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Ball
noun · 78% connection
Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, thread, ball.
Baseball
noun · 78% connection
A game of ball, so called from the bases or bounds ( four in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor to ma…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, thread, ball.
Bead
noun · 78% connection
A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catho…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, thread, ball.
Bias
noun · 78% connection
A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, thread, ball.
Billiards
noun · 78% connection
A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, thread, ball.
Bob
noun · 78% connection
The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, thread, ball.
Bobbin
noun · 78% connection
A small pin, or cylinder, formerly of bone, now most commonly of wood, used in the making of pillow lace. Each thread is wound on a se…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, thread, ball.
Bottom
noun · 78% connection
A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, thread, ball.
Bowl
noun · 78% connection
A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the oth…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, thread, ball.
Carom
noun · 78% connection
A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, thread, ball.
Chase
verb · 78% connection
A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, thread, ball.
Clue
noun · 78% connection
A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, thread, ball.
Croquet
verb · 78% connection
In the game of croquet, to drive away an opponent's ball, after putting one's own in contact with it, by striking one's own ball with…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, thread, ball.
Darn
verb · 78% connection
To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, thread, ball.
Drummond light
unknown · 78% connection
A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, thread, ball.
English
noun · 78% connection
A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or anoth…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, thread, ball.
Hazard
noun · 78% connection
Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, thread, ball.
Loop
noun · 78% connection
A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which a hook can be hook…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unwind, thread, ball.
