English Words: B
31,241 words · Page 50 of 625
A missile that is initially guided, but then follows a ballistic (freely falling) trajectory.
The science of objects that predominantly fly under the effects of gravity, momentum and atmospheric drag, and dealing with details of their behaviour at the origin and destination of their flight, as of bullets or missiles or rockets.
A smokeless propellant made from nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine without a solvent, developed in the 1880s and still used, e.g., for artillery rockets like Grad.
An instrument which measures ballistic forces on the heart, producing a graphical representation of repetitive motions of the human body arising from the sudden ejection of blood into the great vessels with each heartbeat.
The science of the preparation and diagnostic interpretation of ballistocardiograms.
To burnish (metal) by a technique that involves pushing an oversized ball through a hole.
A fictional level of drunkenness (originally stated to correspond with a BAC of 0.129–0.138%) said to confer one with superhuman programming ability.
A form of seed dispersal in which the seed is forcefully ejected by explosive dehiscence of the fruit
A policy put forward to test reactions; something designed to test the waters, an experimental measure.
A prestigious award in football, presented annually by the magazine France Football, and given to the player deemed to be the best of the previous season.
Any of several small balloons, inside a dirigible, that can be inflated or deflated to control buoyancy during flight.
The ballooning or distending of a part of the body for operative or diagnostic purposes.
A looped section of track that allows a rail vehicle or train to reverse direction without having to shunt or even stop.
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The English alphabetical index for the letter B contains 31,241 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 625 pages, and you are currently viewing page 50. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.
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