Lac vs. Sac

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.

Sacnoun

A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.

Sacnoun

A sacrifice.

Sacnoun

The privilege, formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines.

Sacverb

To sacrifice.

Sacnoun

See Sacs.

Sacnoun

The privilege formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines.

Sacnoun

See 2d Sack.

Sacnoun

A cavity, bag, or receptacle, usually containing fluid, and either closed, or opening into another cavity to the exterior; a sack.

Sacnoun

an enclosed space;

Sacnoun

a case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule

Sacnoun

a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green Bay

Sacnoun

a structure resembling a bag in an animal