(in combination) Having a specified kind or number of balls.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ball
baller
baller
adj
(African-American Vernacular, slang) Very cool, especially due to extravagance.
noun
(African-American Vernacular, slang) One who has swag and lives an extravagant lifestyle.
(slang) One who plays basketball; a basketballer.
(vulgar) A person having sexual intercourse
A person employed to divide molten metal into separate balls before it is hammered out.
ballet
ballet
noun
(figurative) Any intricate series of operations involving coordination between individuals.
(heraldry) A bearing in coats of arms representing one or more balls, called bezants, plates, etc., according to colour.
(music) A light part song, frequently with a fa-la-la chorus, common among Elizabethan and Italian Renaissance composers.
A classical form of dance.
A theatrical presentation of such dancing, usually with music, sometimes in the form of a story.
The company of persons who perform this dance.
verb
To perform an action reminiscent of ballet dancing.
ballon
ballon
noun
(ballet) The quality of a jump by which a ballet dancer appears to pause in midair
ballot
ballot
noun
(chiefly US) A list of candidates running for office; a ticket.
Originally, a small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means used to signify a vote.
The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting.
The total of all the votes cast in an election.
verb
To draw lots.
To vote or decide by ballot.
ballou
ballow
ballow
adj
(obsolete) Round; pot-bellied.
noun
(nautical) Deep water inside a shoal or bar.
ballsy
ballsy
adj
(vulgar, colloquial) Tough and courageous; having balls.
ballup
balmat
balnea
baloch
baloch
Noun
A member of an Iranian people who primarily speak the Balochi language and inhabit Balochistan and other nearby areas.
balolo
balsam
balsam
noun
(chiefly UK) A plant or tree yielding such substance.
(chiefly UK) A soothing ointment.
(chiefly UK) A sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from various plants.
(chiefly UK, figuratively) Something soothing.
A balsam fir Abies balsamea.
A flowering plant of the genus Impatiens.
Canada balsam, a turpentine obtained from the resin of balsam fir.
The balsam family of flowering plants (Balsaminaceae), which includes Impatiens and Hydrocera.
verb
(transitive) To treat or anoint with balsam.
balsas
balsas
noun
plural of balsa
baltei
baltei
noun
plural of balteus
balter
balter
verb
(intransitive) To tumble; dance clumsily.
(intransitive, UK dialectal) To become tangled or matted.
(transitive) To tread down in a clumsy manner.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To tangle; clot; mat (as in the hair).
baltic
baltic
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Baltic (“very cold”)
baltis
baltis
noun
plural of balti
baluba
baluba
noun
(Ireland) Unruly or wild person.
baluch
baluga
balzac
bancal
bancal
noun
An ornamental covering, as of carpet or leather, for a bench or form.
bandel
bandle
bandle
noun
An Irish measure of two feet in length.
bangle
bangle
noun
(dialectal) The cut branch of a tree; a large, rough stick; the largest piece of wood in a bundle of twigs
A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.
verb
(intransitive) (falconry) to beat about in the air; flutter: said of a hawk which does not rise steadily and then swoop down upon its prey.
(intransitive) to flap or hang down loosely, as a hat brim or an animal's ear.
(obsolete or dialectal) to waste away little by little; squander carelessly; fritter (away).
(transitive, obsolete) to beat about or beat down, as corn by the wind.
If we bangle away the legacy of peace left us by Christ, it is a sign of our want of regard for him. — Duty of Man.
banjul
banjul
Proper noun
The capital of the Gambia.
banlon
barbal
barbal
adj
Relating to beards
barbel
barbel
noun
(biology) Whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish, including catfish, carp, goatfish, sturgeon, and some types of shark.
A barb or pap under the tongues of horses and cattle.
A freshwater fish of the genus Barbus or other closely related genera.
barble
barble
noun
Obsolete form of barbel.
bardel
bareli
barely
barely
adv
(archaic) merely.
(degree) Almost not at all.
(degree) By a small margin.
barfly
barfly
noun
(slang, derogatory) a person who spends much time in a bar or similar drinking establishment
(slang, derogatory) a promiscuous person, especially a woman, who frequents bars hoping to find sexual partners
barful
barful
adj
(archaic) Full of obstructions.
noun
Enough people to fill a bar.
barhal
barile
barkla
barkle
barley
barley
noun
(Singapore) seed of Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi)
A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.
barlow
barlow
Proper noun
The name of several villages in north-eastern England.
originating from one of these villages.
The name of several towns in the United States, either named after one of the English villages or a person bearing the surname.
barolo
barrel
barrel
noun
(US, specifically New England) A waste receptacle.
(archaic) A tube.
(baseball) A statistic derived from launch angle and exit velocity of a ball hit in play.
(biology) Any of the dark-staining regions in the somatosensory cortex of rodents, etc., where somatosensory inputs from the contralateral side of the body come in from the thalamus.
(countable) A round vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.
(music) The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and looks rather like a barrel (1).
(obsolete) A jar.
(surfing) A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.
(television) A ceiling-mounted tube from which lights are suspended.
(zoology) The hollow basal part of a feather.
A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case
The quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom.
The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.
verb
(intransitive) To assume the shape of a barrel; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit barrel distortion, where the sides bulge outwards.
(intransitive) To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.
(transitive) To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
bartel
bartle
barvel
barwal
basale
basalt
basalt
noun
(mineralogy) A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.
A type of unglazed pottery.
basely
basely
adv
In a base manner
basial
basial
adj
Relating to the basion.
basile
basils
basils
noun
plural of basil
bassly
bassly
adv
In a bass tone.
batell
batful
batful
adj
(dialectal or obsolete) Rich; fertile, as in reference to land or soil.
bathyl
batlan
batler
batlet
batlet
noun
A short bat for beating clothes when washing them.
batley
batlon
battel
battel
adj
(obsolete) fertile; fruitful; productive
noun
(UK, Eton College, obsolete) A small allowance of food collegers receive from their dames (matrons) in addition to their college allowance
(UK, Oxford University, chiefly in the plural) Fees charged by a college for accommodation and living expenses.
(UK, Oxford University, chiefly in the plural, obsolete) Provisions ordered from the kitchen and buttery.
(UK, law, obsolete) A single combat.
Archaic spelling of battle.
verb
(intransitive, Oxford University) To stand indebted in the college-books for provisions and drink from the buttery.
(intransitive, Yeshivish) To waste, especially time.
(transitive) To make fertile.
(transitive, Yeshivish) To nullify.
(transitive, intransitive, Oxford University) To supply with provisions from the buttery.
(military) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.
(military, clipping of) battle buddy
(military, now rare) A division of an army; a battalion.
(military, obsolete) The main body of an army, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; the battalia.
A contest, a struggle.
verb
(intransitive) To join in battle; to contend in fight
(transitive) To fight or struggle; to enter into a battle with.
To feed or nourish (someone or something).
To render (land, soil, etc.) fertile or fruitful.
batule
batule
noun
A springboard in a circus or gymnasium.
bauble
bauble
noun
(figurative, by extension) Anything trivial and worthless.
A cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.
A club or sceptre carried by a jester.
A small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees.
baulea
baulks
baulks
noun
plural of baulk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baulk
baulky
baulky
adj
Alternative spelling of balky
bawble
bawble
noun
Archaic spelling of bauble.
Misspelling of bauble.
bawled
bawled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bawl
bawler
bawler
noun
One who bawls.
bawley
bawley
noun
(nautical) A small fishing boat, equipped with sails, used mainly in the estuary of the Thames, England.
bawrel
baxley
baxley
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
baylet
baylet
noun
A little bay.
bayley
baylis
baylor
beadle
beadle
noun
(Scotland, ecclesiastic) An attendant to the minister.
A parish constable, a uniformed minor (lay) official, who ushers and keeps order.
A warrant officer.
beagle
beagle
noun
A bailiff.
A person who snoops on others; a detective.
A small kind of shark.
A small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares. Its friendly disposition makes it suitable as a family pet.
verb
To hunt with beagles.
To search.
bealle
bebled
bebled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bebleed
beblot
beblot
verb
(transitive) To blot all over; stain.
becall
becall
verb
(transitive) To call names; insult.
(transitive, obsolete) To call upon; call forth; challenge.
(transitive, obsolete) To call; summon.
becalm
becalm
verb
(transitive, nautical) To deprive (a ship) of wind, so that it cannot move (usually in passive).
(transitive, obsolete) To make calm or still; make quiet; calm.
beclad
beclad
adj
Clothed about; clad.
beclap
beclap
verb
To clap for; to applaud.
To grasp, insnare, ensnare, catch, to trap suddenly, to grab suddenly.
beclaw
beclaw
verb
(transitive) To scratch or tear all over with claws or nails.
beclip
beclip
verb
(transitive) To clip around or about (the edges of); crop.
(transitive) To wrap around; enclose; encircle; surround.
(transitive, obsolete) To curdle (milk).
(transitive, obsolete) To fold in the arms; embrace; clasp.
(transitive, obsolete) To include; comprise; comprehend; contain.
(transitive, obsolete) To lay hold of; seize upon; grip; catch; overtake.
beclog
beclog
verb
(transitive) To encumber with a sticky substance; clog.
becurl
becurl
verb
(transitive) To cover or deck out with curls.
(transitive, archaic) To curl; make curly.
bedell
bedell
noun
Obsolete spelling of beadle, still in use for ceremonial officials at certain universities
bedels
bedels
noun
plural of bedel
bedlam
bedlam
noun
(obsolete) A lunatic asylum; a madhouse.
(obsolete) An insane person; a lunatic; a madman.
A place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails.
bedlar
bedolt
bedral
bedrel
bedrel
adj
(rare, obsolete) Bedridden.
noun
(UK dialectal) A bedridden person; a helpless cripple.
bedull
beeler
beelol
beetle
beetle
adj
Protruding, jutting, overhanging.
noun
(uncountable) A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts.
A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.
A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
Alternative letter-case form of Beetle (“car”)
Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
verb
To beat with a heavy mallet.
To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.