ladle
- n a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another
- v put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle
ladle soup into the bowl - v remove with or as if with a ladle
ladle the water out of the bowl
ladoga
- n a lake in northwestern Russia to the north of St. Petersburg; the largest lake in Europe; drains through the Neva River into the Gulf of Finland
ladrone islands
- n 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
- n a polite name for any woman
a nice lady at the library helped me - n a woman of refinement
a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady - n a woman of the peerage in Britain
lady's-eardrop
- n erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers
lady's-eardrops
- n erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers
- n erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers
lady's-finger
- n 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
- n North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil
lady's laces
- n perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America
lady's leek
- n widely distributed North American wild onion with white to rose flowers
lady's slipper
- n any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden
lady's thistle
- n tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America
lady's tobacco
- n North American perennial propagated by means of runners