a polite name for any woman

a woman of refinement

a woman of the peerage in Britain

small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests

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

brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States

a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland

English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997)

English beauty who was the mistress of Admiral Nelson (1765-1815)

most widely grown fern of the genus Athyrium for its delicate foliage

a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved

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)

Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)

a man who takes advantage of women

a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money

a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income

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

British actress (born in Canada) (1898-1989)

Eurasian tulip with small flowers blotched at the base

English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)

North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil

perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America

widely distributed North American wild onion with white to rose flowers

a maid who is a lady's personal attendant

any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden

a bitter cress of Europe and America

tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America

North American perennial propagated by means of runners

an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers

erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers

erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers

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

a lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess

West Indian shrub with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowers

any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden

small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests

small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests

small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests

small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests

small finger-shaped sponge cake

game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller

befitting a woman of good breeding

behavior befitting a lady

a woman who is a man's sweetheart

a title used to address any peeress except a duchess