Vocabulary : Lancelet to Lanch
Lancelet : A small fishlike animal (Amphioxus lanceolatus), remarkable for the rudimentary condition of its organs. It is the type of the class Leptocardia. See Amphioxus, Leptocardia.
Lancely : Like a lance.
Lanceolar : Lanceolate.
Lanceolate : Alt. of Lanceolated
Lanceolated : Rather narrow, tapering to a point at the apex, and sometimes at the base also; as, a lanceolate leaf.
Lancepesade : An assistant to a corporal; a private performing the duties of a corporal; -- called also lance corporal.
Lancer : 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. ;; A lancet. ;; A set of quadrilles of a certain arrangement.
Lancet : A surgical instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc. ;; An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.
Lancewood : 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).
Lanch : To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch.
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