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bal

1 American  
[bal] / bæl /

noun

  1. Balmoral.


BAL 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Chemistry. British Anti-Lewisite: dimercaprol.

  2. Computers. Basic Assembly Language.


bal. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. balance.

  2. balancing.


Bal. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. Baluchistan.


BAL British  

abbreviation

  1. British anti-lewisite See dimercaprol

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Drawing from the region’s deep vein of Celtic mythology, Jenkin summons the ghosts of lost fishermen and long-gone female mine workers, known as bal maidens, stoking an atmosphere thick with ancient anguish.

From New York Times Mar. 30, 2023

Mad honey, or deli bal in Turkish, is a type of rhododendron honey.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2022

Gattis has taken an unusual journey as a coach on the offensive side of the bal..

From Seattle Times Feb. 10, 2022

They are exceptionally good at winning back the bal, which perhaps means they protect possession less assiduously than certain sides.

From The Guardian Jun. 2, 2019

The dancing-club was a bal musette in the Rue de la Montagne Sainte Geneviève.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

Academy alum Babacar Sane played in the BAL and other events last year and jumped to the G League Ignite, where the 6-foot-6 Senegalese player is in the first season of a two-year contract.

From Seattle Times Mar. 28, 2023

Ighovodja, who is playing with the Abidjan team for the BAL season, is a lefty who started playing basketball four years ago, initially as a shooting guard.

From Seattle Times Mar. 28, 2023

Some people think that the BAL will also attract players from other leagues.

From NewsForKids.net Mar. 8, 2022

But the BAL got off to a very rough start.

From NewsForKids.net Mar. 8, 2022

BAL, representative or personification of the sun, was one of the Great Gods of Syria, Assyria, and Chaldea, and his name is found upon the monuments of Nimroud, and frequently occurs in the Hebrew writings.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

On July 21 is an entry “Milo Lucas bal. of Building Contract $1605.25.”

From The Auburndale Watch Company First American Attempt Toward the Dollar Watch by Battison, Edwin A.

In 1791 John Potts was paid four pounds and four shillings "in part for 20 Lottery tickets in the Alexa. street Lottery at 6/ each, 14 Dollrs. the Bal. was discharged by 2.3 Lotr prizes."

From The True George Washington [10th Ed.] by Ford, Paul Leicester

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