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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a liquid exhibiting properties of a crystal that are not shown by ordinary liquids

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1891 an organic liquid whose physical properties resemble those of a crystal in the formation of loosely ordered molecular arrays similar to a regular crystalline lattice and the anisotropic refraction of light

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(liquid crystals) A liquid crystal is a liquid that has some of the qualities of crystals, for example reflecting light from different directions in different ways. N-COUNT