lacteous
1Lacteous — Lac te*ous, a. [See {Lacteal}.] 1. Milky; resembling milk. The lacteous circle. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. Lacteal; conveying chyle; as, lacteous vessels. [1913 Webster] …
2lacteous — adj. [L. lac, milk] Of white or milky color …
3lacteous — /lak tee euhs/, adj. Archaic. milky; of the color of milk. [1640 50; < L lacteus; see LACT , EOUS] * * * …
4lacteous — adj. milky; having a milky color …
5lacteous — lac·te·ous …
6lacteous — /ˈlæktiəs/ (say lakteeuhs) adjective milky; of the colour of milk. {Latin lacteus relating to milk} …
7lacteous — ˈlaktēəs adjective Etymology: Latin lacteus of milk, milky, from lact lac milk 1. archaic : milky, white 2. : lacteal …
8Lacteously — Lac te*ous*ly, adv. In a lacteous manner; after the manner of milk. [1913 Webster] …
9lacteal — lacteally, adv. /lak tee euhl/, adj. 1. pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling milk; milky. 2. Anat. conveying or containing chyle. n. 3. Anat. any of the minute lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic… …
10excretory — Synonyms and related words: egestive, eliminative, excretionary, excretive, exudative, lachrymal, lachrymose, lacrimatory, lactational, lacteal, lacteous, leaky, oozy, percolative, permeable, pervious, porous, rheumy, runny, salivant, salivary,… …
