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• liver lily — noun : an iris (Iris versicolor) of the eastern United States …   Useful english dictionary

• lily-livered — cowardly, 1605, in Macbeth; from LILY (Cf. lily) (in its color sense of pale, bloodless ) + LIVER (Cf. liver) (n.1), which was a supposed seat of love and passion. A healthy liver is typically dark reddish brown …   Etymology dictionary

• liver — {{11}}liver (n.1) secreting organ of the body, O.E. lifer, from P.Gmc. *librn (Cf. O.N. lifr, O.Fris. livere, M.Du. levere, Du. lever, O.H.G. lebara, Ger. Leber liver ), perhaps from PIE *leip to stick adhere; fat. Formerly believed to be the… …   Etymology dictionary

• lily-livered — /ˈlɪli lɪvəd / (say lilee livuhd) adjective weak; cowardly. {from the ancient belief that the liver was the source of violent passions, and hence a person whose liver was red would love passionately and fight fiercely. Conversely, a person with a …  

• Holden Snyder and Lily Walsh — Snyder are fictional characters and the signature supercouple of the American daytime drama As the World Turns .cite news| first=Abby| last=West | title=17 Great Soap Supercouples: Holden and Lily|publisher= Entertainment Weekly |accessdate=2008… …   Wikipedia

• chicken — Synonyms and related words: Ancona, Andalusian, Australorp, Bantam, Brahma, Campine, Cochin, Cornish, Cornish hen, Hamburg, Hershey bar, Leghorn, Lord Fauntleroy, Milquetoast, New Hampshire red, Orpington, Percy, Plymouth Rock, Rhode Island red,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• sissy — Synonyms and related words: Lord Fauntleroy, Milquetoast, Percy, afraid, aunt, auntie, baby, big baby, blood brother, brethren, brother, bub, bubba, bud, buddy, chicken, chicken liver, chickenhearted, country cousin, cousin, cousin once removed,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• coward — Synonyms and related words: Milquetoast, Scaramouch, baby, big baby, caitiff, chicken, chicken liver, craven, dastard, fraid cat, fraidy cat, funk, funker, gutless, invertebrate, jellyfish, lily liver, lily livered, milksop, mouse, poltroon,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• The Young and the Restless minor characters — The following are characters from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless who are notable for their actions or relationships, but who do not warrant their own articles. Contents 1 Current Characters 1.1 Genevieve …   Wikipedia

• Queen (Snow White) — The Queen poisons Snow White, Franz Jüttner, 1905 The Evil Queen is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the German fairy tale Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, collected by the Brothers Grimm and adapted by Disney into an animated… …   Wikipedia

• Weight of the World (The 4400 episode) — The 4400 episode Title = Weight of the World Season = 2 Episode = 04 Airdate = June 19, 2005 Writer = Scott Peters Director = Oz Scott 4400 = Trent Appelbaum Prev = Voices Carry Next = Suffer The Children IMDb id = 0502811 Weight of the World is… …   Wikipedia