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• bal|last|ing — «BAL uh stihng», noun. 1. the act or process of furnishing with ballast. 2. the material used for ballast …   Useful english dictionary

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• bal·last — /ˈbæləst/ noun [noncount] : heavy material (such as rocks or water) that is put on a ship to make it steady or on a balloon to control its height in the air often used figuratively His wife provided the ballast he needed in times of stress. [=his …   Useful english dictionary

• un|bal|last|ed — «uhn BAL uh stihd», adjective. 1. not ballasted. 2. Figurative. not properly steadied or regulated …   Useful english dictionary

• last — bal·last·age; ev·er·last·ing·ly; ev·er·last·ing·ness; last·age; last; last·er; last·ly; last·ness; ob·last; port·last; re·last·er; bal·last; last·ing; last·ing·ly; last·ing·ness; …   English syllables

• bal — aero·bal·lis·tics; an·ti·bal·loon·er; ar·y·bal·los; at·a·bal; BAL; bal·a·bos; bal·a·cla·va; bal·a·dine; bal·ae·noi·dea; bal·ae·nop·tera; bal·ae·nop·ter·i·dae; bal·a·lai·ka; bal·an·celle; bal·anc·er; bal·a·nite; bal·a·ni·tes; bal·a·ni·tis;… …   English syllables

• bal|lade — «buh LAHD, ba », noun. 1. a poem typically having three stanzas of eight or ten lines each, followed by an envoy of half the stanza length. The last line of each stanza and of the envoy are the same, and the same rhyme pattern recurs in each… …   Useful english dictionary

• Bal Gangadhar Tilak — Infobox revolution biography name= Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak lived=July 231856 ndash; August 1 1920 caption= alternate name=Lokmanya Tilak placeofbirth=Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India placeofdeath=Bombay,India movement=Indian Independence… …   Wikipedia

• Bal-Bal — Infobox Philippine mythology title = Bal Bal description = Corpse eater gender = Male/female region = Philippines equivalent = Aswang, Amalanhig, BusawBal Bal is a monster that steals corpse whether it is in a funeral or grave and feeds on them.… …   Wikipedia

• Bal-Sagoth — Infobox musical artist Name = Bal Sagoth Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Origin = Yorkshire, England Genre = Symphonic black metal Years active = 1993−present Label = Cacophonous (1995−1998) Nuclear Blast… …   Wikipedia