Nouns in english starting with L

• Lady Godiva — Noun – English ～ 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 friend — Noun – English ～ a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved; "his girlfriend kicked him out"
• lady killer — Noun – English ～ a man who takes advantage of women
• Lady — Noun – English ～ a woman of the peerage in Britain
• lady crab — Noun – English ～ brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States
• Lady Emma Hamilton — Noun – English ～ English beauty who was the mistress of Admiral Nelson (1765-1815)
• lady fern — Noun – English ～ most widely grown fern of the genus Athyrium for its delicate foliage
• lady chapel — Noun – English ～ a small chapel in a church; dedicated to the Virgin Mary
• Lady Jane Grey — Noun – English ～ Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)
• lady's earrings — Noun – English ～ North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil
• lady's-eardrop — Noun – English ～ erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers
• lady's laces — Noun – English ～ perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America
• lady's-finger — Noun – English ～ 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-eardrops — Noun – English ～ erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers
• ladybeetle — Noun – English ～ small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests
• ladybird — Noun – English ～ small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests
• ladybird beetle — Noun – English ～ small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests
• ladybug — Noun – English ～ small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests
• ladyfinger — Noun – English ～ small finger-shaped sponge cake
• ladyfish — Noun – English ～ game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller

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