Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax.
Roget 98:
five,
cinque [Fr.],
quint,
quincux†;
six,
half-a-dozen,
half dozen;
seven;
eight;
nine,
three times three;
dicker;
ten,
decade;
eleven;
twelve,
dozen;
thirteen;
long dozen,
baker's dozen;
quintuplet;
twenty,
score;
twenty-four,
four and twenty,
two dozen;
twenty-five,
five and twenty,
quarter of a hundred;
forty,
two score;
fifty,
half a hundred;
sixty,
three score;
seventy,
three score and ten;
eighty,
four score;
ninety,
fourscore and ten;
sestiad†.
hundred,
centenary,
hecatomb,
century;
hundredweight,
cwt. ;
one hundred and forty-four,
gross.
thousand,
chiliad;
millennium,
thousand years,
grand [Coll.];
myriad;
ten thousand,
ban [Jap.],
man [Jap.];
ten thousand years,
banzai [Jap.];
lac,
one hundred thousand,
plum;
million;
thousand million,
milliard,
billion,
trillion
etc.
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Roget 356a:
resin,
rosin;
gum;
lac,
sealing wax;
amber,
ambergris;
bitumen,
pitch,
tar;
asphalt,
asphaltum;
camphor;
varnish,
copal†,
mastic,
magilp†,
lacquer,
japan.
artificial resin,
polymer;
ion-exchange resin,
cation-exchange resin,
anion exchange resin,
water softener,
Amberlite†,
Dowex [Chem],
Diaion.
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Dutch: lak