Lip, v. t. To clip; to trim. [Obs.] Holland.
||Li*pæ"mi*a (l*p"m*), n. [NL., fr. Gr. li`pos fat + a"i^ma blood.]
||(Med.) A condition in which fat occurs in the blood.
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Li*pans" (l*pänz"), n. pl.; sing. Lipan (-pän"). (Ethnol.) A tribe of
North American Indians, inhabiting the northern part of Mexico. They
belong to the Tinneh stock, and are closely related to the Apaches.
Li*pa"ri*an (l*p"r*an), n. (Zoöl.) Any species of a family (Liparidæ)
of destructive bombycid moths, as the tussock moths.
Lip"a*rite (lp"*rt), n. [So called from Lipari, the island.] (Min.) A
quartzose trachyte; rhyolite.
Lip"ic (lp"k), a. [Gr. li`pos fat.] (Chem.) 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.
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Li*pin"ic (l*pn"k), a. (Chem.) Lipic.
Lip"less (lp"ls), a. Having no lips.
Lip"let (-lt), n. A little lip.
||Lip`o*ceph"a*la (lp`*sf"*l), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. lei`pesqai to be
||lacking + kefalh` head.] (Zoöl.) Same as Lamellibranchia.
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Lip"o*chrin (lp"*krn), n. [Gr. li`pos fat + chro`a color.] (Physiol.
Chem.) 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.
Lip"o*gram (lp"*grm; 277), n. [Gr. lei`pein, lipei^n, to leave, omit +
-gram.] A writing composed of words not having a certain letter or
letters; -- as in the Odyssey of Tryphiodorus there was no A in the
first book, no B in the second, and so on.
Lip`o*gram*mat"ic (-mt"k), a. [Gr. lipogra`mmatos: cf. F.
lipogrammatique.] Omitting a letter; composed of words not having a
certain letter or letters; as, lipogrammatic writings.
Lip`o*gram"ma*tist (-grm"m*tst), n. [Cf. F. lipogrammatiste.] One who
makes a lipogram.
||Li*po"ma (l*p"m), n. [NL., from Gr. li`pos fat + - oma.] (Med.) A
||tumor consisting of fat or adipose tissue. -- Li*pom"a*tous (-
||pm"*ts), a.
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Li`po*thym"ic (l`p*thm"k), a. [Gr. leipoqymiko`s, lipoqymiko`s.]
Tending to swoon; fainting. [Written also leipothymic.]
Li*poth"y*mous (l*pth"*ms), a. [Gr. lei`pein to leave, to lack + qymo`s
soul, life.] Pertaining, or given, to swooning; fainting.
Li*poth"y*my (-m), n. [Gr. lipoqymi`a: cf. F. lipothymie.] A fainting;
a swoon. Jer. Taylor.
Lipped (lpt), a. 1. Having a lip or lips; having a raised or rounded
edge resembling the lip; -- often used in composition; as,
thick-lipped, thin-lipped, etc.