lachrymator
- n a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds
lacing
- n a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage
- n a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
- n the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
- v spin,wind, or twist together
- v make by braiding or interlacing
- v do lacework
The Flemish women were lacing in front of the cathedral - v draw through eyes or holes
- v add alcohol to (beverages)
lack
- n the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
there is a serious lack of insight into the problem - v be without
This soup lacks salt
lackey
- n a male servant (especially a footman)
- n a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
laconia
- n an ancient region of southern Greece in the southeastern Peloponnesus; dominated by Sparta
lacquer
- n a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish
- n a hard glossy coating
- v coat with lacquer
A lacquered box from China
lacquer tree
- n small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained
lacquerware
- n a decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals
lacrimal apparatus
- n the structures that secrete and drain tears from the eye
lacrimal artery
- n an artery that originates from the ophthalmic artery and supplies the lacrimal gland and rectal eye muscles and the upper eyelid and the forehead
lacrimal bone
- n small fragile bone making up part of the front inner walls of each eye socket and providing room for the passage of the lacrimal ducts
lacrimal duct
- n any of several small ducts that carry tears from the lacrimal glands