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Balconynouna platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapetverified
Bald CypressnounMWEcommon cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at baseverified
Bald EaglenounMWEa large eagle of North America that has a white head and dark wings and bodyverified
Baldachinnounornamented canopy supported by columns or suspended from a roof or projected from a wall (as over an altar)verified
Baldricnouna wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hipverified
Baldricknouna wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hipverified
Baleen WhalenounMWEwhale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the waterverified
Balklinenounline across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a gameverified
Ball CarriernounMWE(football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive playverified
Ball CartridgenounMWEa general purpose cartridge having a primer and a ball and a full charge of powderverified
Ball GamenounMWEa particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situationverified
Ball HawkingnounMWEa skillful maneuver in catching balls or in stealing the ball from the opposing teamverified
Ball NightshadenounMWEcoarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruitverified
Ball-And-Socket JointnounMWEa freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other boneverified
Ballast ResistornounMWEa resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)verified
Balletnouna theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancersverified
Ballet MasternounMWEa man who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet companyverified
Ballet MistressnounMWEa woman who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet companyverified
Ballistic FingerprintingnounMWEidentification of the gun that fired a bullet from an analysis of the unique marks that every gun makes on the bullet it fires and on the shell ejected from itverified
Ballistic IdentificationnounMWEidentification of the gun that fired a bullet from an analysis of the unique marks that every gun makes on the bullet it fires and on the shell ejected from itverified
Ballistic MissilenounMWEa missile that is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches targetverified
Ballistic PendulumnounMWEa physical pendulum consisting of a large mass suspended from a rodverified
Ballistocardiographnouna medical instrument that measures the mechanical force of cardiac contractions and the amount of blood passing through the heart during a specified period by measuring the recoil of the body as blood is pumped from the ventriclesverified
Ballocknounone of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgensverified
Balloon FlowernounMWEfragrant puffed-up white to reddish-pink flowers in long narrow clusters on erect stemsverified
Balloon VinenounMWEwoody perennial climbing plant with large ornamental seed pods that resemble balloonsverified
Ballotingnouna choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternativeverified
Ballottementnouna palpatory technique for feeling a floating object in the body (especially for determining the position of a fetus by feeling the rebound of the fetus after a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus)verified
Ballpoint PennounMWEa pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paperverified
Ballyhoo ArtistnounMWEsomeone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attentionverified
Balmnounsemisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritationverified