Lac vs. Lax

Lacnoun

A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect.

Lacnoun

One hundred thousand (commonly used in Pakistan and India).

Lacnoun

(slang) Short for Cadillac.

Lacnoun

One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac of rupees.

Lacnoun

A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the Laccifer lacca (formerly 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.

Lacnoun

resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax

Lac

Lac is the resinous secretion of a number of species of lac insects, of which the most commonly cultivated is Kerria lacca. Cultivation begins when a farmer gets a stick that contains eggs ready to hatch and ties it to the tree to be infested.

Laxnoun

A salmon.

Laxadjective

Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.

Laxadjective

Loose; not tight or taut.

Laxadjective

Lacking care; neglectful, negligent.

Laxadjective

(archaic) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.

Laxadjective

(maths) Describing an associative monoidal functor.

Laxadjective

Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber.

Laxadjective

Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.

Laxadjective

Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.

Laxnoun

A looseness; diarrhea.

Laxadjective

lacking in rigor or strictness;

Laxadjective

pronounced with muscles relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')

Laxadjective

not taut or rigid; not stretched or held tight;

Laxadjective

lacking in strength or firmness or resilience;

Laxadjective

tolerant or lenient;

Laxadjective

emptying easily or excessively;

Laxadjective

not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful

Laxadjective

(of the limbs or muscles) relaxed

Laxadjective

(of the bowels) loose.

Laxadjective

(of a speech sound, especially a vowel) pronounced with the vocal muscles relaxed.

Laxnoun

lacrosse