round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games

a solid projectile that is shot by a musket

an object with a spherical shape

the people assembled at a lavish formal dance

one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens

a spherical object used as a plaything

United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989)

a compact mass

a lavish dance requiring formal attire

a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass

the game of baseball

a pitch that is not in the strike zone

form into a ball by winding or rolling

heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain

bearings containing small metal balls

a boy who retrieves balls for tennis players

(football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play

a general purpose cartridge having a primer and a ball and a full charge of powder

a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together

floating ball that controls level in a water tank

feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia

the baseball playing field

a field game played with a ball (especially baseball)

the most formal gown; worn to a ball

a team athlete who is skilled at stealing or catching the ball

a skillful maneuver in catching balls or in stealing the ball from the opposing team

coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States

coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States

a highly energetic and indefatigable person

someone whose career progresses rapidly

surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off

make a mess of, destroy or ruin

any valve that checks flow by the seating of a ball

a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone

a joint that can rotate within a socket

a demanding woman who destroys men's confidence

a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing

a demanding woman who destroys men's confidence

a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing

used of a player skilled in stealing the ball or robbing a batter of a hit

a hammer with one round and one flat end; used in working metal

having the shape of a sphere or ball

a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

a narrative poem of popular origin

a composer of words or music for popular songs

a poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy

a singer of popular ballads

any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship

coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads

an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings