12-letter words containing lac
- black wattle — a small Australian acacia tree, A. mearnsii, with yellow flowers
- black-coated — (esp formerly) (of a worker) clerical or professional, as distinguished from commercial or industrial
- black-figure — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece in the 7th and 6th centuries b.c., chiefly characterized by silhouetted figures painted in black slip on a red clay body, details incised into the design, and a two-dimensional structure of form and space.
- black-market — to black-marketeer.
- blackbirding — a common European thrush, Turdus merula, the male of which is black with a yellow bill.
- blackcurrant — In Europe, blackcurrants are a type of very small, dark purple fruits that grow in bunches on bushes.
- blackhearted — wicked; evil
- bombe glacée — a dessert of ice cream lined or filled with custard, cake crumbs, etc
- box lacrosse — a form of lacrosse played indoors, usually on a hockey rink with a wooden floor, between two teams of six players.
- capillaceous — having numerous filaments resembling hairs or threads
- carbon black — a black finely divided form of amorphous carbon produced by incomplete combustion of natural gas or petroleum: used to reinforce rubber and in the manufacture of pigments and ink
- catallactics — political economy
- cedrelaceous — resembling or having the characteristics of a citron fruit
- coelacanthic — of or relating to the coelacanth
- colacobiosis — (among social insects) life in which one species lives as a parasite in the community of another species.
- commonplaces — Plural form of commonplace.
- complacently — pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
- corallaceous — having the nature of coral
- corollaceous — of, relating to, resembling, or having a corolla
- crassulacean — as in crassulacean acid metabolism, a method of photosynthesis
- cutwork lace — point coupé (def 2).
- cutwork-lace — Also called cutwork. a process for producing lace in which predetermined threads in the ground material are cut and removed in order to provide open areas for the insertion of ornamental patterns.
- deglaciation — the process of removing glaciation
- dilacerating — Present participle of dilacerate.
- dilaceration — the act of dilacerating.
- displaceable — Capable of being displaced.
- displacement — the act of displacing.
- emplacements — Plural form of emplacement.
- ethylacetate — Alternative spelling of ethyl acetate.
- fallaciously — In a fallacious manner, erroneously, illogically.
- galactagogue — A food or drug that promotes or increases the flow of a mother’s milk.
- galactometer — a lactometer.
- galactophore — a galactophorous duct.
- galactorrhea — an abnormally abundant flow of milk in a lactating woman.
- galactoscope — a lactoscope.
- galactosemia — an inherited disorder characterized by the inability to metabolize galactose and requiring a galactose-free diet to avoid consequent mental retardation and eye, spleen, and liver abnormalities.
- galactosides — Plural form of galactoside.
- get anyplace — to have any success
- glacé cherry — a crystallized or candied cherry, used in cookery and cocktail-making
- glacial meal — finely ground rock material produced by the grinding action of a glacier on its bed.
- glacial milk — waters of a glacial stream in which particles of light-colored silt are suspended.
- glacier lily — a dogtooth violet, Erythronium grandiflorum, of the lily family, native to western North America, having bright yellow flowers.
- glacier milk — water flowing in a stream from the snout of a glacier and containing particles of rock
- glacier peak — a volcanic mountain in NW central Washington, in the Cascade range. 10,541 feet (3213 meters).
- glaciologist — glacialist.
- glacis plate — the frontal plate armour on a tank
- hellaciously — In a hellacious manner.
- hiding place — location where sb is concealed
- in the black — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- interglacial — occurring or formed between times of glacial action.