“ladies'”

The following 15 entries include the term ladies'.

ladies' man

noun

: a man who shows a marked fondness for the company of women or is especially attentive to women

ladies' room

noun

: a room equipped with lavatories and toilets for the use of women

ladies' tresses

noun

: any of a widely distributed genus (Spiranthes) of terrestrial orchids with slender often twisted spikes of white irregular flowers

hooded ladies' tresses

noun plural but singular or plural in construction

: a native orchid (Spiranthes romanzoffiana) that is widely distributed in northern North America and occurs occasionally in Ireland and eastern Asia and that has spikes of small creamy or straw-colored almond-scented flowers with sepals and petals partly fused into an upward arching hood

ladies' cloth

variant spelling of lady's cloth

ladies' day

noun, often capitalized L&D

: a day on which women receive a special privilege (as attendance as guests at a meeting of a men's club or free admission to a baseball game)

ladies'-delight

variant spelling of lady's-delight

ladies'-eardrop

variant spelling of lady's-eardrop

ladies' ladder

variant spelling of lady's ladder

ladies'-pocket

variant spelling of lady's-pocket

ladies' slipper

variant spelling of lady's slipper

ladies'-streamer

noun

ladies'-tobacco

noun

: a plant of the genus Antennaria

nodding ladies' tresses

noun plural but singular or plural in construction

ladies' night

noun

: an evening when women get a special benefit such as paying only half price for something


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