lacteal

lacteal is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid.
2. adjective. Pertaining to, or containing, chyle; as, the lacteal vessels.
3. noun. One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic duct; a chyliferous vessel.
4. noun. any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct
5. adjective. relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk

   "lacteal fluids"

   "lacteal organs"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in lacteal:

callate, catella

Common word forms

lacteals, lacteally

Words from these letters

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