Definition of lack

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Lack (n.) Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food..

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Blackcoat :: Blackcoat (n.) A clergyman; -- familiarly so called, as a soldier is sometimes called a redcoat or a bluecoat..
Dickcissel :: Dickcissel (n.) The American black-throated bunting (Spiza Americana).
Trout-colored :: Trout-colored (a.) White, with spots of black, bay, or sorrel; as, a trout-colored horse..
Acrotism :: Acrotism (n.) Lack or defect of pulsation.
Blackwork :: Blackwork (n.) Work wrought by blacksmiths; -- so called in distinction from that wrought by whitesmiths.
Bad Lands :: Bad lands () Barren regions, especially in the western United States, where horizontal strata (Tertiary deposits) have been often eroded into fantastic forms, and much intersected by ca–ons, and where lack of wood, water, and forage increases the difficulty of traversing the country, whence the name, first given by the Canadian French, Mauvaises Terres (bad lands)..
Melanism :: Melanism (n.) A disease; black jaundice. See Mel/na.
Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) The Quercus nigra, or barren oak..
Ruffe :: Ruffe (n.) A small freshwater European perch (Acerina vulgaris); -- called also pope, blacktail, and stone, / striped, perch..
Ecchymosis :: Ecchymosis (n.) A livid or black and blue spot, produced by the extravasation or effusion of blood into the areolar tissue from a contusion..
Isabella Moth :: Isabella moth () A common American moth (Pyrrharctia isabella), of an isabella color. The larva, called woolly bear and hedgehog caterpillar, is densely covered with hairs, which are black at each end of the body, and red in the middle part..
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Sternebrae :: Sternbergite (n.) A sulphide of silver and iron, occurring in soft flexible laminae varying in color from brown to black..
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Catalytic :: Catalytic (n.) An agent employed in catalysis, as platinum black, aluminium chloride, etc..
Vespertiliones :: Vespertiliones (n. pl.) A tribe of bats including the common insectivorous bats of America and Europe, belonging to Vespertilio and allied genera. They lack a nose membrane..
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Fly :: Fly (v. i.) Any dipterous insect; as, the house fly; flesh fly; black fly. See Diptera, and Illust. in Append..
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