Definitions for lactic

lactic lac·tic

Spelling: [lak-tik]
IPA: /ˈlæk tɪk/

Lactic is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 86 anagrams from letters in lactic (accilt).

Definitions for lactic

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or obtained from milk.

Origin of lactic

First recorded in 1780-90; lact- + -ic

Examples for lactic

This lactic ferment, these butyric vibrios, whence do they come?

It is said that milk fresh from the cow manifests the presence of lactic acid.

He proved the ferment of lactic acid to be an organism of a certain kind.

lactic acid:fermentation in milk, 63;theory in cheese-curing, 174.

Cheese makers also often add cultures or lactic acid to their milk to keep it from spoiling during fermentation.

lactic acid is often present in traces, rarely in notable amount.

These little infusori may be sown like the yeast of beer or the lactic ferment.

lactic acid is never present at the height of digestion in health.

This is the rationale of the common process by which lactic acid is obtained.

The product of the above formul is a solution of lactic acid.

Word Value for lactic
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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