Free-love
(n.) The doctrine or practice of consorting with the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. |
Lady
(n.) A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family |
Lady
(n.) A woman having proprietary rights or authority |
Lady
(n.) A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid |
Lady
(n.) A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by right. |
Lady
(n.) A woman of refined or gentle manners |
Lady
(n.) A wife |
Lady
(n.) The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster |
Lady
(a.) Belonging or becoming to a lady |
Lady
() The day of the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, March 25. See Annunciation. |
Lady-killer
(n.) A gallant who captivates the hearts of women. |
Lady-killing
(n.) The art or practice of captivating the hearts of women. |
Lady's bedstraw
() The common bedstraw (Galium verum) |
Lady's bower
() A climbing plant with fragrant blossoms (Clematis vitalba). |
Lady's comb
() An umbelliferous plant (Scandix Pecten-Veneris), its clusters of long slender fruits remotely resembling a comb. |
Lady's cushion
() An herb growing in dense tufts |
Lady's finger
() The kidney vetch. |
Lady's finger
() A variety of small cake of about the dimensions of a finger. |
Lady's finger
() A long, slender variety of the potato. |
Lady's finger
() One of the branchiae of the lobster. |
Lady's garters
() Ribbon grass. |
Lady's hair
() A plant of the genus Briza (B. media) |
Lady's laces
() A slender climbing plant |
Lady's looking-glass
() See Venus's looking-glass, under Venus. |
Lady's mantle
() A genus of rosaceous herbs (Alchemilla), esp. the European A. vulgaris, which has leaves with rounded and finely serrated lobes. |
Lady's seal
() The European Solomon's seal (Polygonatum verticillatum). |
Lady's seal
() The black bryony (Tamus communis). |
Lady's slipper
() Any orchidaceous plant of the genus Cypripedium, the labellum of which resembles a slipper. Less commonly, in the United States, the garden balsam (Impatiens Balsamina). |
Lady's smock
() A plant of the genus Cardamine (C. pratensis) |
Lady's thimble
() The harebell. |
Lady's thumb
() An annual weed (Polygonum Persicaria), having a lanceolate leaf with a dark spot in the middle. |
Lady's traces
() Alt. of Ladies' tresses |
Light-o'-love
(n.) An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters. |
Light-o'-love
(n.) Hence: A light or wanton woman. |
Love
(n.) A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration |
Love
(n.) Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate affection for, one of the opposite sex. |
Love
(n.) Courtship |
Love
(n.) Affection |
Love
(n.) Due gratitude and reverence to God. |
Love
(n.) The object of affection |
Love
(n.) Cupid, the god of love |
Love
(n.) A thin silk stuff. |
Love
(n.) A climbing species of Clematis (C. Vitalba). |
Love
(n.) Nothing |
Love
(n.) To have a feeling of love for |
Love
(n.) To regard with passionate and devoted affection, as that of one sex for the other. |
Love
(n.) To take delight or pleasure in |
Love
(v. i.) To have the feeling of love |
Love-drury
(n.) Affection. |
Love-making
(n.) Courtship. |
labor of love
labour of love | productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation |
sexual love
lovemaking
making love
love
love life | sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people, his lovemaking disgusted her, he hadn't had any love in months, he has a very complicated love life |
extramarital sex
free love | sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another |
agape
love feast | a religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship |
| love match | a marriage for love's sake, not an arranged marriage |
| cupboard love | a show of affection motivated by selfishness |
English lady crab
Portunus puber | crab of the English coasts |
American lady crab
lady crab
calico crab
Ovalipes ocellatus | brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States |
ladybug
ladybeetle
lady beetle
ladybird
ladybird beetle | small round brightolored 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 |
love knot
lovers' knot
lover's knot
true lovers' knot
true lover's knot | a stylized or decorative knot used as an emblem of love |
love seat
loveseat
tete-a-tete
vis-a-vis | small sofa that seats two people |
| love-token | keepsake given as a token of love |
self-love
narcism
narcissism | an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself, self-love that shut out everyone else |
charity
brotherly love | a kindly and lenient attitude toward people |
spare tire
love handle | excess fat around the waistline |
| courtly love | (Middle Ages) a highly conventionalized code of conduct for lovers |
love
passion | any object of warm affection or devotion, the theater was her first love, he has a passion for cock fighting, |
love story
romance | a story dealing with love |
love letter
billet doux | a personal letter to a loved one expressing affection |
love song
love-song | a song about love or expressing love for another person |
| love lyric | the lyric of a love song |
love sexual love
erotic love | a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction, their love left them indifferent to their surroundings, she was his first love |
amour propre
conceit
self-love
vanity | feelings of excessive pride |
| love | a strong positive emotion of regard and affection, his love for his work, children need a lot of love |
agape
agape love | selfless love of one person for another without sexual implications (especially love that is spiritual in nature) |
| filial love | the love of a child for a parent |
puppy love
calf love
crush
infatuation | temporary love of an adolescent |
philter
philtre
love-potion
love-philter
love-philtre | a drink credited with magical power, can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it |
| pink lady | a cocktail made of gin and brandy with lemon juice and grenadine shaken with an egg white and ice |
| love feast | a social gathering intended to create goodwill among the participants |
Carmelite order
Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel | a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the th century |
Philadelphia
City of Brotherly Love | the largest city in Pennsylvania, located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river, site of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed, site of the University of Pennsylvania |
| bag lady | a homeless woman who carries all her possessions with her in shopping bags |
bastard by-blow
love child
illegitimate child
illegitimate
whoreson | the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents |
beloved
dear
dearest
honey
love | a beloved person, used as terms of endearment |
charwoman
char
cleaning woman
cleaning lady
woman | a human female employed to do housework, the char will clean the carpet, I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write |
dame madam
ma'am
lady gentlewoman | a woman of refinement, a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady |
| first lady | the wife of a chief executive |
| first lady | the leading woman in an art or profession |
girl
miss
missy
young lady
young woman
fille | a young woman, a young lady of |
girlfriend
girl lady friend | a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved, his girlfriend kicked him out |
housewife
homemaker
lady of the house
woman of the house | a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income |
Lady
noblewoman
peeress | a woman of the peerage in Britain |
| lady | a polite name for any woman, a nice lady at the library helped me |
| lady-in-waiting | a lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess |
| lady's maid | a maid who is a lady's personal attendant |
| leading lady | actress who plays the leading female role |
light-o'-love
light-of-love | a woman inconstant in love |
lollipop lady
lollipop woman | a woman hired to help children cross a road safely near a school |