| actress |
a woman or girl who plays roles in dramatic productions. |
| adulteress |
a woman who commits adultery. |
| Althea Gibson |
U.S. professional tennis player, who was the first African-American woman to win all the major world singles tennis titles (b.1927--d.2003). |
| Amazon |
(often l.c.) a woman resembling this mythical race in stature, strength, or character. [1/3 definitions] |
| American dream |
the American ideal that any man or woman may obtain material wealth, equality, freedom, and the like. |
| antiwoman |
combined form of woman. |
| archduchess |
a woman having a rank equivalent to that of an archduke. [1/2 definitions] |
| au pair |
(French) a girl or woman who works for a family, usu. in a foreign country, in exchange for room and board. [1/2 definitions] |
| aviatrix |
a woman who flies an aircraft; pilot. |
| baby doll |
(old-fashioned) used as an affectionate or flirtatious term for a woman, esp. one's girlfriend or wife. [1/4 definitions] |
| ballerina |
a woman who is a principal dancer in a ballet troupe. [1/2 definitions] |
| ball girl |
a girl or young woman who retrieves stray balls during a tennis or baseball game, or who has charge of balls used in practice, as in field hockey or volleyball. |
| bandswoman |
a woman or girl who plays in a musical band. |
| barmaid |
a woman who mixes or serves drinks in an establishment selling alcoholic beverages; bartender. |
| beau |
a suitor or sweetheart to a girl or woman. [1/2 definitions] |
| beauty |
a person or thing with such a quality, esp. a woman. [1/4 definitions] |
| beauty spot |
a tiny dark mark or patch applied to the face or shoulders, esp. by a woman to accentuate the fairness of her skin. [1/2 definitions] |
| begum |
a high-ranking Muslim woman, often a widow. |
| beldam |
an old woman, esp. one who is ugly. |
| belle |
a popular and admired woman, usu. young and often considered the most outstanding beauty at a social event or in a social circle. |
| B-girl |
a woman employed by a drinking establishment to act as a companion for male customers and entice them to buy expensive drinks. |