| 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. |
| balkline |
a line parallel and close to one end of a billiard table, from behind which the opening shot is made. |
| balky |
inclined to stop short and then refuse to proceed; stubborn; obstinate. |