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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

The 17-year-old Cameroonian also played in BAL last year and does not lack confidence.

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

Egypt’s Zamalek team won the first BAL championship on May 30, 2021.

From NewsForKids.net Mar. 8, 2022

The BAL set up a “bubble” to keep players from being exposed to the virus.

From NewsForKids.net Mar. 8, 2022

When he first stripped in public he looked such a screw, He was hailed with a general chorus of laughter; Young BAL seemed abashed at the general yahboo!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 4, 1892 by Various

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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