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5,468 words match “LAC”

IMPLACABLY adv.
In an implacable manner.
IMPLACENTAL a. 2 definitions
Without a placenta, as marsupials and monotremes. -- n.
IMPLACENTALIA n.
A primary division of the Mammalia, including the monotremes and marsupials, in which no placenta is formed.
INLACE v.
To work in, as lace; to embellish with work resembling lace; also, to lace or enlace. P. Fletcher.
INTERAMBULACRAL a.
Of or pertaining to the interambulacra.
INTERAMBULACRUM n.
In echinoderms, one of the areas or zones intervening between two ambulacra. See Illust. of Ambulacrum.
INTERLACE v.
To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave. Severed into stripes That interlaced each other. Cowper. The epic way is every where interlaced with dialogue. Dryden. Interlacing arches (Arch.), arches, usually circular, so constructed that their archivolt…
INTERLACEMENT n.
The act of interlacing, or the state of being interlaced; also, that which is interlaced.
INTERPLACE v.
To place between or among; as, to interplace a name. [R.] Daniel.
INVIOLACY n.
The state or quality of being inviolate; as, the inviolacy of an oath.
JET-BLACK a.
Black as jet; deep black.
JULACEOUS a.
Like an ament, or bearing aments; amentaceous.
LADY'S LACES n.
A slender climbing plant; dodder.
LAMPBLACK n.
portion of various impurities. It is used as an ingredient of printers' ink, and various black pigments and cements.
LILAC n. 2 definitions
yringa. There are six species, natives of Europe and Asia. Syringa vulgaris, the common lilac, and S. Persica, the Persian lilac, are frequently cultivated for the fragrance and beauty of their purplish or white flowers. In the British colonies various other shrubs have this name.
LILACIN n.
See Syringin.
MACRAME LACE n.
A coarse lace made of twine, used especially in decorating furniture.
MAGNASE BLACK n.
A black pigment which dries rapidly when mixed with oil, and is of intense body. Fairholt.
MALACATUNE n.
See Melocoton.
MALACCA n.
A town and district upon the seacoast of the Malay Peninsula. Malacca cane (Bot.), a cane obtained from a species of palm of the genus Calamus (C. Scipionum), and of a brown color, often mottled. The plant is a native of Cochin China, Sumatra, and Malays.
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