Balm (n.) An aromatic plant of the genus Melissa.
Balm (n.) The resinous and aromatic exudation of certain trees or shrubs.
Balm (n.) Any fragrant ointment.
Balm (n.) Anything that heals or that mitigates pain.
Balm (v. i.) To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal. Hence: To soothe; to mitigate.
Balmify (v. t.) To render balmy.
Balmily (adv.) In a balmy manner.
Balmoral (n.) A long woolen petticoat, worn immediately under the dress.
Balmoral (n.) A kind of stout walking shoe, laced in front.
Balmy (a.) Having the qualities of balm; odoriferous; aromatic; assuaging; soothing; refreshing; mild.
Balmy (a.) Producing balm.
Balneal (a.) Of or pertaining to a bath.
Balneary (n.) A bathing room.
Balneation (n.) The act of bathing.
Balneatory (a.) Belonging to a bath.
Balneography (n.) A description of baths.
Balneology (n.) A treatise on baths; the science of bathing.
Balneotherapy (n.) The treatment of disease by baths.
Balotade (n.) See Ballotade.
Balsa (n.) A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America.
Balsam (n.) A resin containing more or less of an essential or volatile oil.
Balsam (n.) A species of tree (Abies balsamea).
Balsam (n.) An annual garden plant (Impatiens balsamina) with beautiful flowers; balsamine.
Balsam (n.) Anything that heals, soothes, or restores.
Balsam (v. t.) To treat or anoint with balsam; to relieve, as with balsam; to render balsamic.
Balsamation (n.) The act of imparting balsamic properties.
Balsamation (n.) The art or process of embalming.
Balsamic (a.) Alt. of Balsamical
Balsamical (a.) Having the qualities of balsam; containing, or resembling, balsam; soft; mitigative; soothing; restorative.
Balsamiferous (a.) Producing balsam.
Balsamine (n.) The Impatiens balsamina, or garden balsam.
Balsamous (a.) Having the quality of balsam; containing balsam.
Balter (v. t.) To stick together.
Baltic (a.) Of or pertaining to the sea which separates Norway and Sweden from Jutland, Denmark, and Germany; situated on the Baltic Sea.
Baltimore bird () Alt. of Baltimore oriole
Baltimore oriole () A common American bird (Icterus galbula), named after Lord Baltimore, because its colors (black and orange red) are like those of his coat of arms; -- called also golden robin.
Baluster (n.) A small column or pilaster, used as a support to the rail of an open parapet, to guard the side of a staircase, or the front of a gallery. See Balustrade.
Balustered (a.) Having balusters.
Balustrade (n.) A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.
Bam (n.) An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.
Bam (v. t.) To cheat; to wheedle.
Bambino (n.) A child or baby; esp., a representation in art of the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes.
Bambino (n.) Babe Ruth.
Bambocciade (n.) A representation of a grotesque scene from common or rustic life.
Bamboo (n.) A plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa, growing in tropical countries.
Bamboo (v. t.) To flog with the bamboo.
Bamboozled (imp. & p. p.) of Bamboozle
Bamboozling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bamboozle
Bamboozle (v. t.) To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug.
Bamboozler (n.) A swindler; one who deceives by trickery.
Ban (n.) A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.
Ban (n.) A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army.
Ban (n.) Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church. See Banns (the common spelling in this sense).
Ban (n.) An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription.
Ban (n.) A curse or anathema.
Ban (n.) A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.
Banned (imp. & p. p.) of Ban
Banning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ban
Ban (v. t.) To curse; to invoke evil upon.
Ban (v. t.) To forbid; to interdict.
Ban (v. i.) To curse; to swear.
Ban (n.) An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia.
Banal (a.) Commonplace; trivial; hackneyed; trite.
Banalities (pl. ) of Banality
Banality (n.) Something commonplace, hackneyed, or trivial; the commonplace, in speech.
Banana (n.) A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.
Banat (n.) The territory governed by a ban.
Banc (n.) Alt. of Bank
Bancus (n.) Alt. of Bank
Bank (n.) A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.
Banco (n.) A bank, especially that of Venice.
Band (v. t.) A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter.
Band (v. t.) A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.
Band (v. t.) In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
Band (v. t.) That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
Band (v. t.) A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Band (v. t.) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
Band (v. t.) A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it.
Band (v. t.) A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men.
Band (v. t.) A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals.
Band (v. t.) A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants.
Band (v. t.) A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body.
Band (v. t.) A belt or strap.
Band (v. t.) A bond
Band (v. t.) Pledge; security.
Banded (imp. & p. p.) of Band
Banding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Band
Band (v. t.) To bind or tie with a band.
Band (v. t.) To mark with a band.
Band (v. t.) To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy.
Band (v. i.) To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.
Band (v. t.) To bandy; to drive away.
Band () imp. of Bind.
Bandage (n.) A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc.
Bandage (n.) Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over or round something to cover, strengthen, or compress it; a ligature.
Bandaged (imp. & p. p.) of Bandage
Bandaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bandage
Bandage (v. t.) To bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage; as, to bandage the eyes.
Bandala (n.) A fabric made in Manilla from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis).
Bandanna (n.) Alt. of Bandana