English words: balance lock to Balint

300 English words, part 11 of 142 of the words starting with B, A to Z. 28 have a page of their own.

English words balance lock to Balint

balance lock noun: An early type of canal boat lift that uses two interconnected water-filled tanks moving in opposite vertical directions to raise and lower boats while...
balance of equities noun: A judicial analysis under which a court weighs factors like the public interest, injury to the parties, fairness, etc. in deciding on a matter.
balance of payments noun: A measure of all flows of money into and out of a country including payments for goods and services and capital flows.
balance of power noun: A situation of equilibrium in which no country is powerful enough to control, or threaten the interests of, the others.
balance of probabilities noun: A legal standard, applied in many jurisdictions for deciding the outcome of civil disputes, which requires that a dispute be decided in favor of the party...
balance of probability noun: Alternative form of balance of probabilities.
balance of terror noun: The tenuous peace that existed during the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
balance of trade noun: The difference between the monetary value of exports and imports in an economy over a certain period of time.
balance out verb: To attain balance through the contrasting or reciprocating effect of different elements.
balance room noun: A self-contained area of a laboratory equipped with analytical balances
balance sheet noun: A summary of a person's or organization's assets, liabilities and equity as of a specific date.
balance sheet equation noun: Synonym of accounting equation.
balance the books verb: To add up all the debits and credits.
balance the sheets verb: To improve the financial state of an organization or individual so they are no longer operating at a loss.
balance the ticket verb: To pick a vice-presidential candidate who represents a different constituency than the presidential candidate.
balance transfer noun: A transferal of the current amount owing on one credit card to another one (ideally one charging a lower rate of interest)
balance up verb: To achieve a balance, usually by increasing something, e.g., revenue.
balance weight noun: A weight that acts as a counterbalance.
balance wheel noun: The timekeeping device normally used in mechanical watches and small clocks, consisting of a wheel which oscillates due to a coiled spring.
balanceable adjective: Capable of being balanced.
balanced adjective, verb /ˈbælənst/: Containing elements in appropriate proportion; proportionately weighted on all dimensions and therefore unlikely to tip over.
balanced budget noun: A (usually governmental) budget in which income and expenditure are equal over a set period of time.
balanced category noun: A category in which every bimorphism is an isomorphism.
balanced diet noun: A diet consisting of suitable proportions of foods from all food groups.
balanced flue noun: A type of flue commonly used to install a gas fire in a house without a chimney.
balancedness noun: The state or quality of being balanced.
balancelle noun /bælənˈsɛl/: A garden seat in the form of a swing.
balanceman noun: A man employed to sit on the trunk of a tree while it is transported and keep it horizontal.
balancement noun: The act or result of balancing or adjusting; balance.
balancer noun /ˈbæ.lən.sɚ/: One who, or that which, balances.
balanceweight noun: Alternative form of balance weight.
balancewise adverb: In terms of balance.
Balanchinian adjective: Of or pertaining to George Balanchine.
balancing noun, verb: An action wherein someone balances or something is balanced
balancing act noun: A performance that involves balancing things precariously and suspensefully.
balançoire noun: Swinging the working leg between front and back through first position, usually in conjunction with grands battements or attitudes and involving seesaw-like...
balanda noun: A white person, a European.
balander noun: Alternative form of balandra.
balandra noun: A sailboat with a single mast.
balandrana noun: A long medieval coat-like garment with a slit for the arm.
balaneion noun: An ancient Greek bathhouse.
balanephagous adjective /bæləˈniːfəɡəs/: Acorn-eating.
Balanga proper noun /bɐˈla.ŋɐʔ/: A city, the provincial capital of Bataan, Central Luzon, Philippines.
balangay noun: A type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines.
balangeroite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
balanghai noun: A large boat, about 18 meters in length, used by Malay settlers of the Philippines in prehispanic times. Such a vessel would carry a small clan or a large...
balangi noun: An instrument similar to a xylophone.
Balangir proper noun: A district of Odisha, India.
balanic adjective /bəˈlænɪk/: Relating to the glans penis or to the glans clitoridis
balanid noun: Any member of the family Balanidae, stalkless acorn barnacles in the order Sessilia.
balaniferous adjective: Bearing or producing acorns.
balanitic adjective: Relating to balanitis.
balanitin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
balanitis noun /ˌbæl.əˈnaɪ.tɪs/: Inflammation of the glans penis.
balanitis xerotica obliterans noun: A dermatological condition affecting the male genitalia, involving atrophic white patches.
balanitisin noun: Any of a group of steroidal saponins found in Balanites.
balanitoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
balanji noun: Synonym of pink cedar
balano- prefix: Relating to the glans.
balanoblennorrhœa noun: blennorrhea of the glans
balanoid adjective: Resembling an acorn; applied to the acorn barnacles
balanomorph noun: Any barnacle of the suborder Balanomorpha
balanomorphan noun: Any barnacle of the suborder Balanomorpha
balanophagous adjective /bæləˈnɒfəɡəs/: Alternative form of balanephagous.
balanophoraceous adjective: Of or relating to the Balanophoraceae.
balanophorin noun: A waxy substance found in the stems of certain species of Langsdorffia in the family Balanophoraceae.
balanoplasty noun: reconstruction of the glans penis
balanoposthitis noun: An inflammation of the glans penis and the prepuce.
balanopræputial adjective: Alternative form of balanopreputial
balanopreputial adjective: Relating to the glans penis and the foreskin.
balansioid adjective: Similar to those of species in the genus Balansia.
Balanta noun: An ethnic group of Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Senegal, Cape Verde, and the Gambia.
balantidial adjective: Relating to protozoa of the genus Balantidium.
balantidiasis noun: A protozoan infection caused by Balantidium coli.
balantidium noun: Any parasite of the genus Balantidium.
balanus noun: The glans
balao noun: The halfbeak.
balao-balao noun: A fermented Filipino condiment of cooked rice and whole raw shrimp.
balaphone noun: Alternative form of balafon
balapiravir noun: An antiviral drug used to treat dengue fever.
Balarama proper noun: Balarama, son of Vasudeva, and Rohini, brother of Subhadra, and Krishna, who uses a plough as his weapon.
balas noun /ˈbaləs/: A type of rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a form of ruby.
balas-ruby noun: A rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a type of ruby.
balase noun: ballast
Balash proper noun: A surname from Czech.
Balasore proper noun /ˈbɑːləsɔː/: A city in Odisha, in eastern India.
balass noun: Alternative form of balas.
Balassa proper noun: A surname from Hungarian.
Balassa index noun: An index used to calculate the relative advantage or disadvantage of a country in a certain class of goods.
Balassa-Samuelson effect noun: The tendency for consumer prices to be systematically higher in more developed countries than in less developed countries.
Balasubramaniam proper noun: A South Indian surname.
Balasubramanian proper noun: A surname.
balata noun: Manilkara bidentata, a large South American tree that yields latex and edible yellow berries.
Balaton proper noun /ˈbælətɒn/: A freshwater lake in Hungary, the largest lake in Central Europe, and one of the region's foremost tourist destinations.
balatron noun: A buffoon; one who speaks a lot of nonsense and is characterized by self-indulgence.
balatronic adjective: buffoonish
balaua noun: A type of (large) spirit house in the Philippines, used especially by the Itneg people.
balaustine noun: The red roselike flower of the pomegranate, having a bitter taste and sometimes used as an astringent in folk medicine.
balayage noun: A hair colouring technique in which colour is applied by hand.
balayaged adjective: Of a harmonic function: reconstructed by the balayage method.
balayeuse noun: A protecting ruffle or frill, as of silk or lace, sewn close to the lower edge of a skirt on the inside.
Balazs proper noun: A surname from Hungarian.
balbacua noun: A Filipino stew of beef slow-cooked until tender, especially in the cuisine of Visayas and Mindanao.
balbal noun /ˈbɑːlbəl/: In pre-Islamic Turkic cultures, an anthropomorphic stonen stele embedded in the ground at or near a kurgan (“type of prehistoric burial mound”); some are...
balbarid noun: Any member of the family †Balbaridae of extinct kangaroos.
balbarine noun: Any macropod of the subfamily Balbarinae
Balbi proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Balbirnie proper noun: A surname.
balbis noun: A straight line terminated by a secondary line at each end, resembling the letter H.
balboa noun /bælˈbəʊə/: The currency of Panama, divided into 100 centésimos
Balboni proper noun: A surname.
balbriggan noun /bælˈbɹɪɡn̩/: An unbleached, knitted, cotton fabric mostly used for underwear.
balbucinate verb: To stammer.
Balbuena proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
balbutiate verb: To stammer.
balbutient adjective: stammering
balbuties noun /bælˈbjuːʃi.iːz/: stammering
Balby proper noun: A southern suburb of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5601).
balc'ny noun: Pronunciation spelling of balcony.
balche noun: An intoxicating beverage made by soaking the bark of the leguminous tree Lonchocarpus violaceus in honey and water and fermenting it.
Balchik proper noun: A town in northeastern Bulgaria.
Balchin proper noun: A surname.
Balcom proper noun: A surname.
Balcombe proper noun: A village and civil parish in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3030).
balconet noun: Alternative form of balconette (“small balcony”).
balconette noun: A false balcony, or railing at the outer plane of a window-opening reaching to the floor, and resembling a balcony when the window is open.
balconette bra noun: Synonym of balcony bra.
balconic adjective /ˈbælkənɪk/: Of or pertaining to balconies.
balconied adjective: That has a balcony attached.
balconing noun /ˈbælkənɪŋ/: The act of jumping between the balconies of two hotel rooms; especially of tourists in Spain.
balcony noun /ˈbælkəni/: An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.
balcony bra noun: A half-cup bra, generally with a low horizontal cut, designed to be worn under a low-cut top.
balconylike adjective /ˈbælkəniˌlaɪk/: Resembling or characteristic of a balcony.
bald adjective, noun, verb /bɔːld/: Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers.
bald as a bladder of lard adjective: Completely bald; having no hair at all.
bald as a coot adjective: Totally bald; without any hair on one's head.
bald as a peeled egg adjective: Synonym of bald as a billiard ball.
bald cap noun: A wig-like cap simulating the appearance of a bald or partially bald head, worn primarily by actors and clowns.
bald cypress noun: Any member of the species Taxodium distichum of deciduous conifer trees, native to often-flooded areas of the southeastern and south central parts of the...
bald eagle noun /ˌbɔːlˈdiːɡəl/: Haliaeetus leucocephalus, a species of eagle native to North America and notable for the white plumage on its head.
bald earn noun: Alternative form of bald erne.
bald erne noun: Bald eagle.
bald-faced adjective: Having white markings on the face.
bald-faced hornet noun: A North American yellowjacket distinguished by its black and white coloration with white marks on the face and by its hornet-like aerial nests...
bald head noun: A person with no hair; a baldie.
bald-headed adjective: Having a bald head.
bald-headed hermit noun: The penis.
bald-headed row noun: The front row of a theatre, traditionally occupied by elderly men and playboys.
bald patch noun: Synonym of bald spot.
bald person noun: A person with little or no head hair. (This entry is a translation hub.)
bald-shame verb: To criticize or deride someone's baldness or hair loss.
bald-shaming noun, verb: The act of criticizing or deriding someone's baldness or hair loss.
bald spot noun: An area on the head which, due to hair loss, has little or no hair.
bald wig noun: A headpiece worn usually by stage and film actors so as to appear bald on top without the necessity of shaving their scalps.
baldacchin noun /ˈbaldəkɪn/: A rich, embroidered brocade used for clothing in the Middle Ages, the web being gold and the woof silk.
Baldacci proper noun: A surname from Italian.
baldachin noun: Alternative spelling of baldacchin.
baldachined adjective: Covered by a baldacchin.
baldachino noun: Alternative form of baldacchin.
baldaquin noun: Alternative form of baldacchin.
baldare noun: din
Baldassarre proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Baldauf proper noun: A surname.
baldchin noun: The baldchin groper.
baldchin groper noun: A type of wrasse, Choerodon rubescens, endemic to the waters of Western Australia.
baldcrown noun: The American wigeon.
baldcypress noun: Alternative form of bald cypress.
Balde proper noun: A surname.
balden verb: To make bald
baldening noun, verb: The act or process of rendering or becoming bald
Baldeo proper noun: A surname.
Balderas proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
balderdash noun, verb /ˈbɔːldə.dæʃ/: Senseless talk or writing; nonsense.
Balderrama proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
Balderson proper noun: A surname.
Balderston proper noun: A surname.
Balderstone proper noun: A suburban area of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9051).
Balderton proper noun: A hamlet in Dodleston parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3762).
baldfaced adjective: Alternative form of bald-faced.
baldhead noun: A person whose head is bald.
baldheaded adjective: Alternative spelling of bald-headed.
Baldi proper noun: A surname from Italian.
baldicoot noun /ˈbɔːldɪkuːt/: The coot (bird), with its pure white wide frontal plate.
baldie noun /ˈbɔːl.di/: Somebody who is bald.
balding adjective, verb: Becoming bald, especially having male pattern baldness.
Baldini proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Baldino proper noun: A surname.
baldish adjective: Somewhat bald; balding.
baldist adjective, noun: Discriminatory against bald or balding people.
baldly adverb: In a bald (blunt, matter-of-fact, unembellished, or lacking supporting details) manner.
baldmaxx verb /ˈbɔːld.mæks/: To become bald with enthusiasm instead of trying to maintain a full head of hair.
baldmoney noun /ˈbɔːldˌmʌni/: Meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family.
baldness noun: The condition or state of being (or becoming) bald.
Baldo proper noun: A surname.
Baldock proper noun: A surname.
baldpate noun: A bald-headed person.
baldpated adjective: Lacking hair on the head; bald.
baldresca noun: A shelf that supports a loggia.
baldrib noun: A piece of pork cut lower down than the sparerib, and destitute of fat.
baldric noun /ˈbɔːldɹɪk/: A broad belt, originally of leather and often richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip (across the breast and under the opposite arm), which...
baldrick noun: Alternative form of baldric.
baldricked adjective: Wearing a baldrick (ornamental belt).
baldricwise adverb: In the manner of a baldric.
Baldridge proper noun: A surname.
baldrinal noun: The aldehydic ester (7-formylcyclopenta[c]pyran-4-yl)methyl acetate
Baldry proper noun: A surname.
baldspot noun: Alternative form of bald spot
Balducci proper noun: A surname.
balductum adjective, noun: nonsensical
Baldur proper noun: The Norse god of light and purity, a son of Odin and Frigg, known for his beauty and near-invulnerability.
Baldwin noun /ˈbɔːld.wɪn/: A reddish, moderately acid, winter apple.
Baldwin effect noun: The effect whereby an organism's ability to learn new behaviours affects its reproductive success and therefore changes the genetic makeup of its species...
Baldwin's phosphorus noun: A poorly-characterized phosphorescent substance obtained by heating calcium nitrate.
Baldwin's rules noun: A series of guidelines outlining the relative favorabilities of ring closure reactions in alicyclic compounds.
Baldwinian adjective: Of or relating to James Mark Baldwin (1861–1934), American philosopher and psychologist who contributed to early psychiatry and the theory of evolution.
Baldwinsville proper noun: A village in the towns of Lysander and Van Buren, Onondaga County, New York, United States.
Baldwyn proper noun: A surname.
baldy adjective, noun /ˈbɔːl.di/: Someone who is bald.
baldy-headed adjective: Having a bald head; lacking hair on the head.
bale noun, verb /beɪl/: Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
bale of dice noun: A pair of dice.
bale out verb: Alternative spelling of bail out.
bale up verb: To pack or collect into a bale or bundle.
baleable adjective: Able to be made up into bales.
baleage noun: Moist, dense forage for animals, produced in a baler.
Balearian noun: A native or inhabitant of the Balearic islands.
Balearic adjective /bæliˈæɹɪk/: Of, from or relating to the Balearic Islands, Spain.
Balearic beat noun: A style of DJ-led electronic dance music associated with the nightclubs of Ibiza.
Balearic crane noun: Synonym of crowned crane.
Balearic shearwater noun: A medium-sized shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus) in the seabird family Procellariidae.
Balearic warbler noun: A typical warbler, of species Curruca balearica, endemic to the Balearic Islands.
balearica noun: Any crowned crane of the genus Balearica.
Balearics proper noun: An archipelago and autonomous community of Spain; in full, the Balearic Islands.
baleboosteh noun: Alternative form of baleboste.
balebos noun /bɑːləˈbʌs/: Master of the house, head of the household, host.
balebosta noun: Alternative form of baleboste.
baleboste noun /bɑːləˈbʌstə/: mistress of the house
balebuste noun: Alternative form of baleboste.
balection noun: Alternative form of bolection.
baleen noun /bəˈliːn/: keratinous material that makes up the plates in the mouth of the baleen whale (Mysticeti), which it uses to trap its food; formerly used in corsetry.
baleen whale noun: Any of several large whales, of the parvorder Mysticeti, that have plates of whalebone (baleen) instead of teeth.
baleet verb: To delete.
balefire noun: A bonfire, any large outdoor fire (for example those used in a funeral pyre, or in witches' rituals).
baleful adjective /ˈbeɪl.fəl/: Portending evil; ominous.
balefully adverb: In a baleful, ominous manner.
balefulness noun: The characteristic of being baleful.
balei noun /balaɪ/: a type of hall, station, or large building for public uses, typically found in present-day Malaysia
baleless adjective /ˈbeɪl.ləs/: Without a bale or bales.
Balenciaga noun /bəˌlɛnsiˈɑːɡə/: A product of the Balenciaga brand, especially shoes or a handbag.
balenine noun: The amino acid (2S)-2-(3-aminopropanoylamino)-3-(1-methylimidazol-4-yl)propanoic acid
Baleno proper noun: A municipality of Masbate, Philippines.
balenological adjective: Of or pertaining to balenology
balenology noun: The therapeutic use of thermal and mineral spas
balenopterid noun: Any baleen whale of the family Balaenopteridae
Balentine proper noun: A surname.
baler noun: A machine for creating bales, e.g., of hay or cotton.
baler twine noun: Synonym of haywire.
Balerno proper noun: A village and community in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1666).
Balestier proper noun: A surname.
balestra noun: Alternative form of ballestra.
Balet proper noun: A barangay of Samal, Davao del Norte, Philippines.
Baley proper noun: A surname.
Balfour proper noun: A settlement in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO7896).
Balfour pine noun: Synonym of foxtail pine (“Pinus balfouriana”).
Balfourian adjective: Of or relating to Arthur Balfour (1848–1930), British Conservative politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from July 1902 to December 1905.
Balfron proper noun: A village in Stirling council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5488).
balgha noun: A type of North African leather slippers used as general footwear.
Balgonie proper noun: A castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Balgowlah proper noun: A suburb of Sydney in the Northern Beaches council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Balgownie proper noun: A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Balhae proper noun: A kingdom in southern and eastern Manchuria (in modern China and Russia) and northeastern Korea (in modern North Korea) in the late first millennium, which...
Balham proper noun: A suburb of London in the borough of Wandsworth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2873).
balhimycin noun: A glycopeptide antibiotic related to vancomycin
Bali proper noun /ˈbɑːli/: A province of Indonesia, primarily made up of the island of Bali.
Bali Aga noun: The indigenous people of Bali.
Bali belly noun: Synonym of Delhi belly.
Bali Mula noun: Synonym of Bali Aga
Bali myna noun: Leucopsar rothschildi, a medium-sized, stocky bird that is almost entirely white, and native to the island of Bali and its offshore islands in Indonesia.
Bali tiger noun: Any tiger of an extinct Panthera tigris sondaica population found on the Indonesian island of Bali.
Baliaga noun: Alternative form of Bali Aga.
balian noun: A Balinese shaman or traditional healer.
balibuntal noun: A fine, woven straw used for making hats.
balicassiao noun: A species of bird in the drongo family, Dicrurus balicassius, endemic to the Philippines.
balichao noun: A shrimp or krill paste used in Macanese cuisine.
balićžunićite noun: A colourless mineral found in high-temperature fumaroles with the chemical formula Bi2O(SO4)2.
Balija noun: A member of a Telugu-speaking mercantile community in parts of India.
balik kampung noun: an annual travel to one's hometown to meet one's family and relatives.
balikbayan noun: A Filipino returning to the Philippines after spending time in another country.
balikbayan box noun: A carton shipped or brought to the Philippines from another country by a Filipino who has been living overseas, a balikbayan, typically containing items...
Balikpapan proper noun: A city in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
balimbing noun: Alternative form of belimbing (“star fruit”).
Balin stone noun: A type of pyrophyllite from Inner Mongolia; traditionally used in the Chinese art of seal engraving.
Balinese adjective, noun /ˈbɑːlɪniːz/: Of or relating to Bali, its inhabitants, or their language or culture.
Balinese tiger noun: Synonym of Bali tiger.
Balinesian adjective, noun: of Bali, Balinese
baling noun, verb /ˈbeɪlɪŋ/: A collection of material packaged into a bale.
balinger noun: A small medieval sea-going ship with oars and sails.
balinghasay noun: The tropical tree Buchanania arborescens.
balinghoy noun: cassava
Balint proper noun: A surname.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under B: 42,566 words, in 142 parts.