Addle-headed (a.) Alt. of Addle-pated |
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. |
Beetle-headed (a.) Dull |
Bluff-headed (a.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down. |
Buckler-headed (a.) Having a head like a buckler. |
Buffle-headed (a.) Having a large head, like a buffalo |
Cabbage (n.) An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages. |
Cabbage (n.) The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below. |
Cabbage (n.) The cabbage palmetto. See below. |
Cabbage (v. i.) To form a head like that the cabbage |
Cabbage (v. i.) To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment |
Cabbage (n.) Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments. |
Clear-headed (a.) Having a clear understanding |
Cool-headed (a.) Having a temper not easily excited |
Dog-headed (a.) Having a head shaped like that of a dog |
Double-headed (a.) Having two heads |
Dunder-headed (a.) Thick-headed |
Feather-headed (a.) Giddy |
Flat-headed (a.) Having a head with a flattened top |
Giddy-headed (a.) Thoughtless |
Gross-headed (a.) Thick-skulled |
Hard-headed (a.) Having sound judgment |
Headed (imp. & p. p.) of Head |
Headed (a.) Furnished with a head (commonly as denoting intellectual faculties) |
Headed (a.) Formed into a head |
Heavy-headed (a.) Dull |
Hot-headed (a.) Fiery |
Idle-headed (a.) Foolish |
Idle-headed (a.) Delirious |
Janus-headed (a.) Double-headed. |
Light-headed (a.) Disordered in the head |
Light-headed (a.) Thoughtless |
Mad-headed (a.) Wild |
Merry-go-round (n.) Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement |
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. |
Muddy-headed (a.) Dull |
Mushroom-headed (a.) Having a cylindrical body with a convex head of larger diameter |
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 |
round trip | a trip to some place and back again |
round daily round | the usual activities in your day, the doctor made his rounds |
round of golf round | the activity of playing holes of golf, a round of golf takes about hours |
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 |
round dance round dancing | a ballroom dance characterized by revolving movement |
round dance ring dance | a folk dance, dancers form a circle |
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 |
round-thelock patrol | a continuous nonstop patrol |
round | (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order), the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning, the postman's rounds, we enjoyed our round of the local bars |
blue-headed vireo Vireo solitarius solitarius | common vireo of northeastern North America with bluish slaty-grey head |
lowland burrowing treefrog northern casque-headed frog Pternohyla fodiens | terrestrial burrowing nocturnal frog of grassy terrain and scrub forests having very hard upper surface of head, of the United States southwest |
bone-headed dinosaur | bipedal herbivorous dinosaurs with bony crowns |
black-headed snake | small secretive ground-living snake, found from central United States to Argentina |
rubber boa tow-headed snake Charina bottae | boa of grasslands and woodlands of western North America, looks and feels like rubber with tail and head of similar shape |
acanthocephalan spiny-headed worm | any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines |
quahog quahaug hard-shell clam hard clam round clam Venus mercenaria Mercenaria mercenaria | an edible American clam, the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians |
white-headed stilt Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus | stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck |
cabbage butterfly | white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage |
southern cabbage butterfly Pieris protodice | common North American form of cabbage butterfly |
round-tailed muskrat Florida water rat Neofiber alleni | of Florida wetlands |
round whitefish Menominee whitefish Prosopium cylindraceum | a whitefish with a bronze back, of northern North America and Siberia |
round scad cigarfish quiaquia Decapterus punctatus | small fusiform fish of western Atlantic |
arena theater theater in the round | a theater arranged with seats around at least three sides of the stage |
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 |