All English words - page 461

Meanings of Ballgowns:

noun

A woman's elaborate full-length dress suitable for wearing to balls and similar social gatherings.

Meanings of Ballhawk:

noun

A player who is good at getting possession of or catching the ball.

Usage examples:

He such an instinctive player, a ballhawk in that sense.

Meanings of Ballhawks:

noun

A player who is good at getting possession of or catching the ball.

Usage examples:

He such an instinctive player, a ballhawk in that sense.

Meanings of Balliage:

noun

A technique for highlighting hair in which the dye is painted on in such a way as to create a graduated, natural-looking effect.

Usage examples:

She specializes in balayage, colour corrections, restyles, and extensions

Meanings of Balling:

verb

Squeeze or form (something) into a rounded shape.

Usage examples:

Robert balled up his napkin and threw it on to his plate

noun

A solid or hollow spherical or egg-shaped object that is kicked, thrown, or hit in a game.

Usage examples:

A cricket ball

Meanings of Ballist:

noun

A member of balli kombëtar, an albanian nationalist and republican movement active during the second world war (1939–45).

adjective

Of, relating to, or supporting balli kombëtar.

Meanings of Ballista:

noun

A catapult used in ancient warfare for hurling large stones.

Usage examples:

The two types of siege weapons were catapults and ballistae, with catapults being the predecessor (…

Meanings of Ballistae:

noun

A catapult used in ancient warfare for hurling large stones.

Usage examples:

The two types of siege weapons were catapults and ballistae, with catapults being the predecessor (…

Meanings of Ballistic:

adjective

Relating to projectiles or their flight.

Usage examples:

The vehicle system is a turreted, armored, all-wheel drive vehicle that provides increased ballisti…

Meanings of Ballistician:

noun

An expert or specialist in the science of ballistics.

Meanings of Ballisticians:

noun

An expert or specialist in the science of ballistics.

Meanings of Ballistics:

plural noun

The science of projectiles and firearms.

Usage examples:

In addition, there were other equally profound developments in areas such as firearms and ballistic…

noun

The study of objects that are shot or thrown through the air

Meanings of Ballistite:

noun

A smokeless explosive (propellant) invented by alfred nobel in 1887, consisting of nitroglycerine and soluble nitrocellulose in roughly equal proportions, stabilized with camphor or (later) diphenylamine.

Meanings of Ballistocardiographic:

adjective

Of or relating to a ballistocardiograph or ballistocardiography; (of movements of the body) caused by cardiovascular pulsation.

Meanings of Ballistocardiography:

noun

The use of a ballistocardiograph.

Meanings of Ballium:

noun

The defensive wall of a castle, or the area it enclosed; one of a series of such walls or courts.

Meanings of Ballo:

noun

Any of various choreographed dances, or dance sequences, performed either at a social gathering or on the stage, often to a specific piece of music. compare "dance". now chiefly historical.

Meanings of Ballock:

verb

Reprimand (someone) severely.

Meanings of Ballocks:

verb

Reprimand (someone) severely.

plural noun

The testicles.

Meanings of Ballon:

noun

(in dancing) the ability to appear effortlessly suspended while performing movements during a jump.

Usage examples:

Wallenberg's jumping and leaping demonstrated ballon and enthusiasm in the execution of the role.

Meanings of Ballonne:

noun

A bouncing step in dancing; specifically (ballet) a jump in which the dancer stretches one leg to either the front, the back, or the side and lands on the other, before joining the feet in the cou-de-pied.

Meanings of Balloon:

noun

A small coloured rubber bag that is inflated with air and then sealed at the neck, used as a child's toy or a decoration.

Usage examples:

The room was festooned with balloons and streamers

verb

A small coloured rubber bag which is inflated with air and then sealed at the neck, used as a child's toy or a decoration.

Usage examples:

The room was festooned with balloons and streamers

Meanings of Balloon-like:

idiom

If something that you say or show to people goes down like a lead balloon, they do not like it at all

Usage examples:

My joke about the alcoholic went down like a lead balloon.

Meanings of Ballooned:

verb

Swell out in a spherical shape.

Usage examples:

The trousers ballooned out below his waist

noun

A small coloured rubber bag that is inflated with air and then sealed at the neck, used as a child's toy or a decoration.

Usage examples:

The room was festooned with balloons and streamers

Meanings of Balloonery:

noun

The practice or art of ballooning; the management of balloons, aeronautics.