Phrase Hound found 39 phrases and 46 compound words that contain lance. The most common are listed below. Open lance in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 39
- sand lanceAny of the slender fish of the family Ammodytidae.
- fire lanceA weapon, first used by the Chinese, consisting of a spear with one or more primitive flamethrowers attached.
- lance restA metal flange attached to the side of a breastplate, to steady a lance, arrest its rearward movement, and distribute the force of its impact to the torso (rather than the lancer's arm joints).
- free-lanceAlternative form of freelance: Someone who sells their services to clients without a long-term employment contract.
- Lance CreekA locality in Bass Coast Shire, southern Victoria, Australia.
- Point LanceA town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- thermal lanceA tool that burns iron in an oxygen-rich environment to create very high temperatures for cutting.
- oxygen lancea tube that carries oxygen to a heated tool; used to cut metal; the tip is continuously consumed
- break a lanceto take a stand, to contend [with for ‘to the benefit of’] [with in favour of ‘to the benefit of’] [with against ‘in opposition to’]
- lance sergeantFormerly, a corporal acting as a sergeant. Now used in the Foot Guards and Honourable Artillery Company of the British Army as a rank equivalent to corporal
- lance corporalAn enlisted rank of grade E-3 in the United States Marine Corps, ranking above private first class and below corporal. Abbreviated as LCpl.
- lance bombardierA non-commissioned officer in an artillery regiment of some Commonwealth armies, equivalent to a lance corporal in the infantry.
- fer-de-lanceBothrops lanceolatus or other lancehead snakes of genus Bothrops.
- lance skinkAny of the genus Acontias of legless lizards, native to Africa.
- thermic lanceA thermal lance.
- lance corporalsplural of lance corporal: An enlisted rank of grade E-3 in the United States Marine Corps, ranking above private first class and below corporal. Abbreviated as LCpl.
- Lance CoveA neighbourhood of Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- break one's lanceTo engage in an honorable fight.
- lance-jackA lance-corporal or lance-bombadier.
- hand-lanceA spearlike tool used for whaling.
- lance snakeThe fer-de-lance.
- lance-knightSynonym of lansquenet (“German mercenary”).
- lance-knightsplural of lance-knight: Synonym of lansquenet (“German mercenary”).
- lance-jacksplural of lance-jack: A lance-corporal or lance-bombadier.
- lance restsplural of lance rest: A metal flange attached to the side of a breastplate, to steady a lance, arrest its rearward movement, and distribute the force of its impact to the torso (rather than the lancer's arm joints).
Compound words 46
- freelanceSomeone who sells their services to clients without a long-term employment contract.
- KlanceThe ship of characters Keith and Lance from the animated series Voltron: Legendary Defender.
- lanceheadAny of many South American venomous pitvipers of the genus Bothrops.
- lancewoodA tough, elastic and heavy wood obtained from the West Indies and Guiana, formerly much used for carriage shafts (Oxandra lanceolata).
- outlanceTo lance outward.
- lanciformHaving the form of a lance
- demilanceA light lance; a short spear.
- lancebillA hummingbird of the genus Doryfera, native to South America.
- lancefishA slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus, found in British waters.
- lancelessWithout a lance.