Reverse Dictionary: LIC – LIF

LICE – adjectives
– ALIVE lousy, infested with lice …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BUGGY lousy, infested with lice …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CHATTY lousy, infested with lice …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– COOTY suffering an infestation of body lice or similar vermin …1920s sl.
– CRUMBY lousy, infested with lice …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CRUMMY lousy, infested with lice …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FULL OF ‘EM lousy, infested with lice …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCALY lousy, infested with lice …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCRUMMY lice-ridden …1910s NZ sl.
– SILVER-LACED lousy …c1810 sl.
lice – nouns 
– ACTIVE CITIZEN a louse …E19 Eng. sl.
– ARITHMETIC BUG a louse …1910s US sl.
– ARKANSAS LIZARD a louse …1933 Amer. dial. jocular
– BEASTS lice …1790 Sc.
– BIDDY a louse; occasionally, a flea …1875 Eng. dial.
– BLUE JACKETS body lice …1969 Amer. dial.
– BO a louse …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOISERT a louse …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOOGER a louse …1893 Amer. dial.
– BOOGIE a louse …1966 Amer. dial.
– BOSOM CHUMS n. lice, vermin … World War I Amer. sl.
– BUG a louse …1965 Amer. dial.
– BUGGER a louse …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– CHATS lice …L17 sl.
– CHATTS lice …L17 sl.
– CHATTY DOSS a louse-infected bed …M18 sl.
– CHEMMY LIZARD a louse …1958 Amer. dial.
– CHUM a louse …19C Brit. sl.
– COLONIST a louse …c1810 sl.
– COOTIE a flea or louse. esp. one affecting humans …1910
– COOTIE CARNIVAL a search for fleas or lice …Amer. World War I sl.
– COOTIE FRISK a search for lice in one’s clothes …World War II Amer. sl.
– COOTY a louse, esp. one affecting humans …1910
– CRABS n. body lice, specifically those found in the pubic hair …19C
– CRAWLING DANDRUFF head or body lice …1910s Aust. & US sl. 
– CREEPERS body lice, bedbugs, fleas, etc.; anything that makes your flesh creep when they creep over your flesh …19C Brit. sl.
– CROTCH-MONKEYS lice …Bk2006 US sl.
– CROTCH-PHEASANTS lice …Bk2006 US sl.
– CRUMB a louse; a bedbug …1863 Amer. sl.
– DIAPER DRAGON a louse …1969 Amer. dial.
– DICKEY a louse, esp. that found on the head …1873 Eng. dial.
– DICKS body lice …1897 Eng. dial.
– DICKY a louse, esp. that found on the head …1873 Eng. dial.
– DICKY-BIRD a louse, esp. that found on the head …1873 Eng. dial.
– FAMILIARS lice …19C sl.
– FAMILY crab lice …1940s US sl.
– FANNY RAT a pubic louse …1940s sl.
– FRIEND IN NEED a louse; generally in plural …19C sl.
– GALLOPING DANDRUFF head or body lice …1910s Aust. & US sl.
– GALLOPING FRECKLES head or body lice …1920s US sl.
– GRAYBACK a louse …1862 Amer. dial.
– GRAYBOW a louse …1966 Amer. dial.
– GREYBACK a body louse …1840 US sl.
– LIGHT INFANTRY bedbugs, body lice, and fleas …1949 US sl.
– LIGHT TROOPS lice …E19 Brit. sl.
– LIVE STOCK fleas, body lice, etc. …1785 sl.
– MECHANIZED DANDRUFF lice or fleas …1944 US military sl.
– MOBILE DANDRUFF lice or fleas …1941 US military sl.
– NAB-NANNY a louse …Bk1903 Eng. dial.
– PANTS RABBIT a louse or other body vermin. a parasite …1918 US sl., chiefly military usage
– PANTS RAT a louse or other body vermin. a parasite …1968 Amer. dial.
– PARRY a louse …1923 Sc.
– PIOJO a head or body louse …1967 Amer. dial.
– POOR FOLKS’ PLAGUE a head louse, a body louse …1966 Amer. dial.
– RICE a louse …1967 Amer. dial.
– SACK LICE lice in the pubic area …1990 Amer. dial.
– SADDLEBACK a louse …M19 sl.
– SANDY MACNAB a crab, a body louse; usually in plural …1910s rhyming sl.
– SANDY MCNAB a crab, a body louse; usually in plural …1910s rhyming sl.
– SCALE a louse …1960s US prison sl.
– SCALE-BACKED ‘UN a louse; generally used in the plural …1923 sl.
– SCRALLYBOB a louse …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SEAM RAT a louse; occasionally, a flea or bedbug …1899 Amer. dial.
– SEAM-SQUIRREL a body louse …1899 US sl., chiefly military usage
– SHIMMY LIZARD a louse …1933 Amer. dial.
– SHIRT HOUND a louse …1918 Amer. dial.
– SHIRT HUNT a search for lice …Amer. World War I sl.
– SHIRT RABBIT a louse …1919 Amer. dial.
– SHIRT RAT a louse …1918 Amer. dial.
– SHIRT SQUIRREL a louse …1918 Amer. dial.
– TENANT a louse …1950 Amer. dial.
– TOTO a body louse …1918 military sl.
– TRAVELER a louse …1939 Amer. dial.
– TRAVELLING DANDRUFF head or body lice …1910s Aust. & US sl.
– VISITOR a head louse, or body louse …1967 Amer. dial.
– WALKING DANDRUFF lice …20C US
lice – person
– SHIRT EXPLORER one who searches for lice in their clothes …Amer. World War I sl.
lice – verbs 
– CHAT to search for lice …L17 sl.
– CRUMB UP to clean clothes thoroughly, esp. by boiling, so as to rid them of lice; to clean a place …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– GUN FOR SEAM SQUIRRELS to extract lice from one’s clothes …Amer. World War I sl.
– HUNT COOTIES to search for lice in one’s clothing …Amer. World War I sl.
– HUNT LIZARDS to search for lice in one’s clothing …Amer. World War I sl.
– READ to search (esp. a shirt) for lice …WWI army sl.
– READ SOMEONE’S SHIRT to check the seams of someone’s shirt for lice …1910s sl., orig. military
 
LICENCE, LICENSE – nouns
– FURLOUGH †* a permit, license, or passport …a1658
– JURK a seal, a license …19C sl.
– TICKET † a writing in which something is certified or authorized; a certificate or voucher; a warrant, licence, permit …1529
– TOLERANCE † the act of allowing; license, permission granted by an authority …1539
– TOLERATION † the act of allowing; permission granted by authority, license …1517-18
 
LICENSE PLATE – nouns
– MARKER a license plate …1921 Amer. dial.
– PADS car license plates …1930s US sl.
 
LICENTIOUS – adjectives
– ACOLASTIC † ‘that liveth under no correction, riotous’; prodigal, licentious …1656
– CYPRIAN licentious, lewd; applied to prostitutes in 18th-19th centuries …1599
– GAY of loose or immoral life; sexually loose, dissipated, licentious …1637
– LARGE † of speech, etc.: free, unrestrained; in bad sense, lax, licentious, improper, gross …c1374
– LAVISH † of conduct or disposition: unrestrained, impetuous; loose, wild, licentious …1597
– LIBERTINE free from moral, esp. sexual, restraint; dissolute; licentious
– NAUNTY wanton, licentious …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ORGIAC involving excessive drinking and licentiousness …1890
– ORGIASTIC marked by extravagance, licentiousness, or dissolute revelry …1698
– ORGIASTICAL * involving excessive drinking and licentiousness …a1871
– ORGIC * involving excessive drinking and licentiousness ….1789
– PEACH-ORCHARD CRAZY very passionate, licentious …1953 Amer. dial.
– PORNERASTIC fond of wanton women; lascivious, lustful, licentious; addicted to harlotry, whoremongering …1870
– RAMP † to behave licentiously; to go about in a loose, immodest way; to act in a promiscuous manner; to work as a prostitute …1530
– RANK † lustful, licentious; depraved, coarse-minded, libidinous …c1520 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– RIGGISH † wanton, licentious, whorish …1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– VELOCIOUS ‘fast’, licentious…1872 humorous rare
licentious – nouns
– SCORCHER something licentious or risqué, esp. a book or play …1942 sl.
licentious – person
– ACOLASTIC † a prodigal or licentious person …1612
– CYPRIAN a licentious or profligate person; later, a lewd woman, a harlot, a prostitute, a courtesan …1598
– FRANION † a gay reckless fellow; an idle, dissolute fellow; a loose, licentious person; a gallant, a paramour, a boon companion …1571
– GAMESTER † a womanizer; a licentious or promiscuous man …1614 UK
– GOAT a licentious man; a lecher …L16
– PACK †* a ‘naughty pack’; a promiscuous or licentious woman; a prostitute …1725
– SMELL-SMOCK † a licentious man; one who runs after women; a great wencher; a lover of women; a whoremonger  (in early use employed suggestively as a surname) …1550 
– TIT a woman of loose character; a licentious woman; a hussy, a minx …1599
licentious – verbs 
– PLAY THE WANTON † to behave lewdly or lasciviously; to be licentious …1712
 
LICENTIOUSNESS – nouns
– ORGIA convivial occasions involving excessive drinking and licentiousness; orgies …1570-6
– ORGIACS convivial occasions involving excessive drinking and licentiousness; orgies …a1859
– ORGION †* a convivial occasion involving excessive drinking and licentiousness …1613
– WAGGISHNESS † wantonness, licentiousness …1591
 
LICHEN – nouns
– MEESE moss; the lichen which grows upon apple-trees …1777 Eng. dial.
 
LICK – verbs
– CATILLATE † to lick dishes …1623
– LABBER to loll out the tongue; to lick up anything …1873 Eng. dial.
– LAMBITATE †* to lick or lap …1623
 
LICKED – adjectives
– LINGIBLE †* meant to be licked …1661 
 
LICKING – adjectives
– LAMBENT licking, that licks; licking with the tongue …1706
– LAMBITIVE †* licking, that licks …Bk1908
licking – nouns 
– LAMBENCY the act of licking …1834
– LAMBITION †* a licking or lapping with the tongue; also, a going over a thing with a soft touch …1658
 
LICORICE – nouns
– CHEW-TOBACCO licorice …1968 Amer. dial.
– COAL CANDY hard black licorice …1997 US sl.
– LICKERISH licorice …1893 Amer. dial.
– LICKWISH licorice …1899 Amer. dial.
– LIQUISH licorice …1906 Amer. dial.
– SHOELACE a thin strand of licorice candy …1965 Amer. dial.
– SHOESTRING a thin strand of licorice candy …1965 Amer. dial.
– SHOESTRING LICORICE a thin strand of licorice candy …1965 Amer. dial.
– TAR CANDY a nickname for licorice candy …c1960 Amer. dial.
 
LID – adjectives
– OPERCULAR furnished with a lid …1884 rare
lid – nouns 
– BRED the lid of a pot or pan …Bk1911 Sc.
 
LIE (a falsehood) – see LIAR
 
LIE, LYING DOWN – adjectives
– BUNG UPWARDS lying on one’s stomach …L18 sl.
– DECUMBENT † lying down, reclining …1656 rare or obs.
– JACENT † lying down or recumbent
– SCANGLED sprawling; lying about on the ground …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– VENTRICUMBENT lying on the belly; prostrate, prone …1882
lie, lying down – adverbs 
– ALIE in a recumbent position, lying flat …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– JACENT † lying; recumbent; fig. sluggish …1611
lie, lying down – nouns
– DECUBATION †* the act of lying down …1664
– DECUMBENCE a lying down, reclining …1646
– DECUMBENCY lying down, reclining …1646
– DECUMBITURE † lying down, reclining …1670
– HORIZONTAL EXERCISE a lying down or sleeping …World War I navy sl.
lie, lying down – verbs
– CAMP DOWN to sit or lie down …1848 Amer. dial.
– DARE † to lie motionless (generally with the sense of fear), to lie appalled; to crouch …c1220
– FLOP to lie down …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– GET HORIZONTAL to lie down alone or with someone else …20C teen & high school sl.
– KIP to sit, to lie …1900s sl.
– LAIR to lie, to repose on a bed …1662
– LEAN † to recline, to lie down, to rest …c950 obs. exc. Sc.
– LUSK † to lie hid; to lie idly or at ease; to indulge in laziness; to skulk …c1330
– MOEMOE to sleep, to lie down …1938 Hawaii
– SNUDGE to lie quietly and snugly …Eng. dial.
 
LIEUTENANT – see SERVICES
 
LIFE – adjectives
– LIFESOME † fraught with life …1583
– LIFE-WEARY weary of life or of living …1592
– MACROBIAN long-lived, having a long life …1727
– MACROBIOTIC relating to the prolongation of life; tending to prolong life …1797
– PARENT like life, true to nature …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
life – adverbs 
– ADAWE † out of life, out of existence …c1250
life – nouns 
– ALL BEER AND SKITTLES an easy life …19C Brit. sl.
– ALL DAY the end of one’s life …L19 sl.
– BIOSCOPE † a view or survey of life …1812
– CAKES AND ALE merrymaking; all the good things of life; material pleasures; pleasant food; good living …c1570 sl.
– CLIMACTER * a critical time of life …1623
– DAYLIGHTS life …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DAYS time of one’s life; span of existence …1466
– DIVIDE, THE the boundary between life and death …1872 Amer. dial.
– ELD age, period of life …1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– FORK life …20C rhyming sl. (Fork and Knife)
– FORK AND KNIFE life …20C rhyming sl.
– GREAT DIVIDE, THE the boundary between life and death …1915 Amer. dial.
– HEART-BLOOD blood from the heart; blood shed in death, life-blood; hence, vital energy, life …a1240
– HEART’S-BLOOD blood from the heart; blood shed in death, life-blood; hence, vital energy, life …a1723
– LAG LIFE-TIME the remainder of one’s life …1844 Sc.
– LATTER END the end of one’s life …1630
– NATURAL, THE † the real thing or person; the life …1589
– OLD † age, duration of life or existence …c1200
– PUFF life, existence …c1880 tailors’ usage
– QUICK life …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– QUICKNESS * life, vitality, vital principle …a1225
– SITHE † one’s pilgrimage on earth; life-time; the course of one’s life …c1175
– TIME life; lifetime; time on earth …1881 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– UPPINGS the closing hours of life …1891 Eng. dial.
– VEGETABLE POWER † the principle of simple life and growth …1601
– VERGE the end of life …1750
– WANING † decline of life; concluding part of a day, or period of time …1561
life – person
– DEAD-MAN WALKING someone whose life is under threat …Bk2008 Irish sl.
– FLAT-EARTHER a person who does not accept or is out of teach with the realities of modern life …colloq.
– MACROBIOTICS the science of prolonging life …1862
– NATURAL one’s life …1894 Amer. sl.
– SIMPLE-LIFER one who leads the ‘simple life’ …1913 colloq.
life – verbs 
– BE A BROKEN PACKET OF BISCUITS to live a life that looks good to outsiders, but is really filled with problems …1990s Aust. sl.
– DO THE Q.T. to lead a quiet life …L19 sl.
– HAVE A LIFE to enjoy a well-rounded life including work, family, friends and interests …1985 US sl.
– HAVE SALT TO ONE’S KAIL to have the necessaries of life …1823 Sc.
– KEEP ONE’S HEAD ABOVE GROUND to keep oneself in life …1627
– PACK THE GAME IN to desist, esp. abandon a way of life …20C sl.
– QUICK † to give or restore life to …c950
– SHAKE A FREE LEG to lead an irregular life, to live freely …1856
– SHAKE A LOOSE LEG to lead an irregular life, to live freely …1834
– WALK A MILE IN MY MOCCASINS to experience life …L19 US sl.
life – phrases
– BETTER A LATE THRIVE THAN NEVER DO WELL † applied to one who marries or otherwise prospers late in life …1892 Eng. dial.
– I DON’T MAKE THE FRIES used to express the fact that one does not have any influence on the outcome of life …1990s US teen sl.
– LONGEST DAY ONE HAS TO LIVE, THE always, for the rest of one’s life …1774 Amer. dial.
– REAR OF ONE’S DAYS, THE the end of one’s life …1884 N. Ireland
 
LIFE JACKET – nouns
– MAE WEST a kind of inflatable life jacket …1940 Amer. sl., orig. military aviation usage
 
LIFELESS – adjectives
– ALL AMORT dead; lifeless; spiritless; dejected …L16 arch.
– ALL-GONE fatigued, weak, somewhat ill, lifeless, without energy …1950 Amer. dial.
– DEAD AS A DODO absolutely lifeless; entirely hopeless; defunct or out of date …1904 sl.
– DEAD AS A DOOR-NAIL completely or certainly dead; absolutely lifeless; entirely hopeless …c1350
– DEAD AS HAY lifeless; lacking energy …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– DEAD-ASS lacking animation, energy, or spirit; lifeless; usually considered vulgar …1961 Amer. sl.
– DEAD-BUTT lacking animation, energy, or spirit; lifeless; usually considered vulgar …1958 Amer. sl.
– DEAD CLEAR TO YOUR NAVEL lifeless …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– DEADER THAN HAY lifeless, lacking energy …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– DEAD-NOSED puny-faced with a lifeless expression …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DRY-AS-DUST dull; lifeless …1872
– EARTHLY † pale or lifeless as earth …1588
– STONE-DEAD completely lifeless
lifeless – nouns 
– DEAD FETTLE a lifeless condition …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
lifeless – person 
– BLUNK a dull, lifeless person …Bk1911 Sc.
– DEADHEAD a dull and ineffectual person; a lifeless or boring person …1907 sl.
– STODGER a dull or lifeless person …Brit. colloq.
lifeless – verbs
– CADAVERATE † to render lifeless; to reduce to dead matter …1657
 
LIFELESSLY – adverbs
– DEAD-ASS lifelessly, listlessly …1970s US sl.
 
LIFE-LIKE – adjectives
– VEEVE, VIEVE, VIVE of pictures, images: life-like, closely resembling the original …1808 Sc.
 
LIFE-SAVING – person
– BELTMAN a member of a surf life-saving team who swims out to a person in difficulty, wearing a belt attached to a long line by which the two can be pulled to safety …1908 Aust. & NZ
– BELT SWIMMER a member of a surf life-saving team who swims out to a person in difficulty, wearing a belt attached to a long line by which the two can be pulled to safety …2014 Aust. & NZ
 
LIFESTYLE – nouns
– FAST LANE a lifestyle showing no regard for the future, the active, competitive and ruthless world fought over by those of ambition and intent …1976 sl.
– FAST TRACK the lifestyle pursued by the ambitious and successful …1960s sl., orig. US
 
LIFE-THREATENING – nouns
– DEATH TRIP any situation considered potentially fatal or extremely life-threatening …1960s sl.
 
LIFETIME – nouns
– ALL ONE’S BORN DAYS a lifetime …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ALL ONE’S NATURAL LIFE a lifetime …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DAYS OF NATURE lifetime …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– ONE’S BORN DAYS one’s lifetime …1742 colloq.
– ONE’S NATURAL LIFE a lifetime …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
LIFT (raise) – nouns
– HEAVE a lift; an effort to lift or move something, a push, a shove, pressure; a swelling or rising up; rhythmical rising and falling, as of waves, the breast, etc.; an effort to vomit; a throw …a1571
lift (raise) – verbs
– ALLEVATE †* to raise up, to lift …1613
– ARRECT † to raise, to lift up, to direct upwards …a1529
– ELATE † to lift on high, to raise, to elevate …1578
– EXTOL † to lift up, to raise, to elevate …1549
– HANCE † to raise, to lift, to elevate, to exalt …1303
– HANG UP to raise up, to lift …1942 Amer. dial.
– HAWSE UP to raise, to lift …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– HEAVE to lift, to raise, to bear up …971 now arch. or Eng. dial.
– HEAVE-HO to lift with force …1964
– LEVE †* to lift up …c1489
– LUTCH † to lift …c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– ONHEAVE † to lift up, to raise …971
– ONHEVE † to lift up, to raise …971
– OXTER to lift or move a person by holding them under the armpits …19C Irish
– PAISE to raise with a lever; to force open; to lift …1783 Eng. dial.
– PAZE to raise with a lever; to force open; to lift …1783 Eng. dial.
– SUBDUCT * to draw up, to lift …1837
– SUBLEVATE † to raise, to lift up, to elevate …1597
– SUBRIGE † to raise up; to lift up by little and little …1623
– TAIT to lift up, to raise; to get into a high position …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– UP-HEESE to lift up …1827 Sc.
– VERE † to raise up; to uplift …a1300
lift (raise) – phrases
– NAME’S SIMPSON, NOT SAMSON, THE a reply when requested to do heavy work or lift something weighty …Brit. sl.
 
LIFT (ride) – nouns
– VEP a lift, a free ride …20C W. Indies sl.
 
LIFTED – adjectives
– ELATE †* lifted, raised …a1730
 
LIFTING – nouns
– ELATION † lifting, elevation …1578
– SUBLATION † a lifting up; elevation …1653
– SUBLEVATION † the act of raising or lifting; elevation; also, a particular point of elevation or height …1556
– TOLLATION †* the act of lifting …1688