Index of English words, starting with "ba"

(1) - Baleen (n.) Plates or blades of "whalebone," from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balaenoidea) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth.

(1) - Baleful (a.) Full of grief or sorrow; woeful; sad.
(2) - Baleful (a.) Full of deadly or pernicious influence; destructive.

(1) - Balefully (adv.) In a baleful manner; perniciously.

(1) - Balefulness (n.) The quality or state of being baleful.

(1) - Balk (v. i.) To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
(2) - Balk (v. i.) To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks.
(3) - Balk (v. i.) To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
(4) - Balk (v. t.) To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to /hwart; as, to balk expectation.
(5) - Balk (v. t.) To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.
(6) - Balk (v. t.) To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
(7) - Balk (v. t.) To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
(8) - Balk (v. t.) To leave or make balks in.
(9) - Balk (v. i.) A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to deliver the ball.
(10) - Balk (v. i.) A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.
(11) - Balk (v. i.) A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
(12) - Balk (v. i.) One of the beams connecting the successive supports of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge.
(13) - Balk (v. i.) A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called "the balks."
(14) - Balk (v. i.) A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.