absentee ballot
— Noun
– English
~ (election) a ballot that is cast while absent (usually mailed in prior to election day)
Abies balsamea
— Noun
– English
~ medium-sized fir of northeastern North America; leaves smell of balsam when crushed; much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees
Abyssinian banana
— Noun
– English
~ large evergreen arborescent herb having huge paddle-shaped leaves and bearing inedible fruit that resemble bananas but edible young flower shoots; sometimes placed in genus Musa
arm band
— Noun
– English
~ a band worn around the arm for decoration
absorption band
— Noun
– English
~ a dark band in the spectrum of white light that has been transmitted through a substance that exhibits absorption at selective wavelengths
adhesive bandage
— Noun
– English
~ bandage consisting of a medical dressing of plain absorbent gauze held in place by a plastic or fabric tape coated with adhesive
agent bank
— Noun
– English
~ a bank named by a lending syndicate of several banks to protect their interests
agent bank
— Noun
– English
~ a bank that acts as an agent for a foreign bank
Arminian Baptist
— Noun
– English
~ group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists)
apricot bar
— Noun
– English
~ fruit bar containing apricot jam
axle bar
— Noun
– English
~ an iron bar that serves as an axletree
Avena barbata
— Noun
– English
~ oat of southern Europe and southwestern Asia
American barberry
— Noun
– English
~ deciduous shrub of eastern North America whose leaves turn scarlet in autumn and having racemes of yellow flowers followed by ellipsoid glossy red berries
Antigua and Barbuda
— Noun
– English
~ a country in the northern Leeward Islands
argle-bargle
— Noun
– English
~ a verbal dispute; a wrangling argument
argy-bargy
— Noun
– English
~ a verbal dispute; a wrangling argument