Liver

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Anatomy A large, reddish-brown, glandular vertebrate organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity that secretes bile and is active in the formation of certain blood proteins and in the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.
  • n. An organ in invertebrates that is similar to the vertebrate liver.
  • n. The bile-secreting organ of an animal, used as food.
  • n. A dark reddish brown.
  • adj. Made of or flavored with liver: liver pâté; liver sandwiches.
  • adj. Of a dark reddish brown.
  • n. One who lives in a specified manner: a high liver.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).
  • adj. comparative form of live: more live
  • n. A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.
  • n. This organ, as taken from animals used as food.
  • n. A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.
  • adj. Of the colour of liver (dark brown, tinted with red and gray).
  • Word Usage
    "I. ii.23 (114,3) I had rather heat my liver] To know why the lady is so averse from _heating_ her _liver_, it must be remembered, that a heated liver is supposed to make a pimpled face."
    Cross Reference
    jaundice    gout    detoxification    fascioliasis    Colours   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    deliver    downriver    giver    quiver    river    shiver    sliver    upriver