| balance beam |
a long wooden horizontal beam raised about four feet above the floor, on which women gymnasts perform various balancing routines. [2 definitions] |
| balanced |
not going too far in the direction of any extreme so that rationality, harmony, or stability is achieved; keeping to proper proportions. [2 definitions] |
| balance of payments |
the difference between a nation's payments to another nation and its receipts from the other nation, including imports, exports, and other flow of capital. |
| balance of power |
a sufficient distribution of military or economic power among governments to prevent any one from excessively dominating others. [2 definitions] |
| balance of trade |
the difference in value between a country's total imports and its total exports. |
| balance sheet |
a financial statement of an individual's or business's assets and liabilities on a given date. |
| balance wheel |
a wheel that regulates the movement of parts of a mechanism, as in a watch or a music box. |
| balata |
a tropical American tree with dark red wood that yields a latex sap. [2 definitions] |
| balboa |
the chief monetary unit of Panama, equaling one hundred centesimos. |
| 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. |