accolade | (noun) a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction | Synonyms: award, honor, honour, laurels |
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ballad | (noun) a narrative poem of popular origin | Synonyms: lay |
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(noun) a narrative song with a recurrent refrain | Synonyms: lay |
ballade | (noun) a poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy | - |
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balladeer | (noun) a singer of popular ballads | Synonyms: crooner |
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belladonna | (noun) an alkaloidal extract or tincture of the poisonous belladonna plant that is used medicinally | - |
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(noun) perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine | Synonyms: Atropa belladonna, belladonna plant, deadly nightshade |
bladder | (noun) a bag that fills with air | - |
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(noun) a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas) | Synonyms: vesica |
bladderlike | (adjective) resembling a bladder | Synonyms: bladdery |
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bladdernose | (noun) medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic and northern Atlantic waters | Synonyms: Cystophora cristata, hooded seal |
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bladderpod | (noun) any of several hairy North American herbs having yellow racemose flowers and inflated pods | - |
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(noun) any of several plants of the genus Physaria having racemose yellow flowers and inflated pods | - |
(noun) annual or perennial herbs with inflated seed pods; some placed in genus Lesquerella | - |
(noun) North American wild lobelia having small blue flowers and inflated capsules formerly used as an antispasmodic | Synonyms: Indian tobacco, Lobelia inflata |
bladderwort | (noun) any of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn-shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animals | - |
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bladderwrack | (noun) a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure | Synonyms: black rockweed, bladder fucus, Fucus vesiculosus, tang |
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(noun) similar to and found with black rockweed | Synonyms: Ascophyllum nodosum |
bladdery | (adjective) resembling a bladder | Synonyms: bladderlike |
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blade | (noun) the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge | - |
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(noun) a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard | Synonyms: brand, steel, sword |
(noun) flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water | Synonyms: vane |
(noun) the part of the skate that slides on the ice | - |
(noun) a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue) | - |
(noun) a cut of beef from the shoulder blade | - |
(noun) something long and thin resembling a blade of grass | - |
(noun) a dashing young man | - |
(noun) especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole | Synonyms: leaf blade |
bladed | (adjective) bearing or characterized by a blade or sword; often used in combination | - |
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(adjective) having a blade or blades; often used in combination | - |
(adjective) composed of thin flat plates resembling a knife blade | - |
bladelike | (adjective) shaped like a sword blade | Synonyms: ensiform, sword-shaped, swordlike |
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caladenia | (noun) any of various orchids of the genus Caladenia | - |
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caladium | (noun) any plant of the genus Caladium cultivated for their ornamental foliage variously patterned in white or pink or red | - |
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clad | (adjective) wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination | Synonyms: clothed |
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(adjective) having an outer covering especially of thin metal | - |
cladding | (noun) a protective covering that protects the outside of a building | Synonyms: facing |
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clade | (noun) a group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor | - |
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cladistics | (noun) a taxonomic system of classifying species based on the branching patterns of cladograms that are built to infer phylogenetic relations | Synonyms: cladistic analysis |
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cladode | (noun) a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf | Synonyms: cladophyll, phylloclad, phylloclade |
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cladogram | (noun) a tree diagram used to illustrate phylogenetic relationships | - |
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cladophyll | (noun) a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf | Synonyms: cladode, phylloclad, phylloclade |
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defilade | (noun) the arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy fire | - |
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enchilada | (noun) tortilla with meat filling baked in tomato sauce seasoned with chili | - |
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enfilade | (noun) gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation | Synonyms: enfilade fire |
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(verb) rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction | - |
escalade | (noun) an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification) | - |
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(verb) climb up and over | - |
escalader | (noun) someone who gains access by the use of ladders | - |
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forelady | (noun) a woman who is foreperson of a jury | Synonyms: forewoman |
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fusillade | (noun) rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms | Synonyms: burst, salvo, volley |
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(verb) attack with fusillade | - |
gallbladder | (noun) a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion | Synonyms: gall bladder |
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glad | (adjective) showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy | - |
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(adjective) cheerful and bright | Synonyms: beaming |
(adjective) feeling happy appreciation | - |
(adjective) eagerly disposed to act or to be of service | Synonyms: happy |
(noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated | Synonyms: gladiola, gladiolus, sword lily |
gladden | (verb) become glad or happy | - |
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(verb) make glad or happy | Synonyms: joy |
gladdened | (adjective) made joyful | Synonyms: exhilarated |
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gladdon | (noun) iris with purple flowers and foul-smelling leaves; southern and western Europe and North Africa | Synonyms: gladdon iris, Iris foetidissima, roast beef plant, stinking gladwyn, stinking iris |
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glade | (noun) a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area | Synonyms: clearing |
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gladfulness | (noun) experiencing joy and pleasure | Synonyms: gladness, gladsomeness |
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gladiator | (noun) (ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat | - |
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(noun) a professional boxer | Synonyms: prizefighter |
gladiatorial | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling gladiators or their combat | - |
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gladiola | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated | Synonyms: glad, gladiolus, sword lily |
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gladiolus | (noun) the large central part of the breastbone | Synonyms: corpus sternum |
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(noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated | Synonyms: glad, gladiola, sword lily |
gladly | (adverb) with pleasure | Synonyms: fain, lief |
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gladness | (noun) experiencing joy and pleasure | Synonyms: gladfulness, gladsomeness |
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gladsome | (adjective) experiencing or expressing gladness or joy | - |
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gladsomeness | (noun) experiencing joy and pleasure | Synonyms: gladfulness, gladness |
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ironclad | (adjective) inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable | Synonyms: brassbound |
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(adjective) sheathed in iron plates for protection | - |
(adjective) without flaws or loopholes | Synonyms: bulletproof, unassailable, unshakable, watertight |
(noun) a wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or steel armor | - |
lad | (noun) a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) | Synonyms: cub, laddie, sonny, sonny boy |
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(noun) a boy or man | Synonyms: blighter, bloke, chap, cuss, fella, feller, fellow, gent |
ladanum | (noun) a soft blackish-brown resinous exudate from various rockroses used in perfumes especially as a fixative | Synonyms: labdanum |
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ladder | (noun) steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down | - |
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(noun) a row of unravelled stitches | Synonyms: ravel, run |
(noun) ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress | - |
(verb) come unraveled or undone as if by snagging | Synonyms: run |
laddie | (noun) a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) | Synonyms: cub, lad, sonny, sonny boy |
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lade | (verb) fill or place a load on | Synonyms: laden, load, load up |
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(verb) remove with or as if with a ladle | Synonyms: laden, ladle |
laden | (adjective) burdened psychologically or mentally | Synonyms: oppressed |
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(adjective) filled with a great quantity | Synonyms: ladened, loaded |
(verb) remove with or as if with a ladle | Synonyms: lade, ladle |
(verb) fill or place a load on | Synonyms: lade, load, load up |
ladened | (adjective) filled with a great quantity | Synonyms: laden, loaded |
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lading | (noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: cargo, consignment, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment |
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ladle | (noun) a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another | - |
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(verb) remove with or as if with a ladle | Synonyms: lade, laden |
(verb) put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle | - |
lady | (noun) a woman of refinement | Synonyms: dame, gentlewoman, ma'am, madam |
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(noun) a polite name for any woman | - |
ladybeetle | (noun) small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests | Synonyms: lady beetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle, ladybug |
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ladybird | (noun) small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests | Synonyms: lady beetle, ladybeetle, ladybird beetle, ladybug |
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ladybug | (noun) small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests | Synonyms: lady beetle, ladybeetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle |
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ladyfinger | (noun) small finger-shaped sponge cake | - |
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ladyfish | (noun) game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller | Synonyms: Elops saurus, tenpounder |
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ladylike | (adjective) befitting a woman of good breeding | - |
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ladylikeness | (noun) behavior befitting a lady | - |
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ladylove | (noun) a woman who is a man's sweetheart | Synonyms: dulcinea |
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landlady | (noun) a landlord who is a woman | - |
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maladaptive | (adjective) showing faulty adaptation | - |
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maladjusted | (adjective) poorly adjusted to demands and stresses of daily living | - |
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(adjective) emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships | Synonyms: disturbed |
(adjective) not well adjusted | - |
maladjustive | (adjective) poorly adjusted | - |
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maladjustment | (noun) the condition of being unable to adapt properly to your environment with resulting emotional instability | - |
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maladroit | (adjective) not adroit | - |
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maladroitly | (adverb) in a maladroit manner | - |
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maladroitness | (noun) unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training | Synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptitude, ineptness, slowness |
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malady | (noun) impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism | Synonyms: illness, sickness, unwellness |
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(noun) any unwholesome or desperate condition | - |
maquiladora | (noun) an assembly plant in Mexico (near the United States border); parts are shipped into Mexico and the finished product is shipped back across the border | - |
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marmalade | (noun) a preserve made of the pulp and rind of citrus fruits | - |
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novillada | (noun) a bullfight in which the bulls are less than four years old | - |
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overladen | (adjective) loaded past capacity | Synonyms: overloaded |
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paladin | (noun) someone who fights for a cause | Synonyms: champion, fighter, hero |
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palladium | (noun) a silver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum; occurs in some copper and nickel ores; does not tarnish at ordinary temperatures and is used (alloyed with gold) in jewelry | Synonyms: atomic number 46, Pd |
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philadelphus | (noun) any of various chiefly deciduous ornamental shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white sweet-scented flowers, single or in clusters; widely grown in temperate regions | - |
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phylloclad | (noun) a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf | Synonyms: cladode, cladophyll, phylloclade |
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phylloclade | (noun) a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf | Synonyms: cladode, cladophyll, phylloclad |
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razorblade | (noun) a blade that has very sharp edge | - |
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rollerblader | (noun) a skater who uses Rollerblades | - |
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rollerblading | (noun) skating using Rollerblades | - |
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roulade | (noun) (music) an elaborate run of several notes sung to one syllable | - |
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(noun) a dish consisting of a slice of meat that is rolled around a filling and cooked | - |
salad | (noun) food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens | - |
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salade | (noun) a light medieval helmet with a slit for vision | Synonyms: sallet |
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saleslady | (noun) a woman salesperson | Synonyms: salesgirl, saleswoman |
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sialadenitis | (noun) inflammation of the salivary glands | - |
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stepladder | (noun) a folding portable ladder hinged at the top | Synonyms: step ladder |
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switchblade | (noun) a pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button | Synonyms: flick-knife, flick knife, switchblade knife |
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twayblade | (noun) orchid having a pair of ovate leaves and a long slender raceme of green flowers sometimes tinged red-brown; Europe to central Asia | Synonyms: Listera ovata |
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(noun) an orchid of the genus Liparis having a pair of leaves | - |
unclad | (adjective) having removed clothing | Synonyms: unappareled, unattired, undressed, ungarbed, ungarmented |
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unlade | (verb) remove the load from (a container or vehicle) | Synonyms: offload, unload |
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unladylike | (adjective) lacking the behavior or manner or style considered proper for a lady | - |
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