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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

balldress
noun a suit or dress for formal occasions

ballerina
danseuse noun a female ballet dancer

ballet
noun music written for a ballet

ballet company
noun a company that produces ballets

ballet dancer
noun a trained dancer who is a member of a ballet company

ballet master
noun a man who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company

ballet mistress
noun a woman who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company

ballet position
noun classical position of the body and especially the feet in ballet

ballet skirt
tutu noun very short skirt worn by ballerinas

balletic
adjective characteristic of or resembling or suitable for ballet

balletomane
noun a ballet enthusiast

balletomania
noun extraordinary enthusiasm for ballets

ballgame
new ballgame noun a particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation; `HDTV looks the same but it`s really a whole new ballgame`

ballistic
adjective relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity; `ballistic missile`

ballistic galvanometer
noun a moving-coil galvanometer that measures electric charge

ballistic identification
ballistic fingerprinting noun identification 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 it

ballistic missile
noun a missile that is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches target

ballistic pendulum
noun a physical pendulum consisting of a large mass suspended from a rod; its displacement is used to measure the velocity of a projectile

ballistics
noun the science of flight dynamics

ballistocardiograph
noun a 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 ventricles

ballistocardiogram
noun a graphical recording made by a ballistocardiograph

balloon
noun large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air

balloon bomb
Fugo noun a bomb carried by a balloon; `In World War II the Japanese launched balloon bombs against North America`

balloon flower
scented penstemon noun fragrant puffed-up white to reddish-pink flowers in long narrow clusters on erect stems; Arizona to New Mexico and Utah

balloon sail
noun any light loose sail

balloon vine
heart pea noun woody perennial climbing plant with large ornamental seed pods that resemble balloons; tropical India and Africa and America

balloonfish
Diodon holocanthus noun similar to but smaller than porcupinefish

ballooning
noun flying in a balloon

balloonist
noun someone who flies a balloon

ballot
noun a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting

ballot box
noun a box where voters deposit their ballots

Ballota
genus Ballota noun perennial herbs or subshrubs of especially Mediterranean area: black horehound

ballottement
noun a 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)

ballpark
park noun a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games); `take me out to the ballpark`

ballplayer
baseball player noun an athlete who plays baseball

ballpoint
ballpoint pen noun a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper

ballroom
dance hall noun large room used mainly for dancing

ballroom dancing
ballroom dance noun any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom

ballup
balls-up noun something badly botched or muddled

bally(a)
blinking(a) adjective (used of persons) informal intensifiers; `what a bally (or blinking) nuisance`; `a bloody fool`; `a crashing bore`; `you flaming idiot`

ballyhoo
hoopla noun blatant or sensational promotion

balm of Gilead
noun a fragrant oleoresin

balm of gilead
noun small evergreen tree of Africa and Asia; leaves have a strong aromatic odor when bruised

balminess
noun the quality of weather that is deliciously mild and soothing; `the day`s heat faded into balminess`; `the climate had the softness of the south of France`

Balmoral
bluebonnet noun a brimless dark blue Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume on one side

Balmoral Castle
noun a castle in northeastern Scotland that is a private residence of the British sovereign

balmy
barmy adjective informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; `it used to drive my husband balmy`

Balochi
Baluchi noun an Iranian language spoken in Pakistan and Iran and Afghanistan and Russia and the Persian gulf

baloney
boloney noun pretentious or silly talk or writing

balsa
Ochroma lagopus noun forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts

balsa
noun strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats

balsa raft
Kon Tiki noun a light raft made of balsa

balsa wood
noun strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats

balsam
noun an ointment containing a fragrant resin

balsam apple
noun a tropical Old World flowering vine with red or orange warty fruit

balsam fir
balm of Gilead 1 Canada balsam 1 Abies balsamea noun medium-sized fir of northeastern North America; leaves smell of balsam when crushed; much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees

balsam of Peru
noun dark brown syrupy balsam from the Peruvian balsam tree used especially in dressing wounds and treating certain skin diseases

balsam pear
Momordica charantia noun tropical Old World vine with yellow-orange fruit

balsam poplar
hackmatack noun poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves

balsam willow
Salix pyrifolia noun small shrubby tree of eastern North America having leaves exuding an odor of balsam when crushed

balsam woolly aphid
Adelges piceae noun a variety of adelgid

balsam-scented
adjective smelling of balsam resin

balsamic
balsamy adjective of or relating to or containing balsam; `a balsamic fragrance`

Balsaminaceae
family Balsaminaceae noun distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers

Balsamorhiza
genus Balsamorhiza noun genus of coarse western American herbs with large roots containing an aromatic balsam

balsamroot
noun a plant of the genus Balsamorhiza having downy leaves in a basal rosette and yellow flowers and long balsam-scented taproots

Balthazar
Balthasar noun (New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus

Baltic
adjective of or near or on the Baltic Sea; `The Baltic republics`

Baltic State
Baltic Republic noun European countries bordering the Baltic Sea

Baltic-Finnic
noun a group of Finnic languages including Finnish and Estonian

Baltimore
noun the largest city in Maryland; a major seaport and industrial center

Baltimore oriole
Baltimore bird noun eastern subspecies of northern oriole

Balto-Slavic
Balto-Slavic language noun a family of Indo-European languages including the Slavic and Baltic languages

baluster
noun one of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing

Balzac
Honore Balzac noun French novelist; he portrays the complexity of 19th century French society (1799-1850)

Balzacian
adjective of or relating to Honore de Balzac or his writings

Bam
noun an ancient city in southeastern Iran; destroyed by an earthquake in 2003

bamboo
noun woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture

bamboo curtain
noun an ideological barrier around communist China especially in the 1950s and 1960s

bamboo fern
Coniogramme japonica noun fast-growing sturdy Japanese fern; cultivated for their attractive broad dark-green pinnate fronds

bamboo palm
noun a palm of the genus Raffia

bamboo shoot
noun edible young shoots of bamboo

bamboozle
snow verb conceal one`s true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; `He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well`

Bambusa
genus Bambusa noun tall tender clumping bamboos

Bambuseae
tribe Bambuseae noun bamboos

ban
noun 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania

ban
forbiddance noun an official prohibition or edict against something

banal
hackneyed adjective repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; `bromidic sermons`; `his remarks were trite and commonplace`; `hackneyed phrases`; `a stock answer`; `repeating threadbare jokes`; `parroting some timeworn axiom`; `the trite metaphor `hard as nails``

banana
noun elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh

banana boat
noun a ship designed to transport bananas

banana bread
noun moist bread containing banana pulp

banana oil
noun a liquid ester derived from amyl alcohol; has the odor of bananas

banana passion fruit
Passiflora mollissima noun cultivated for fruit

banana peel
banana skin noun the skin of a banana (especially when it is stripped off and discarded); `he slipped on a banana skin and almost fell`

banana quit
noun any of several honeycreepers

banana republic
noun a small country (especially in Central America) that is politically unstable and whose economy is dominated by foreign companies and depends on one export (such as bananas)

banana split
noun a banana split lengthwise and topped with scoops of ice cream and sauces and nuts and whipped cream

banana-like
adjective resembling a banana

banausic
adjective (formal) ordinary and not refined; `he felt contempt for all banausic occupations`

band
noun instrumentalists not including string players