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Missy

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Narrower term 19

Belle 76% connected

A young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsome lady, or one who attracts notice in society; a fair lady.

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Bird 76% connected

Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).

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Chick 76% connected

To sprout, as seed in the ground; to vegetate.

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Chit 76% connected

The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes.

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Dame 76% connected

A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in authority; especially, a lady.

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Doll 76% connected

A child's puppet; a toy baby for a little girl.

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Flapper 76% connected

One who, or that which, flaps.

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Hoyden 76% connected

Same as Hoiden.

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Lass 76% connected

A youth woman; a girl; a sweetheart.

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Lassie 76% connected

A young girl; a lass.

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Maid 76% connected

An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden.

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Maiden 76% connected

An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid.

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Peri 76% connected

An imaginary being, male or female, like an elf or fairy, represented as a descendant of fallen angels, excluded from paradise till penance is accomp…

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Romp 76% connected

To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in play.

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Rosebud 76% connected

The flower of a rose before it opens, or when but partially open.

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Skirt 76% connected

The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.

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Soubrette 76% connected

A female servant or attendant; specifically, as a term of the theater, a lady's maid, in comedies, who acts the part of an intrigante; a meddlesome,…

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Tomboy 76% connected

A romping girl; a hoiden.

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Wench 76% connected

A young woman; a girl; a maiden.

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Broader term 1

Female 76% connected

An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or (in a wider sense) which has an ovary and produces ova.

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Girl 92% connected

A young person of either sex; a child.

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Miss 92% connected

A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.

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