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96 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• ball n. A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
• ball n. (Mathematics) Homologue or analogue of a disk in the Euclidean plane.
• ball n. (Ballistics, firearms) A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, rifle, gun, etc.
• ball n. A roundish, protuberant portion of some part of the body.
• ball n. The globe; the earthly sphere.
• ball n. (Sports, countable) An object that is the focus of many sports and games, in which it may be thrown…
• ball n. (Mildly vulgar, slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
• ball n. (Printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly…
• ball n. (Farriery, historical) A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.
• ball n. (Slang, countable, uncountable, singular only) One thousand US dollars.
• ball v. (Transitive) To form or wind into a ball.
• ball v. (Metalworking) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
• ball v. (Transitive, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with.
• ball v. (Transitive, intransitive) To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.
• ball v. (Slang, usually in present participle) To be hip or cool.
• ball v. (University slang) To reject from a fraternity or sorority. (Short for blackball.)
• ball v. (Nonstandard, slang) To play basketball.
• ball v. (Transitive) To punish by affixing a ball and chain.
• ball interj. (Australian rules football) An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player. This…
• ball n. A formal dance.
• ball n. (Informal) A very enjoyable time.
• ball n. A competitive event among young African-American and Latin American LGBTQ+ people in which prizes are…
• Ball prop.n. An English surname.
• Ball prop.n. A town in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States.
• Ball prop.n. A hamlet in Egloshayle parish, on the eastern outskirts of Wadebridge, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0073).

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Catalan
  • ball n. Ball, formal dance.
• Catalan - Icelandic
  • ball n. Dance.
• Central franconian
  • Ball n. (Most dialects) ball (round or roundish object, most commonly used in games).
  • Ball n. (Most dialects, dance) ball (social gathering for dancing), prom (US).
• Crimean tatar
  • ball n. Estimation, score.
• East central german
  • ball adv. (Erzgebirgisch) soon.
• Irish
  • ball n. (Anatomy) organ.
  • ball n. Component part.
  • ball n. Member.
  • ball n. Article.
  • ball n. Spot, place.
  • ball n. Spot, mark.
  • ball n. (Sets) element, member.
• Limburgish
  • Ball n. (Eupen, Krefeld) ball (round or roundish object, most commonly used in games).
  • Ball n. (Eupen, Krefeld, informal) testicle, nut.
  • Ball n. (Eupen, Krefeld, anatomy) ball (of the hand or foot).
  • Ball n. (Eupen, Krefeld, chiefly in the negative) anything.
  • Ball n. (Eupen, Krefeld, dance) ball (social gathering for dancing), prom (US).
• Luxembourgish
  • Ball n. Ball (round object for playing sports).
  • Bäll n. Plural of Ball.
• Middle english
  • ball n. Alternative form of bal.
  • ball n. Alternative form of bale (“bale”).
• Norwegian bokmål
  • ball n. Ball (solid or hollow sphere).
  • ball n. Ball (object, usually spherical, used for playing games).
• Norwegian bokmål - Norwegian nynorsk
  • ball n. Ball (formal social occasion involving dancing).
• Norwegian nynorsk
  • ball n. A ball (solid or hollow sphere).
  • ball n. A ball (object, usually spherical, used for playing games).
• Old irish
  • ball n. A body part.
  • ball n. Member of a group.
  • ball n. Part, portion.
  • ball n. A colored spot.
• Scottish gaelic
  • ball n. Member (of a group).
  • ball n. Article, item.
  • ball n. (Anatomy) organ; limb.
• Scottish gaelic - Yola
  • ball n. Ball.
• Swedish
  • ball adj. (Slang) cool, hip, fun, entertaining.
• Westrobothnian
  • bäll v. To try to do something without having the skill or ability, occupy oneself with something.

— English words, defined in German —

• ball S. Ball (Sportgerät, Seezeichen).
• ball S. Kugel.
• ball S. Nur Plural, umgangssprachlich, vulgär: Eier (Hoden).
• ball S. Ball (Veranstaltung).

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• ball n. Bal.

— English words, defined in French —

• ball n. Balle, boule, ballon.
• ball n. (Vulgaire) Couille.
• ball n. Balle (projectile d’arme à feu).
• ball n. Bal.
• ball v. (Transitif) (Vulgaire) Baiser, faire l’amour avec/à, se taper.
• Ball n.fam. Nom de famille.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• ball s. Pelota.
• ball s. Balón.
• ball s. Bola.
• ball s. Cualquier juego con pelota, en especial baseball.
• ball s. Proyectil en especial si es esférico.
• ball s. Testículo.
• ball s. Balls Coraje, bravura, valor.
• ball s. Cuerpo celeste en especial la tierra.
• ball v. Dar forma de bola.
• ball v. Hacer bolas de.
• ball v. Tener relaciones sexuales.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• ball s. Bola.
• ball s. (Obsceno) testículo.
• ball s. Baile.
• -ball suf. -bol.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• ball s. Ballo., festa da ballo, festa danzante, danza.
• ball s. Pallone, palla.

— In German —

• ball V. 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ballen.
• ball Adv. Erzgebirgisch: bald, zeitig.
• Ball S. Kugelförmiges, aus weichem Material bestehendes Objekt.
• Ball S. Die Art, wie dieses gespielt wird.
• Ball S. Festliche Veranstaltung, gesellschaftliches Ereignis meist mit Tanz.
• Ball S. Nachname, Familienname.

225 English words from 62 English definitions

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42 English words from 34 foreign definitions

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3 foreign words from 62 English definitions

bal Erzgebirgisch Rapides

60 foreign words from 34 foreign definitions

Aktiv arme arme␣à␣feu aus avec Baiser Bal ballen ballo Balón bestehendes -bol Coraje Couille Cualquier Cuerpo Cuerpo␣celeste danzante Eier Ereignis Erzgebirgisch esférico faire␣l’amour Familienname famille Festliche forma gesellschaftliches gespielt Hacer Hacer␣bolas Hoden Imperativ juego Kugelförmiges meist mit Nachname Nom␣de␣famille Objekt Obsceno Präsens Proyectil relaciones relaciones␣sexuales Seezeichen se␣taper Sportgerät Tanz testículo tierra Transitif umgangssprachlich Veranstaltung Vulgaire vulgär weichem wie wird zeitig

728 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

balla Balla Balle Balli balls bally ballad ballas Ballas balled baller Baller Balles ballet Ballew ballia Ballin ballin' Ballis ballon ballot Ballou ballow Ballow ballsy ball-up ball␣up ballace ballade ballads Ballagh Ballard ballast ballbag ball␣bag ballboy ball␣boy ballcap ball␣cap balldom ballean ballers Ballers ballets Balleza ballgag ball-gag ball␣gag ball␣hog Ballico +678 words

1007 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Q-balls T-balls Arballo as␣balls biballs Ceballo deballs e-ballot emballs no␣balls unballs airballs air␣balls Arballos aryballi aryballo bee␣balls bioballs bow␣balls caballed caballer Carballo Ceballos Corbally cueballs cue␣balls cumballs deballed dogballs dot␣balls earballs e-ballots emballed eyeballs eye-balls fat␣balls flyballs fly␣balls furballs Galbally Gemballa globally goo␣balls gumballs herballs herbally iceballs inkballs jumballs Kaballah +957 words

559 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

b-ball Q-ball T-ball deball Dyball emball no␣ball unball airball air␣ball Bazball bee␣ball bioball bow␣ball boxball cueball cue␣ball cumball dot␣ball Dunball earball eggball eyeball eye-ball fat␣ball flyball fly␣ball furball goo␣ball gumball herball hipball iceball inkball jumball Kemball Kimball lowball matball mudball myoball netball net-ball net␣ball new␣ball nonball nutball nut␣ball oddball old␣ball +509 words

6 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

all ALL -all all- BAL Baʻl

5 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

lab Lab LAB LαB Lab.

22 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Abell abyll balla Balla Balle Balli balls bally b-ball Beall be-all Bella Bilal Bolla bulla Bulla label lobal lulab lylab Q-ball T-ball

21 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

abl. alb Alb. all ALL -all all- BAL Baʻl BLA BLL lab Lab LAB LαB Lab. Lal LAL Lal. LBL LLB

62 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

baal Baal Ba'al Baʿal bael Bahl bail Bail Bala bald Bald bale Bale Bali balk Balk balm BALs Balt Balt. BAML BASL Baul bawl bell Bell bill Bill boll Boll bull Bull call Call CALL dall Dall Dall. fall Fall gall Gall Gall. hall Hall Kall lall Lall mall nall Nall pall Pall Rall rall. 'sall tall wall Wall yall y'all ya'll

7 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

all ALL -all all- BAL Baʻl BLL

3 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

b-ball Beall be-all

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