lac | (noun) resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax | - |
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lace | (noun) a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns | - |
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(noun) a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment) | Synonyms: lacing |
(verb) add alcohol to (beverages) | Synonyms: fortify, spike |
(verb) draw through eyes or holes | Synonyms: lace up |
(verb) spin, wind, or twist together | Synonyms: enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, twine |
(verb) do lacework | - |
(verb) make by braiding or interlacing | Synonyms: braid, plait |
lacebark | (noun) small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage | Synonyms: Hoheria populnea, houhere, ribbonwood |
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laced | (adjective) closed with a lace | Synonyms: tied |
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(adjective) edged or streaked with color | - |
lacelike | (adjective) made of or resembling lace | Synonyms: lacy |
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lacepod | (noun) annual herb having pinnatifid basal leaves and slender racemes of small white flowers followed by one-seeded winged silicles | Synonyms: fringepod |
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lacer | (noun) a workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding) | - |
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lacerate | (adjective) having edges that are jagged from injury | Synonyms: lacerated, mangled, torn |
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(adjective) irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn | Synonyms: lacerated |
(verb) cut or tear irregularly | - |
(verb) deeply hurt the feelings of; distress | - |
lacerated | (adjective) having edges that are jagged from injury | Synonyms: lacerate, mangled, torn |
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(adjective) irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn | Synonyms: lacerate |
laceration | (noun) the act of lacerating | - |
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(noun) a torn ragged wound | - |
lacertid | (noun) Old World terrestrial lizard | Synonyms: lacertid lizard |
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lacertilian | (adjective) of or relating to lizards | Synonyms: saurian |
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lacewing | (noun) any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids | Synonyms: lacewing fly |
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lacewood | (noun) variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree | Synonyms: sycamore |
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lacework | (noun) work consisting of (or resembling) lace fabric | - |
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lachrymal | (adjective) of or relating to tears | Synonyms: lacrimal |
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(adjective) relating to or located near the organ that produces tears | Synonyms: lacrimal |
lachrymation | (noun) shedding tears | Synonyms: lacrimation, tearing, watering |
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lachrymator | (noun) a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds | Synonyms: lacrimator, tear gas, teargas |
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lachrymatory | (adjective) relating to or prompting tears | Synonyms: lacrimatory |
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lachrymose | (adjective) showing sorrow | Synonyms: dolorous, dolourous, tearful, weeping |
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lacing | (noun) the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows | Synonyms: beating, drubbing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, whacking |
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(noun) a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment) | Synonyms: lace |
(noun) a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage | - |
laciniate | (adjective) having edges irregularly and finely slashed | Synonyms: fringed |
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lack | (noun) the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable | Synonyms: deficiency, want |
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(verb) be without | Synonyms: miss |
(verb) To be insufficiently prepared | - |
lackadaisical | (adjective) idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way | - |
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(adjective) lacking spirit or liveliness | Synonyms: dreamy, languid, languorous |
lackadaisically | (adverb) in an idle and lackadaisical manner | - |
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lackey | (noun) a male servant (especially a footman) | Synonyms: flunkey, flunky |
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(noun) a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage | Synonyms: ass-kisser, crawler, sycophant, toady |
lacking | (adjective) inadequate in amount or degree | Synonyms: deficient, wanting |
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(adjective) nonexistent | Synonyms: absent, missing, wanting |
lackluster | (adjective) lacking luster or shine | Synonyms: lacklustre, lusterless, lustreless |
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(adjective) lacking brilliance or vitality | Synonyms: lacklustre, lusterless, lustreless |
lacklustre | (adjective) lacking luster or shine | Synonyms: lackluster, lusterless, lustreless |
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(adjective) lacking brilliance or vitality | Synonyms: lackluster, lusterless, lustreless |
laconic | (adjective) brief and to the point; effectively cut short | Synonyms: crisp, curt, terse |
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laconically | (adverb) in a dry laconic manner | Synonyms: drily, dryly |
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laconicism | (noun) terseness of expression | Synonyms: laconism |
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laconism | (noun) terseness of expression | Synonyms: laconicism |
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lacquer | (noun) a hard glossy coating | - |
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(noun) a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish | - |
(verb) coat with lacquer | - |
lacquerware | (noun) a decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals | - |
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lacrimal | (adjective) of or relating to tears | Synonyms: lachrymal |
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(adjective) relating to or located near the organ that produces tears | Synonyms: lachrymal |
lacrimation | (noun) shedding tears | Synonyms: lachrymation, tearing, watering |
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lacrimator | (noun) a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds | Synonyms: lachrymator, tear gas, teargas |
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lacrimatory | (adjective) relating to or prompting tears | Synonyms: lachrymatory |
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lacrosse | (noun) a game invented by American Indians; now played by two teams who use long-handled rackets to catch and carry and throw the ball toward the opponents' goal | - |
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lactalbumin | (noun) albumin occurring in milk | - |
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lactase | (noun) any of a group of enzymes (trade name Lactaid) that hydrolyze lactose to glucose and galactose | Synonyms: Lactaid |
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lactate | (noun) a salt or ester of lactic acid | - |
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(verb) give suck to | Synonyms: breastfeed, give suck, nurse, suck, suckle, wet-nurse |
lactating | (adjective) producing or secreting milk | Synonyms: wet |
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lactation | (noun) feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast | Synonyms: suckling |
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(noun) the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands | - |
(noun) the period following birth during which milk is secreted | - |
lacteal | (adjective) relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk | - |
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(noun) any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct | - |
lactic | (adjective) of or relating to or obtained from milk (especially sour milk or whey) | - |
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lactide | (noun) any of a class of heterocyclic compounds, formally acid anhydrides, formed by heating α-lactones. | - |
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lactifuge | (noun) any agent that reduces milk secretion (as given to a woman who is not breast feeding) | - |
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lactobacillus | (noun) a Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium that produces lactic acid (especially in milk) | - |
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lactoflavin | (noun) a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss | Synonyms: hepatoflavin, ovoflavin, riboflavin, vitamin B2, vitamin G |
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lactogen | (noun) any agent that enhances milk production | - |
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lactogenic | (adjective) inducing lactation | - |
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lactoglobulin | (noun) a globular protein found in milk. | - |
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lactone | (noun) a cyclic intramolecular ester derived from a hydroxy acid. | - |
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lactose | (noun) a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk | Synonyms: milk sugar |
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lactosuria | (noun) presence of lactose in the urine; can occur during pregnancy or lactation | - |
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lacuna | (noun) a blank gap or missing part | Synonyms: blank |
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lacunar | (noun) an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome | Synonyms: caisson, coffer |
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lacustrine | (adjective) of or relating to or living near lakes | - |
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lacy | (adjective) made of or resembling lace | Synonyms: lacelike |
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(adjective) having open interstices or resembling a web | Synonyms: netlike, netted, webbed, webby, weblike |