(nautical) Capable of performing all the requisite duties; as an able seaman.
(obsolete) Easy to use.
(obsolete) Rich; well-to-do.
(obsolete) Suitable; competent.
(obsolete, dialectal) Having the physical strength; robust; healthy.
(obsolete, dialectal) Liable to.
Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from.
Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence.
Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
noun
(military) The letter "A" in Navy Phonetic Alphabet.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To dress.
(transitive, obsolete) To give power to; to reinforce; to confirm.
(transitive, obsolete) To make capable; to enable.
(transitive, obsolete) To make ready.
(transitive, obsolete) To vouch for; to guarantee.
abls
ably
ably
adv
In an able manner; with great ability.
acbl
alba
alba
noun
(poetry) A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.
(rare) plural of album
A flower of the hybrid Rosa × alba.
A white-flowered shrub rose of the hybrid Rosa × alba.
Synonym of alb
albe
albe
conj
(obsolete) Synonym of albeit
noun
Obsolete spelling of alb
albi
albm
albo
albo
noun
(US, offensive, ethnic slur) An Albanian.
albs
albs
noun
plural of alb
alby
alby
Proper noun
from place names in England. Variant spelling: Albee.
name, anglicization of Irish Ailbhe, name of an Irish saint also anglicized as Albert.
name used in Ireland, derived from Ailbhe, name of heroines in Irish legend.
baal
baal
noun
(obsolete, derogatory) Catholic or Orthodox icons of the saints.
a false deity or idol
bael
bael
noun
A tropical fruit tree from India, Aegle marmelos.
The fruit of the tree, also called the wood apple.
bail
bail
noun
(chiefly Australia and New Zealand) A frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding.
(cricket) One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.
(furniture) Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail.
(law, UK) Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
(law, UK) The person providing such payment.
(obsolete) Custody; keeping.
A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
A hinged bar as a restraint for animals, or on a typewriter.
A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket).
A hoop, ring, or other object used to connect a pendant to a necklace.
A person who bails water out of a boat.
A stall for a cow (or other animal) (usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop).
Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
verb
(Australia, New Zealand) To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.
(Australia, New Zealand, usually with up) To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up.
(informal, transitive with on) To fail to meet a commitment (to a person).
(law) To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.
(law) To release a person under such guarantee.
(nautical, transitive) To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.
(nautical, transitive, intransitive) To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.
(rare) To confine.
(slang) To exit quickly.
To secure the head of a cow during milking.
To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
To set free; to deliver; to release.
bala
bald
bald
adj
(by extension) Denuded of any covering.
(of a statement or account) Unembellished.
(of a statement) Without evidence or support being provided.
(of animals) Having areas (of fur or plumage) that are coloured white, especially on the head.
(specifically) Having no hair on the head, or having a large area of bare scalp on top of the head although hair may still grow on the sides and back of the head.
Having no hair, fur or feathers.
Of tyres: whose surface is worn away.
noun
(Appalachia) A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
verb
(intransitive) To become bald.
bale
bale
noun
(archaic) A beacon-fire.
(archaic) A funeral pyre.
(obsolete) A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.
A block of compressed cannabis.
A bundle of compressed wool or hay, compacted for shipping and handling.
A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).
A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.
A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.
Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
Suffering, woe, torment.
verb
(Britain, nautical) To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.
(transitive) To wrap into a bale.
balf
bali
balk
balk
noun
(agriculture) An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
(archaeology) The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
(badminton) A motion used to deceive the opponent during a serve.
(baseball) An illegal motion by the pitcher, intended to deceive a runner.
(billiards) The area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially shot, and from which a ball in hand must be played.
(fishing) The rope by which fishing nets are fastened together.
(obsolete) An omission.
(snooker) The area of the table lying behind the baulk line.
A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
A sudden and obstinate stop.
Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".
verb
(archaic) To pass over or by.
(obsolete) To miss intentionally; to avoid.
(sports, intransitive) To make a deceptive motion to deceive another player.
To disappoint; to frustrate.
To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
To leave or make balks in.
To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
To refuse suddenly.
To stop short and refuse to go on.
To stop, check, block.
ball
ball
intj
(Australian rules football) An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player. This is heard almost any time an opposition player is tackled, without regard to whether the rules about "prior opportunity" to dispose of the ball are fulfilled.
noun
(anatomy) The front of the bottom of the foot, just behind the toes.
(baseball, countable) A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone.
(cricket, countable) A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over.
(farriery, historical) A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.
(in the plural) Courage.
(in the plural) Nonsense.
(informal) A very enjoyable time.
(mathematics) In 3-dimensional Euclidean space, the volume bounded by a sphere.
(mathematics) The set of points in a metric space of any number of dimensions lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point.
(mathematics) The set of points in a topological space lying within some open set containing a given point.
(pinball, countable) An opportunity to launch the pinball into play.
(printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
(soccer, countable) A pass; a kick of the football towards a teammate.
(sports, countable) An object that is the focus of many sports and games, in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, bounced, rolled, chased, retrieved, hit with an instrument, spun, etc., usually roughly spherical but whose size, weight, bounciness, colour, etc. differ according to the game
(uncountable) Any sport or game involving a ball; its play, literally or figuratively.
(uncountable, obsolete) Such bullets collectively.
A competitive event among young African-American and Latin American LGBTQ+ people in which prizes are awarded for drag and similar performances. See ball culture.
A formal dance.
A jacketed non-expanding bullet, typically of military origin.
A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.
A roundish, protuberant portion of some part of the body.
A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
The globe; the earthly sphere.
verb
(metalworking) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
(nonstandard, slang) To play basketball.
(slang, usually in present participle) To be hip or cool.
(transitive) To form or wind into a ball.
(transitive) To punish by affixing a ball and chain.
(transitive, intransitive) To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.
(transitive, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with.
(university slang) To reject from a fraternity or sorority. (Short for blackball.)
balm
balm
noun
(figuratively) Something soothing.
A plant or tree yielding such substance.
Any of a number of other aromatic herbs with a similar citrus-like scent, such as bee balm and horse balm.
Any of various aromatic resins exuded from certain plants, especially trees of the genus Commiphora of Africa, Arabia and India and Myroxylon of South America.
Any soothing oil or lotion, especially an aromatic one.
The lemon balm, Melissa officinalis
verb
(transitive, archaic) To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal.
(transitive, figurative) To soothe; to mitigate.
balr
bals
balt
balu
baul
bawl
bawl
noun
A loud, intense shouting or wailing.
verb
(intransitive) To wail; to give out a blaring cry.
(intransitive) To weep profusely.
(transitive) To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.
beal
beal
noun
(dialectal or obsolete) A small inflammatory tumor; pustule.
verb
(dialectal, chiefly Scotland, Western Pennsylvania) To gather matter; swell; come to a head, as a pimple; fester; suppurate.
bela
blab
blab
noun
(countable) One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale; a gossip or gossiper.
(uncountable) Gossip; prattle.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion.
to speak carelessly or excessively
blad
blad
noun
(Australia, wholesale, food trade) A single sheet for use in a display book, illustrating a particular product available from a wholesaler.
(Scotland) A fragment or lump.
(Scotland) A portfolio; a blotting-book or blotting-pad.
blae
blah
blah
adj
(informal) Dull; uninteresting; insipid.
(informal) Low in spirit or health; down.
intj
(When spoken repeatedly, often three times in succession: blah blah blah!) Imitative of idle, meaningless talk; used sometimes in a slightly derogatory manner to mock or downplay another's words, or to show disinterest in a diatribe, rant, instructions, unsolicited advice, parenting, etc. Also used when recalling and retelling another's words, as a substitute for the portions of the speech deemed irrelevant.
An expression of mild frustration.
Representing the sound of vomiting.
noun
(informal) (in plural, the blahs) A general or ambiguous feeling of discomfort, dissatisfaction, uneasiness, boredom, mild depression, etc.