| ADDER | • adder n. (Obsolete) Any snake. • adder n. A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling the viper. • adder n. Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition; a machine for adding numbers. |
| BADDER | • badder adj. (Nonstandard or obsolete) comparative form of bad: more bad. • BAD adj. not good. |
| GADDER | • gadder n. One who roves about idly, a rambling gossip. • gadder n. (Obsolete) A drilling or perforating machine or apparatus for mining and mineral exploration. • GADDER n. one that gads about. |
| LADDER | • ladder n. A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side… • ladder n. (Figuratively) A series of stages by which one progresses to a better position. • ladder n. (Figuratively) The hierarchy or ranking system within an organization, such as the corporate ladder. |
| MADDER | • madder n. A herbaceous plant, Rubia tinctorum, native to Asia, cultivated for a red-purple dye (alizarin) obtained… • madder n. The root of the plant, used as a medicine or a dye. • madder n. A dye made from the plant. |
| PADDER | • padder n. Agent noun of pad; one who pads. • PADDER n. a highwayman who steals on foot. |
| RADDER | • radder adj. Comparative form of rad: more rad. • Radder prop.n. (Oxford University slang, archaic) The Radcliffe Camera. • RAD adj. afraid. |
| SADDER | • sadder adj. Comparative form of sad: more sad. • SAD adj. unhappy. |
| WADDER | • wadder n. A manufacturer of wadding. • WADDER n. an implement for wadding a gun. |
| BLADDER | • bladder n. (Zoology) A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases. • bladder n. (Anatomy) Specifically, the urinary bladder. • bladder n. (Botany) A hollow, inflatable organ of a plant. |
| CLADDER | • cladder n. (Construction) One who applies cladding, or insulation. • CLADDER n. one who clads. |
| GLADDER | • gladder adj. Comparative form of glad: more glad. • gladder v. (Nonstandard, proscribed, rare) Alternative form of gladden. • GLAD adj. feeling pleasure. |
| STEPLADDER | • stepladder n. Alternative form of step ladder. • step-ladder n. Alternative form of step ladder. • step␣ladder n. A ladder with steps or treads instead of rungs that is hinged in the middle to form an inverted V, with… |
| GALLBLADDER | • gallbladder n. Alternative spelling of gall bladder. • gall␣bladder n. (Anatomy) A pear-shaped organ that stores bile from the liver, until the body needs it for the digestion… • GALLBLADDER n. a membranous muscular sac in which bile from the liver is stored. |