| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| laccic | adjective | Pertaining to lac, or produced from it; as, laccic acid. |
| laccin | noun | A yellow amorphous substance obtained from lac. |
| lacing | present participle & vb. noun | of Lace, The act of securing, fastening, or tightening, with a lace or laces., A lace; specifically (Mach.), a thong of thin leather for uniting the ends of belts., A rope or line passing through eyelet holes in the edge of a sail or an awning to attach it to a yard, gaff, etc., A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut. |
| lacert | noun | A muscle of the human body. |
| laches | noun | Alt. of Lache |
| lacked | imp. & past participle | of Lack |
| lacker | noun | One who lacks or is in want., See Lacquer. |
| lackey | verb | An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower., To attend as a lackey; to wait upon., To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance. |
| lacmus | noun | See Litmus. |
| lactam | noun | One of a series of anhydrides of an amido type, analogous to the lactones, as oxindol. |
| lactic | adjective | Of or pertaining to milk; procured from sour milk or whey; as, lactic acid; lactic fermentation, etc. |
| lactim | noun | One of a series of anhydrides resembling the lactams, but of an imido type; as, isatine is a lactim. Cf. Lactam. |
| lactin | noun | See Lactose. |
| lactyl | noun | An organic residue or radical derived from lactic acid. |
| lacuna | noun | A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus., 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. |
| lacune | noun | A lacuna. |