Vocabulary : Lieu to Lifeblood

Lieu : Place; room; stead; -- used only in the phrase in lieu of, that is, instead of.
Lieutenancy : The office, rank, or commission, of a lieutenant. ;; The body of lieutenants or subordinates.
Lieutenant : An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence; a representative of, or substitute for, another in the performance of any duty. ;; A commissioned officer in the army, next below a captain. ;; A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a commander. ;; A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant commander.
Lieutenant general : An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general.
Lieutenantry : See Lieutenancy.

Lieutenantship : Same as Lieutenancy, 1.
Lieve : Same as Lief.
Lif : The fiber by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made.
Life : The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that state of an animal or plant in which all or any of its organs are capable of performing all or any of their functions; -- used of all animal and vegetable organisms. ;; Of human beings: The union of the soul and body; also, the duration of their union; sometimes, the deathless quality or existence of the soul; as, man is a creature having an immortal life. ;; The potential principle, or force, by which the organs of animals and plants are started and continued in the performance of their several and cooperative functions; the vital force, whether regarded as physical or spiritual. ;; Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions; as, the life of a state, a machine, or a book; authority is the life of government. ;; A certain way or manner
Lifeblood : The blood necessary to life; vital blood. ;; Fig.: That which gives strength and energy.

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