lading

goods carried by a large vehicle ;

ladino

the Spanish dialect spoken by Sephardic Jews but written in the Hebrew script ; a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry) ;

ladle

a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; used to transfer liquids ;

ladoga

a lake in northwestern Russia north of St. Petersburg; the largest lake in Europe; drains through the Neva River into the Gulf of Finland ;

ladrone islands

a chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia (including Guam and the Northern Marianas) halfway between New Guinea and Japan; discovered by Magellan in 1521 ;

lady

a woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady" ; a woman of the peerage in Britain ; a polite name for any woman; "a nice lady at the library helped me" ;

lady's-eardrop

erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers ;

lady's-eardrops

erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers ;

lady's-finger

tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus ;

lady's earrings

North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil ;

lady's laces

perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America ;

lady's leek

widely distributed North American wild onion with white to rose flowers ;

lady's maid

a maid who is a lady's personal attendant ;

lady's slipper

any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden ;

lady's smock

a bitter cress of Europe and America ;

lady's thistle

tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America ;

lady's tobacco

North American perennial propagated by means of runners ;

lady's tresses

an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers ;

lady-in-waiting

a lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess ;

lady-of-the-night

West Indian shrub with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowers ;

lady-slipper

any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden ;

lady beetle

small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests ;

lady chapel

a small chapel in a church; dedicated to the Virgin Mary ;

lady crab

brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States ;

lady day

a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland ;

lady diana frances spencer

English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997) ;

lady emma hamilton

English beauty who was the mistress of Admiral Nelson (1765-1815) ;

lady fern

most widely grown fern of the genus Athyrium for its delicate foliage ;

lady friend

a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved; "his girlfriend kicked him out" ;

lady godiva

according to legend she rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily; the only person to look at her as she rode by was a man named Tom and Peeping Tom has become a synonym for voyeur (circa 1040-1080) ;

lady jane grey

Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554) ;

lady killer

a man who takes advantage of women ;

lady of pleasure

a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money ;

lady of the house

a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income ;

lady palm

any of several small palms of the genus Rhapis; cultivated as houseplants ;

lady peel

British actress (born in Canada) (1898-1989) ;

lady tulip

Eurasian tulip with small flowers blotched at the base ;

lady with the lamp

English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910) ;

ladybeetle

small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests ;

ladybird

small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests ;