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Date "BAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | BAL Basic Assembly Language. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Literature | Bal Donner le bal quelqu'un (French). To make one dance for it; to abuse one. In several games played with a ball, the person who catches the ball or to whom the ball is given, is put to an immense amount of labour. Thus, in Hurling, the person who holds the ball has one of the labours of Hercules to pass through. His opponent tries to lay hold of him, and the hurler makes his way over hills, dales, hedges, and ditches, through bushes, briars, mire, plashes, and even rivers. Sometimes twenty or thirty persons lie tugging together in the water, scrambling and scratching for the ball. (See Strutt, Sports and Pastimes, section xii.) (See Ball.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | A Cornish name for a mine; a cluster of mines. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
BAL | English | Basic Assembler Language | N/A |
BAL | French | Boîte aux lettres | Computing, Meteorology & Standards |
BAL | Greek | μήκος δεσμίδας | Computing |
BAL | Swedish | Bronkialsköljning | Medicine |
| BAL Timber | English | Ballagi(poeciloneuron indicum)Timber | Food & Agriculture |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Dance; hop, reel, rigadoon, saraband, hornpipe, bolero, ballroom dance; minuet, waltz, polka, fox trot, tango, samba, rhumba, twist, stroll, hustle, cha-cha; fandango, cancan; bayadere; breakdown, cake-walk, cornwallis, break dancing; nautch-girl; shindig; skirtdance, stag dance, Virginia reel, square dance; galop, galopade; jig, Irish jig, fling, strathspey; allemande; gavot, gavotte, tarantella; mazurka, morisco, morris dance; quadrille; country dance, folk dance; cotillon, Sir Roger de Coverley; ballet; (drama); ball; bal, bal masque, bal costume; masquerade; Terpsichore. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: BAL |
| Specialty definitions using "BAL": Assembly Language Compiler ♦ Basic Assembly Language ♦ IBM 360 ♦ Side of the Angels, sulfur ball ♦ TLAs. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "BAL" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (ball, dance), Danish (ball, dance), Dutch (ball, ball-bearing, chunk, clod, dance, globe, lump, palm, sole, testicle), French (ball, dance), Frisian (ball), Hungarian (left), Maya (to hide), Papiamen (bullet, cost), Polish (ball, dance), Romanian (ball, dance, party), Serbo-Croatian (ball), Swedish (bale, ball, dance, pack, package, promenade), Turkish (honey), Turkmen (honey), Welsh (having a white spot on the forehead, stupid). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Bal kiz (Senlik var) (1974) Les Violons du bal (1974) Le Bal du comte d'Orgel (1970) Og så er der bal bagefter (1970) Le Bal des voyous (1968) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Production. Parachute making. Not gowns for a bal, but chutes for a fall are these yards and yards of silk, here being stitched together in an Eastern parachute manufacturing plant. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Debs prepare for Bal Boheme. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Bal de la grande ourse Organisé par l'union des artistes russes à Paris / / Imp. Kaplan, Paris. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The specific diagnosis is based on identification of P. carinii in bronchopulmonary secretions obtained as induced sputum or bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) material. (references) | |
Human Rights | Nepal | On January 24, Maoists broke the legs of Chuha Village Development Committee Vice Chairman Bal Bahadur Bista in Kailali District. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "BAL" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 51.85% of the time. "BAL" is used about 27 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 51.85% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Noun (singular) | 18.52% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 18.52% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Unclassified Items | 11.11% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 27 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "BAL" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Bal | Last name | 400 | 21,071 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "BAL": bal costume ♦ bal Harbour. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "BAL": bal-an-sai. | |
Ending with "BAL": hanni-bal, ver-bal. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Date | Source | Isaiah Chapter 29, Verse 3 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai kuklwsw wV dauid epi se kai balw peri se caraka kai qhsw peri se purgouV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et circumdabo quasi spheram in circuitu tuo et iaciam contra te aggerem et munimenta ponam in obsidionem tuam |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And I shal cumpasse as a bal in thi cumpas, and I shal kaste ayen thee an hep, and the strengthis I shal sette in to thi seging. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And I will encamp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And I will make war on you like David, and you will be shut in by earthworks, and I will make towers round you. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Isaiah Chapter 29, Verse 3 |
| Cebuano | Ug mopahaluna ako sa mga campo nga magalibut batok kanimo, ug palibutan ko ikaw sa mga kuta nga binantayan sa mga sundalo, ug magapatindog ako sa mga bantayan batok kanimo. |
| Chinese | 我 必 四 圍 安 營 " " 、 屯 兵 圍 困 、 築 壘 " " 。 |
| Croatian | opkolit æu te kao David, rovovima okružiti, suprot tebi nasipe æu diæi. |
| Danish | jeg lejrer mig mod dig som David; jeg opkaster Volde om dig, og Bolværker rejser jeg mod dig. |
| Dutch | Want Ik zal een leger in het rond om u slaan, en Ik zal u belegeren met bolwerken, en Ik zal vestingen tegen u opwerpen. |
| Finnish | Minä asetan leirini yltympäri sinua vastaan ja saarran sinut vartiostoilla ja luon vallit sinua vastaan. |
| French | Je t`investirai de toutes parts, Je te cernerai par des postes armés, J`élèverai contre toi des retranchements. |
| German | Denn ich will dich belagern ringsumher und will dich ängsten mit Bollwerk und will Wälle um dich aufführen lassen. |
| Hungarian | Körülveszlek táborral, és bezárlak tornyokkal, és erõsségeket állatok ellened. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Allah akan menyerang kota itu dan mengepungnya dari segala penjuru. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena Aku akan mengatur suatu tentara kelilingmu akan menyerang engkau, dan Akupun akan mengepung engkau dengan kubu, dan Aku akan mendirikan benteng akan menyerang engkau. |
| Maori | Ka nohoia atu ano koe e ahau, a karapoi noa; ka whakapaea koe ki te parepare, ka ara ano i ahau he taiepa hei tatau ki a koe. |
| Norwegian | Jeg vil slå leir rundt omkring dig, og jeg vil kringsette dig med vaktposter og bygge voller mot dig. |
| Portuguese | Acamparei contra ti em redor, e te sitiarei com baluartes, e levantarei tranqueiras contra ti. |
| Rumanian | Cqci te voi kmpresura de toate pqryile, te voi knconjura cu cete de strqjeri, wi voi ridica kntqrituri de wanyuri kmpotriva ta. |
| Russian | с ТБУ ПМПЦХУШ УФБОПН ЧПЛТХЗ ФЕ'С Й УФЕУОА ФЕ'С УФТБЦЕА ОБ'МА"БФЕМШОПА, Й ЧПЪ"ЧЙЗОХ ТПФЙЧ ФЕ'С ХЛТЕ МЕОЙС. |
| Spanish | Porque contra ti acamparé en círculo; te sitiaré con muros de asedio y levantaré contra ti baluartes. |
| Swedish | Jag skall slå läger runt omkring dig och omsluta dig med vallar och resa upp bålverk emot dig. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BAL": balaclava, balaclavas, balalaika, balalaikas, balance, balanced, balancer, balancers, balances, balancing, balas, balases, balata, balatas, balboa, balboas, balbriggan, balbriggans, balconied, balconies, balcony, bald, baldachin, baldachino, baldachinos, baldachins, balded, balder, balderdash, balderdashes, baldest, baldhead, baldheaded, baldheads, baldies, balding, baldish, baldly, baldness, baldnesses, baldpate, baldpates, baldric, baldrick, baldricks, baldrics, balds, baldy, bale, baled, baleen. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "BAL": atabal, barbal, bubal, cabal, cannibal, cymbal, deverbal, gimbal, global, herbal, intertribal, jumbal, nonverbal, pibal, preverbal, scribal, timbal, tombal, tribal, trilobal, tubal, tymbal, verbal. (additional references) | |
Words containing "BAL": abalone, abalones, arbalest, arbalests, arbalist, arbalists, atabals, baseball, baseballs, basketball, basketballs, beanball, beanballs, blackball, blackballed, blackballing, blackballs, blowball, blowballs, blueball, blueballs, broomball, broomballer, broomballers, broomballs, bubale, bubales, bubaline, bubalis, bubalises, bubals, buckyball, buckyballs, butterball, butterballs, buttonball, buttonballs, cabala, cabalas, cabaletta, cabalettas, cabalism, cabalisms, cabalist, cabalistic, cabalists, caballed, caballero, caballeros, caballing, cabals. (additional references) | |
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"BAL" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abal, abhal, abl, Bacl, badl, bael, bahl, bak, bala, balb, Balf, balg, balh, bali, balp, balr, bals, Balt, balx, baly, Balz, bap, barl, baul, bayl, behl, bella, belz, bial, bihl, Bijl, bil, bl, bla, blag, blau, blav, blax, ble, boal, bol, bral, bsl, Bual, bul, byl, Pbkal, qal, Ubhal. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "BAL" (pronounced ba"l) |
| 2 | -a" l | Al, canal, chaparral, corral, dal, gal, locale, morale, pal, Pascal, rationale, Sal, shall. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: alb, lab. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-l" | |
-1 letter: ab, al, ba, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-l" | |
+1 letter: able, ably, alba, albs, baal, bail, bald, bale, balk, ball, balm, bals, bawl, blab, blae, blah, blam, blat, blaw, bola, flab, labs, lamb, slab. | |
+2 letters: abele, abler, ables, aboil, albas, album, alibi, amble, baals, babel, babul, badly, bagel, bails, balas, balds, baldy, baled, baler, bales, balks, balky, balls, bally, balms, balmy, balsa, banal, basal, basil, baulk, bawls, belay, belga, biali, bialy, binal, blabs, black, blade, blahs, blain, blame, blams, bland, blank, blare, blase, blast, blate, blats, blawn, blaws, blaze, bleak, blear, bleat, bloat, bolar, bolas, boral, boyla, brail, brawl, bubal, bulla, bylaw, cabal, cable, dobla, fable, flabs, gable, gleba, kibla, label, labia, labor, labra, lambs, lamby, libra, limba, lobar, pibal, sable, slabs, tabla, table, tubal. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 41 4C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- .-.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000001 01001100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B A L |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0041 004C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)363546 |
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