Lactic (a.) Of or pertaining to milk; procured from sour milk or whey; as, lactic acid; lactic fermentation, etc.
Lactide (n.) A white, crystalline substance, obtained from also, by extension, any similar substance.
Lactiferous (a.) Bearing or containing milk or a milky fluid; as, the lactiferous vessels, cells, or tissue of various vascular plants.
Lactific (a.) Alt. of Lactifical
Lactifical (a.) Producing or yielding milk.
Lactifuge (n.) A medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to dispel a supposed accumulation of milk in any part of the body.
Lactim (n.) One of a series of anhydrides resembling the lactams, but of an imido type; as, isatine is a lactim. Cf. Lactam.
Lactimide (n.) A white, crystalline substance obtained as an anhydride of alanine, and regarded as an imido derivative of lactic acid.
Lactin (n.) See Lactose.
Lactoabumin (n.) The albumin present on milk, apparently identical with ordinary serum albumin. It is distinct from the casein of milk.
Lactobutyrometer (n.) An instrument for determining the amount of butter fat contained in a given sample of milk.
Lactodensimeter (n.) A form of hydrometer, specially graduated, for finding the density of milk, and thus discovering whether it has been mixed with water or some of the cream has been removed.
Lactometer (n.) An instrument for estimating the purity or richness of milk, as a measuring glass, a specific gravity bulb, or other apparatus.
Lactone (n.) One of a series of organic compounds, regarded as anhydrides of certain hydroxy acids. In general, they are colorless liquids, having a weak aromatic odor. They are so called because the typical lactone is derived from lactic acid.
Lactonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, lactone.
Lactonic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of milk sugar (lactose).
Lactoprotein (n.) A peculiar albuminous body considered a normal constituent of milk.
Lactory (a.) Lactiferous.
Lactoscope (n.) An instrument for estimating the amount of cream contained in milk by ascertaining its relative opacity.
Lactose (n.) Sugar of milk or milk sugar; a crystalline sugar present in milk, and separable from the whey by evaporation and crystallization. It has a slightly sweet taste, is dextrorotary, and is much less soluble in water than either cane sugar or glucose. Formerly called lactin.
Lactose (n.) See Galactose.
Lactuca (n.) A genus of composite herbs, several of which are cultivated foe salad; lettuce.
Lactucarium (n.) The inspissated juice of the common lettuce, sometimes used as a substitute for opium.
Lactucic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the juice of the Lactuca virosa; -- said of certain acids.
Lactucin (n.) A white, crystalline substance, having a bitter taste and a neutral reaction, and forming one of the essential ingredients of lactucarium.
Lactucone (n.) A white, crystalline, tasteless substance, found in the milky sap of species of Lactuca, and constituting an essential ingredient of lactucarium.
Lacturamic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic amido acid, which is regarded as a derivative of lactic acid and urea.
Lactyl (n.) An organic residue or radical derived from lactic acid.
Lacunae (pl. ) of Lacuna
Lacunas (pl. ) of Lacuna
Lacuna (n.) A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
Lacuna (n.) A small opening; a small depression or cavity; a space, as a vacant space between the cells of plants, or one of the spaces left among the tissues of the lower animals, which serve in place of vessels for the circulation of the body fluids, or the cavity or sac, usually of very small size, in a mucous membrane.
Lacunal (a.) Alt. of Lacunar
Lacunar (a.) Pertaining to, or having, lacunae; as, a lacunar circulation.
Lacunars (pl. ) of Lacunar
Lacunaria (pl. ) of Lacunar
Lacunar (n.) The ceiling or under surface of any part, especially when it consists of compartments, sunk or hollowed without spaces or bands between the panels.
Lacunar (n.) One of the sunken panels in such a ceiling.
Lacune (n.) A lacuna.
Lacunose (a.) Alt. of Lacunous
Lacunous (a.) Furrowed or pitted; having shallow cavities or lacunae; as, a lacunose leaf.
Lacustral (a.) Alt. of Lacustrine
Lacustrine (a.) Found in, or pertaining to, lakes or ponds, or growing in them; as, lacustrine flowers.
Lacwork (n.) Ornamentation by means of lacquer painted or carved, or simply colored, sprinkled with gold or the like; -- said especially of Oriental work of this kind.
Lad () p. p. of Lead, to guide.
Lad (n.) A boy; a youth; a stripling.
Lad (n.) A companion; a comrade; a mate.
Ladanum (n.) A gum resin gathered from certain Oriental species of Cistus. It has a pungent odor and is chiefly used in making plasters, and for fumigation.
Ladde (obs. imp.) of Lead, to guide.
Ladder (v. i.) A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps.
Ladder (v. i.) That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to eminence.
Laddie (n.) A lad; a male sweetheart.
Laded (imp.) of Lade
Laded (p. p.) of Lade
Laded () of Lade
Lading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lade
Lade (v. t.) To load; to put a burden or freight on or in; -- generally followed by that which receives the load, as the direct object.
Lade (v. t.) To throw in out. with a ladle or dipper; to dip; as, to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern.
Lade (v. t.) To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table.
Lade (v. t.) To draw water.
Lade (v. t.) To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc.
Lade (n.) The mouth of a river.
Lade (n.) A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
Lademan (n.) One who leads a pack horse; a miller's servant.
Laden (p. & a.) Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart.
Ladied (a.) Ladylike; not rough; gentle.
Ladies' eardrops () The small-flowered Fuchsia (F. coccinea), and other closely related species.
Ladify (v. t.) To make a lady of; to make ladylike.
Ladin (n.) A Romansch dialect spoken in some parts of Switzerland and the Tyrol.
Lading (n.) The act of loading.
Lading (n.) That which lades or constitutes a load or cargo; freight; burden; as, the lading of a ship.
Ladinos (pl. ) of Ladino
Ladino (n.) One of the half-breed descendants of whites and Indians; a mestizo; -- so called throughout Central America. They are usually of a yellowish orange tinge.
Ladkin (n.) A little lad.
Ladle (v. t.) A cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle, used in lading or dipping.
Ladle (v. t.) A vessel to carry liquid metal from the furnace to the mold.
Ladle (v. t.) The float of a mill wheel; -- called also ladle board.
Ladle (v. t.) An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.
Ladle (v. t.) A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.
Ladled (imp. & p. p.) of Ladle
Ladling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ladle
Ladle (v. t.) To take up and convey in a ladle; to dip with, or as with, a ladle; as, to ladle out soup; to ladle oatmeal into a kettle.
Ladlefuls (pl. ) of Ladleful
Ladleful (n.) A quantity sufficient to fill a ladle.
Ladrone (n.) A robber; a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal.
Ladies (pl. ) of Lady
Lady (n.) A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household.
Lady (n.) A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of lord.
Lady (n.) A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart.
Lady (n.) A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by right.
Lady (n.) A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; -- the feminine correlative of gentleman.
Lady (n.) A wife; -- not now in approved usage.
Lady (n.) The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster; -- so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure. It consists of calcareous plates.
Lady (a.) Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike.
Ladybird (n.) Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genus Coccinella and allied genera (family Coccinellidae); -- called also ladybug, ladyclock, lady cow, lady fly, and lady beetle. Coccinella seplempunctata in one of the common European species. See Coccinella.
Ladybug (n.) Same as Ladybird.
Ladyclock (n.) See Ladyrird.
Lady () The day of the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, March 25. See Annunciation.
Ladyfish (n.) A large, handsome oceanic fish (Albula vulpes), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonefish, grubber, French mullet, and macabe.
Ladyfish (n.) A labroid fish (Harpe rufa) of Florida and the West Indies.