"LADY"s
These beetles feed chiefly on aphids & other small insects
ladybugs
c. 1490 he found that the span of a man's arms equals his height & drew a picture showing it
Leonardo da Vinci
It's the 4-letter word that "makes the world go round"
love
A single one of these can bud into a large reef-building colony
coral
To recite an orison is to say one of these, amen
a prayer
One who attends a queen or a princess
a lady-in-waiting
In the rules of perspective, this is the place at which parallel lines converge on the horizon
the vanishing point
There's "no time like" this
the present
Young pilchards that are canned are called these
sardines
Hebetic describes something happening during this period of adolescence
puberty
The earliest account of her ride through Coventry comes from Roger of Wendover in the 13th c.
Lady Godiva
There are 2 major techniques of this type of painting: transparent & gouache, which is opaque
watercolor
It's the type of pot that "never boils"
a watched pot
Some species of this animal eject a cloud of luminous ink to escape under cover of light
squid
It's the part of a candle also called a snaste
a wick
This cocktail made with gin, grenadine & egg whites is shaken & strained before serving
a pink lady
It's believed that Vermeer used this image-making device to help transfer images to canvas
a camera obscura
It "comes not alone" & "makes waste"
haste
These commonly have 5 arms, but some may have up to 40
starfish
When people do this late in life, it's called opsigamy
marry
The title character of this 1964 Jan & Dean hit was "the terror of Colorado Boulevard"
the Little Old Lady from Pasadena
Term for the decoration of Medieval manuscripts with fancy initials, patterns & borders
illumination
"Every" one of these "fits not every foot"
a shoe
It's the largest plankton eater on earth
blue whale
"Check" this out: a patzer is an inferior or amateur player of this game
chess