Resembling+milk

  • 21milklike — adjective resembling milk in color not clear milky glass • Syn: ↑milky, ↑whitish • Similar to: ↑opaque • Derivationally related forms: ↑milk (for …

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  • 22galactoid — /geuh lak toyd/, adj. resembling milk; milky. [1880 85; GALACT + OID] * * * galactoid, a. (gəˈlæktɔɪd) [f. Gr. γαλακτ , γάλα, milk + oid.] Milk like, resembling milk. in Syd. Soc. Lex …

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  • 23milky — /ˈmɪlki/ (say milkee) adjective (milkier, milkiest) 1. resembling milk in colour or consistency. 2. of a chalky white. 3. giving a good supply of milk. 4. filled with or yielding any substance resembling milk: dandelions are milky weeds. 5. meek …

  • 24milky — mil kē adj, milk·i·er; est 1) resembling milk in color or consistency <milky secretion> 2) consisting of, containing, or abounding in milk milk·i·ness n * * * (milґke) 1. having the appearance of milk; whitish, cloudy, and fluid. 2. filled… …

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  • 25lacteal — 1. Relating to or resembling milk; milky. 2. A lymphatic vessel that conveys chyle. SYN: chyle vessel, l. vessel. central l. the blindly ending lymphatic capillary in the center of an intestinal villus …

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  • 26milky — adjective (milkier; est) Date: 14th century 1. resembling milk in color or consistency 2. mild, timorous 3. a. consisting of, containing, or abounding in milk b. yielding milk; specifically having the characteristics of a good milk producer •… …

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  • 27milky — a. 1. Resembling milk, milk like, lacteal, lacteous. 2. Milk like, emulsive, softening. 3. Yielding milk. 4. Soft, mild, gentle …

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  • 28Lacteal — Lac te*al, a. [L. lacteus milky, fr. lac, lactis, milk. Cf. {Galaxy}, {Lettuce}.] 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat. & Physiol.) Pertaining to, or containing, chyle; as, the lacteal… …

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  • 29lacteal — I. adjective Etymology: Latin lacteus of milk, from lact , lac Date: 1633 1. relating to, consisting of, producing, or resembling milk 2. a. conveying or containing a milky fluid b. of or relating to the lacteals II. noun Date …

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  • 30lacteal — lac·te·al || læktɪəl n. any of a number of tiny lymphatic vessels that transport chyle from the intestinal tract to the thoracic duct (Anatomy) adj. of or pertaining to milk, resembling milk; of the tiny vessels that transport chyle from the …

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