accolade | (noun) a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction | Synonyms: award, honor, honour, laurels |
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ballade | (noun) a poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy | - |
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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 |
clade | (noun) a group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor | - |
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defilade | (noun) the arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy fire | - |
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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 | - |
fusillade | (noun) rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms | Synonyms: burst, salvo, volley |
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(verb) attack with fusillade | - |
glade | (noun) a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area | Synonyms: clearing |
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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 |
marmalade | (noun) a preserve made of the pulp and rind of citrus fruits | - |
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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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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 | - |
salade | (noun) a light medieval helmet with a slit for vision | Synonyms: sallet |
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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 | - |
unlade | (verb) remove the load from (a container or vehicle) | Synonyms: offload, unload |
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