Lign-
1.
variant of before a vowel:
lignite.
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- Lignaloes
[lahy-nal-ohz, lig-] /laɪˈnæl oʊz, lɪg-/ noun, (used with a singular verb) 1. . /laɪˈnæləʊz; lɪɡ-/ noun 1. (functioning as sing) another name for eaglewood (sense 2)
- Lign-aloes
(only in pl., Heb. ‘ahalim), a perfume derived from some Oriental tree (Num. 24:6), probably the agallochum or aloe-wood. (See ALOES ØT0000183).
- Ligne
[leen; French leen-yuh] /lin; French ˈlin yə/ noun, plural lignes [leenz; French leen-yuh] /linz; French ˈlin yə/ (Show IPA) 1. (in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement. 2. 1 (def 44).
- Ligneous
[lig-nee-uh s] /ˈlɪg ni əs/ adjective 1. of the nature of or resembling wood; woody. /ˈlɪɡnɪəs/ adjective 1. of or resembling wood adj. “woody,” 1620s, from French ligneux and directly from Latin ligneus, from lignum “wood, firewood” (see ligni-).
- Ligni-
1. a combining form meaning “wood,” used in the formation of compound words: ligniform. combining form 1. indicating wood: lignocellulose word-forming element meaning “wood,” from Latin lignum “wood, firewood,” from PIE *leg-no-, literally “that which is collected,” from root *leg- “to collect” (see lecture (n.)).