decomposition or breakdown

/ˈlɪsi.ə/, /ˈlɪʃi.ə/, /ˈlɪʃə/
(historical) A historical region in southwestern Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey.

/ˈlɪ.si.ən/, /ˈlɪ.sɪ.ən/, /ˈlɪ.ʃi.ən/, /ˈlɪ.ʃən/, /ˈlɪ.ʃɪ.ən/
Of, or relating to Lycia, or its people, language or culture.

/ˈlɪ.si.ən/, /ˈlɪ.sɪ.ən/, /ˈlɪ.ʃi.ən/, /ˈlɪ.ʃən/, /ˈlɪ.ʃɪ.ən/
An extinct Indo-European language in the Anatolian group.

/ˈlɪ.di.ə/

1. (historical) A historical region and ancient kingdom in western Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey.
2. A en given name.

(disease) Infection by one of three or more subspecies of the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted by four species of tick in genus Ixodes. Symptoms include a rash followed by fever, joint pain, and headaches.

/laɪˈsɪstrətə/, /ˌlɪsəˈstrɑːtə/
A comedy by Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, a comic account of one woman's (Lysistrata) extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War by denying men sex.

/laɪ̯ˈt͡ʃiː/, /ˈlaɪ̯t͡ʃi/, /ˈlit͡ʃi/
The Chinese tropical fruit tree Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family.

/laɪ/

1. 1. hydroxid draselný
   2. hydroxid sodný
2. 1. An alkaline liquid made by leaching ashes (usually wood ashes).
   2. Potassium or sodium hydroxide (caustic soda).
   louh

/lɪmf/, /[lɪmpf]/
(physiology) A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets.

1. míza
2. lymfa

(anatomy, immunology) Each of the small oval bodies of the lymphatic system, distributed along the lymphatic vessels, that are clustered in the armpits, groin, neck, chest and abdomen. They act as filters, with an internal honeycomb of connective tissue filled with lymphocytes and macrophages that collect and destroy bacteria, viruses and foreign matter from lymph. When the body is fighting an infection, these lymphocytes multiply rapidly and produce a characteristic swelling of the lymph nodes.

/lɪmˈfæ.tɪk/
(anatomy) Pertaining to lymph or the lymphatic system.

1. lymfatický
2. mízní

(anatomy) In mammals, including humans, a network of lymph vessels and lymph nodes that transport fluid, fats, proteins, and lymphocytes to the bloodstream as lymph, and remove microorganisms and other debris from tissues.

(cytology, immunology) Any of several types of white blood cell with a spherical nucleus occurring in the lymphatic system, including B cells, T cells and natural killer cells.

/lɪmˈfoʊ.mə/
(oncology, pathology) A malignant tumor that arises in the lymph nodes or in other lymphoid tissue.

/lɪnt͡ʃ/
(transitive) To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob.

/lɪŋks/
Any of several medium-sized wild cats of the genus Lynx.

/ˌlaɪ.əˈneɪz/, /ˌliː.əˈneɪz/
Prepared in a style typical to Lyon.

/laɪɹ/, /ˈlaɪ.ə/, /ˈlaɪ.ɚ/
(string instrument) An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.

/ˈlɪɹ.ɪsɪst/
A person who writes the lyrics of a song.

/ˈlɪɹ.ɪks/
The words to a song (or other vocal music).

1. slova
2. text

(organic compound) A powerful synthetic hallucinogen.

/ˈlaɪsin/
(amino acid) An amino acid, C6H14N2O2, in L- or D-forms.

/ˈlaɪsɪs/
The disintegration or destruction of cells.

1. lyze
2. lýza

/ˈlaɪsəˌsoʊm/
(cytology) An organelle found in all types of animal cells which contains a large range of digestive enzymes capable of splitting most biological macromolecules.