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601 words match “BALL”

BLACKBALL n. 4 definitions
A ball of black color, esp. one used as a negative in voting; -- in this sense usually two words.
BLOWBALL n.
The downy seed head of a dandelion, which children delight to blow away. B. Jonson.
BUTTERBALL n.
The buffel duck.
BUTTONBALL n.
See Buttonwood.
CABALLER n.
One who cabals. A close caballer and tongue-valiant lord. Dryden.
CABALLERIA n.
An ancient Spanish land tenure similar to the English knight's fee; hence, in Spain and countries settled by the Spanish, a land measure of varying size. In Cuba it is about 33 acres; in Porto Rico, about 194 acres; in the Southwestern United States, about 108 acres.
CABALLERO n.
A knight or cavalier; hence, a gentleman.
CABALLINE a. 2 definitions
Caballine aloes. Caballine aloes, an inferior and impure kind of aloes formerly used in veterinary practice; -- called also horse aloes. -- Caballine spring, the fountain of Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon; - - fabled to have been formed by a stroke from the foot of the winged horse Pegasus.
CABALLO n.
A horse. [Sp. Amer.]
CANNIBALLY adv.
In the manner of cannibal. "An he had been cannibally given." Shak.
ECBALLIUM n.
A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species Ecballium agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucumber. Its fruit, when ripe, bursts and violently ejects its seeds, together with a mucilaginous juice, from which elaterium, a powerful cathartic medicine, is prepared.
ELECTRO-BALLISTIC a.
Pertaining to electro-ballistics.
ELECTRO-BALLISTICS n.
The art or science of measuring the force or velocity of projectiles by means of electricity.
EMBALL v.
To encircle or embrace. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
EYEBALL n.
The ball or globe of the eye.
FIREBALL n.
A luminous meteor, resembling a ball of fire passing rapidly through the air, and sometimes exploding.
FOOTBALL n. 2 definitions
An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather. Waller.
HANDBALL n. 2 definitions
A ball for throwing or using with the hand.
HEELBALL n.
A composition of wax and lampblack, used by shoemakers for polishing, and by antiquaries in copying inscriptions.
MINIE BALL n.
A conical rifle bullet, with a cavity in its base plugged with a piece of iron, which, by the explosion of the charge, is driven farther in, expanding the sides to fit closely the grooves of the barrel.
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