12-letter words containing lac
- interlacings — Plural form of interlacing.
- irreplacable — Misspelling of irreplaceable.
- lace-curtain — characteristic of or aspiring to the standards and attributes of the middle class: Her latest novel traces the rise of a lace-curtain Irish family in Boston.
- lachrymation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
- lachrymatory — of, relating to, or causing the shedding of tears.
- lachrymiform — Shaped like a teardrop.
- lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lacquer tree — any of several trees yielding a resin used as lacquer, as Rhus verniciflua, of Japan.
- lacrimal sac — the dilated upper portion of the nasolacrimal duct that receives tears from the lacrimal ducts.
- lactalbumins — Plural form of lactalbumin.
- lactobacilli — Plural form of lactobacillus.
- lactoprotein — any protein existing in milk.
- malacca cane — a cane or walking stick made of the brown, often mottled or clouded stem of an East Indian rattan palm, Calamus scipionum.
- malacologist — A person who studies molluscs, who specializes in malacology.
- marketplaces — Plural form of marketplace.
- mechlin lace — a fine bobbin lace with raised cord, originally made in Mechlin.
- misplacement — to put in a wrong place.
- muir glacier — a glacier in SE Alaska, flowing SE from Mt. Fairweather into Glacier Bay. About 350 sq. mi. (905 sq. km).
- nasolacrimal — of or relating to the lacrimal structures and the nose.
- nasolacrymal — relating to the tear duct
- oil in place — The oil in place is the amount of crude oil which is estimated to be in a reservoir.
- osteomalacia — a condition characterized by softening of the bones with resultant pain, weakness, and bone fragility, caused by inadequate deposition of calcium or vitamin D.
- osteomalacic — a condition characterized by softening of the bones with resultant pain, weakness, and bone fragility, caused by inadequate deposition of calcium or vitamin D.
- out of place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- outplacement — counseling and assistance in finding a new job, provided by a company for an employee who has been or is about to be dismissed.
- ovolactarian — lacto-ovo-vegetarian.
- palace guard — the security force protecting a palace.
- phylacteries — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- place-holder — Mathematics, Logic. a symbol in an expression that may be replaced by the name of any element of the set.
- placentation — Anatomy, Zoology. the formation of a placenta. the manner of placement or construction of a placenta.
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- placentology — the scientific study of the placenta
- plumulaceous — having the texture of down.
- post-glacial — after a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
- primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
- prophylactic — defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
- rock glacier — a mass of rock resembling a valley glacier that moves or is moved down a slope by its own weight or by the action of frost and interstitial ice.
- run in place — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- salsolaceous — relating to the genus Salsola
- santalaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Santalaceae, a family of semiparasitic plants of Australia and Malaysia including sandalwood and quandong
- smilacaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Smilacaceae, a temperate and tropical family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, most of which are climbing shrubs with prickly stems: includes smilax
- stalactiform — resembling or shaped like a stalactite.
- stipulaceous — of, relating to, having, resembling, or living on stipules
- strait-laced — excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish: strait-laced censors.
- superglacial — on the surface of a glacier.
- tenths-place — next after ninth; being the ordinal number for ten.
- torchon lace — a bobbin-made linen or cotton lace with loosely twisted threads in simple, open patterns.
- uncomplacent — 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.
- unit's place — unit (def 8).