This is a figure again taken from that biochemistry textbook by Voet and Voet discussing a system called the lac operon. From Wordnik.com. [Coopting cooption - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
The Rajah of Benares receives from the English government an annual pension of one lac, that is, 100,000 rupees (10,000 pounds). From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Journey Round the World] Reference
The females never escape and after impregnation their ovaries become filled with a red fluid which forms a valuable dye known as lac dye. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
In fact, there is no lactose in any of the "lac" additives found in ingredients lists. From Wordnik.com. [Lactates not Lactose] Reference
In fact, no ingredient in food that starts with "lac" will ever be a problem to those with lactose intolerance. From Wordnik.com. [Lactic Acid Is Not Lactose] Reference
Many other forms are of value to man by producing material of commercial value such as lac, shellack, dyes, medicines, etc. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Insects] Reference
Can u please list all the puppy foods that end with 'lac'? please its urgent.? en Español. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
Purchases for roses are always made at so much per lac. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
Then the son of Pandu set fire to the door of that house of lac. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
In a pint of spirits of wine dissolve 2 oz. of seed lac, and 2 oz. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
Final consonants were often omitted; as, -- cor for cord; lac for lact. From Wordnik.com. [New Latin Grammar] Reference
Large quantities of lac and tussur silk are gathered in the hilly tract. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
Sometimes the engraving is filled with lac, after the manner of niello-work. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878.] Reference
Tasman took for gum-lac; it is extracted from the largest tree in the woods. From Wordnik.com. [A Source Book of Australian History] Reference
The roots of some species of Lithospermum afford a lac for dyeing and painting. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
If the season is good, this biggah of 1,000 rose trees should yield one lac of roses. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
Japan lacquer contains no lac at all, but is made from the resin of a kind of nut tree. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
I recite the (history of the) burning of the house of lac and the escape of the Pandavas. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
It is then melted and strained and spread out in thin layers in a form called "shell lac.". From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
Most of the country is forest, producing only timber and lac but said to be rich in iron ore. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Smelling the scent of fat mixed with clarified butter and preparations of lac, he said unto Bhima. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3] Reference
We would venture to recommend some experiments with lac dissolved in borax to water-colour painters. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845] Reference
Shell-lac varnish is the best spirit varnish we have, and may be made any colour by the above process. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
Dissolve 100 parts of gum lac in 300 parts of ammonia and heat for an hour moderately in a water bath. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Mechanics for Boys] Reference
On the arms they have ten or twelve bangles of ivory, or in default of this lac, horn or cocoanut-shell. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
The son of Pandu told the monarch every particular in detail of their escape from the burning palace of lac. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
They even heard that Kunti with all her sons had been burnt to death in the conflagration of the house of lac. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
(Karna), Duhsasana and others, and with the knowledge of Dhritarashtra caused a house of lac to be constructed. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
When the lac is dissolved, cool the solution, and impregnate it with chlorine, till the lac is all precipitated. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
There is a mode of using shell-lac varnish which is sometimes denominated the German, but more commonly the French mode. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
I heard that the sons of Pandu along with their mother Pritha had all escaped from the conflagration of the house of lac. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
As, however, liquid ammonia and alkalis generally dissolve the colours of cochineal, lac, and safflower, the test is simple. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
After being crushed and separated from the twigs and washed free from the coloring matter the product is known as "seed lac.". From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
Make a compound as follows; Annatto, 1/4 ounce; saffro, 1/4 ounce; turmeric, 1 ounce; seed lac, 3 ounces; and alcohol, 1 pint. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Mechanics for Boys] Reference
And, agreeably to the command of Dhritarashtra, those illustrious slayers of all enemies lived in the palace of lac, while in that town. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
Dissolve in an iron kettle, one part of pearl-ash in about 8 parts of water; add one part of shell-lac, and heat the whole to ebullition. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
After extinguishing the fire, they saw that the house just burnt down had been built of lac in materials and that (Duryodhana's) counsellor. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
Bhima on the occasion of (our escape from) the house of lac, and from the destruction also of Hidimva, my confidence in Vrikodara is great. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
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