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Lactose :: Lactose (n.) 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..

Deflagrable :: Deflagrable (a.) Burning with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; hence, slightly explosive; liable to snap and crackle when heated, as salt..

Semiacid :: Semiacid (a.) Slightly acid; subacid.

Beat :: Beat (n.) A sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See Beat, v. i., 8..

Slightly :: Slightly (adv.) Slightingly; negligently.

Acescent :: Acescent (a.) Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour.

Libant :: Libant (a.) Sipping; touching lightly.

Snick :: Snick (v. t.) To cut slightly; to strike, or strike off, as by cutting..

Sauter :: Sauter (v. t.) To fry lightly and quickly, as meat, by turning or tossing it over frequently in a hot pan greased with a little fat..

Miff :: Miff (v. t.) To offend slightly.

Measles :: Measles (n.) A contagious febrile disorder commencing with catarrhal symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the third day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots, which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised above the surface, and after the fourth day of the eruption gradually decline; rubeola..

Skim :: Skim (v. i.) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface..

Glauber''s Salts :: Glauber's salts () Sulphate of soda, a well-known cathartic. It is a white crystalline substance, with a cooling, slightly bitter taste, and is commonly called salts..

Skip :: Skip (v. t.) To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope..

Attinge :: Attinge (v. t.) To touch lightly.

Slub :: Slub (v. t.) To draw out and twist slightly; -- said of slivers of wool.

Drizzle :: Drizzle (v. i.) To rain slightly in very small drops; to fall, as water from the clouds, slowly and in fine particles; as, it drizzles; drizzling drops or rain..

Tropic :: Tropic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from atropine and certain other alkaloids, as a white crystalline substance slightly soluble in water..

Indispose :: Indispose (v. t.) To disorder slightly as regards health; to make somewhat.

Dabbler :: Dabbler (n.) One who dips slightly into anything; a superficial meddler.

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