Index of English words, starting with "la"

(1) - Lactonic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of milk sugar (lactose).
(2) - Lactonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, lactone.

(1) - Lactose (n.) See Galactose.
(2) - Lactose (n.) Sugar of milk or milk sugar; a crystalline sugar present in milk, and separable from the whey by evaporation and crystallization. It has a slightly sweet taste, is dextrorotary, and is much less soluble in water than either cane sugar or glucose. Formerly called lactin.

(1) - Lacuna (n.) A small opening; a small depression or cavity; a space, as a vacant space between the cells of plants, or one of the spaces left among the tissues of the lower animals, which serve in place of vessels for the circulation of the body fluids, or the cavity or sac, usually of very small size, in a mucous membrane.
(2) - Lacuna (n.) A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.

(1) - Lacunar (n.) One of the sunken panels in such a ceiling.
(2) - Lacunar (n.) The ceiling or under surface of any part, especially when it consists of compartments, sunk or hollowed without spaces or bands between the panels.
(3) - Lacunar (a.) Pertaining to, or having, lacunae; as, a lacunar circulation.

(1) - Lacustrine (a.) Found in, or pertaining to, lakes or ponds, or growing in them; as, lacustrine flowers.