Of or pertaining to Laconia, a division of ancient Greece; Spartan. An inhabitant of Laconia; esp., a Spartan.

Laconism.

Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; concise; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form.

See Laconic, a.

In a laconic manner.

Same as Laconism.

A vigorous, brief manner of expression; laconic style.

To imitate the manner of the Laconians, especially in brief, pithy speech, or in frugality and austerity.

To cover with lacquer.

One who lacquers, especially one who makes a business of lacquering.

The act or business of putting on lacquer; also, the coat of lacquer put on.

shedding tears; same as lachrymation.

a chemical substance that causes tears to flow; same as lachrymator.

relating to or inducing tears; -- especially of chemical substances; same as lachrymatory.

Plaintive; -- a term applied to a mournful or pathetic movement or style.

A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, called a /crosse/. The ball is not handled but caught with the crosse and carried on it, or tossed from it, the object being to carry it or throw it through one of the goals placed at opposite ends of the field.

See Lachrymatory, n., and Lachrymal, a.

See Lachrymatory.

The produce of animals yielding milk; milk and that which is made from it.

One of a series of anhydrides of an amido type, analogous to the lactones, as oxindol; a cyclic amide.

Pertaining to, or designating, an amido acid related to lactic acid, and called also amido-propionic acid.

An acid amide derived from lactic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance having a neutral reaction. It is metameric with alanine.

Suckling; giving suck.

A preparation of casein from milk, used in printing calico.

a dairyhouse.

A salt of lactic acid.

actively producing milk; -- of female mammals.

The secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland; giving suck.

One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic duct; a chyliferous vessel.

Milkily; in the manner of milk.

Milky; consisting of, or resembling, milk.

Milky; resembling milk.

In a lacteous manner; after the manner of milk.

The state or quality of producing milk, or milklike juice; resemblance to milk; a milky color.

Having a milky look; becoming milky.

Of or pertaining to milk; procured from sour milk or whey; as, lactic acid; lactic fermentation, etc.

A white, crystalline substance, obtained from lactic acid by distillation, and regarded as an anhydride; also, by extension, any similar substance.

Bearing or containing milk or a milky fluid; as, the lactiferous vessels, cells, or tissue of various vascular plants.

Producing or yielding milk.

A medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to dispel a supposed accumulation of milk in any part of the body.

One of a series of anhydrides resembling the lactams, but of an imido type; as, isatine is a lactim. Cf. Lactam.

A white, crystalline substance obtained as an anhydride of alanine, and regarded as an imido derivative of lactic acid.

See Lactose.

The albumin present in milk, apparently identical with ordinary serum albumin. It is distinct from the casein of milk.

An instrument for determining the amount of butter fat contained in a given sample of milk.

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.

An instrument for estimating the purity or richness of milk, as a measuring glass, a specific gravity bulb, or other apparatus.

One of a series of organic compounds, being cyclic esters which may be 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.

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of milk sugar (lactose).

A peculiar albuminous body considered a normal constituent of milk.

Lactiferous.

An instrument for estimating the amount of cream contained in milk by ascertaining its relative opacity.

The main sugar present in milk, called also sugar of milk or milk sugar. When isolated pure it is obtained crystalline; it is separable from the whey by evaporation and crystallization. It is a disaccharide with the formula C12H22O11, being chemically 4-(/-D-galactosido)-D-glucose. It has a slightly sweet taste, is dextrorotary, and is much less soluble in water than either cane sugar or glucose. Formerly called lactin. When hydrolyzed it yields glucose and galactose. In cells it may be hydrolyzed by the enzyme /-galactosidase.

A physiological condition in which lactose cannot be hydrolyzed in the intestine, leading to uncomfortable gaseousness, cramps, or diarrhea after eating a lactose-containing food such as milk or ice cream. The symptoms may be prevented by ingesting a preparation of beta-galactosidase before or together with dairy products.

A genus of composite herbs, several of which are cultivated for salad; lettuce.

The inspissated juice of the common lettuce, sometimes used as a substitute for opium.

Pertaining to, or derived from, the juice of the Lactuca virosa; -- said of certain acids.

A white, crystalline substance, having a bitter taste and a neutral reaction, and forming one of the essential ingredients of lactucarium.

A white, crystalline, tasteless substance, found in the milky sap of species of Lactuca, and constituting an essential ingredient of lactucarium.

Pertaining to, or designating, an organic amido acid, which is regarded as a derivative of lactic acid and urea.

A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.

The ceiling or under surface of any part, especially when it consists of compartments, sunk or hollowed without spaces or bands between the panels. One of the sunken panels in such a ceiling.

Pertaining to, or having, lacun/; as, a lacunar circulation.

A lacuna.

Furrowed or pitted; having shallow cavities or lacun/; as, a lacunose leaf.

Found in, or pertaining to, lakes or ponds, or growing in them; as, lacustrine flowers.

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.

A boy; a youth; a stripling.

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.

imp. of Lead, to guide.

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.

Same as hook-and-ladder company, hook-and-ladder truck.

a chair with a ladder-back{2}.

Having horizontal stripes on the back, reminiscent of a ladder; -- used of birds; as, a ladder-backed woodpecker.

resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders; -- of hosiery.

A lad; a male sweetheart.

The mouth of a river.

One who leads a pack horse; a miller's servant.

Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart.

Ladylike; not rough; gentle.

The small-flowered Fuchsia (Fuchsia coccinea), and other closely related species.

A name given to several species of the orchidaceous genus Spiranthes, in which the white flowers are set in spirals about a slender axis and remotely resemble braided hair.

To make a lady of; to make ladylike.

A Romansch dialect spoken in some parts of Switzerland and the Tyrol.

The act of loading.

The mixed Spanish and Hebrew language spoken by Sephardim.

A little lad.

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.

A quantity sufficient to fill a ladle.

A robber; a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal.

Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike.

The day of the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, March 25. See Annunciation.

a lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess.

A gallant who captivates the hearts of women.

The art or practice of captivating the hearts of women.

A West Indian shrub (Brunfelsia americana) with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowers.

Same as lady's slipper.

A climbing plant with fragrant blossoms (Clematis vitalba).

Ribbon grass.

A plant of the genus Briza (Briza media); a variety of quaking grass.

A slender climbing plant; dodder.

See Venus's looking-glass, under Venus.

Any orchidaceous plant of the genus Cypripedium, the labellum of which resembles a slipper. Less commonly, in the United States, the garden balsam (Impatiens Balsamina).

A plant of the genus Cardamine (Cardamine pratensis); cuckoo flower.

The harebell.

An annual weed (Polygonum Persicaria), having a lanceolate leaf with a dark spot in the middle.

An erect or climbing shrub (Fuchsia coccinea) of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers.

Same as ladybird.

Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genus Coccinella and allied genera (family Coccinellid/); -- called also ladybug, ladyclock, lady cow, lady fly, ladybeetle, and lady beetle. Coccinella seplempunctata in one of the common European species. See Coccinella.

Same as Ladybird.

See Ladybird.

A large, handsome oceanic fish (Albula vulpes), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonefish, grubber, French mullet, and macab/. A labroid fish (Harpe rufa) of Florida and the West Indies.

The state or quality of being a lady; the personality of a lady.

A little lady; -- applied by the writers of Queen Elizabeth's time, in the abbreviated form Lakin, to the Virgin Mary.

Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred.

The quality or state of being ladylike.

A sweetheart or mistress.

The rank or position of a lady; -- given as a title (preceded by her or your).

A genus of huge, carnivorous, dinosaurian reptiles from the Cretaceous formation of the United States. They had very large hind legs and tail, and are supposed to have been bipedal. Some of the species were about eighteen feet high.

See Lammergeir.