lac
(noun) resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lac (countable and uncountable, plural lacs)
A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect.
lac (plural lacs)
One hundred thousand (commonly used in Pakistan and India).
lac (plural lacs)
(slang) Short for Cadillac.
• (Cadillac): caddie, caddy
From laceration.
lac (countable and uncountable, plural lacs)
(medicine, colloquial) Laceration.
• ACL, CLA, Cal, Cal., LCA, alc, cal, cal.
LAc (plural LAcs)
Initialism of licensed acupuncturist.
• ACL, CLA, Cal, Cal., LCA, alc, cal, cal.
Lac (plural Lacs)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lac is the 32935th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 696 individuals. Lac is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (90.95%) individuals.
• ACL, CLA, Cal, Cal., LCA, alc, cal, cal.
LAC pl (plural only)
(UK, education) Initialism of looked-after children.
LAC (uncountable)
(uncountable, chemistry) Acronym of L-acetylcarnitine. (acetylated L-carnitine)
(acetylated L-carnitine)
LAC
Initialism of Line of Actual Control.
• ACL, CLA, Cal, Cal., LCA, alc, cal, cal.
Source: Wiktionary
Lac, Lakh (, n. Etym: [Hind. lak, lakh, laksh, Skr. laksha a mark, sign, lakh.]
Definition: One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac of rupees. [Written also lack.] [East Indies]
Lac, n. Etym: [Per. lak; akin to Skr. laksha: cf. F. lague, It. & NL. lacca. Cf. Lake a color, Lacquer, Litmus.]
Definition: A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the Coccus lacca, a scale-shaped insect, the female of which fixes herself on the bark, and exudes from the margin of her body this resinous substance.
Note: Stick-lac is the substance in its natural state, incrusting small twigs. When broken off, and the coloring matter partly removed, the granular residuum is called seed-lac. When melted, and reduced to a thin crust, it is called shell-lac or shellac. Lac is an important ingredient in sealing wax, dyes, varnishes, and lacquers. Ceylon lac, a resinous exudation of the tree Croton lacciferum, resembling lac.
– Lac dye, a scarlet dye obtained from stick-lac.
– Lac lake, the coloring matter of lac dye when precipitated from its solutions by alum.
– Mexican lac, an exudation of the tree Croton Draco.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
