Ball (n.) Any round or roundish body or mass |
Ball (n.) A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc. |
Ball (n.) A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See Baseball, and Football. |
Ball (n.) Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm |
Ball (n.) A flaming, roundish body shot into the air |
Ball (n.) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock |
Ball (n.) A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body |
Ball (n.) A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to horses |
Ball (n.) The globe or earth. |
Ball (v. i.) To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay |
Ball (v. t.) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling. |
Ball (v. t.) To form or wind into a ball |
Ball (n.) A social assembly for the purpose of dancing. |
Ball-flower (n.) An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower, the petals of which form a cup round it, -- usually inserted in a hollow molding. |
Blow valve () See Snifting valve. |
Double-beat valve () See under Valve. |
D valve () A kind of slide valve. See Slide valve, under Slide. |
Kingston valve () A conical valve, opening outward, to close the mouth of a pipe which passes through the side of a vessel below the water line. |
Minie ball () A conical rifle bullet, with a cavity in its base plugged with a piece of iron, which, by the explosion of the charge, is driven farther in, expanding the sides to fit closely the grooves of the barrel. |
Puddle-ball (n.) The lump of pasty wrought iron as taken from the puddling furnace to be hammered or rolled. |
Valve (n.) A door |
Valve (n.) A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling, sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid. |
Valve (n.) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the flow in the opposite direction |
Valve (n.) One of the pieces into which a capsule naturally separates when it bursts. |
Valve (n.) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom. |
Valve (n.) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry. |
Valve (n.) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells. |
Valve-shell (n.) Any fresh-water gastropod of the genus Valvata. |
Whitworth ball () A prejectile used in the Whitworth gun. |
ball | a pitch that is not in the strike zone, he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him |
change-up change-of-pace change-of-pace ball off-speed pitch | a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball |
curve curve ball breaking ball bender | a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter |
passed ball | a pitch that the catcher should have caught but did not, allows a base runner to advance a base |
submarine ball submarine pitch | a pitch thrown sidearm instead of overhead |
fair ball | (baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it stays between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field |
foul ball | (baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it does not stay between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field |
fly fly ball | (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air |
grounder ground ball groundball hopper | (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground |
jump ball | (basketball) the way play begins or resumes when possession is disputed, an official tosses the ball up between two players who jump in an effort to tap it to a teammate |
ball game ballgame | a field game played with a ball (especially baseball) |
ball | the game of baseball |
googly wrong 'un bosie bosie ball | a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way |
no ball | unlawfully delivered ball in cricket, the umpire called it a no ball |
ball hawking | a skillful maneuver in catching balls or in stealing the ball from the opposing team |
let net ball | a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court, the ball must be served again |
ball-buster ball-breaker | a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing, Vietnam was a ball-breaker |
valve | one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods |
valve | the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs |
accelerator throttle throttle valve | a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine |
ball | round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games, the ball travelledmph on his serve, the mayor threw out the first ball, the ball rolled into the corner pocket |
ball | a spherical object used as a plaything, he played with his rubber ball in the bathtub |
ball and chain | heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain |
ball-and-socket joint | a joint that can rotate within a socket |
ball bearing needle bearing roller bearing | bearings containing small metal balls |
ball cartridge | a general purpose cartridge having a primer and a ball and a full charge of powder |
ballcock ball cock | floating ball that controls level in a water tank |
ball field baseball field diamond | the baseball playing field |
ball gown | the most formal gown, worn to a ball |
ball-peen hammer | a hammer with one round and one flat end, used in working metal |
ball valve | any valve that checks flow by the seating of a ball |
beach ball beachball | large and light ball, for play at the seaside |
billiard ball | ball used in playing billiards |
bocce ball bocci ball boccie ball | wooden ball that is bowled in the Italian game of bocce |
bowling ball bowl | a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling |
butterfly valve | a valve in a carburetor that consists of a disc that turns and acts as a throttle |
cannonball cannon ball round shot | a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon |
clack valve clack clapper valve | a simple valve with a hinge on one side, allows fluid to flow in only one direction |
cricket ball | the ball used in playing cricket |
croquet ball | a wooden ball used in playing croquet |
crystal ball | a glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellers |
cue ball | the ball that the billiard player or pool player strikes with his cue |
diode rectifying tube rectifying valve | a thermionic tube having two electrodes, used as a rectifier |
eight ball | a black pool ball bearing the number , should be the last to go in certain pool games |
exhaust valve | a valve through which burned gases from a cylinder escape into the exhaust manifold |
field hockey ball | ball used in playing field hockey |
golf ball | a small hard ball used in playing golf, dimpled to reduce wind resistance |
heart valve | an implant that replaces a natural cardiac valve |
intake valve | a valve that controls the flow of fluid through an intake |
lacrosse ball | ball used in playing lacrosse |