| lady's thumb | <botany> An annual weed (Polygonum Persicaria), having a lanceolate leaf with a dark spot in the middle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| lady-killer | A gallant who captivates the hearts of women. "A renowned dandy and lady-killer." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lady-killing | The art or practice of captivating the hearts of women. "Better for the sake of womankind that this dangerous dog should leave off lady-killing." (Thackeray) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ladybird | <zoology> Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genus Coccinella and allied genera (family Coccinellidae); called also ladybug, ladyclock, lady cow, lady fly, and lady beetle. Coccinella seplempunctata in one of the common European species. See Coccinella. The ladybirds are usually more or less hemispherical in form, with a smooth, polished surface, and often coloured red, brown, or black, with small spots of brighter colours. Both the larvae and the adult beetles of most species feed on aphids, and for this reason they are very beneficial to agriculture and horticulture. Origin: Equiv. To, bird of Our Lady. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ladybug | <zoology> Same as Ladybird. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ladyclock | <zoology> See Ladyrird. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ladyfish | <zoology> A large, handsome oceanic fish (Albula vulpes), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; called also bonefish, grubber, French mullet, and macabe. A labroid fish (Harpe rufa) of Florida and the West Indies. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ladykin | A little lady; applied by the writers of Queen Elizabeth's time, in the abbreviated form Lakin, to the Virgin Mary. The diminutive does not refer to size, but is equivalent to "dear." Origin: Lady + -kin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ladylove | A sweetheart or mistress. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lady | Queen of England for nine days in 1553 |
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| lady | a man who takes advantage of women |
| lady | a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money |
| lady | a wife who who manages a household while her husband earns the family income |
| lady | any of several small palms of the genus Rhapis |
| lady | British actress (born in Canada) (1898-1989) |
| lady | Eurasian tulip with small flowers blotched at the base |
| lady | North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers |
| lady | perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves |
| lady | widely distributed North American wild onion with white to rose flowers |
| lady | a maid who is a lady's personal attendant |
| lady | any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip |