| 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. |
| ball1 |
a spherical or nearly spherical body . [7 definitions] |
| ball2 |
a large social function at which there is formal dancing. [2 definitions] |
| ballad |
a narrative poem or song. [2 definitions] |
| ballade |
a poem of three eight-line or ten-line stanzas followed by an envoy of four or five lines, the stanzas and the envoy all having the same last line. [2 definitions] |
| balladeer |
one who sings ballads. |
| balladry |
ballads in general, or collectively. [2 definitions] |
| ballad stanza |
a four-line stanza often used in ballads, the second and fourth lines of which rhyme. |
| ball and chain |
a heavy ball attached by a chain to a prisoner's ankle to prevent escape. |