laevulose
Alternative spelling of levulose (fructose)

laevuloses
plural of laevulose

lagerine
An alkaloid found in Lagerstroemia indica.

lagerstroemine
An alkaloid found in Lagerstroemia indica.

lagre
A larger sheet of glass on which glass-sheet cylinders are spread.

lagres
plural of lagre

lahoramine
An alkaloid found in Fumaria parviflora.

lahorine
An alkaloid found in Fumaria parviflora.

laiose
A levulose found in human urine.

laitance
A weak, milky layer of cement and aggregate fines on a concrete surface that is usually caused by an overwet mixture, overworking the mixture, improper or excessive finishing or combination thereof. Also, could be caused when a slurry mix is used on a deep foundation, where the slurry mix is not completely removed before placing concrete on top.
The weak top layer of cement and aggregate fines on a concrete surface that stands between a topical coating and the underlying substrate. This laitance layer prevents a bond forming between the topical coating and substrate, whereby it causes delamination of the topical coating as the laitance layer fails first.

laitances
plural of laitance

lakawood
A reddish aromatic heartwood obtained from various plants and used as incense in China, India and South East Asia. It was also historically used as a dye and in medicine.

lakou
In Haiti, a small village or other compound built around a shared yard, or the family structure of those living in such a settlement.

lakous
plural of lakou

lamalginite
An alginite found in sapropel and composed of thin-walled colonial or unicellular algae that occur as distinct laminae, cryptically interbedded with mineral matter.

lamalginites
plural of lamalginite

lambdacyhalothin
A commercial mixture of isomers of cyhalothin

lambertianin
An ellagitannin responsible for the antioxidant effects of raspberries.

lambswool
The wool of a lamb.
A textile or garment made of wool from a lamb.

lambswools
plural of lambswool

lamellipodin
A protein that promotes the formation of lamellipodia

lamin
Any of a class of fibrous proteins that provide structure, and regulate transcription in a cell nucleus

laminarase
An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of laminarin

laminarases
plural of laminarase

laminarinase
An enzyme that hydrolyses the glucan laminarin

laminarinases
plural of laminarinase

laminaritriose
An isomer of glucotriose

laminboard
A compound wood board consisting of thin strips of softwood glued together side by side and sandwiched between veneer panels, often of hardwood, considered to be of higher quality than blockboard.

laminboards
plural of laminboard

laminopathies
plural of laminopathy

laminopathy
Any genetic disorder caused by a mutation in any gene that encodes a protein of the nuclear lamina.

lamins
plural of lamin

lamoxirene
A chemical used as a pheromone to release sperm by kelp; cis-2-cyclohepta-2',5'-dienyl-3-vinyloxirane.

lampion
A small oil lamp.

lampions
plural of lampion

lanatoside
Any of a group of cardiac glycosides found in Digitalis lanata.

lanatosides
plural of lanatoside

landcover
Any natural or man-made material that covers the land surface of the Earth.

landcovers
plural of landcover

landcrete
A type of building material made by mixing laterite, cement and water.

landfarming
A bioremediation treatment process in which contaminated soils, sediments, or sludges are incorporated into the soil surface and periodically tilled to aerate the mixture.

landomycinone
Any of a group of tetracyclic phenolic quinones that are the aglycons of landomycins

langatate
An artificial variant of langasite, where tantalum substitutes for silicon, a lanthanum gallium tantalate.

langbanite
A black, trigonal, sub-metallic mineral with the chemical formula of Mn_4²⁺Mn_9³⁺Sb⁵⁺O_16(SiO_4).

lanichol
Lanolin.

laniol
Lanolin.

laniquidar
A particular inhibitor of P-glycoprotein.

lansiumamide
A compound found in Clausena lansium.

lantanium
Obsolete form of lanthanum.

lantanoid
Misspelling of lanthanoid.

lantanum
Obsolete form of lanthanum.

lanthanide
Any of the 15 rare earth elements from lanthanum to lutetium in the periodic table; because their outermost orbitals are not filled, they have very similar chemistry; below them are the actinides.
Any of the 14 rare earth elements from lanthanum to ytterbium (lutetium is excluded by some authors as it is a d-block rather than an f-block element).
Any of the 14 rare earth elements from cerium to lutetium (lanthanum having been excluded because it was thought to be a d-block element in the past).

lanthanides
plural of lanthanide

lanthanium
Alternative form of lanthanum.

lanthanoid
Synonym of lanthanide.

lanthanoids
plural of lanthanoid

lanthanum
A chemical element (symbol La) with an atomic number of 57: a soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes slowly when exposed to air.
An atom of this element.

lanthanums
plural of lanthanum

lanthionine
An analogue of cystine consisting of two alanine residues connected by a single sulfur atom

lanthionines
plural of lanthionine

lanthopine
An alkaloid found in opium.

lantrunculin
Misspelling of latrunculin.

lapachenole
The chromene 6-methoxy-2,2-dimethylbenzo[h]chromene which is a photoaffinity ligand of some cytochromes

lapachol
Any of a group of natural phenolic compounds isolated from the bark of the lapacho tree.

lapachols
plural of lapachol

lapachone
Any of a small group of quinones, isolated from the bark of the lapacho tree, that have chemopreventive properties

lapachones
plural of lapachone

lapicide
A stonecutter.

lapicides
plural of lapicide

lapmark
A visible excess of paint marking an edge of a strip of paint application.

lapmarks
plural of lapmark

laponite
A synthetic smectic clay that forms a clear, thixotropic gel when dispersed in water

laponites
plural of laponite

lappaconitine
An organic compound with analgesic effects, found in Aconitum species.

larazotide
A chemical compound that inhibits the release of zonulin.

lardacein
A protein found in tissues affected with amyloid degeneration. It is insoluble in nearly all reagents, is not acted upon by gastric juice, and is not readily subject to putrefaction.

lariatin
Any of a group of antimycobacterial lasso peptides produced by Rhodococcus

lariatins
plural of lariatin

lariciresinol
A lignan, a type of phenylpropanoid, found in sesame seeds and Brassica vegetables.

lariciresinols
plural of lariciresinol

laricitrin
An O-methylated flavonol, a type of flavonoid.

laricitrins
plural of laricitrin

larnite
a polymorph of calcium silicate, Ca₂SiO₄, found in limestone or chalk in contact with semimolten basalts

larnites
plural of larnite

laromustine
A sulfonyl-hydrazine prodrug, 1-[2-chloroethyl(methylsulfonyl)amino]-3-methyl-1-methylsulfonylurea, that has antineoplastic activity

lasarpicium
Alternative form of laserpicium.

laserpicium
silphium resin

laserwort
An umbelliferous plant (Laserpitium latifolium) from which the resin laser was obtained.
Laserpitium latifolium
A silphium.

laserworts
plural of laserwort

lasiodiplodin
The lactone (4S)-14-hydroxy-16-methoxy-4-methyl-3-oxabicyclo[10.4.0]hexadeca-1(12),13,15-trien-2-one

lasiojasmonate
Any of a group of jasmonic acid esters that are fungal phytotoxins

lasiojasmonates
plural of lasiojasmonate

lasionectrin
A naphthopyrone derivative found in Lasionectria.

lasiopterine
Any gall midge of the tribe Lasiopterini

lasiopterines
plural of lasiopterine

lastol
A form of polyolefin where the olefin units are cross-linked synthetic polymers with low but significant crystallinity, composed of at least 95% by mass of ethylene and at least one other olefin unit, and where the fibre is substantially elastic and heat-resistant.

lastrile
A kind of elastic fiber made from a co-polymer composed of a diene and of not more than 50 per cent but not less than 10 per cent by mass of acrylonitrile units.

laterosporulin
A bacteriocin present in the bacterium Brevibacillus laterosporus