lactean

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• Lactean — Lac te*an, a. [See {Lacteal}.] 1. Milky; consisting of, or resembling, milk. This lactean whiteness. Moxon. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat. & Physiol.) Lacteal; conveying chyle. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Semiliquidity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Semiliquidity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 semiliquidity semiliquidity Sgm: N 1 stickiness stickiness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 viscidity viscidity viscosity Sgm: N 1 gummosity gummosity glutinosity mucosity …   English dictionary for students

• lacteal —   a. pertaining to milk; n. & a. (vessel) conveying chyle.    ♦ lactean, a. milky …   Dictionary of difficult words