| antitrade | (noun) winds blowing from west to east and lying above the trade winds in the tropics | Synonyms: antitrade wind |
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| balustrade | (noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | Synonyms: balusters, banister, bannister, handrail |
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| bigarade | (noun) any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock | Synonyms: bitter orange, bitter orange tree, Citrus aurantium, marmalade orange, Seville orange, sour orange |
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| charade | (noun) making a false outward show | Synonyms: masquerade |
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| (noun) a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades | - |
| comrade | (noun) a friend who is frequently in the company of another | Synonyms: associate, companion, familiar, fellow |
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| (noun) used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement | Synonyms: brother |
| digitigrade | (noun) an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses | Synonyms: digitigrade mammal |
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| downgrade | (noun) the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends | - |
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| grade | (noun) a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed | - |
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| (noun) a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality | Synonyms: degree, level |
| (noun) the gradient of a slope or road or other surface | - |
| (noun) the height of the ground on which something stands | Synonyms: ground level |
| (noun) a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance) | Synonyms: mark, score |
| (noun) a degree of ablaut | Synonyms: gradation |
| (noun) a body of students who are taught together | Synonyms: class, course, form |
| (noun) one-hundredth of a right angle | Synonyms: grad |
| (noun) a relative position or degree of value in a graded group | Synonyms: level, tier |
| masquerade | (noun) making a false outward show | Synonyms: charade |
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| (noun) a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party | Synonyms: fancy dress, masquerade costume |
| (noun) a party of guests wearing costumes and masks | Synonyms: mask, masque, masquerade party |
| parade | (noun) a visible display | - |
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| (noun) a ceremonial procession including people marching | - |
| (noun) an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things | - |
| paygrade | (noun) rank in a military organization | Synonyms: military rank, military rating, rating |
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| plantigrade | (noun) an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings | Synonyms: plantigrade mammal |
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| tardigrade | (noun) an arthropod of the division Tardigrada | - |
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| tirade | (noun) a speech of violent denunciation | Synonyms: broadside, philippic |
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| trade | (noun) the skilled practice of a practical occupation | Synonyms: craft |
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| (noun) the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers | Synonyms: patronage |
| (noun) a particular instance of buying or selling | Synonyms: business deal, deal |
| (noun) an equal exchange | Synonyms: barter, swap, swop |
| (noun) the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services | - |
| (noun) people who perform a particular kind of skilled work | Synonyms: craft |
| (noun) steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator | Synonyms: trade wind |
| upgrade | (noun) the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components) | - |
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| (noun) hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did | - |
| (noun) the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises | Synonyms: rise, rising slope |
| (noun) a reservation that is improved | - |
| (noun) software that provides better performance than an earlier version did | - |
| (noun) an upward slope or grade (as in a road) | Synonyms: acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise |