balletomania
— Noun
– English
~ extraordinary enthusiasm for ballets
ballgame
— Noun
– English
~ a field game played with a ball (especially baseball)
ballgame
— Noun
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~ a particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation; "HDTV looks the same but it's really a whole new ballgame"
ballista
— Noun
– English
~ an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
ballistic
— Adjective
– English
~ relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity; "ballistic missile"
ballistics
— Noun
– English
~ the trajectory of an object in free flight
ballistics
— Noun
– English
~ the science of flight dynamics
Ballistite
— Noun
– English
~ an explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smoke; contains pyrocellulose and is used as a propellant
ballistocardiogram
— Noun
– English
~ a graphical recording made by a ballistocardiograph
ballistocardiograph
— Noun
– English
~ 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
ballock
— Noun
– English
~ one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"
balloon
— Verb
– English
~ become inflated; "The sails ballooned"
balloon
— Verb
– English
~ ride in a hot-air balloon; "He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China"
balloon
— Noun
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~ small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck
balloon
— Noun
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~ large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
balloonfish
— Noun
– English
~ similar to but smaller than porcupinefish