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Found: 5,663 words.
To bully; to threaten.
Ballast
8 defs
Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.
A toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast in a port or harbor.
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Ballasting
2 defs
of Ballast
See Balladry.
of Ball
Ballet
4 defs
A bearing in coats of arms, representing one or more balls, which are denominated bezants, plates, etc., according to color.
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of Ballista
An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles.
A crossbow.
Ballistic
2 defs
Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling stones or missile weapons by means of an engine.
The science or art of hurling missile weapons by the use of an engine.
See Bailey.
Balloon
9 defs
A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for aerial na...
A fish of the genus Diodon or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus. See Globefish, and Bur fish.
Swelled out like a balloon.
One who goes up in a balloon; an aeronaut.
Ballooning
2 defs
The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them.
A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carr...
An aeronaut.
The art or practice of ascending in a balloon; aeronautics.
Ballot
5 defs
Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting.
A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out.
Voting by ballot.
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One who votes by ballot.
An officer who has charge of a ballot box.
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A cudgel.
Incapable of being penetrated by balls from firearms.
A room for balls or dancing.
Balm
5 defs
An aromatic plant of the genus Melissa.
To render balmy.
In a balmy manner.
Balmoral
2 defs
A kind of stout walking shoe, laced in front.
Balmy
3 defs
Full of barm or froth; in a ferment.
Of or pertaining to a bath.
A bathing room.
The act of bathing.
Belonging to a bath.
A description of baths.
A treatise on baths; the science of bathing.
The treatment of disease by baths.
See Ballotade.
A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America.
Balsam
5 defs
A resin containing more or less of an essential or volatile oil.
Balsamation
2 defs
The act of imparting balsamic properties.
Alt. of Balsamical