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Lactase
- noun - any of a group of enzymes (trade name Lactaid) that hydrolyze lactose to glucose and galactose
Lactate
- noun - a salt or ester of lactic acid
- give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
Lactide
- - A white, crystalline substance, obtained from lactic acid by distillation, and regarded as an anhydride; also, by extension, any similar substance.
Lactone
- - One of a series of organic compounds, being cyclic esters which may be regarded as anhydrides of certain hydroxy acids. In general, they are colorless liquids, having a weak aromatic odor. They are so called because the typical lactone is derived from lactic acid.
Lactose
- noun - a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk; "cow's milk contains about 4.7% lactose"
Laetare
- unknown - a name for the fourth Sunday in Lent
Lastage
- - A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will.
Lattice
- noun - an arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern in 2 or 3 dimensions
- framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal
- small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted
Lecture
- noun - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"
- a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"
- censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
- deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"
- teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
Lettuce
- noun - any of various plants of the genus Lactuca
- informal terms for money
- leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa