lawlessness
         n 1: a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from
               a failure of government) [syn: {anarchy}, {lawlessness}]
         2: illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the
            law [syn: {lawlessness}, {outlawry}]

English Dictionary: lawlessness	by the DICT Development Group
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lawless \Law"less\, a.       1. Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a             lawless claim.                         He needs no indirect nor lawless course. --Shak.          2. Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or             of society; as, lawless men or behavior.          3. Not subject to the laws of nature; uncontrolled.                         Or, meteorlike, flame lawless through the void.                                                                               --Pope.             -- {Law"less*ly}, adv. -- {Law"less*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lilacin \Lil"a*cin\ (l[icr]l"[adot]*s[icr]n), n. (Chem.)       See {Syringin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Syringin \Sy*rin"gin\, n. (Chem.)       A glucoside found in the bark of the lilac ({Syringa}) and       extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- formerly       called also {lilacin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lilacin \Lil"a*cin\ (l[icr]l"[adot]*s[icr]n), n. (Chem.)       See {Syringin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Syringin \Sy*rin"gin\, n. (Chem.)       A glucoside found in the bark of the lilac ({Syringa}) and       extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- formerly       called also {lilacin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lily \Lil"y\ (l[icr]l"[ycr]), n.; pl. {Lilies} (-[icr]z). [AS.       lilie, L. lilium, Gr. lei`rion. Cf. {Flower-de-luce}.]       1. (Bot.) A plant and flower of the genus {Lilium},             endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of             six colored pieces, six stamens, and a superior             three-celled ovary.          Note: There are nearly fifty species, all found in the North                Temperate zone. {Lilium candidum} and {L. longiflorum}                are the common white lilies of gardens; {L.                Philadelphicum} is the wild red lily of the Atlantic                States; {L. Chalcedonicum} is supposed to be the                [bd]lily of the field[b8] in our Lord's parable; {L.                auratum} is the great gold-banded lily of Japan.          2. (Bot.) A name given to handsome flowering plants of             several genera, having some resemblance in color or form             to a true lily, as {Pancratium}, {Crinum}, {Amaryllis},             {Nerine}, etc.          3. That end of a compass needle which should point to the             north; -- so called as often ornamented with the figure of             a lily or fleur-de-lis.                         But sailing further, it veers its lily to the west.                                                                               --Sir T.                                                                               Browne.          {African lily} (Bot.), the blue-flowered {Agapanthus             umbellatus}.          {Atamasco lily} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Zephyranthes}             ({Z. Atamasco}), having a white and pink funnelform             perianth, with six petal-like divisions resembling those             of a lily. --Gray.          {Blackberry lily} (Bot.), the {Pardanthus Chinensis}, the             black seeds of which form a dense mass like a blackberry.                      {Bourbon lily} (Bot.), {Lilium candidum}. See Illust.          {Butterfly lily}. (Bot.) Same as {Mariposa lily}, in the             Vocabulary.          {Lily beetle} (Zool.), a European beetle ({Crioceris             merdigera}) which feeds upon the white lily.          {Lily daffodil} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Narcissus}, and             its flower.          {Lily encrinite} (Paleon.), a fossil encrinite, esp.             {Encrinus liliiformis}. See {Encrinite}.          {Lily hyacinth} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hyacinthus}.          {Lily iron}, a kind of harpoon with a detachable head of             peculiar shape, used in capturing swordfish.