lactose

lactose is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Sugar of milk or milk sugar; a crystalline sugar present in milk, and separable from the whey by evaporation and crystallization. It has a slightly sweet taste, is dextrorotary, and is much less soluble in water than either cane sugar or glucose. Formerly called lactin. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 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 11 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Sugar of milk or milk sugar; a crystalline sugar present in milk, and separable from the whey by evaporation and crystallization. It has a slightly sweet taste, is dextrorotary, and is much less soluble in water than either cane sugar or glucose. Formerly called lactin.
2. noun. See Galactose.
3. noun. a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk

   "cow's milk contains about 4.7% lactose"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in lactose:

alecost, locates, scotale, talcose

Common word forms

lactoses

Words from these letters

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