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

English Dictionary: lady-of-the-night	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lady of the house n a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income Synonym(s): housewife, homemaker, lady of the house, woman of the house
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lady-of-the-night n West Indian shrub with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowers Synonym(s): lady-of-the-night, Brunfelsia americana
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ladybeetle n small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests Synonym(s): ladybug, ladybeetle, lady beetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lead by the nose v conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well" Synonym(s): bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ledbetter n United States folk singer and composer (1885-1949) [syn: Ledbetter, Huddie Leadbetter, Leadbelly]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lithe-bodied adj having a lithe body
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lithophyte n plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere Synonym(s): lithophyte, lithophytic plant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lithophytic adj of or relating to lithophytes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lithophytic plant n plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere Synonym(s): lithophyte, lithophytic plant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
loud pedal n a pedal on a piano that lifts the dampers from the strings and so allows them to continue vibrating Synonym(s): sustaining pedal, loud pedal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ladybird \La"dy*bird`\, n. [Equiv. to, bird of Our Lady.]       (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genus       {Coccinella} and allied genera (family {Coccinellid[91]}); --       called also {ladybug}, {ladyclock}, {lady cow}, {lady fly},       and {lady beetle}. {Coccinella seplempunctata} in one of the       common European species. See {Coccinella}.          Note: The ladybirds are usually more or less hemispherical in                form, with a smooth, polished surface, and often                colored red, brown, or black, with small spots of                brighter colors. Both the larv[91] and the adult                beetles of most species feed on aphids, and for this                reason they are very beneficial to agriculture and                horticulture.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lady \La"dy\, n.; pl. {Ladies}. [OE. ladi, l[91]fdi, AS.       hl[?]fdige, hl[?]fdie; AS. hl[be]f loaf + a root of uncertain       origin, possibly akin to E. dairy. See {Loaf}, and cf.       {Lord}.]       1. A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family;             a mistress; the female head of a household.                         Agar, the handmaiden of Sara, whence comest thou,                      and whither goest thou? The which answered, Fro the                      face of Sara my lady.                        --Wyclif (Gen.                                                                               xvi. 8.).          2. A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress;             -- a feminine correlative of lord. [bd]Lord or lady of             high degree.[b8] --Lowell.                         Of all these bounds, even from this line to this, .                      . . We make thee lady.                        --Shak.          3. A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was             paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a             sweetheart.                         The soldier here his wasted store supplies, And                      takes new valor from his lady's eyes. --Waller.          4. 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.          5. A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman;             -- the feminine correlative of gentleman.          6. A wife; -- not now in approved usage. --Goldsmith.          7. (Zo[94]l.) The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a             lobster; -- so called from a fancied resemblance to a             seated female figure. It consists of calcareous plates.          {Ladies' man}, a man who affects the society of ladies.          {Lady altar}, an altar in a lady chapel. --Shipley.          {Lady chapel}, a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary.          {Lady court}, the court of a lady of the manor.          {Lady court}, the court of a lady of the manor.          {Lady crab} (Zo[94]l.), a handsomely spotted swimming crab             ({Platyonichus ocellatus}) very common on the sandy shores             of the Atlantic coast of the United States.          {Lady fern}. (Bot.) See {Female fern}, under {Female}, and             Illust. of {Fern}.          {Lady in waiting}, a lady of the queen's household, appointed             to wait upon or attend the queen.          {Lady Mass}, a Mass said in honor of the Virgin Mary.             --Shipley.          {Lady of the manor}, a lady having jurisdiction of a manor;             also, the wife of a manor lord.          {Lady's maid}, a maidservant who dresses and waits upon a             lady. --Thackeray.          {Our Lady}, the Virgin Mary.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lead \Lead\, n.       1. (Music.)             (a) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be                   repeated by the other parts.             (b) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a                   canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.          2. In an internal-combustion engine, the distance, measured             in actual length of piston stroke or the corresponding             angular displacement of the crank, of the piston from the             end of the compression stroke when ignition takes place;             -- called in full          {lead of the ignition}. When ignition takes place during the             working stroke the corresponding distance from the             commencement of the stroke is called          {negative lead}.          3. (Mach.) The excess above a right angle in the angle             between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine,             on the same shaft.          4. (Mach.) In spiral screw threads, worm wheels, or the like,             the amount of advance of any point in the spiral for a             complete turn.          5. (Elec.)             (a) A conductor conveying electricity, as from a dynamo.             (b) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a                   continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical                   between the poles.             (c) The advance of the current phase in an alternating                   circuit beyond that of the electromotive force                   producing it.          6. (Theat.) A r[ocir]le for a leading man or leading woman;             also, one who plays such a r[ocir]le.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lithophotography \Lith`o*pho*tog"ra*phy\, n. [Litho- +       photography.]       Same as {Photolithography}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lithophyte \Lith"o*phyte\, n. [Litho- + Gr. [?] plant: cf. F.       lithophyte.] (Zo[94]l.)       A hard, or stony, plantlike organism, as the gorgonians,       corals, and corallines, esp. those gorgonians having a       calcareous axis. All the lithophytes except the corallines       are animals.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lithophytic \Lith`o*phyt"ic\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Of or pertaining to lithophytes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lithophytous \Li*thoph"y*tous\, a.       Lithophytic.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ledbetter, KY (CDP, FIPS 44434)       Location: 37.04805 N, 88.49718 W       Population (1990): 1694 (650 housing units)       Area: 13.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 42058    Ledbetter, TX       Zip code(s): 78946