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Is lactam a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lactam is a Scrabble US word. The word lactam is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is lactam a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lactam is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

L1A1C3T1A1M3

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6-letter words (1 found)

LACTAM,

5-letter words (2 found)

TALMA,TAMAL,

4-letter words (15 found)

ACTA,ALMA,AMLA,ATMA,CALM,CAMA,CLAM,CLAT,LAMA,MACA,MALA,MALT,TAAL,TALA,TALC,

3-letter words (17 found)

AAL,ACT,ALA,ALT,AMA,CAA,CAL,CAM,CAT,LAC,LAM,LAT,MAA,MAC,MAL,MAT,TAM,

2-letter words (7 found)

AA,AL,AM,AT,LA,MA,TA,

You can make 42 words from lactam according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of lactam

lactam

Etymology

From lac(tone) +‎ am(ide).

Noun

lactam (plural lactams)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of cyclic amides that are the nitrogen analogs of lactones, formed by heating amino acids; the tautomeric enol forms are known as lactims.

Usage notes

Greek prefixes indicate the ring size e.g. α- 3-membered, β- 4-membered.

Derived terms

  • β-lactam

Translations

See also

  • alpha-lactam
  • beta-lactam

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laħˈtam/, [lʌħˈtʌm]
  • Hyphenation: lac‧tam

Noun

lactám m (plural lactamitté f)

  1. sixty

Usage notes

  • When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:
    Lactám númu. ― Sixty people.
  • When counting, the predicative case is used.

Declension

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “lactam”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 77
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 197

Portuguese

Verb

lactam

  1. third-person plural present indicative of lactar

Source: wiktionary.org