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- English Word Lady's hair Definition A plant of the genus Briza (B. media); a variety of quaking grass.
- English Word Lady's laces Definition A slender climbing plant; dodder.
- English Word Lady's looking-glass Definition See Venus's looking-glass, under Venus.
- English Word Lady's mantle Definition A genus of rosaceous herbs (Alchemilla), esp. the European A. vulgaris, which has leaves with rounded and finely serrated lobes.
- English Word Lady's seal Definition The European Solomon's seal (Polygonatum verticillatum).
- English Word Lady's seal Definition The black bryony (Tamus communis).
- English Word Lady's slipper Definition Any orchidaceous plant of the genus Cypripedium, the labellum of which resembles a slipper. Less commonly, in the United States, the garden balsam (Impatiens Balsamina).
- English Word Lady's smock Definition A plant of the genus Cardamine (C. pratensis); cuckoo flower.
- English Word Lady's thimble Definition The harebell.
- English Word Lady's thumb Definition An annual weed (Polygonum Persicaria), having a lanceolate leaf with a dark spot in the middle.
- English Word Lady's traces Definition Alt. of Ladies' tresses
- English Word Lady-killer Definition A gallant who captivates the hearts of women.
- English Word Lady-killing Definition The art or practice of captivating the hearts of women.
- English Word Ladybird Definition 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.
- English Word Ladybug Definition Same as Ladybird.
- English Word Ladyclock Definition See Ladyrird.
- English Word Ladyfish Definition A labroid fish (Harpe rufa) of Florida and the West Indies.
- English Word Ladyfish Definition A large, handsome oceanic fish (Albula vulpes), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonefish, grubber, French mullet, and macabe.
- English Word Ladyhood Definition The state or quality of being a lady; the personality of a lady.
- English Word Ladykin Definition A little lady; -- applied by the writers of Queen Elizabeth's time, in the abbreviated form Lakin, to the Virgin Mary.
- English Word Ladylike Definition Delicate; tender; feeble; effeminate.
- English Word Ladylike Definition Becoming or suitable to a lady; as, ladylike manners.
- English Word Ladylike Definition Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred.
- English Word Ladylikeness Definition The quality or state of being ladylike.
- English Word Ladylove Definition A sweetheart or mistress.
- English Word Ladyship Definition The rank or position of a lady; -- given as a title (preceded by her or your).
- English Word Laelaps Definition A genus of huge, carnivorous, dinosaurian reptiles from the Cretaceous formation of the United States. They had very large hind legs and tail, and are supposed to have been bipedal. Some of the species were about eighteen feet high.
- English Word Laemmergeyer Definition See Lammergeir.
- English Word Laemodipod Definition One of the Laemodipoda.
- English Word Laemodipoda Definition A division of amphipod Crustacea, in which the abdomen is small or rudimentary and the legs are often reduced to five pairs. The whale louse, or Cyamus, and Caprella are examples.