lappet moth
- n medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars
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
lancet fish
- n large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail
lancet window
- n a narrow window having a lancet arch and without tracery
lancetfish
- n large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail
lancewood
- n durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools
- n source of most of the lancewood of commerce
lancewood tree
- n tropical American tree; valued for its hard durable wood
- n source of most of the lancewood of commerce
lanchou
- n the capital city of the Chinese province of Gansu on the Yellow River