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277 Words That Contain LAC

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ablactate (verb) gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk Synonyms: wean
ablactation (noun) the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal Synonyms: weaning
(noun) the cessation of lactation
agalactia (noun) a condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has been delivered Synonyms: agalactosis
agalactosis (noun) a condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has been delivered Synonyms: agalactia
alacritous (adjective) quick and eager
alacrity (noun) liveliness and eagerness Synonyms: briskness, smartness
ambulacral (adjective) pertaining to the ambulacra of radial echinoderms
ambulacrum (noun) one of the five areas on the undersurface of an echinoderm on which the tube feet are located
amylaceous (adjective) resembling starch Synonyms: amyloid, amyloidal, farinaceous, starchlike
anaphylactic (adjective) related to the hypersensitivity known as anaphylaxis
antiblack (adjective) discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion Synonyms: anti-Semite, racist
anyplace (adverb) at or in or to any place Synonyms: anywhere
aplacental (adjective) having no placenta
aplacophoran (noun) deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle Synonyms: solenogaster
argillaceous (adjective) resembling or containing clay Synonyms: clayey
balaclava (noun) a cap that is close-fitting and woolen and covers all of the head but the face Synonyms: balaclava helmet
betulaceous (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of trees of the birch family
birthplace (noun) the place where someone was born Synonyms: place of birth
(noun) where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence Synonyms: cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience
black (adjective) being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
(adjective) of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin
(adjective) marked by anger or resentment or hostility
(adjective) (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood Synonyms: blackened
(adjective) (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
(adjective) extremely dark Synonyms: pitch-black, pitch-dark
(adjective) soiled with dirt or soot Synonyms: smutty
(adjective) (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame Synonyms: disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful
(adjective) stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable Synonyms: dark, sinister
(adjective) offering little or no hope Synonyms: bleak, dim
(adjective) distributed or sold illicitly Synonyms: black-market, bootleg, contraband, smuggled
(adjective) harshly ironic or sinister Synonyms: grim, mordant
(adjective) (of coffee) without cream or sugar
(adjective) (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin Synonyms: calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful
(noun) black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
(noun) (board games) the darker pieces
(noun) the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) Synonyms: blackness, inkiness
(noun) total absence of light Synonyms: blackness, lightlessness, pitch blackness, total darkness
(verb) make or become black Synonyms: blacken, melanise, melanize
blackamoor (noun) a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) Synonyms: Black person
blackball (noun) the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto Synonyms: barring
(verb) expel from a community or group Synonyms: ban, banish, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun
(verb) vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent Synonyms: negative, veto
blackbeetle (noun) dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution Synonyms: Asiatic cockroach, Blatta orientalis, oriental cockroach, oriental roach
blackberry (noun) large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus
(noun) bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle Synonyms: blackberry bush
(verb) pick or gather blackberries
blackbird (noun) any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black Synonyms: New World blackbird
(noun) common black European thrush Synonyms: European blackbird, merl, merle, ousel, ouzel, Turdus merula
blackboard (noun) sheet of slate; for writing with chalk Synonyms: chalkboard
blackbody (noun) a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it Synonyms: black body, full radiator
blackbuck (noun) common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns Synonyms: Antilope cervicapra, black buck
blackcap (noun) small brownish-grey warbler with a black crown Synonyms: Silvia atricapilla
(noun) chickadee having a dark crown Synonyms: black-capped chickadee, Parus atricapillus
(noun) small black-headed European gull Synonyms: Larus ridibundus, laughing gull, pewit, pewit gull
(noun) raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit Synonyms: black raspberry, blackcap raspberry, Rubus occidentalis, thimbleberry
blackcock (noun) male black grouse Synonyms: black cock
blackdamp (noun) the atmosphere in a mine following an explosion; high in carbon dioxide and incapable of supporting life Synonyms: chokedamp
blacken (verb) make or become black Synonyms: black, melanise, melanize
(verb) burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color Synonyms: char, scorch, sear
blackened (adjective) (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood Synonyms: black
(adjective) darkened by smoke
blackening (noun) changing to a darker color Synonyms: darkening
blackface (noun) the makeup (usually burnt cork) used by a performer in order to imitate a Negro
blackfish (noun) female salmon that has recently spawned
(noun) small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school Synonyms: black whale, common blackfish, Globicephala melaena, pilot whale
(noun) large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America Synonyms: tautog, Tautoga onitis
blackfly (noun) small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals Synonyms: black fly, buffalo gnat
(noun) blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets Synonyms: Aphis fabae, bean aphid
blackguard (noun) someone who is morally reprehensible Synonyms: bounder, cad, dog, heel, hound
(verb) use foul or abusive language towards Synonyms: abuse, clapperclaw, shout
(verb) subject to laughter or ridicule Synonyms: guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast
blackguardly (adjective) lacking principles or scruples Synonyms: rascally, roguish, scoundrelly
blackhead (noun) a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin Synonyms: comedo
blackheart (noun) heart cherry with dark flesh and skin Synonyms: blackheart cherry
(noun) any of various diseases in which the central tissues blacken
blacking (noun) a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear Synonyms: shoe polish
blackish (adjective) of something that is somewhat black
blackjack (noun) a gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21 Synonyms: twenty-one, vingt-et-un
(noun) a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people Synonyms: cosh, sap
(noun) a flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background; indicates a pirate ship Synonyms: black flag, Jolly Roger, pirate flag
(noun) a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets Synonyms: blackjack oak, jack oak, Quercus marilandica
(verb) exert pressure on someone through threats Synonyms: blackmail, pressure
blacklead (verb) cover with graphite
blackleg (noun) someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike Synonyms: rat, scab, strikebreaker
(verb) take the place of work of someone on strike Synonyms: fink, rat, scab
blacklist (noun) a list of people who are out of favor Synonyms: black book, shitlist
(verb) put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted
blackmail (noun) extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information
(verb) obtain through threats
(verb) exert pressure on someone through threats Synonyms: blackjack, pressure
blackmailer (noun) a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them Synonyms: extortioner, extortionist
blackness (noun) the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) Synonyms: black, inkiness
(noun) total absence of light Synonyms: black, lightlessness, pitch blackness, total darkness
blackout (noun) a momentary loss of consciousness
(noun) partial or total loss of memory Synonyms: amnesia, memory loss
(noun) the failure of electric power for a general region
(noun) darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft) Synonyms: brownout, dimout
(noun) a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting
blackpoll (noun) North American warbler having a black-and-white head Synonyms: Dendroica striate
blackseed (noun) grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus Synonyms: carpet grass, smut grass, Sporobolus poiretii
blacksmith (noun) a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil
blacksnake (noun) blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet Synonyms: black racer, Coluber constrictor
(noun) large harmless shiny black North American snake Synonyms: black rat snake, Elaphe obsoleta, mountain blacksnake, pilot blacksnake
blacktail (noun) mule deer of western Rocky Mountains Synonyms: black-tailed deer, blacktail deer, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus
blackthorn (noun) erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries Synonyms: Crataegus calpodendron, Crataegus tomentosa, pear haw, pear hawthorn
(noun) a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits Synonyms: Prunus spinosa, sloe
blacktop (noun) a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock Synonyms: blacktopping
(verb) coat with blacktop
blacktopping (noun) a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock Synonyms: blacktop
blackwash (noun) a wash that colors a surface black
(noun) a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores Synonyms: black lotion
(noun) an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation Synonyms: assassination, character assassination
(verb) color with blackwash
(verb) bring (information) out of concealment
blackwater (noun) any of several human or animal diseases characterized by dark urine resulting from rapid breakdown of red blood cells
blackwood (noun) any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood Synonyms: blackwood tree
(noun) very dark wood of any of several blackwood trees
bootblack (noun) a person who polishes shoes and boots Synonyms: shoeblack
bootlace (noun) a long lace for fastening boots
bullace (noun) small wild or half-domesticated Eurasian plum bearing small ovoid fruit in clusters Synonyms: Prunus insititia
caipiblack (noun) a variation of the Caipirinha made with black vodka instead of cachaça.
caryophyllaceous (adjective) of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae
chachalaca (noun) slender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey; native to Central America and Mexico; highly regarded as game birds
chylaceous (adjective) consisting of chyle or having the properties of chyle Synonyms: chylous
clack (noun) a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction Synonyms: clack valve, clapper valve
(noun) a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated Synonyms: clap
(verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly Synonyms: blab, blabber, chatter, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle
(verb) make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens Synonyms: click, cluck
(verb) make a rattling sound Synonyms: brattle, clatter
coelacanth (noun) fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa Synonyms: Latimeria chalumnae
commonplace (adjective) not challenging; dull and lacking excitement Synonyms: humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous
(adjective) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse Synonyms: banal, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
(adjective) completely ordinary and unremarkable
(noun) a trite or obvious remark Synonyms: banality, bromide, cliche, platitude
commonplaceness (noun) ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace Synonyms: commonness, everydayness
complacence (noun) the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself Synonyms: complacency, self-complacency, self-satisfaction
complacency (noun) the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself Synonyms: complacence, self-complacency, self-satisfaction
complacent (adjective) contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions Synonyms: self-complacent, self-satisfied
complacently (adverb) in a self-satisfied manner
demiglace (noun) sauce Espagnole with extra beef stock simmered down and seasoned with dry wine or sherry Synonyms: demi-glaze
displace (verb) cause to move, usually with force or pressure
(verb) cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense Synonyms: move
(verb) take the place of or have precedence over Synonyms: preempt
(verb) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position Synonyms: can, dismiss, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate
displacement (noun) act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics Synonyms: supplanting
(noun) act of removing from office or employment
(noun) the act of uniform movement Synonyms: translation
(noun) to move something from its natural environment Synonyms: deracination
(noun) an event in which something is displaced without rotation Synonyms: shift
(noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
(noun) (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound Synonyms: displacement reaction
emplace (verb) put into place or position
(verb) provide a new emplacement for guns
emplacement (noun) the act of putting something in a certain place Synonyms: locating, location, placement, position, positioning
(noun) military installation consisting of a prepared position for siting a weapon
enlace (verb) spin, wind, or twist together Synonyms: entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine
etodolac (noun) a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Lodine) Synonyms: Lodine
everyplace (adverb) to or in any or all places; pronoun, location; quantifier: universal Synonyms: all over, everywhere
extragalactic (adjective) outside or beyond a galaxy
fallacious (adjective) involving deception Synonyms: deceitful, fraudulent
(adjective) based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information
(adjective) containing or based on a fallacy Synonyms: unsound
fallaciousness (noun) result of a fallacy or error in reasoning
fallacy (noun) a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning Synonyms: false belief
farmplace (noun) a farm together with its buildings Synonyms: farm-place, farmstead
fireplace (noun) an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built Synonyms: hearth, open fireplace
flaccid (adjective) drooping without elasticity; wanting in stiffness
(adjective) out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance Synonyms: flabby, soft
flaccidity (noun) a flabby softness Synonyms: flabbiness, limpness
flack (noun) artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes Synonyms: ack-ack, ack-ack gun, antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flak, pom-pom
(noun) intense adverse criticism Synonyms: attack, blast, fire, flak
(noun) a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer Synonyms: flack catcher, flak, flak catcher
folacin (noun) a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction Synonyms: folate, folic acid, pteroylglutamic acid, pteroylmonoglutamic acid, vitamin Bc, vitamin M
galactagogue (noun) agent that induces milk secretion
galactic (adjective) of or relating to a galaxy (especially our galaxy the Milky Way)
(adjective) inconceivably large Synonyms: astronomic, astronomical
galactocele (noun) a cystic tumor containing milk or a milky substance (especially in the mammary glands)
galactose (noun) a simple sugar found in lactose Synonyms: brain sugar
galactosemia (noun) a genetic disease (autosomal recessive) in which an enzyme needed to metabolize galactose is deficient or absent; typically develops shortly after birth
galactosis (noun) the secretion of milk

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