Index of English words, starting with "la"

(1) - Lancer (n.) A set of quadrilles of a certain arrangement.
(2) - Lancer (n.) A lancet.
(3) - Lancer (n.) One who lances; one who carries a lance; especially, a member of a mounted body of men armed with lances, attached to the cavalry service of some nations.

(1) - Lancet (n.) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.
(2) - Lancet (n.) A surgical instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc.

(1) - Lancewood (n.) A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family (Anonaseae).

(1) - Lanch (v. t.) To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch.