balbriggan |
a knitted cotton cloth used in underwear, pajamas, and the like. |
balcony |
an elevated platform projecting from the outer wall of a building, surrounded with a railing or low restraining wall. [2 definitions] |
bald |
having little or no hair on the scalp. [4 definitions] |
baldachin |
a silk brocade fabric having gold and silver threads. [3 definitions] |
bald cypress |
a cone-bearing tree that grows in the swamps of the southeastern United States, the wood of which is used in construction and shipbuilding. |
bald eagle |
a large eagle of the United States and Canada that has a white head and tail and a wingspan of about seven feet. |
balderdash |
nonsensical speech or writing; foolish, unpersuasive argumentation. |
bald-faced |
bold; brazen; shameless. |
baldhead |
a person whose head is bald; baldpate. [2 definitions] |
balding |
losing one's hair; becoming bald. |
baldpate |
a brown freshwater duck with a white crown; wigeon. [2 definitions] |
baldric |
a belt, often decorated, that is worn over the shoulder and diagonally across the body to carry a sword or bugle. |
Baldwin |
a moderately tangy winter apple grown in the northeastern United States. |
bale |
a large, tightly packed bundle usu. tied with cord or wire. [2 definitions] |
baleen |
the bony, flexible strips in the upper jaws of certain whales. |
baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
balk |
to stop suddenly and refuse to proceed. [7 definitions] |
Balkan |
of or pertaining to the Balkan States or their peoples. [3 definitions] |
Balkanize |
(often l.c.) to divide up into mutually antagonistic political units too small to maintain their independence or autonomy effectively. |
Balkan Peninsula |
a European peninsula between the Adriatic Sea on the west and the Black and Aegean Seas on the east. |
Balkan States |
the countries on the Balkan Peninsula, including Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, and European Turkey; the Balkans. |