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Kwajalein
- noun - an amphibious assault in the Pacific in World War II (January 1944); American forces landed and captured a Japanese air base
- an atoll in the western Marshall Islands that was used as a Japanese air and naval base during World War II
Labdanums
- noun - a dark brown to greenish oleoresin that has a fragrant odor and is used as a fixative in perfumes; obtained as a juice from certain rockroses
- a soft blackish-brown resinous exudate from various rockroses used in perfumes especially as a fixative
Labialise
- verb - pronounce with rounded lips
Labialism
- - The quality of being labial; as, the labialism of an articulation; conversion into a labial, as of a sound which is different in another language.
Labialize
- verb - pronounce with rounded lips
Lactamide
- - An acid amide derived from lactic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance having a neutral reaction. It is metameric with alanine.
Lactarene
- - A preparation of casein from milk, used in printing calico.
Lactarius
- noun - large genus of agarics that have white spore and contain a white or milky juice when cut or broken; includes both edible and poisonous species
Lactating
- verb - give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
- producing or secreting milk; "a wet nurse"; "a wet cow"; "lactating cows"
Lactation
- noun - feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast
- the period following birth during which milk is secreted; "lactation normally continues until weaning"
- the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands