lappet moth
- n medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars
lampshell
- n marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide
lan
- n a local computer network for communication between computers; especially a network connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system between offices
lanai
- n an island of central Hawaii; a pineapple-growing area
- n a veranda or roofed patio often furnished and used as a living room
lanai island
- n an island of central Hawaii; a pineapple-growing area
lancashire
- n a historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea; noted for textiles
lander
- n a town in central Wyoming
- n a space vehicle that is designed to land on the moon or another planet
lancaster
- n a city in northwestern England
- n the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose
lancastrian line
- n the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose
lance
- n a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- n an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
- n a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions
- v move quickly, as if by cutting one's way
Planes lanced towards the shore - v pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight
- v open by piercing with a lancet
lance a boil
lance corporal
- n an enlisted man in the marine corps ranking above a private first class and below a corporal
lancelet
- n small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates
lancelot
- n (Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table; friend of King Arthur until (according to some versions of the legend) he became the lover of Arthur's wife Guinevere
lanceolate leaf
- n a leaf shaped like a lance head; tapering to a point at each end
lancers
- n a quadrille for 8 or 16 couples
- n (formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance
lancet
- n an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance
- n a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions