Meaning
- (noun) The secretion of milk from the mammary gland of a female mammal.
- (noun) The process of providing the milk to the young; breastfeeding.
- (noun) The period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young; lactation period.
Letter breakdown
- Lactation contains 9 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 11.
Words from these letters
- tailcoat
- cattail
- action
- atonal
- attain
- cation
- coital
- intact
- antic
- attic
- canal
- canto
- ioctl
- natal
- octal
- tacit
- taint
- talon
- titan
- tonal
- tonic
- total
- alit
- alto
- anal
- anti
- cant
- clan
- clit
- clot
- coal
- coat
- coil
- coin
- cola
- colt
- cont
- icon
- into
- iota
- lain
- lint
- lion
- loan
- loci
- loin
- nail
- natl
- taco
- tact
- tail
- talc
- tilt
- tint
- toil
- act
- ail
- alt
- ani
Connected words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with LAC
- lace
- laced
- lacerate
- lacerated
- lacerates
- lacerating
- laceration
- lacerations
- laces
- lachrymal
- lachrymose
- lacier
- laciest
- lacing
- lack
- lackadaisical
- lackadaisically
- lacked
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Words ending with ION
Reader questions
What does Lactation mean?
The secretion of milk from the mammary gland of a female mammal.
How many letters are in Lactation?
Lactation has 9 letters.
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