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anchovy
Any of more than 100 species of schooling saltwater fishes (family Engraulidae) related to the herring. Anchovies are distinguished by a large mouth, almost always extending behind the eye, and by a pointed snout. Most species live in shallow tropical or warm temperate seas, where they often enter brackish water around river mouths. Adults are 4-10 in. (10-25 cm) long. Temperate-water species such as the northern and European anchovies are important food fishes; tropical species such as the tropical anchovy, or anchoveta, are important bait fishes. See also schooling behavior.
Athos
Mountain, N Greece. Reaching a height of 6,670 ft (2,033 m), it occupies Akt\u00ed , a promontory of the Chalcidice Peninsula. It is the site of a semiautonomous republic of 20 monasteries and dependencies (sk\u00ed tes). Organized monastic life began there in 963, when St. Athanasius the Athonite founded the first monastery. By 1400 there were 40 monasteries. Long regarded as the holy mountain of the Greek Orthodox Church, it was declared a theocratic republic in 1927. Its churches and libraries house a rich collection of Byzantine art and ancient and medieval manuscripts.
Laclos
French writer. He chose an army career, but soon left it to become a writer. He is chiefly remembered for Les liaisons dangereuses (1782; Dangerous Liaisons), one of the earliest psychological novels. The epistolary novel of a noble seducer and his female accomplice who take unscrupulous delight in their victims' misery, it caused an immediate sensation and was banned for years. Laclos later returned to the army and ultimately rose to the rank of general under Napoleon.
lacrosse
(Canadian French la crosse, "the crosier") Outdoor team sport in which players use a long-handled stick that has a triangular head with a mesh pouch for catching, carrying, and throwing a hard rubber ball with the object of slinging it into an opponent's goal (for one point). French settlers in Canada adapted the modern game from an ancient Amer. Indian event (baggataway) that was at once sport, combat training, and mystical ceremony. It became an organized sport in the late 19th cent. Modern teams have 10 players. The game is divided into four periods of 15 minutes each. Lacrosse is especially popular as a collegiate sport and is played by both men and women.
lactose
Slightly sweet sugar (disaccharide) composed of two monosaccharides, glucose and galactose, linked together. Lactose-intolerant adults, and more rarely infants, cannot digest lactose because they lack the enzyme (lactase) that splits it into simpler sugars and suffer diarrhea and bloating when they eat foods containing it. Lactose, which makes up 2-8% of the milk of mammals, is the only common sugar of animal origin. Commercial lactose is obtained from whey, a liquid by-product of cheese. It is used in foods, in pharmaceuticals, and in nutrient broths ...
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