| lance | (noun) a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon | Synonyms: shaft, spear |
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| (noun) an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish | Synonyms: fishgig, fizgig, gig, spear |
| (noun) a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions | Synonyms: lancet |
| lancelet | (noun) small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates | Synonyms: amphioxus |
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| lancer | (noun) (formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance | - |
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| lancers | (noun) a quadrille for 8 or 16 couples | - |
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| lancet | (noun) a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions | Synonyms: lance |
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| (noun) an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance | Synonyms: lancet arch |
| lancetfish | (noun) large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail | Synonyms: lancet fish, wolffish |
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| lancewood | (noun) source of most of the lancewood of commerce | Synonyms: lancewood tree, Oxandra lanceolata |
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| (noun) durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools | - |