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lip (l

1. Anatomy Either of two fleshy folds that surround the opening of the mouth.

2. A structure or part that encircles or bounds an orifice, as:

a. Anatomy A labium.

b. The margin of flesh around a wound.

c. Either of the margins of the aperture of a gastropod shell.

d. A rim, as of a vessel, bell, or crater.

3. Botany One of the two divisions of a bilabiate corolla or calyx, as in the snapdragon, or the modified upper petal of an orchid flower.

4. The tip of a pouring spout, as on a pitcher.

5. Slang Insolent talk.

tr.v. lipped, lip·ping, lips

a. To touch the lips to.

b. To kiss.

2. To utter.

3. To lap or splash against.

4. Sports To hit a golf ball so that it touches the edge of (the hole) without dropping in.

[Middle English, from Old English lippa; see leb- in Indo-European roots.]

lipless adj.

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Adj.

lipless - without a lip or lips

unlipped

lipped - having a lip or lips; "a lipped bowl"; "a virgin purest lipped"- John Keats

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lip Lipped unlipped	There was a mouth under the eyes, the lipless brim of which quivered and panted, and dropped saliva. The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context He had a large, almost lipless, mouth, extraordinary lank arms, long thin feet, and bow-legs, and stood with his heavy face thrust forward staring at us. The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context When a man is not adequately appreciated or comfortably placed in his own country, his thoughts naturally turn towards foreign climes; and David's imagination circled round and round the utmost limits of his geographical knowledge, in search of a country where a young gentleman of pasty visage, lipless mouth, and stumpy hair, would be likely to be received with the hospitable enthusiasm which he had a right to expect. Brother Jacob by Eliot, George View in context	Liparididae liparis Liparis liparis Liparis loeselii Liparite lipase Lipchitz lipectomy lipemia Lipetsk lipfern Lipic lipid lipid granulomatosis lipid-lowering lipid-lowering medication lipid-lowering medicine lipidaemia lipide lipidemia lipidosis Lipinic Lipitor Lipizzan Lipizzaner Lipless Liplet liplike Lipmann lipo- Lipo-Hepin Lipo-Lutin Lipocephala lipochondrodystrophy Lipochrin lipodystrophy lipogenesis lipogram Lipogrammatic Lipogrammatist lipography lipoic acid lipoid lipoid granulomatosis lipoidaemia lipoidemia lipolysis lipoma lipomatosis lipophilic lipophobic	Lipinski, Edward Lipinski, Karol Lipiodol Lipit Ishtar Lipit-Ishtar Lipitor Lipitor Lipitsa Lipitsa, Battle of 1216 Lipizan Lipizaner Lipizzan Lipizzan Lipizzan Lipizzan Association of North America Lipizzan International Federation Lipizzaner Lipizzaner Lipizzaner Lipizzaner horse Lipizzaner Society of Great Britain Lipizzaners Lipizzaners Lipizzaners Lipkany Lipki Lipkin, Semen Lipkin, Semen Izrailevich LIPL LIPL Lipless Liplet liplike LIPM Lipman electrometer Lipman, Jean Lipmann Lipmann Lipmann Lipmann, Fritz Lipmann, Fritz Albert Lipmann, Fritz Albert Lipo Lipo lipo- lipo- lipo- Lipo-Chitooligosaccharide Lipo-Hepin Lipo-Hepin Lipo-Hepin Lipo-Lutin Lipo-Protein Ice Nucleator Lipo-Sculpture Lipo-Sculpture Lipoamide lipoarthritis lipoate Lipoate-Protein Ligase A Lipoatrophic diabetes lipoatrophy

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Lipped
unlipped

There was a mouth under the eyes, the lipless brim of which quivered and panted, and dropped saliva.

The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context

He had a large, almost lipless, mouth, extraordinary lank arms, long thin feet, and bow-legs, and stood with his heavy face thrust forward staring at us.

The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context

When a man is not adequately appreciated or comfortably placed in his own country, his thoughts naturally turn towards foreign climes; and David's imagination circled round and round the utmost limits of his geographical knowledge, in search of a country where a young gentleman of pasty visage, lipless mouth, and stumpy hair, would be likely to be received with the hospitable enthusiasm which he had a right to expect.

Brother Jacob by Eliot, George View in context

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