bawl

  • 81Ballwin — /bawl win/, n. a town in E Missouri. 12,750. * * * …

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  • 82balsa — /bawl seuh, bahl /, n. 1. a tropical American tree, Ochroma pyramidale (lagopus), of the bombax family, yielding an exceedingly light wood used for life preservers, rafts, toy airplanes, etc. 2. a raft made of balsa wood. 3. any life raft. [1770… …

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  • 83balsamiferous — /bawl seuh mif euhr euhs/, adj. yielding balsam. [1675 85; BALSAM + I + FEROUS] * * * …

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  • 84balsaminaceous — /bawl seuh meuh nay sheuhs/, adj. belonging to the plant family Balsaminaceae. Cf. balsam family. [ < Gk balsamín(e) garden balsam + ACEOUS] * * * …

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  • 85Baltic — /bawl tik/, adj. 1. of, near, or on the Baltic Sea. 2. of or pertaining to the Baltic States. 3. of or pertaining to a group of languages, as Latvian, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian, that constitute a branch of the Indo European family. n. 4. the&#8230; …

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  • 86Balto-Slavic — /bawl toh slah vik, slav ik/, n. a grouping of Indo European languages comprising the Baltic and Slavic groups. [1895 1900; Balto (comb. form of BALTIC) + SLAVIC] * * * …

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  • 87Balzac — /bawl zak, bal /; Fr. /bannl zannk /, n. Honoré de /on euh ray deuh/; Fr. /aw naw rdday deuh/, 1799 1850, French novelist. * * * …

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  • 88ball-carrier — /bawl kar ee euhr/, n. Football. the offensive player having the ball and attempting to gain ground. [1930 35] …

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  • 89ballflower — /bawl flow euhr/, n. Archit. a medieval English ornament suggesting a flower of three or four petals enclosing and partly concealing a ball. [1835 45; BALL1 + FLOWER] …

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  • 90Ballwin — /bawl win/, n. a town in E Missouri. 12,750 …

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