The hacker briefly changed the levels of lye in the water to poisonous levels before an employee caught and stopped the hacker. \u2014 Kevin Collier, NBC News , 27 Jan. 2022",
"In a similar fashion to the candles, the ingredients are melted together \u2014 oils, butters and lye \u2014 to make the soap. \u2014 Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Commonly known as lye , it is used to reduce the water\u2019s acidity. \u2014 Peter Elkind, ProPublica , 17 Mar. 2021",
"In February, a hacker accessed an Oldsmar, Fla., water utility\u2019s control system and attempted to increase the amount of lye used to treat the water to a potentially dangerous level. \u2014 David Uberti, WSJ , 3 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English l\u0113ag ; akin to Old High German louga lye, Latin lavare, lavere to wash, Greek louein":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213237"
},
"lyre turtle":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": leatherback sense 1":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214510"
},
"lymphogranuloma venereum":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a contagious venereal disease caused by various strains of a chlamydia ( Chlamydia trachomatis ) that is marked by painful swelling and inflammation of the lymph nodes especially in the region of the groin":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-v\u0259-\u02c8nir-\u0113-\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Other possible causes include necrotizing fasciitis, chancroid, lymphogranuloma venereum , anogenital cutaneous amebiasis, cancer, or a belt sander. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 24 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, venereal lymphogranuloma":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1938, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221454"
},
"lymphangi-":{
"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":{
": lymphatic vessels":[
"lymphangi ectasis",
"lymphangio logy"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from lymphangion lymphatic vessel, from lymph- + Greek angeion vessel, blood vessel":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-222910"
},
"lyre-tailed nightjar":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a South American nightjar ( Uropsalis lyra ) having a lyrate tail that it opens and shuts while in flight":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224852"
},
"lyncine":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to a lynx":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lin\u02ccs\u012bn"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin lync-, lynx + English -ine":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231436"
},
"Lycian":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a native or inhabitant of Lycia":[],
": an Anatolian language of the Indo-European language family \u2014 see Indo-European Languages Table":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8li-sh(\u0113-)\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1583, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005230"
},
"lytton":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"1st Baron 1803\u20131873":[
"Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton \\ \u02c8bu\u0307l-\u200bw\u0259r-\u200b\u02c8li-\u200bt\u1d4an \\"
],
"; brother of Sir Henry Bulwer English author":[
"Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton \\ \u02c8bu\u0307l-\u200bw\u0259r-\u200b\u02c8li-\u200bt\u1d4an \\"
],
"1st Earl of 1831\u20131891 (Edward) Robert Bulwer-Lytton ; pseudonym Owen Meredith; son of Edward Bulwer-Lytton British statesman and poet":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8li-t\u1d4an"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005920"
},
"lymphogranulomatosis":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lim(p)-f\u014d-\u02ccgran-y\u0259-\u02ccl\u014d-m\u0259-\u02c8t\u014d-s\u0259s",
"-\u02ccl\u014d-m\u0259-\u02c8t\u014d-s\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin lymphogranulomat-, lymphogranuloma + -osis":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1911, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011406"
},
"lynx cat":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a pale grayish very slightly spotted lynx ( Lynx uinta ) of the intermountain region of the western U.S. and southern British Columbia":[],
": bay lynx":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-012807"
},
"lyre-tailed":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having a lyrate tail":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015901"
}
}