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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...

1: a fire engine carrying ladders [syn: {aerial ladder truck}]

1: a chair with a ladder-back [syn: {ladder-back chair}] 2: a chair backrest consisting of 2 uprights with connecting slats

1: a chair with a ladder-back [syn: {ladder-back}]

1: (of hosiery) resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders [syn: {runproof}, {run-resistant}]

1: a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) [syn: {cub}, {lad}, {sonny}, {sonny boy}]

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...

{lade}

1: filled with a great quantity; "a tray loaded with dishes"; "table laden with food"; "`ladened' is not current usage" [syn: {laden}, {loaded}]

1: a man who takes advantage of women [syn: {seducer}, {lady killer}]

1: a woman's restroom in a public (or semi-public) building [syn: {powder room}]

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}]

1: North American perennial propagated by means of runners [syn: {lady's tobacco}, {Antennaria plantaginifolia}]

1: an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers [syn: {lady's tresses}]

1: erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers [syn: {lady's-eardrop}, {lady's-eardrops}, {ladies'-eardrops}, {Fuchsia coccinea}]

1: erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers [syn: {lady's-eardrop}, {ladies'-eardrop}, {lady's-eardrops}, {Fuchsia coccinea}]

{lady-in-waiting}

1: a Rhaeto-Romance dialect of Romansh spoken in southeastern Switzerland

1: goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: {cargo}, {freight}, {load}, {loading}, {payload}, {shipment}, {consignment}]

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...

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 ...

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}]

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...

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...

1: small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests [syn: {ladybug}, {ladybeetle}, {ladybird}, {ladybird beetle}]

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

1: brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States [syn: {American lady crab}, {calico crab}, {Ovalipes ocellatus}]

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...

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...

1: English beauty who was the mistress of Admiral Nelson (1765-1815) [syn: {Hamilton}, {Amy Lyon}]

1: most widely grown fern of the genus Athyrium for its delicate foliage [syn: {Athyrium filix-femina}]

1: a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved; "his girlfriend kicked him out" [syn: {girlfriend}, {girl}]

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...

1: Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554) [syn: {Grey}]

1: a man who takes advantage of women [syn: {seducer}, {ladies' man}]

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...

1: a wife who who manages a household while her husband earns the family income [syn: {housewife}, {homemaker}, {woman of the house}]

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

1: British actress (born in Canada) (1898-1989) [syn: {Lillie}, {Beatrice Lillie}]

1: Eurasian tulip with small flowers blotched at the base [syn: {candlestick tulip}, {Tulipa clusiana}]

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}]

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}]

1: widely distributed North American wild onion with white to rose flowers [syn: {nodding onion}, {nodding wild onion}, {Allium cernuum}]

1: a maid who is a lady's personal attendant

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}]

1: a bitter cress of Europe and America [syn: {cuckooflower}, {cuckoo flower}, {meadow cress}, {Cardamine pratensis}]

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...

1: North American perennial propagated by means of runners [syn: {ladies' tobacco}, {Antennaria plantaginifolia}]

1: an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers [syn: {ladies' tresses}]

1: erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers [syn: {ladies'-eardrop}, {lady's-eardrops}, {ladies'-eardrops}, {Fuchsia coccinea}]

1: erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers [syn: {lady's-eardrop}, {ladies'-eardrop}, {ladies'-eardrops}, {Fuchsia coccinea}]

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...

1: a lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess

1: West Indian shrub with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowers [syn: {Brunfelsia americana}]

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}]

1: small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests [syn: {ladybug}, {lady beetle}, {ladybird}, {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 beetle}]

1: small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests [syn: {ladybug}, {ladybeetle}, {lady beetle}, {ladybird}]

1: small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests [syn: {ladybeetle}, {lady beetle}, {ladybird}, {ladybird beetle}]

{ladify}