ladder
1: steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down 2: ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress; "he climbed the career ladder" 3: a row of unra...
ladder truck
1: a fire engine carrying ladders [syn: {aerial ladder truck}]
ladder-back
1: a chair with a ladder-back [syn: {ladder-back chair}] 2: a chair backrest consisting of 2 uprights with connecting slats
ladder-proof
1: (of hosiery) resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders [syn: {runproof}, {run-resistant}]
laddie
1: a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) [syn: {cub}, {lad}, {sonny}, {sonny boy}]
lade
1: remove with or as if with a ladle; "ladle the water out of the bowl" [syn: {ladle}, {laden}] 2: fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay" [syn: {load}, {laden}, {load up}] [a...
ladened
1: filled with a great quantity; "a tray loaded with dishes"; "table laden with food"; "`ladened' is not current usage" [syn: {laden}, {loaded}]
ladies' man
1: a man who takes advantage of women [syn: {seducer}, {lady killer}]
ladies' room
1: a woman's restroom in a public (or semi-public) building [syn: {powder room}]
ladies' slipper
1: any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden [syn: {lady's slipper}, {lady-slipper}, {slipper orchid}]
ladies' tobacco
1: North American perennial propagated by means of runners [syn: {lady's tobacco}, {Antennaria plantaginifolia}]
ladies' tresses
1: an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers [syn: {lady's tresses}]
ladies'-eardrop
1: erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers [syn: {lady's-eardrop}, {lady's-eardrops}, {ladies'-eardrops}, {Fuchsia coccinea}]
ladies'-eardrops
1: erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers [syn: {lady's-eardrop}, {ladies'-eardrop}, {lady's-eardrops}, {Fuchsia coccinea}]
Ladin
1: a Rhaeto-Romance dialect of Romansh spoken in southeastern Switzerland
lading
1: goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: {cargo}, {freight}, {load}, {loading}, {payload}, {shipment}, {consignment}]
ladino
1: a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry) [syn: {mestizo}] 2: the Spanish dialect spoken by Sephardic Jews but written in the Hebrew script [syn: {J...
ladle
1: a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; used to transfer liquids v 1: put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle; "ladle soup into the bowl" 2: remove with or as if with a ladle; "ladle ...
Ladoga
1: a lake in northwestern Russia north of St. Petersburg; the largest lake in Europe; drains through the Neva River into the Gulf of Finland [syn: {Lake Ladoga}]
Ladrone Islands
1: 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 [syn: {Mariana Islands}, {Mariana...
lady
1: a polite name for any woman; "a nice lady at the library helped me" 2: a woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady" [syn: {dame}, {madam}, {ma'am}, {gent...
lady beetle
1: small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests [syn: {ladybug}, {ladybeetle}, {ladybird}, {ladybird beetle}]
lady chapel
1: a small chapel in a church; dedicated to the Virgin Mary
lady crab
1: brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States [syn: {American lady crab}, {calico crab}, {Ovalipes ocellatus}]
Lady Day
1: a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland [syn: {Annunciation}, {Annunciation Day}, {March 2...
Lady Diana Frances Spencer
1: English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997) [syn: {Diana}, {Princess Diana}, {Princess o...
Lady Emma Hamilton
1: English beauty who was the mistress of Admiral Nelson (1765-1815) [syn: {Hamilton}, {Amy Lyon}]
lady fern
1: most widely grown fern of the genus Athyrium for its delicate foliage [syn: {Athyrium filix-femina}]
lady friend
1: a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved; "his girlfriend kicked him out" [syn: {girlfriend}, {girl}]
Lady Godiva
1: 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 Pee...
Lady Jane Grey
1: Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554) [syn: {Grey}]
lady killer
1: a man who takes advantage of women [syn: {seducer}, {ladies' man}]
lady of pleasure
1: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [syn: {prostitute}, {cocotte}, {whore}, {harlot}, {bawd}, {tart}, {cyprian}, {fancy woman}, {working girl}, {sporting lady}, {woman of the street...
lady of the house
1: a wife who who manages a household while her husband earns the family income [syn: {housewife}, {homemaker}, {woman of the house}]
lady palm
1: any of several small palms of the genus Rhapis; cultivated as houseplants
Lady Peel
1: British actress (born in Canada) (1898-1989) [syn: {Lillie}, {Beatrice Lillie}]
lady tulip
1: Eurasian tulip with small flowers blotched at the base [syn: {candlestick tulip}, {Tulipa clusiana}]
lady's earrings
1: North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil [syn: {jewelweed}, {orange balsam}, {celandine}, {touch-me-not}, {Impatiens capensis}]
lady's laces
1: perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America [syn: {reed canary grass}, {gardener's garters}, {ribbon grass}, {Phalaris arundinacea}]
lady's leek
1: widely distributed North American wild onion with white to rose flowers [syn: {nodding onion}, {nodding wild onion}, {Allium cernuum}]
lady's maid
1: a maid who is a lady's personal attendant
lady's slipper
1: any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden [syn: {lady-slipper}, {ladies' slipper}, {slipper orchid}]
lady's smock
1: a bitter cress of Europe and America [syn: {cuckooflower}, {cuckoo flower}, {meadow cress}, {Cardamine pratensis}]
lady's thistle
1: tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America [syn: {milk thistle}, {Our Lady's mild thistle}, {holy...
lady's tobacco
1: North American perennial propagated by means of runners [syn: {ladies' tobacco}, {Antennaria plantaginifolia}]
lady's tresses
1: an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers [syn: {ladies' tresses}]
lady's-eardrop
1: erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers [syn: {ladies'-eardrop}, {lady's-eardrops}, {ladies'-eardrops}, {Fuchsia coccinea}]
lady's-eardrops
1: erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers [syn: {lady's-eardrop}, {ladies'-eardrop}, {ladies'-eardrops}, {Fuchsia coccinea}]
lady's-finger
1: 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...
lady-of-the-night
1: West Indian shrub with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowers [syn: {Brunfelsia americana}]
lady-slipper
1: any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden [syn: {lady's slipper}, {ladies' slipper}, {slipper orchid}]
ladybeetle
1: small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests [syn: {ladybug}, {lady beetle}, {ladybird}, {ladybird beetle}]
ladybird
1: small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests [syn: {ladybug}, {ladybeetle}, {lady beetle}, {ladybird beetle}]
ladybird beetle
1: small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests [syn: {ladybug}, {ladybeetle}, {lady beetle}, {ladybird}]
ladybug
1: small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests [syn: {ladybeetle}, {lady beetle}, {ladybird}, {ladybird beetle}]
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ladyfish
1: game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller [syn: {tenpounder}, {Elops saurus}]
ladylike
1: befitting a woman of good breeding; "ladylike manners"
Ladyship
1: a title used to address any peeress except a duchess; "Your Ladyship"; "Her Ladyship"
laelia
1: any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors
Laertes
1: (Greek mythology) the father of Odysseus
laetrile
1: a substance derived from amygdalin; publicized as an antineoplastic drug although there is no supporting evidence
laevulose
1: a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits [syn: {fructose}, {fruit sugar}, {levulose}]
Lafayette
1: French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834) [syn: {La Fayette}, {Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier}, {Marquis de Lafayette}] 2: a town in so...
Laffer
1: United States economist who proposed the Laffer curve (born in 1940) [syn: {Arthur Laffer}]
Laffer curve
1: a graph purporting to show the relation between tax rates and government income; income increases as tax rates increase up to an optimum beyond which income declines
Laffite
1: French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826) [syn: {Lafitte}, {Jean Laffite}, {Jean Lafitte}]
Lafitte
1: French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826) [syn: {Laffite}, {Jean Laffite}, {Jean Lafitte}]
Lafora's disease
1: epilepsy characterized by clonus of muscle groups and progressive mental deterioration and genetic origin [syn: {myoclonus epilepsy}]
lag
1: the act of slowing down or falling behind [syn: {slowdown}, {retardation}] 2: the time between one event, process, or period and another [syn: {interim}] 3: one of several thin slats of wood formin...
Lag b'Omer
1: (Judaism) Jewish holy day; the 33rd day after the 2nd day of Passover; the 18th day of Iyar
lag bolt
1: a heavy woodscrew with a square or hexagonal head that is driven in with a wrench [syn: {lag screw}]
lag screw
1: a heavy woodscrew with a square or hexagonal head that is driven in with a wrench [syn: {lag bolt}]
lagan
1: goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered [syn: {lagend}, {ligan}]
Lagarostrobus
1: genus of dioecious evergreen trees of New Zealand and Tasmania; similar to genus Dacrydium [syn: {genus Lagarostrobus}]
Lagarostrobus colensoi
1: timber tree of New Zealand having shiny white wood [syn: {westland pine}, {silver pine}]
Lagarostrobus franklinii
1: Tasmanian timber tree with yellow aromatic wavy-grained wood used for carving and ship building; sometimes placed in genus Dacrydium [syn: {huon pine}, {Dacrydium franklinii}]
Lagenaria
1: bottle gourds [syn: {genus Lagenaria}]
Lagenaria siceraria
1: Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits [syn: {bottle gourd}, {calabash}]
lagend
1: goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered [syn: {lagan}, {ligan}]
Lagenophera
1: small genus of herbs of Australia and South America having small solitary white or purple flowers similar to true daisies of genus Bellis [syn: {genus Lagenophera}]
lager
1: a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons [syn: {laager}] 2: a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or A...
lager beer
1: a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September [syn: {lager}]
Lagerstroemia
1: shrubs or small trees of tropical Asia and Africa usually with showy white, pink, or purplish flowers [syn: {genus Lagerstroemia}]
Lagerstroemia indica
1: ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States [syn: {crape myrtle}, {crepe myrtle}, {crepe flower}]
Lagerstroemia speciosa
1: native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers [syn: {Queen's crape myrtle}, {pride-of-India}]
laggard
1: inclined to waste time and lag behind [syn: {dilatory}] 2: wasting time [syn: {dilatory}, {poky}, {pokey}] n : someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind [syn: {dawdler}, {...
lagger
1: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind [syn: {dawdler}, {drone}, {laggard}, {trailer}]
Lagidium
1: a genus of Chinchillidae [syn: {genus Lagidium}]
lagniappe
1: a small gift (especially one given by a merchant to a customer who makes a purchase)
Lagodon
1: a genus of Sparidae [syn: {genus Lagodon}]
Lagodon rhomboides
1: similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States [syn: {pinfish}, {sailor's-choice}, {squirrelfish}]
lagomorph
1: relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing [syn: {gnawing mammal}]
Lagomorpha
1: rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata of the order Rodentia [syn: {order Lagomorpha}]
lagoon
1: a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral [syn: {laguna}, {lagune}]
lagophthalmos
1: abnormal condition in which an eye cannot close completely
Lagopus
1: ptarmigans [syn: {genus Lagopus}]
Lagopus scoticus
1: reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain [syn: {red grouse}, {moorfowl}, {moorbird}, {moor-bird}, {moorgame}]
Lagos
1: chief port and economic center of Nigeria; located in southwestern Nigeria on the Gulf of Guinea; former capital of Nigeria
Lagostomus maximus
1: gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas [syn: {viscacha}, {chinchillon}]
Lagothrix
1: woolly monkeys [syn: {genus Lagothrix}]
laguna
1: a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral [syn: {lagoon}, {lagune}]
Laguncularia
1: a genus of Laguncularia [syn: {genus Laguncularia}]
Laguncularia racemosa
1: shrub to moderately large tree that grows in brackish water along the seacoasts of western Africa and tropical America; locally important as a source of tannin [syn: {white mangrove}]
lagune
1: a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral [syn: {lagoon}, {laguna}]
lah
1: the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization [syn: {la}]
lahar
1: an avalanche of volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano
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