Index of English words, starting with "ba"

(1) - Ballet (n.) A bearing in coats of arms, representing one or more balls, which are denominated bezants, plates, etc., according to color.
(2) - Ballet (n.) A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus, -- most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers.
(3) - Ballet (n.) The company of persons who perform the ballet.
(4) - Ballet (n.) An artistic dance performed as a theatrical entertainment, or an interlude, by a number of persons, usually women. Sometimes, a scene accompanied by pantomime and dancing.

(1) - Ballista (n.) An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles.

(1) - Ballistic (a.) Pertaining to projection, or to a projectile.
(2) - Ballistic (a.) Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling stones or missile weapons by means of an engine.