Definition of ball

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Ball (n.) A social assembly for the purpose of dancing.

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Ballad :: Ballad (v. i.) To make or sing ballads.
Puckfist :: Puckfist (n.) A puffball.
Abacus :: Abacus (n.) A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units, the second line, tens, etc. It is still employed in China..
Top :: Top (n.) A bundle or ball of slivers of comkbed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out..
Roll :: Roll (n.) To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface; as, to roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel..
Tonometer :: Tonometer (n.) An instrument for measuring tension, esp. that of the eyeball..
Ballasted :: Ballasted (imp. & p. p.) of Ballas.
Red-hot :: Red-hot (a.) Red with heat; heated to redness; as, red-hot iron; red-hot balls. Hence, figuratively, excited; violent; as, a red-hot radical..
Dirigible :: Dirigible (a.) Capable of being directed; steerable; as, a dirigible balloon..
Bowl :: Bowl (v. t.) To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball..
Enarthrosis :: Enarthrosis (n.) A ball and socket joint, or the kind of articulation represented by such a joint. See Articulation..
Wicket :: Wicket (n.) A small framework at which the ball is bowled. It consists of three rods, or stumps, set vertically in the ground, with one or two short rods, called bails, lying horizontally across the top..
Puff :: Puff (n.) A puffball.
Supraciliary :: Suprachoroidal (a.) Situated above the choroid; -- applied to the layer of the choroid coat of the eyeball next to the sclerotic.
Toss :: Toss (v. t.) To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball..
Round :: Round (a.) Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball..
Ballista :: Ballista (n.) An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles..
English :: English (v. t.) To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion..
Xerophthalmia :: Xerophthalmia (n.) An abnormal dryness of the eyeball produced usually by long-continued inflammation and subsequent atrophy of the conjunctiva.
Balloter :: Balloter (n.) One who votes by ballot.
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